happy holidays...

wishing all my international friends and their families a very happy holiday season...




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rajni can...??

or Rajni Kant...

Tamil film icon & philanthropist Rajnikant overlooks everyday life in the South Indian coastal town of Vizhinjam, Kerala..




they showed people wash these giant posters with MILK on Indian TV ...

here is Rajni.. without the cool costume..


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preventing child abuse...

19 November - World Day for
Prevention of Child Abuse



let us all work and pray for a happy, enjoyable and safe childhood for all the vulnerable children in our society, country and across the globe...

Get Involved Locally in
Advocating for the Rights of Children - ARC

also see United Nations'
Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC
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eedhigali kulhi...

in HDR



and in Black & White..



here's the ORIGINAL of the HDR processed image...

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2007

Baa Thulhaadhoo in HDR...





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all roads lead to male'...

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..at us$5,300,000 the ugly black thing is perhaps the hallmark of our past governments' policy of concentrating all vital services on the tiny island capital...



construction of this 68 million rufiyaa 12-storey extention to the IGM Hospital began as recent as September or 2007... and boasts 4 floors of VIP rooms at a time when strong calls were made for providing the most critical services such as basic health care to all islands..

..the building remains incomplete, to this day...


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buy a yatch and help maldives...

buy this yatch at the International Boat Show and Help Maldives recover at least a fraction of the millions wastefully spent over 30 years with absolutely NO degree of accountability... this yatch was custom built for the former President of Maldives ata staggering cost of $11 MILLION...



...also follow the debate over the move by this goverment to sell this expensive piece of useless junk on Haveeru Online...


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Ubuntu 10.10 is OUT NOW..

with the 'firax wallpaper'...

download | 2000x1500 | 2100x1800 |



click the thumbnails below to download the wallpapers in Ubuntu 10.10

footprints in the sand or a mere shadow in the clouds..

what's to become of us..??



Email from President Nasheed to the Global Work Party 101010

Dear friends,

As President of one of the world's most climate vulnerable countries, I want to thank you for your tireless work and offer my wholehearted support for the Global Work Party on 10/10/10.

I shall be working hard in support of 10/10/10, up on my roof installing solar panels donated by Sungevity. But my event is just one of dozens of activities planned in the Maldives and thousands worldwide in support of this campaign.

I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to continue working to ensure that the planet meets the sustainable goal of returning CO2 concentrations to 350ppm.

For the Maldives, 350 is more than just a number: it is a passport to survival for our entire nation.

With best wishes,

President Mohamed Nasheed
President of the Maldives

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tuk tuk fun..

5 years of Flickr..

it's 5 YEARS to date, since my first photo upload to flickr...



... and here's the original, unedited version posted 5 yrs ago...

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macro wildlife of sri lanka..