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| JohnnySevereWeather posted a photo:
460 Different Bottle Caps
I need approximately 148 caps to complete the table, then I can seal it with a resin epoxy.
I have been working on this project for about 3 years now and have had a lot of help from awesome friends! If anyone out there is feeling generous and has a cap I am missing, I would love to add it to the collection! Message me for details! :) | JeffGishPhotography posted a photo:
20/100 Met Heather while talking with some of the street kids that are out in Hollywood. She is not homeless, nor was she asking for any handouts. She was taking the time as well to stop and talk with some of the other kids that are out there to get to know them, too.
This picture is #20 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
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meow meow.
i love her body position- it was a little of my candid work (she's terrible at posing!) | Non Surgical Spinal Care Center posted a photo:
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Front & Back of pattern. Someone made this up ... if you know this pattern, please let me know. | Nicol Rosie posted a photo:
Great, now that I have your attention I need a favour!
Next week I'm driving from Aberdeen to Edinburgh, then on to Aviemore and back home to Banchory.
So..
Where should I go?
What should I see?
Any hidden lochs, caves etc..?
Good place to eat?
Anything!
Just unload your brains here, please :) |
| C L E E ?(?????????)? ? posted a photo:
NO FOOD, NO MEDICAL SUPPLIES, NO WATER & ELECTRICITY. HELP Negros Oriental, Philippines today. (Press "L" to view L A R G E.)
A 6.9-magnitude earthquake severely damaged the town of Guihulngan, Oriental Negros, Philippines (and other neighboring towns) on February 6, 2012, at 11:49a.m. The earthquake has stricken OFFSHORE in Tayasan. There are no electricity and water supplies. 26 are confirmed dead, 52 injured and 71 missing persons, as of post time. This earthquake has destroyed major bridges, public roads and highways, (impassable to motorists and vehicles) amounting to P265.75 million.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Cleeandrophotography | UNHCR posted a photo:
Refugees from Mali moving from Fassala camp, going to M'Berra
UNHCR / P. Abensur / March 1995
Malian refugees in a refugee camp in western Niger.
GENEVA, February 7 (UNHCR) ? The UN refugee agency has deployed emergency teams to countries surrounding Mali to help meet the needs of some 20,000 people who have been forced to flee fighting in the north of the country. Most of the displaced are in Niger, Burkina Faso and Mauritania.
Fighting between rebel Tuareg groups and government forces in the Azawad region of northern Mali began in mid-January. "In the past three weeks, at least 10,000 people are reported to have crossed to Niger, 9,000 have found refuge in Mauritania and 3,000 in Burkina Faso," UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards told journalists in Geneva on Tuesday.
In Niger, most of the new arrivals are from Menaka in Mali. Some have settled very close to the volatile border.
"Many of the new arrivals are sleeping in the open and have little access to shelter, clean water, health services and food," Edwards said, adding that people were scattered mainly in villages in Tillaberery, Ouallam and Filingue districts, in the north of the country. Sinegodar, a village in Tillabery district, is hosting more than 5,500 Malians, with only one water outlet for the refugees and the local population.
While most of those who recently fled Mali are nationals of the country, recent arrivals in Niger also include citizens of Niger who had been living in Mali for decades. Many have been crossing the border between the two countries regularly to find grazing land for their cattle.
Local communities along the border, despite being affected by the food crisis in the Sahel region, are sharing their resources with the new arrivals. The authorities have also distributed food.
Edwards said four additional UNHCR staff were in Niger and more were on their way. "We plan to send aid for 10,000 people from our stockpiles in the region."
UNHCR staff in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, also reported the arrival of some 3,000 Malian Tuaregs following attacks on their homes and businesses in the Malian capital Bamako and in the nearby town of Kati last week.
Many of the new arrivals are staying with host families in Ouagadougou and Bobo Dioulasso, 320 kilometres south-west of the capital. Other new arrivals have been reported in the north-west of the country, especially near Djibo, in Soum province. An inter-agency mission, including UNHCR, is scheduled to go there by the end of the week to assess the needs of the people.
Meanwhile, in Mauritania UNHCR has sent several missions to the village of Fassala, near the border with Mali, where more than 9,000 people have arrived since January 25. The mainly Tuareg Malian refugees come from the region of Léré on the other side of the border. They told UNHCR that they fled fighting between government forces and rebel Tuareg fighters, fearing retaliation by army troops.
The Mauritanian authorities, with the support of UNHCR, are taking care of the new arrivals. Medical services are being offered by local health clinics and water is being trucked in by the authorities.
"UNHCR Mauritania distributed 15-day food rations and non-food items to cover the urgent needs of 5,000 refugees in the refugee site of Fassala. Key needs identified are food, shelter and other basic items," Edwards said, adding that the refugee agency would strengthen its presence in Mauritania by fielding an emergency support team.
Fighting between Tuareg rebels and Malian forces resumed on January 17, breaking a 2009 agreement that had officially ended the Tuareg rebellion. The Tuaregs are an ethnic Berber people living in the Sahara region.
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?"A lot of people don't realize that depression is an illness. I don't wish it on anyone, but if they would know how it feels, I swear they would think twice before they just shrug it." - Jonathan Davis
it was really kind of you to use a sick person. |
| ABC Open West Coast SA posted a photo:
Photo of newspaper featuring shot from Kernewek Lowender from May 1979. Can you tell us which newspaper this photo from a 'Moments in Time' feature was published in? Maxine Barker of Port Lincoln is trying to find a copy of another photo - see next in series, and this photograph was printed on the opposite side. | ABC Open West Coast SA posted a photo:
Can you tell us which newspaper this photo was featured in? Maxine Barker of Port Lincoln is trying to get herself a copy of this photograph as she's pictured in this parade in this Port Lincoln Tunarama Festival. It was from a 'Moment's in Time' feature. |
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WARNING: DESCRIPTION IS VERY LONG.
Anti-Discrimination II: LGBT/GSA
This month, February, is LGBT Awareness month. This week is LGBT/GSA Week in #TheWeeklyDrop. And today, Supreme Court repealed Prop. 8, the law that explicityly banned gay marriages in California. This is in honour of all of that.
The Constitution states that all people of America are entitled to the fundamental rights of a human being, which are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. It states that no on shall be denied these rights based on gender, age, colour, religious beliefs, or any other defining minority. Sexual Orientation is included in this category. Today, Proposition 8, that law that banned gay marriages in California, was repealed, being classified as Unconstitutional, and rightfully so. It was very clearly stated that unfortunately, in this case, it only applies to California and will not change the rest of the nation yet.
There's been a lot of controversy about how something the Constitution covers can only apply to one state. This repeal only applies to California right now because California is the only state with a law like Prop. 8 in place. Prop. 8 singles out the gay/les/bi/trans minority, and denies them the right to marriage. That violates the Constitution in of itself. Every other state does not have a law specifically banning marriage to a minority, they simply don't offer it, and therefore this repeal cannot apply to them.
There's also a few people saying that marriage is a religious right and if you're not of that religion or do not follow along with their teachings, then you don't have that right. This is just plainly stupid. Sorry. It is not a religious right, it is a religiously instilled tradition. It is a legal right, that was enforced when religion became prominent in the Victorian London era, and existed before religion traditionalized it. If it were indeed a religious right, then Atheists would not be allowed to marry. Seeing as how that as well violates the Constitution, and they are allowed to marry, that's a trite old argument.
Other still say, "Well, why don't you just call it what it is - A civil union? You shouldn't need a marriage to validate your relationship." First of all. Most people who use this argument are hypocrites. They themselves are married with children for the most part that I've seen. Second of all, they assume that it's for validation. They don't seem to consider that if one partner gets sick without insurance, then the other partner could use theirs to get the sick one the medical attention they need. However, if they're not married in the eyes of the law, insurance more than half the time will not cover the sick person, and quite often they die. Simply because people fight to rip away something these people deserve. And the majority does not have the right to control the personal lives of minority, or anyone on both sides for that matter, in either group.
And yet still there are those who just say they need help and need to straighten out. My own father is one of these people. Why should people "fix" themselves because they know how to love somebody without sexualizing them? If anything, those should be the ones teaching and raising our children, who are VERY "mature" today for their age in society's current over-technological, over-sexualized era, telling them that a person's body isn't important, and that they don't have to whore themselves around, and reminding them that someone will love them for THEM. And a good number of people are BORN GAY. There is new scientific evidence to prove it that is being looked into more and more. Why would someone choose to be hated and discriminated against for their entire Life if it's so apprently easy to just "fix?"
You don't have to agree with it. You don't have to understand it. I personally don't see the appeal. That's a preference, though. Just because you don't agree with it or understand it, though, does not give you to right to beat them; Insult them; Hate them; Deny them rights they deserve.
Flags In Order:
Top Left - Rainbow; Gay Pride
Bottom right - Pink, purple, blue; Bi Pride
Top Left - Blue, light purple, white, light purple, blue; Transgendered
Bottom Left - Pink triangle in a green circle; Straight Ally
NOTE: I realize the Straight Ally is traditionally an inverted triangle, however, considering an inverted pink triangle is what Nazis used to identify homosexuals in concentration camps, I'd much rather not use that. At all.
February 7, 2012
Florence, AL
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A brand new Renault Master with only "Medical Services" displayed on the side.
This picture was awful due to the low bright sun. | Blake Howard posted a photo:
A graphical overhaul to a beloved internet meme |
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