Dear Friends, family, and loved ones. Please be aware that myself and my company Sketa Oz Group Pty Limited - which includes ELK Publishing, have become the victim of cybercrime. Please be diligent in the pursuit of justice and honour. Not everyone out there in the world of the internet, is as honourable - as they should be. One can only assume, people are desperate, and this causes them to engage in not so savoury actions, when dealing with others. Our world is so severely screwed up. Warring countries and their people have no means. You know what I mean - war, pain, and misery - is increasing on a daily basis. So, they will try anything, with the hope of making a few dollars - to survive. There are no boundaries to which these people will go. Accept no one on socials you have not approved with stringent processing - if that takes 6 months - so be it - just be safe. In business, make sure you have all your security measures in place. Nothing is too much. They will manipulate you. They will impersonate you. They will isolate you. They will make you feel, as if they own you. You will feel violated. They will pretend to be your friend, customer, or business partner.
Anything goes.
Just so they get, what they want.
Do yourselves a favour and educate yourself - further. Education on this, is everywhere.
I thought I was educated. I thought my instinct would protect me. I thought that all my years of training on this stuff through business, school, and private research – would be enough. It was not. And maybe, quite possibly - people who are empathetic and caring – just become easy targets. I have placed some links below to assist you all on this fight for justice. Please take your time, watch, absorb - process the information. You will say to yourself, “I know all this stuff. I do not need to look at this.” Well, maybe you do… But just maybe – maybe - you need to look at this, again. BBC World Service Documentaries
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You can also visit the Sketa Oz - Report a Scam page. This month, I thought it would be nice to take a photographic journey around some of the most interesting parks in Toowoomba. And, believe it or not, Toowoomba has quite a few parks that our trustworthy, talented gardeners tend to every day, so they look just right for our visitors and so they are ready for the opening of the September - Carnival of Flowers. Now because our gardeners look after over a 100 gardens across the Downs, it is far too big an assignment for me to cover in one foul sweep. So I might do a series. Anyhow, here are some really interesting statues I found hidden in the Scented Gardens. I have to say, I was totally blown away by the number of statues available at the Scented Garden. I counted over 30 statues, but these were my favourites. The attention to detail is just superb and proportionally, each statue stands about three quarters the actual size of a female figure. Centrally place among the falling autumn leaves, these little ladies are very much worth viewing, on a crisp winter morning. The lighting is just great, then! Among the ladies however, this one really captured my attention as the statue sort of grows out of the dead of leaves. I don't know how old or how long these statues have existed at the gardens, but I do know they have been here for many years. I remember as a kid, dad would bring me to the parks on various photo shoots and I'd be in my element tossing the leaves about the winter fog. Those were the days when the rains came in the winter months - not much of that happening lately. This young fellow stands beneath a huge growth of trees, as you enter the Gardens - not far from the tiered iron sculptures that house beds of hanging flowers in the summer months. Yes, they are pretty empty at the moment, but come summer, he'll be in his element among the blossoms. For the time being, this fellow is rugged up for the winter and I don't see him going anywhere fast. :)
Every day we wake to a new day - full of infinite possibilities, opportunities and sights to marvel upon. We push forth through life with determination to bring about change; be it in our own immediate sphere or further abroad, in hope someone like-minded will agree or listen to our plea. Whether we realise it or not, each of us searches for recognition - of our existence, that we matter, that we are appreciated, that our lives have been sufficiently significant, so that we will be remembered by others because of how we lived our lives, how we have interacted with family, friends, society, the planet and the expectations life places upon us all.
Each morning, I leave fresh for work and on my travels to school - I sight dozens of mutilated, native animal carcasses, freshly killed from the night before. In the 50 minutes or so to my final destination, this horrible sight beholds me each morning. It makes me think, how many of these deaths could have been avoided, if one considered to slow down in areas of prolific wildlife? I do believe that although our animals take a back burner in the eyes of many Australians - as worthy creatures to preserve, I am of the belief all creatures great and small, intelligent or dory – have the right to life, an existence. Each too, has equal rights to a dignified death. We are no more or less worthy of life, but yet we are the only species on the planet that continues to eradicate those in our way. The creatures of which I speak, are struggling to find water, struggling to find food on the drought-stricken lands of South East Queensland. For the most part, these creatures venture to the sides of the road to nibble on fresh grass shoots that have managed to spring up with the settling of early morning dew. Yes, such creatures will be startled suddenly; yes, it is a problem to you as a driver. Though if you remember these gentle creatures want nothing from us, except the right to life and the right to feed to sustain that life – you will be considerate enough to slow down at dawn and dusk. We do this for our children going to school in a school zone; we do this for our fellow pedestrians at the crossing; we slow down for bird wildlife around nature reserves and yes, I’m sure we can all slow down for our protected native, iconic Australian wildlife.
These creatures have families as we do, feel pain and are at a loss at the death of a family member – just like us. Please consider our wildlife and maybe your example will help tourists respect our wildlife, too. For if we can’t show just cause to respect such creatures, why will tourists or immigrants even bother? |
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