View allAll Photos Tagged knowledge
At the end of our Forces topic the children wrote everything they remembered on post-it-notes and posted them on the board.
Part 8 - The Fountain of Knowledge.
So, I placed myself in the position of a time traveler .
Here was a feeling of déjà vu.
I knew I had been here before, but it was never like this.
This was a derelict ruin, where once, as a child I had clambered the walls and run in the dried up beds of the pool, too small to reach up to the statues.
Yet now I was amazed.
The water had returned and a colossal fountain exuded forth.
Here was knowledge in extreme.
This had to result from a Fountain of Knowledge.
But sadly as the day began to end, and it was with a heavy heart that I left Perseus, astride Pegasus, in prosecution of Poseidon’s sea monster, as it pursued Andromeda.
2018-09-05: Simon Mizrahi, Acting Director, Communication and External Relations (PCER) speaking during the Evaluation week 2018 Day -1.
Septenary Ingredients of Important Traditional Herbal Formulations from Pankaj Oudhia’s Medicinal Plant Database
Medicinal Rice of India with reference to Healing Flora of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamilnadu, Punjab, Haryana, West Bengal, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
-This picture is a part of Compilation of Pankaj Oudhia’s Research Works at Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur, India (1990-2001),
-This picture is a part of Pankaj Oudhia’s report on Endangered Species of India.
-This picture is a part of Pankaj Oudhia’s report on Forgotten Indigenous Rice Formulations for Vitamin A deficiency.
-This picture is a part of Pankaj Oudhia’s report on Ancient Rice Njavara in Indian Traditional Herbal Formulations with other potential Desi Medicinal Rice.
-This picture is a part of Pankaj Oudhia’s Traditional Knowledge Database on Medicinal Rice based Herbal Formulations.
-This picture is a part of Pankaj Oudhia’s Dream Project to Establish International Medicinal Rice Research Institute (IMRRI) in India.
Sign seen in San Francisco, California asking for donations to the "Free Knowledge Up Social Justice Library" in memory of Sean Monterrosa. Sean Monterrosa was a 22-year-old Latino American man who was fatally shot on June 2, 2020, by Vallejo police officer Jarrett Tonn. Monterrosa was on his knees and had his hands above his waist when Tonn shot him through the windshield of his unmarked police pickup truck. The police later said Tonn shot him because he erroneously believed a hammer in Monterrosa's pocket was a gun. Monterrosa later died at a local hospital. The event sparked outrage in the Bay Area, particularly in Vallejo, which has a long history of police violence, excessive force complaints, and high-profile killings, including the February 2018 shooting of Ronnell Foster and the February 2019 shooting of Willie McCoy.
When we view compensation in service sectors vs. manufacturing, we see that what really makes a difference in the rate of wage growth is the "factor intensity" of the work. In both manufacturing and services, when knowledge is the most important input, pay has risen fastest. Pay for workers rose more slowly when the skill levels required were lower or where the most important factor was capital investment.
The Tree of Knowledge
The little town of Barcaldine (bar–call-din) is pretty much smack in the middle of Queensland and about two days drive from Brisbane. It is in the heart of sheep country which has had a lot to do with its social history. It is known by some as “The Big Left Turn”. The spot where the Matilda Highway heading north finally makes a left turn to the west and becomes the Landsborough Highway.
Barcaldine was also at the heart of a major development in the fabric of the Australian society. It was the location for many gatherings of shearers in the 1880’s where for the first time Australian workers began to organise themselves in response to action by the squatters (landowners) to lower pay rates for shearers. Eventually the Australian Workers Union was formed and with it the momentum for the creation of a political arm, the Australian Labour Party.
Much of this discussion took place under a Paperbark tree on the edge of Barcaldine. This tree became known as The Tree of Knowledge. The tree held a special significance and given its age (about 200 years) much effort was put into ensuring its survival. In 2006 it was deliberately poisoned. The decision was made to preserve the tree. It was removed and essentially embalmed. It was then replaced at its original location and enclosed in an open box structure. Inside the structure the foliage of the tree is made up of timber beams suspended from wire ropes. These beams are recycled communication transmission poles from South Australia. The whole thing is a striking monument and comes alive at night from some clever lighting effects. It is also something of a wind chime and a reasonable breeze will have these 5,000 odd 6 metre long 100x100mm beams gently bumping together to produce some deeper harmonious notes and if one is there late at night when the street is quiet and one listens really hard enough, then one can hear very faintly the strident voices of those long gone shearers as they made their case for a fair go for all Australians
@ Knowledge Bowl at LNI-2012
All Photos are Copyrighted.
®Red Cloud Indian School
Please obtain the appropriate permissions before using any of these photographs.
Harriet A. “Hattie” WILEY was born on December 9, 1870, in LaGrange, Michigan to Robert and Sabina Wiley. She married Leroy E. RUNYAN on February 28, 1907, in Chicago, Illinois. She then married Robert “Bert” PATTISON on July 10, 1919, in Cass, Michigan. She died on July 2, 1952, in Buchanan, Michigan, at the age of 81
© All Rights Reserved
====================
I ended up with a small box of photos that belonged to my Great Grandfather's cousin, Hattie Wiley. He and Hattie were both born in 1870 in Cass County, Michigan, so that likely made them good friends, in addition to being family.
Harriet A. "Hattie" WILEY was born on December 9, 1870, in LaGrange, Michigan to Robert and Sabina Wiley. She married Leroy E. RUNYAN on February 28, 1907, in Chicago, Illinois. She then married Robert "Bert" PATTISON on July 10, 1919, in Cass, Michigan. She died on July 2, 1952, in Buchanan, Michigan, at the age of 81, and was buried in Michigan.
Hattie was a beautiful, young woman. She was married twice. Her first husband Leroy Runyan died of a cancerous brain tumor just 2 years after they were married in 1907. In 1919 she remarried to a Robert "Bert" Pattison. To my knowledge, she did not have any children from either marriage. She seemed to like to travel.
Any observations or comments are most welcome!
A tree says: A kernel is hidden in me, a spark, a thought, I am life from eternal life. The attempt and the risk that the eternal mother took with me is unique, unique the form and veins of my skin, unique the smallest play of leaves in my branches and the smallest scar on my bark. I was made to form and reveal the eternal in my smallest special detail. ― Hermann Hesse, Bäume. Betrachtungen und Gedichte
The Cloisters, NYC 2012
Cpl. Benjamin Meyer, a combat engineer with Company A, 325th Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, uses a power saw to cut away storefront locks during an early morning raid on a suspected sniper position in the Adhamiyah section of Baghdad April 3. (Photo by Sgt. Mike Pryor)
19Apr07
This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle on the 27th of July 1916.
During the Great War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England, which had been in the news. The photographs were sent in by relatives and give us a glimpse into the past.
The physical collection held by Newcastle Libraries comprises bound volumes of the newspaper from 1910 to 1925. We are keen to find out more about the people in the photographs. If you recognise anyone in the images and have any stories and information to add please comment below.
We hope you enjoy looking through our collection, you are welcome to download and share our images for your own personal use, as they are to our knowledge, in the public domain. If you would like to use the images for commercial purposes, please contact us and we can provide a High Quality Digital Image for a Fee. If you are able to use the Low Resolution Image from the website please do, but we would appreciate a credit: Image from the Newcastle City Library Photographic Collection, Thank you.
This was a required examination for pupil-teachers in the 1920s and my mother was awarded the certificate at Holbrook in 1929.
Sonia Borrini, Communications and Knowledge Management Specialist, Climate Change and Green Growth, African Development Bank addressing in the presence of Gareth Phillips, Manager, Climate and Environment Finance Division, African Development Bank; Lina Yassin, MENA Programs Manager at Climate Tracker; Chris Wright, Director at Climate Tracker and Anna Pérez Català, Expert in Climate Change during the Conference of the Parties (COP - 24) 2018 on December 3, 2018, in Katowice, Poland.
Message posted on behalf of Maeve Strom and the ES team:
For those who have gotten wind of current defamation and untruthful claims against *ES* and our pose store in copying poses from a rival pose store we filed a DMCA giving us the right to show all evidence of our creations upload dates etc etc filing a DMCA (which is a proper legal channel for any content theft..not just copyright =p covered under the act of the DMCA) in showing just the opposite..that the accusers have copied poses from *ES*.
The reason Linden Lab has this process is to hold providers liable for creations unique to individuals and items they create in SL. Just like skins or clothes which are not copyrighted in most cases.
The Blog below is written by an SL member who understands what DMCA's are. It further explains the DMCA process and issues we have gone through in our name being defamed. We urge you to read. Should anyone have questions you may feel free to IM us in-world or drop us a flickrmail.
Read more here:
raphaellanightfire.blogspot.com/2009/06/content-theft-2-o...
And here:
Brisbane Transport (Toowong) MAN 18.310 Diesel/Volgren CR228L (C)1049 (846.WXM) slowly crawls into Platform 2 at Roma Street behind 1328, operating a route 444 to the Cultural Centre from Moggill.
————————————————————————————————
Vehicle Specifications*
Operator
Brisbane Transport — Toowong Depot
Livery
Brisbane Transport (AOA Red Dead Redemption II)
Chassis
MAN 18.310
Engine
MAN 10.520-litre 310hp 6-Cylinder Inline Turbocharged Diesel
Transmission
6-Speed ZF 6HP604C Automatic
Bodywork
Volgren "CR228L"
Body Date
June 2009
Manufactured
Volgren Pty Ltd, Eagle Farm, QLD 4009
Seating Configuration
B44DW
*Specs are to my knowledge so please excuse any errors and feel free to share any corrections. : )
Rachael At the brooks museum
Outfit:
OP: Moitie
Socks: moitie
shoes: Double Decker
necklace: Fake Vivienne Westwood
Pumpkin shortage?
Thursday, 15 October 2009
If there’s a pumpkin shortage, it couldn’t have come at a worse time. Halloween is only weeks away and some rumors have floated around that there may be a shortage. That shouldn’t be a scary situation, some Malvern merchants indicated, including Bob Banks of Food Center on South Main Street.
“No, I don’t think so,” Banks said of a potential shortage of pumpkins around Halloween, which falls on Oct, 31. “It’s about the same price, to my knowledge, as last year.”
Pumpkins are very versatile in their uses for cooking, from the fleshy shell, to the seeds, to even the flowers; most parts of the pumpkin are edible. Traditionally, pumpkin is a very popular Halloween and Thanksgiving staple. Although most people use store-bought canned pumpkin, homemade pumpkin purée can serve the same purpose, but just with a little more “home touch.”
Colorado’s cold snap could put a chill on Halloween fun after some pumpkin farms estimate they’ve lost a third to half of their crop.
While Mother Nature may have claimed some crops, one farmer says it won’t take away the fun at his farm. Growers say the wet weather Colorado had earlier also hurt the size of pumpkins.
Farmers should know over the next few days if there will be a pumpkin shortage.
10/18/2009
14:14:23
The University of Chester Garden at RHS Tatton Park 2009, designed by Lynda Baguley, Angela Bell and Robert Walker. A garden of simple elegance and beauty.
Annotator is a JavaScript widget that can be added to any webpage to allow inline annotation of its contents.
Images courtesy of Richard Gardner/Rex Features.
A video of this event can be watched at www.policyexchange.org.uk/events/item/driving-growth-thro...
This is a mashup of "3D Stone Cells" and "Glass Bottles I" used under Creative Commons BY, SA, NC licenses.
Several PNNL staff members volunteered at the Pacific Science Center (PSC) Curiosity Day to share information with families about bio-mimicry and its impact on materials science as well as the field of microscopy.
Terms of Use: Our images are freely and publicly available for use with the credit line, "Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory"; Please use provided caption information for use in appropriate context.
Living in Transit: The Thinkers of a World in Turmoil
War looms over Europe, uncertainty seeps into everyday life, and the weight of history presses upon the present. The world is burning, and yet—there are those who seek understanding, those who bury themselves in the quiet refuge of books, the dim glow of libraries, the solitude of knowledge.
This series captures the introspective minds of young academic women—readers, thinkers, seekers. They wander through old university halls, their fingers tracing the spines of forgotten books, pulling out volumes of poetry, philosophy, and psychology. They drink coffee, they drink tea, they stay up late with ink-stained fingers, trying to decipher the world through words.
They turn to Simone Weil for moral clarity, Hannah Arendt for political insight, Rilke for existential wisdom. They read Baudrillard to untangle the illusions of modernity, Byung-Chul Han to understand society’s exhaustion, Camus to grasp the absurdity of it all. They devour Celan’s poetry, searching for beauty in catastrophe.
But they do not just read—they reflect, they question, they write. Their world is one of quiet resistance, an intellectual sanctuary amidst the chaos. In their solitude, they are not alone. Across time, across history, across the pages they turn, they are in conversation with those who, too, have sought meaning in troubled times.
This is a series about thought in transit—about seeking, reading, questioning, about the relentless pursuit of knowledge when the world feels on the brink.
Where the Thinkers Go
They gather where the dust has settled,
where books whisper in the hush of halls.
Pages thin as breath, torn at the edges,
cradling centuries of questions.
They drink coffee like it’s ink,
trace words like constellations,
follow Rilke into the dusk,
where solitude hums softly in the dark.
Outside, the world is fraying—
war threading through the seams of cities,
the weight of history pressing forward.
Inside, they turn pages, searching
for answers, for solace, for fire.
And somewhere between the lines,
between time-stained margins and fading ink,
they find the ghosts of others who
once sought, once wondered, once read—
and they do not feel alone.
Three Haikus
Night falls on paper,
books stacked like silent towers,
thoughts burn in the dark.
Tea cools in the cup,
a poem lingers on lips,
war rumbles beyond.
Footsteps in silence,
the scent of old ink and dust,
pages turn like ghosts.
ooOOOoo
Reading as Resistance
These young women do not read passively. They underline, they take notes, they write in the margins. They challenge the texts and themselves. They read because the world demands it of them—because, in a time of conflict and uncertainty, thought itself is an act of resistance.
Their books are worn, their pages stained with coffee, their minds alive with the urgency of understanding.
1. Political Thought, Society & Liberation
Essays, theory and critique on democracy, power and resistance.
Chantal Mouffe – For a Left Populism (rethinking democracy through radical left-wing populism)
Nancy Fraser – Cannibal Capitalism (an urgent critique of capitalism’s role in the destruction of democracy, the planet, and social justice)
Étienne Balibar – Citizenship (rethinking the idea of citizenship in an era of migration and inequality)
Silvia Federici – Caliban and the Witch (a feminist Marxist analysis of capitalism and gender oppression)
Didier Eribon – Returning to Reims (a deeply personal sociological reflection on class and identity in contemporary Europe)
Antonio Negri & Michael Hardt – Empire (rethinking global capitalism and resistance from a leftist perspective)
Thomas Piketty – Capital and Ideology (a profound analysis of wealth distribution, inequality, and the future of economic justice)
Mark Fisher – Capitalist Realism (on why it’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism)
2. Feminist & Queer Theory, Gender & Body Politics
Texts that redefine identity, gender, and liberation in the 21st century.
Paul B. Preciado – Testo Junkie (an autobiographical, philosophical essay on gender, hormones, and biopolitics)
Judith Butler – The Force of Nonviolence (rethinking ethics and resistance beyond violence)
Virginie Despentes – King Kong Theory (a raw and radical take on sex, power, and feminism)
Amia Srinivasan – The Right to Sex (rethinking sex, power, and feminism for a new generation)
Laurent de Sutter – Narcocapitalism (on how capitalism exploits our bodies, desires, and emotions)
Sara Ahmed – Living a Feminist Life (a deeply personal and political exploration of what it means to be feminist today)
3. Literature & Poetry of Resistance, Liberation & Exile
European novels, poetry and literature that embrace freedom, revolution, and identity.
Annie Ernaux – The Years (a groundbreaking memoir that blends personal and collective history, feminism, and social change)
Olga Tokarczuk – The Books of Jacob (an epic novel about alternative histories, belief systems, and European identity)
Édouard Louis – Who Killed My Father (a deeply political and personal exploration of class struggle and masculinity)
Bernardine Evaristo – Girl, Woman, Other (a polyphonic novel on race, gender, and identity in contemporary Europe)
Maggie Nelson (though American, widely read in European academia) – On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint (a poetic, intellectual meditation on freedom and constraint)
Benjamín Labatut – When We Cease to Understand the World (a deeply philosophical novel on science, war, and moral responsibility)
Michel Houellebecq – Submission (controversial but widely read as a dystopian critique of political passivity in Europe)
4. Ecology, Anti-Capitalism & Posthumanism
Texts that explore the intersections of nature, economics, and radical change.
Bruno Latour – Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime (rethinking ecology and politics in a world of climate crisis)
Andreas Malm – How to Blow Up a Pipeline (on the ethics of radical environmental resistance)
Emanuele Coccia – The Life of Plants: A Metaphysics of Mixture (rethinking human and non-human coexistence)
Isabelle Stengers – Another Science is Possible (rethinking knowledge and resistance in an era of corporate science)
Kate Raworth – Doughnut Economics (rethinking economic models for social and ecological justice)
Donna Haraway – Staying with the Trouble (rethinking coexistence and posthumanist futures)
The Future of Thought
These are not just books; they are weapons, tools, compasses. These women read not for escapism, but for resistance. In a time of political upheaval, climate catastrophe, and rising authoritarianism, they seek alternative visions, radical possibilities, and new ways of imagining the world.
Their books are annotated, their margins filled with questions, their reading lists always expanding. Knowledge is not just power—it is revolution.
The Thirty-Ninth Session of WIPO's Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) took place in Geneva, Switzerland from March 18 to March 22, 2019.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Emmanuel Berrod. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.