I use to live downwind of this, happy to now be a number of klicks from it
lastly
birds fly into our classes all the time, most like this one, I wonder what kind it is
C'mon, Robby , you're a teacher - you should be identifying the species ...
I use to live downwind of this, happy to now be a number of klicks from it
lastly
birds fly into our classes all the time, most like this one, I wonder what kind it is
birds fly into our classes all the time, most like this one, I wonder what kind it is
It's a Hawfinch, the largest European finch away from northern conifer belt. Looks like a juvenile based on the beak color.
Wow ! Did you already know this or was it a quick flick through some online Avianipedia ?
I'm just finishing off a book " Dog days , Raven Nights " by Marzluff which goes into his work with Bernd Heinrich on various raven research projects - such clever birds !
went to Gori yesterday
Stalin's hometown, took many photos, difficult to decide which to post, but here goes
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maybe they were copying himI didn't know Stalin was in the Beatles ...
went to Gori yesterday
Stalin's hometown, took many photos, difficult to decide which to post, but here goes
this is Stalin when he was in the seminary studying to be an Orthodox priest
but he was thrown out for distributing Marxist literature
then he became a full time revolutionary, with the proper beard and all
of course he had the last laugh on them, the museum to him is the main building of the seminary
and he has his parents little house moved to right in front of it, I went inside, took photos, quite tiny in there
this is a statue of "Young Stalin" so many more photos from the museum, train and little house to post, but with just one more let me show what I did next
after leaving the museum I saw this huge crumbling castle on a massive hill, first I took a long walk all around it then
maybe they were copying him
anyways, since I am posting again to this thread, might was well get some more new photos in
wife 1, she died young, he supposedly loved her dearly, I wonder what history would have been like had she lived a lot longer?
wife 2, no comment
pictures of the orginal revolutionary council from the failed 1905 revolution
Lenin and his "12 disciples" with Stalin as his right hand man
only there were really 14 members and Lenin's right hand man was
Trotsky, this was the one photo in the whole place showing him, wall and wall of photos tracing the history of the revolution from before 05, after, the civil war, the period after and just one of Trotsky
history re-written
still though, I really expected to find 0
like with wall showing his "Marshalls" from the second world war
excluding Marshall Zhukov
arguably one of the great generals of all of history, yet he is completely wiped from the walls and words of the museum detailing WW2
unbelievable...
thanks I have a lot more I will post when not downloading American tv shows these internet cafes have a tendency to crash the browser when I use my photbucket accountSurprising to learn that this museum has not been vandalized. Many times when a dictator is overthrown or that history decides a deceased leader was a despot, memorials such as these are desecrated. At the very least, I'd expect to see Stalin's statue to be without a head. Very interesting. I do know he still has a great deal of living supporters. You'd think they'd have to keep 24 hour guard over that museum. Imagine a museum like that glorifying Hitler. It couldn't exist. Not in Germany, anyhow.
GREAT photos Robby!
it was funny when I mentioned this to the guide, she got kind of upsetThe lone Trotsky image/reference--good insight there Robby.
thanks I have a lot more I will post when not downloading American tv shows these internet cafes have a tendency to crash the browser when I use my photbucket account
As for the thing about Stalin, most statues of him were taken down, even Gori, however, the museum is a big tourist attraction and there is still a "hometown" liking for him by many, he did much for the town
To this day, it is much better off than many Georgia cities "lifestyle" wise
it was funny when I mentioned this to the guide, she got kind of upset
also, my tour group was me, a Georgian lady, and an Asian women from one of the "Eastern Republics"
the guide gave the tour in English(for me), Georgian and I assume the Russian for the Asian woman(I did my best to not let her distract me from the tour )
though I would have loved to have found out her exact nationality and what not
alas, she spoke no English
*You and your Asian woman fetish. Haha.
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it comes and goes most of the time, went away for a long time while here*, but it seems recent events have caused it to come back with a vengeance*
OK, back to
So will you be back in the US for the holidays? Are you almost finished there? Ya know, they're looking for English teachers in China and Taiwan.
I get back on the 19th, then job hunt begins all anew and indeed China, Taiwan, and even Vietnam are at the top of my list, well, not the very top
the dream is to live and teach in Japan for at least a year, not really ready for that though, those jobs are harder to get and quite a lot more demanding than ones elsewhere, however, teaching English well in Japan can really open doors to being an "ESL" teacher here* in the States
*=I said "here" my brain is already back in America
indeedJapan would be incredible.
the dream is to live and teach in Japan for at least a year, not really ready for that though, those jobs are harder to get and quite a lot more demanding than ones elsewhere, however, teaching English well in Japan can really open doors to being an "ESL" teacher here* in the States
sure, I need all the help I can get, I am no good at this job getting thingI had some friends who went and taught english in Japan. They quite enjoyed it. I have another friend who did the same in Thailand for quite some time. If you ever decide to try there I could ask him for some tips or introductions for you. He still knows quite a few folks there and goes back several times a year. -MR
I know, this goes along way to explaining how horrible much of the political situation in the "former" Soviet Union isMany people in Gori are fiercely proud of Stalin. However, as much as the Western media and suchlike report otherwise, Stalin is still very popular across Russia. Indeed, over a third of people would vote for him today if he were alive. The older people brought up in "communist" times making up the large bulk of that.