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Today the united States Supreme Court ruled that Marriage Equality for all is the law of the land.
To all my friends, family, brothers, and sisters who find love in whatever form it may come to them..........CONGRATULATIONS!
so heres the thing..
today is women's day...
but why don't we have a men's day?
aren't we supposed to be equal?
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_Tower
Devils Tower (also known as Bear Lodge Butte) is a butte, possibly laccolithic, composed of igneous rock in the Bear Lodge Ranger District of the Black Hills, near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River. It rises 1,267 feet (386 m) above the Belle Fourche River, standing 867 feet (265 m) from summit to base. The summit is 5,112 feet (1,559 m) above sea level.
Devils Tower was the first United States national monument, established on September 24, 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt. The monument's boundary encloses an area of 1,347 acres (545 ha).
Source: www.nps.gov/deto/index.htm
Many People, Many Stories, One Place
The Tower is an astounding geologic feature that protrudes out of the prairie surrounding the Black Hills. It is considered sacred by Northern Plains Indians and indigenous people. Hundreds of parallel cracks make it one of the finest crack climbing areas in North America. Devils Tower entices us to learn more, explore more and define our place in the natural and cultural world.
Source: www.blackhillsbadlands.com/parks-monuments/devils-tower-n...
Devils Tower National Monument, a unique and striking geologic wonder steeped in Native American legend, is a modern-day national park and climbers' challenge. Devils Tower sits across the state line in northeast Wyoming. The Tower is a solitary, stump-shaped granite formation that looms 1,267 feet above the tree-lined Belle Fourche River Valley, like a skyscraper in the country. Once hidden below the earth’s surface, erosion has stripped away the softer rock layers revealing the Tower.
The two-square-mile park surrounding the tower was proclaimed the nation’s first national monument by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. The park is covered with pine forests, woodlands, and grasslands. While visiting the park you are bound to see deer, prairie dogs, and other wildlife. The mountain’s markings are the basis for Native American legend. One legend has it that a giant bear clawed the grooves into the mountainside while chasing several young Indian maidens. Known by several northern plains tribes as Bears Lodge, it is a sacred site of worship for many American Indians. Devils Tower is also remembered as the movie location for “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”
The stone pillar is about 1,000 feet in diameter at the bottom and 275 feet at the top and that makes it the premier rock climbing challenge in the Black Hills. Hikers enjoy the Monument’s trails. The 1.25-mile Tower Trail encircles the base. This self-guided hike offers close-up views of the forest and wildlife, not to mention spectacular views of the Tower itself. The Red Beds Trail covers a much wider three-mile loop around the tower.
Source: travelwyoming.com/places-to-go/destinations/national-park...
While America’s first national monument garnered significant attention as the backdrop to the 1977 Stephen Spielberg movie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the tower is sacred to Northern Plains Indian tribes and the Black Hills region Kiowa Tribe. With oral storytelling and a history that dates back thousands of years, today, American Indian tribes continue to hold sacred ceremonies at the tower, including sweat lodges and sun dances. There is more to this monument than its rich history. You can stop at the visitor’s center to learn about one of the ranger-led programs, night sky viewing, hiking and even climbing to the top of Devils Tower. If one day isn’t enough to explore this unforgettable area, bring your camping gear to stay within the monument, or stay just outside or in accommodations at one of the nearby towns.
Additional Foreign Language Tags:
(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis"
(Wyoming) "وايومنغ" "怀俄明州" "व्योमिंग" "ワイオミング州" "와이오밍" "Вайоминг"
(Devils Tower National Monument) "النصب التذكاري الوطني لبرج الشياطين" "魔鬼塔国家纪念碑" "डेविल्स टॉवर राष्ट्रीय स्मारक" "デビルズタワー国定公園" "데빌스 타워 국립천연기념물" "Национальный монумент «Башня дьявола»" "Monumento Nacional Torre del Diablo"
Gay Marriage now legal across the United States. To commemorate this historical decision by the Supreme Court, I blended my American Flag blend with my Rainbow Flag blend, and altered the "not equal" sign I had created from the stripes so that now those stripes flow with equality and freedom.
Well, it's a long time since I devote myself to a nice triptych ... I happened some time ago to witness the spectacle of a very interesting theater company , which counts among its dancers people of various skills , having as primary objective the integration and the desire to prove that the persons so-called "different" because of what are called disabilities, in reality they are not at all. The show is very long, divided into scenic paintings highly dynamic , generally a lot of fun , with little indulgence in the most obvious way to go, that of pity. It also very difficult to photograph , because both lights is the continuous movement . I opted for a long time esposition , taking advantage of the trails body , without pretending to have everything in focus but only for capture the moment . It was not even necessary to do post production. The triptych is a human subject , and for my first time . Nothing monuments , landscapes , or diagonal . The first photo has as its theme the equality.
Hope you enjoy it .
Beh, è molto tempo che non mi dedico a un bel trittico ... Mi è capitato qualche tempo fa di assistere allo spettacolo di una compagnia teatrale molto interessante, che vanta tra i suoi danzatori persone di varie abilità, avendo come obbiettivo primario l' integrazione e la volontà di dimostrare che le persone cosiddette 'diverse' a causa di quelle che vengono definite disabilità, in realtà non lo sono affatto. Lo spettacolo è molto lungo, diviso in quadri scenici altamente dinamici, generalmente molto divertente, con poca indulgenza verso la via più ovvia da percorrere, quella della pietà. E' anche estremamente difficile da fotografare, causa sia le luci sia il continuo movimento. Ho optato per tempi lunghi, approfittando delle scie corporee, senza pretendere di avere tutto a fuoco ma solo di cogliere l' attimo. Non è stato neanche necessario fare post produzione. Il trittico è a tema umano, per una e la mia prima volta. Niente monumenti, paesaggi o diagonali. La prima foto ha come tema l' uguaglianza.
Spero che possa piacere.
This is a historic building I guess, with village history on the wall it seems. The building itself doesn't seem that old though... Week 15 of 52. Taken with Canon t1i, edited in Affinity Photo on iMac.
DailyShoot: Illustrate the word equality today with a photograph that shows your favorite interpretation.
with the Christmas flare still working, I did a refraction image using two flashes with green and red gels. Simply put two white foam boards together with tape and made a right angle and
pointed that towards the glass. Lined up the seem of the boards with the glass and took the picture
Enjoy and remember to comment and critique.
Strobist Info: SB-800 @ 50mm @ 1/32 with Red Gel shooting right side of background | SB-80DX @ 50mm @ 1/32 with Green Gel shooting Left side of background
Camera Info: Nikon D7000 | 70-210mm(ƒ/2.8) 210mm | ƒ/3.2 | ISO 200 | 1/125s
Setup can be found HERE.
Copyright© Firdaus Mahadi 2009
Location : Masjid Al-Azim, Melaka, Malaysia
"Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes" - Kahlil Gibran
Please don't post here any awards, glitter text, images, and group invite
(gelijkheid / billijkheid)
In other words Jono Hey's weekly sketch from 19-5-2024
I am following Jono Hey for several years now. His weekly drawings are often surprising, on point, and even instructive.
And this week, finally, with a bicycle again. ;-)
He also recently released an interesting book full of drawings: Big Ideas Little Pictures.
You can find more info here. sketchplanations.com/big-ideas-little-pictures?utm_id=big...
Drawing posted with permission from Jono Hey.
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Alright, I have never (and hopefully will never again) do these Flickr rants but all the marriage equality stuff that’s been flying around today has me really determined to finally get up and say something.
For starters: IT’S 2013 PEOPLE. The fact that we’re still arguing about the marriage rights of two people in a relationship, ANY two people, is absolutely ridiculous. I don’t understand how this kind of issue can go to court and not be called out point-blank for discrimination—as far as I’m concerned, there is absolutely nothing that differentiates the desire for two men or two women (or two people anywhere in between) to get married from the contract between any other couple on this planet. It’s just so frustrating that this country and most of the people in it seem to understand that racism against non-Caucasians is wrong, that ageism is wrong, that discrimination against the handicapped is wrong, but they don’t realize the effect of this type of negligence. And I’m not even speaking as a gay man, but as a human. A human who cares about the love between other humans.
To the government and everyone else in the country that stands in my way: Marriage is a legal contract and I’d like it explained as to how a man’s right to marry a man interferes with another man’s right to marry a woman.
For now, you can tell me I can’t get married. For now, you can tell me my love isn’t equal to yours, that I’m not privy to the same basic human rights as my heterosexual counterparts. BUT these problems, this fight, this journey to equality, is going to be here and is going to continue until you all wake up and ban this ban on love. In other words, you can try to push things aside, you can try and tell me to be quiet for now, but I’m not going anywhere.
Policies must change to achieve equality between women and men, says Parliament in a non-legislative resolution passed by 441 votes to 205 with 52 abstentions on Tuesday. Despite progress on some gender inequality issues, much remains to be done to reduce pay gaps, remove “glass ceilings” on women’s careers, remedy their lack of economic independence, improve their work/life balance, including parental leave, and protect their rights and access to contraception and abortion.
"The verdict is less than glorious: change is too slow and women's rights are suffering the effects of this. But the majority in favour of the resolution shows that the European Parliament backs the fight for wage equality, efforts to combat violence against women, agree on maternity leave proposals and safeguard access to abortion", said rapporteur Marc Tarabella (S&D, BE) after the vote.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20150306...
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The front of the guy’s black teeshirt read
‘JUST DO IT’ in big white letters. I was so disappointed I couldn’t get it in this shot.
Cayman Islands National Museum
George Town, Grand Cayman.
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The Cayman Islands are a British overseas territory. The Islands have never levied income tax, capital gains tax, or any wealth tax, making them a popular tax haven. Caymanians have the highest standard of living in the Caribbean.
-- Wikipedia