therefore I created the creation in order to be known.
-- Sufi creation myth
Und wer unter Menschen nicht verschmachten will, muß lernen, aus allen Gläsern zu trinken; und wer unter Menschen rein bleiben will, muß verstehn, sich auch mit schmutzigem Wasser zu waschen. Und also sprach ich oft mir zum Troste: "Wohlan! Wohlauf! Altes Herz! Ein Unglück mißriet dir: genieße dies als dein - Glück!"
"It is said of Muad’Dib that once when he saw a weed trying to grow between two rocks, he moved one of the rocks. Later, when the weed was seen to be flourishing, he covered it with the remaining rock. ‘That was its fate’, he explained.
- The Commentaries"
"in that instant I was convinced" (...)
Là, tout n'est qu'ordre et beauté,
Luxe, calme, et volupté.
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In pictures: The noughties - a decade of lost species | Environment | guardian.co.uk
The Baiji dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer)
Also called Changjiang, Chinese lake, white flag, whitefin or Yangtze River dolphin - is probably the most threatened cetacean species in the world. The last documented sighting of the species was in 2002 and surveys in 2006 failed to find any individuals in its native Yangtze River in China. The species has been listed as critically endangered since 1996, but in 2007 it was reassessed as and flagged as possibly extinct. Entanglement in fishing gear, electric fishing practices, boat propeller strikes, dam construction, river siltation (from deforestation and agricultural expansion), and pollution have all contributed to the dramatic declines of this species
Photograph: Nick Gordon/Ardea
