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“When all else fails, take a vacation.”
― Betty Williams
“Here's to a vacation of no regrets!”
― Joan Rylen
“I’m going on vacation. I’ll bring you back a souvenir suitcase. It’ll be full of love, but otherwise appear to be empty.”
― Jarod Kintz, Love quotes for the ages. And the ageless sages.
A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in.
Robert Orben
I have a question, my friend... how do I take a vacation from retirement... I don't do anything and I have all day to do it now... what would I do on vacation? :)
Nice Justgeo1, now you have time for the important things of life that so often we don't pay attention while in activity.
We are so often taken by the rush of life and have no time or patience to take care of those we love or the real important things of our lives. I don't need to do things in a hurry to have a bit of time of doing nothing or have some time to contemplate my belly.
It is a time to review our goals and usually a time that we start feeling some difficulties, restrained by our health. It is a very different time for us to learn about ourselves and have conscious of the bones, eyes, heart, lungs and other parts of our body that were there for long and we never noticed.
Living is aging, know how to live is learning to get older and older and let the changes take place accepting our new limits but knowing how to live with them. Accept and conform with the limitations imposed by aging but keep on struggling (as we always did) along our lives.
I never loved life so much as I do now, aging is being to me a way of learning how to live with myself and the rediscover of other persons that I never gave attention and because of my endless curiosity the search of new concepts and some renewal of the old ones.
But in this case the vacations are from the forum that is going very well, never since I am here seen the forum so alive with new concepts and some rediscover of itself. Yes, is cutting my activity to 2 or 3 posts a day to have more time to look at my belly.
When the sun stop shining, I will happily take bath on the rain.
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I know all about learning to live with my current health... I now give much time to others with their own health issues... I know how important it is to be there for others.
I love having my age be a good thing for me! :)
Lovely Portraits of Little Children by Heather Mitchell
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Genuine politics -- every politics worthy of the name -- the only politics I am willing to devote myself to -- is simply a matter of serving those around us: serving the community and serving those who will come after us. Its deepest roots are moral because it is a responsibility expressed through action, to and for the whole.
Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.
Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised.
This is the duty of our generation as we enter the twenty-first century -- solidarity with the weak, the persecuted, the lonely, the sick, and those in despair. It is expressed by the desire to give a noble and humanizing meaning to a community in which all members will define themselves not by their own identity but by that of others.
Ethics cannot be based upon our obligations toward [people], but they are complete and natural only when we feel this Reverence for Life and the desire to have compassion for and to help all creatures insofar as it is in our power. I think that this ethic will become more and more recognized because of its great naturalness and because it is the foundation of a true humanism toward which we must strive if our culture is to become truly ethical.
In a word, neither death, nor exile, nor pain, nor anything of this kind is the real cause of our doing or not doing any action, but our inward opinions and principles.
The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct.
Someone Like Me
The (almost) Death of a daughter
And so was the dream of whom saw his daughter lying in a coffin.
That did not mean he wanted to see her dead. Or meant? That dream just concealed a desire to hold her once. Maybe look at her and say, "I love you". But that is not so easy ...
And if it happened again? Because I never talked to her as I should? The praised? Embraced? Except in the New Year. This was the only time he looked at her and hugged her. Kinda fast, obligation. On the anniversary, just pretended it was a day like any other. It was easier.
It seems I had forgotten how painful it is and not able to express the feeling. Why is it so difficult? Should not it be easier? Love, love you, love each other. Ready. Without walls and pride. Some dare to say that parents are so unfeeling. They can tell others, one should not give much importance to small details. Parents do things like this.
Recalled the past and it was not possible to resume the choices. As it was only a dream, and more real than had been thought that should speak what you feel while you still can. She can still hear. Would at least make an effort ... an attempt ... however deep down I knew that everything would remain the same.
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Myths are like a vertical dimension that towers over the horizontal dimension of human facts. The myths lead us to understand time and space for everyday sacred space and time. Because of this, the mythical languages, the reports always start with the phrase "at that time" or "in the beginning".
In the beginning we need to get out of home, to see if we can live without the stronger chains that we always felt almost like a prison, it is our first declaration of independence.
Later in our life we need to get back and find our way back home, winners or losers of the life we could live, we need the anchors, that one day we saw as chains, to be in the harbor for our last days before we are just a wreck and let the time for big dreams to others, younger than us.
There is a time for everything in life and those that understand that, don't complain about being a wreck or the boat in the harbor, for they know after the storm of youth comes the calm of old age, if we are lucky to get there.
What is it like?
Do you ever felt lost?
What did you miss more?
Those are some of the questions, for the ones that were away for sometime.
And when the world give us a bit of silence, we secretly visit persons and places that only exist in a corner of our mind. It is our secret never spoken that we were for a time a different person.
And we dream about old lovers and old friends. We came back home but we are never the guy that went away some years ago.
... and we may miss him too ,,,
The Basics of Image Optimization and SEO for Photographers
A nice article to be read for those that like photography.
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Better to die in an enemies hands or by the disease that corrupts my body than to the slash of a lord. In the end I will say with all my soul, I die free as I lived, not as a slave of others ideas or afraid of mine.
Damn Crazy Duke
Does that make any sense?
It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
Friedrich Nietzsche!
Perfectly Clear 2.0 for Photoshop and Lightroom
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Access, Partners Recognize Heroes, Villains on Human Rights and Communications Surveillance
12:58pm | 22 September 2014 | by Access Team,
Today, Access recognizes individuals and groups around the world for their work as it relates to the International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance (“the Principles”).
The Principles, endorsed by more than 400 civil society groups worldwide, provide a framework to assess whether government surveillance complies with international human rights obligations. Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Principles, which were publicly released on September 22, 2013. Today’s announcement follows on from the Principles Coalition’s Week of Action last week, which highlighted the Principles and promoted their adoption.
Access recognizes both those who have worked to advance the thirteen principles, as well as those who have taken steps that violate or undermine this rights-protecting framework. Importantly, the below individuals and groups represent only the tip of the iceberg; Selecting only one honoree for each role was difficult, as many qualified individuals were nominated, and deserve recognition for the work they have done over the past year, and in years prior. We are grateful to all of those who work to advance human rights principles.
For their work in 2013-2014, our heroes and villains are: ...
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Frozen - A Musical feat. Disney Princesses
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Don’t close GOD on a Sunday morning box, never try to be a human being living a spiritual experience, be a spiritual being living a human experience.
Someone like me
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The McNamara Surf Trip - A web documentary from the portuguese coast
Garrett McNamara takes on the center of Portugal.
In this trip Garrett surfed great waves , picked his own food in an organic farm and surfed the wake of a boat with wakeboard champion Francisco Martinho Lopes and instructor Nuno Almeida d´Eça.
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The 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy. The winning work is explained by chemistry Nobel Committee members Sven Lidin and Måns Ehrenberg.
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October 8, 2014 |By Steve Mirsky
A poor young man who does everything well does not exceed a rich man who does everything wrong,
A study presented in Boston reveals that the school does not always merit of poor students is recognized, which is that there is a higher dropout in the lower class.
Even if the poor youth do everything right, they will not get away as well as the rich who do everything wrong. The idea was recently presented at the Annual Conference of the Federal Bank of Boston, but unequal opportunities between rich and poor is also a reality in Portugal, where the upper-middle class is more likely to get a good job.
According to The Washington Post, the study presented by Richard Reeves and Isabel V. Sawhill V. reveals that the school does not always merit of poor students is recognized by the entities, which makes that there is a higher dropout in the lower class. Students have high class, even if they have good grades, do not drop out of school. And often end up working in the family business.
"A kid from a poor neighborhood will not have the same opportunities that have a high class. Incidentally generally know little more than the immediate neighborhood, where everything works as a model," says Melanie Tavares, Institute of Support for Children (IAC). Who has greater economic power can invest in training and even unpaid internships. "The Erasmus program and other experiences abroad also make a difference in recruiting. Needless to be a good student, but have a good resume, and this is not done with school notes," considered the coordinator of school mediation IAC .
It May Be Time To Forget Everything You Ever Learned About Black Holes
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The Portuguese Empire was the longest-lived of the modern European colonial empires, spanning almost 600 years, from the capture of Ceuta in 1415 to the handover of Macau to China in 1999 (de facto) or the granting of sovereignty to East Timor in 2002 (de jure). The empire spread throughout a vast number of territories that are now part of 53 different sovereign states, leaving a legacy of over 250 million Portuguese speakers today (making it the sixth most spoken first language) and a number of Portuguese-based creoles. Portugal's international status was greatly reduced during the 19th century, especially following the Independence of Brazil. After 1910 revolution deposed the monarchy, the democratic but unstable Portuguese First Republic was established, itself being superseded by the "Estado Novo" right-wing authoritarian regime. Democracy was restored after the Portuguese Colonial War and the Carnation Revolution in 1974. Shortly after, independence was granted to Angola, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, East Timor, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau.
Portugal is a developed country with an advanced economy, high living standards and high-quality infrastructures, ranking 2nd in the quality of the road network and 11th overall, according to the Global Competitiveness Report. It is one of the world's most globalized and peaceful nations. It is a member of the United Nations, European Union, Eurozone, OECD, NATO, WTO, Schengen Area, and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries. On 31 May 2010, Portugal became the sixth country in Europe and the eighth country in the world to legally recognize same-sex marriage on the national level. Portugal also received international attention for being the first country in the world to fully decriminalize the usage of all drugs in 2001.
Portuguese people have had a very long history in the United States, since 1634. Some of the earliest white explorers to reach portions of the New World were said to be Portuguese. Navigators, like the Miguel Corte-Real family, may have visited the North American shores at the beginning of the 16th century.
There is a monumental landmark, the Dighton Rock, in southeastern Massachusetts, that testifies their presence in the area. Portuguese explorer João Rodrigues Cabrilho explored the California coast for the first time.
During the Colonial period, there was a small Portuguese emigration to the present day U.S., especially to the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.
Peter Francisco, the giant soldier in the US Continental Army, is generally thought to have been born Portuguese, from the Azores.
In the late 19th century, many Portuguese, mainly Azorean and Madeiran, emigrated to the eastern U.S., establishing communities in various New England coastal cities, primarily but not limited to:
Providence, Bristol and Pawtucket in Rhode Island, and New Bedford, Taunton and Fall River in Southeastern Massachusetts. On the West Coast in California there are Portuguese communities in San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Santa Cruz, the Central Valley, and San Diego, in connection to Portuguese fishermen and settlers emigrating to California from the Azores. There are also connections with Portuguese communities in the Pacific Northwest in Astoria, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, and British Columbia, Canada as well.
Many Portuguese relocated to the Kingdom of Hawaii, prior to its overthrow by the United States in the late 19th century.
In the mid-late 20th century, there was another surge of Portuguese immigration in America, mainly in the Northeast (New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts). There are various Portuguese Clubs, principally in the larger cities of these states, which operate with the intention of promoting sociocultural preservation as venues for community events, athletics, etc. Many Portuguese Americans may include descendants of Portuguese settlers born in Africa (like Angola, Cape Verde, and Mozambique) and Asia (mostly Macanese people), as well Oceania (Timor-Leste). There were around 1 million Portuguese Americans in the United States by the year 2000.
As with other European Americans, some Portuguese surnames have been changed to align with more American sounding names, for example Rodrigues to Rogers, Oliveira to Oliver, Martins to Martin, Silva to Silver, Carneiro to Carney and Pereira to Perry.
A general contribution the Portuguese people have made to American music is the ukulele, which originated in Madeira and was initially popularized in the Kingdom of Hawaii. John Phillip Sousa was a famous Portuguese American composer most known for his patriotic compositions.
“Non nobis solum nati sumus.
(Not for ourselves alone are we born.)”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
Silence is a source of great strength.
Lao Tzu
Well that's a crappy way to start the day... =))
Access calls for rejection of proposed U.S. botnet investigation rule
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This week, Access Senior Policy Counsel Amie Stepanovich testified in front of the U.S. Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules, urging it to reject changes that would expand the instances when a government could search or seize an individual’s computer.
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"Some things Man was never meant to know. For everything else, there's Google."
"COBOL programmers understand why women hate periods."
"To err is human... to really foul up requires the root password."
"Like car accidents, most hardware problems are due to driver error."
"If at first you don't succeed; call it version 1.0"
"Programmers are tools for converting caffeine into code."
"Hey! It compiles! Ship it!"
"The only problem with troubleshooting is that sometimes trouble shoots back."
"Relax, its only ONES and ZEROS !"
"rm -rf /bin/laden"
"If brute force doesn't solve your problems, then you aren't using enough."
“Any fool can use a computer. Many of us do.”
“Hardware: The parts of a computer system that can be kicked.”
"Those who can't write programs, write help files."
"You know you're a geek when... You try to shoo a fly away from the monitor with your cursor. That just happened to me. It was scary."
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the laferrari xx arrives this december with 1050 hp