Sunrise
Moni
Posted on February 4th, 2012
High-res version
Today.
Categories: Photos
Tagged: photography, sky, sunrise
High-res version
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Blatherskite
Foolish Gibberish
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Invictus
Moni
Posted on February 3rd, 2012
Invictus
Invictus (Photo credit: KTVee)
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
(my co-worker shared this with me awhile ago and I loved it so I thought I would share it with you.)
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: Invictus, Poetry, William Ernest Henley
On Planned Parenthood
Moni
Posted on February 2nd, 2012
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The Susan J. Komen foundation pulled its Planned Parenthood funding earlier this week (as I’m sure everyone reading this knows by now) and I am upset. Unfortunately, the controversy has turned to the fact that Planned Parenthood provides abortions to patients and away from the fact that they also provide breast exams to patients. Patients who wouldn’t be able to afford to go to the doctor otherwise. I was one of these women.
I have talked about this before but it deserves mentioning again. When I was in my twenties there was a time when I didn’t have access to affordable health insurance. I was on my own and could no longer use my parent’s insurance and I didn’t have the kind of job that provided insurance. I depended on Planned Parenthood for my healthcare. I went to them for my annual exam. Guess what was included in my annual exam? A breast exam. Because of Planned Parenthood I was checked out by a doctor every year.
Planned Parenthood is about providing reproductive healthcare to women who can’t afford health insurance. This includes lots of services, abortion being one of them. Frankly, I am very grateful for this service. Some people are not. If you are not, fine. That’s YOUR opinion. But the issue here IS NOT abortion. According to this graphic, 3% of services that PP provides are abortions. Cancer screening makes up 16% of its services. How ironic that an organization who says one of its goals is to:
“Invest in education and community health local programs to ensure quality care for all and to help underserved women overcome the social, economic, cultural and language barriers to quality breast care and treatment.”
pulls its funding from the one organization that can help them fulfill this very goal. Ironic and sad.
Here are some other organizations to consider if you want to donate money to breast cancer research and treatment:
- Breast Cancer Action
- Breast Cancer Research Foundation
- Conquer Cancer Foundation
- And of course, there is Planned Parenthood who now needs the funds that have been yanked away.
Related articles
- Komen Foundation Ends Planned Parenthood Partnership, Making Me Choose Between My Breasts And Uterus (blisstree.com)
- Susan G. Komen Official Resigned in Protest Over Planned Parenthood Cut-Off (littlegreenfootballs.com)
- Why Did Susan G. Komen for the Cure Defund Planned Parenthood? (collegecandy.com)
- Planned Parenthood Says Susan G. Komen Cut Funds Because Of Politics (baltimore.cbslocal.com)
Categories: Current Events
The bottom of the sea
Moni
Posted on February 1st, 2012
I love this song. The melodic guitar riff. The crescendo at the end. The music aptly describes the way I feel today.
from the album Now We Can See
Categories: Music
Tagged: Music, the thermals, video
to watermark or not to watermark?
Moni
Posted on January 31st, 2012
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Photographers, what do you do? do you watermark all of your photos published on the internet? Every few months I read something like this and get a bit freaked out about people stealing my work for profit. And that doesn’t just include photography. It also includes writing. I would love to post fiction and poetry on this blog but am reluctant because of digital thievery (that’s a whole other can of worms, though).
So I come around to this question of whether I should watermark my images. On the one hand I dislike the way watermarks look. On the other hand, it might prevent others from using my stuff. Or will it? Can people get around a watermark?
What do you think?
Related articles
- Watermark for my future image uploads (myparoots.wordpress.com)
- Reflections on a watermark (seastrandsstudio.com)
- Daily Tip: Watermark Your Images in WordPress (pressography.com)
Categories: thoughts
Tagged: Copyright, photography, Watermark
