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 Blog PostsFriends         | BlogAdd comment WB Yeats: Things Fall Apart 1919The Second ComingBy William Butler Yeats Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. Surely some revelation is at hand; Surely the Second Coming is at hand. The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert A shape with lion body and the head of a man, A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun, Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds The darkness drops again; but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? Source: The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats (1989) Climate Crisis CommentThey've been warned.There's been Lots of pious Talking. Actually, they're continuing their Crimes against the Climate, or increasing them. The Titanic's going down. Putin and the Timesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_war_crimesI don't hate all Russians. Not at all! I love Tolstoy, Tchaikovsky etc. I just hate their current demonic Dictator, Mad, Bad Vlad! May Goodness and Sanity prevail! Deliver us from the demonic Dictator. Deliver us from Evil. But, if that is not to be, and a Time foretold is upon us, then grant us Courage to do the right Thing to the End, and Wisdom in judging what the right Thing is. Behind all this, there is good News: The Better World is coming! First, we must go through these Times. President PlutinO, martyred Mariupol!Cruel Crimes of PLUTIN! Lord/Lady, have Mercy! He's most of the Things that the Russian Word Plut refers to! And more! I'd say he's the DVL incarnate! As HTLR was! HTLR's in a hot Place! PTN's going there quite soon! The sooner, the better!!!! https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the-meaning-of/russian-word-1cd7389789dee88639153114c4129f1b3c56f4e0.html DogHumans have always had Dogs. There should therefore be at least one really ancient Word that spans different Language Families. There is one Word in the Indo-European Family: Old English Hund "Dog," from Proto-Germanic Hundaz (Source also of Old Saxon and Old Frisian Hund, Old High German Hunt, German Hund, Old Norse Hundr, Gothic Hunds), from PIE *Kwnto-, dental Enlargement of Root Kwon- "Dog." Meaning narrowed 12c. to "Dog used for Hunting." Kwon- gives Rise to the Greek Term Kynos. The Term Cynic derives from Ancient Greek κυνικός (kynikos) 'Dog-like', and κύων (Kyôn) 'Dog' (genitive: Kynos).[4] One Explanation offered in ancient Times for why the Cynics were called "Dogs" was because the first Cynic, Antisthenes, taught in the Cynosarges Gymnasium at Athens.[5] The Word Cynosarges means the "Place of the White Dog". It seems certain, however, that the Word Dog was also thrown at the first Cynics as an Insult for their shameless Rejection of conventional Manners, and their Decision to live on the Streets. Diogenes, in Particular, was referred to as the "Dog",[6] a Distinction he seems to have revelled in, stating that "other Dogs bite their Enemies, I bite my Friends to save them."[7] Later Cynics also sought to turn the Word to their Advantage, as a later Commentator explained: There are four Reasons why the Cynics are so named. First because of the Indifference of their Way of Life, for they make a Cult of Indifference and, like Dogs, eat and make Love in public, go barefoot, and sleep in Tubs and at Crossroads. The second Reason is that the Dog is a shameless Animal, and they make a Cult of Shamelessness, not as being beneath Modesty, but as superior to it. The third Reason is that the Dog is a good Guard, and they guard the Tenets of their Philosophy. The fourth Reason is that the Dog is a discriminating Animal which can distinguish between its Friends and Enemies. So do they recognize as Friends those who are suited to Philosophy, and receive them kindly, while those unfitted they drive away, like Dogs, by barking at them. Kwon is also Latin Canis, as in Canine. Your Canine Teeth are your Dog Teeth.Dog is from Old English Docga, a late, rare Word, used in at least one Middle English Source in Reference specifically to a powerful Breed of Canine; other early Middle English Uses tend to be deprecatory or abusive. Its Origin remains one of the great Mysteries of English Etymology. The Word forced out Old English Hund (the general Germanic and Indo-European Word, from PIE root *Kwon-) by 16c. and subsequently was picked up in many continental Languages (French Dogue (16c.), Danish Dogge, German Dogge (16c.)). The common Spanish word for "Dog," Perro, also is a Mystery word of unknown Origin, perhaps from Iberian. A group of Slavic "Dog" Words (Old Church Slavonic Pisu, Polish Pies, Serbo-Croatian Pas) likewise is of unknown Origin. My Knowledge of non-European Languages is less. Semitic Hebrew has Keleb, as in the Name of the Biblical Character Caleb, and Semitic Arabic has Kalb. -l- could possibly link with -n-, thus Caleb/Kalb would link with Canis/Kynos. Altaic Turkish has Köpek and It. Altaic Japanese has Inu. Not sure how those connect with Canis/Kynos, if they do at all. Catcat (n.)Old English catt (c. 700) "domestic cat," from West Germanic (c. 400-450), from Proto-Germanic *kattuz (source also of Old Frisian katte, Old Norse köttr, Dutch kat, Old High German kazza, German Katze), from Late Latin cattus. The near-universal European word now, it appeared in Europe as Latin catta (Martial, c. 75 C.E.), Byzantine Greek katta (c. 350) and was in general use on the continent by c. 700, replacing Latin feles. Probably ultimately Afro-Asiatic (compare Nubian kadis, Berber kadiska, both meaning "cat". Arabic qitt "tomcat" may be from the same source. Cats were domestic in Egypt from c. 2000 B.C.E., but not a familiar household animal to classical Greeks and Romans. The nine lives have been proverbial at least since 1560s. The Late Latin word also is the source of Old Irish and Gaelic cat, Welsh kath, Breton kaz, Italian gatto, Spanish gato, French chat (12c.). Independent, but ultimately from the same source are words in the Slavic group: Old Church Slavonic kotuka, kotel'a, Bulgarian kotka, Russian koška, Polish kot, along with Lithuanian katė and non-Indo-European Finnish katti, which is from Lithuanian. Hans Christian Andersen QuotesBeautiful Words from Hans Christian!https://www.azquotes.com/author/369-Hans_Christian_Andersen The English at their Best'Non Angli, sed angeli, si forent Christiani!''They are not Angles, but Angels, if they were Christian is an Aphorism, summarizing Words reported to have been spoken by Pope Gregory when he first encountered pale-skinned English Boys at a Slave Market, sparking his Dispatch of St. Augustine of Canterbury to England to convert the English, according to Bede. Discovering that their Province was Deira, he went on to add that they would be rescued de Ira, 'from the Wrath'. Am mainly Celtic, I think, but will pay Tribute to the English at their best. When they're good, they're bl*ody good! Couldn't be surpassed! Some Examples of this that occur to me: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Fox en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Nightingale en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Fry en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Oates en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Cavell en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Allenby,_1st_Viscount_Allenby en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cheshire en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Attlee Leonard Cheshireen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_CheshireSue Ryderen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_RyderSue Ryder & Leonard Cheshire Memorialen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Ryder#/media/File:Memorial_to_Group_Captain_Leonard_Cheshire_and_Sue_Ryder.jpgTo my Friends (they know who they are)I know many People here, without being particularly close to them.To those few who genuinely care about me, let me say this: Thank you! It's appreciated! We only need a few Friends. Amazing current Science!Non-human Intelligencewww.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/15/farm-metal-from-plants-life-on-earth-climate-breakdown Sir Harry LauderWe had Vera in the Second.We had Harry in the First. We were lucky there! He wrote this after losing his Son in the Trenches: More about Gold MiningWhile most of the gold is produced by major corporations, millions of people work independently in smaller, artisan operations, in some cases illegally. Artisanal mining refers to workers who use rudimentary methods to extract and process minerals and metals. Socially and economically marginalized communities mine to escape extreme poverty, unemployment and landlessness.In Ghana, the galamseys are estimated to number 20,000 to 50,000.[17] In neighboring francophone countries, such workers are called orpailleurs. In Brazil, such workers are called garimpeiros.[18] The word garimpeiros is also used in Suriname and French Guiana, because many illegal gold prospectors are from Brazil.[19][20] There are an estimated 10 to 15 million artisanal and small-scale gold miners worldwide. 4.5 million of them are women. Miner's risks include persecution by government, mine shaft collapses, and toxic poisoning from unsafe chemicals used in processing. The high risk of such ventures was seen in the collapse of an illegal mine at Dompoase, Ashanti Region, Ghana, on 12 November 2009, when 18 workers were killed, including 13 women. Many women work at such mines as porters. It was the worst mining disaster in Ghanaian history.[17] In order to maximize gold extraction, mercury is often used to amalgamate with the metal. The gold is produced by boiling away the mercury from the amalgam. Mercury is effective in extracting very small gold particles, but the process is hazardous due to the toxicity of mercury vapour. Especially after the Minamata Convention has been ratified, there are initiatives to replace or reduce the use and emissions of mercury in the extraction of gold.[21] There are an estimated 600,000 children working in illegal artisanal gold mines. For hours, children dig, crush, mill, and haul ore in the hot sun. Children stand in water, digging sand and silt from riverbeds. They carry heavy bags of mud with their heads to designated sieving and washing sites. Children suffer the effects of noise, vibration, overexertion, poor ventilation, and exhaustion. Children's lives are put at risk by rock fall, explosions, the collapsing of tunnels and mine shafts, falling into open shafts and pits, and breathing air polluted by dust and toxic gas. Having immune systems that are not fully developed makes children especially vulnerable to dust and chemical exposure. Injuries include serious respiratory conditions, constant headaches, hearing and sight problems, joint disorders and various dermatological, muscular and orthopaedic ailments and wounds. Adverse effects and responses Gold mining can significantly alter the natural environment. For example, gold mining activities in tropical forests are increasingly causing deforestation along rivers and in remote areas rich in biodiversity.[35][36] Other gold mining impacts, particularly in aquatic systems with residual cyanide or mercury (used in the recovery of gold from ore), can be highly toxic to people and wildlife even at relatively low concentrations.[37] However, there are clear moves by many in the non-governmental organization community to encourage more environmentally friendly and sustainable business practices in the mining industry. The primary way this is being achieved is via the promotion of so-called 'clean' or 'ethical' gold. The aim is to get all end users/retailers of gold to adhere to set of principles that encourage sustainable mining. Campaigns such as 'No Dirty Gold'[38] are driving the message that the mining industry is harmful (for the reasons noted above), and so must be cleaned up. Also, NGOs are urging the industry and consumers to buy sustainably produced gold. Human Rights Watch produced a report in 2015 that outlined some of challenges faced globally. The report notes that Thousands of children in the Philippines risk their lives every day mining gold. Children work in unstable 25-meter-deep pits that could collapse at any moment. They mine gold underwater, along the shore, or in rivers, with oxygen tubes in their mouths. They also process gold with mercury, a toxic metal, risking irreversible health damage from mercury poisoning.[39] Along with many other reports and articles, this has had the effect of spurring retailers and industry bodies to move toward sustainable gold. Indeed, the World Jewellery Confederation insists that it does all it can to "Deliver a Sustainable and Responsible Jewellery Industry".[citation needed] Fairtrade and Fairmined dual certification for gold was launched across the United Kingdom on 14 February 2011,[40] a joint scheme between The Fairtrade Foundation and The Association for Responsible Mining. The Fairmined mark ensures that the gold has been extracted in a fair and responsible manner. The Fairtrade Standard for Gold and Associated Precious Metals for Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining was adopted in 2013,[41] and the Fairtrade Foundation reports on a number of technical uses and responsible suppliers of Fairtrade Certified Gold.[42] The Fairtrade Foundation launched a free course aimed at sales staff responsible for selling gold jewellery in 2017.[43] Good as Gold?We say 'Good as Gold.' Is it good? Seems it's not!!!!Gold mining can significantly alter the natural environment. For example, gold mining activities in tropical forests are increasingly causing deforestation along rivers and in remote areas rich in biodiversity.[35][36] Other gold mining impacts, particularly in aquatic systems with residual cyanide or mercury (used in the recovery of gold from ore), can be highly toxic to people and wildlife even at relatively low concentrations.[37] However, there are clear moves by many in the non-governmental organization community to encourage more environmentally friendly and sustainable business practices in the mining industry. The primary way this is being achieved is via the promotion of so-called 'clean' or 'ethical' gold. The aim is to get all end users/retailers of gold to adhere to set of principles that encourage sustainable mining. Campaigns such as 'No Dirty Gold'[38] are driving the message that the mining industry is harmful (for the reasons noted above), and so must be cleaned up. Also, NGOs are urging the industry and consumers to buy sustainably produced gold. Human Rights Watch produced a report in 2015 that outlined some of challenges faced globally. The report notes that Thousands of children in the Philippines risk their lives every day mining gold. Children work in unstable 25-meter-deep pits that could collapse at any moment. They mine gold underwater, along the shore, or in rivers, with oxygen tubes in their mouths. They also process gold with mercury, a toxic metal, risking irreversible health damage from mercury poisoning.[39] Along with many other reports and articles, this has had the effect of spurring retailers and industry bodies to move toward sustainable gold. Indeed, the World Jewellery Confederation insists that it does all it can to "Deliver a Sustainable and Responsible Jewellery Industry". Fairtrade and Fairmined dual certification for gold was launched across the United Kingdom on 14 February 2011,[40] a joint scheme between The Fairtrade Foundation and The Association for Responsible Mining. The Fairmined mark ensures that the gold has been extracted in a fair and responsible manner. The Fairtrade Standard for Gold and Associated Precious Metals for Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining was adopted in 2013,[41] and the Fairtrade Foundation reports on a number of technical uses and responsible suppliers of Fairtrade Certified Gold.[42] The Fairtrade Foundation launched a free course aimed at sales staff responsible for selling gold jewellery in 2017.[43] Within the United States, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has set noise exposure limits for those within the mining industry. These noise exposure guidelines state that the "Permissible Exposure Level" (PEL) of noise is 90 dBA as an 8-hour time-weighted-average.[44] Mine workers exposed to a time-weighted average of at least 85 dBA fall into the "Action Level" in which workers with exposures exceeding that level are placed into a hearing conservation program. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has examined noise exposures of gold mine workers. One study found that gold mine workers noise exposures ranged from 165 to 261% of the MSHA PEL.[45] Haul truck operators, load-haul-dump operators, single boom drill operators, and roof bolter operators represented the occupations with the highest noise exposures within gold mines.[45] Gold production is associated with contribution to hazardous pollution. Low-grade gold ore may contain less than one ppm gold metal; such ore is ground and mixed with sodium cyanide to dissolve the gold. Cyanide is a highly poisonous chemical, which can kill living creatures when exposed in minute quantities. Many cyanide spills[136] from gold mines have occurred in both developed and developing countries which killed aquatic life in long stretches of affected rivers. Environmentalists consider these events major environmental disasters.[137][138] Thirty tons of used ore is dumped as waste for producing one troy ounce of gold.[139] Gold ore dumps are the source of many heavy elements such as cadmium, lead, zinc, copper, arsenic, selenium and mercury. When sulfide-bearing minerals in these ore dumps are exposed to air and water, the sulfide transforms into sulfuric acid which in turn dissolves these heavy metals facilitating their passage into surface water and ground water. This process is called acid mine drainage. These gold ore dumps are long term, highly hazardous wastes second only to nuclear waste dumps.[139] It was once common to use mercury to recover gold from ore, but today the use of mercury is largely limited to small-scale individual miners.[140] Minute quantities of mercury compounds can reach water bodies, causing heavy metal contamination. Mercury can then enter into the human food chain in the form of methylmercury. Mercury poisoning in humans causes incurable brain function damage and severe retardation.[141] Tags: Harms of Gold Mining Wartime SacrificeToo many fell and bled on a foreign Field.They did not come back. Vera LynnShe's got so many Men!She's got this Man! What a Woman! A Woman, yes, but also more than a Woman! Something like a Goddess! We were so lucky to have her! SPIRIT prevails. It overcomes. Vera had Spirit. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Lynn GoldWe don't -need- Gold!Useless Stuff! Overrated! Another of our wrong Ideas! What we do need is Health! Gold Mining is harmful to Health! It involves releasing toxic Chemicals eg Mercury into the Environment! For Whom the Bell TollsFor Whom the Bell Tollsby John Donne No man is an island, Entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less. As well as if a promontory were. As well as if a manor of thine own Or of thine friend's were. Each man's death diminishes me, For I am involved in mankind. Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee.  |