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Art of Burma - R Cooler - deel 1

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:23:17 GMT

THE ART AND CULTURE OF BURMA

Dr. Richard M. Cooler

Professor Emeritus
Art History of Southeast Asia
Northern Illinois University

Overview: Purpose, Extended Contents, Acknowledgements, and Geographical Overview

Chapter 1 - Prehistoric and Animist Periods c. 1100 BC to c. 200 AD: Paleolithic and Neolithic sites, Animism, and Karen Bronze Drums

Chapter 2 - The Pre-Pagan Period: The Urban Age of the Mon and the Pyu c.200 to c.800 AD: Mon and Pyu City states: Thaton, Beikthano, Halin, and Srikshetra

Chapter 3 - the Pagan Period c. 800 AD to 1287 AD

Part 1 - Introduction and City Plan of Pagan
Part 2 - Architecture 1 - General Characteristics and Stupas
Part 3 - Architecture 2 - Temples and Monasteries
Part 4 - Sculpture, Conclusion, and Bibliography

Chapter 4 - The Post Pagan Period

Part 1 - Introduction and the Ava Period
Part 2 - The Konbaung Period: Amarapura
Part 3 - Mandalay Period

Special Section: 80 Scenes of the Life of Buddha

The Buddhist Monastery that Rises 2,500ft from a Gigantic Lava Plug

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:33:59 GMT

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Rising majestically out of the plains of central Burma, 2,417 feet up in the air atop an ancient, sheer-sided volcanic plug, the Buddhist monastery of Popa Taungkalat surveys the surrounding scene. An amazing example of a human construction merged organically with its natural setting, Taung Kalat also draws thousands of pilgrims each year because of its great spiritual significance.

Match made in heaven: Monastery and mountain appear seamlessly merged

There seems to be a tendency for religious structures to be built on top of massive volcanic plugs. It’s as if the architects of these places of worship were investing faith in the benevolence of the divine forces they venerated – or perchance putting their own religious beliefs to the test.

Spiritual site: Shining spires of the Popa Taungkalat monastery

Burma’s answer to Mount Olympus: Taung Kalat at sunrise

Photo: exfordy

Image of me: Mount Popa, or Taung Ma-gyi, dwarfing Taung Kalat, left

Photo: Wagaung

Macaques

Richest & benevolency

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:17:06 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Benevolent persons having weath to donate? God bless his soul

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Bill Gates, America's richest man with a net worth of $50 billion, has a personal balance sheet larger than the gross domestic product (GDP) of 140 countries, including Costa Rica, El Salvador, Bolivia and Uruguay. The Microsoft visionary's nest egg is just short of the GDP of Tanzania and Burma.

10 Fascinating Rock Formations

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:17:30 GMT

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10 Fascinating Rock Formations

Golden Rock (Burma)

Delicate Arch (Utah, USA)

Stone Tree (Bolivia)

Mushroom Rock (Egypt)

The Wave (Arizona, USA)

Ayers Rock (Australia)

Melting Shadows (Utah, USA)

Split Apple Rock (New Zealand)

The Pinnacles (Australia)

Perce Rock (Canada)

A Nobel Prize Ditty

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:22:41 GMT

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A Nobel Prize Ditty

Barry won a Nobel Prize,
For what we do not know
He's changed the world not one small bit.

While dashing to and fro.

His work at home is on the skids.
"His" healthcare plan is broke.
Afghanistan's going down the tubes.

Our economy's a joke.

But we can rest and feel at ease
While Barry does his thing.
We'll collect our unemployment checks

And the comfort that they bring.

We'll dream of greener pastures
Where American Dreams still reign.
Instead on gagging on Barry's meal

Of phony hope and change.

So to the Award Committee
Who granted O this prize,
Apologize to the entire world

We can't believe our eyes.

Apologize to the physics folks
And the other winners too
For minimizing their accomplishments.

Now your prize ain't worth doo doo.

Burma Shave

Steve McCurry - Photography

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:44:47 GMT

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Golden rock, Kyaiktiyo, Myanmar (Burma), 1994.

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The Afghanistan Dilemma

Posted in Uncategorized with tags Afghanistan, mujahadeen, refugees on October 4, 2009 by stevemccurry

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Tags: steve mccurry, photography, portraits, afghan woman

Australia - Continues to trade with Burma

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:30:05 GMT

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Why Dealing With Burma Is A Very Bad Idea

It is time that Australian businesses operating in Burma took a hard look at themselves.

Australian investors are helping to prop up a military dictatorship that has one of the worst human and labour rights records in the world.

Burma is an international pariah state which tolerates no dissent, represses its people and wields absolute power in the face of international condemnation and sanctions.

Human rights advocate Burma Campaign Australia has calculated that the Burmese Government could earn US$2.5 billion through royalties, income tax and an equity stake in a joint venture project with one Australian company alone — Twinza Oil.

Twinza Oil, a company associated with Western Australia's wealthy Clough family, signed a Production Sharing and Exploration Contract with the military-owned Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) in November 2006.

Australia maintains only targeted financial sanctions against members of the regime.

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Katrina Woes Fatigue Syndrome

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:56:16 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Why is it so difficult to stay on course? Why can no one in power keep their promises? Why does everyone keep blaming someone else? Why, I ask myself, does this seem to be related to the Congo, Darfur, Burma, Gaza, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador?

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Four years after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, the disaster continues.

Though many of their neighbors have given up and left town, the group gathered at McDonogh wants to remain in New Orleans because their families have lived here, as one person says, “since before the United States.”

One audience member testified that she needs immediate help. She came back to New Orleans to take care of her disabled parents, and now works as a truck driver. She detailed sexual harassment at work and domestic abuse in one of the places she lived after Katrina. “I want to die. Everybody is depressed,” she told the committee. “What do you do? Where do you go? Do you kill yourself?”

A few people called back, “No. Don’t do it.” The rest sat silent.

Tags: institutional-racism, katrina, racism

MODERN SLAVERY- CHILDREN AND FORCED LABOR

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:06:24 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Do we really need those cheap things or could we live without? Protect the children and all those forced into slave labor

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Department of Labor Releases List of Slave-Made Goods

After receiving over 6,200 letters from Change.org community members, the Department of Labor released their long-awaited report on goods produced by child labor and forced labor today. Thank you all for urging DOL to release this important tool for consumers!

The report tops out at a daunting 194 pages, and can be read in it's entirety here. But let's face it -- no one wants to read 194 page government report, no matter how useful it may be. So here are some of the highlights I've found in my initial read-through:

Bolivia: nuts, cattle, corn, and sugar

Burma: bamboo, beans, bricks, jade, nuts, rice rubber, rubies, sesame, shrimp, sugarcane, sunflowers, and teak

China: artificial flowers, bricks, Christmas decorations, coal, cotton, electronics, garments, footwear, fireworks, nails, and toys

India: bricks, carpets, cottonseed, textiles, and garments

Nepal: bricks, carpets, textiles, and stones

American and French Companies Busy Cancelling Their Govt's Sanctions on Burma

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:05:56 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Holier-than-thou Govts apply sanctions --- and their Dirtier-than-Anyone Companies work deals the effectively undo imposed sanctions.
It happened in Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
And is happening in Burma now.

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Gas firms 'prop up Burma's junta'

Energy giants Total and Chevron have been accused of propping up Burma's military government through their gas projects in the country.

Rights group Earth Rights International says this has allowed the government to siphon off $5bn (£3bn) in revenue.

The money has reportedly been stashed in banks in Singapore, instead of being used to ease poverty in Burma.

The rights group also accuses Total and Chevron of ignoring forced labour, killings and high-level corruption.

He explained that, in research conducted over a two-year period, sources explained how the Burmese generals kept the money out of the country's budget and stored it in bank accounts in Singapore.

American Healthcare compared to Others'

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:05:44 GMT

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In many ways, foreign health-care models are not really "foreign" to America, because our crazy-quilt health-care system uses elements of all of them. For Native Americans or veterans, we're Britain: The government provides health care, funding it through general taxes, and patients get no bills. For people who get insurance through their jobs, we're Germany: Premiums are split between workers and employers, and private insurance plans pay private doctors and hospitals. For people over 65, we're Canada: Everyone pays premiums for an insurance plan run by the government, and the public plan pays private doctors and hospitals according to a set fee schedule. And for the tens of millions without insurance coverage, we're Burundi or Burma: In the world's poor nations, sick people pay out of pocket for medical care; those who can't pay stay sick or die.

Tags: healthcare, socialism, washington post, insurance, medicine, medical

Total Oil charges with slavery etc again:Chevron too has charges outstanding

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:40:29 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Not the first time in court for either company on charges of human rights abuses.. It probably explains why we aren`t rushing in there to `restore democracy`.
well, that and the Chinese.

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Burmese villagers 'forced to work on Total pipeline'

French energy giant accused of profiting as new testimony gives shocking insight into junta's labour regime

The French energy giant Total is at the centre of allegations that Burmese villagers are being used as forced labour to help support a huge gas pipeline that is earning the country's military regime hundreds of millions of dollars.

Burma's junta, the State Peace and Development Council, officially outlawed the use of forced labour in 1999. However, campaigners say troops routinely force civilians to work for them and those who refuse are often beaten, tortured or sometimes killed.

It is not the first time Total has been at the centre of forced labour allegations in Burma. In 2005 it paid $6.12m in an out-of-court settlement after a group of villagers living near the Yadana pipeline alleged the company was involved in human rights abuses.

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Download Rambo Full movie Download Rambo

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:25:33 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Download Rambo Full movie Download Rambo

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Download Rambo Full movie (DVD,DivX,iPod,PDA - cheap)

Twenty years after the last film in the series, John Rambo (SYLVESTER STALLONE) has retreated to northern Thailand, where he's running a longboat on the Salween River. On the nearby Thai-Burma... Twenty years after the last film in the series, John Rambo (SYLVESTER STALLONE) has retreated to northern Thailand, where he's running a longboat on the Salween River. On the nearby Thai-Burma (Myanmar) border, the world's longest-running civil war, the Burmese-Karen conflict, rages into its 60th year. But Rambo, who lives a solitary, simple life in the mountains and jungles fishing and catching poisonous snakes to sell, has long given up fighting, even as medics, mercenaries, rebels and peace workers pass by on their way to the war-torn region.

Download Rambo Full movie (DVD,DivX,iPod,PDA - cheap)

Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Matthew Marsden, Graham McTavish, Rey Gallegos, Jake LaBotz, Tim Kang, Ken Howard

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True cost of chevron

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:42:21 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Another evil, ugly-American corporation.

There is a series of photos at the site depicting what these unconscionable corporate zombies are doing to people around the world all in the name of profit.

They are in Burma, Canada, Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Philippines, and of course in the US.

Please don’t give these unethical bastards your money. It only encourages them to continue ruining people’s lives everywhere.

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For over three decades, Chevron chose profit over people.

While drilling in the Ecuadorian Amazon from 1964 to 1990, Texaco – which merged with Chevron in 2001 – deliberately dumped more than 18 billion gallons of toxic wastewater, spilled roughly 17 million gallons of crude oil, and left hazardous waste in hundreds of open pits dug out of the forest floor. To save money, Texaco chose to use environmental practices that were obsolete, did not meet industry standards, and were illegal in Ecuador and the United States.

The result was, and continues to be, one of the worst environmental disasters on the planet. Contamination of soil, groundwater, and surface streams has caused local indigenous and campesino people to suffer a wave of mouth, stomach and uterine cancer, birth defects, and spontaneous miscarriages. Chevron has never cleaned up the mess it inherited, and its oil wastes continue to poison the rainforest ecosystem.

Tags: unethical corporations, chevron, environmental destruction, human destruction

Easy to be Hard - In Russia and China's UN Stall

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT

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clipper's remarks: As long as China and Russia back up the Burmese Generals by stopping concerted international action against Generals eating their own people, it's easy for them to do as their horrific hubris urges them on to new heights of inhumanity toward their own people.

Clip Source: www.hrw.org

Burma: Army Attacks Displace Thousands of Civilians

(New York) - Burmese army attacks against ethnic Shan civilians in northeastern Burma have displaced more than 10,000 people in the past three weeks, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called on Burma's military government to immediately end attacks against civilians and other violations of international humanitarian law.

Tags: bloody burma, china_shamelessness