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How the Atacama giant is stirring up controversy in Chile
As Pope Francis visits Chile, his giant Atacama cross is causing quite a stir. Many people are curious about its meaning and origin, but no one seems to know for sure. Some believe it’s a local Chilean deity, while others think it might be something more sinister.
The Atacama giant has long been a source of intrigue and speculation in Chile. Some see it as an ancient symbol of local identity, while others believe that it may be connected to something darker and more sinister. Regardless of its true meaning, this mysterious figure has become the subject of heated debates and intense scrutiny in recent years, making it one of the most talked-about topics in the country. What do you think about the Atacama giant?
And what do you think it means to Chile and its people?
Pope Francis’s Atacama giant is stirring up a lot of controversy in Chile. Some people see it as an ancient symbol of local identity, while others believe that it may be connected to something darker and more sinister. What do you think?
Personally, I find the Atacama giant to be a fascinating and mysterious figure. At a time when Chile is grappling with many complex issues, such as economic inequality, political unrest, and social polarization, it represents a key part of the country’s history and culture.
Whether we choose to embrace it or fear it, the Atacama giant will continue to be an enduring symbol that captures the imagination of people in Chile and beyond.
What do you think about the Atacama giant, and how do you think it will shape the future of Chile?
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Pope Francis
Pope Francis is the 266th and current Pope of the Catholic Church, reigning since 2013. He is the first Jesuit pope and the first from the Americas. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he has worked extensively with poor communities in Latin America. As Pope, Francis has made a number of controversial statements and gestures, such as his criticism of capitalist societies and his call for action on climate change.
What is the history of the Atacama Giant?
The Atacama Giant is a humanoid figure that was discovered in an Atacama Desert cemetery in 2003. Since its discovery, the Atacama Giant has been a source of much speculation and debate, with some believing it to be an extraterrestrial being and others asserting that it is simply a human skeleton that has been elongated due to a congenital disorder. However, the true identity of the Atacama Giant remains a mystery.
The Atacama Desert is located in Chile and is one of the driest places on Earth. Due to the arid conditions of the Atacama Desert, many ancient settlements have been well-preserved. In 2003, a team of archaeologists was investigating an Atacama Desert cemetery when they made the startling discovery of the Atacama Giant.
What could the Atacama giant mean for Chile?
The Atacama Giant is a humanoid skeleton that measures approximately six feet tall. It has an elongated skull, which has led to speculation that it may have been artificially distorted. Other strange features of the Atacama Giant include a lack of teeth, as well as an underdeveloped ribcage and pelvis.
Since its discovery, the Atacama Giant has been subject to much debate and speculation amongst scientists and researchers. Some believe that it is the remains of an extraterrestrial being, due to the elongated skull and other abnormal features. Others have suggested that it is simply a human skeleton that has been affected by several congenital disorders, such as dwarfism and progeria.
Vestments unveiled that Pope Francis will use on a visit to Chile
The Vatican has unveiled the vestments that Pope Francis will wear on his upcoming visit to Chile and Peru. At a special ceremony in Rome, the pontiff was presented with an elaborate set of robes, including a white alb robe, a blue chasuble decorated with 12 stars representing the apostles, and a red stole embroidered with the words “misericordiae vultus” (“the face of mercy”).
The vestments were designed by Argentinean artist Rocio Guerra and are intended to reflect Pope Francis’s commitment to social justice and care for the poor. The pope is scheduled to arrive in Chile on January 15, 2018, where he will meet with local leaders, visit religious sites, and hold mass gatherings. He will then travel to Peru in late January, where he is expected to address issues such as climate change and economic inequality.
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The Atacama giant: mysterious symbol or local deity?
Despite the controversy surrounding his visit to Chile, many people are eagerly anticipating Pope Francis’s arrival. Many in the Catholic community see him as a breath of fresh air, and his progressive views on social justice resonate with many Chileans. It will be interesting to see how Pope Francis’s visit will impact the country, and whether or not his message will be well-received.
What’s with the Pope’s Giant symbol? Wikipedia suggests that it’s a local Chilean deity (Atacama giant).
The Atacama Giant is a subject of much controversy and speculation among researchers and scientists. Some believe that it is an extraterrestrial being, due to its elongated skull and other abnormal features. Others have suggested that it is simply the remains of a human skeleton that has been distorted by a congenital disorder such as dwarfism or progeria.
Shouldn’t that be inappropriate?
However, the true identity of the Atacama Giant remains a mystery. Pope Francis’s upcoming visit to Chile has brought renewed attention to the Atacama Giant.
Some believe that the Pope’s decision to use an image of the Atacama Giant as his official symbol is inappropriate, given the controversy surrounding its origins. Others see it as a nod to the Atacama Giant’s cultural significance in Chile and view the Pope’s choice as a symbol of his commitment to social justice. In the end, only time will tell how this giant symbol will impact the Pope’s visit and Chile more broadly.
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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's $1 BILLION art collection including iconic works by Monet, Cezanne and Botticelli is set to go under the hammer - the most expensive to ever be handled by the auction industry==
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11149391/Microsoft-founder-Paul-Allens-1-BILLION-art-collection-set-hammer.html
In November, the art collection of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen will be auctioned off at Christie's
Allen died in 2018 at the age of 65 following complications from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
The sale is expected to become the most expensive art auction in history
The artists featured Allen's collection include Paul Cezanne, Jasper Johns and Claude Monet. In 2016, Allen bought a Monet piece for $81 million
The proceeds of the auction will be distributed to various charitable causes that Allen was passionate about during his lifetime
The art world continues to make record profits in a post pandemic world. In 2021, the art market generated over $65 billion
Allen once said of his collection: 'You have to be doing it because you just love the works… and you know that all these works are going to outlast you. You're only a temporary custodian of them'
Iraq’s Garden of Eden, parched by drought, is now ‘like a desert’
https://www.timesofisrael.com/iraqs-garden-of-eden-parched-by-drought-is-now-like-a-desert/
HUWAIZAH MARSHES, Iraq (AFP) — To feed and cool his buffaloes, Hashem Gassed must cross 10 kilometers (six miles) of sunburnt land in southern Iraq, where drought is devastating swaths of the mythical Mesopotamian Marshes.
The reputed home of the biblical Garden of Eden, Iraq’s swamplands have been battered by three years of drought and low rainfall, as well as reduced water flows along rivers and tributaries originating in neighboring Turkey and Iran.
Vast expanses of the once lush Huwaizah Marshes, straddling the border with Iran, have been baked dry, their vegetation yellowing. Stretches of the Chibayish Marshes, which are popular with tourists, are suffering the same fate.
“The marshes are our livelihood — we used to fish here and our livestock could graze and drink,” said Gassed, 35, from a hamlet near Huwaizah.
Southern Iraq’s marshlands were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2016, both for their biodiversity and their ancient history.
But now, beds of dry streams snake around the once verdant wetlands, and the area’s Um al-Naaj lake has been reduced to puddles of muddy water among largely dry ground.HUWAIZAH MARSHES, Iraq (AFP) — To feed and cool his buffaloes, Hashem Gassed must cross 10 kilometers (six miles) of sunburnt land in southern Iraq, where drought is devastating swaths of the mythical Mesopotamian Marshes.
The reputed home of the biblical Garden of Eden, Iraq’s swamplands have been battered by three years of drought and low rainfall, as well as reduced water flows along rivers and tributaries originating in neighboring Turkey and Iran.
Vast expanses of the once lush Huwaizah Marshes, straddling the border with Iran, have been baked dry, their vegetation yellowing. Stretches of the Chibayish Marshes, which are popular with tourists, are suffering the same fate.
“The marshes are our livelihood — we used to fish here and our livestock could graze and drink,” said Gassed, 35, from a hamlet near Huwaizah.
Southern Iraq’s marshlands were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2016, both for their biodiversity and their ancient history.
But now, beds of dry streams snake around the once verdant wetlands, and the area’s Um al-Naaj lake has been reduced to puddles of muddy water among largely dry ground.
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Like his father before him, Gassed raises buffaloes, but only five of the family’s around 30 animals are left.
The others died or were sold as the family struggles to make ends meet.
Family members watch carefully over those that remain, fearful that the weak, underfed beasts might fall in the mud and die.
“We have been protesting for more than two years and no one is listening,” Gassed said.
“We are at a loss where to go. Our lives are over.”
‘No more fish’
Nestled between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the Mesopotamian Marshes suffered under the former dictator Saddam Hussein, who ordered that they be drained in 1991 as punishment for communities protecting insurgents, and to hunt them down.
The wetlands have sporadically gone through years of harsh drought in the past, before being revived by good rainy seasons.
But between August 2020 and this month, 46 percent of the swamplands of southern Iraq, including Huwaizah and Chibayish, suffered total surface water loss, according to Dutch peace-building organisation PAX.
Another 41% of marsh areas suffered from reduced water levels and wetness, according to the organization, which used satellite data to make the assessment.
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization in Iraq said the marshes were “one of the poorest regions in Iraq and one of the most affected by the climate change”, warning of “unprecedented low water levels.”
It noted the “disastrous impact” on more than 6,000 families who “are losing their buffaloes, their unique living asset.”
Biodiversity is also at risk.
The swamplands provide a home for “numerous populations of threatened species,” and are an important stopping point for around 200 species of migratory water birds, according to UNESCO.
Environmental activist Ahmed Saleh Neema said there were “no more fish,” wild boar or even a subspecies of smooth-coated otter in the marshes.
‘Like a desert’
He said the Huwaizah swamplands were irrigated by two tributaries of the Tigris River, which originates in Turkey, but that their flows had dropped.
Iraqi authorities are rationing supplies to cover different needs, he said.
“The government wants to preserve the largest quantity of water possible,” he added, lamenting “unfair water sharing” and “poor (resource) management.”
After pressure from protesters, authorities partially opened the valves, he said, but had closed them again.
On the Iranian side, the Huwaizah Marshes, called Hoor al-Azim, are also suffering.
“The wetland is facing water stress and currently about half of its Iranian part has dried up,” Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported recently.
Hatem Hamid, who heads the Iraqi government’s water management center, said that “on the Iranian side, the main river that feeds the Huwaizah marsh has been totally cut for more than a year.”
The water needs of Iraqi farms and marshlands are only half met, he acknowledged, as authorities are closely monitoring reserves and trying to cover a range of uses, with drinking water one of the “priorities.”
Iraqi officials point to canals and small streams that have been rehabilitated to feed into the marshes — and to where some families have relocated from dried-out areas.
But it is “impossible to compensate for the very high evaporation in the marshes” in temperatures that pass 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit), he added.
In Chibayish, the effects of the drought are all too clear to Ali Jawad, who said dozens of families had left his hamlet.
“They migrated towards other regions, looking for areas where there is water,” the 20-year-old said.
“Before, when we used to come to the marshes, there was greenery, water, inner peace,” he added.
“Now it’s like a desert.”
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this is a bank bailout and a taxpayer robbery
Asch Conformity Experiment
In psychology, the Asch conformity experiments or the Asch paradigm were a series of studies directed by Solomon Asch studying if and how individuals yielded to or defied a majority group and the effect of such influences on beliefs and opinions.
Developed in the 1950s, the methodology remains in use by many researchers.
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-25/blackstone-single-family-landlord-to-halt-purchases-in-38-cities
Blackstone Single-Family Landlord to Halt Home Purchases in 38 Cities
Home Partners of America to press pause beginning Sept. 1
Company cites home price growth, market demand, regulations
They Just Did It…
The Economic Ninja
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Blackstone Just Saw A Ghost as Home Partners of America is halting their purchases of homes in 83 markets. These 183 housing markets could soon see home prices fall 20% as Evictions on the rise landlord in trouble. In a Hot Real Estate Market. Private Equity Selling Real Estate Fast! Some reasons I believe this is happening is due to a Foreclosure Surge about to hit the US Housing Market. Millions in Default. The 2022 Housing Crash is about to get worse. Foreclosure Starts are up by over 150% YoY as Banks are working through the Foreclosure Backlog built during the pandemic. These foreclosures are going to hit Housing Markets like Riverside, Phoenix, and Atlanta hardest. Foreclosure are going to be worse than anticipated is because of all the BAD LOANS across the US Housing Market. Homebuyer Down payments have been consistently declining over the last 50 Years while Debt to Income Ratios have been rising. In fact - Homebuyers are putting less money down today than they were at the peak of the 2006 Subprime Bubble.
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