Displaying 451 To 480 Of 1,432 Comments Invite For Collaboration, Part 3 Oh well, there are even worse things to come. I for one am glad for that remark. If she reveals her attitude openly it is easy to work with. » Posted By Truth On March 8, 2011 @ 11:02 am Escribacat, I don’t know either. To me the statue looks very Thai/Cambodian with this kind of top on the head. I don’t know Thai culture except for that one observation, but just looking at the statue I would assume she is a temple dancer. But really no idea, this is just my assumption and I can be totally wrong. [img]https://planetpov.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Goddess-Parvati-e1299610541676.jpg[/img] » Posted By Truth On March 8, 2011 @ 10:59 am You’re welcome, Cher. I’m quite sure you know that Ganesha is believed to be the remover of obstacles. Deygirl recommended me to choose him as my avatar and so I did… » Posted By Truth On March 8, 2011 @ 10:29 am Arianna ridicules her bloggers: Arianna Huffington: ‘Go Ahead, Go On Strike — No One Will Notice’ Published: March 03, 2011 @ 3:43 pm » Posted By Truth On March 8, 2011 @ 10:02 am Cher, thanks a lot for your contributions. These headlines (and everything else HP) are really, really sickening. » Posted By Truth On March 6, 2011 @ 12:30 am Buddy, thank you so much. In fact I was considering to ask you not to spend energy on it, since there is not much echo right now. But since I’m too late with this and you’re almost done, I’m of course very grateful for your addition. Right now I was busy with some other stuff. I needed something uplifting, and here I share with you some of my new findings (which are not so new after all, but I found them in the net only now). I hope you like gospel: http://www.4shared.com/audio/RRAAb37S/Edwin_Hawkins_Singers_-_Oh_Hap.htm http://www.4shared.com/audio/HWPjpEEI/Bible_-_mahalia.htm » Posted By Truth On March 6, 2011 @ 12:25 am KB723 says: By Eric W. Dolan The Newspaper Guild, a journalists’ union with more than 34,000 members, has launched a letter writing campaign calling on Arianna Huffington, the co-founder of the Huffington Post, to share her fortune with the unpaid writers who made her successful. “As we look to the future, we look to you, Arianna Huffington, as a leader in web-based news coverage, to demonstrate your commitment to the value of journalism, and to help prevent independent journalists from having to settle for third-world wages,” the letter to Ms. Huffington stated. Writers for ArtScene and Visual Art Source also announced Monday that they were going on strike against the Huffington Post until the publication proposed a pay schedule and stopped placing promotional material alongside editorial content. “It is unethical to expect trained and qualified professionals to contribute quality content for nothing,” Bill Lasarow, publisher and co-editor of Visual Art Source, said in a statement. “It is unethical to cannibalize the investment of other organizations who bear the cost of compensation and other overhead without payment for the usage of their content. It is extremely unethical to not merely blur but eradicate the distinction between the independent and informed voice of news and opinion and the voice of a shill.” Mario Ruiz, the Senior Vice President of Media Relations at the Huffington Post, defended the online publication in a letter to Guild president Bernie Lunzer, noting that the Huffington Post employs 143 editors, writers, and reporters. “While we pay our editors and reporters, we don’t pay for the opinion pieces submitted by our thousands of bloggers,” Ruiz explained. “The vast majority of our bloggers understand the value of having a platform that reaches a very large audience. People blog on HuffPost for free for the same reason they go on cable TV shows every night for free – because they are passionate about their ideas, want them to be heard by the largest possible audience, and understand the value that that kind of visibility can bring.” “Our bloggers can choose to write for HuffPost – or not write for HuffPost,” he continued. “They can write as often as like they like or as little as they like. It’s both wrong and offensive to insist that HuffPost is exploiting journalists.” In response, Lunzer said he had “great concerns about the HuffPost model and its long-term effect on journalism.” The Huffington Post has faced a slew criticism from liberals and progressives after it was sold to AOL for $315 million. “Any business owner who uses largely unpaid labor, with a handful of underpaid, nonunion employees, to build a company that is sold for a few hundred million dollars, no matter how he or she is introduced to you on the television screen, is not a liberal or a progressive,” American journalist, author and war correspondent Chris Hedges wrote at TruthDig last week. “If Huffington has a conscience, she will sit down when the AOL check arrives and make sure every cent of it is paid out to those who worked free or at minimal wages for her over the last six years.” » Posted By Truth On March 1, 2011 @ 6:56 pm Thanks, Cher – here is a good place to post it, I put it earlier on OT, but there it is gone so soon. » Posted By Truth On February 28, 2011 @ 11:19 pm This sounds good Buddy – if you would like to do that it would be a great addition. Maybe escribacat had the Wizard of Oz in mind when mentioning the emerald curtain once – quite possible. I don’t know – I just felt attracted to the expression and asked if I can use it. As for the writing: I think you’re doing well. But it’s important that everybody joins with what they wish to do from their heart. ***Edit: I read up about the Wizard of Oz, and I like the idea that he has no real power, but Dorothy and the others have everything they need. Seems to be good to put her in a factually powerless position… » Posted By Truth On February 28, 2011 @ 9:05 am Redemption Song, that would be excellent. Can you please contact me by email, 2emeraldcurtain@gmail.com , then we can discuss as to how to go about. That science thing came up already earlier, I saw just today something on here, PPOV. But the one you mention is even more beyond the pale. Incredible! Can you collect the links to those articles and have an eye on new ones that come up? This is sure worth to include. » Posted By Truth On February 27, 2011 @ 6:22 am St. James: yes! The project got started when a couple of people caught on the idea to write an article together. Now so many who had given their consent to participate have simply disappeared into thin air… Probably they had something else in mind or they have forgotten about it. » Posted By Truth On February 27, 2011 @ 12:24 am KB, thanks for the response. I think there are several episodes that can be covered by anyone here who has a bit of time at hand (which most people won’t have) – so if you’d like to join, you’re welcome. I read on OT that you too are an artist. I am hoping the art section here is going to expand, for there is such a lot of talent on this site and I really would like to see it displayed. » Posted By Truth On February 27, 2011 @ 12:19 am Pessimism in the Age of Mass Manipulation and Plutocracy… Good for you Haruko – and good for the world. » Posted By Truth On February 26, 2011 @ 11:46 am I’m very glad that you found such a job Artist, and I truly hope dey will follow you suit. » Posted By Truth On February 26, 2011 @ 11:31 am Buddy McCue, after reading that you achieved all you are today practically on your own, I’m even more impressed with you. You haven’t had anyone to guide you, but yourself and you developed/retained such excellency of character. Isn’t this especially extraordinary on your part? It sure is in my opinion. I don’t know where you’re working now, but I think you could easily open a business on your own. PW wrote his business series …. here you could have guidance for once. Dark forces are there, but good forces are there too. And they are ALWAYS there – if we feel them or not. It solely depends what we concentrate on. (There may be dire outer circumstances where the latter is not true. But even then it’s more helpful to concentrate on the good, in order to detect possibilities. It sure would help to survive). As for the practical part to combat negative feelings: exercise or walking briskly is helpful. Or: helping someone who is worse off. There is always at least someone. And then there is Kalium Phosphoricum, a tissue salt that restores chemical balance in the brain. A little disturbance in the chemicals in the brain are quite often a reason to feel bad, yet it is unknown to most, although it is easy to correct. Maybe too easy for big pharma! Moreover when I still can’t get over my dark mood, I resort to Bach flowers. Pine against feeling guilty, Sweet Chestnut against despair, Larch for self esteem are for example good choices. Maybe I shouldn’t say all that, but it hurts me that you feel so bitter about life and yourself while I see all these positive qualities in you and around you. Take care. » Posted By Truth On February 26, 2011 @ 11:23 am “The American Dream…a Cautionary Tale” Thanks Jd, great, and no hurry! We start only on March 19th, see my post later Saturday. 🙂 » Posted By Truth On February 25, 2011 @ 7:16 pm jd, good to finally catch you before I’m leaving…. I had written a reply to your idea on the “Invite…Part 2” thread long ago, but then you never checked back there. In any case, I took your idea as Nr 1. to kick off the series. So do you want to write this episode: 1. Experiences of an average user and how he felt the changes at HP over time Now average sounds a bit strange, I meant just a normal user like you and I. Maybe there is a better expression, let me know if, for I’m going to publish Part 3 of the Invite tomorrow and can still make small changes. And please let me know if you’re still on board. Here’s my mail: 2emeraldcurtain@gmail.com » Posted By Truth On February 25, 2011 @ 11:37 am Excellent Abby. » Posted By Truth On February 25, 2011 @ 11:27 am Abby, thanks for explaining this so succinctly. » Posted By Truth On February 25, 2011 @ 10:50 am Cher, how about putting these letters up in the Action section? If you can make a post to which you can add time and again, several people could send these letters once in a while. I don’t know if it’s technically possible, last time I checked I couldn’t make changes to my published post anymore. But maybe that was temporary. » Posted By Truth On February 25, 2011 @ 12:57 am The Kochroaches Emerge from the Woodwork Well done. » Posted By Truth On February 25, 2011 @ 10:56 am Choicelady, you gave another excellent comment that should be made into a post of it’s own right. » Posted By Truth On February 24, 2011 @ 7:58 pm Arab Uprisings: Still Writing History I don’t pretend to understand what’s going on, I just stumbled across this: DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accepted the resignation of the government on Tuesday, Syrian state television said. “President Assad accepts the government’s resignation,” an announcement on state television said. Assad was expected to address the nation later on Tuesday or Wednesday in a speech which may include a decision to abolish emergency laws, after two weeks of democracy protests gripped the country. » Posted By Truth On March 29, 2011 @ 11:30 am What is wrong with Kucinich? Great idea to bring the word impeachment to the room. NOT. » Posted By Truth On March 21, 2011 @ 11:01 am Khirad, best wishes for you and your dad. » Posted By Truth On March 21, 2011 @ 10:31 am A little OT- well… I guess you’d just have to stop me if you feel it’s too much. However, I’m too overwhelmed by all what’s going on in the ME, and the human rights violations – nay, killings and torturing in Iran. I can’t really change anything there, and therefore feel extremely overwhelmed and paralyzed by knowing every detail of the horrible things that are going on there. Therefore I decided not to dive into that right now. Yet I do like to have some talks with you now and then. » Posted By Truth On March 17, 2011 @ 2:32 pm Well said, Sabreen. Sadly you don’t seem to get a reply from the one it was directed to. » Posted By Truth On March 17, 2011 @ 1:59 pm Good catch, Cher » Posted By Truth On March 17, 2011 @ 12:52 pm PW, thanks for explaining this. It would be worth a separate post……(so when I forget what you explained I could read it again at another time). » Posted By Truth On March 17, 2011 @ 12:51 pm Bring it on. » Posted By Truth On March 17, 2011 @ 12:47 pmComments Posted By Truth
However, the Parvati of the Hindu believe would most certainly be depicted in more modest clothing, that is in a saree. Here is a picture that seems to be quite representative for her:
So far escribacat takes on this chapter (= episode 5) with some excerpts from her Rashamon series, which I came to know thanks to your introducing them to us recently. But probably we need to add a few fresh samples. Yikes.
And then I may have to write most of the chapters for the series on my own and drop a few too, since there was not enough response from others now. It is not exactly what I hoped for, but I don’t want to drop the project either.
03/01/2011 at 6:34 PM
Arianna Huffington urged to end ‘exploitation’ of journalists
Monday, February 28
In any case, if we don’t have enough folks to cover all those episodes, we may have to slim down the project. I am not a writer and I also want to do some thorough research on the chapters I’m taking on, so I have not much more time to do more. Of course I’m still hoping that those who wanted to join are coming back – but even then there are more episodes to cover. So if you are interested in the subject and want to join, you’re very welcome.
Your art work is excellent as is your character. So please stop beating up yourself and make the best use of yourself and: treat YOURSELF fairly!
I know this sounds unbelievable and maybe even cynical as long as one is feeling bad. But if you observe nature you can conclude the very same thing. Even in the dark of night, the sun is still there. It is just not visible.
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