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Gloster/Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF14 at the RAF Museum, Cosford, 8 July 2020. The aircraft was hung from the cieling and the presence of three huge V-bombers beneath it meant that a even half-decent photograph was not easy.
Even though the Luftwaffe had first deployed jet night fighters in the closing stages of WWII (a small number of Messerschmitt Me262B-1a/U1 and Arado Ar234B-2/N), the RAF had no jet night fighters until 1951 when the Meteor NF11 entered service.
Responsibilty for the development and production of the night fighter variant of the Meteor, already an aging design, was handed over by Gloster to Armstrong Whitworth (an associated company) and several marks were built culminating in the impressive-looking, long-nosed NF14 of 1953; it lasted in service until 1961 (1965 as night fighter trainers whilst NF11's converted to target tugs served until 1968).
The Meteor night fighters, together with the de Havilland Vampire and Venom night fighters, were really no more than an interim solution to the need for a modern night fighter until the Gloster Javelin was brought into service, an advanced design which was taking longer to develop than anticipated.
The Meteor NF11, 12, 13 & 14 had a good radar, but only a cannon armament so were not in the same class as the American night fighters of the period such as the missile-armed versions of the Lockheed F-94 Starfire, Northrop F-89 Scorpion and the all-weather versions of the North American F-86 Sabre, all of which had very impressive avionics/radar suites for the era.
Gisimba Memorial Center.
Kigali, Rwanda. Afrika.
June, 2005.
If you are interested in sponsoring an orphan at Gisimba Memorial Center, direct contact information is listed below.
Ildephonse Niyongana - Director
Damas Gisimba - Founder
gisimbacmg@yahoo.com
Gisimba Orphanage
B.P. 1433 Kigali Rwanda
Ave de la Nyarugenge
Nyamirambo
District of Nyarugenge
tel +250 08524515 or +250 08532596
Bank of Kigali 040-0013914-76
swift BK IG RWRW
Additional information can also be found on www.orphansofrwanda.org
The text below is from www.orphansofrwanda.org
"Centre Memorial de Gisimba (Gisimba Memorial Center)
The Gisimba orphanage, located in the Nyamirambo quarter of Kigali, is led by Damas Mutezintare Gisimba. Damas's father founded the orphanage in 1980 with 18 children living in one house. Damas took over in 1986 after the death of his father. During the genocide Damas sheltered over 400 children and adults in the small orphanage compound from the predations of the interahamwe [the Hutu paramilitary squads that carried out much of the genocide]. Though the orphanage was repeatedly menaced, Damas and his colleagues held their ground and did not give in to the genocidaires. He has been honored for his heroism by the Rwandan government and many other organizations.
The orphanage currently houses over 150 children. Ten years ago almost all were genocide victims, but many of the newer arrivals have been orphaned by AIDS. Because their parents were HIV+, a number of them are also infected."
PLEASE DONATE TO GISIMBA MEMORIAL CENTER VIA ORPHANS OF RWANDA: www.orphansofrwanda.org/getinvolved.php#donate
For statistics on Rwanda: www.unicef.org/infobycountry/rwanda_statistics.html
A Killer: "During that killing season we rose earlier than usual, to eat lots of meat, and we went up to the soccer field at around nine or ten o'clock. The leaders would grumble about latecomers, and we would go off and attack. Rule number one was to kill. It was an organization without complications."
Excerpted from Jean Hatzfeld's _Machete Season: The Killers In Rwanda Speak_(2003).
Wilted flowers shrewn across a closed mass grave.
Kigali Genocide Memorial.
Kigali, Rwanda. Afrika.
June, 2005.
(TMAX film.)
Cassette tape on old mattress in concrete ruins on north side of the cemetery.
Humble Negro Cemetery, otherwise known as the Pipe Yard Cemetery, is north of the FM 1960 bypass, just east of the railroad tracks, behind the Home Depot and an Humble ISD administration building.
Jim Crow Laws, segregation, were brutally enforced at the time that burials were being made there. Not only could African-Americans not be buried in the Humble Cemetery, but after 1933, when Humble was incorporated, new laws were passed, forcing African-Americans to move, some to nearby Bordersville, just outside the city limits. There are reports that the graves of the few African-Americans who had been buried in the Humble Cemetery were moved, some to the Humble Negro Cemetery.
Grace Church now attempts to maintain the cemetery.
On the day that I was there, an empty flagpole stood.
The concrete ruins of an old kerosene refinery are on the north boundary of the cemetery, and dense woods are on all sides.
Time, and the elements, take a toll on cemeteries, especially those essentially abandoned for many years.
We know where our parents are buried, may visit their graves, but how many of us regularly visit our grandparents' graves? Commercial, perpetual care, cemeteries, and those associated with churches and municipalities have systems in place for maintenance, but there are many cemeteries, such as those that were no longer in use after desegregation, that are nearly forgotten, descendants moving away, passing away...
At Evergreen and Olivewood, both essentially abandoned, but for the efforts of volunteers, there are occasional signs of vandalism. I've never seen vandalism, desecration, though, on the scale that I found at Humble Negro Cemetery. Over the years, most of the stones have been broken, many to fragments. Many graves are unmarked, but for sunken places on the ground. Graves of veterans have been used for target practice. Some of the graves had concrete slabs over them. In every case, the slab has been shattered, and the earth beneath disturbed, though now, somewhat, replaced. Graves have clearly been violated.
The range of weathering of the damage indicates that it has taken place over decades.
It might not be hard to make an argument that the graves in such cemeteries should be the responsibilty of descendants, survivors, but I strongly feel that the graves of those who have helped to defend this country deserve better, from the nation, from the community ,than those veterans' graves at Elmview, Olivewood, and here.
A part of me feels that there is, perhaps, something to be said for letting such sites return completely to nature, but our history lies here, with those who helped build this country, this community.
www.usgwarchives.net/tx/cemph/harris/humble-n.htm
archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/TX-CEMETERY-PRESER...
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl//5787895.html
Borderville Learning Service Project directly available at YouTube -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddBP-VF6KGc
"Claiming King" Genealogy blog is located here -
claimingkin.livejournal.com/2577.html
U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Sept. 11, 2013) The fleet replenishment oiler USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201) pulls alongside the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) for a replenishment-at-sea. Kearsarge is the flagship for the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan Vargas/Released)
U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Sept. 11, 2013) Sailors send cargo from the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) to the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201) during a replenishment-at-sea. Kearsarge is the flagship for the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Corbin J. Shea/Released)
I've found no information on Willie Simms' brief life.
He died, though, on September 11, 1921, at the age of 11, and was buried in the Humble Negro Cemetery, otherwise known as the Pipe Yard Cemetery.
Jim Crow Laws, segregation, were brutally enforced at the time. Not only could African-Americans not be buried in the Humble Cemetery, but, after 1933, when Humble was incorporated, new laws were passed, forcing African-Americans to move, some to nearby Bordersville, just outside the city limits. There are reports that the graves of the few African-Americans who had been buried in the Humble Cemetery were moved.
Willie Simms' remains seemed at rest until 2008, when three Kingwood teenagers dug them up, and confessed to using the skull as a "bong" to smoke marijuana. The remains were later reburied.
Grace Church now attempts to maintain the cemetery.
On the day that I was there, an empty flagpole stood.
The concrete ruins of an old kerosene refinery are on the north boundary of the cemetery, and dense woods are on all sides.
The cemetery lies across the railroad tracks from an Humble ISD administration building and a Home Depot.
Time, and the elements, take a toll on cemeteries, especially those essentially abandoned for many years.
We know where our parents are buried, may visit their graves, but how many of us regularly visit our grandparents' graves? Commercial, perpetual care, cemeteries, and those associated with churches and municipalities have systems in place for maintenance, but there are many cemeteries, especially those that were no longer in use after desegregation, that are nearly forgotten, descendants moving away, passing away...
At Evergreen and Olivewood, both essentially abandoned, but for the efforts of volunteers, there are occasional signs of vandalism. I've never seen vandalism, desecration, though, on the scale that I found at Humble Negro Cemetery. Over the years, most of the stones were broken, many to fragments. Many graves are unmarked, but for sunken places on the ground. Graves of veterans have been used for target practice. Nearly every stone is broken. Some of the graves had concrete slabs over them. In every case, the slab has been shattered, and the earth beneath disturbed, now, somewhat, replaced. Graves have clearly been violated.
The range of weathering of the damage indicates that it has taken place over decades.
It might not be hard to convince me that the graves in such cemeteries should be the responsibilty of descendants, survivors, but I strongly feel that the graves of those who have helped to defend this country deserve better, from the nation, than those veterans' graves at Elmview, Olivewood, and here.
A part of me feels that there is, perhaps, something to be said for letting such sites return completely to nature, but our history lies here, with those who helped build this country, this community. This violated grave, this forgotten cemetery, this record of segregation, and Jim Crow, and the south's racist past, represent the true spirit of the Confederacy, the true southern heritage, and should be noted, should be remembered, the next time that some pandering politician chooses to endorse one of the Confederate History Month proclamations that the Sons of Confederate Veterans churn out.
www.usgwarchives.net/tx/cemph/harris/humble-n.htm
archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/TX-CEMETERY-PRESER...
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl//5787895.html
I won't really be aware, after my death, of what happens to my physical remains, but I have long felt that I don't want to be buried in any such place, even one with groundskeepers and sprinkler systems. I've asked that my ashes be scattered at Bolivar Pass, on an outgoing tide.
Bordersville Learning Service Project directly available at YouTube -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddBP-VF6KGc
"Claiming Kin" Genealogy blog is located here -
Need to know how children, workforce or lovers are using their smartphones? Innovative software programs capture and archive SMS text messages, trace mobile phone GPS location, sent and received mobile phone call logs information and send it to a web personal account.
Monitoring Software is a common means for Parents and Employers to take responsibilty. Monitoring of Computer and Smartphones is Widespread. Parents and Companies Use Monitoring Software to Solve Problems. Spy Software (not bad) and Spyware (bad) are definitely not the same thing. Spyware is really a broad group of possibly harmful software that could implant itself on cell phones, usually arriving from internet connections.
Meanings vary depending on usage and objective of spyphone software programs rather than a technological standard. There are actually a lot of nasty people around creating trouble and some type of anti-virus software application is required on a broadband-enabled computers, laptops, and or cell phones. Name brand anti-virus software applications such as Norton or McAfee are sometimes bundled by mobile internet service providers and supplied for free. Many people rely on free versions of services such as Avast and AVG. One way or another the truth is an anti-virus software application is essential to protect computers, laptops, and cell phones. Spyware, per se, can be usually made to grab partial control over laptop or computer or cell phone functionality without having authorization from the device's user.
Whether it is simply to get a basic idea of what's going on, or perhaps to manage more severe problems, technology is an integral tool for families or organizations. Parents or guardians possess legal and moral responsibilities to monitor and track mobile devices and discover how they are getting used, or misused. Many people are informed about the issues and dangers related to computers and the web. Smartphones are just like computers, however contain far more dangers due to their convenience, sophisticated communications, and the user's sense of autonomy.
A lot of people might include spy in terms used to describe legitimate monitoring of mobile phones. There are a lot of legitimate justifications to Track Cell Phone Location and communications content. If the monitoring is rational then almost certainly the term spy is benign, and does not signify malignant intent. www.track-phone.net/monitor/
Sweeping up crumbs from lunch, a flip flop just broken. In another hour, and a 20 minute walk, these boys will be at school.
Gisimba Memorial Center
Nyamirambo, Kigali. Rwanda. Afrika.
June 29, 2006.
Command Sgt. Maj. Maria Wilkes, Outgoing CSM 8th Special Troops Battalion, receives a gift from Ltc. Matthew Goodman, Commander, 8th Special Troops Battalion, at the 8th Special Troops Battalion Change of Responsibilty ceremony, Palm Circle, July 22.
I'm looking for sponsors for the children of Gisimba Memorial Center. Please email me at camera_rwanda@yahoo.com if you are interested.
Gisimba Memorial Center
Kigali, Rwanda. Central Afrika.
July 31, 2006.
130518-N-OC961-003 U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILTY (May 18, 2013) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Alejandro Zuniga wipes down an ammo box during a fresh water wash down aboard guided-missile cruiser USS Hue City (CG 66). Hue City is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility promoting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Luis Fiallos/Released)
University of St Andrews
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The University of St Andrews(informally St Andrews University or St Andrews)is a reseach university in St Andrews,Fife,Scotland.It is the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the English-speaking world .It was founded between 1410 and 1413 when a Papal Bull was issued by the Avignon Antiope Benedict XIII to a school of higher learning formed by a small group of Augustinian clergy.St Andrews is one of the four ancient universities of Scotland.In post-nominals the university's name is abbrevated as St And (from the Latin Sancti Andreae).
St Andrews is ranked as the fourth best university in the United Kingdom by the Guardinan University Guild.Its Physics and Astronomy programme is ranked second in the United Kingdom,after the University of Cambridge,by the times University Guilds.The Times Higher Education World Universities Ranking names St Andrews among the world's Top 20 Arts and Humanities universities.In the National Student Survey St Andrews had highest student satisfaction among Scottish Universities.
The University of St Andrews is located in the small town of St Andrews is rual Fife.In term time over a third of the town's population is either a staff member or students of the university.St Andrews also has a diverse student body with over 30% of its intake consisting of international students from well over 100 countries,and with 15% of the student body coming from North America.The University's sport teams compete in BUCS competions.The student body is well known for preserving a veriety of university traditions.
History
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Foundation
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The university was founded in 1410 when a group of Augustinian clergy,driven from the University of Paris by the Avignon schism and from the University of Oxford and University Cambridge by the Anglo-Scottish Wars,formed a society of higher learning in St Andrews,which offered courses of lectures in divinity,logic,philosophy,and law.A charter of privilege was bestowed upon the society of masters and scholars by the Bishop of St Andrews,Henry Wardlaw,on February 28,1411.Bishop Henry Wardlaw than successful petitioned the Avignon Pope Benedict XIII to support by granting the university a royal charter in 1532.A collage of theology and arts called St John's College was founded in 1418 by Robert of Montrose and Lawrence of Lindores St Salvator's College was established in 1450,by Bishop James Kennedy.St Leonard's College was founded in 1511 by Archbiship Alexander Stewart,who intended it to have a far more monastic character than either of the other colleges St John's College was reformed by Cardinal James Beaton under the name St Mary's College in1538 for the study of divinity and law.It was intended to encourage traditional Catholic teaching in opposition to the emerging Scottish Reformation,but once Scotland had formally spilt with the Papacy in 1560,it became a teaching institution for Protestant clergy.Some of the university building that date from this period are still in use today,such as St Salvator Chaple,St Leonard's College Chapel,and St Mary's College quadragle.At this time,the majority of the teaching was of a religous nature and was conducted by clerics associated with the cathedral.
Development
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During the 17th century and 18th century the university had mixed fortunes and was often beset by civil and religous disturbance.In a particularly acute depression in 1747,severe financial problems triggered the dissolution of St Leonard's College,whose properties and staff was were merged into St Salvator's College to from the United College of St Salvator's and St Leonard.Throughout this period student numbers were very low,for instance,when Samuel Johnson visited the university in 1773,the university had fewer than 100 pupils,and was in his opinion in a steady decline.He described it as "pining in decay and struggling for life". The poverty of Scotland during this period also damaged St Andrews,as few were able to patronise the university and its colleges,and with state support being improbable,the income they received was scarce.
Modern Period
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In the second half of the 19th century pressure was building upon universities to open up higher education to women.In 1876,the University Senate decided to allow women to receive an education at St Andrews at a level roughly equal to the Masters of arts degree that men were able to take at the time. The scheme came to be known as the "L.L.A. examination" (Lady Literate in Arts). It required women to pass five subjects at an ordinary level and one at honours level,and entitled them to hold a degree from the University.In 1899 the Universities (Scotland)Act made it possible to formally admit women to St Andrews and receive an education equal to that of male students.Agnes Forbes Blackadder became the first women to graduate from St Andrews on the same leval as men in October 1894,gaining he MA. She entered the university in 1882,making St Andrews the first university in Scotland to admit female undergraduates on the same level as men.In response to the increasing number of female students attending the university,the first women's hall was built in 1896,and was named University Hall.
Up until the stat of the 20th century,St Andrews offered a traditional education based on classical languages,divinity and philosophical studies,and was slow to embrace more practical fields such as science and medicine that were becoming more popular at other universities.In response to the need for modernisation and in order to increase student numbers and alleviate finacial problems,the university merged with University College,Dundee in 1897,which had a focus on scientific and professional subjects.
After the incorporation of University College Dundee,St Andrews' various problems generally receded.Of note is that until 1967 many student who obtained a degree from the University of St Andrews had in fact spent most,and sometimes all,of their undergaduate career based in Dundee.
As the 20th century progressed,it become increasingly popular among the Scottish upper classes to send their children to the country's oldest higher learning institution,and the university's student population rose sharply.The revial has been maintained to the present day.
Despite this,there have been some notable changes.In 1967 the union with University College Dundee ended,when that College became an independent institution under the name of the University of Dundee.As a result of this St Andrews lost its capacity to provide degree in many area such as Lae,Accountancy,Dentistry,and Engineering,while it also lost the right to confer the undergraduate medical degrees MBCHB.However,the university has prospered in other ways.In 1972 the College of St Leonard was reconstituted as a postgraduate institute.
Links with the United States of America
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The University has had strong historical links with the United States,and several prominet Scottish-American have been accociated with St Andrews,most notable Andrew Carnegie who elected Rector,and whose name is gived to the Carnegie scholarship.Furthermore three of the signatories of Declaration of Independence attended or received degrees from St Andrews,including: James Wilson,John Witherspoon,Benjamin Franklin.
The University's American connections have continued into the present day,and has the highest proportion of its student body made up of American students,among British universities,with around 15% of undergraduates coming from the United States.Media reports have indicate that American students may attracted by the university's comparatively low tuition fees and the similar liberal arts curriculum.There is also a significant St Andrews alumni presence in American with graduate eligible for membership of institutions such as the Princeton Club of New York and the Algonquin Club.
Governance and Administration
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As with the other Ancient universities of Scotland,the governance of university is determined by the Universities (Scotland) Act 1858.This created three bodies the General Council,University Court and Academic Senate (Senatus Academicus).
General Council
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The General Council is a standing advisory body of all the greduates,academics and former academics of the University.It meets twice a year and appoints a Business Committee to menage business between these meetings.Its most important functions are to appoint two Assessors to the University Court and elect the University Chancellor.
University Court
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The University Court is the body repsonsible for administrative and financial matters,and is in effect the governing body of the University.It is chaired by the rector,who is elected by the matriculated students of the University.Members are appointed by the General Council,Academic Senate and Fife Council.The President of the Students Representative Council and Director of Representation are ex officio members of the Court.Several lay members are also co-opted and must include a fixed number of alumni of the University.
Senatus Academicus
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The Academic Senate (Latin Senatus Academicus) is the supreme academic body for the University.Its members include all of the professors of the University,certain senior readers,a number of senior lecturers and lecturers and three elected students senate representatives-one from the arts and divinity faculty,one from the science and medcine faculty and one postgraduate student.It is responsible for aurthorising degree programmes and issuing all degrees to graduates,and for managing student discipline.The President of the Senate is the University Principal.
Office of the Principal
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The Principal is the Chief Executive of the University and is assisted in that role by several key officers,including the Deputy Principal,Master of the United College and Quaestor.The principal has responsibilty for the overall running of the university and presides over the University Senate.
Rector
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In Scotland,the position of Rector exists in the four ancient universities (St Andrews,Glasgow,Aberdeen,and Edinburgh)-as well as in the University of Dundee.The post was made an integral part of these universities by the Universities (Scotland) Act 1889.The Rector of the University of St Andrews chairs meeting of the University Court,the governing body of the University,and is elected by the matriculated student body to ensure that their needs are adequately considered by the university's leadership.Through St Andrews'history a number of notable people have been elected to the post,including John Clese,author and poet Rudyard Kipling and the British Prime Minister Archabald Primrose,5th Earl of Rosebery.
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U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILTY (Feb. 07, 2013) – Ensign Nicholas Orlando, assistant damage control officer, announces the steps of a chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) drill over the one main circuit announcing system (1MC) of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47). Rushmore is a part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Shawnte Bryan/Released)
Humble Negro Cemetery, otherwise known as the Pipe Yard Cemetery, is north of the FM 1960 bypass, just east of the railroad tracks, behind the Home Depot and an Humble ISD administration building.
Jim Crow Laws, segregation, were brutally enforced at the time that burials were being made there. Not only could African-Americans not be buried in the Humble Cemetery, but after 1933, when Humble was incorporated, new laws were passed, forcing African-Americans to move, some to nearby Bordersville, just outside the city limits. There are reports that the graves of the few African-Americans who had been buried in the Humble Cemetery were moved, some to the Humble Negro Cemetery.
Grace Church now attempts to maintain the cemetery.
On the day that I was there, an empty flagpole stood.
The concrete ruins of an old kerosene refinery are on the north boundary of the cemetery, and dense woods are on all sides.
Time, and the elements, take a toll on cemeteries, especially those essentially abandoned for many years.
We know where our parents are buried, may visit their graves, but how many of us regularly visit our grandparents' graves? Commercial, perpetual care, cemeteries, and those associated with churches and municipalities have systems in place for maintenance, but there are many cemeteries, such as those that were no longer in use after desegregation, that are nearly forgotten, descendants moving away, passing away...
At Evergreen and Olivewood, both essentially abandoned, but for the efforts of volunteers, there are occasional signs of vandalism. I've never seen vandalism, desecration, though, on the scale that I found at Humble Negro Cemetery. Over the years, most of the stones have been broken, many to fragments. Many graves are unmarked, but for sunken places on the ground. Graves of veterans have been used for target practice. Some of the graves had concrete slabs over them. In every case, the slab has been shattered, and the earth beneath disturbed, though now, somewhat, replaced. Graves have clearly been violated.
The range of weathering of the damage indicates that it has taken place over decades.
It might not be hard to make an argument that the graves in such cemeteries should be the responsibilty of descendants, survivors, but I strongly feel that the graves of those who have helped to defend this country deserve better, from the nation, from the community ,than those veterans' graves at Elmview, Olivewood, and here have received.
A part of me feels that there is, perhaps, something to be said for letting such sites return completely to nature, but our history lies here, with those who helped build this country, this community.
www.usgwarchives.net/tx/cemph/harris/humble-n.htm
archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/TX-CEMETERY-PRESER...
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl//5787895.html
Bordersville Learning Service Project directly available at YouTube -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddBP-VF6KGc
"Claiming Kin" Genealogy blog is located here -
Gisimba Memorial Center
An orphanage on the outskirts of Kigali in Nyamirambo.
Rwanda. Afrika.
July, 4. 2006.
Australian citizenship confers certain responsibilties. I'm convinced that includes being able to create a decent pavlova. I think I did OK...
Mary Hopkins, mother, born just before the Civil War.
Humble Negro Cemetery, otherwise known as the Pipe Yard Cemetery, is north of the FM 1960 bypass, just east of the railroad tracks, behind the Home Depot and an Humble ISD administration building.
Jim Crow Laws, segregation, were brutally enforced at the time that burials were being made there. Not only could African-Americans not be buried in the Humble Cemetery, but after 1933, when Humble was incorporated, new laws were passed, forcing African-Americans to move, some to nearby Bordersville, just outside the city limits. There are reports that the graves of the few African-Americans who had been buried in the Humble Cemetery were moved, some to the Humble Negro Cemetery.
Grace Church now attempts to maintain the cemetery.
On the day that I was there, an empty flagpole stood.
The concrete ruins of an old kerosene refinery are on the north boundary of the cemetery, and dense woods are on all sides.
Time, and the elements, take a toll on cemeteries, especially those essentially abandoned for many years.
We know where our parents are buried, may visit their graves, but how many of us regularly visit our grandparents' graves? Commercial, perpetual care, cemeteries, and those associated with churches and municipalities have systems in place for maintenance, but there are many cemeteries, such as those that were no longer in use after desegregation, that are nearly forgotten, descendants moving away, passing away...
At Evergreen and Olivewood, both essentially abandoned, but for the efforts of volunteers, there are occasional signs of vandalism. I've never seen vandalism, desecration, though, on the scale that I found at Humble Negro Cemetery. Over the years, most of the stones have been broken, many to fragments. Many graves are unmarked, but for sunken places on the ground. Graves of veterans have been used for target practice. Some of the graves had concrete slabs over them. In every case, the slab has been shattered, and the earth beneath disturbed, though now, somewhat, replaced. Graves have clearly been violated.
The range of weathering of the damage indicates that it has taken place over decades.
It might not be hard to make an argument that the graves in such cemeteries should be the responsibilty of descendants, survivors, but I strongly feel that the graves of those who have helped to defend this country deserve better, from the nation, from the community ,than those veterans' graves at Elmview, Olivewood, and here.
A part of me feels that there is, perhaps, something to be said for letting such sites return completely to nature, but our history lies here, with those who helped build this country, this community.
www.usgwarchives.net/tx/cemph/harris/humble-n.htm
archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/TX-CEMETERY-PRESER...
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl//5787895.html
Borderville Learning Service Project directly available at YouTube -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddBP-VF6KGc
"Claiming King" Genealogy blog is located here -
claimingkin.livejournal.com/2577.html
Humble Negro Cemetery, otherwise known as the Pipe Yard Cemetery, is north of the FM 1960 bypass, just east of the railroad tracks, behind the Home Depot and an Humble ISD administration building.
Jim Crow Laws, segregation, were brutally enforced at the time that burials were being made there. Not only could African-Americans not be buried in the Humble Cemetery, but after 1933, when Humble was incorporated, new laws were passed, forcing African-Americans to move, some to nearby Bordersville, just outside the city limits. There are reports that the graves of the few African-Americans who had been buried in the Humble Cemetery were moved, some to the Humble Negro Cemetery.
Grace Church now attempts to maintain the cemetery.
On the day that I was there, an empty flagpole stood.
The concrete ruins of an old kerosene refinery are on the north boundary of the cemetery, and dense woods are on all sides.
Time, and the elements, take a toll on cemeteries, especially those essentially abandoned for many years.
We know where our parents are buried, may visit their graves, but how many of us regularly visit our grandparents' graves? Commercial, perpetual care, cemeteries, and those associated with churches and municipalities have systems in place for maintenance, but there are many cemeteries, such as those that were no longer in use after desegregation, that are nearly forgotten, descendants moving away, passing away...
At Evergreen and Olivewood, both essentially abandoned, but for the efforts of volunteers, there are occasional signs of vandalism. I've never seen vandalism, desecration, though, on the scale that I found at Humble Negro Cemetery. Over the years, most of the stones have been broken, many to fragments. Many graves are unmarked, but for sunken places on the ground. Graves of veterans have been used for target practice. Some of the graves had concrete slabs over them. In every case, the slab has been shattered, and the earth beneath disturbed, though now, somewhat, replaced. Graves have clearly been violated.
The range of weathering of the damage indicates that it has taken place over decades.
It might not be hard to make an argument that the graves in such cemeteries should be the responsibilty of descendants, survivors, but I strongly feel that the graves of those who have helped to defend this country deserve better, from the nation, from the community ,than those veterans' graves at Elmview, Olivewood, and here.
A part of me feels that there is, perhaps, something to be said for letting such sites return completely to nature, but our history lies here, with those who helped build this country, this community.
www.usgwarchives.net/tx/cemph/harris/humble-n.htm
archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/TX-CEMETERY-PRESER...
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl//5787895.html
Borderville Learning Service Project directly available at YouTube -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddBP-VF6KGc
"Claiming King" Genealogy blog is located here -
claimingkin.livejournal.com/2577.html
I have always loved animal as far as I can remember, to the great displeasure of my mom especially, who didn't really want any in her home. My dad once brought this guy (a pure and proud mutt) without her knowing about it, but acutally didn't really take the responsibilty for his actions. I was a kid and didn't actually know what it was to properly care for a dog. I would give him leftovers under the table (I was a picky eater, so he was a great help), play a little and laugh when he got the zoomies and ran in the living room (only allowed once in a while to avoid the spilling of hair on the dark green capeting...). He spent most of his time in the kitchen. I actually don't remember much about him, only that he was a kind dog and that I often felt bad that he was not allowed to enjoy our company as much as he should have, so I would often lay by his side and cuddle, telling him stories. He had such expressive eyes, that I remember. When we went to my grandparents for the holdiays in another part of Switzerland, he had to stay in the basement. I recall hearing my mom calling me and not answering because I wanted to stay with him, keep him company and make sure he was ok.
I was nine when my parents separated and they just got rid of him. They told my sister and I he had been placed in a farm and was happy, but we didn't really buy it. As I grew older, I started being more insistent with my questions and kind of understood that they had lied, fearing they had done the worst and had him euthanized, although they never confessed. I never could swallow it and felt so bad I couldn't have prevented it. Probably why I now am so involved into rescue, making up for others' lack of responsibility...
I was about 6 when this picture was taken. I had cried just before because my dad was taking a picture of Milord posing with my older sister, so of course, I got mine taken right after! Yes, I had a little bit of a princess attitude (my hubby says I still have it ;)). You can see I stil have puffed up eyes! Wonder why he closed his...
The children hang out after lunch. In just a few minutes, they'll
head inside for a movie, a welcome treat. The orphans are on
summer vacation right now, and they are appreciating the much deserved
break from school work.
Gisimba Memorial Center
An orphanage on the outskirts of Kigali in Nyamirambo.
Kigali, Rwanda. Afrika.
July 16, 2006.
One afternoon I left the kids with the D70. A couple hours later I came back and saw them busy at work taking portraits. I think I took them by surprise--here Leon hams it up, while Fabian (to the right) looks up as he adjusts his camera.
An orphanage on the outskirts of Niyamirambo in Kigali, Rwanda.
August 4, 2006.
She is one of three mothers sharing the responsibility of caring for twenty-something children--they're pictured on their rocky compound adjacent to the United Nations camp in Goma.
Goma, The Democratic Republic of Congo. Afrika.
June, 2005.
High grain. High contrast.
Command Sgt. Maj. Toese Tia Jr., Incoming CSM 8th Special Troops Battalion, looks on as Command Sgt. Maj. Maria Wilkes, Outgoing CSM 8th Special Troops Battalion, speaks to the troops at the 8th Special Troops Battalion Change of Responsibilty ceremony, Palm Circle, July 22.
Humble Negro Cemetery, otherwise known as the Pipe Yard Cemetery, is north of the FM 1960 bypass, just east of the railroad tracks, behind the Home Depot and an Humble ISD administration building.
Jim Crow Laws, segregation, were brutally enforced at the time that burials were being made there. Not only could African-Americans not be buried in the Humble Cemetery, but after 1933, when Humble was incorporated, new laws were passed, forcing African-Americans to move, some to nearby Bordersville, just outside the city limits. There are reports that the graves of the few African-Americans who had been buried in the Humble Cemetery were moved, some to the Humble Negro Cemetery.
Grace Church now attempts to maintain the cemetery.
On the day that I was there, an empty flagpole stood.
The concrete ruins of an old kerosene refinery are on the north boundary of the cemetery, and dense woods are on all sides.
Time, and the elements, take a toll on cemeteries, especially those essentially abandoned for many years.
We know where our parents are buried, may visit their graves, but how many of us regularly visit our grandparents' graves? Commercial, perpetual care, cemeteries, and those associated with churches and municipalities have systems in place for maintenance, but there are many cemeteries, such as those that were no longer in use after desegregation, that are nearly forgotten, descendants moving away, passing away...
At Evergreen and Olivewood, both essentially abandoned, but for the efforts of volunteers, there are occasional signs of vandalism. I've never seen vandalism, desecration, though, on the scale that I found at Humble Negro Cemetery. Over the years, most of the stones have been broken, many to fragments. Many graves are unmarked, but for sunken places on the ground. Graves of veterans have been used for target practice. Some of the graves had concrete slabs over them. In every case, the slab has been shattered, and the earth beneath disturbed, though now, somewhat, replaced. Graves have clearly been violated.
The range of weathering of the damage indicates that it has taken place over decades.
It might not be hard to make an argument that the graves in such cemeteries should be the responsibilty of descendants, survivors, but I strongly feel that the graves of those who have helped to defend this country deserve better, from the nation, from the community ,than those veterans' graves at Elmview, Olivewood, and here.
A part of me feels that there is, perhaps, something to be said for letting such sites return completely to nature, but our history lies here, with those who helped build this country, this community.
www.usgwarchives.net/tx/cemph/harris/humble-n.htm
archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/TX-CEMETERY-PRESER...
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl//5787895.html
Borderville Learning Service Project directly available at YouTube -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddBP-VF6KGc
"Claiming King" Genealogy blog is located here -
claimingkin.livejournal.com/2577.html
Humble Negro Cemetery, otherwise known as the Pipe Yard Cemetery, is north of the FM 1960 bypass, just east of the railroad tracks, behind the Home Depot and an Humble ISD administration building.
Jim Crow Laws, segregation, were brutally enforced at the time that burials were being made there. Not only could African-Americans not be buried in the Humble Cemetery, but after 1933, when Humble was incorporated, new laws were passed, forcing African-Americans to move, some to nearby Bordersville, just outside the city limits. There are reports that the graves of the few African-Americans who had been buried in the Humble Cemetery were moved, some to the Humble Negro Cemetery.
Grace Church now attempts to maintain the cemetery.
On the day that I was there, an empty flagpole stood.
The concrete ruins of an old kerosene refinery are on the north boundary of the cemetery, and dense woods are on all sides.
Time, and the elements, take a toll on cemeteries, especially those essentially abandoned for many years.
We know where our parents are buried, may visit their graves, but how many of us regularly visit our grandparents' graves? Commercial, perpetual care, cemeteries, and those associated with churches and municipalities have systems in place for maintenance, but there are many cemeteries, such as those that were no longer in use after desegregation, that are nearly forgotten, descendants moving away, passing away...
At Evergreen and Olivewood, both essentially abandoned, but for the efforts of volunteers, there are occasional signs of vandalism. I've never seen vandalism, desecration, though, on the scale that I found at Humble Negro Cemetery. Over the years, most of the stones have been broken, many to fragments. Many graves are unmarked, but for sunken places on the ground. Graves of veterans have been used for target practice. Some of the graves had concrete slabs over them. In every case, the slab has been shattered, and the earth beneath disturbed, though now, somewhat, replaced. Graves have clearly been violated.
The range of weathering of the damage indicates that it has taken place over decades.
It might not be hard to make an argument that the graves in such cemeteries should be the responsibilty of descendants, survivors, but I strongly feel that the graves of those who have helped to defend this country deserve better, from the nation, from the community ,than those veterans' graves at Elmview, Olivewood, and here.
A part of me feels that there is, perhaps, something to be said for letting such sites return completely to nature, but our history lies here, with those who helped build this country, this community.
www.usgwarchives.net/tx/cemph/harris/humble-n.htm
archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/TX-CEMETERY-PRESER...
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl//5787895.html
Borderville Learning Service Project directly available at YouTube -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddBP-VF6KGc
"Claiming King" Genealogy blog is located here -
claimingkin.livejournal.com/2577.html
Taken next door to Rwanda: Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Both countries have a history of genocide--and THE USA HAS A HISTORY OF FAILING TO PREVENT GENOCIDE AND FAILING TO ACT WHEN GENOCIDE IS HAPPENING.
Taken June, 2005.
This makes me think of DARFUR AND GENOCIDE TODAY. As citizens of the good ol' USA, what can we do to encourage our political representatives to act humanely in Darfur by protecting humanity? Here's one idea, and if you'd like to add your idea/observation, please post a comment. Feel free to cut and paste this form letter, and to make appropriate revisions as you see fit.
Dear [official's name]:
As one of your constituents, I am writing to express my
concern over the inaction of U.S. government officials regarding the
currently occurring genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. Since
February 2003, the Sudanese government has been carrying out a
systematic campaign to eliminate all members of various non-Arab
African tribes in Darfur. It has accomplished much of this by
providing arms and encouragement to militias such as the Janjaweed.
Members of these militias commit horrible atrocities against
villagers in Darfur: villages and crops are burned, and women and
girls are commonly raped. Worst of all, completely innocent men,
women, and children are often burned alive, hacked to death, or
killed in other unimaginably horrible ways. President Bush has
declared the atrocities in Darfur to be acts of genocide, but up to
this point the U.S. government has hardly done anything to end this
carnage.
Something must be done about this. The U.S. government
has the power to intervene and try to end this genocide. This may not
even require the use of U.S. ground force. It may simply be a matter
of actively pressuring the Sudanese government to stop the genocide,
and of providing African Union peacekeepers logistical, financial,
and other necessary forms of support. It is not my place to say
exactly what should be done; these are simply commonly circulated
ideas. However, the United States government is aware of what is
happening, just as it was aware of the genocide that was occurring in
Rwanda in the 1990s. After hundreds of thousands perished in the
Rwanda genocide as the result of U.S. inaction, our leaders promised
us to never allow this to happen again. I respectfully urge you to
work to ensure to the best of your ability that the U.S. government
intervenes in Darfur with the firm purpose of ending the genocide. I
also ask you to always be an advocate of U.S. intervention to end
genocide whenever and wherever it occurs in the future. There are
several other genocides occurring in the world right now, for example
in Ethiopia. These, of course, should not be ignored. Finally, I urge
you to ask your colleagues to also speak up, because action will be
taken when there are many influential voices speaking in favor of it.
I know that you are very busy, and I thank you wholeheartedly for
taking the time to read this letter. If possible, please contact me
and let me know what action you plan to take in order to address this
crucial issue.
Yours truly,
[your name]
Which team?
Gisimba Memorial Center
An orphanage on the outskirts of Kigali in Nyamirambo.
Rwanda. Afrika.
July, 4. 2006.
Humble Negro Cemetery, otherwise known as the Pipe Yard Cemetery, is north of the FM 1960 bypass, just east of the railroad tracks, behind the Home Depot and an Humble ISD administration building.
Jim Crow Laws, segregation, were brutally enforced at the time that burials were being made there. Not only could African-Americans not be buried in the Humble Cemetery, but after 1933, when Humble was incorporated, new laws were passed, forcing African-Americans to move, some to nearby Bordersville, just outside the city limits. There are reports that the graves of the few African-Americans who had been buried in the Humble Cemetery were moved, some to the Humble Negro Cemetery.
Grace Church now attempts to maintain the cemetery.
On the day that I was there, an empty flagpole stood.
The concrete ruins of an old kerosene refinery are on the north boundary of the cemetery, and dense woods are on all sides.
Time, and the elements, take a toll on cemeteries, especially those essentially abandoned for many years.
We know where our parents are buried, may visit their graves, but how many of us regularly visit our grandparents' graves? Commercial, perpetual care, cemeteries, and those associated with churches and municipalities have systems in place for maintenance, but there are many cemeteries, such as those that were no longer in use after desegregation, that are nearly forgotten, descendants moving away, passing away...
At Evergreen and Olivewood, both essentially abandoned, but for the efforts of volunteers, there are occasional signs of vandalism. I've never seen vandalism, desecration, though, on the scale that I found at Humble Negro Cemetery. Over the years, most of the stones have been broken, many to fragments. Many graves are unmarked, but for sunken places on the ground. Graves of veterans have been used for target practice. Some of the graves had concrete slabs over them. In every case, the slab has been shattered, and the earth beneath disturbed, though now, somewhat, replaced. Graves have clearly been violated.
The range of weathering of the damage indicates that it has taken place over decades.
It might not be hard to make an argument that the graves in such cemeteries should be the responsibilty of descendants, survivors, but I strongly feel that the graves of those who have helped to defend this country deserve better, from the nation, from the community ,than those veterans' graves at Elmview, Olivewood, and here.
A part of me feels that there is, perhaps, something to be said for letting such sites return completely to nature, but our history lies here, with those who helped build this country, this community.
www.usgwarchives.net/tx/cemph/harris/humble-n.htm
archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/TX-CEMETERY-PRESER...
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl//5787895.html
Borderville Learning Service Project directly available at YouTube -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddBP-VF6KGc
"Claiming King" Genealogy blog is located here -
claimingkin.livejournal.com/2577.html
Concrete ruins on north side of the cemetery.
Humble Negro Cemetery, otherwise known as the Pipe Yard Cemetery, is north of the FM 1960 bypass, just east of the railroad tracks, behind the Home Depot and an Humble ISD administration building.
Jim Crow Laws, segregation, were brutally enforced at the time that burials were being made there. Not only could African-Americans not be buried in the Humble Cemetery, but after 1933, when Humble was incorporated, new laws were passed, forcing African-Americans to move, some to nearby Bordersville, just outside the city limits. There are reports that the graves of the few African-Americans who had been buried in the Humble Cemetery were moved, some to the Humble Negro Cemetery.
Grace Church now attempts to maintain the cemetery.
On the day that I was there, an empty flagpole stood.
The concrete ruins of an old kerosene refinery are on the north boundary of the cemetery, and dense woods are on all sides.
Time, and the elements, take a toll on cemeteries, especially those essentially abandoned for many years.
We know where our parents are buried, may visit their graves, but how many of us regularly visit our grandparents' graves? Commercial, perpetual care, cemeteries, and those associated with churches and municipalities have systems in place for maintenance, but there are many cemeteries, such as those that were no longer in use after desegregation, that are nearly forgotten, descendants moving away, passing away...
At Evergreen and Olivewood, both essentially abandoned, but for the efforts of volunteers, there are occasional signs of vandalism. I've never seen vandalism, desecration, though, on the scale that I found at Humble Negro Cemetery. Over the years, most of the stones have been broken, many to fragments. Many graves are unmarked, but for sunken places on the ground. Graves of veterans have been used for target practice. Some of the graves had concrete slabs over them. In every case, the slab has been shattered, and the earth beneath disturbed, though now, somewhat, replaced. Graves have clearly been violated.
The range of weathering of the damage indicates that it has taken place over decades.
It might not be hard to make an argument that the graves in such cemeteries should be the responsibilty of descendants, survivors, but I strongly feel that the graves of those who have helped to defend this country deserve better, from the nation, from the community ,than those veterans' graves at Elmview, Olivewood, and here.
A part of me feels that there is, perhaps, something to be said for letting such sites return completely to nature, but our history lies here, with those who helped build this country, this community.
www.usgwarchives.net/tx/cemph/harris/humble-n.htm
archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/TX-CEMETERY-PRESER...
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl//5787895.html
Borderville Learning Service Project directly available at YouTube -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddBP-VF6KGc
"Claiming King" Genealogy blog is located here -
claimingkin.livejournal.com/2577.html
Humble Negro Cemetery, otherwise known as the Pipe Yard Cemetery, is north of the FM 1960 bypass, just east of the railroad tracks, behind the Home Depot and an Humble ISD administration building.
Jim Crow Laws, segregation, were brutally enforced at the time that burials were being made there. Not only could African-Americans not be buried in the Humble Cemetery, but after 1933, when Humble was incorporated, new laws were passed, forcing African-Americans to move, some to nearby Bordersville, just outside the city limits. There are reports that the graves of the few African-Americans who had been buried in the Humble Cemetery were moved, some to the Humble Negro Cemetery.
Grace Church now attempts to maintain the cemetery.
On the day that I was there, an empty flagpole stood.
The concrete ruins of an old kerosene refinery are on the north boundary of the cemetery, and dense woods are on all sides.
Time, and the elements, take a toll on cemeteries, especially those essentially abandoned for many years.
We know where our parents are buried, may visit their graves, but how many of us regularly visit our grandparents' graves? Commercial, perpetual care, cemeteries, and those associated with churches and municipalities have systems in place for maintenance, but there are many cemeteries, such as those that were no longer in use after desegregation, that are nearly forgotten, descendants moving away, passing away...
At Evergreen and Olivewood, both essentially abandoned, but for the efforts of volunteers, there are occasional signs of vandalism. I've never seen vandalism, desecration, though, on the scale that I found at Humble Negro Cemetery. Over the years, most of the stones have been broken, many to fragments. Many graves are unmarked, but for sunken places on the ground. Graves of veterans have been used for target practice. Some of the graves had concrete slabs over them. In every case, the slab has been shattered, and the earth beneath disturbed, though now, somewhat, replaced. Graves have clearly been violated.
The range of weathering of the damage indicates that it has taken place over decades.
It might not be hard to make an argument that the graves in such cemeteries should be the responsibilty of descendants, survivors, but I strongly feel that the graves of those who have helped to defend this country deserve better, from the nation, from the community ,than those veterans' graves at Elmview, Olivewood, and here.
A part of me feels that there is, perhaps, something to be said for letting such sites return completely to nature, but our history lies here, with those who helped build this country, this community.
www.usgwarchives.net/tx/cemph/harris/humble-n.htm
archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/TX-CEMETERY-PRESER...
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl//5787895.html
Borderville Learning Service Project directly available at YouTube -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddBP-VF6KGc
"Claiming King" Genealogy blog is located here -
claimingkin.livejournal.com/2577.html
5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILTY (Oct. 25, 2014) – Capt. Austin C. Worth, a pilot with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), participates in a Crossfit event promoting breast cancer awareness aboard the USS Makin Island, Oct. 25. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the embarked 11th MEU provides a versatile sea-based, expeditionary force that can be tailored to a variety of missions in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Laura Y. Raga/NOT RELEASED)
Design created by Twigs
WARNING-Graphic Hyper Violence within!!!!!
Notice - SKAM does not endorse the killing of oneself or others. SKAM endorses an open communication about the damage humans have done to our planet.
The Recycle Yourself Project is meant to invoke an emotion and discussion about such issues as Overpopulation, Pollution, Ecosystem Destruction Humans responsibility to the Environment, Culture Jamming, Art intervention and Anti-Commercialism/over-consumption.
The Recycle Yourself Philosophy
For billions of years the earth has recycled the life that has existed on it. Through a natural cycle. At one time the Human race followed that natural cycle. The humans lived hand and hand with the environment taking and giving back to the land. Even after death humans at one time gave their actual bodies back to the planet to decay in a natural way. Over time mankind has forgotten about our beautiful planet and how it created the life that exists on it. Then comes the age of the industrial revolution and corporations built upon mass consumerism. Marketing companies assault us ever day. By the time you are 5 years old you've already had 200,000 images planted into your brain from television and ad campaigns. This false reality is built and constructed into our minds to appear that if its sold on tv there is an unlimited supply. Buy buy buy this constructed ads tell us that there is nothing wrong with this behavior. The status quo is a false reality.
The real reality
Humans have already started what will be known as the 6th mass extinction on our planet. This has been created by the abuse we've done in the last 300 years to our mother earth. The western mindset has infected the entire planet. Kill, rape and pillage, give nothing back. Even in death humans turn themselves in plastic wrapped corspe's that seep poisons into the ground that in turn effect our drinking water. Cancer, disease, and viruses are a by-product of our planet trying to control this over consumerism culture. Mother earth will win this war in the end but it will be at the expense of all forms of life on our planet. Education is the only thing that will change this behavior. If you want to climb the mountain you don't just jump to the top. This change needs to happen in steps. The first is being aware of such steps. If humans so selfishly ignore these warning signs. Some day there will be no fish in the sea, no birds in the sky, no whales in the ocean, no dogs to follow their masters, no flowers to bloom, no bees to pollinate them. This is a reality.
Now you have to ask yourself?
Do you want to be responsible for a dead planet?
Educate
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle Yourself!
Humble Negro Cemetery, otherwise known as the Pipe Yard Cemetery, is north of the FM 1960 bypass, just east of the railroad tracks, behind the Home Depot and an Humble ISD administration building.
Jim Crow Laws, segregation, were brutally enforced at the time that burials were being made there. Not only could African-Americans not be buried in the Humble Cemetery, but after 1933, when Humble was incorporated, new laws were passed, forcing African-Americans to move, some to nearby Bordersville, just outside the city limits. There are reports that the graves of the few African-Americans who had been buried in the Humble Cemetery were moved, some to the Humble Negro Cemetery.
Grace Church now attempts to maintain the cemetery.
On the day that I was there, an empty flagpole stood.
The concrete ruins of an old kerosene refinery are on the north boundary of the cemetery, and dense woods are on all sides.
Time, and the elements, take a toll on cemeteries, especially those essentially abandoned for many years.
We know where our parents are buried, may visit their graves, but how many of us regularly visit our grandparents' graves? Commercial, perpetual care, cemeteries, and those associated with churches and municipalities have systems in place for maintenance, but there are many cemeteries, such as those that were no longer in use after desegregation, that are nearly forgotten, descendants moving away, passing away...
At Evergreen and Olivewood, both essentially abandoned, but for the efforts of volunteers, there are occasional signs of vandalism. I've never seen vandalism, desecration, though, on the scale that I found at Humble Negro Cemetery. Over the years, most of the stones have been broken, many to fragments. Many graves are unmarked, but for sunken places on the ground. Graves of veterans have been used for target practice. Some of the graves had concrete slabs over them. In every case, the slab has been shattered, and the earth beneath disturbed, though now, somewhat, replaced. Graves have clearly been violated.
The range of weathering of the damage indicates that it has taken place over decades.
It might not be hard to make an argument that the graves in such cemeteries should be the responsibilty of descendants, survivors, but I strongly feel that the graves of those who have helped to defend this country deserve better, from the nation, from the community ,than those veterans' graves at Elmview, Olivewood, and here.
A part of me feels that there is, perhaps, something to be said for letting such sites return completely to nature, but our history lies here, with those who helped build this country, this community.
www.usgwarchives.net/tx/cemph/harris/humble-n.htm
archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/TX-CEMETERY-PRESER...
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl//5787895.html
Borderville Learning Service Project directly available at YouTube -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddBP-VF6KGc
"Claiming King" Genealogy blog is located here -
claimingkin.livejournal.com/2577.html