Pandoras Box;

 A pithos from Crete, ca. 675 BC. Louvre

The original Greek word used was pithos, which is a large jar, sometimes as large as a small person. It was used for storage of wine, oil, grain or other provisions.

In the case of Pandora, this jar may have been made of clay for use as storage. 

The mistranslation of pithos is usually attributed to the 16th century humanist Erasmus of Rotterdam who translated Hesiod's tale of Pandora into Latin. Erasmus rendered pithos as the Greek pyxis, meaning box.

Pandora's Box is an artifact in Greek mythology, taken from the myth of Pandora's creation in Hesiod's Works and Days. The "box" was actually a large jar given to Pandora  which contained all the evils of the world.

When Pandora opened the jar, all its contents except for one item were released into the world. 

The one remaining item was Hope. Today, to open Pandora's box means to create evil that cannot be undone. 

Pandoras box has been opened there is so much evil that has been done  and is continuing in a very fast pace.

HOPE is still in the box. People of the world might come to their senses and recognize what is done to them in the name of  “terror”! Governments have no sense of right and wrong anymore. They are slaves to the oligarchy and Plutocracy. Democracy is nothing but a catch phrase. Nothing is democratic in our system, it is a make believe system. Governments do not work for the people but against them to the  advantage of the elites of the world.. Hope  means for all the people of the world NO more wars.

An oligarchy is a form of government in which most of the political power effectively rests with a small segment of society, typically the people who have the most wealth, military strength, ruthlessness or political influence. The word "oligarchy" from the Greek words olígos, which means "few," and archo, which means "to rule". Arguably all societies are inevitably oligarchies, regardless of their supposed political system.

How Oligarchies Form

Oligarchies are often controlled by a few powerful families whose children are raised and mentored to become inheritors of power, often at some sort of expense to those governed. In contrast with aristocracy — or government by the "best" — this power might not always be exercised openly, with some oligarchs preferring to remain "the power behind the throne," exerting their control through economic means. Unlike plutocracy, oligarchy is not always a rule by wealth, either, because oligarchs can simply be a privileged cadre. 

Plutocracy

Plutocracy ,from Ancient Greek ploutos, meaning "wealth", and kratos, meaning "power, rule" is rule by the wealthy, or power provided by wealth. The combination of both plutocracy and oligarchy is called plutarchy

The term plutocracy is generally used to describe these two distinct concepts: one of a historical nature and one of a modern political nature. The former indicates the political control of the state by an oligarchy of the wealthy. 

The wealthy minority may exert influence over the political arena via many methods. Most western democracies permit partisan organizations per example to raise funds for politicians, and political parties frequently accept significant donations from various individuals either directly or through corporations or advocacy groups. These donations may be part of a cronyist or patronage system, in which major contributors and fund-raisers are rewarded with high-ranking government appointments. Politicians have a personal interest in serving the needs of their campaign contributors: if they fail to do so, those contributors will likely give their money to candidates who do support their interests in the future. Unless a quid pro quo agreement exists, it is generally legal for politicians to advocate policies favorable to their contributors, or grant appointed government positions to them. In some systems there are also mechanisms of patronage. The UK, for example, uses a variety of means to reward individuals that hold the same values or interests. These include honours such as medals and honorary titles.

In some instances, extremely wealthy individuals have financed their own political campaigns. Many corporations and business interest groups pay lobbyists to maintain constant contact with elected officials, and press them for favorable legislation. Owners of mass media outlets, and the advertisement buyers which financially support them can shape public perception of political issues by controlling the information available to the population and the manner in which it is presented

In modern times, as today we are rooted in state-corporate capitalism and the prioritization of endless accumulation of wealth and warfare over other interests, like public health, education, or the environment. Western governments are plutocracies,  a fusion of money 

and government.  


©Ts  (some excerpts from Wikipedia)

Rare Ruthenium;

Ruthenium Powder;

I have always been interested in the periodic table; Ruthenium belongs to the platinum group of metals found in the middle of Rows 5 and 6 of the periodic table. Its atomic number is 44, its atomic mass is 101.07, and its chemical symbol is Ru.

Ruthenium is one of the rarest elements on Earth with an abundance estimated at about 0.4 parts per billion. It occurs in combination with other members of the platinum family in ores of platinum. It is obtained as a byproduct of the purification of those ores and during the refining of nickel metal.

Fountain pen nibs are frequently tipped with alloys containing ruthenium. From 1944 onward, the Parker 51 fountain pen was fitted with the "RU" nib, a 14K gold nib tipped with 96.2% ruthenium and 3.8% iridium.

Ruthenium is also a versatile catalyst. Hydrogen sulfide can be split by light by using an aqueous suspension of CdS particles loaded with ruthenium dioxide. This may be useful in the removal of H2S from oil refineries and from other industrial processes

Some ruthenium complexes absorb light throughout the visible spectrum and are being actively researched in various, potential, solar energy technologies.

Ruthenium-based dyes have been used as the electron providers in dye-sensitized solar cells, a promising new low-cost solar cell system.Ruthenium is exceedingly rare and is the 74th most abundant metal on Earth roughly 12 tonnes of Ru is mined each year with world reserves estimated to be 5000 tonnesL. Ruthenia, 

History, Russia) Berzelius and Osann in 1827 examined the residues left after dissolving crude platinum from the Ural mountains in aqua regia. While Berzelius found no unusual metals, Osann thought he found three new metals, one of which he named ruthenium. In 1844 Klaus, generally recognized as the discoverer, showed that Osann's ruthenium oxide was very impure and that it contained a new metal. Klaus obtained 6 g of ruthenium from the portion of crude platinum that is insoluble in aqua regia.

A member of the platinum group, ruthenium occurs native with other members of the group in ores found in the Ural mountains and in North and South America. It is also found along with other platinum metals in small but commercial quantities in pentlandite of the Sudbury, Ontario, nickel-mining region, and in pyroxinite deposits of South Africa.

The metal is isolated commercially by a complex chemical process, the final stage of which is the hydrogen reduction of ammonium ruthenium chloride, which yields a powder. The powder is consolidated by powder metallurgy techniques or by argon-arc weldRuthenium is a hard, white metal and has four crystal modifications. It does not tarnish at room temperatures, but oxidizes explosively. It is attacked by halogens, hydroxides, etc. Ruthenium can be plated by electrodeposition or by thermal decomposition methods. The metal is one of the most effective hardeners for platinum and palladium, and is alloyed with these metals to make electrical contacts for severe wear resistance. A ruthenium-molybdenum alloy is said to be superconductive at 10.6 K. The corrosion resistance of titanium is improved a hundredfold by addition of 0.1% ruthenium. It is a versatile catalyst. Hydrogen sulfide can be split catalytically by light using an aqueous suspension of CdS particles loaded with ruthenium dioxide. It is thought this may have application to removal of H2S from oil refining and other industrial processes. Compounds in at least eight oxidation states have been found, but of these, the +2, +3, and +4 states are the most common. Ruthenium tetroxide, like osmium tetroxide, is highly toxic. In addition, it may explode. Ruthenium compounds show a marked resemblance to those of cadmium.

The metal is priced at about $30/g.

Aqua regia  is a highly corrosive mixture of acids, fuming yellow or red solution, also called nitro-hydrochloric acid.Some excerpts courtesy Wikipedia 

An interesting link, please click Ruthenium

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”  Seneca

Do you want to be tagged?

Billy has a micro chip implant. Jack Russel's like to wander, he can be easily traced when found by strangers.

A friend asked me to post this video; scenes from the movie "Zeitgeist".

Monsters, would come up with the idea of  electronically tagging people to control them.

Here, in Australia we do not have ID cards we use our drivers licence. For many years the drivers licence did not have a photo. In Switzerland it was normal to have an ID card. SWL has borders with Austria, Germany,  Italy and France; the ID card was used when visiting these countries before the open borders.

A few years ago the Australian Government wanted to introduce ID cards, the people went up in arms  and said NO.

This video is from a while back, but once the seed is sown it  may grow.

We, as the people are already pretty well controlled, bank accounts, tax number and  electoral roll;

There is a ray of hope, because the architects of evil make also fundamental mistakes, they always underestimate the intelligence,  justice and the spirit of people.

Unfortunately we do not have George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008)  any more, he would make mince meat out of these monetary and power hungry sleaze bags

.A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murder is less to fear: Cicero Marcus Tullius - Born on January 3, 106 BC and was murdered on December 7, 43 BC.

Ouroboros; Curiosities;

Throughout its history Mankind has always been prone to the fallacy of believing in anything;

Sunrise;

The Ouroboros  is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail. The name originates from within Greek language;  oura meaning "tail" and boros meaning "eating", thus "he who eats his tail.

It has been represented throughout antiquity and  mankinds history.

Ouroboros on the flag of Gabriele d'Annunzio's short-lived Italian Regency of Carnaro at the city of Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia)

Freemasonry

The ouroboros is displayed on numerous Masonic seals, frontispieces and other imagery.

Phytagorean Pentacle

Pythagorean thought was dominated by mathematics, and it was profoundly mystical. 

It is in the nature of man to be eaten by greed. From ancient times the Ouroboros has made its way from the Phoenicians to the Greeks, to the Romans to the different Chinese dynasties, these are only a few  from many who have chased  the Ouroboros and in the end have eaten up themselves. Empires come and go as they are linked impenetrably to greed, decadence, lawlessness in the highest echelons of  the leaders. Always the chase for More,  more fortune, more wars to enrich themselves until the snake devours herself and it all starts again. 

©TS

Morning Noon Evening

Morning

Noon

Evening

THEY please me not--these solemn songs

That hint of sermons covered up.

'T is true the world should heed its wrongs,

           But in a poem let me sup,

Not simples brewed to cure or ease

Humanity's confessed disease,

But the spirit-wine of a singing line,

           Or a dew-drop in a honey cup!

Paul Laurence Dunbar 

June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906

P.L. Dunbar a great poet and thinker very much admired.

© Photos TS

October; Food for thoughts;

"The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names" Chinese Proverb


Memorial for all the victims of aggressions, violence and wars. There has been not only one holocaust, every war and violence  is a holocaust for the people innocently  involved .
For the native people of the Americas.
For the native people of Australia
For the Africans traded into slavery and made second grade citizens in their own homeland.
The Palestinian  when they lost their land and homes in 1948 to the Zionist movement and the state of Israel was created
For all the dead  people of all lands who have lost their lives through  aggressions due to wars and the arrogance of politics and Politicians.

July; Food for thoughts;

   Winter, Camellias are in bloom, the subtle harmony of pink and gold.

   "Nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come!"    Victor Hugo

 
  "O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength! But it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. William Shakespeare            "Measure for Measure," Act II, Scn. ii

The Seven Blunders of the World ;
 The seven blunders are:

Wealth without work

Pleasure without conscience

Knowledge without character

Commerce without morality

Science without humanity

Worship without sacrifice

Politics without principle