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Botryoidal specimen of cryptomelane on goethite from Ironwood, Gogebic County, Michigan, USA, on display at the AE Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological University, Houghton.
Cryptomelane is a near-surface manganese mineral formed during the weathering of manganese-bearing iron oxide-rich rocks. This grey beauty is actually two minerals. The bubbly grey stuff is cryptomelane which is composed of 1 potassium + 8 manganese + 16 oxygen molecules. Goethite is the rusty brown underlying plate of iron oxide.
"Supergene" or "alteration" or "secondary" minerals are the fun stuff, because they form unusual or colorful or beautiful specimens. The word "supergene" is used to describe conditions of low-pressure and low-temperature during "weathering". The Low-P (pressure) and low-T (temperature) supergene minerals form in near-surface conditions versus High-P and High-T minerals formed deeper in the Earth's crust. Alteration by element-rich near-surface water will form new hydrated (supergene) minerals. Such mineral-forming alteration is time-, place- and element-specific. And instead of being eroded, carried away and recycled, some altered rock formations may be subsequently buried and preserved if in a sedimentary environment.
= Primary Rock-Forming Minerals versus Secondary Minerals =
The rocks in the Earth's crust consist of 12+ primary minerals.
The remainder of ongoing identification of 6000+ minerals (MINDAT website) are all of the other elements in the periodic table kept busy throughout time combining and recombining with primary rock-forming minerals.
The 12+ primary rock-forming minerals form the floating granite-dominated continents comprising 30% of Earth's surface, whereas the basalt-dominated ocean bottom crust is the hidden 70%. Perhaps 500+ minerals have some abundance on Earth out of 6000+ known minerals. Which means most minerals are extremely rare, usually tiny in size and mostly seen by microscope or identified/characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM).
So a hand-sized supergene mineral specimen is very cool !!
History repeating itself.
As a result of Sir Nicholas Winton's efforts in the months leading up to the outbreak of World War II in 1939, a total of seven locomotives transported 669 Czechoslovak children of mainly Jewish heritage from Prague to safety in Great Britain.
A framed print of this was presented to Sir Nicholas's Children.
Dear Alan,
I hope you are well, I’ve been looking at your website, some very good stuff there, both nature and railways.
I asked my contact at A1SLT if I could have a copy of the pic you recently took of Tornado at Retford on the White Rose, with the Czech flags on it.
The reason is that I organised the UK leg of the Winton Train in 2009 and I also organised a stop at Maidenhead (where Sir Nicholas lived) on July 8th during the Tornado’s scheduled ferry move from Southall to Bristol en route to its next job.
If possible I'd like to ask you for a a hi-res copy of your picture at Retford on the White Rose which I can get reproduced and framed as a present for Barbara and Nick, Sir Nicholas’s children. I had been tipped off and expected the Czech flags on the engine for the ferry move to Bristol, but was not expecting the engine to be carrying them on the White Rose public trip. I hope that you agree it would make a nice present for Sir Nicholas’s children.
Meanwhile, if I see a man with a tern on his head out there, I’ll be sure to introduce myself to you!
Kindest Regards,
Peter Hedderly
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• As of the latest numbers released today, there have been 43,463 reported cases of COVID-19 in B.C.; 9,860 of those are active.
*There have been 522 new cases and 21 deaths since Monday.
• 668 people have died in B.C., with 361 in hospital, 93 of whom are in intensive care. 31,866 confirmed cases have recovered.
• 10,768 people are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases.
• The majority of deaths are linked to seniors' homes, with 57 active outbreaks in long-term care and seven in acute care. Here's an in-depth look at the cases and care homes affected.
• There have been cases in all B.C. health regions: Vancouver Coastal (10,620, 84 new), Fraser Health (27,679, 338 new), Vancouver Island (794, seven new), Interior Health (2,907, 56 new), Northern Health (1,368, 37 new), and among non-Canadian residents (95).
• 1,325,240 British Columbians have been tested for COVID-19, including 6,521 in the past 24 hours.
Shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, a small saloon had been designed to replace the old Morris Eight. Originally scheduled to appear in 1941, it was finally launched in 1947. The all-welded chassis constructed from box-section steel provided a very sturdy frame, something that had only really been seen in big pre-war saloons.
The interior was considerably more luxurious than that of the Morris, with walnut dashboard and door trims, octagonal instruments, an adjustable steering column and plush upholstery. On the outside there was a longer bonnet with a traditional tall MG radiator grille, together with elegant swept wings and running boards. It looked different but it wasn’t much faster than a Morris as the heavy car could only just manage 70mph.
This 1950 1250cc MG Y, JDG 560, was seen at the Cotswold Motoring Museum in Bourton-on-the-Water on 6 November 2025.
Life is returning to the streets of Freetown in Sierra Leone.
The Ebola outbreak - which has claimed nearly 4,000 lives nationally and led to a ban on public gatherings - is set to be declared over on 7 November 2015.
But for the families and friends who have beaten the disease, it will be a moment of relief and a moment of mourning for the loved ones they have lost.
And for the more than 4,000 survivors of Ebola across the country, there are still challenges ahead - from ongoing health complications, to the stigma they face. From the loss of their livelihoods, to the tragic impact on their families.
But there is also hope: many survivors are coming together to speak out about their experience and to fight for their rights.
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Rab (Italian: Arbe, Latin: Arba) is a town (grad) on the island of Rab in Croatia. According to the 2011 census the total population of the town was 8,065, whereas only 437 lived in the titular settlement (naselje). Rab, the settlement, is located on a small peninsula on the southwestern side of the island.
The town has a long history that dates back to 360 BC when it was inhabited by the Illyrians. The island was the frontier between the regions of Liburnia and Dalmatia. From the third century BC to the sixth century AD Rab was part of the Roman Empire, and Emperor Augustus proclaimed it a municipium in 10 BC. It was the first town of Roman Dalmatia to be given the honorary title "felix".
Among the signatories of the Second Council of Nicea was a bishop of Rab, namely Ursus. (“Ursus episcopus Avaritianensium ecclesiae” Ursus of Rab)[3][4]
The worst disaster in the town's history was an outbreak of the plague in 1456 that decimated the city's population.
There are many churches in the town. The largest is St. Mary the Blessed, which was built in the 13th century. The church of St. Justine is now a museum of sacred arts, while the chapel of St. Christopher (dedicated to the patron saint of the island) is nowadays called the Lapidarium. The four church bell towers became the symbol of the town and island. The oldest dates back to the eleventh century.
Saint Marinus, the Christian founder of San Marino, was a native of Rab who is said to have fled the island under Diocletian's persecution in AD 301.
Moremi Game Reserve
Okavango Delta
Botswana
Southern Africa
The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), also known as African hunting dog, African painted dog, painted hunting dog, or painted wolf, is a canid native to Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the largest of its family in Africa, and the only extant member of the genus Lycaon, which is distinguished from Canis by its fewer toes and its dentition, which is highly specialised for a hypercarnivorous diet.
It is classified as endangered by the IUCN, as it has disappeared from much of its original range. The current population has been estimated at roughly 39 subpopulations containing 6,600 adults, only 1,400 of which are fully grown. The decline of these populations is ongoing, due to habitat fragmentation, human persecution, and disease outbreaks.
The African wild dog is a highly social animal, living in packs with separate dominance hierarchies for males and females. Uniquely among social carnivores, it is the females rather than the males that scatter from the natal pack once sexually mature, and the young are allowed to feed first on carcasses.
The species is a specialized diurnal hunter of antelopes, which it catches by chasing them to exhaustion. Like other canids, it regurgitates food for its young, but this action is also extended to adults, to the point of being the bedrock of African wild dog social life. It has few natural predators, though lions are a major source of mortality, and spotted hyenas are frequent kleptoparasites. - Source Wikipedia
after a mysterious viral outbreak the Danbo's turned into flesh eating zombies with only one goal,if it have a heartbeat,eat it.
don't be fooled by the looks of them,the may look cute ,but when you get in reach they turn into monsters and show you no mercy.
we are lost
are we???
no,thank god it is only a dream!
A Chinese soldier from the Republic Of China (KMT-China) during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. This was a unreleased promo picture of my brickfilm about the second Sino-Japanese War. So this picture was sitting in my Laptop for a while so I decide to release it on Flickr.
This soldier is also one of the many that will make an appearance in another project regarding the Second Sino-Japanese War. He is part of a top secret Cantonese Divison sent out after reports of strange activity near a top secret Japanese UNIT facility.
Custom helmet,gear, Chaing Kai-Shek Rifle (Kar98): Brickarms
Custom Torso: Brickmania
Link To The Project:
--Fort Ducced News Paper--
"Fort Ducced has finally constructed a police force, along with militia. Laws follow closely to pre-outbreak US laws, excluding gun laws (for the time being), along with a few other laws.
A man was caught today driving a stolen semitruck. He went down a dead end road and attempted to flee on foot but was caught 5 feet from the truck. No one was injured thankfully."
Mr. Dangalang, Police chief for this police station: "Once we started this whole police thing, I noticed some guys in black asking a lot of questions to the folks around here. I ain't never seen em before, but somun' tells me they up to no good. I'm been thinkun' bout it and I'd bet they are some govunment' agents or somun'. I'd stay away from em if I was you."
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I finally got around to taking pictures of my MOC today after listening to 2 of the newest Bricks and Banter podcasts (which I strongly suggest you listen too). I have some scenes that will be coming out for the next while, and my Birthday is coming up soon, in about 18 days. Also the anniversary for 1 year of Flickr is just 3 days away! Wow. Anyways if you have read this far then I really appreciate it.
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The doctors and other medical staff across the country are going through tough time during the fight against coronavirus outbreak. In the national capital many doctors haven't gone back home for many days. They are spending their off-duty hours in a five star hotel room arranged by the Delhi government.
Doctors of the LNJP Hospital in Delhi, tasked with treating coronavirus-infected patients, have been provided accommodation in 5-star Lalit Hotel. It is a luxurious accommodation but not a substitute for home and family. Away from their families, these doctors are fighting at multiple fronts like warriors.
India Today met with a team of doctors from the LNJP Hospital who are staying at the Lalit Hotel. They shared their experience of dealing with coronavirus pandemic and emotional struggle of not being able to see their families.
At the Lalit Hotel, the every batch of doctors gets a rousing reception by the hotel staff as they arrive here for rest. Vivek Shukla, the general manager of the hotel, told India Today, "The Delhi government has taken 100 rooms and asked us to prepare 150 rooms for these doctors and other health professionals. We offer them special welcome upon their arrival not only as a gesture but out of respect and honour for their duty."
Anupriya, one of the doctors treating Covid-19 patients at LNJP Hospital, has not gone home for five days. She told India Today that her video-call with her husband becomes a very emotional exchange. "My family is concerned about me but they all are very supportive. My husband has learnt cooking," said Dr Anupriya.
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Dr Anupriya and her husband will be celebrating their wedding anniversary in an unusual way. "My husband told me that we would cut the cake online to celebrate out wedding anniversary coming in few days," she said battling her emotions.
"It is my duty to take care of my patients and also keep myself and my family safe. By not going home, I am ensuring that my family is not infected through me," Dr Anupriya said.
Dr Kapil, whose family stays in Maharashtra, said, "My parents call me up from Nagpur several times. But I am not able to take their calls. Covered in personal protective equipment, I cannot attend their calls while on duty. Family is worried about us but our duty is supreme and beyond any fear."
Another doctor, Dr Manish too has not gone home for days. He said his parents have been very cooperative encouraging him to perform his duty well during this pandemic.
There have been reports that some of the coronavirus patients have behaved unruly with doctors in the LNJP Hospital. Responding to such reports, Dr Anupriya said, "The Covid-19 patients are facing difficult situation. We appeal to them to co-operate with the doctors as we are trying to save their lives."
On reports of unruly behaviour by some of the Covid-19 patients, Dr Manish said, "Many patients spit on doctors, come out of the ward naked and abuse medical staff. We try them to convince them that all of us are here for their safety and security."
"This is a difficult time. We are also facing aggressive reaction from the patients but we empathize with them. We cannot meet anyone, nor can they. We try to pacify them. This is difficult time for everyone," said Dr Anushruthi, a Delhi resident but has not been able to see her family members for days.
Dr Sarwari's parents stay in Noida and are in their old age with some critical medical conditions. "My parents are at home and have chronic lung conditions. They are above 60 years of age. I love doing my work. And, at least at I have mental peace that I am not taking any infection back home. The support and accommodation provided by the government is very helpful. We don't want this infection to take home and spread to our family," she said.
Dr Sarvari said she has never stayed away from her family but this is an extraordinary situation. "When I was coming for Covid-19 duty, my family was treating me as I was going for a war and I might never come back home. They are scared but also really proud of what I am doing to fight this pandemic," she said.
Explaining the mental trauma of Covid-19 patients kept in isolation, she said, "We are alone because we have to be with the patients. They are alone because they are the patients. It is hard but you have to empathize with them. It is our duty and we understand where they are coming from."
The COVID-19 or the new Corona Virus is different. In this virus we have an enemy which is invisible and sometimes deadly, and the task is harder.
About a century ago the Spanish flu pandemic killed an estimated 50 million people, more than the combined total casualties of World Wars I and II. Our understanding of disease transmission and treatments is far ahead of our position in 1918, but this new coronavirus has shown the limits of our ability to deal with major disease outbreaks.
Advice to protect ourselves is clear: wash your hands well and often, self-isolate if you feel unwell, maintain social distance by avoiding crowded and public spaces and, if your symptoms worsen, contact medical services. Only by following this advice rigorously can we hope to stem the tide of new infections.
For now, however, the virus is spreading and, on the frontline between a nervous public and those responsible for directing national responses, the healthcare workers on whom we all depend can easily be forgotten.
During the Ebola outbreak six years ago, the World Health Organisation estimated that health workers were between 21 and 32 times more likely to be infected with Ebola than people in the general adult population. In West Africa more than 350 health care workers died while battling Ebola.
Doctors, nurses, carers and paramedics around the world are facing an unprecedented workload in overstretched health facilities, and with no end in sight. They are working in stressful and frightening work environments, not just because the virus is little understood, but because in most settings they are under-protected, overworked and themselves vulnerable to infection.
The risk to doctors, nurses and others on the front lines has become plain: Italy has seen at least 18 doctors with coronavirus die. Spain reported that more than 3,900 health care workers have become infected,
We need a whole-of-society resolve that we will not let our frontline soldiers become patients. We must do everything to support health workers who, despite their own well-founded fears, are stepping directly into COVID-19’s path to aid the afflicted and help halt the virus’s spread.
In sub-Saharan Africa as elsewhere, pressure on the healthcare workforce will intensify in the coming months. A recent survey of National Nurses United (NNU) members in the US, revealed that only 30% believed their healthcare organization had sufficient inventory of personal protective equipment (PPE) for responding to a surge event. In some parts of France and Italy, hospitals have run out of masks, forcing doctors to examine and treat coronavirus patients without adequate protection.
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The situation in poorer countries will be worse. Demand has far outstripped supplies. In Kenya to enable health workers to do their jobs safely we will dedicate resources to providing gowns, gloves, and medical grade face masks, and also arm them with the latest knowledge and information on the virus. As partners the Government of Kenya, the United Nations and the international community are determined to explore every avenue to ensure all the possible support for the health workers.
Evidence indicates that coronavirus can survive on some hard surfaces for up to three days, but it is also easily killed by simple disinfectants. Health workers need the back-up of ancillary staff to increase the frequency and rigour of cleaning light switches, countertops, handrails, elevator buttons and doorknobs. Such measures can give much-needed reassurance to stressed care givers and protect the public too.
Like soldiers, health workers also face considerable mental stress. It is often forgotten that as humans, they feel the sorrow of loss when their patients succumb to the virus. They too have families, and so will also naturally be fearful that the virus might reach those they love most.
Whenever possible we will ensure that healthcare workers have access to counselling services so they can recharge before moving on again, given that this could be a long, drawn out battle.
We need to also use accurate information as a means of defence. Misinformation can cause public panic, suspicion and unrest; it can disrupt the availability of food and vital supplies and divert resources - such as face masks - away from health workers and other frontline workers whose need is greatest.
COVID-19 will not be the last dangerous microbe we see. The heroism, dedication and selflessness of medical staff allow the rest of us a degree of reassurance that we will overcome this virus.
We must give these health workers all the support they need to do their jobs, be safe and stay alive. We will need them when the next pandemic strikes.
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Overwhelmed, mostly under-resourced and risking their lives in the seemingly unending battle against a virulent virus. That’s the state of the global army today that’s taking on a pandemic which has already claimed more than 12,000 lives and affected more than 284,000 people around the world. And the sleep-deprived heroes of that army come armed with stethoscopes and thermometers. The hospital is their theatre and the ventilator often the weapon of last resort.
In the global war against coronavirus, they are our true heroes. Doctors, nurses, pathologists and paramedics. Ambulance drivers, medical cleaners and administrators. Hospital managers and other pillars of the desperately-strained public health system around the world. And medical researchers racing against all odds in the quest to develop a cure.
Some have stared at desperate faces stricken with the virus and healed them, brought them back to safety. Some of them have stared at battles lost. And many have laid down their lives in the line of duty.
A 29-year-old doctor in Wuhan — the epicentre of the outbreak in China — who postponed his planned Lunar New Year marriage to save hundreds of lives hit by the killer virus. But he never made it — he died after contracting the virus from one of the patients. A 67-year-old physician in Italy — the new global epicentre of the virus — who continued to treat dozens of patients even after all his protective gear ran out, and sacrificed his life in the process. An 80-year-old lung specialist who came out of retirement to attend to the surging cases of COVID-19 positive patients in West Jakarta. A nurse in the northern Italian town of Cremona, whose face with her mask on has come to symbolise the exhausting efforts of those fighting COVID-19.
They are our true heroes.
In most cases, these selfless warriors have had to cut themselves off from their own families and loved one to prevent infecting them. Their extraordinary sacrifice for the sake of humanity has come at a great personal cost and deserves our unending gratitude.
But gratitude alone is not sufficient. When this crisis is over, there must be a reassessment of who we value most in society and how we treat them. We need to find ways of robustly investing in what matters the most — in higher wages and better conditions for the medical fraternity, in advancing medical research and technology, in acknowledging that they are the last frontier of our modern battles.
That will be the best tribute we can pay to our heroes and the true saviours of the 21st century.
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The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has prompted an immediate change to multiple facets of daily life. One particular change is in the street food dining scene in Thailand. Cooks and servers are required to wear a mask at all times, while tables are spaced apart with plastic barriers separating diners from one another.
A city gripped in the throes of unending madness. An experiment within a secret lab has unleashed an inexplicable force. A force that binds the essence of horror to the city's denizens and gives life to their darkest nightmares and fantasies. Science opened a gate that was never meant to be opened.
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c/n 2003
Built 1940
The world’s first pressurised airliner, the Boeing 307 used the wings and tail designed for the B-17 Flying Fortress. The type first flew in December 1938 and 10 were built. The prototype, which was also the first production aircraft, crashed in March 1939 with the loss of all ten on board. Of the other nine, three were delivered to Pan American World Airways, five to TWA and one to Howard Hughes for a proposed ‘round-the-world’ flight, which was later cancelled due to the outbreak of war in Europe.
“Clipper Flying Cloud” was delivered to Pan American on 22nd March 1940 and during WW2 she was contracted to Air Transport Command to fly on routes to South America. She was sold to Airline Training Incorporated in November 1948 and then to the Corps d'Aviation de l'Armee d'Haiti (Haitian Army Air Corps) in December 1953, where she flew with the serial 2003. She returned to the United States in September 1959 and was initially registered as N9507R before reverting to N19903 in 1960. Over the next few years she flew for Arkansas Air Freight and then Inter-American Inc. before being sold to Aviation Specialties Co. in Mesa, Arizona, and placed in store at Mesa Falcon Field. In August 1972 the Smithsonian Institute traded a Lockheed Constellation for the aircraft and she was moved to the Pima Air Museum in 1973. She remained on public display there until 26th May 1994 when she was ferry-flown to Boeing Field in Seattle. A complete restoration was then carried out by Boeing and she flew again on 3rd July 2001, resplendent in full Pan Am livery. Sadly, she ran out of fuel during a crew training flight on 28th March 2002 and had to ditch in Elliot Bay, Seattle. She was salvaged the following day and returned to Boeing for a further restoration, flying again on 18th July 2003.
She arrived at Dulles on 6th August 2003 and is seen on display at the Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center as part of the National Air and Space Museum.
Washington Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia
7th May 2015
What would you do after the Outbreak? Discover how far your character will go to survive as you loot the dead, fight infected, scavenge for supplies, or work together to survive in this story-based role-play community. Learn more at outbreak.sl/ or visit inworld.
SL Location: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Outbreak/59/162/29
So.. I love this picture because I love her outfit and theme :D This is the first time I have composted the background from a photo I took INWORLD :D I hope you like it Flower!!!
With the outbreak of Covid-19, we stay put and get out of the house during late night hours, only. Ho Chi Minh City, March 2020.
A Short Analysis of Rudyard Kipling’s ‘Recessional’
Although the phrase ‘lest we forget’ is now closely associated with Remembrance Sunday and war remembrance more generally, it actually originated in a poem written almost twenty years before the outbreak of the First World War: Rudyard Kipling’s ‘Recessional’. Before we offer a summary and analysis of ‘Recessional’, here’s the text of the poem:
God of our fathers, known of old,
Lord of our far-flung battle-line,
Beneath whose awful Hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine—
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!
The tumult and the shouting dies;
The Captains and the Kings depart:
Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice,
An humble and a contrite heart.
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!
Far-called, our navies melt away;
On dune and headland sinks the fire:
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!
If, drunk with sight of power, we loose
Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe,
Such boastings as the Gentiles use,
Or lesser breeds without the Law—
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!
For heathen heart that puts her trust
In reeking tube and iron shard,
All valiant dust that builds on dust,
And guarding, calls not Thee to guard,
For frantic boast and foolish word—
Thy mercy on Thy People, Lord!
‘Recessional’: summary
Kipling wrote ‘Recessional’ on the occasion of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. Although Kipling is often viewed as a flag-waver for imperialism, his views were more complex than such a view suggests, and this political poem goes against the celebratory mood of the Jubilee, reminding readers that the British Empire is trivial and transient in the face of the permanence of God:
For heathen heart that puts her trust
In reeking tube and iron shard,
All valiant dust that builds on dust,
And guarding, calls not Thee to guard,
For frantic boast and foolish word—
Thy mercy on Thy People, Lord!
In the first stanza, Kipling addresses God directly, calling him ‘God of our fathers, known of old’ and ‘Lord of our far-flung battle-line’: at the time Kipling was writing, the British Empire covered around a quarter of the globe, so it certainly was ‘far-flung’ in terms of its imperial possessions which it had to claim, and keep, by force, and in its dominion stretching over ‘palm and pine’.
God has an ‘awful Hand’: ‘awful’ is being used here in its older, original sense, namely ‘awe-inspiring’. Kipling asks God to ‘be with us yet’: not to desert his human creation. People are in danger of forgetting who really has ‘Dominion’ (a decidedly Biblical word) over the world: God, not man.
The tumult and the shouting dies;
The Captains and the Kings depart:
Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice,
An humble and a contrite heart.
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!
In this second stanza, Kipling says that when empires fade, and the army captains and the kings have died, one thing remains: the sacrifice Christ made on the Cross.
Far-called, our navies melt away;
On dune and headland sinks the fire:
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!
In the third stanza, Kipling turns his attention from the army to the navy: the ‘fire’ (gunfire) the navies make against other nations misses the mark, and the once-great naval force that is Britain is diminished (it was said that King Alfred the Great, when he wasn’t burning cakes, invented the English navy; this was the inspiration for the famous patriotic song ‘Rule Britannia’, where that embodiment of Britain, Britannia, is called upon to ‘rule the waves’). Britain’s ‘pomp’ and greatness are no more: like Nineveh and Tyre, ancient civilisations of the past, it will die away to nothing. Nineveh, which stood in what is now Iraq, was once the largest city in the world, and served as the capital of the Assyrian empire; Tyre, in modern-day Lebanon, was one of the metropolises of the Phoenicians, traders and empire-builders of the ancient world.
If, drunk with sight of power, we loose
Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe,
Such boastings as the Gentiles use,
Or lesser breeds without the Law—
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!
In the next stanza, Kipling argues that it is important to have God ‘in awe’: to be in awe of God’s power and superior might. It is important that the British, in their desire for more power around the world, don’t start forgetting this, as ‘Gentiles’ or ‘less breeds’ who do not follow God’s Law would do. (‘Gentile’ usually refers to someone who isn’t Jewish, but the word has been used, by extension, to refer to anyone who is not of Israeli heritage; and since Christianity had its roots in the Jewish Torah and the story of Moses, Kipling appears to be using ‘Gentile’ to mean ‘someone who does not follow the Judeo-Christian faith’.)
For heathen heart that puts her trust
In reeking tube and iron shard,
All valiant dust that builds on dust,
And guarding, calls not Thee to guard,
For frantic boast and foolish word—
Thy mercy on Thy People, Lord!
The final stanza of ‘Recessional’ continues the argument of the previous stanza: the ‘heathen heart’ of one who does not follow God (‘heathen’ is another word that has been used to mean simply ‘one who is not Christian’) and simply follows the law of battle (the ‘reeking tube’ of the gun and the ‘iron shard’ of shrapnel?) is doomed to fail with its ‘frantic boast’ and ‘foolish word’, and is simply dust founded on dust, death founded on more death, an empire founded on ashes – weak foundations indeed. Kipling concludes ‘Recessional’ with a call for God to have mercy on his people – Christians, and specifically, in this context, good British Christians.
‘Recessional’: analysis
Kipling wrote ‘Recessional’ for the Diamond Jubilee in 1897, the event marking 60 years since Queen Victoria acceded to the British throne in 1837. During her long reign – she would die four years later, in early 1901 – Britain had grown into an international superpower, with imperial possessions all over the globe (especially Africa, India, and parts of the Pacific and Caribbean). Following the Indian Mutiny of 1857 and the dissolution of the East India Company, the British raj was founded in India, and Victoria was named Empress of India in 1876.
‘Recessional’ is not anti-imperialistic as such, but the poem does see Kipling sounding a cautionary note about the dangers of losing one’s sense of moral (Christian) superiority while the Brits are out and about fighting and shooting. Of course, to modern readers the poem still poses problems in terms of its (conditional) endorsement of the imperial mission, but it is noteworthy for refusing to celebrate unreservedly the spoils and triumphs of empire. There is an implicit awareness of the fact that material greed is leading Britain to lose sight of its spiritual responsibility.
We noted above Kipling’s use of the term ‘Gentile’, and the Old Testament flavour to this word in the context of ‘Recessional’. And indeed the famous phrase the poem spawned – perhaps the most famous of all Kipling’s quotations, even though few who utter it every year are probably aware that it came from his poem – was not entirely original to Kipling, and instead had its origins in the Book of Deuteronomy. In Deuteronomy 6:12, we find: ‘Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.’ So ‘lest thou forget’ became the more collective ‘lest we forget’, with Kipling exhorting his fellow man to remember God’s sacrifice and teaching while Britain is off conquering the world.
‘Recessional’: poetic metre and rhyme scheme
‘Recessional’ is written in six-line stanzas rhymed ababcc. In each stanza, the c rhyme is on the same two words, ‘yet’ and ‘forget’, so that each stanza can conclude with the refrain ‘lest we forget’. The exception is the final stanza, which ends on the ‘rhyme’ (technically, an eye-rhyme) on ‘word’ and ‘Lord’ (a fitting couplet, since ‘the Word’ was a Biblical term for God: ‘In the beginning was the Word’).
The metre of ‘Recessional’ is iambic tetrameter, which means that each line comprises four iambs. An iamb is a metrical foot comprising two syllables: an unstressed one followed by a stressed one. We’ve highlighted the stressed syllables in capitals in the final stanza below, and divided up the iambs with a / symbol:
For HEA- / then HEART / that PUTS / her TRUST
In REEK- / ing TUBE / and IR- / on SHARD,
All VAL- / iant DUST / that BUILDS / on DUST,
And GUARD- / ing, CALLS / not THEE / to GUARD,
For FRAN- / tic BOAST / and FOOL- / ish WORD—
Thy MER- / cy ON / Thy PEO- / ple, LORD!
Haitians walk towards the health centre where NGO Acted is distributing re-hydration medical kits donated by UNICEF, in Grand Dessalines. The town is isolated by flooding from the Artibonite River and requires the kits to respond to a severe outbreak of cholera.
Photo ID 465206. 25/10/2010. Grand Dessalines, Haiti. UN Photo/UNICEF/Marco Dormino. www.unmultimedia.org/photo/
CELEBRASYON 2012
First Day Novena, July 7, 2012
In Commemoration of the 110 years of the saving of Cebu from the 1902 Cholera plague and 6th Canonical Coronation Anniversary
During the cholera outbreak of 1902, it struck the entire City of Cebu, but the hardest hit was in Barrio Guadalupe. Probably because the source of water then was the river. It was very devastating. Hundreds of residents died. It was said that those who buried the dead, did not return as they themselves died along the way or right in the cemetery while grieving for their dead relatives. The cholera outbreak was so bad in the barrio that there was burial everyday. Later the burial had to be done en masse on a carabao cart. Death stalked the people of Guadalupe real bad. Placido "Edo" Datan initiated a move and called on the barrio leaders to hold a penitential dawn procession to invoke the help of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Holy Cross of Jesus, and the epedemic ended. The melody for the so-called "Antifon" was written by Silverio Gonzales, the catechist. One of he ardent supporters of the movement was Don Joaquin Labro, who unfortunately, became one of the victims of the epidemic. The "Antifon" is actually the prayer "Hail Mary" in Spanish (Dios te Salve) but sang repeatedly in a very plaintive tune. The Antifon was held for one month from Mid-May to Mid-June. The estampa of Our Lady and a Holy Cross was mounted on an andas (palanquin) and carried during the dawn procession. The Antifon was purely the idea of Don Joaquin Labra, Don Gervacio Quijada, Placido Datan, Silverio Gonzales, Eustequio Abapo, Melchor Abella and others. The cholera stopped but not immediately. As the dawn procession went on, the number of deaths decreased until there was no more death in the barrio. The devotion and strong faith of our elders to the Blessed Virgin of Guadalupe and to the Holy Cross of Jesus saved them from death.
In the years before the outbreak of World War 1 "motoring" started to be one of the popular pastimes of the 'well-off' and upper classes. This can be seen in this series of motoring guides produced by the Cheltenham based publishers E J Burrow & Co Ltd in conjunction with the Royal Automobile Club and this, the Scottish volume, in connection with the Scottish Motoring Club. The various volumes give details of routes and destinations, including maps, and are peppered with adverts for motoring services to be found on the way - important then in the early days of motoring when to be able to find a mechanic or petrol supplies was vital - as well as for hotels and for 'goods' useful for motorists; these include accessories and clothing suitable for motoring. The guides are written by Charles G Harper who was a well known travel writer.
E J Burrow's became a prolific publisher of guides and handbooks, often "official" in that they were produced in conjuction with local authorities or organisations. This is interesting in that it notes amongst their addresses Bradford as as the fact their London Agent was Percy Lund, Humphries & Co Ltd. I suspect this small format book may have been printed at Lund Humphries 'County Press' and had not previously been aware of some link between the two companies.
The Scottish Motor Traction Co Ltd, better recalled as'the SMT', was formed in 1905 and although it was around early motor cars that the business was based, they soon began to operate motor buses. Thanks to railway investment in the late 1920s, the company became the dominant force in the Scottish bus industry, owning other concerns notably W Alexander's. Nationalised in 1948, and forming the basis of the later Scottish Bus Group. The non-bus and coach interests that I think had been formed into a separate subsidiary as SMT Sales & Service Ltd., selling and repairing motor cars, before WW1, was retained in private ownership and continued in existance until 1991.
These premises in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, were suitably aimed at the sort of clientele who could afford motoring in pre-WW1 days with Ladies and Gentlemens lounges - as well as skilled engineers and 24-hour service.
“The British Government has unveiled a new vaccine research facility, where scientists are working to prevent future pandemics. It’s located at Porton Down, a high security research facility best known for its work on chemical warfare. Experts are preparing for what is known as ‘Disease X’ or the next pandemic virus.”
Oh, the irony!
“Scientists have estimated that 1.67 million yet-to-be-discovered viruses exist in mammals and birds, and about half of them have the potential to spill to humans.”
Say it ain’t so!
“Rising global temperatures could unleash zombie viruses frozen for thousands of years in the permafrost.”
The zombie apocalypse…noOoo!
The next pandemic could spring from corporate farms (big farma), where millions of livestock come in close contact with one another. Thousands of animals are tightly crammed together in poor living conditions, which causes them great stress and anxiety. These unnatural conditions not only produce unhealthier animals, but they also create the perfect environment to foster disease. “If you actually want to create global pandemics, then build factory farms.” Experts warn that the next pandemic will likely be a zoonotic outbreak (a disease that transfers from animals to humans).
Disease X, the con artist formerly known as Twitter.
We must implement protocols to prepare for Pandemic X. We must work together with Big Pharma and Big Farma (what could go wrong?). We will vaccinate livestock with mRNA technology. We will make genetically modified mRNA plants. Genetically modified food genetically modifies those who eat it…the road to transhumanism…slowly modifying the population one step at a time! From real meat we will move on to genetically modified plant-based meat, then on to genetically modified insect-based meat, and finally on to a sustainable Soylent Green human-based meat diet. Go green, recycle!
To protect against the next plandemic we will need a more robust health-surveillance system than before…contact tracing anyone? We will use a global event-based surveillance system. This dystopian reporting network will be transparent and apolitical. Such a system, of course, will fall under the authority of the New World Order Health Organization.
We are currently working on new brain surveillance monitoring technology. With the Internet of Things, this cyber-physical system will connect billons of devices. 5G connectivity and AI technology will soon push us into the trillion-sensor age. This new trillion-sensor universe will span across the global ecosystem, and it will be used for the monitoring and control of humanity. This trillion-sensor Beast system will be an immensely complex techno-ecosystem. The pinnacle of this system will be the All-Seeing Smartchip, which will take humanity into the transhuman age. This smartchip technology is known as Brain Electrode Augmentation Signaling Technology (BEAST).
Many terrifying diseases have originated in labs *cough* *cough* I mean animals, including HIV/AIDS, Ebola, Zika, and COVID-19. These so-called zoonotic outbreaks are usually due to a lack of government oversight. Therefore, the W.H.O. must be able to respond to public health emergencies by overriding the sovereignty of nations. They must draft a new agreement under the Constitution of the World Health Organization to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. This new legally-binding pandemic accord must provide a comprehensive, complementary, and synergistic set of global health agreements to combat all inequality, environmental degradation and climate destabilization, as well as combat new surges in populism and white supremacy, misinformation and disinformation, economic uncertainty, and growing public health threats. It’s for your own safety!
Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light, so don’t be surprised if his servants do likewise. Therefore, humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee (for we are not ignorant of his schemes).
My second cellphone post, as I once said I don’t like doing that, I usually prefer to use my camera but I find this art amazing... and well wanted to share it with you guys out there.
With quite some effort,
a motivational push from the back,
and an elicit pull through sunlight
from outside,
the “im” gets separated from “possible”
and transforms to “I'm possible”.
Beautiful life,
a force organising itself
in a world of a constant falling apart,
and where oppression breeds the power to oppose it.
A fluctuation,
in the ocean of time is now here,
here in the now.