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Two adult students in Jonestown studying at a table. Erma Winfrey on left.
Photo taken by Jonestown resident(s) and recovered by the FBI in 1978. Released under the Freedom of Information Act, it is in the public domain, and is free to use. Please credit The Jonestown Institute.
While humans have acquired so many things from animals, the intelligent animals like the macaques also learn to and use the tools invented by humans. Watch these baby bonnet macaques drink from the water tap.
Enjoy the video in HD (1080i) quality and listen to the narration of what happened between us on that day in Vedanthangal!
Glad to see that bus drivers are considered professionals - I do wonder sometimes as I avoid these thundering behomoths when the lights turn to red!
World War Z is now a century behind us. Yet its impact on our mythic traditions and folk memory is clearly evident in such fireside chants as The Dead Shall Rise:
[Note: Asterisks indicate annotations.]
The Dead shall rise*
with sunken eyes in
dreams the worms won't enter... end...
nor shall they mend,
go willing;
neither mothers' love
commit them down to stay,
and in their way's a heap of us
damn-near dead and knowing nothing more
till Resurrection** wakes us in*** our
grave...
and eating's all we'll want
[chanted repeatedly]
Mourning
Moaning
Come****
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Annotations:
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* The Dead shall rise – The folk chant is certainly derived from an apocalypse-era poem (or poems - Mettleman [2044] has suggested that it is actually two separate poems later combined) composed by an anonymous source in the pre-war state of Pennsylvania, most likely in one of the Pocono enclaves (Mitchell, 2023; Sarter, 2031; et al), although Ward (2061) suggests a barricaded apartment that miraculously survived the entire war due, in part, to the resident’s hoarding habits and the resultant accumulated stock of virtually everything.
Critically, the poem has been generally panned (see sources in Gothman, 2057). Yet its impact of inspiration on the beleaguered remnants of humanity is unquestioned. Variations of the poem spread by ragged note or word of mouth from survivor to survivor in addition to, or supplementary to, the military distribution to enclaves via leaflet drop. Here is the original poem, as traced to those closest to the original source (Milk, 2062; Corma, 2069):
The Dead shall rise
with eyes in-sunken,
dreams the worms won't enter...
end the Dead...
Nor shall they mend
a mother's love,
commit to stay
till Resurrection Day.
Resurrection Day when all will
rise up whole again;
know nothing more of hunger
but for more of Jesus' love.
Wake, ye sinners! Wake ye, saints!
No mourning! For
the grave will open,
empty,
when
that Morning comes!
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** Resurrection – The connotation of the term resurrection has been changed from the Christian Second Coming to the reanimation of a corpse following live infestation by the notorious bacillus solanum. See Mather (2010) for background on this shift in meaning. It is an early study, but despite flaws incumbent in works without sufficient historical distance from the subject, it collects a wealth of primary accounts that, collectively, provide insight into reasons for the transformation.
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*** us in - possibly a double meaning with "us sin", a reference in association with the religious origins of the poem, as well as possible grassroots religious attributions for the foundations of the zombie apocalypse.
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**** Mourning, Moaning, Come – This three-word chant has been the subject of more research and analysis than any other aspect of the folk variations deriving from the original anonymous poem, The Dead Shall Rise. A significant reason for this is that the folk chants are an oral tradition and, being voiced, are subject to dialect. Rendering of the words in the vernacular produces a variety of pronunciations and, given the three words in the chant, varietal pronunciation might suggest similar sounding – but different - words. For example, one recorded chant (Patterson & Levy, 2020) is rendered thus phonetically:
m'wawn'n
mown'n
cum
The first word, m'wawn'n, could represent the word mourning or morning. Or both, in a poetic way, with intended double meaning. The second word, mown'n, might represent the word moaning, as is commonly thought – a defining characteristic of the undead. However, it might also represent the word morning (Callisto, 2055; Mortgain, 2059). As Hammond (2070) convincingly lays out in his On The Dead Shall Rise Cycle, the advent of the zombie apocalypse scattered indigenous subcultures and their local dialects throughout the continent (and, indeed, throughout the world), intermixing traditionally localized colloquial speech as the individuals to which it was endemic became a temporary refugee or longer-term resident of one zombie-resistant bastion or another. Hammond concludes that such intermixing of dialects would likely result in a hodgepodge assemblage of pronunciations within a single oral work, rather than the work be consistently of any one colloquial expression. As such, both m'wawn'n and mown'n could plausibly be the same word, morning, with only the adopted variation in dialect pronunciation passed on to the learner. Is these instances, the oral tradition may be regarded less as chant of specifically-defined words than chant of learned inflections and tones, with possibly no inherent denotation for each segment of the mantra, only a community-shared connotation of the subject matter common to all through profound trauma.
Hammond alludes to this in the same study cited above, further concluding that - as is known of oral tradition’s evolution over miles and through years, both – variation upon variation of an oral work will be born, eventually resulting in whole new concepts.
The three-word chant (when the three parts are identified as actual words) is also studied - and is the subject of heated debate – for the associations of its components. See Mortgain (2059) for a complete taxonomy of associations among word variations, a study considered by most folklorists to be definitive. Here are just a few examples:
mourning, morning come;
morning moaning, come;
morning, morning come;
mourning, moaning, come; [Comment: characteristic: one zombie moans, more zombies come. “More”ning.]
and so on. (The last word in the three-word chant, come, is generally undisputed.) The interpretation of what words are represented, in combination with the manner in which the represented words are associated with one another, makes for broad differences in meaning of the work as a whole. Again, see Mortgain (2059) for a thorough examination of this topic.
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As a final inclusion in this study, the following is the entire phonetic rendering of the poem variation cited in dialect above (Patterson & Levy, 2020):
The DEAD shall RISE
with SUNK’n EYES’n’
DREAMS th' WORMS won't t‘enter... end...
n’r-SHALL th' MEND
guh'WILLin'
NĪ-ther MUH-th'r's love
cumMIT 'm duh tuh-STAY,
an' IN-thur WAY'suh HEEP've us'ns
DAM-n'uh DEAD'nKNOW-n' nothin' moah
'ti' RES-sur-WRECK-shun WAKE-sus-SIN'er GRAVE...
'n'NEET'ns all w'll-WANT...
[chanted repeatedly]
m'wawn'n
mown'n
cum
This concludes the Ethnographic Study of the Folk Chant, The Dead Shall Rise, conducted under the auspices of the Max Brooks Foundation, in association with the Solanum Research Corp.
© Keith Ward 2008
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The photo actually has nothing remotely to do with zombies. :) It's a scene from a teriffic picnic I attended at Grace's & Kevin's place, members of Harrisburg PA's Coffee Club.
As for the "study", it's something that just started in a gush of creative words I was unleashing into an MS Word document, having no idea where my writing was going. It soon evolved into, first, the phonetic poem. (The words flowing out weren't all actually words - a lot if it was just sounds of nonsense words that I had to write phonetically. That's the poet in me. The sounds flowing from one word to the next make a big difference.) I simultaneously wrote the translation of the phonetic into readable words, now knowing that this was turning out to be a zombie-related poem. I then wrote the "original" poem from which this folk version was derived. It just went on from there throughout an evening, developing into a fake ethnographic study. It was completed in about 8 hours, which included multitasking and breaks for a TV show or two and dinner.
The world depicted is based on the one in Max Brooks' novel ”World War Z”, which is based on the world of his book ”The Zombie Survival Guide”.
Theme : Cars
"365: the 2017 edition","365:2017","Day 177/365","26-Jun-17"
I have never photographed cars so I decided to begin small. A toy car seemed the perfect "vehicle" on which to practice. Do you know how many toy cars there are to choose from? I spent 20 minutes standing in front of the stand and ended up selecting the Zotic, an Art Cars from Hot Wheels.
I am truly a "P" plate photographer of cars. 🚘
The car in which I first learned to drive outside the family home in Pinfarthings, Glos. WEA 242S was an underpowered Cortina 1.3L, pretty much the bottom of the range. Quite a forgiving car for a learner though, the clutch was kind to the novice and it took so long to get up to speed that there was little chance of exceeding the speed limit!
By a strange coincidence, a good few years later I spotted it outside the Haematology Lab at Gloucester Royal Hospital where I worked and it turned out that it was now owned by one of the girls who worked in the laboratory office. It was still in quite good nick, even the big patch of rust I spent several hours painting over one Saturday Afternoon.
L plate learner bride Payal was depicted beside this dark chocolate penis with veil and sparkling tiara on her L-plate for her rude and cheeky hens party cake
Auckland Cake Art for fun and exciting birthday cake designs, rude cheeky naughty adult only designs and awesome wedding cakes new website New Zealand
An Advancing Youth Learner prepares for a spelling bee, with her son in tow. USAID Advancing Youth Project beneficiaries in their literacy class. The USAID Advancing Youth Project provides increased access to quality alternative basic education services, social and leadership development and livelihoods for out of school youth aged 13-35 who have no or marginal literacy and numeracy skills. Monrovia, Liberia.
Devon McLorg, E3/ED
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Works Cited
striped tee: gap
floral skirt: shade
belt: j crew
tights: hue
boots: j crew
scarf: online someplace
And a teacher as well.
"A candle cannot light other candles unless it continues to burn its own light."
A teacher cannot enlighten others unless he is a continuous learner himself.
Knowsley Safari Park is a zoological park and tourist attraction in the Knowsley area of Merseyside, England. Knowsley Safari Park is a member of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA). The safari park contributes to conservation and research through links with conservation projects and its links with universities in Liverpool, Chester and Manchester.
History
The park was opened in July 1971 by Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby and Jimmy Chipperfield[9] using the expertise of general manager Laurence Tennant MBE, formerly the Chief Game Warden of Parks in Uganda and Botswana. Initially the road through the park was 3.5 miles (5.6 km), with visitors driving past lions, cheetahs, monkeys, giraffes, zebra, elephants and various antelope. Due to the popularity of this route, an additional 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of road was added in 1973, and camels, buffalo, white rhino, and tigers were added to the park. Over the years, a few modifications have been made. For instance, tigers are now displayed in enclosures within the reserve, and a bypass around the baboons was built for visitors who are worried about damage to their cars.
The park was also home to a former RAF airfield which closed at the end of World War II. The RAF airbase situated at the safari park was also known as No 49 SLG or RAF Knowsley Park and was in use between 13 May 1942 – November 1944.
The park has hosted several sporting events including the Olympic torch relay, watched by 6,000 children and families in June 2012. The park hosted the finish of Stage Two of the 2012 Tour of Britain cycling event and is scheduled to host Stage Three of the 2013 Tour on Tuesday 17 September.
Most recently it hosted the final leg of Big Learner Relay 2017 which has raised over £300,000 for the BBC Children in Need appeal since 2014. Louise Walsh the inspiration behind the BLR has been awarded the prime minister's points of light award which recognises outstanding individual volunteers.
In 1995 Mr William Middleton, a warden at the park, was crushed and paralysed due to a faulty elephant enclosure. Mr Middleton died 12 years later due to complications caused by his injuries.
Zoological collection
Situated around Knowsley Hall on the ancestral estate of the Earl of Derby, the reserve is home to many different animals including elephants, giraffes, lions, bongos, tigers and baboons. The Derby Estate have a tradition of keeping animals, ever since the famous artist and nonsense-poet Edward Lear was employed there in the 19th century to paint pictures of the Earl's collection.
The park is open to the public and customers drive around the park in their own vehicles. There is a bypass route past the baboons for those who wish to avoid the risk of the baboons damaging their cars. In 2009 the baboons made the news all over the world when a video was released showing how they were intelligent and curious enough to open car roofboxes.
Tiger Trail
Amur Tiger Trail opened 25 May 2018, home to the Amur Tiger otherwise known as the Siberian Tiger. The area is 10,000m2 and includes forested areas, natural streams and ponds.
The Equatorial Trail
This exhibit focuses on animals who thrive in habitats around the Earth's Equator. The exhibit also houses the 'Equatorial Express', a small train which visitors can ride to gain a unique viewpoint of the animals. 4 completely different species of animals are housed in this exhibit, the South American tapir, Sitatunga, Rhea and the Capybara.
African Elephant
Until 2017 the park housed a herd of 4 adult cows named Tana, Ashanti, Nala and Juba. They were transported to Zoo Parc d'Beauval, France to enter the European Breeding Programme and allow for transformations on Knowsley Safari's Foot Safari. Knowsley previously housed a bull named Nissim, who collapsed in June 2014. Knowsley also recently lost their cow named Shaba due to a long battle with elephant arthritis.
Southern White Rhinoceros
Knowsley's crash of 11 adult rhinos is one of the most successful and genetically diverse breeding groups in Europe. The latest calf (as at 4 June 2016), Nomvula (Mother of Rain – a reference to the recent wet weather), born to mum Meru and is the 19th to be born at the facility in the last 40 years. Nomvula is Meru's 6th calf and was born on 2 January 2016.
Safari Drive
The Safari Drive is the park's main attraction and contains over 29 species of animals in 7 zones.
Zone 1+11
This zone contains: Père David's deer, Yak, Kiang and Bactrian camel.
Zone 2+8
This zone contains: Blackbuck, Nilgai, Eld's deer, Chital (Axis Deer) and Barasingha.
Zone 3+4+6
Zone 6 is over 100 acres and contains over a mile of road. It is one of Knowsley's two white rhino paddocks and is one of the largest in the UK. This zone contains: Southern White Rhino, Roan antelope, Eland, Lechwe, Wildebeest, Plains Zebra, African Forest Buffalo, Ostritch and Waterbuck.
Zone 5
This zone contains: Blesbok and Bongo
Zone 7
This zone contains exclusively the Olive baboon, which are famous for removing windscreen wipers and other appendages off vehicles. There is a car-friendly route which totally removes this zone however is still visible from outside the perimeter. This leads directly to zone 6.
Zone 9
This zone contains: European Bison, Fallow Deer and European Moose
Zone 10
This zone contains: Lion, and the Somali wild ass. This zone previously housed African wild dog, Iberian Wolf and Siberian Tiger.
All information correct and sourced from the Knowsley Safari Guide Book 2018 and edited by an editor who loves animals.
Railway and other attractions
The park features a 15 in (381 mm) gauge railway, 'The Lakeside Railway', on which visitors may tour parts of the site. There is also a collection of amusements and fairground rides on site plus paintballing, off-road driving challenges, and aerial extreme ropewalks.
A baboon house was added in 2006, along with African wild dogs that same year, a lion and tiger house in 2007. Red river hogs and marmosets were also added to the walkaround section, as well as an outdoor pool.
Animal care
In January 2011, local animal rights activists held a peaceful demonstration after an inspection by government vets found one instance of a breach of regulations on the disposal of animal ‘by-products’. Pictures in the Daily Mail showed animals lying dead on the ground and in binbags, although the park's directors claim the pictures were staged by the photographer, whose husband the paper claimed had recently lost his job at the park. The park has since installed an enclosure for the storage of animal carcasses before disposal. The British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) later said it had ‘full confidence’ in Knowsley and praised its ‘excellent standards of animal husbandry and welfare’.