Sarah Bernhardt 

Maritime Fractals

"World's First Offshore Wind Farm being Decommissioned"

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"Rival Drilling Tycoons Place Bets on Offshore Oil Rig Recovery"

"While it represents a significant environmental milestone for our
planet, the Convention also means that the maritime industry has to gear up for a huge operational change."

"Marine Link"

"Environmental Processes and the Natural and Anthropogenic Forcing in the Bohai Sea"



""Journal of Coastal Research: Volume 32, Issue 5: 1174-1183. 2016 ""



"Advances in Topobathymetric Mapping, Models, and Applications"



"Understanding and Predicting Change in the Coastal Ecosystems of the Northern Gulf of Mexico"



"Browse, Subscribe, Publish"


"Workers at Greece's second-biggest port, Thessaloniki Port, will walk off their job for a few hours on Wednesday to protest the port's sale, a key condition of the country's international bailout."

"World Maritime News"

compose

"President Blowback"

"Presumably taxpayers are not paying them to stand around drinking tea all day."

"Rough Trades"

"Let’s start with why I wrote this book. My rationale was simple. I wrote it to fill a void."

"Interested defense lawyers and civil liberties advocates have uncovered evidence that the use of stingray devices by domestic law enforcement agencies poses a litany of legal and ethical questions. The purpose of this paper is to illuminate those issues and to suggest some possible legislative and judicial remedies."

"Fraud and Corruption"

"Corruption in The Extractive Value Chain"

Auguste Brouet And More

Auguste Brouet

Hirschvogel

Goya

Jean-François Millet

Goya

F. Piranesi, 1784

Tom_Paine

Published on Jul 4, 2013

I have my own personal criticisms about portions of this but I'm still glad I watched it. 

hello microphone

"Radioactive Boars"

 

“...should be a foreign intelligence gathering and analysis organization—not a paramilitary one,” Christopher Anders, deputy director of the Washington office of the American Civil Liberties Union told the WSJ."

 

"UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar calls for international probe into abuses against Rohingya Muslims."

 

"Yemen. Several years on, the death toll stands at over 10,000. Far more severe, however, is the humanitarian crisis caused by destruction of infrastructure and economic blockades"

 

 

"Public prosecutor orders release of former president as early as Tuesday following court acquittal."

 

"Six Years Of Fukushima: Six Lessons"

 

cartoons from cagle

and then some friends, feathered and furred

Photographs from the Library of Congress Archive

1937 - Portrait of a Woman in Clarksdale Mississippi, by D.L.

1937 - Portrait in Clarksdale Mississippi, by D.L

1937 - Portrait in Clarksdale Mississippi, by D.Lang- none of the names of the subjects were recorded in this archive, though maybe they exist in record in other places where her work was eventually published

1939, Minnesota  by J.Vachon.

Enough Is Enough ;

"Social norms which encourage violence against women need to be confronted and changed."

The above piece was one published back in November on the 25th of last year,

The International Day For The Elimination of Violence Against Women -

Based on the date of the 1960 murder of the three out of the four Mirabal sisters, who opposed the dictatorship of Trujillo. I remember reading the piece this past November, on the anniversary of this day -

I write this now as March 8th was a day I found myself in an almost state of trance -  thinking about Lucia Perez, thinking about countless women in India that have been targeted , in every country every day , women who make the mistake of trusting the wrong people in their immediate surroundings, or become wrapped up in something pre-meditated-  The 1 in 3 statistic , the people who are no longer around because they have been taken out of it as a direct result of someone being determined to dominate their bodies.

I was able to interact with some women recently of a different generation,  the generation of Grandmothers who have potentially never disclosed their stories of abuse, who have been conditioned growing up in environments discouraged from talking about the pain and trauma they have experienced at the hands of people in close proximity, as well as complete strangers. It is too easy to make generalizations lumping all people together, but that's a dangerous habit, and although they may never in their lifetimes feel safe or empowered to share their stories of what they lived through in earlier years, I know that there are people from every age group that are brave enough to break through that silence.

I don't mean to write that only women and young girls are the ones who are undergoing sexual trauma - I in no way mean to discredit , the stories of those ( often young )  males ,  also often manipulated or traumatized in similar ways , often at the hands of an older individual who wishes to control their bodies and minds alike.  It is publicly known, though it could stand to get more attention, how many young boys are targeted by adults, specifically well to do business folks across the globe , who seem to be encouraged to go through life using and abusing with impunity.

These are things are tend to think about on almost a daily basis. There aren't many people I know in my day to day in person life at the moment who are interested or capable of having conversations regarding this subject matter - Organizing thoughts regarding individuals experiencing trauma inflicted on their bodies and minds in their lifetime often lead to unexpected conversations with strangers which is usually incredibly inspiring.

I hope that people can continue to come together to have conversations about how to change the societal norms in varying parts of the world, continue to work together to raise awareness and teach younger children better about how to treat women and girls, how to respect human life in general, to feel comfortable talking to one another, be it through a screen, a telephone, or in person about how they might feel they identify with their own bodies and the world in which they life. To be able to create, or be a part of communities that promote communication , and healing in a variety of ways.   To respect another' body and mind, not strictly attempt to own someone and call it love. It's encouraging to hear and read and speak with different people from many different backgrounds,  acknowledging that it takes participation from all walks of life, no matter what gender you might indentify with, to actually change the way the world works.

It's too easy to draw parallels between the meat industry, the way the planet has been polluted, human trafficking (child and adult) , child brides, exploitation of indigenous populations and land right's with who knows what minerals underfoot - and different aspects of rape culture that have been allowed to exist for far too long. There is so much more that could be said right now, though the range of emotions being felt at the moment are inspiring me to write a little bit less from my own brain, and just continue to share a few batches of sentences / paragraphs that relate to the above fore mentioned.

The count of girls that have been taken in the recent blaze in Guatemala has risen to 37 - there are a few different speculations relating to some of the details, there are a great number of articles recently read with notes taken- but I don't feel quite right - writing or linking to different subject matter without first finishing this one -
Could be perceived as a bit scattered, so perceive as you will -
May the fallen rest in peace. Internationally,
I hope that we can come to terms with the true legacy of hypocrisy and injustice and work together to create a different world if we are to surpass the ravenous military industrial complex.

"Indigenous victims of sexual slavery during Guatemala's war hope precedent-setting trial will help others get justice."

Ensemble instrumental National du Mali ('77) / / Okwuamara Dancing Group

Hamza El Din - Desse Barama (Peace)

Algae And

" It was not the kind of subject anyone in his village ever discussed 

and neither his parents nor his relatives volunteered any information. 

Then he heard a story on his mobile phone, accessed through a toll-free number. 

"I liked the way the grandfather in the story openly discusses the topic of bodily transformation with the kids," he says. After hearing it, he stopped feeling ashamed."

"process was established which"

 

Italo Calvino +

- an interview (parisreview)

- some background info (wiki)


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Cosmicomics  (pdf)


Invisible Cities (pdf) 

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- 1947 in literature  (wiki)

kelp farms - wildlife sanctuaries - sound therapy

(are 3 things not mentioned below)

"Congo and cobalt critical" (2012)

"Tsunami mitigation 

by resonant triad interaction with acoustic

–gravity waves"

"The term “toilet to tap,” used to drum up opposition to drinking recycled water, is misleading because recycled water that ends up in drinking water undergoes extensive and thorough purification. In addition, it is usually added to groundwater or surface water for further cleansing before being sent to a drinking water supply where it is again treated. In fact, it has been shown to have fewer contaminants than existing treated water supplies."

Graphene


"India and Pakistan share a heavily-fenced land border which stretches over 3,000km. Over water, however, complications and disagreements over the decades-old Sir Creek delimitation mean that the maritime boundary remains unmarked and disputed. Often, fishermen from both sides, who do not have navigational equipment, traverse the contested demarcation and are arrested."

"Endangered and Extinct Languages"

"People have become educated ... but have yet to become human."

"water hub"

ted talks, 2 favorites of yesteryear