Coptic Christians in Cairo Egypt living in El Zabaleen, or garbage city. For generations families would work together to collect all the rubbish from the streets of Cairo and take it back to their homes. They then sift and sort through all the items which are then sold on to merchants. 85% of all solid waste is thus recycled from the city.

Families used to own pigs that used to eat the organic waste but everyone of them was slaughtered during 2009 during the outbreak of the H1N1 'swine' flu, even though there were no cases reported in Egypt. It was the only country that carried out a mass cull, and was also reported that it was done in an inhumane manner. This increased tension and resentment with the Government.

The woman bends backward as a sign of defeat. The backward bend shows the flexibility, balance and grace of the actor.

"The hannya mask is specifically used to represent a vengeful and jealous woman. Her anger and envy have so consumed her that she has turned into a demon, but with some important traces of humanity left. The pointed horns, gleaming eyes, fang-like teeth, combined with a look of pure resentment and hate are tempered by the expression of suffering around the eyes and the artfully disarrayed strands of hair, which indicate passionate emotion thrown into disorder"

Onnagata Daigoro Tachibana dances in the spotlight. He is best remembered as the Geisha Osei in Takeshi Kitano's Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (2003). Together with him is Ryouji Tachibana, the current Vice Chairman of the Troupe.

I am racing through life, utterly confused and angry. I do not know if I am out of control or just insane; it is more like I feel infuriated with myself the built up of rage, fury and similar emotions affecting my state of mind... Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone's face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? These are the questions that I face and these are the queries that I chase. – By Raqia Naeem.

Every Sunday night, I try to pull a tarot card to get some inspiration on what I should focus on this week, to help contextualize my daily draws as well. Today I drew The Star, reversed, from my Tell-Me Tarot deck. The card says "The Star = Optimism (+). All your dreams will come true. Think positively. You are radiant and could become famous." Well all right then! :) In this card, I am drawn to the figure's red and blue shawl (and the colourways depicted), and the hue of the blue in the sky. I think in general, this card means my week isn't going to be too bad- we've got a busy one, we have a radiation inspection, a board of trustees meeting, and a student doing his placement with us who will be spending some time in doing background work. It'll be busy but I don't think anything negative will result from any of it.

OK, well, that's what I thought immediately when I saw the card. Here's what "The Only Tarot Book You'll Ever Need" (Skye Alexander, Adams Media, 2008) has to say: "When the star is reversed, you are seeking your own path in a private way, without regard for the outside world." Alexander goes on to talk about feelings of aloneness, feeling withdrawn, and resentment. The Only Tarot Book suggests that I need some alone time to re-energize. Well, I can see how this applies to me immediately, but not necessarily how it applies to me for the week ahead- today, I did an extra day at work and feel a little low-key and drained as a result.

Namibia.

Swakopmund.

Mondesa township.

Video of the township with locals singing and dancing

The township tour offers a chance to experience the cultures of Mondesa, a large township in the heart of Swakopmund.

Mondesa is a township in Swakopmund started in 1960 by the then South African government. Approximately two-thirds of Swakopmund’s population apparently resides in Mondesa. Mondesa includes an informal settlement housing some 6,000 people at it’s eastern periphery.

read more about the housing scheme in the township

Members of distinct Namibian ethnic groups inhabit the townships, and under apartheid’s “divide and rule” policy, they were kept separate enough from one other that each tribe has retained its own language, beliefs, cuisine and dress. As well as enforcing curfews to keep the residents apart, the government treated each tribe differently to foster resentment between them. To unite could have led to them overthrowing the minority white powers. So the Ovambo people, numbering just over half the population, were given tiny houses and communal toilets. The Herero enjoyed three bedroom bungalows with inside bathrooms. And the Damara were placed in two bedroom housed with shared toilets. They were pitted against each other.

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The Pershing County Courthouse in Lovelock, Nevada is a Classical Revival building built in 1920-21. The courthouse's plan is hexagonal with a circular dome over the central circular courtroom. The building was designed by Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps, who had previously designed six other Nevada courthouses. DeLongchamps was involved in the design of a new courthouse for Humboldt County, where the old courthouse had burned. As a result of resentment over assessments for the replacement in Winnemucca, the new Pershing County was created from part of Humboldt County and its seat established in Lovelock. DeLongchamps, as Supervising Architect for the State of Nevada, undertook the new Lovelock courthouse.

The courthouse features a shallow Ionic portico on a raised basement backed by a plain rectangular mass. Behind this is the hexagonal main body of the courthouse, built with curving walls. A shallow dome, reminiscent of Thomas Jefferson's University of Virginia Library, crowns the central courtroom. The primary building materials are brick with stone trim and terra cotta detailing. Construction cost amounted to $99,138.68.

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Are you familiar with America's #T_H_U_G_L_I_F_E Culture of African American Child Abuse & Neglect the late American story-TRUTH-teller Tupac Shakur, as well as many of his urban story-truth-teller peers vividly describe in their American artistry or public interviews?

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Are you aware of the #A_F_R_E_C_A_N remedy for the #T_H_U_G_L_I_F_E experienced, through no fault of their own, by significant numbers of American children and teens?

"America’s Firm Resolve to End Childhood Abuse and Neglect”

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Peace.

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The Andre Norton novel "Star Gate" first published in 1958, in an intricately crafted science-fiction story employing the theme of alternative history.

The plot of this story concerns an interstellar expedition to an inhabited world and the unintended harmful consequence that result. The planet Gorth is primary agrarian ruled by hereditary clans. Various city-states with a technological level akin to England in the middle ages joust for supremacy. Over the course of generations the "Star Lords" interbreed with the native human stock producing mix breed offspring who acquire some knowledge of the superior technology of the Star Lords. Native fears, resentment and anger cause the majority of the Star Lords to eventually leave Gorth in their starships. A small remnant of Star Lord remain but despairing they can erases the negative consequences of their presence decide to escape to an alternate Gorth in a "Star Gate" accompanied by several of their mixed breed children. The bulk of the novel concerns the attempt by the gate travelers to rectify an appalling political situations found on the "new" Gorth.

Ms. Norton elaborates upon the concept that propels this story in her introduction to the novel. I will summarize her scheme using selected quotes from her Prologue: "History is not a collection of facts; it is a spiders web of ifs. If the American colonies had lost the Revolution, if the South and not the North had won the Civil War...the procession of such ifs is endless, exciting the imagination and spurring infinite speculation. There is a fascinating theory that two worlds branch from every bit of destiny action. Hence there are far reaching bands of parallel worlds born of many historical choices. Thus if some means of communication could be devised a man might travel not backwards or forward in time but across it to visit, for example, a world were England rules the entire North American continent." The "means of communication" her star traveling adventures employs is a "Star Gate" mechanism, a featured element of the book by the same title.

One theme that plays a critical role throughout this book is religion. Both the Star Lords and the Gorths have a similar belief system. How this can be is never explained but like many of Norton's novels there is usually a sequel where all is made somewhat clearer. Unfortunately in this case there was no follow up novel.

This is an exceptional story and a fine example of Ms. Norton's admirable writing ability and plotting.

...in the world is the energy we get back. So if you want more love in your life, set your intention to be more loving. If you seek kindness, focus your energy on empathy and compassion. Conversely, if you wonder why there are so many angry people in your life, look no further than the resentment you hold in your own heart.”

― Oprah Winfrey, The Wisdom of Sundays: Life-Changing Insights from Super Soul Conversations www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/56194706-the-wisdom-of-sund...

Setting: Medieval/Feudal

Despite her demon blood lines, Dorothy was a sweet girl. If it wasn't for her ears and tail, no one would even be able to tell that demon blood ran through her veins. Growing up in a constant war for survival, Dorothy hid her demon half behind a bubbly, optimistic personality, in her own resentment towards her demon blood. She always seemed to smile despite being as clumsy as she is, which also caused her to almost constantly find herself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Though many think her to be too naive for her own good, or figure her to be too weak to waste their time, but when threatened her demon side tends to surface despite her constant battle to keep it hidden.

ICU

By Fielding Edlow

Directed by Brian Shnipper

World Premiere production

Performances Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00pm, Sundays at 7:00pm

September 25 - October 31, 2015

Photos by Jeff Galfer

An obnoxious, caustic, oblivious New York family has to deal with their dying son and a complete stranger who insists on making an “amend.” Can they suppress their resentment toward each other––and toward their son’s irascible charge nurse––long enough to hear a cry for help?

Featuring Caroline Aaron, Shaun Anthony, Tony DeCarlo, Dagney Kerr, Ericka Kreutz, Joe Pacheco, Doug Sutherland

Producers: Tim Wright and Jennifer A. Skinner

Assistant Director: Sam Sonenshine

Stage Manager: Cassandra Scott

Set Design: Amanda Knehans

Lighting Designer: Ric Zimmerman

Costume Designer: Dianne Graebner

Sound Designer: Jeff Gardner

Props: Bethany Tucker

Location: Atwater Village Theatre, Theatre #4, 3269 Casitas Ave., LA CA 90039

The Liberation Monument ("Russian monument")

(Further pictures you can see by clicking on the link at the end of page!)

Officially, one can find various names: (Russian) Liberation Monument, Russian War Memorial and Monument of the Red Army. The Viennese call the towering monument at the southern end of the Black Mountain course (Schwarzenbergplatz) usually disparaging "Russian monument (Russendenkmal)".

The monument commemorating the 18,000 in the liberation of Vienna fallen soldiers of the Red Army was designed by Major Intazarin, the sculptures were created by Lieutenant Jakoviev. The overall direction of the yet in April 1945 ordered and as first monument building after the war completed structure had major Ing. Mikhail Scheinfeld. In the construction were temporarily 400 workers involved, 18 tons of bronze and 300 cubic meters of marble were used. The monument was on 19 August 1945 with the assistance of Karl Renner, Leopold Figl and Theodor Körner unveiled on then so designated Stalin Square.

On a in total 20 m high, marble-clad base, the lower part in the form of a five-pointed red star, decorated with flags and guard badges, stands the 12 m tall figure of a Red Army soldier. The soldier is wearing a gold helmet and the famous Russian submachine gun with rotary magazine. With his left hand he has the flag with the right hand he holds a round shield with the Soviet coat of arms. In the background arises a broad, eight meter high balustrade, at its end respectively one group of two fighting men is situated, a prime example of the style of socialist realism, which gradually has become an art-historical rarity.

One of the inscriptions in Russian only in the early 80s have been translated into German and is:

"Eternal glory to the heroes of the Red Army, killed in action against the German-fascist invaders for the freedom and independence of the peoples of Europe (Mikhalkov)".

Until 1956, there were also graves of Soviet soldiers in the area, and a Soviet tank stood before the monument.

The monument is in the custody of the City of Vienna. As is generally known, Austria is according to the detailed provisions of Article 19 of the State Treaty of 15 May 1955 committed war graves and war memorials of the Allied Powers on Austrian soil "to respect, to protect and to preserve".

Between 1945 and 1956 stood in front of the fountain on the former "Stalin Square" a Russian tank, which is now in the Museum of Military History.

=> Marschik/Spital, Vienna The Russians monument, architecture, history, conflicts, Vienna, 2005

=> Hannes Leidinger/Verena Moritz, Russian Vienna, Böhlau, Vienna, 2004, 182 f

Sometimes leads the memory to the bad experiences which have been made by Austrian people with the occupation forces - particularly the Soviet - ​​in the ten years of Allied occupation to open resentment against monuments such as the "Russian monument". Nevertheless - the greater the distance from the war and post-war period is, the more one had to give account about the fact how much innocent blood just the peoples of the former Soviet Union have sacrificed in the fight against Hitler's rule, and how little the Austrian people to its own liberation has contributed. Such thoughts have got to come to one's mind when one takes some time to decipher the Cyrillic letters of gold on a "Russian monument" - whether on that at Vienna Schwarzenberg Square or somewhere out in the vast realms of Lower Austria, where up to the Waldviertel (part of Lower Austria) little Soviet military cemeteries exist.

A survey by the Gallup Institute, published in the "standard" on 11th February 1992 shows that 71% of Viennes people do know the monument. A clear majority (59 %) is for the preservation of the monument. Only 9% of the 1,000 respondents agreed with the opinion that the monument should be eliminated as a remnant of Stalinism. So, have the Austrians made peace with the contemporary history?

Hochstrahlbrunnen

Before the liberation monument arises the to the occasion of the completion of the First Vienna Mountain Spring Pipeline on 24th October 1873 in the presence of the emperor put into operation Hochstrahlbrunnen (high jet fountain), which should have been standing according to the original plans in front of the Votive Church, then opposite the New Town Hall. The builder of the aqueduct and the fountain, Anton Gabrielli, was a friend of astronomy. Accordingly, symbolizes the respective number of the jets of water the days of the year, the months, the days of the month, the days of the week and the hours of the day.

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The Pershing County Courthouse in Lovelock, Nevada is a Classical Revival building built in 1920-21. The courthouse's plan is hexagonal with a circular dome over the central circular courtroom. The building was designed by Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps, who had previously designed six other Nevada courthouses. DeLongchamps was involved in the design of a new courthouse for Humboldt County, where the old courthouse had burned. As a result of resentment over assessments for the replacement in Winnemucca, the new Pershing County was created from part of Humboldt County and its seat established in Lovelock. DeLongchamps, as Supervising Architect for the State of Nevada, undertook the new Lovelock courthouse.

The courthouse features a shallow Ionic portico on a raised basement backed by a plain rectangular mass. Behind this is the hexagonal main body of the courthouse, built with curving walls. A shallow dome, reminiscent of Thomas Jefferson's University of Virginia Library, crowns the central courtroom. The primary building materials are brick with stone trim and terra cotta detailing. Construction cost amounted to $99,138.68.

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William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham (c. 1510–1573), English Lord High Admiral, was the son of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk by his second wife Agnes Tilney (d. May, 1545), daughter of Hugh Tilney of Boston and Eleanor Tailboys. Agnes was Elizabeth Tilney's first cousin.

He was popular with Henry VIII of England, and was deputy Earl Marshal at the coronation of Anne Boleyn. Anne was daughter to his elder half-sister Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire.

William was sent on missions to Scotland and France. But in 1541, William was charged with abetting Catherine Howard, his niece and fifth Queen consort of Henry VIII, in committing adultery, and was convicted of misprision of treason, but pardoned.

He was made governor of Calais in 1552 and Lord High Admiral in 1553. He was created Baron Howard of Effingham in 1554 for his defence of London in the rebellion of Thomas Wyatt the younger against Mary I of England.

He befriended the Princess Elizabeth Tudor, but his popularity with the navy saved him from the resentment of Mary. When the princess became Queen Elizabeth I, William had great influence with her and filled several important posts.

William married Margaret Gamage, daughter of Sir Thomas Gamage and Margaret St. John. His son Charles Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham is famous in English naval history and was created Earl of Nottingham. The later Earls of Effingham descended from his younger son William Howard. His daughter Douglas Howard [sic] was born in 1545, married first John Sheffield, 2nd Baron Sheffield of Butterwick, secondly (in secret) Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester and thirdly Edward Stafford.

His descendant (through his son William) Francis Howard, 5th Baron Howard of Effingham (d. 1695), inherited the barony of Howard of Effingham on the death of his cousin, Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Nottingham, 4th Baron Howard of Effingham in 1681.

Francis' son, Francis Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham (1683–1743) was created earl of Effingham in 1735. This earldom became extinct on the death of Richard Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham in 1816 but was created again in 1837 in favour of Kenneth Alexander Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham (1767–1845) another of his descendants, who had succeeded to the barony of Howard of Effingham in 1816.

Whitgift School currently stands on the site of the former estate of the family, and a model of HMS Ark Royal adorns the clock tower to commemorate this. A full-length portrait of Effingham, by Mytens, hangs above the fireplace in the Biliards Room at Nostell Priory, home of the current Lord St Oswald, and a National Trust property, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire.

Looking at my reflection in the mirror,

I am not content with myself

I am thinking about a comment

that was made by someone else

I stopped for a moment

and said to myself I can change that

although it was just a person's opinion

and not a proven fact

I took care of the problem,

to my friend's great contentment,

just in time to learn of another's resentment

I asked him: 'What is the problem'?

and he told me that it was my attitude

So I decided to change it

in order not to be rude

I then tried to win the affection

of someone who I really liked;

Instead she told me

that my personality wasn't quite right

I decided that it was time

for a personality change

because she told me

that my intuition was strange

Some people then told me

that I needed a makeover;

But, I did not argue

or see anything to debate over

I then changed my appearance,

much to their delight

But as I looked in the mirror

I was overtaken with fright

I was no longer myself

I was was now a different person

Trying to be someone who I was not,

it just was not working

I said I don't care what people think

I'm gonna be me;

I may not be perfect,

But, I like what I see!

Philip St. Cyr

GRINT, D. & SHANDLOFF, N, (1979). De Mens and Zijn Goden (Grote Mysteries). Aldus Books, London/Lekturama, Rotterdam.

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In Greek mythology, Ixion (/ɪkˈsaɪ.ən/ ik-SY-ən; Greek: Ἰξίων, gen.: Ἰξίωνος) was king of the Lapiths, the most ancient tribe of Thessaly, and a son of Ares, or Leonteus, or Antion and Perimele, or the notorious evildoer Phlegyas, whose name connotes "fiery". Peirithoös was his son (or stepson, if Zeus were his father, as the sky-god claims to Hera in Iliad 14).

Ixion married Dia, a daughter of Deioneus (or Eioneus) and promised his father-in-law a valuable present. However, he did not pay the bride price, so Deioneus stole some of Ixion's horses in retaliation. Ixion concealed his resentment and invited his father-in-law to a feast at Larissa. When Deioneus arrived, Ixion pushed him into a bed of burning coals and wood. These circumstances are secondary to the fact of Ixion's primordial act of murder; it could be accounted for quite differently: in the Greek Anthology (iii.12), among a collection of inscriptions from a temple in Cyzicus is an epigrammatic description of Ixion slaying Phorbas and Polymelos, who had slain his mother, Megara, the "great one".

Ixion went mad, defiled by his act; the neighboring princes were so offended by this act of treachery and violation of xenia that they refused to perform the rituals that would cleanse Ixion of his guilt (see catharsis). Thereafter, Ixion lived as an outlaw and was shunned. By killing his father-in-law, Ixion was reckoned the first man guilty of kin-slaying in Greek mythology. That alone would warrant him a terrible punishment.

However, Zeus had pity on Ixion and brought him to Olympus and introduced him at the table of the gods. Instead of being grateful, Ixion grew lustful for Hera, Zeus's wife, a further violation of guest-host relations. Zeus found out about his intentions and made a cloud in the shape of Hera, which became known as Nephele (nephos "cloud") and tricked Ixion into coupling with it. From the union of Ixion and the false-Hera cloud came Centauros, who mated with the Magnesian mares on Mount Pelion, Pindar told, engendering the race of Centaurs, who are called the Ixionidae from their descent.

Ixion was expelled from Olympus and blasted with a thunderbolt. Zeus ordered Hermes to bind Ixion to a winged fiery wheel that was always spinning. Therefore, Ixion is bound to a burning solar wheel for all eternity, at first spinning across the heavens, but in later myth transferred to Tartarus. Only when Orpheus played his lyre during his trip to the Underworld to rescue Eurydice did it stop for a while.

"The details are very odd, the narrative motivation creaks at every juncture," observes Robert L. Fowler; "the myth smacks of aetiology." He notes that Martin Nilsson suggested an origin in rain-making magic, with which he concurs: "In Ixion's case the necessary warning about the conduct of magic has taken the form of blasphemous and dangerous conduct on the part of the first officiant."

In the fifth century, Pindar's Second Pythian Ode (ca. 476-68 BCE) expands on the example of Ixion, applicable to Hiero I of Syracuse, the tyrant of whom the poet sings; and Aeschylus, Euripides and Timasitheos each wrote a tragedy of Ixion: none have survived.

Ixion was a figure also known to the Etruscans, for he is depicted bound to the spoked wheel, engraved on the back of a bronze mirror, ca 460-450 BCE, in the British Museum. Whether the Etruscans shared the Ixion figure with Hellenes from early times or whether Ixion figured among those Greek myths that were adapted at later dates to fit the Etruscan world-view is unknown. The figure on the mirror-back is shown as winged, a characteristic shared with Etruscan daimones and Underworld figures rather than human heroes. In chapter 22 of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield, Steerforth declares: "As to fitfulness, I have never learnt the art of binding myself to any of the wheels on which the Ixions of these days are turning round and round" In the Epilogue to Moby-Dick, Ishmael, the only surviving crewmember at the sinking of the Pequod, likens himself to "another Ixion." (Wikipedia)

Wat Waramatayaphanthasadaram or popularly known as Wat Khun Chan, is an old temple in the Talat Phlu area. with outstanding art, architecture, and sculpture buddha statue Or many models in a large temple It also has bright colors. The highlight of Wat Khun Chan is Worshiping Rahu

The architecture of Wat Khun Chan It is a combination of Thai and Burmese arts. And there are many sacred things to worship, including Luang Pho To, Luang Pho Yok Khao Beautiful Goddess of Mercy reclining Buddha image Buddha Chinnarat And the highlight that people are popular with is Rahu with a prayer ceremony for Rahu. Every year to dispel or exorcise bad luck.

Wat Khun Chan was built around 1827-1837 during the reign of King Rama III, about 177 years old, by Phraya Maha Amatayathibodi (Form Amatayakul) Phra Suriyapakdee. Chief of Police, the Right Military Concubine in the reign of King Rama III, which at that time was named "Wat Khun Chan" because the builder of this temple was victorious from Vientiane. Until the reign of King Rama V, Thao Pantasaranurak (Wan), the youngest daughter of Phraya Amat (Pom), restored the temple. And asked for a new name from the reign of King Rama V, called "Wat Waramatyaphanthasararam" in the year 1883

Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies 1,568.7 square kilometres (605.7 sq mi) in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 10.539 million as of 2020, 15.3 percent of the country's population. Over 14 million people (22.2 percent) lived within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region at the 2010 census, making Bangkok an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in both size and importance to the national economy.

Bangkok traces its roots to a small trading post during the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 15th century, which eventually grew and became the site of two capital cities, Thonburi in 1768 and Rattanakosin in 1782. Bangkok was at the heart of the modernization of Siam, later renamed Thailand, during the late-19th century, as the country faced pressures from the West. The city was at the centre of Thailand's political struggles throughout the 20th century, as the country abolished absolute monarchy, adopted constitutional rule, and underwent numerous coups and several uprisings. The city, incorporated as a special administrative area under the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration in 1972, grew rapidly during the 1960s through the 1980s and now exerts a significant impact on Thailand's politics, economy, education, media and modern society.

The Asian investment boom in the 1980s and 1990s led many multinational corporations to locate their regional headquarters in Bangkok. The city is now a regional force in finance and business. It is an international hub for transport and health care, and has emerged as a centre for the arts, fashion, and entertainment. The city is known for its street life and cultural landmarks, as well as its red-light districts. The Grand Palace and Buddhist temples including Wat Arun and Wat Pho stand in contrast with other tourist attractions such as the nightlife scenes of Khaosan Road and Patpong. Bangkok is among the world's top tourist destinations, and has been named the world's most visited city consistently in several international rankings.

Bangkok's rapid growth coupled with little urban planning has resulted in a haphazard cityscape and inadequate infrastructure. Despite an extensive expressway network, an inadequate road network and substantial private car usage have led to chronic and crippling traffic congestion, which caused severe air pollution in the 1990s. The city has since turned to public transport in an attempt to solve the problem, operating eight urban rail lines and building other public transit, but congestion still remains a prevalent issue. The city faces long-term environmental threats such as sea level rise due to climate change.

The history of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, dates at least to the early 15th century, when it was under the rule of Ayutthaya. Due to its strategic location near the mouth of the Chao Phraya River, the town gradually increased in importance, and after the fall of Ayutthaya King Taksin established his new capital of Thonburi there, on the river's west bank. King Phutthayotfa Chulalok, who succeeded Taksin, moved the capital to the eastern bank in 1782, to which the city dates its foundation under its current Thai name, "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon". Bangkok has since undergone tremendous changes, growing rapidly, especially in the second half of the 20th century, to become the primate city of Thailand. It was the centre of Siam's modernization in the late 19th century, subjected to Allied bombing during the Second World War, and has long been the modern nation's central political stage, with numerous uprisings and coups d'état having taken place on its streets throughout the years.

It is not known exactly when the area which is now Bangkok was first settled. It probably originated as a small farming and trading community, situated in a meander of the Chao Phraya River within the mandala of Ayutthaya's influence. The town had become an important customs outpost by as early as the 15th century; the title of its customs official is given as Nai Phra Khanon Thonburi (Thai: นายพระขนอนทณบุรี) in a document from the reign of Ayutthayan king Chao Sam Phraya (1424–1448). The name also appears in the 1805 revised code of laws known as the Law of Three Seals.

At the time, the Chao Phraya flowed through what are now the Bangkok Noi and Bangkok Yai canals, forming a large loop in which lay the town. In the reign of King Chairacha (either in 1538 or 1542), a waterway was excavated, bypassing the loop and shortening the route for ships sailing up to Ayutthaya. The flow of the river has since changed to follow the new waterway, dividing the town and making the western part an island. This geographical feature may have given the town the name Bang Ko (บางเกาะ), meaning 'island village', which later became Bangkok (บางกอก, pronounced in Thai as [bāːŋ kɔ̀ːk]). Another theory regarding the origin of the name speculates that it is shortened from Bang Makok (บางมะกอก), makok being the name of Spondias pinnata, a plant bearing olive-like fruit. This is supported by the fact that Wat Arun, a historic temple in the area, used to be named Wat Makok. Specific mention of the town was first made in the royal chronicles from the reign of King Maha Chakkraphat (1548–1568), giving its name as Thonburi Si Mahasamut (ธนบุรีศรีมหาสมุทร). Bangkok was probably a colloquial name, albeit one widely adopted by foreign visitors.

The importance of Bangkok/Thonburi increased with the amount of Ayutthaya's maritime trade. Dutch records noted that ships passing through Bangkok were required to declare their goods and number of passengers, as well as pay customs duties. Ships' cannons would be confiscated and held there before they were allowed to proceed upriver to Ayutthaya. An early English language account is that of Adam Denton, who arrived aboard the Globe, an East India Company merchantman bearing a letter from King James I, which arrived in "the Road of Syam" (Pak Nam) on 15 August 1612, where the port officer of Bangkok attended to the ship. Denton's account mentions that he and his companions journeyed "up the river some twenty miles to a town called Bancope, where we were well received, and further 100 miles to the city...."

Ayutthaya's maritime trade was at its height during the reign of King Narai (1656–1688). Recognition of the city's strategic location guarding the water passage to Ayutthaya lead to expansion of the military presence there. A fort of Western design was constructed on the east side of the river around 1685–1687 under the supervision of French engineer de la Mare, probably replacing an earlier structure, while plans to rebuild the fort on the west bank were also made. De la Mare had arrived with the French embassy of Chevalier de Chaumont, and remained in Siam along with Chevalier de Forbin, who had been appointed governor of Bangkok. The Bangkok garrison under Forbin consisted of Siamese, Portuguese, and French reportedly totalling about one thousand men.

French control over the city was further consolidated when the French General Desfarges, who had arrived with the second French embassy in 1687, secured the king's permission to board troops there. This, however, lead to resentment among Siamese nobles, led by Phetracha, ultimately resulting in the Siamese revolution of 1688, in which King Narai was overthrown and 40,000 Siamese troops besieged Bangkok's eastern fort for four months before an agreement was reached and the French were allowed to withdraw. The revolution resulted in Siam's ties with the West being virtually severed, steering its trade towards China and Japan. The eastern fort was subsequently demolished on Phetracha's orders.

Ayutthaya was razed by the Burmese in 1767. In the following months, multiple factions competed for control of the kingdom's lands. Of these, Phraya Tak, governor of Tak and a general fighting in Ayutthaya's defence prior to its fall, emerged as the strongest. After succeeding in reclaiming the cities of Ayutthaya and Bangkok, Phraya Tak declared himself king (popularly known as King Taksin) in 1768 and established Thonburi as his capital. Reasons given for this change include the totality of Ayutthaya's destruction and Thonburi's strategic location. Being a fortified town with a sizeable population meant that not much would need to be reconstructed. The existence of an old Chinese trading settlement on the eastern bank allowed Taksin to use his Chinese connections to import rice and revive trade.

King Taksin had the city area extended northwards to border the Bangkok Noi Canal. A moat was dug to protect the city's western border, on which new city walls and fortifications were built. Moats and walls were also constructed on the eastern bank, encircling the city together with the canals on the western side. The king's palace (Thonburi Palace) was built within the old city walls, including the temples of Wat Chaeng (Wat Arun) and Wat Thai Talat (Wat Molilokkayaram) within the palace grounds. Outlying orchards were re-landscaped for rice farming.

Much of Taksin's reign was spent in military campaigns to consolidate the Thonburi Kingdom's hold over Siamese lands. His kingdom, however, would last only until 1782 when a coup was mounted against him, and the general Chao Phraya Chakri established himself as king, later to be known as Phutthayotfa Chulalok or Rama I.

Rama I re-established the capital on the more strategic east bank of the river, relocating the Chinese already settled there to the area between Wat Sam Pluem and Wat Sampheng (which developed into Bangkok's Chinatown). Fortifications were rebuilt, and another series of moats was created, encircling the city in an area known as Rattanakosin Island.

The erection of the city pillar on 21 April 1782 is regarded as the formal date of the city's establishment. (The year would later mark the start of the Rattanakosin Era after calendar reforms by King Rama V in 1888.) Rama I named the new city Krung Rattanakosin In Ayothaya (กรุงรัตนโกสินทร์อินท์อโยธยา). This was later modified by King Nangklao to be: Krungthepmahanakhon Bowonrattanakosin Mahintha-ayutthaya. While settlements on both banks were commonly called Bangkok, both the Burney Treaty of 1826 and the Roberts Treaty of 1833 refer to the capital as the City of Sia-Yut'hia. King Mongkut (Rama IV) would later give the city its full ceremonial name:

Rama I modelled his city after the former capital of Ayutthaya, with the Grand Palace, Front Palace and royal temples by the river, next to the royal field (now Sanam Luang). Continuing outwards were the royal court of justice, royal stables and military prison. Government offices were located within the Grand Palace, while residences of nobles were concentrated south of the palace walls. Settlements spread outwards from the city centre.

The new capital is referred to in Thai sources as Rattanakosin, a name shared by the Siamese kingdom of this historical period. The name Krung Thep and Krung Thep Maha Nakhon, both shortened forms of the full ceremonial name, began to be used near the end of the 19th century. Foreigners, however, continued to refer to the city by the name Bangkok, which has seen continued use until this day.

Most of Rama I's reign was also marked by continued military campaigns, though the Burmese threat gradually declined afterwards. His successors consistently saw to the renovation of old temples, palaces, and monuments in the city. New canals were also built, gradually expanding the fledgling city as areas available for agriculture increased and new transport networks were created.

At the time of the city's foundation, most of the population lived by the river or the canals, often in floating houses on the water. Waterways served as the main method of transportation, and farming communities depended on them for irrigation. Outside the city walls, settlements sprawled along both river banks. Forced settlers, mostly captives of war, also formed several ethnic communities outside the city walls.

Large numbers of Chinese immigrants continued to settle in Bangkok, especially during the early 19th century. Such was their prominence that Europeans visiting in the 1820s estimated that they formed over half of the city population. The Chinese excelled in trade, and led the development of a market economy. The Chinese settlement at Sampheng had become a bustling market by 1835. 

By the mid-19th century, the West had become an increasingly powerful presence. Missionaries, envoys and merchants began re-visiting Bangkok and Siam, bringing with them both modern innovations and the threat of colonialism. King Mongkut (Rama IV, reigned 1851–1868) was open to Western ideas and knowledge, but was also forced to acknowledge their powers, with the signing of the Bowring Treaty in 1855. During his reign, industrialization began taking place in Bangkok, which saw the introduction of the steam engine, modern shipbuilding and the printing press. Influenced by the Western community, Charoen Krung Road, the city's first paved street, was constructed in 1862–1864. This was followed by Bamrung Mueang, Fueang Nakhon, Trong (now Rama IV) and Si Lom Roads. Land transport would later surpass the canals in importance, shifting people's homes from floating dwellings toward permanent buildings. The limits of the city proper were also expanded during his reign, extending to the Phadung Krung Kasem Canal, dug in 1851.

King Mongkut's son Chulalongkorn (r. 1868–1910) was set upon modernizing the country. He engaged in wide-ranging reforms, abolishing slavery, corvée (unfree labour) and the feudal system, and creating a centralized bureaucracy and a professional army. The Western concept of nationhood was adopted, and national borders demarcated against British and French territories. Disputes with the French resulted in the Paknam Incident in 1893, when the French sent gunboats up the Chao Phraya to blockade Bangkok, resulting in Siam's concession of territory to France.

With Chulalongkorn's reforms, governance of the capital and the surrounding areas, established as Monthon Krung Thep Phra Mahanakhon (มณฑลกรุงเทพพระมหานคร), came under the Ministry of Urban Affairs (Nakhonban). During his reign many more canals and roads were built, expanding the urban reaches of the capital. Infrastructure was developed, with the introduction of railway and telegraph services between Bangkok and Samut Prakan and then expanding countrywide. Electricity was introduced, first to palaces and government offices, then to serve electric trams in the capital and later the general public. The King's fascination with the West was reflected in the royal adoption of Western dress and fashions, but most noticeably in architecture. He commissioned the construction of the neoclassical Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall at the new Dusit Palace, which was linked to the historic city centre by the grand Ratchadamnoen Avenue, inspired by the Champs-Élysées in Paris. Examples of Western influence in architecture became visible throughout the city.

By 1900, rural market zones in Bangkok began developing into residential districts. Rama VI (1910–1925) continued his predecessor's program of the development of public works by establishing Chulalongkorn University in 1916, and commissioned a system of locks to control waterway levels surrounding the developing city, he also provided the city's first and largest recreational area, Lumphini Park. The Memorial Bridge was constructed in 1932 to connect Thonburi to Bangkok, which was believed to promote economic growth and modernization in a period when infrastructure was developing considerably. Bangkok became the centre stage for power struggles between the military and political elite as the country abolished absolute monarchy in 1932. It was subject to Japanese occupation and Allied bombing during World War II. With the war over in 1945, British and Indian troops landed in September, and during their brief occupation of the city disarmed the Japanese troops. A significant event following the return of the young king, Ananda Mahidol, to Thailand, intended to defuse post-war tensions lingering between Bangkok's ethnic Chinese and Thai people, was his visit to Bangkok's Chinatown Sam Peng Lane (ซอยสำเพ็ง), on 3 June 1946.

As a result of pro-Western bloc treaties Bangkok rapidly grew in the post-war period as a result of United States developmental aid and government-sponsored investment. Infrastructure, including the Don Mueang International Airport and highways, was built and expanded.  Bangkok's role as an American military R&R destination launched its tourism industry as well as sex trade.  Disproportionate urban development led to increasing income inequalities and unprecedented migration from rural areas into Bangkok; its population surged from 1.8 to 3 million in the 1960s. Following the United States' withdrawal from Vietnam, Japanese businesses took over as leaders in investment, and the expansion of export-oriented manufacturing led to growth of the financial market in Bangkok.  Rapid growth of the city continued through the 1980s and early 1990s, until it was stalled by the 1997 Asian financial crisis. By then, many public and social issues had emerged, among them the strain on infrastructure reflected in the city's notorious traffic jams. Bangkok's role as the nation's political stage continues to be seen in strings of popular protests, from the student uprisings in 1973 and 1976, anti-military demonstrations in 1992, and successive anti-government protests by the "Yellow Shirt" and "Red Shirt" movements from 2008 on.

Administratively, eastern Bangkok and Thonburi had been established as separate provinces in 1915. (The province east of the river was named Phra Nakhon (พระนคร.) A series of decrees in 1971–1972 resulted in the merger of these provinces and its local administrations, forming the current city of Bangkok which is officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) was created in 1975 to govern the city, and its governor has been elected since 1985.

After the great Pirate-Imperial war of 1789 was over, an era of peace between the two enemies began. Laughter, beer, and many great stories were shared between Pirates and Imperials.

But anger and resentment still lied deep inside both sides. And instead of taking out their anger on each other, they found a common enemy. Seagulls. Loud, annoying, and messy, seagulls were the one thing both sides hated. And so began the great sport of Seagull Blasting, where the Pirates and Imperials would compete to see who could shoot down more seagulls using a cannon. In the background the big wigs of both sides were making bets, because neither side wanted to stop looking for treasure...

Please let me know ASAP of any suggestions you may have. Thanks!

BG Annual Conference 2018 | November 8–10 | ZK/U – Center for Arts and Urbanistics

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The growing interconnectedness of everyone and everything is transforming our world into an unprecedented techno-social environment. The boundaries between atmosphere and politics are being suspended; already, tiny ruptures can cause cascade-like repercussions – think of cyber-attacks or stock market crashes, right-wing resentment or hashtag-based protest. Such ambient revolts are increasingly driven by artificial intelligence (AI) – involving human interaction but seemingly beyond human oversight. Set against this backdrop, the conference poses the questions: What are the techno-social logics of both regressive and repressive tendencies? What are emancipatory movements up against? What potential do micro-political acts have in day-to-day life? What regulations of automated systems at the macro level will enable democracy to emerge in the age of AI? The Berliner Gazette conference will explore these questions in the context of performances, lectures and workshops.

More info: projekte.berlinergazette.de/ambient-revolts/

Photo taken by Norman Posselt (berlinergazette.de / cc by nc)

Suspended Animation Classic #908 First published May 14, 2006 (#21) (Dates are approximate)

Runaways

By Mark Allen

It's great to see Marvel Comics finding success in a series of digest comics, and wonder of wonders, in retail outlets other than comics shops! I'm speaking of the series entitled Runaways, (of which five volumes have been published at the time of this review) the continuing story of a group of teenagers who are trying to learn about their super powers and cope with their often-clashing personalities, both while on the run from good guys and bad. The worst part? The bad guys are their own parents. I won't reveal anything else story-wise, but will instead let you discover for yourself the wonderful sequential entertainment that is Runaways.

Written by Brian K. Vaughan, this is a work in which superheroics is secondary; the icing on the cake for superhero fans or an endurable aside for those who carry a torch for spandex-free tales. What takes front and center stage is characterization. Vaughan has captured the average American teenager in an impressive manner. Whether reflected in anger, bliss, resentment, joy or what have you, the characters are believable in both action and dialogue.

The art work is provided primarily by Adrian Alphona, with some by Takeshi Miyazawa. I have to admit to being partial to Alphona's work, as I believe it more detailed and a tad more realistic. Not to mention that, as the original artist for the first several issues of the series, she gave the characters their life, their "zing." Miyazawa's work has a much heavier Manga influence, and is less my "cup of tea." But, Manga fans be advised.

If I had a suggestion, it would be that Marvel keep it's mainstream characters out of this series, that it might maintain it's own unique "flavor." The "no tights in sight" rule, if you will.

Runaways is recommended for all but the youngest readers (12 and up, according to Marvel's rating system). Find it at comics shops, bookstores and online retailers and auctions.

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9. I'm a bird now, 10. , 11. a fistful of joy, 12. a fistful of light, 13. a fistful of resentment, 14. Disqualified: a diptych, 15. Only connect., 16. No, I know it ain't love. Lo que tu sientes se llama obsesion.,

17. Agoraphilia - Stage XVIII (Denouement), 18. Cuchimilcos, 19. 39, 20. Late afternoon in Cusco, 21. Llama, can you see me?, 22. Inca Trail: Day 3 An offering of Coca leaves to Pachamama (Mother Earth) at Sayacmarca, 23. Inca Trail Day 3: Sayacmarca, 24. Inca Trail: Day 2 - To look back in exhaustion,

25. Inca Trail: Day 1 - By foot or by "Gringo" train, 26. Inca Trail: Day 3, 27. Furniture[-ia], 28. Goats, 29. Bob, 30. 6, 31. Chinatown Flea Market, 32. Marlon Brando - Stars fade. Bodies deteriorate. Material things decay.,

33. Blue, yellow columns, 34. Grade A Prime Meat, 35. , 36. I love you Mother Nature., 37. flickr.com/photos/62132010@N00/64958169/, 38. Before Earth Hour | Chicago | March, 29, 2008 | 19:48:20, 39. 77. Cinema Tropical, 40. 107. Walking on sharp corals,

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49. , 50. I'm a Flickr member because I am a space citizen and I worship in the House of Cool., 51. , 52. If you don't like me or any of my photographs, that's ok. That is not why I'm here. Just please don't shoot me because I want to grow up and eat a big fat delicious pollo,...., 53. , 54. , 55. , 56. take a look at the girl next door,*she's a player and a downright bore*Jesus loves her but she wants more*oh bad girls get you down.,

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The Resentments may be the world's greatest rock and roll band.

It's a hard thing to do; walk away from a friendship.

Perhaps, in an ideal world it should always be mutual... but perhaps it can never be mutual.

Like a marriage one party always feel slighted or wronged or needs more than the other person has to give...

The need to be right is toxic. Blame is toxic... Resentment is toxic...

Sometimes I guess it's better to let what was just be rather than let it turn into something ugly....

Cape May Beach Winter 2008

Sketches: Hendrix-Henderson College campus, circa 1930

"March 12, [1929,] the Board of Thirty voted to consolidate Hendrix and Henderson-Brown in Conway under the name 'Hendrix-Henderson College.'" "[Hendrix alumni and Henderson-Brown alumni] resented the renaming of the merged college 'Hendrix-Henderson' as an unnatural hybrid of two proud and independent institutions. As a reflection of that resentment, two years later the Board of Trustees dropped 'Henderson' from the school’s name." (Hendrix College: A Centennial History, Chapter 5, Section I)

Moa Island, also called Banks Island, is an island of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago that is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Thursday Island in the Banks Channel of Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. It is also a locality within the Torres Strait Island Region local government area. This island is the largest within the "Near Western" group. It has two towns, Kubin on the south-west coast and St Pauls on the east coast, which are connected by bitumen and a gravel road. In the 2016 census, Moa Island had a population of 448 people.

The Mualgal /muwal̪gal̪/ people traditionally formed two groups, the southern Italgal /ital̪gal̪/ and the northern Mualgal, and are the traditional owners of the island and refer to the island as ‘Mua’ or Moa.

Captain William Bligh, in charge of the British Navy ships Providence and Assistant, visited Torres Strait in 1792 and mapped the main reefs and channels. The island was named Banks Island by Captain Bligh in honour of his patron and friend, the botanist Sir Joseph Banks. In the 1860s, beche-de-mer (sea cucumber) and pearling boats began working the reefs of Torres Strait but few Europeans visited Moa before the 1870s. The European beche-de-mer and pearling boats extensively worked the sea beds between Moa and Badu Islands in the 1870s and recruited local Islander men to work on their boats. A small pearling station was established on Moa Island by John Gay between 1872 and 1875.

In 1872, the Queensland Government sought to extend its jurisdiction and requested the support of the British Government. Letters Patent were issued by the British Government in 1872 creating a new boundary for the colony, which encompassed all islands within a 60 nautical mile radius of the coast of Queensland.[14] This boundary was further extended by the Queensland Coast Islands Act 1879 (Qld) and included the islands of Boigu, Erub, Mer and Saibai, which lay beyond the previous 60 nautical mile limit. The new legislation enabled the Queensland Government to control and regulate bases for the beche-de-mer and pearling industries, which previously had operated outside its jurisdiction.

Torres Strait Islanders refer to the arrival of London Missionary Society (LMS) missionaries in July 1871 as "the Coming of the Light". Reverend A W Murray and William Wyatt Gill were the first LMS missionaries to visit Moa Island in October 1872. South Sea Islander lay preachers were appointed as teachers to work on the island the following month. While the South Sea Islander teachers established a mission settlement at Totalai on the northern side of the island, by 1901 the settlement had been completely abandoned.

A new settlement named Adam was established on the western side of the island during the 1900s. People from the villages of Totalai and Dabu moved to Adam under the leadership of Elder Abu Namai. The village of Adam had better access to the facilities of Badu Island, including its school and the stores and trading stations operated by Papuan Industries Limited (PIL). PIL was a philanthropic business scheme designed by the LMS missionary Reverend Walker to promote "independent native enterprise" by encouraging them to co-operatively rent or purchase their own pearl luggers or "company boats". The company boats were used to harvest pearl shells and beche-de-mer, which were sold and distributed by PIL. The Queensland Government supported the scheme and worked in partnership with PIL. Company boats provided Islanders with income and a sense of community pride and also improved transport and communication between the islands. The community at Adam operated a number of company boats including the Moa and the Adam. Men from Moa Island also regularly worked with pearling crews from Badu.

In 1904, the Australian Government introduced a restrictive immigration policy, which resulted in the forced repatriation of many Pacific Islander labourers, following the federal government's introduction of a restrictive immigration policy in 1904, the Queensland Government set aside an Aboriginal reserve on Moa's eastern shore for those who had married Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal people. In 1908 the Anglican Church began developing St. Paul's Mission. They also established the St. Paul's Native Training College. A community council was established under the Torres Strait Islander Act 1939, and in 1985, the St. Paul's community gained ownership of their land through a Deed of Grant in Trust.

Deaconess Florence Griffiths Buchanan (1861–1913)

On 20 May 1908, the Queensland government formally gazetted 500 acres as a reserve for the benefit of South Sea Islander people on the eastern side of Moa Island. In 1908, with the encouragement of Hugh Milman (the government resident at Thursday Island), the Anglican Church founded a mission specifically for South Sea Islander families on the reserve land. Milman suggested that the new mission should be named St Pauls, after the famous St Paul's Cathedral in London.The mission was operated by Deaconess Florence Griffiths Buchanan who was a missionary teacher. Her work was described as "the labor of patient untiring love and energy" and she was much loved by the children, who she called "Moabites" and who called her "Teashher" (teacher) in return).

Apart from its religious purpose, St Paul's Mission was intended to be a self-supporting settlement through a mixture of agriculture, fishing and the weaving of mats and baskets. The mission was at the foot of a mountain known as the Great Peak to the south-west of the island. The village was built on flat ground between the beach and the scrub lands at the foot of the mountain. The houses were built on piles and made of grass and saplings. In 1912 there were 70 people at the settlement with expectations it would increase. Until June 1910, the settlement received no outside help but from that date the Queensland Government provided a grant of £120 per annum to "educate the natives". At that time, the government also doubled the size of the mission lands in recognition of the progress in establishing gardens and coconut plantations. The mission owed a cutter Bengal, which operated between Thursday Island and Moa as well as visiting neighbouring islands. By 1912 £40 had already been raised to build a church, as the services were being held in the schoolroom which also served as a hospital and Buchanan's residence.

In November 1912, 36,000 acres of land on Moa Island were officially gazetted as an Aboriginal reserve by the Queensland Government, exclusive of the land already gazetted for the South Sea Islanders. Many other Torres Strait Islands were gazetted as Aboriginal reserves at the same time. In 1922, the name of the settlement at Adam was changed to Poid.

From 1911 Ethel Zahel visited Adam (later Poid) village to assist the councillors and, after 1915, to supervise the mission-trained native teacher. In 1928 a European teacher was appointed.

By 1918, a Protector of Aboriginals had been appointed to Thursday Island and, during the 1920s and 1930s, racial legislation was strictly applied to Torres Strait Islanders, enabling the government to remove Islanders to reserves and missions across Queensland.

In the early 1920s, the Queensland Government made the decision to remove the Kaurareg people from Hammond Island, publicly stating that their close proximity to Thursday Island encouraged drunkenness and immorality in the community. Preparations for the removal began in 1921 with the construction of new quarters at Poid on Moa Island. In March 1922, the Kaurareg community were forcibly removed by government authorities from Hammond Island and transported to Moa Island on a Papuan Industries vessel named Goodwill. Three members of the Hammond Island community who protested against the removal were arrested without charge by police armed with revolvers.

In 1936, around 70% of the Torres Strait Islander workforce went on strike in the first organised challenge against government authority made by Torres Strait Islanders. The nine-month strike was an expression of Islanders’ anger and resentment at increasing government control of their livelihoods. The strike was a protest against government interference in wages, trade and commerce and also called for the lifting of evening curfews, the removal of the permit system for inter-island travel, and the recognition of Islanders’ right to recruit their own boat crews.

The strike produced a number of significant reforms and innovations. Unpopular local Protector J.D McLean was removed and replaced by Cornelius O’Leary. O’Leary established a system of regular consultations with elected Islander council representatives. The new island councils were given a degree of autonomy including control over local police and courts.

On 23 August 1937, O’Leary convened the first Inter Islander Councillors’ Conference at Yorke Island. Representatives from 14 Torres Strait communities attended the conference. Wees Nawie and Sailor represented Poid at the conference. After lengthy discussions, unpopular bylaws, including the evening curfews, were cancelled and a new code of local representation was agreed upon. In 1939, the Queensland Government passed the Torres Strait Islanders Act 1939, which incorporated many of the recommendations discussed at the conference. A key section of the new Act officially recognised Torres Strait Islanders as a separate people from Aboriginal Australians.

During the 1920s and 1930s, the settlement at Poid experienced regular epidemics of malaria and dengue fever, as well as shortages of fresh water. In 1943, the community at Poid made the decision to move to a new location named Kubin, situated on the south-west coast of Moa Island. The country near Kubin had fresh water springs and was believed to be a far healthier environment than Poid. By 1945, a church and school had been constructed at Kubin and the entire population of Poid had moved to the new settlement.

During World War Two, the Australian Government recruited Torres Strait Islander men to serve in the armed forces. Enlisted men from Moa and other island communities formed the Torres Strait Light Infantry. While the Torres Strait Light Infantry were respected as soldiers, they only received one third the pay given to white Australian servicemen. On 31 December 1943, members of the Torres Strait Light Infantry went on strike calling for equal pay and equal rights. The Australian Government agreed to increase their pay to two thirds the level received by white servicemen. Full back pay was offered in compensation to the Torres Strait servicemen by the government in the 1980s.

The mineral wolfram was discovered on Moa Island in the 1930s and members of the Kubin and St Pauls communities began mining wolfram in 1938. During the 1950s and 1960s, the Rev Alf Clint established a Christian co-operative which ran mining operations on the island. All mining activity ceased on the island in 1973, when the price of the mineral dropped on world markets.

In 1946, a group of 10 Kaurareg men from Kubin community, led by Elekiam Tom, made the decision to move to Horn Island. They built houses and a church for their families in an area inland from the main wharf, which came to be known as Wasaga village. Other Islanders from Kubin community left the Torres Strait region to work on the Australian mainland.

St Pauls State School opened on 29 January 1985.

After gaining its independence from Australia in 1975, Papua New Guinea asserted its right to the islands and waters of the Torres Straits. In December 1978, a treaty was signed by the Australian and Papua New Guinea governments that described the boundaries between the two countries and the use of the sea area by both parties. The Torres Strait Treaty, which has operated since February 1985, contains special provision for free movement (without passports or visas) between both countries. Free movement between communities applies to traditional activities such as fishing, trading and family gatherings which occur in a specifically created Protected Zone and nearby areas. The Protected Zone also assists in the preservation and protection of the land, sea, air and native plant and animal life of the Torres Strait.

On 1 January 2017, St Pauls State School became the St Pauls Campus of the Tagai State College, which has 17 campuses throughout the Torres Strait.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moa_Island_(Queensland)

Image source: Queensland State Archives Item ID ITM1443450 Native women and children, Moa Island.

CHAHAR DARREH, AFGHANISTAN - MAY 27: Soldiers of the 2nd Infantery Company observe a field on May 26, 2010 in Chahar Darreh, Afghanistan. Germany has more than 4,500 military forces in Afghanistan as part of the US-led International Security Assistance Force. Amid growing public resentment towards the prolonged mission in Afghanistan, the German parliament, the Bundestag, voted in February for extension of Germany's military mission in Afghanistan and the deployment of additional 859 troops.

Namibia.

Swakopmund.

Mondesa township.

Video of the township with locals singing and dancing

The township tour offers a chance to experience the cultures of Mondesa, a large township in the heart of Swakopmund.

Mondesa is a township in Swakopmund started in 1960 by the then South African government. Approximately two-thirds of Swakopmund’s population apparently resides in Mondesa. Mondesa includes an informal settlement housing some 6,000 people at it’s eastern periphery.

read more about the housing scheme in the township

Members of distinct Namibian ethnic groups inhabit the townships, and under apartheid’s “divide and rule” policy, they were kept separate enough from one other that each tribe has retained its own language, beliefs, cuisine and dress. As well as enforcing curfews to keep the residents apart, the government treated each tribe differently to foster resentment between them. To unite could have led to them overthrowing the minority white powers. So the Ovambo people, numbering just over half the population, were given tiny houses and communal toilets. The Herero enjoyed three bedroom bungalows with inside bathrooms. And the Damara were placed in two bedroom housed with shared toilets. They were pitted against each other.

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The Liberation Monument ("Russian monument")

(Further pictures you can see by clicking on the link at the end of page!)

Officially, one can find various names: (Russian) Liberation Monument, Russian War Memorial and Monument of the Red Army. The Viennese call the towering monument at the southern end of the Black Mountain course (Schwarzenbergplatz) usually disparaging "Russian monument (Russendenkmal)".

The monument commemorating the 18,000 in the liberation of Vienna fallen soldiers of the Red Army was designed by Major Intazarin, the sculptures were created by Lieutenant Jakoviev. The overall direction of the yet in April 1945 ordered and as first monument building after the war completed structure had major Ing. Mikhail Scheinfeld. In the construction were temporarily 400 workers involved, 18 tons of bronze and 300 cubic meters of marble were used. The monument was on 19 August 1945 with the assistance of Karl Renner, Leopold Figl and Theodor Körner unveiled on then so designated Stalin Square.

On a in total 20 m high, marble-clad base, the lower part in the form of a five-pointed red star, decorated with flags and guard badges, stands the 12 m tall figure of a Red Army soldier. The soldier is wearing a gold helmet and the famous Russian submachine gun with rotary magazine. With his left hand he has the flag with the right hand he holds a round shield with the Soviet coat of arms. In the background arises a broad, eight meter high balustrade, at its end respectively one group of two fighting men is situated, a prime example of the style of socialist realism, which gradually has become an art-historical rarity.

One of the inscriptions in Russian only in the early 80s have been translated into German and is:

"Eternal glory to the heroes of the Red Army, killed in action against the German-fascist invaders for the freedom and independence of the peoples of Europe (Mikhalkov)".

Until 1956, there were also graves of Soviet soldiers in the area, and a Soviet tank stood before the monument.

The monument is in the custody of the City of Vienna. As is generally known, Austria is according to the detailed provisions of Article 19 of the State Treaty of 15 May 1955 committed war graves and war memorials of the Allied Powers on Austrian soil "to respect, to protect and to preserve".

Between 1945 and 1956 stood in front of the fountain on the former "Stalin Square" a Russian tank, which is now in the Museum of Military History.

=> Marschik/Spital, Vienna The Russians monument, architecture, history, conflicts, Vienna, 2005

=> Hannes Leidinger/Verena Moritz, Russian Vienna, Böhlau, Vienna, 2004, 182 f

Sometimes leads the memory to the bad experiences which have been made by Austrian people with the occupation forces - particularly the Soviet - ​​in the ten years of Allied occupation to open resentment against monuments such as the "Russian monument". Nevertheless - the greater the distance from the war and post-war period is, the more one had to give account about the fact how much innocent blood just the peoples of the former Soviet Union have sacrificed in the fight against Hitler's rule, and how little the Austrian people to its own liberation has contributed. Such thoughts have got to come to one's mind when one takes some time to decipher the Cyrillic letters of gold on a "Russian monument" - whether on that at Vienna Schwarzenberg Square or somewhere out in the vast realms of Lower Austria, where up to the Waldviertel (part of Lower Austria) little Soviet military cemeteries exist.

A survey by the Gallup Institute, published in the "standard" on 11th February 1992 shows that 71% of Viennes people do know the monument. A clear majority (59 %) is for the preservation of the monument. Only 9% of the 1,000 respondents agreed with the opinion that the monument should be eliminated as a remnant of Stalinism. So, have the Austrians made peace with the contemporary history?

Hochstrahlbrunnen

Before the liberation monument arises the to the occasion of the completion of the First Vienna Mountain Spring Pipeline on 24th October 1873 in the presence of the emperor put into operation Hochstrahlbrunnen (high jet fountain), which should have been standing according to the original plans in front of the Votive Church, then opposite the New Town Hall. The builder of the aqueduct and the fountain, Anton Gabrielli, was a friend of astronomy. Accordingly, symbolizes the respective number of the jets of water the days of the year, the months, the days of the month, the days of the week and the hours of the day.

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“Then will come a new German Youth, trained from a young age for this new Country. Our Youth must learn nothing except to think like and act like Germans! We must get our boys into a Party organization at the age of 10, where they can be immersed in the totality of pure German spirit... Following this, we will put our young men into the ranks of the Labour Front, the Stormtroopers (SA), the Party Guards (SS), the Motorized Party Unit and so on. Then, if they have not become true National Socialists after two years in these organisations, we will re-process them through the Labour Front where they will experience another half-year of curative treatment... And if they still retain traces of class consciousness or aloofness from 'Germandom', the Wehrmacht will deal with them for another two years... In this way, they will never live freely but will spend their entire lives in the service of Germany!”

[From an address by Adolf Hitler to the Kreisleitern (County leaders), 2 December 1938; translated from an original German transcript in “Völkischer Beobachter”, 4 December 1938]

“People ask, why did I join the Hitler Youth, why did I volunteer to fight when I was 17? But they don't understand: we had no mind of our own. My education, my real education, started at the age of 22, in England. And I shall always be grateful to the people of the country for trying to educate me, or to find my own way. I think this is the way I should express it: to find my own way.”

[Bert Trautmann, interviewed in 2000 for the BBC 'Timewatch' series programme “The Germans We Kept”]

Bert Trautmann -as he would later be known- arrived at Camp 50 (Garswood Park, Ashton-in-Makerfield) from Camp 180 (Marbury Hall, Northwich) in June 1945, recruited to work as a driver for the commandant and his British subordinates and civilian support staff. At this stage the population of Camp 50 was still overwhelmingly Italian, and POW Trautmann occupied a kind of no-man's land, eating with the Italian POWs but sleeping in the British compound close to the main entrance on Warrington Rd. In many other respects he was typical of the young German POWs who began to arrive at Camp 50 from July/August 1945, housed initially in two discreet compounds or "hostels" within Garswood Park to the west of the main camp and at two similar facilities in Golborne Park. Enticed by the prospect of summer camping expeditions and participation in national soccer and athletics tournaments, he had been a willing recruit to the junior branch of the Hitler Youth (“Pimpfe”), leaving school and joining the Hitler Youth proper in 1936. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for the Luftwaffe, serving on the eastern front first as part of a ground-based communications unit but then as a paratrooper (“fallschirmjäger”). In 1941, still a few months short of his 18th birthday, he had witnessed the shooting of unarmed civilians -including children- by the notorious Einsatzgruppen, operating under cover of darkness in the Ukrainian forests. In May 1944, with the failure of Hitler's Operation Barbarossa in the east and an Allied invasion of western Europe looking increasingly likely, his unit was redeployed to France. Here he faced the Allied forces in Normandy and the Pas de Calais, afterwards joining the German retreat and taking part in the Battle of the Bulge before his capture near the German-Dutch border on 24 March 1945. His journey to Ashton-in-Makerfield was via POW camps at Weeze-on-Rhine and St Forte (Belgium), Kempton Park and Marbury Hall.

The British authorities had begun a programme of screening and re-education of German POWs in 1940, but in September 1944 the War Cabinet put this on a more formal footing and entrusted its delivery to the Foreign Office's Political Intelligence Department (PID). As later recalled by Executive Field Officer Henry Faulk, the objectives were “to eradicate from the minds of the prisoners belief in the German military tradition and the National Socialist ideology...; to impart to the prisoners an accurate understanding and a just appreciation of the principles of democratic government... [and] to remove German misconceptions about European history of the last 50 years and especially about the origin, conduct and results of the two world wars”.* To determine how receptive they might be to the programme, and to monitor its effectiveness, the POWs were periodically screened and graded as either-

A (White): actively anti-Nazi and anti-militarist;

B (Grey): no strong political convictions, possibly of lower intelligence but nevertheless amenable to instruction; or

C (Black): those who still adhered to Nazi and/or militarist ideology and values.

The results of the re-education programme were mixed. Several factors militated against it. Many German POWs had learned to distrust authority figures, and consequently viewed the entire process with suspicion. Whilst some of the lecturers and screeners engaged by PID were well-received, a significant number were German émigrés who had left before the Nazi era and therefore had little understanding of what life under Hitler had been like for ordinary Germans. Thirdly, the prospect of indefinite detention in a foreign country notwithstanding the German surrender in May 1945 bred a general resentment which even the most dedicated and sympathetic screeners and lecturers found difficult to overcome.** POW Trautmann was not alone in showing almost total disinterest in the official re-education and screening sessions – an attitude which may explain why, as late as August 1947, there were still 1,530 prisoners at Camp 50 graded B or B-.

Ultimately, the best method of re-education proved to be exposure to the local civilian population. In the report of its final inspection of Camp 50 in March 1948, PID was forced to concede that

“Organised re-educational activities in this camp have impressed but few. Lectures become more and more unpopular... Since the beginning of 1947 [when restrictions on fraternisation between POWs and British civilians within a five-mile radius of Camp 50 were lifted], re-education has passed into the hands of the population of Lancashire, whose friendliness has proved a great help. The ordinary workmen [of the district are] responsible for the fact that the majority of the PsW in this camp is pro-British”.

Other PID inspection reports at National Archives ref. FO 939/132 (“Prisoner of War Camps: 50 Working Camp, Garswood Park, Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire”) and copies of the Camp 50 newspaper etc at ref. FO 939/300 (“Reports on Camp Lectures...”) shed further light on conditions in the Camp.

*H Faulk, “Group Captives: The Re-education of German Prisoners of War in Britain, 1945-1948” (Chatto & Windus, 1977).

**This was particularly the case with POWs recently transferred by ship from camps in the USA who, prior to docking at Liverpool, had naturally assumed they were being taken back to Germany. The Bishop of Sheffield suggested to members of the House of Lords that it was “a little simple to expect that by keeping them behind barbed wire, giving them no hope of release for an indefinite period of time, they will be susceptible to re-education and will presently become docile little democrats” (Lords Official Report, 11.7.1946, col 382).

After the great Pirate-Imperial war of 1789 was over, an era of peace between the two enemies began. Laughter, beer, and many great stories were shared between Pirates and Imperials.

But anger and resentment still lied deep inside both sides. And instead of taking out their anger on each other, they found a common enemy. Seagulls. Loud, annoying, and messy, seagulls were the one thing both sides hated. And so began the great sport of Seagull Blasting, where the Pirates and Imperials would compete to see who could shoot down more seagulls using a cannon. In the background the big wigs of both sides were making bets, because neither side wanted to stop looking for treasure...

Please let me know ASAP of any suggestions you may have. Thanks!

BG Annual Conference 2018 | November 8–10 | ZK/U – Center for Arts and Urbanistics

ambient-revolts.berlinergazette.de

The growing interconnectedness of everyone and everything is transforming our world into an unprecedented techno-social environment. The boundaries between atmosphere and politics are being suspended; already, tiny ruptures can cause cascade-like repercussions – think of cyber-attacks or stock market crashes, right-wing resentment or hashtag-based protest. Such ambient revolts are increasingly driven by artificial intelligence (AI) – involving human interaction but seemingly beyond human oversight. Set against this backdrop, the conference poses the questions: What are the techno-social logics of both regressive and repressive tendencies? What are emancipatory movements up against? What potential do micro-political acts have in day-to-day life? What regulations of automated systems at the macro level will enable democracy to emerge in the age of AI? The Berliner Gazette conference will explore these questions in the context of performances, lectures and workshops.

More info: projekte.berlinergazette.de/ambient-revolts/

Photo taken by Norman Posselt (berlinergazette.de / cc by nc)

via Handlebar ASMR www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWoQT1_3h6k Visit us at Handlebar ASMR on YouTube! www.youtube.com/channel/UCFtBA9ApU-XGt4HoHOBiBvg

While at this café my daughter and I and Nicholas we encountered this most interesting individual there. His name is Maximvs the prophet, and as he stated he's a wanderer of the world, seeking and meeting interesting people and those who are looking for a different path in life. He stated he was from the Caribbean islands but actually grew up in New York and has started seeking a new path, new enlightenment and enjoying life to the fullest, never knowing what to expect. He believes that the greatest gift that you can sometimes give someone, is to touch their lives, and vice a versa.

Maximvs Prophet

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He is seeking the path to enlightenment, hoping to change the world or at least to give people another perspective on how to look at the world around them. May he find that and much more. We are all, on our own journey, whether we realized that or not. An old saying says sometimes the old path can be the right path, if were in the right frame of mind to.

An old Cherokee told his grandson, "My son, there is a battle between two wolves inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, inferiority, self & lies. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy, & truth." The boy thought about it, and asked, "Grandfather, which wolf wins?" The old man quietly replied, "The one you feed." ~unknown

16/365 - wednesday nights i play dress up, and about the only time i have the desire to curl my hair. i once dated a guy who did not like my hair curled, so now we see each other every wednesday night, and i think i have curled my hair every week since we split, which has been a loooooong time. cuz i love it curled, i think it looks smokin hot. very feminine. someday i'll let it go :) no rush tho, i'm still young.

The woman turns into a demon.

"The hannya mask is specifically used to represent a vengeful and jealous woman. Her anger and envy have so consumed her that she has turned into a demon, but with some important traces of humanity left. The pointed horns, gleaming eyes, fang-like teeth, combined with a look of pure resentment and hate are tempered by the expression of suffering around the eyes and the artfully disarrayed strands of hair, which indicate passionate emotion thrown into disorder"

Onnagata Daigoro Tachibana dances in the spotlight. He is best remembered as the Geisha Osei in Takeshi Kitano's Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (2003).

The George W. La Borde Collection of Roman Aurei Part I

THE ROMAN EMPIRE

Domitian, 81 – 96

Aureus 90-91, AV 7.59 g. DOMITIANVS – AVGVSTVS Laureate head r. Rev. GERMANICVS COS XV Minerva standing l. holding vertical spear. C 150. BMC 173. CBN 162. RIC 698. Biaggi 408 (this coin). Calicó 839 (this coin). This coin was illustrated on the back cover of Sear’s Roman Coins and Their Values, vol. I. A wonderful portrait of fine style perfectly struck in high relief. Good extremely fine.

Provenance:

- Conte B. de P., P. & P. Santamaria, Rome 25. May 1926, lot 282.

- Prof. Angelo Signorelli Collection sold by P. & P. Santamaria auction 4 June 1952, lot 1354.

- Leo Biaggi de Blasys (1906-1979) Collection, sold privately in 1978 to Bank Leu (Zurich) and a partner.

- Nelson Bunker Hunt (1926-2014) Collection sold by Sotheby’s, auction 6147, New York, 19-20 June 1991, lot 735.

- Numismatik Lanz 58, 21 November 1991, lot 542.

- Gilbert Steinberg (1920-2008) Collection sold by Numismatica Ars Classica & Spink Taisei, auction, Zurich, 16 November 1994, lot 346.

- Michael L. J. Winckless Collection sold privately by Spink & Son (London), in October 2006.

Minerva, the goddess of war, was the patron of Domitian. He had a shrine for her in the palace, dedicated at least two temples to her in Rome and, beginning in 83, he used her image on what would seem to be the majority of his coins. The emperor declared himself to be the son of Minerva, and the relationship between them is a recurring theme of Martial’s epigrams. The poet Statius, who was a firsthand observer in the reign of Domitian, even describes the emperor as wearing a toga that Minerva had woven for him. His patronage of Minerva can be understood in the context of the Flavian dynasty, whose members took pride in their success in war: Vespasian had emerged triumphant in the Civil War of A.D. 68-69, Titus was victorious against the Jews, and Domitian – whose resentment and inferiority complex made him eager to exceed his father and brother – launched campaigns against Germans, Dacians, Sarmatians and other foes. In all he accepted twenty-three Imperial salutations – more than Augustus himself, and he staged at least two triumphal processions. On most of Domitian’s coins Minerva is shown standing in what Carson identifies as four distinct varieties. Sometimes she holds only a spear (as on this coin), or a spear and thunderbolt, but more commonly she holds both a shield and a spear. Other times she rests a foot on a ship’s prow and is accompanied by an owl. In this case we have a more personalized approach. It need not surprise us that her features are modeled on Domitian’s, though we may describe Minerva’s as Classicised and Domitian’s as realistic. Identifying the differences is a worthwhile exercise: Minerva’s chin is rounded, her mouth softly modeled, and there is no natural contour to her profile at the point where the forehead meets the bridge of the nose.

NUMISMATICA ARS CLASSICA NAC AG, Auction 91, lot 14.

While most cycles of America’s Next Top Model have its standout moments -- including Tyra Banks yelling at Tiffany (4), everything Jade said (6) and the pendulum runway (14) -- they all have the always epic, always dramatic and always hilarious makeover meltdowns. Like clockwork, two or three episodes into the cycle, Tyra gathers the aspiring models around to tell them about their Tyovers. And what starts with cheers and excitement, usually ends in bitter tears and resentment. (In the contestants’ defense, who thought beard weave was a good idea?) And cycle 23 is no different when host Rita Ora surprises the girls with their new signature looks. MORE: The ‘ANTM’ Glossary You Need to Model ‘H-2-T’ But, of course, not everyone is satisfied with their transformation. ET has an exclusive first look at Cherish, who is not ready to let go of her “virgin hair.” But as one of the stylists puts it: “You won’t be a virgin for long.” Ouch! The moment certainly ranks high among the makeover meltdowns seen on the series. And in anticipation of all the drama to come, ET is looking back on eight biggest makeover meltdowns: ============================================== please like, share, subscribe for view more videos www.youtube.com/channel/UCnncB_7QKUB2Je_AsuAwx4Q?sub_conf... ============================================

I am racing through life, utterly confused and angry. I do not know if I am out of control or just insane; it is more like I feel infuriated with myself. The built up of rage, fury and similar emotions affecting my state of mind... Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone's face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? These are the questions that I face and these are the queries that I chase. – By Raqia Naeem.

Coptic Christians in Cairo Egypt living in El Zabaleen, or garbage city. For generations families would work together to collect all the rubbish from the streets of Cairo and take it back to their homes. They then sift and sort through all the items which are then sold on to merchants. 85% of all solid waste is thus recycled from the city.

Families used to own pigs that used to eat the organic waste but everyone of them was slaughtered during 2009 during the outbreak of the H1N1 'swine' flu, even though there were no cases reported in Egypt. It was the only country that carried out a mass cull, and was also reported that it was done in an inhumane manner. This increased tension and resentment with the Government.

Name: Reach

Gender: tom

Age: 3 years

Tribe: Forests

Rank: keeper

Apprentice: n/a

Description: a ginger tom with half of his fur being black, and black stripes reaching over to his ginger side

Accessories: none

PERSONALITY-

{hyperactive} {not entirely sane} {childish}

FAMILY-

Mother: Alpine (black with green eyes)

Father: Lynx (dark ginger tom with wild-cat markings)

Siblings: n/a

Mate/Crush: n/a

Kits: n/a

RELATIONSHIPS-

[?] - curious about

[plus sign] - acquaintance/ doesn't mind

[bluebullet] - friend

[green bullet] - good/great friend

[purplebullet] - family

[yellowbullet] - apprentice/mentor

[pinkbullet] - crush

[heart] - mate

[blackbullet] - afraid of

[red bullet] - dislike

[tworedbullets] - hate

[skull] - deceased

[?][+] Wildfire - "Heheh, he's fun to fight! He wouldn't be so uptight if he didn't have to watch the borders so often. Maybe he should catch a break for a day. *grins* so i can run across the border all i like! Chasing butterflies is fun, don't you know?"

BACKSTORY-

As a kit: He can't remember his life as a kit due to losing his memory as a learner.

As a learner: He had fallen from a tree and hit his head on something, making him lose his memory. He was later found by a Shadow Heart and taken in, being named Reach for his fur pattern. He was raised with the Shadow Hearts for a few months until the Keepers of the Forests finally found out where he was, and was traded for a huge pile of prey. He spent his time with the Shadow Hearts hating the keepers, so joining (or rejoining) the keepers was really weird for him. He spent extra time as a learner re-learning how to use his element.

As a keeper: He still holds plenty of resentment towards the keepers, and often causes trouble for the tribes. He could care less about his lost memories and feels that he still belongs with the Shadow Hearts, even though he's mastered his element by now and knows it's not shadow. He often crosses the Forests' borders into other tribe's territories, chasing bugs or just because he feels like it. He'll enjoy fighting or sparring with whoever tries to get him back into his own territory. He likes Skies' territory best because he can hide better.

"Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit."

~Sitting Bull, TETON SIOUX

Our bodies are both physical and spiritual. At our very center we are

spiritual. Our bodies are built around the spiritual. The center is the

unseen world. Therefore, we cannot see it with our eyes and we tend to judge the body because we can see it. The body is not who we are. We can see the spiritual if we are spiritual ourselves. We won't see this always with our physical eyes. Usually we will see it with our spiritual eye. We will hear ourselves say, "I know this to be true."

At the center of all human beings is the place of good. That includes

myself. At my very core is good. I can find this place by staying free

of resentments, fear, dishonesty and self-seeking motives. My Creator,

keep me free this day of resentment, selfishness, dishonesty and fear.

* Eyes Without A Face * ~ song lyrics by Billy Idol

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpmWIyjilQo

Im all out of hope

One more bad dream could bring a fall

When Im far from home

Dont call me on the phone

To tell me youre alone

Its easy to deceive

Its easy to tease

But hard to get release

Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face

Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face

Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face

Got no human grace your eyes without a face.

I spend so much time

Believing all the lies

To keep the dream alive

Now it makes me sad

It makes me mad at truth

For loving what was you

Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face

Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face

Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face

Got no human grace your eyes without a face.

When you hear the music you make a dip

Into someone elses pocket then make a slip.

Steal a car and go to las vegas oh, the gigolo pool.

Hanging out by the state line,

Turning holy water into wine

Drinkin it down

Im on a bus on a psychedelic trip

Reading murder books tryin to stay hip.

Im thinkin of you youre out there so

Say your prayers.

Say your prayers.

Say your prayers.

Now I close my eyes

And I wonder why

I dont despise

Now all I can do

Is love what was once

So alive and new

But its gone from your eyes

Id better realise

Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face

Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face

Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face

Got no human grace your eyes without a face.

Such a human waste your eyes without a face

And now its getting worse.

it's heavenly 2 c ur talent sunshine ^i^..

^i^

The cathedral was built over the Inca palace of Wiracocha using Inca labour and material from the nearby Inca Fortress of Sacsayhuaman. No wonder the Inca people hated the Spanish colonists. Although relations are a lot better than they used to be, Peruvians with Inca forebears hold a glimmering resentment against those with Spanish blood.

Moa Island, also called Banks Island, is an island of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago that is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Thursday Island in the Banks Channel of Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. It is also a locality within the Torres Strait Island Region local government area. This island is the largest within the "Near Western" group. It has two towns, Kubin on the south-west coast and St Pauls on the east coast, which are connected by bitumen and a gravel road. In the 2016 census, Moa Island had a population of 448 people.

The Mualgal /muwal̪gal̪/ people traditionally formed two groups, the southern Italgal /ital̪gal̪/ and the northern Mualgal, and are the traditional owners of the island and refer to the island as ‘Mua’ or Moa.

Captain William Bligh, in charge of the British Navy ships Providence and Assistant, visited Torres Strait in 1792 and mapped the main reefs and channels. The island was named Banks Island by Captain Bligh in honour of his patron and friend, the botanist Sir Joseph Banks. In the 1860s, beche-de-mer (sea cucumber) and pearling boats began working the reefs of Torres Strait but few Europeans visited Moa before the 1870s. The European beche-de-mer and pearling boats extensively worked the sea beds between Moa and Badu Islands in the 1870s and recruited local Islander men to work on their boats. A small pearling station was established on Moa Island by John Gay between 1872 and 1875.

In 1872, the Queensland Government sought to extend its jurisdiction and requested the support of the British Government. Letters Patent were issued by the British Government in 1872 creating a new boundary for the colony, which encompassed all islands within a 60 nautical mile radius of the coast of Queensland.[14] This boundary was further extended by the Queensland Coast Islands Act 1879 (Qld) and included the islands of Boigu, Erub, Mer and Saibai, which lay beyond the previous 60 nautical mile limit. The new legislation enabled the Queensland Government to control and regulate bases for the beche-de-mer and pearling industries, which previously had operated outside its jurisdiction.

Torres Strait Islanders refer to the arrival of London Missionary Society (LMS) missionaries in July 1871 as "the Coming of the Light". Reverend A W Murray and William Wyatt Gill were the first LMS missionaries to visit Moa Island in October 1872. South Sea Islander lay preachers were appointed as teachers to work on the island the following month. While the South Sea Islander teachers established a mission settlement at Totalai on the northern side of the island, by 1901 the settlement had been completely abandoned.

A new settlement named Adam was established on the western side of the island during the 1900s. People from the villages of Totalai and Dabu moved to Adam under the leadership of Elder Abu Namai. The village of Adam had better access to the facilities of Badu Island, including its school and the stores and trading stations operated by Papuan Industries Limited (PIL). PIL was a philanthropic business scheme designed by the LMS missionary Reverend Walker to promote "independent native enterprise" by encouraging them to co-operatively rent or purchase their own pearl luggers or "company boats". The company boats were used to harvest pearl shells and beche-de-mer, which were sold and distributed by PIL. The Queensland Government supported the scheme and worked in partnership with PIL. Company boats provided Islanders with income and a sense of community pride and also improved transport and communication between the islands. The community at Adam operated a number of company boats including the Moa and the Adam. Men from Moa Island also regularly worked with pearling crews from Badu.

In 1904, the Australian Government introduced a restrictive immigration policy, which resulted in the forced repatriation of many Pacific Islander labourers, following the federal government's introduction of a restrictive immigration policy in 1904, the Queensland Government set aside an Aboriginal reserve on Moa's eastern shore for those who had married Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal people. In 1908 the Anglican Church began developing St. Paul's Mission. They also established the St. Paul's Native Training College. A community council was established under the Torres Strait Islander Act 1939, and in 1985, the St. Paul's community gained ownership of their land through a Deed of Grant in Trust.

Deaconess Florence Griffiths Buchanan (1861–1913)

On 20 May 1908, the Queensland government formally gazetted 500 acres as a reserve for the benefit of South Sea Islander people on the eastern side of Moa Island. In 1908, with the encouragement of Hugh Milman (the government resident at Thursday Island), the Anglican Church founded a mission specifically for South Sea Islander families on the reserve land. Milman suggested that the new mission should be named St Pauls, after the famous St Paul's Cathedral in London.The mission was operated by Deaconess Florence Griffiths Buchanan who was a missionary teacher. Her work was described as "the labor of patient untiring love and energy" and she was much loved by the children, who she called "Moabites" and who called her "Teashher" (teacher) in return).

Apart from its religious purpose, St Paul's Mission was intended to be a self-supporting settlement through a mixture of agriculture, fishing and the weaving of mats and baskets. The mission was at the foot of a mountain known as the Great Peak to the south-west of the island. The village was built on flat ground between the beach and the scrub lands at the foot of the mountain. The houses were built on piles and made of grass and saplings. In 1912 there were 70 people at the settlement with expectations it would increase. Until June 1910, the settlement received no outside help but from that date the Queensland Government provided a grant of £120 per annum to "educate the natives". At that time, the government also doubled the size of the mission lands in recognition of the progress in establishing gardens and coconut plantations. The mission owed a cutter Bengal, which operated between Thursday Island and Moa as well as visiting neighbouring islands. By 1912 £40 had already been raised to build a church, as the services were being held in the schoolroom which also served as a hospital and Buchanan's residence.

In November 1912, 36,000 acres of land on Moa Island were officially gazetted as an Aboriginal reserve by the Queensland Government, exclusive of the land already gazetted for the South Sea Islanders. Many other Torres Strait Islands were gazetted as Aboriginal reserves at the same time. In 1922, the name of the settlement at Adam was changed to Poid.

From 1911 Ethel Zahel visited Adam (later Poid) village to assist the councillors and, after 1915, to supervise the mission-trained native teacher. In 1928 a European teacher was appointed.

By 1918, a Protector of Aboriginals had been appointed to Thursday Island and, during the 1920s and 1930s, racial legislation was strictly applied to Torres Strait Islanders, enabling the government to remove Islanders to reserves and missions across Queensland.

In the early 1920s, the Queensland Government made the decision to remove the Kaurareg people from Hammond Island, publicly stating that their close proximity to Thursday Island encouraged drunkenness and immorality in the community. Preparations for the removal began in 1921 with the construction of new quarters at Poid on Moa Island. In March 1922, the Kaurareg community were forcibly removed by government authorities from Hammond Island and transported to Moa Island on a Papuan Industries vessel named Goodwill. Three members of the Hammond Island community who protested against the removal were arrested without charge by police armed with revolvers.

In 1936, around 70% of the Torres Strait Islander workforce went on strike in the first organised challenge against government authority made by Torres Strait Islanders. The nine-month strike was an expression of Islanders’ anger and resentment at increasing government control of their livelihoods. The strike was a protest against government interference in wages, trade and commerce and also called for the lifting of evening curfews, the removal of the permit system for inter-island travel, and the recognition of Islanders’ right to recruit their own boat crews.

The strike produced a number of significant reforms and innovations. Unpopular local Protector J.D McLean was removed and replaced by Cornelius O’Leary. O’Leary established a system of regular consultations with elected Islander council representatives. The new island councils were given a degree of autonomy including control over local police and courts.

On 23 August 1937, O’Leary convened the first Inter Islander Councillors’ Conference at Yorke Island. Representatives from 14 Torres Strait communities attended the conference. Wees Nawie and Sailor represented Poid at the conference. After lengthy discussions, unpopular bylaws, including the evening curfews, were cancelled and a new code of local representation was agreed upon. In 1939, the Queensland Government passed the Torres Strait Islanders Act 1939, which incorporated many of the recommendations discussed at the conference. A key section of the new Act officially recognised Torres Strait Islanders as a separate people from Aboriginal Australians.

During the 1920s and 1930s, the settlement at Poid experienced regular epidemics of malaria and dengue fever, as well as shortages of fresh water. In 1943, the community at Poid made the decision to move to a new location named Kubin, situated on the south-west coast of Moa Island. The country near Kubin had fresh water springs and was believed to be a far healthier environment than Poid. By 1945, a church and school had been constructed at Kubin and the entire population of Poid had moved to the new settlement.

During World War Two, the Australian Government recruited Torres Strait Islander men to serve in the armed forces. Enlisted men from Moa and other island communities formed the Torres Strait Light Infantry. While the Torres Strait Light Infantry were respected as soldiers, they only received one third the pay given to white Australian servicemen. On 31 December 1943, members of the Torres Strait Light Infantry went on strike calling for equal pay and equal rights. The Australian Government agreed to increase their pay to two thirds the level received by white servicemen. Full back pay was offered in compensation to the Torres Strait servicemen by the government in the 1980s.

The mineral wolfram was discovered on Moa Island in the 1930s and members of the Kubin and St Pauls communities began mining wolfram in 1938. During the 1950s and 1960s, the Rev Alf Clint established a Christian co-operative which ran mining operations on the island. All mining activity ceased on the island in 1973, when the price of the mineral dropped on world markets.

In 1946, a group of 10 Kaurareg men from Kubin community, led by Elekiam Tom, made the decision to move to Horn Island. They built houses and a church for their families in an area inland from the main wharf, which came to be known as Wasaga village. Other Islanders from Kubin community left the Torres Strait region to work on the Australian mainland.

St Pauls State School opened on 29 January 1985.

After gaining its independence from Australia in 1975, Papua New Guinea asserted its right to the islands and waters of the Torres Straits. In December 1978, a treaty was signed by the Australian and Papua New Guinea governments that described the boundaries between the two countries and the use of the sea area by both parties. The Torres Strait Treaty, which has operated since February 1985, contains special provision for free movement (without passports or visas) between both countries. Free movement between communities applies to traditional activities such as fishing, trading and family gatherings which occur in a specifically created Protected Zone and nearby areas. The Protected Zone also assists in the preservation and protection of the land, sea, air and native plant and animal life of the Torres Strait.

On 1 January 2017, St Pauls State School became the St Pauls Campus of the Tagai State College, which has 17 campuses throughout the Torres Strait.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moa_Island_(Queensland)

Image source: Queensland State Archives Item ID ITM1434947 Dancers, Poid, Torres Strait Island.

Great Britain’s Channel 4 commissioned Perry to make a television documentary about transvestism. The result, Why Men Wear Frocks, aired in 2005. The following year he published an autobiography, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl. Perry subsequently made a number of documentaries for Channel 4, becoming as well known as a television personality as an artist. The programs included All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry (2012), an exploration of class and taste in England, which resulted in The Vanity of Small Differences (2012), a series of six large tapestries; Who Are You? (2014), a study of identity that led to a series of portraits for the National Portrait Gallery, London; Grayson Perry: All Man (2016), a consideration of the changing perceptions of masculinity in Britain; Grayson Perry: Divided Britain (2017), an examination of Brexit (as the British exit from the EU was popularly known); and Rites of Passage (2018), a reconsideration of how Britons celebrate landmark events. In 2020 Perry filmed Grayson Perry’s Big American Road Trip, in which he traveled across the United States by motorcycle, investigating race, class, and identity. That year he also started the TV series Grayson’s Art Club, showcasing art made by everyday Britons during the COVID-19 lockdowns.

Meanwhile, Perry mounted solo exhibitions at major museums on several continents, including the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh (2006), the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa, Japan (2007), and the MUDAM (Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean) in Luxembourg (2008). For The Walthamstow Tapestry (2009), a textile work that scrolled 49 feet (15 metres) across a gallery wall, Perry arranged a series of detailed images—decoratively inspired by traditional Sumatran batiks but replete with references to contemporary consumer culture—into a sweeping narrative of a human life. In 2015 Perry completed a nearly five-year project with architecture studio FAT on a House for Essex, Wrabness, England, one of a series of vacation homes commissioned by author Alain de Botton’s Living Architecture organization. Resembling a large fairy-tale cabin, the building was designed as a shrine to the fictional character Julie Cope and includes artworks by Perry, including The Essex House Tapestries: The Life of Julie Cope (2015). Perry’s later solo exhibitions included “Grayson Perry: The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever!” (2017) at the Serpentine Gallery, London, and “Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years” (2020) at the Holburne Museum, Bath, England.

Rotherham Town Brass Band Playing at the Jo Cox 'The Great Get Together' Brodsworth Hall, Doncaster, South Yorkshire.

For those outside the UK, Jo Cox was a Labour Party MP that (like myself) passionately hated any form of racism, or prejudice of any sort. She was murdered on 16th June 2016 by an extreme right winger that was (as they all are) full of hate, prejudice and resentment - and completely lacking humanity, common sense and any form of intelligence.

Jo was killed during our Brexit discussions. There was an evil side to some discussions that some right wingers seemed to take as validation for violence against immigrants (and in their simple minds anti-Brexiteers). Fascist publications like the Daily Mail (or the 'Fanzine of the English Defence League' as I call it) also loved to stir up these feelings.

A year on, 'The Great Get Together' was a series of around 120,000 street parties etc. all over the UK (and some beyond) to show that in the words of Penny from The Big Bang Theory, 'Love trumps Hate'.

I don't know what the answer is to this sort of hatred - nobody does. Maybe some sort of education in schools about the horrors of the World Wars etc., as a result of this form of right wing hatred.

In Jo's own words from her first House of Commons speech as an MP, 'We have far more in common than that which divides us'. A very true statement that sadly caused her untimely death at the hands of a complete nutcase.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40307337

It doesn't look too busy, but most people (like us) were sheltering in the shade from the extreme sunny heat of that day.

Because of being burnt during a revolution at the end of the Bakumatsu Era, this Hoko has not participated in the Gion Festival since then. Thankfully, the statue of the god inside, the golden filigree, the woven fabric, etc, were still preserved. This Hoko rejoined the procession for the first time in 140 years in Karabitsu.

Bakumatsu ("Late Tokugawa Shogunate"), literally "end of the curtain", are the final years of the Edo period when the Tokugawa shogunate came to an end. It is characterized by major events occurring between 1853 and 1867 during which Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy known as sakoku and transitioned from a feudal shogunate to the Meiji government. The major ideological/political divide during this period was between the pro-imperialist ishin shishi (nationalist patriots) and the shogunate forces, including the elite Shinsengumi (newly selected corps) swordsmen.

Although these two groups were the most visible powers, many other factions attempted to use the chaos of Bakumatsu to seize personal power. Furthermore there were two other main driving forces for dissent: first, growing resentment on the part of the tozama daimyo (or outside lords), and second, growing anti-western sentiment following the arrival of Matthew C. Perry. The first related to those lords who had fought against Tokugawa forces at the Battle of Sekigahara (in 1600) and had from that point on been excluded permanently from all powerful positions within the shogunate. The second was to be expressed in the phrase sonnō jōi, or "revere the Emperor, expel the barbarians". The turning point of the Bakumatsu was during the Boshin War and the Battle of Toba-Fushimi when pro-shogunate forces were defeated.

Karabitsu is a Chinese-style chest used to store clothes, arms, personal effects, sutra scrolls (in this case called kyou karabitsu 経唐櫃) and other valuables. Rectangular in shape, with four or six legs, lid and lock, they are of plain wood, vermilion-lacquered, or lacquered with sprinkled precious metals, *makie 蒔絵 or mother-of-peral inlay, *raden 螺鈿. Lavish Heian period examples are preserved at Kongoubuji 金剛峯寺 on Kouyasan 高野山 and Houryuuji 法隆寺. Originally utilitarian, they were sometimes later also treated as art objects.

Notice how the sign doesn't mention Miller being a part of the city of Gary at all? I wonder if that's out of resentment, or if they think it would scare people away. Maybe both?

The neighborhood of Miller Beach, or simply Miller, predates Gary. It began as a stagecoach stop in the early 1800s. In 1851 a train stop called Miller Junction was created there. Later it became Miller Station. The small town was annexed by its neighbor, Gary, in the early 1920s.