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Living in a city such as the big apple, the visual contrast between the rich and the poor is very strong, and because of the density of the city, they're often mashing into the same public space. While the rich people wearing hundred or thousand dollar suits and dresses eating in a fancy Italian restaurant, there could be a homeless person sitting on paper cardboard just couple of feet away asking for a dollar or two just to survive for the night.
She fell asleep on the kitchen table after not eating her cereal... then again on the couch after watching a movie... then again at naptime... and had no problems sleeping last night. I think she's all well now; she's running around and being stinkin' cute again =)
The latex kitty tribe found this big Latexsaur that was very scared of all the kittys. The latex kittys plan was to take it back to there tribe and polish it then dance around it.
This is my 6 year old cat, Westley. As you can see from the picture- he is not really very impressed with my sweater. But I think it is perfect for him!!! Especially with the hood!!!
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Mandi in Ontario, Canada
Poor but happy - Joleen, Jennifer and Joey.
I took this picture of these kids about 20 years ago in an old New Orleans neighborhood. After I finished taking their picture the small girl went over to a pit bull and kicked him. I got in my car and left before the pit bull decided to eat one of us. Note that the small girl has her dress on backwards and I have no idea were they got those hats.
This pic was taken by one of the students in our uni
Personally I reallly like the pic
umm...What do u think !
Have a look on his blog
Rues piétonnes de Périgueux !!! Les anciens, les seniors... notre maire a décidé que vous n'avez rien à faire dans nos ruelles piétonnes... Dégagez. Mieux... restez chez vous.... www.flickr.com/photos/196162574@N04/52332610445/
"The elderly, the seniors... our mayor has decided that you have nothing to do in our pedestrian alleys... Leave. Better yet... stay at home.
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Female Canadian Goose was sitting on her nest when a sudden springtime snowstorm came through the area.
Still wearing her original skirt, I am not sure if the blouse or the knickers are from her. She seems almost untouched for 80+ years
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My poor wee Mum! She was trying to catch a honey bee that had flown into the house. She ended up falling off the stool she was standing on and broke her knee!
She was happy to hear the honey bee managed to escape safely soon after - that sums my Mum up.
xx Get better soon Mum xx
Way too much things on my mind right now.
Little Toto has been a sick little kitty recently. The vets think it's asthma. I think it's a dust allergy.
I've sold a lot of my dolls recently to fund vet bills. Thanks to everyone who's helped!
Oliver my sweet cat got wounded, prbably by a non friendly cat. He got a big bite and had to go through a surgery with stiches. Now He is wearing this non frinedly "hat" (I am not sure how you call it).
Poor baby. I hope you get well soon :-(
I was getting ready to go to bed when Simona came limping into the front room, favoring her right front paw. She is so ungainly and the opposite of graceful that it didn't surprise me that she might've hurt herself flying off of the bed or launching herself in the air. It's not uncommon to see her flying past the back window trying to get my attention. She can't land well and just kind of falls into a heap but gets right back up. Luckily she's light as a feather and can't really hit hard.
So anyway. I grabbed her up to check her paw, putting her on the bed. What I found was a thin piece of metal lodged into the side of her metacarpal pad. Ouch much?!!?
After several failed attempts to get it out because Israel was in the way, she was flailing around screaming and trying to bite me, I grabbed her up and grabbed the muzzle. I locked the pits out of the room, put her back on the bed and pinned her down. The first attempt failed and it was solidly stuck in the pad. She kept screaming but couldn't bite me. Not that I blame her!
I got a good grip on the end sticking out and finally tugged hard enough that it finally slid out. She screamed and cried some more but I settled her down quickly. And then she got quiet and had her tail between her legs and just stared at the wall. She is the most sensitive and quiet spirited creature I've ever met. Seriously. She's not depressed or unstable, just so....calm. She's the polar opposite of the other dogs in every way.
It was 5.23 pm on 21st august 2004 when Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina was wrapping up a rally protesting Sylhet blasts. A wave of grenade attacks on her left at least 16 people killed and left around 200 persons critically injured including top Awami League leaders Abdur Razzak, Amir Hossain Amu, Suranjit Sengupta, Ivy Rahman and Kazi Zafarullah.
The party secretary on Women affairs Ivy Rahman died in the Hospital later in the day. The unknown assailants fired seven bullets at the bulletproof SUV that Hasina boarded immediately after the blast.
The unusually poor deployment of police at the rally and the absence of forces on nearby building rooftops are a remarkable deviation from the usual practice.
Motaher Hossain, general secretary of AL Krishak League said some people on the roof of Ramna hotel and adjacent building were throwing bombs. At least 13 grenades exploded one after another, and also who were present on the spot told a white Microbus carried of some injured person who were among the assailant and were wounded by their own bomb.
Blame game started at the very moment Hasina spoke out loud about government’s conspiracy to kill the remaining member of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujiber Rahman’s remaining family members, BNP leaders hold back and Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan commented that they have blamed the government out of emotion. But soon BNP leaders changed their tone and started to blame AL for attacking their own rally, they argued AL had done it to destabilize the country and discredit the government only to grab the power.
Fiction and conspiracy theories were put forward by various columnists in the media. Pro Awami columnists blamed the fundamentalist forces and the right wing coalition government for this attack while pro BNP columnists blamed AL and pointed finger towards the country’s biggest neighbor India.
However most columnists inclined towards Awami league and left parties and leaders and activists of these parties discovered a pattern in the bomb blasts. In most cases secular forces and those who believe in culture, tradition and democratic values had been the target. The same group was behind the attack on Hasina’s rally.
Those pro BNP columnists pick up the same incident and argued Hasina was not the target of those assailants, if she were their target then why none of those grenades fall on the truck and also wrote thousand pages about AL’s possible motive behind this?
Some suspected it as a plot by international Muslim extremist groups; some pointed towards the association of ISI (Inter Services Intelligence); while Jamaat leader Matiur Rahman Nizami believes it is the work of “well known enemies of Islam” who masterminded, through various covert organizations, to carry out such brutal murders.
It became increasingly hard to dig out the truth from these fictions. With conspiracy theories you can use any piece of evidence to either prove or disprove your opinion and you can pick up any particular incident to strengthen your position. Truth has many faces but with conspiracy theory all you can achieve is a thousand shade of the truth and all these are equally probable and could be equally false.
In this present regime we have finally a charge sheet that clearly indicates Awami Leagues position is correct in this issue, RAB and other government intelligence agency finally concluded that Islamic militants are behind this attack and also a small fraction of BNP activists patronized this attack.
But is it the whole truth or only a facade? Lets look at the proceedings of the investigations.
To investigate 21st August 2004 bomb blast then BNP government first employed metropolitan police’s detective branch to investigate this incident, then this case was handed over to the criminal investigation department of Bangladesh Police. Five investigating officer under 3 officers in charge investigated this incident for over 4 years and they had submitted two charge sheet contradicting each other.
What is the progress in this case? When ever you ask this question to a law enforcement officer, a certain reply will be that “we are still investigating this matter. We had some lead but for the sake of this on going investigation we can not tell you anything.” Even after submitting charge sheet against 22 person in June 11, 2008 and acquitting all other person found guilty (on the first charge sheet presented by the CID), still the investigation has not been closed. So far we have 2 persons who claimed that they had actively participated in this failed assassination. On 26th June, 2005 Joj Miah from Noakhali confessed to police that for 5000 taka he carried out this attack under the order of Subrata Bain, a top terrorist. Subrata Bain and his group had close ties with some notorious AL leaders and they fled to India after alliance government took over the state in October 2001. He confessed to a magistrate that he had never seen any grenade before but Subrata Bain, Joy, Molla Masud ordered him to participate in this assassination. ASP of Police [CID] Abdur Rashid was the investigation officer then.
But the government were not satisfied with this finding so led by Munsi Atikur Rahman the investigation continued. The investigation found a paved path established by the coalition government.
So far we have two investigation reports, one of them was by Justice Jaynul Abedin, chairman of the one man investigation committee formed by the government to investigate 21st august grenade attack on Awami leagues rally. Awami League has rejected this report claiming it lacks neutrality. And another one was submitted by the Supreme Court Bar Association. According to Moudud Ahmed, who was Law minister at that time, claimed that this inquiry committee is illegal.
Jaynul Abedin’s investigation report:
Justice Jaynul Abedin had submitted his 162 pages manuscript of coalition governments collective story on 2nd October 2004. He was the member and chairman of one man inquiry committee formed by the government to investigate the grenade attack on Awami League rally on 21st august. On the eve of this submission those authorities in concern had invited journalist to give some insight of the report.
After scrutiny, critical and painstaking analysis, Jaynul Abedin did omit the possibility that coalition government and his ally, some extremist religious group and a part of Awami League was behind this heinous attack on Awami League activists.
But he did claim with certainty that a foreign intelligence agency actively participated in this event. They trained those assailants and equipped them with necessary ammunitions. He described this event on that informal press conference, “this incident is a naked attack on the independence and sovereignty of the country.”
Because Jaynul Abedin was a BNP activist in the past, Awami League questioned the neutrality of the investigation committee. Even though 123 people given their statement to this committee but that does not include Sheikh Hasina, who was the prime target of this massacre. Sheikh Hasina rejected the call for her statement.
In that one and half hour informal briefing on the report prior to its submission Jaynul concluded “the commission may not have received cooperation from all, which may have somewhat hindered the investigation, but the inquiry is in no way incomplete.”
Like any other investigation report submitted by any government formed investigation committee it also embraced the fate to remain unpublished till-to-date.
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) inquiry committee report:
On 22nd august, 2004, immediately after the grenade attack, The Supreme Court Bar Association formed an inquiry committee. Barrister Kamal Hossain was elected as the chairman of that committee and the other members of this committee were Rokonuddin Mahmud, Abdul Malek, Amir-ul-Islam, M Zahir and Muhammad Ayenuddin.
While Hasina wrapped up the rally, at that very moment a grenade went off loud and it was followed by at least 10 such explosions. Awami League leaders formed a human shield to cover Hasina from the splinter, they were injured in this process and soon after they escorted Hasina to her bullet proof SUV and Hasina left for Sudha Sadan, while on the move that SUV was attacked by bullets. Witnesses on their statement confirmed the SCBA inquiry committee that they had not seen any member of the law enforcing agency in action there.
After inspecting the place of occurrence on 27th august 2004 they went to Sudha Sadan, where Hasina assured the committee her full cooperation to find out the truth. Hasina’s security personal and her driver gave their statement to this committee and this committee also inspected the SUV.
Driver on his statement told the committee that he drove towards the east, then took a left turn and then he drove towards Sudha Sadan through zero point. But police officers deployed at the rally on 21st August on their statement said to inquiry committee, SUV carrying Sheikh Hasina away from that place drove westward, took a right turn, and then went to Sudha Sadan through zero point.
On 16th, 17th, 18th September the committee watched the video tape recorded by ATN, Channel I and NTV. On ATN video tape they saw a young man purposefully looking towards the multi storied Dhaka City Bhaban. Apart from this, on Channel I and NTV footage some suspicious incidents were seen by the committee members.
The inquiry committee sent two letters to Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, requesting her to extend cooperation for the inquiry and to direct the law enforcing agency to cooperate with them in interest of its work.
A letter was sent from the inquiry committee to IGP Shahudul Huq on 29 August 2004 requesting him to direct the police authorities to inform the inquiry committee of the number of persons who were deployed for maintaining the law and order in the public meeting on 21st August 2004 with the descriptions of their duties and locations.
After 3 weeks another letter was sent to him, requesting for his interview. The inquiry committee requested state minister of home affairs, but all of them turned down their request further more the law minister Moudud Ahmed on several occasion said that this inquiry committee had no legal basis and any report of any such illegal committee should not be recognized.
But the government did inform the SCBA inquiry committee that they had done every thing that is possible for them and sent a copy of the statement made by the State Minister for Home Affairs in the Parliament. In that speech the State Minister mentioned that the police made all out efforts to identify the culprits immediately after the incident and within 24 hours a Judicial Inquiry Commission was constituted with a judge of the Supreme Court as the sole Member. He also mentioned that the Government also arranged for an “international” inquiry into the 21st August incident side by side with Bangladesh police investigation and in response to the Government invitation 3 (three) teams from Interpol visited Bangladesh and helped the inquiry. Besides this, the government had also taken cooperation of FBI of USA.
The SCBA inquiry committee made repeated requests at the highest levels of the government for obtaining copies of reports of earlier bomb-blasts, the report of the ‘judicial inquiry’ into the 21 August, 2004 constituted by the Government, and other documents and information, but such requests have till-to-date were turned down.
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) inquiry committee concluded it was a pre-planned attack, carried out on the basis of a carefully prepared plan, targeting Sheikh Hasina and other leaders and persons attending the rally. The firing of the bullets and grenades on the vehicle by which she was leaving the place of occurrence, confirms that she was the target.
The committee urged government to publish all reports of investigation within one month or else public may lead to believe attempt on Sheikh Hasina’s life was to some extent was patronized by this government.
The alleged HUJI rage against Awami League:
Some columnists claimed in the media that the AL government, after assuming power in 1996 barred Islamic scholars from issuing fatwa’s through a High Court order. The government also came on strong against the right wing protesters and arrested hundreds across the country. This had angered HUJI.
Mufti Abdul Hannan, the operative commander of the banned Harkatul Jihad-al-Islami revealed on 19th November 2006.
“I masterminded all grenade attacks across the country excepting the August 21, 2004 gruesome attack on the AL rally, and three people financed the outfit for carrying out the attacks”
Hannan gave another detailed statement on 1st November 2007:
“Kajol was given the responsibility to collect funds and grenades for the attack. They decided that 12 persons would carry out the attack and Kajol and Abu Jandal would select the commanders of the operation. It was decided that Kajol and Jandal brief the attackers about their positions and Jandal would throw the first grenade after getting instruction from Sayeed. The others would throw their grenades at around the same time. Hannan said the attackers targeted the truck and left the spot individually after the operation.”
However question remains as why HUJI chose to attack Hasina after all those years and during the period when there was a row of political killings of Awami League leaders (Kibria, Ahsan Master etc.) were happening. HUJI members were used but who masterminded the attack?
The BNP connection:
In January 2008, former deputy minister for information of the BNP government Abdus Salam Pintu was arrested for his involvement with the grenade attacks on Awami League rally on August 21 in 2004. He was arrested on the basis of confessional statement made earlier by detained Mufti Hannan who claimed that the attack on the AL rally was planned at the official residence of the former Deputy Minister. Hannan said that Pintu was present at the meeting and later supplied the grenades.
He made startling disclosure to interrogators about the involvement of former State Minister of Home Lutfuzzaman Babar and ‘Hawa Bhaban’ in the grenade attacks. From The New Nation:
“The CID officer said they were certain after the arrest of Mufti Hannan and Pintu that the attack on the AL rally had been aided and abetted by Lutfuzzaman Babar and the Hawa Bhaban.
“To hide the truth, former investigation officer Ruhul Amin, a CID officer, had gone to Pintu’s house several times,” he said, and added, “former State Minister of Home Babar was involved in the entire process and Pintu would regularly inquire with him about the progress.”
Pintu’s counsel Advocate Sanaullah Mia, however, told : “He was implicated only because his cousin Maulana Tajul Islam, a militant leader and an accused in the grenade attack case, had visited his house when Pintu was a Minister,”
HUJI is the culprit but who used them and why?
On June 11, 2008 charges were finally made against 22 persons including top Harkat-ul-Jihad (Huji) leader Mufti Abdul Hannan and BNP leader and former deputy minister Abdus Salam Pintu. Newspaper reports say:
“CID Chief Additional Inspector General Jabed Patwari said HUJI top leaders planned and carried out the attacks to kill Hasina as a few arrested attackers said in their confessional statements that Hasina would harm Islam if she was alive and came to power again.
BNP leader Pintu is not involved with Huji but he has been charged since the attackers had held two meetings at his residence to take decision about the attack.”
But the question remains whether HUJI tried to kill Hasina on their own or it was a political assassination plot linked by BNP to take out the opposition. Like every other political massacre the 21st August grenade attack on Hasina has no clear motive whatsoever and after 4 years of investigation we are not certain whether those who were behind this ghastly attack have finally been exposed. Will we be able to know the truth?
Salem Poor (1748-1802) was an African-American slave who purchased his freedom, became a soldier, and rose to fame as a war hero during the American Revolutionary War.
Born into slavery in Andover, Massachusetts, Poor managed to buy his freedom in 1769 for £27. Poor soon married a free African American woman named Nancy. In 1775, he enlisted in the militia, serving under Captain Benjamin Ames in Colonel James Fryes' regiment, opposing the British troops stationed in Boston. Poor is best remembered today for his actions during the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775, where he is credited with mortally wounding British Lieutenant Colonel James Abercrombie.
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This entire series of stamps uses an impressionistic drawing. The result is an image that looks nice from a distance but is fuzzy close up. Remember these are made to be viewed from a distance as you would an envelope
This photo taken during my recent trip to Qing Hai China. A poor child beg for her living....
Temperature about -18c
Tatjana was from Bulgaria. She died of an abortion that was forced on her. Her baby died too.
Her life was a very sad one. She was poor and an employment agency offered her a job in Germany. She agreed but she was cheated. She was sent to Greece instead. On the way to and in Greece, she was gang raped several times. Her heart and hopes were broken and she was forced into compliance, following everything they wanted or be beaten.
Arrived in Greece they said she had a debt of around US$ 2000 to get her to Greece and she had to pay it off by working in a brothel to serve what every guest wanted from her. She was never able to pay it for they put a very high interest on it and there was always a reason to make her stay, one way to do it was to offer her drugs to release her pain. And as a drug user, she became dependent on them. So she worked in vain. She couldn’t get away from it. Her everyday life was customers raped her as they wished.
There are many Tatjanas living in our cities, towns and countries. Some of them are even just teens. Please do something for them or pray for them.
Thank you and God bless you.
he's left eye wasn't ok, I think he can't see from it at all.
He just saw me and made signs to me that he want me to take a photo for him ( he can't talk right either ) for me this is just another sad story from the streets.
Saudi Arabia, Al-Hasa
Out of the Archives: During construction of the Poor Farm Arch--a bridge being built to carry the Catskill Aqueduct over the Kleine Kill in New Paltz--a road trestle curves over the open end of the Catskill Aqueduct, into which runs the contractor’s railway for carrying concrete materials. The old Poor Farm Reservoir dam is in the background. April 5, 1912. (Image ID: p001158)
On our camping trip a couple of days ago, Sophie injured her eye. We don't know how it happened. Either she scratched it on a bush or while playing with another of our dogs. The vet cleaned it out and put a collegen patch over the cornea and then pulled the third eyelid up over the eye and sewed it up with 2 buttons to hold it in place. I was suprised that they used real buttons. She will be able to take the collar off and have the stitches out in 2 weeks. I am not looking forward to trying to keep her down and away from the other dogs. She is our most active Pug. She is totally bewildered by this and I hope she has no lasting damage.