Duke the menace

[Duke of Buckingham]

The team is changing and I am ready.
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[shiva]

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:) good idea

[Duke of Buckingham]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo4OnQpwjkc

[Duke of Buckingham]

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.

Albert Einstein

[Duke of Buckingham]

Ayheeeeeeeeeeeee silver ...
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[Duke of Buckingham]

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Thanks F$ and sorry for all the trouble I give you and many thanks to all other friends.

A special thanks to zombie67.

[Duke of Buckingham]

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

Karl Marx


Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca


We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.

George Washington

[Duke of Buckingham]

The children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I'm thankful to have once again seen our world through their eyes. They restore my faith in the family's future.

Jackie Kennedy


and one more Today


Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name of revolution have become, in reality, ideologies of consent and not of rebellion.

Albert Camus

[Duke of Buckingham]

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[Duke of Buckingham]

I have often noticed how primate groups in their entirety enter a similar mood. All of a sudden, all of them are playful, hopping around. Or all of them are grumpy. Or all of them are sleepy and settle down. In such cases, the mood contagion serves the function of synchronizing activities.

Frans de Waal

[Duke of Buckingham]

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

Abraham Lincoln

[Duke of Buckingham]

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[Duke of Buckingham]

Giant waves in Portugal ... follow the link
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/jan/07/giant-wave-weather-atlantic-surprise-portugal-video
Residents of Foz de Douro, Porto, watch stormy Atlantic waves roll into the bay on Monday, when suddenly one wave crashes over the sea wall, flooding the street and causing pandemonium. Waves of up to 60ft (18 metres) have been recorded along the Portuguese coast this week as coastal areas experience tidal surges
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and one more
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[Duke of Buckingham]

... and the Sea come to us ...
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[Duke of Buckingham]

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[Duke of Buckingham]

BENFICA
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THE BEST.
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[Duke of Buckingham]

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[Duke of Buckingham]

We all have to live together, so we might as well live together happily.

Dalai Lama

[Duke of Buckingham]

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.

Marcus Aurelius


Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinitely fragile and never directly inherited.

Margaret Mead


Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man.

Edward Steichen

[Duke of Buckingham]

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Winston Churchill


I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

Ernest Hemingway


A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

Don Marquis

[Duke of Buckingham]

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done!

William Shakespeare

[Duke of Buckingham]

A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

[Duke of Buckingham]

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[Duke of Buckingham]

We know that social exclusion is closely tied to the new economic world order, globalized, with free and open markets, which isn't bringing prosperity or social justice to all.
Claudio Hummes


We are not going to achieve a new world order without paying for it in blood as well as in words and money.

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.


There will never be a new world order until women are a part of it.

Alice Paul

[Duke of Buckingham]

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
Helen Keller


Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together - black, white, Chinese, everyone - that's all.

Bob Marley


In our daily life, we encounter people who are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying their own needs. There is so much anger, distrust, greed, and pettiness that we are losing our capacity to work well together.

Margaret J. Wheatley

[Duke of Buckingham]

Bad Flu to the Duke.
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[Duke of Buckingham]

Seahawks to face Broncos in Super Bowl showdown

Denver — Peyton Manning's record-setting Denver Broncos pass attack will face the Seattle Seahawks in next month's Super Bowl showdown after both teams captured tense home playoff triumphs.

Seattle, who boast the best defense in NFL, on Sunday forced three turnovers in the fourth quarter to beat San Francisco 49ers 23-17 in the National Conference final while Manning led the Broncos over the New England Patriots 26-16 in the American Conference final.

After sharing the NFL's best record at 13-3 in the regular season, the Broncos and Seahawks will meet in Super Bowl 48 on February 2 at suburban New York.

It will be Denver's seventh trip to the Super Bowl but ...

More on: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gzwhwiU7zesf3MA2_Mc9gepJqKEA?docId=d920a558-5520-4ccd-853b-4193b5caed93&hl=en

[Duke of Buckingham]

I will need to restart all from the scratch, I only see ...
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[Justgeo1]

But it is a lovely shade of blue... :)

[Duke of Buckingham]

I have choosen from here ...
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Thanks justgeo1 that was a nice sentence in the middle of my big disgrace.

[Justgeo1]

And another lovely blue image! :D

[Duke of Buckingham]

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

[Duke of Buckingham]

My mother had a horrific life. At fourteen, she was in the Nazi concentration camps. Her sense about life now is, every day above ground is a good day.

Gene Simmons

[Duke of Buckingham]

“The soul takes nothing with her to the next world but her education and her culture. At the beginning of the journey to the next world, one's education and culture can either provide the greatest assistance, or else act as the greatest burden, to the person who has just died.”

― Plato, The Republic of Plato

[Duke of Buckingham]

American people are not evil. Given information, they will do the right thing. But they're not given the information.

Tim Robbins

[Duke of Buckingham]

The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.

Albert Einstein

[Duke of Buckingham]

“observations often tell you more about the observer than the observed.”

― Chris Geiger

[Duke of Buckingham]

Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of the week.

WILLIAM DEMENT, Newsweek, Nov. 30, 1959

[Duke of Buckingham]

“Didn't Gandalf say "With great power comes great responsibility"? (If it wasn't Gandalf, maybe it was Thomas Jefferson. Or Spider-Man's uncle.)”

― Tom Angleberger, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

[Duke of Buckingham]

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.

Albert Einstein

[Duke of Buckingham]

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

Elbert Hubbard

[Duke of Buckingham]

http://tremorsintoronto.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/welcome-to-real-world.gif?w=500
The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.

Ernest Hemingway

[Duke of Buckingham]

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

Joseph Joubert

[Duke of Buckingham]

It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries has shown.

Dalai Lama


I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.

Mahatma Gandhi


In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.

Fran Lebowitz


At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self.

Brendan Francis


Anyone who doesn't regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants it restored has no brains.

Vladimir Putin


If the Union is once severed, the line of separation will grow wider and wider, and the controversies which are now debated and settled in the halls of legislation will then be tried in fields of battle and determined by the sword.

Andrew Jackson


Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one's own self.

Erich Fromm


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[Duke of Buckingham]

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

Buddha


It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Aristotle

[Duke of Buckingham]

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.

Thomas Jefferson

[Duke of Buckingham]

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion.

Thomas Jefferson

[Duke of Buckingham]

“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.”

― Seneca

[Duke of Buckingham]

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

Elbert Hubbard


Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.

Richard Bach

[Duke of Buckingham]

Love has no age, no limit; and no death.

John Galsworthy

[Duke of Buckingham]

Maybe someone like this edition for Avatar.
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[Duke of Buckingham]

“A man is like a novel: until the very last page you don't know how it will end. Otherwise it wouldn't be worth reading.”

“And everyone must lose his mind, everyone must! The sooner the better! It is essential — I know it.”

“knowledge, absolutely sure of its infallibility, is faith”

“Along the blade of a knife lies the path of paradox—the single most worthy path of the fearless mind . . . .”

― Yevgeny Zamyatin, We

[Duke of Buckingham]

Nice John Marshall
http://crash.ihug.co.nz/~marshall/aliensonline.jpg
As Arthur C. Clarke once wrote, “Either we are alone in this Universe or we are not. Both ideas are overwhelming.” There are a number of astronomers who believe we are not alone, and they want your help to show this. It is estimated that there are about 400 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy alone, and that there are half a trillion galaxies in the Universe. In their view, the sheer numbers suggest that our ...
http://crash.ihug.co.nz/~marshall/seti.htm

[Duke of Buckingham]

When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.

Bernard Meltzer

[Duke of Buckingham]

I think one of the great moments of my life was when I could write musician on my passport.

Jon Anderson



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL8-22bzrCM

[Duke of Buckingham]

Speak without quotes,
Love without question marks,
Dreaming without reticences,
Living and endpoint.

Someone like me

[Duke of Buckingham]

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[Duke of Buckingham]

There is no sign of a fever, but his wife has stated he was very hot in bed last night.

Actual Docter's Note

[Duke of Buckingham]

Elvis Presley plays his first-ever stadium gig with an afternoon show at the Texas Livestock Show that leaves him personally and professionally unfulfilled: the concert, held on a weekday, is sparsely attended, and the rotating stage in the Astrodome leaves him, in his own words, "singing to a cow." The evening show, however, would break all attendance records and restore Elvis' confidence in himself fully.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S314jVpaKFI

[Duke of Buckingham]

Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.

Robert Burton

[Duke of Buckingham]

Friendship and Courage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvNkNHrpsm4

[Duke of Buckingham]

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[artemis8]

Small things can include kids, since they are small :)

[Duke of Buckingham]

Small kids make our life more important and we get bigger and stronger for them, all our world changes and one day they are very big, but in a strange way, is the small kids they were, that we will still, love forever.

[Duke of Buckingham]

Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you're doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you.

Joel Osteen

[Duke of Buckingham]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH6eiCJ9SDs


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRzKUVjHkGk

[Justgeo1]

OMG that takes me back a few years.. "Groovy, man!"

[Duke of Buckingham]

Nice video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0FizP4O594

[Duke of Buckingham]

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Winston Churchill

[Duke of Buckingham]

I wrote this message to a friend and I thought it could be posted in here because is a bit for all of us.

There is people everywhere my friend, most of them are just too afraid to show their feelings and hide on a shell made of so many fears or behind the wall of the computing and points.

We are small children learning with the world and always afraid of losing the battles of self (and others) respect. Well if we dont go, if we hide in our choosen shell, we have already lost.

Sometimes we need someone to wake up the good feelings in us, that happens so many times in our lives thru the love of a mother, the support of a wife or the hugs and nice conversation of our friends or the the nice smile of our children but dont worry ...

We are still here, we are still alive, the indiference and bad feelings will need much more to defeat us.

Wait world, we are going to explain that what matters most cant be seen or counted, it is not in the economy and it is not in the points, it is something lighter than air that enters on one's heart and without explanation just makes us happy

http://www.jellymuffin.com/images/hugs/images/565.gif

[Justgeo1]

We need a like button on some of these posts... Thank you, Duke, for being my friend! :cool:

[Duke of Buckingham]

We need a like button on some of these posts... Thank you, Duke, for being my friend! :cool:

Thanks Justgeo, I noticed that you have a nice signature with a lot of badges in it, that makes me very happy.
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[Duke of Buckingham]

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.

Lao Tzu

[Duke of Buckingham]

In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death.

Anne Frank

[Duke of Buckingham]

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

Confucius

[Duke of Buckingham]

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

Plato

[Duke of Buckingham]

Whenever people say things like @^#$&*! I’m never sure how to pronounce it.

[Justgeo1]

I use Mork from Ork's word there... shaazbaat! excuse the spelling, I'm just guessing...

[Duke of Buckingham]

Nice justgeo1, now I can spell it and even have a picture of it.
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Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.

David Ogden Stiers

[Duke of Buckingham]

Jose Medeiros Ferreira funeral on Wednesday at 15:00

The funeral of José Medeiros Ferreira will be held on Wednesday at 15:00 in the Prazeres Cemetery, Lisbon, leaving the body of the Palace of Galveias, which is in burning chamber, at 14:30.

José Medeiros Ferreira, who died yesterday at age 72, was foreign minister of the First Constitutional Government (1976-1978), led by Mário Soares, when he worked on the development of Portugal's accession to the European Economic Community (EEC).

Medeiros Ferreira, university professor was born in Funchal, on February 20, 1942 but grew up on the island of São Miguel, in the Azores, and was deputy to the Constituent Assembly and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the First Constitutional Government. In 1985, he founded the Democratic Renewal Party, but was currently a member of the Socialist Party.

Medeiros Ferreira was associate professor of history at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of the New University of Lisbon. Was Member of Parliament (1986-1989) and was several times elected to parliament three times as head of list of PS-Azores in 1995, 1999 and 2002.

José Manuel de Medeiros Ferreira also wrote a weekly column in the Daily News and was sports commentator of Antena 1, which represented the Benfica in "Great Fans" program. He was also a regular commentator on SIC and TVI.

Rest In Peace

[Duke of Buckingham]

“Sorrow comes to all...Perfect relief is not possible, except with time. You cannot now realize that you will ever feel better and yet you are sure to be happy again.”

Abraham Lincoln


After helping those that need you, comes the most difficult moment of grief, when you are alone and then for the fist time it comes the silence and the pain for those that you have lost forever in this land.

I needed to be alone and in silence to feel, to ear my own sorrow and speak with my own grief,

Someone Like Me

[Duke of Buckingham]

The myth of unlimited production brings war in its train as inevitably as clouds announce a storm.

Albert Camus

[Duke of Buckingham]

It is with great sadness that came to my knowledge that our friend Dr Dan is passing for difficult moments as he did in the past.

Dan you always fight for your ideals and took care of the Team Musketeers since the start, so you are not man to give up to your illness. You will be in my prayers and on my small talks with God. I will ask Him for you, for your health and to give you the strengh you need to pass this dificult moment.

I ask all friends of every team to crunch for the Team Musketeers for a while and put a smile on Dr Dan face. So, when you can dedicate a week of your crunching to our friend and former member of our team.

It is always a good time to found peace in our hearts and give peace and joy to others.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZstpiBKN874

1690

[Duke of Buckingham]

Does the team fired me? 15 posts is much even for me.:p
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Maybe I can go on vacations for a while.
About the next 10 years.=))

[Justgeo1]

It is with great sadness that came to my knowledge that our friend Dr Dan is passing for difficult moments as he did in the past.

Dan you always fight for your ideals and took care of the Team Musketeers since the start, so you are not man to give up to your illness. You will be in my prayers and on my small talks with God. I will ask Him for you, for your health and to give you the strengh you need to pass this dificult moment.

I ask all friends of every team to crunch for the Team Musketeers for a while and put a smile on Dr Dan face. So, when you can dedicate a week of your crunching to our friend and former member of our team.

It is always a good time to found peace in our hearts and give peace and joy to others.





Prayers for Dr. Dan as he fight this difficult foe... I hate cancer...

[Duke of Buckingham]

I am tired of pushing the update button and looking for apps or cc_configs all the time.

BOINC community was made for people that WANT TO HELP but have NO SPECIAL SKILLS to do it. Some projects and project administrators are making of BOINC a real hell, a big confusion of choices and options.

It is for the projects and their administrators to give the best options to RUN BOINC on CPU or GPU. I dont intend to give lessons for people that are here for so many years but the reallity is that BOINC is getting worst for the common users day by day.

Of each 10 persons that come to help, 8 just go away, it is not that there are less people with the intention to help, if that was true we shouldnt have people working on SETI anymore because SETI is a basic project that people just download and IT WORKS.

There are projects that just dont work except if we push the update button or have the right apps, download the effective libraries, or look for a good cc_config, it is too much for the common user that just want to HELP.

Afterall does BOINC needs help or not because this way looks that we are doing a favor to the projects running them. It is time for administrators look for solutions to make the projects run on THE MOST SIMPLE WAY.

[Justgeo1]

I am tired of pushing the update button and looking for apps or cc_configs all the time.

BOINC community was made for people that WANT TO HELP but have NO SPECIAL SKILLS to do it. Some projects and project administrators are making of BOINC a real hell, a big confusion of choices and options.

It is for the projects and their administrators to give the best options to RUN BOINC on CPU or GPU. I dont intend to give lessons for people that are here for so many years but the reallity is that BOINC is getting worst for the common users day by day.

Of each 10 persons that come to help, 8 just go away, it is not that there are less people with the intention to help, if that was true we shouldnt have people working on SETI anymore because SETI is a basic project that people just download and IT WORKS.

There are projects that just dont work except if we push the update button or have the right apps, download the effective libraries, or look for a good cc_config, it is too much for the common user that just want to HELP.

Afterall does BOINC needs help or not because this way looks that we are doing a favor to the projects running them. It is time for administrators look for solutions to make the projects run on THE MOST SIMPLE WAY.

I agree, if BOINC wants users, the need to keep things as simple and easy as possible. I can usually manage to get things to work but I'm not as good at this stuff as I used to be... I've forgotten way too much. :)

[Duke of Buckingham]

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

Ronald Reagan

[Duke of Buckingham]

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball. ~Doug Larson


Age is a question of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. ~Leroy "Satchel" Paige


Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. ~Samuel Ullman


You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair. ~Douglas MacArthur


Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ~Chili Davis


In youth the days are short and the years are long; in old age the years are short and the days long. ~Nikita Ivanovich Panin


Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone. ~Jim Fiebig


In a man's middle years there is scarcely a part of the body he would hesitate to turn over to the proper authorities. ~E.B. White


The years teach much which the days never knew. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson


Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair. ~Sam Ewing


Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. ~Mark Twain, Following the Equator


Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. ~George Bernard Shaw


There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward. ~John Mortimer


Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. ~Maurice Chevalier, New York Times, 9 October 1960


Old Time, that greatest and longest established spinner of all!.... his factory is a secret place, his work is noiseless, and his hands are mutes. ~Charles Dickens


Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many. ~Author Unknown

[Duke of Buckingham]

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[Duke of Buckingham]

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

Henry Ford

[Duke of Buckingham]

God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do,
and the eyesight to see the difference.

[Duke of Buckingham]

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

Albert Einstein

[Duke of Buckingham]

The KenzieB Memorial Challenge

I dont believe in people that had never stumble or fallen, I have always a bad feeling about people that it is always right and often I ask, what is wrong about them?

Lately, I am beginning to question if there is anything right about those people that had never been wrong, they never made a mistake, they were never children and for sure they must despise us all made of this human condition.

What makes a great human beeing is not the times he had fallen but the times we got up and it is funny, I cant remember one time that I had got up alone, I rise by lifting others and was rised by others so many times that I just cant count.

It is the beauty of being human on this true condition that alone we lift more quickly but together we lift much more times.

Together we stand. Divided we fall.
Someone like me.

[Duke of Buckingham]

http://dinosaurcowboys.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/pony-express-map.jpg
http://dinosaurcowboys.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/pony-express-map.jpg

[shiva]

interesting map Duke. I had not seen it for a long time. thanks

[Duke of Buckingham]

Change and the world will change with you.
It is changing the present that we shape the future.

Someone like me

[Duke of Buckingham]

http://www.ccmhonline.com/sites/default/files/birthday-dog.jpg
I am old enough ... oh my, one more year passed.

[Z-TAC]

Happy birthday, Duke.

1704

[Duke of Buckingham]

Happy birthday, Duke.

1704

Nice, thank you my friend.

[Justgeo1]

Happy Birthday, my friend! Hope you have many more! %%-

[Duke of Buckingham]

Happy Birthday, my friend! Hope you have many more! %%-

Thank you justgeo1 my friend.:cool:

[John P. Myers]

Happy Birthday Duke!

[Duke of Buckingham]

Thank you JPM.:o

[Duke of Buckingham]

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[artemis8]

Happy Belated Birthday!

[Duke of Buckingham]

Happy Belated Birthday!

Thank you artemis8.:-bd

[Duke of Buckingham]

When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.

[Duke of Buckingham]

Venice, Italy
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City by the Sea by Dr. Wendy Longo

[Duke of Buckingham]

Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy.

--March 4, 1861 Inaugural Address
http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/1inaug.htm

[Duke of Buckingham]

I always tell my kids if you lay down, people will step over you. But if you keep scrambling, if you keep going, someone will always, always give you a hand. Always. But you gotta keep dancing, you gotta keep your feet moving.

Morgan Freeman


You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.

George Lucas


What winning is to me is not giving up, is no matter what's thrown at me, I can take it. And I can keep going.

Patrick Swayze

[Duke of Buckingham]

Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.

David Ogden Stiers


If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam


Family is not an important thing. It's everything.

Michael J. Fox


In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.

Alex Haley


He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.

Chanakya


Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

Andre Maurois


The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

George Santayana


Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.

George Eliot

[Duke of Buckingham]

The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in every person.

Eric Hoffer


There's a snake lurking in the grass.

Virgil


The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.

Edsger Dijkstra


In my worst moments, I think the biggest effect of 'Eats, Shoots & Leaves' was to kill the happiness of people who had previously skipped through life, unaware of all the atrocities lurking in the world around them.

Lynne Truss


“. . . there was about him a suggestion of lurking ferocity, as though the Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept.”

Jack London


“I feel that there is reason lurking in you somewhere, so we will patiently grope round for it.”

Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr.

[Duke of Buckingham]

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

Ralph Waldo Emerson


There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.

Francis Bacon


Comparison is an act of violence against the self.

Iyanla Vanzant


Doubt, the essential preliminary of all improvement and discovery, must accompany the stages of man's onward progress. The faculty of doubting and questioning, without which those of comparison and judgment would be useless, is itself a divine prerogative of the reason.

Albert Pike


The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the size of the heavens.

Nicolaus Copernicus


The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience.

Milton Friedman


Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.

Douglas Horton


Among Life's precious jewels, Genuine and rare, The one that we call friendship Has worth beyond compare.

Someone Like Me

[Duke of Buckingham]

Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.

Kevyn Aucoin

[willymac68]

I want to join the list of people wishing you a belated birthday, and I would be pround to be a friend to you, Especially if you could help me get BOINC back up on my computer

willymac68

[Duke of Buckingham]

“Judge not thy neighbor until thou art come into his place”

“Promise little and do much”

“Eat vegetables and fear no creditors, rather than eat duck and hide”

“Pride is the mask we make of our faults”

“God did not create woman from man's head, that he should command her, nor from his feet, that she should be his slave, but rather from his side, that she should be near his heart”

Hebrew Proverbs

[Duke of Buckingham]

18 Delicious Pictures of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

Since 1937, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts has been fulfilling sweet tooth cravings around the globe. The original style and production showcase allows guests to watch the doughnuts as they’re being made from scratch up until they’re boxed to sell. Here are 18 images that are simply mouthwatering.

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[Duke of Buckingham]

“What I do you cannot do; but what you do, I cannot do. The needs are great, and none of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.”

Mother Teresa of Calcutta


“Love yourself—accept yourself—forgive yourself—and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.”

Leo F. Buscaglia


“Though I know he loves me, tonight my heart is sad; his kiss was not so wonderful as all the dreams I had”

Sara Teasdale


I'd rather have a moment of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special.

Someone Like Me

[Duke of Buckingham]

“Like a sculptor, if necessary,
carve a friend out of stone.
Realize that your inner sight is blind
and try to see a treasure in everyone.”

― Rumi

[Duke of Buckingham]

If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.

Lao Tzu


Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

Soren Kierkegaard


Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Socrates


If you do what you need, you’re surviving. If you do what you want, you’re living.

Someone Like Me

[DrBackJack]

[QUOTE=Duke of Buckingham;79346][COLOR="#0000CD"][SIZE=5]If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.

Lao Tzu

So true !

[Duke of Buckingham]

Better late than never is poor consolation for the man who has lost the opportunity of a lifetime.

[Duke of Buckingham]

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Tears of a Clown by Feans
http://www.photographyblogger.net/19-cool-pictures-of-clowns/

[Duke of Buckingham]

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and the prays of my friends.

[Justgeo1]

Welcome back, my friend! I've missed you! 1740

[Duke of Buckingham]

Hey George
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[Duke of Buckingham]

Never was in a haunted house or seen a haunted room, I have on other hand seen haunted people by their past, by their fears and relationships that in spite of all efforts never leave them and with wich they never learned to live.

Someone Like Me

[Duke of Buckingham]

“When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.”

Oscar Wilde


“Cruelty and fear shake hands together”

Honore de Balzac


“A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.”

Henry Winkler

[Duke of Buckingham]

“Surely among a rich man's flowering lawns,

Amid the rustle of his planted hills,

Life overflows without ambitious pains;

And rains down life until the basin spills,

And mounts more dizzy high the more it rains

As though to choose whatever shape it wills. . . .”


William Butler Yeats



Not without lubricant

jimbojones (on the team chat)

[Duke of Buckingham]

“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”

Oscar Wilde


“True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.”

Albert Einstein


“In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.”

Buddha


“True Love burns the brightest, But the brightest flames leave the deepest scars.”

Someone like me

[Duke of Buckingham]

The existence of forgetting has never been proved: We only know that some things don’t come to mind when we want them.

~Friedrich Nietzsche

[Duke of Buckingham]

The trouble is, sometimes words are like arrows. Once you shoot them, there's no going back.

[Duke of Buckingham]

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Leonardo da Vinci

[Duke of Buckingham]

Serene Japanese Garden Pictures

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Fresh Snow and Reflections II by Greg Matchick

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Japanese Garden Bridge by Aram Williams

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Japanese garden by Ken Reardon

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Reflection of the fall colors by Mark Maxwell

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Japanese Garden Seattle, Washington by Carole Ellis

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Autumn Zen by Nathan Trivette

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Restful Places by Mike McKennon

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Spring Garden by Lisa

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A Quiet Joy by Robert Crum

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Japanese garden by Ken Reardon

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Hanami by nosha

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Serenity in Saratoga by Dawn Ellner

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Untitled by Sasquatch I

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Artist Under Bridge by Randy Robertson

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Magic Garden by Randy Robertson

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Winter Tones by aussiegall

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Untitled by Minette Layne

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Icon update by Jack Holloway

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George Eastman House Japanese Maples by Lisa Cook

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Shirotori garden by Bong Grit

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Reflections on The Japanese Garden by Rachel Sarai

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Ogród Japoński we Wrocławiu by Klearchos Kapoutsis

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[Duke of Buckingham]

“Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy.”

Nora Ephron


“A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?”

Albert Einstein

[Duke of Buckingham]

What Should You Photograph In The Yukon Territory?

Anthony DeLorenzo point of view...

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See more on:
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http://yukon.photography/

[Duke of Buckingham]

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

Bertrand Russell

[Duke of Buckingham]

Nothing that I say makes sense anymore.

Sorry for that.

[Justgeo1]

I think you always make sense, but maybe because I'm a bit crazy? :)

[Duke of Buckingham]

"The value of things is not in the time that they lasts, but the intensity in which they occur. Because of that, there are unforgettable moments, inexplicable things and incomparable people. "

[Duke of Buckingham]

STOLEN DREAMS

I am a storyteller, I do it by images and words but mainly by the imagination of the listener, I built all the details by instict, I was always that way and cant remember beeing any other way.

You see, I love to imagine the eyes of the listener wide open while drinks the story. That is what storytellers do, bridges made human dreams to give on every story a lesson, that is our gain, we give the story and in it a bit of ourselves but we always want to plant a dream on others minds.

Storytellers are always a threat. They threaten all champions of control, they frighten usurpers of the right-to-freedom of the human spirit -- in state, in church or mosque, in party congress, in the university or wherever.

All stories (most of them stolen here and there) have a curious and even dangerous power. They are manifestations of truth -- yours and mine. And truth is all at once the most wonderful yet terrifying thing in the world, which makes it nearly impossible to handle. It is such a great responsibility that it's best not to tell a story at all unless you know you can do it right. You must be very careful, or without knowing it you can change the world.

Let us go forth, the tellers of tales, and seize whatever prey the heart long for, and have no fear. Everything exists, everything is true, and the earth is only a little dust under our feet. I need to take to each mood his heaven, hell, purgatory and faeryland. I need to make the beast cry and touch the heart of the rock, I need to to awake what is sleeping and put to sleep what is awaken.

The person of everyday and in the end ... we are all chidren listening in wonder, forgotten of the person we were just a while ago and we are amazed again ... for a small while of ethernity we are the story.

That is what storytellers do ...

Ricardo Ferreira

[Duke of Buckingham]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ5u-l9Je0s
We put more than 400.000.000.000.000Kg of Carbon Dioxide since then.

[Duke of Buckingham]

If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or loss, then our lives will be empty and our loss would be greater. Unless your heart, your soul, and your whole being are behind every decision you make, the words from your mouth will be empty, and each action will be meaningless. Truth and confidence are the main roots of happiness.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength, is it the empty vessel that makes the biggest noise?

And so life goes on, full and empty, or as William Shakespeare use to say: "Hell is empty and all the devils are here."

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion, even when dressed of science or bigger opinions of the most respectable men, they are also atoms and empty space and nothing else more.

[Duke of Buckingham]

One of life's most painful moments comes when we must admit that we didn't do our homework, that we are not prepared.

Merlin Olsen

[Duke of Buckingham]

“All the lonely people, where do they all come from? / All the lonely people, where do they all belong?”
From the Song Eleanor Rigby

The Beatles

[Duke of Buckingham]

Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.

Mitchell Kapor


I can't in good conscience allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy, Internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they're secretly building.

Edward Snowden


Big Empires collapsed by the whispers and so will Internet surveillance. We cant fight big Empires on a clash war or with technology. It is by the power of the whispers that things will die. It is a pity that no country are on the way to defend freedom and so give power to dictators and installed corporations. In the darkest shadows of the corridors of power they started this but will be by the light of the whisper from the mouth to the ear that will fall.

It were not the barbarian armies that defeated Rome but the power of the whisper that drain Rome and his citizens faith, their faith on the Empire and on his power.

Great empires need great ideals because they need a constant provision of blood flowing, given by his own citizens for the sake and power of the Empire.

Always it was, always it is and always it will be.

It is the power of the whisper that drains the force and trust on the leaders and finally on the Empire people are not ready to give their blood if they are treated like enemies and spied like enemies.

Someone Like Me

[Duke of Buckingham]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X--BOo1hE1w

[Duke of Buckingham]

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.

—Zig Ziglar

[Duke of Buckingham]

The spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power.

Nikola Tesla

[Duke of Buckingham]

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[Duke of Buckingham]

Pain and love both seem to be dancing with hand in hand, always find very difficult to understand how to different things, almost the opposite of one another seem to be attached on their own eternal dancing.

Pain is the absence of love but not loving only makes life bitter, people often know they are feeling pain all the time, they are only so too use to it and nothing more.

I may feel pain when love is gone, by death or only because the other side found a different pass but there is a low price to pay for all the wonderful moments, eternal in a moment, true in only one word, real only in ones dream.

I feel really sorry for the ones than never open their heart to love because that is for me the real essence of living, between love and pain, two things that keep me awake for life.

Ricardo Ferreira

[Justgeo1]

Amen, Duke!

[Duke of Buckingham]

Thanks George.

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[Duke of Buckingham]

We are waiting for you
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come to
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[Duke of Buckingham]

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[Duke of Buckingham]

I'm tired of fighting, I want to be fought for. I'm tired of caring, I want to be cared for. I'm tired of being just me and some that are somehow ... like me,

I would like some apreciation for what we are ... because we apreciate exactly what you are (and never ask for more), I am tired of fighting (almost) alone ... for you and me. Today I am very tired, old and ill .. I am looking for tomorrow ... tomorrow ... tomorrow and you.

Today I feel alone in the crowd as if tomorrow never comes ... as if tomorrow is behind the ethernity of myselfe.

Someone Like Me

[Duke of Buckingham]

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

~Robert G. Ingersoll


Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.

~Titus Maccius Plautus


Where hope would otherwise become hopelessness, it becomes faith.

~Robert Brault


When the world says, "Give up,"
Hope whispers, "Try it one more time."

~Author Unknown


The miserable have no other medicine
But only hope.

~William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure


Hope is the physician of each misery.

~Irish Proverb

[Duke of Buckingham]

To President of the United States Barack Obama:

Congress is about to vote on the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) which makes it easier for private companies to share sensitive personal information with federal agencies.

CISA lacks any privacy or human rights protections — and it specifically fails to protect the private data of internet users outside the United States. The bill runs contrary to the overwhelming public support for more privacy, more accountability, and more data protection.

We urge President Obama to take a stand against this bill, which attacks our basic human rights, and to promise to veto CISA if it crosses his desk.

https://www.accessnow.org/page/s/CISA

[Duke of Buckingham]

We cant stop seeing our feelings as facts, they are so personal and attached to each of us, they are such a big part of us that we can't stop to treat them as facts but facts are facts and feelings are feelings.

Actions defines everyone toward others, feelings is part of the way we see the world and ourselves, most people confuse both.

Knowing your heart without fear is to find a way, the way we choose to go is a fact.

Ricardo Ferreira

[Duke of Buckingham]

Too much love, is it good or bad, can in fact exist too much love?

I can go to quotes and quotes about too much love and don't find one against it. Strange that my experience in life tell me exactly the opposite.

Too much love turn into a living hell with discussion most of the times on jealousy. Almost all of my relations ended because of too much love and not the lack of it.

Not always the other part fault, I have to confess, Immature, insecurity and sometimes just seeing things that were never there. I had discussions about women I never noticed, about feelings I never had and about people that I have never seen, I may had done the same.

The irrationality of too much love burns and hurts and destroy too much and built nothing.

This last years I tell my companions in life that I don't want so much love just need to be well treated and want to treat well also, I want to go to all places without fear of being watched all the time, I want to be myself all the time and want the same to them.

Nothing is easy or comes for free the trust between people is an everyday construction as all human feelings that depend that we feed the love on everyday, like we water a plant to become a flower and so life goes on with the warm of tenderness and some passion in the right place.


Ricardo Ferreira

[Duke of Buckingham]

Apocalipse (The Four Horsemen) Now?
Nice Pictures inspired on Ragnarok, the Bible and Islam.

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(death) by Kevin Dooley

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Everything corrodes. Everything dies. by Eddy Van 3000

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During The Famine Young Child Dying In The Gutter, China (1946) by Geroge Silk [Restored by ralph repo]

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War by Moyan Brenn

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Masks worn during experiments with Plague. Philippines, probably around 1912. by Otis Historical Archives National Museum of Health and Medicine

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Copper Horse by JonoTakesPhotos

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[Duke of Buckingham]

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I can see you, lurking behind your desk
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[Justgeo1]

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I can see you, lurking behind your desk
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No you can't, I'm hiding! :)

[Duke of Buckingham]

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I can still see a bit of you justgeo1.
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“My mind then wandered. I thought of this: I thought of how every day each of us experiences a few little moments that have just a bit more resonance than other moments—we hear a word that sticks in our mind—or maybe we have a small experience that pulls us out of ourselves, if only briefly—we share a hotel elevator with a bride in her veils, say, or a stranger gives us a piece of bread to feed to the mallard ducks in the lagoon; a small child starts a conversation with us in a Dairy Queen—or we have an episode like the one I had with the M&M cars back at the Husky station.

And if we were to collect these small moments in a notebook and save them over a period of months we would see certain trends emerge from our collection—certain voices would emerge that have been trying to speak through us. We would realize that we have been having another life altogether; one we didn’t even know was going on inside us. And maybe this other life is more important than the one we think of as being real—this clunky day-to-day world of furniture and noise and metal. So just maybe it is these small silent moments which are the true story-making events of our lives.”

― Douglas Coupland, Life After God

[Duke of Buckingham]

After many searches, meetings, disagreements, I think my most sincere intention is to feel comfortable, as much as I can, being in my own skin. Is feel comfortable even accessing, occasionally memories that I would love inaccessible, sorrows of unhealed patterns that I have not learned to turn off, while striving they can still get me.

Someone Like Me

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In Portugal, Ex-Chief of Bank Is Arrested

By RAPHAEL MINDERJULY 24, 2014

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Ricardo Salgado stepped down this month as chief executive of Banco Espirito Santo. Credit Francisco Seco/Associated Press

MADRID — The problems of Portugal’s most powerful family deepened Thursday when Ricardo Espírito Santo Silva Salgado, the patriarch and the former head of its bank, was arrested and ordered to post bail of 3 million euros by a judge leading a major money laundering and tax evasion case.

Mr. Salgado, 70, was arrested early Thursday at his home on the outskirts of Lisbon and taken to a closed-door courtroom hearing. The case involves a three-year investigation, code-named “Monte Branco” by prosecutors, centering on the activities of a Swiss asset manager working mostly on behalf of Portuguese clients.

The public prosecutor’s office did not explain why Mr. Salgado was brought back to court Thursday as part of the Monte Branco case.

Read more on http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/25/business/in-portugal-ex-official-at-major-bank-is-investigated.html?_r=0

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The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War. The amendment was bitterly contested, particularly by Southern states, which were forced to ratify it in order for them to regain representation in Congress. The Fourteenth Amendment, particularly its first section, is one of the most litigated parts of the Constitution, forming the basis for landmark decisions such as Roe v. Wade (1973), regarding abortion, and Bush v. Gore (2000), regarding the 2000 presidential election. The amendment limits the actions of all state and local officials, including those acting on behalf of such an official.

The second, third, and fourth sections of the amendment are seldom, if ever, litigated. The fifth section gives Congress enforcement power. The amendment's first section includes several clauses: the Citizenship Clause, Privileges or Immunities Clause, Due Process Clause, and Equal Protection Clause. The Citizenship Clause provides a broad definition of citizenship, overruling the Supreme Court's decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), which had held that Americans descended from African slaves could not be citizens of the United States. The Privileges or Immunities Clause has been interpreted in such a way that it does very little.

The Due Process Clause prohibits state and local government officials from depriving persons of life, liberty, or property without legislative authorization. This clause has also been used by the federal judiciary to make most of the Bill of Rights applicable to the states, as well as to recognize substantive and procedural requirements that state laws must satisfy.

The Equal Protection Clause requires each state to provide equal protection under the law to all people within its jurisdiction. This clause was the basis for Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the Supreme Court decision that precipitated the dismantling of racial segregation, and for many other decisions rejecting irrational or unnecessary discrimination against people belonging to various groups.

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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

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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? :)

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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! :)

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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

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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.

By Vanessa on 05/20/2013 at 9:00

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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".

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How the sun sees you

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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.

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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.

And that, my friend, is the way of life! The young need to find their path but there needs to always be a safe place to return to!

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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 ,,,

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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?

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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!

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Perfectly Clear 2.0 for Photoshop and Lightroom

is a nice article about the use of 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: ...

More on https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2014/09/22/access-partners-recognize-heroes-villains-on-human-rights-and-communication

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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.

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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

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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 .

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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.

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“Non nobis solum nati sumus.

(Not for ourselves alone are we born.)”

― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Silence is a source of great strength.

Lao Tzu

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Well that's a crappy way to start the day... =))

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Well that's a crappy way to start the day... =))

Only an elephant on a senator chair. Sorry bad joke. :o

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Only an elephant on a senator chair. Sorry bad joke. :o
I'm working with some sewage system professionals at work right now. My brain is full of poop-related puns.

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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.

https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2014/11/05/access-calls-for-a-rejection-of-proposed-u.s.-botnet-investigation-rule

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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

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the laferrari xx arrives this december with 1050 hp[/COLOR][/SIZE][/CENTER]
I hear that if you buy in bulk, you get a discount. Like if you buy 11, the 12th one is free. Anyone want to go in with me on that? =)) =))

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Director of SEF and President of Registers held by the Judicial Police of Portugal.

SEF is Service of Foreigners and Borders.

The national director of Foreigners Service and Borders, Manuel Palos, was arrested Thursday by the Judicial Police, as part of a corruption case.

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© D.R. BMW i5 hidrogen waiting to come out

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" Art is man's nature: Nature is God's art. "

Philip James Bailey

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Chocolate sformatino
Ingredients
200 g butter
150 g semisweet chocolate (55% cocoa)
100g icing sugar
100g milk chocolate
4 eggs

Preparation
1 Melt the chocolate with the butter in the microwave on medium power
2 Add the icing sugar and eggs, one at a time, mixing thoroughly
3 Portion in previously greased square pans
4 Bake in oven preheated to 200 ° C for 12 minutes

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2014 CBRE Urban Photography of the Year (UPOTY), Johanna Siegmann
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American photographer Johanna Siegmann of Los Angeles has been named the Americas winner of the CBRE Urban Photographer of the Year competition for 2014, while Marius Vieth of Germany was named the global winner for the annual competition.

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Americas Title Awarded to Johanna Siegmann for Image
Captured at Historic One Bunker Hill in Downtown Los Angeles

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bladerunner by Johanna Siegmann, PhotographyBlogger.net

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The importance of the mother's pampering

The pampering are not only important to increase the ties that bind the mother and the baby. According to a recent research conducted at the University of New York (USA), kiss, give lap, comfort and show love and affection not only proves to be a powerful analgesic in painful situations but also promotes a better neurological development of children.

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Hennessey Venom GT Dark Knight
http://www.seriouswheels.com/ghi/Hennessey-Venom-GT-Dark-Knight-Static-3-1680x1050.html

[Justgeo1]

Nice little car, but I'd not want one, as I would have a terrible time getting in or out of one... I'd probably spend 5 minutes for each process...

[Duke of Buckingham]

Nice little car, but I'd not want one, as I would have a terrible time getting in or out of one... I'd probably spend 5 minutes for each process...

A site for you to have a different look at the new Alfa Romeu 4C Spider, a nice page for Alfa Romeu lovers, George.

https://4c.alfaromeo.com/

[Duke of Buckingham]

http://img.s-msn.com/tenant/amp/entityid/BBfVpkH.img?h=442&w=948&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=1263&y=846
New York, EUA

http://img.s-msn.com/tenant/amp/entityid/BBfUa5y.img?h=442&w=948&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f
Mt. Ama Dablam, Nepal

http://img.s-msn.com/tenant/amp/entityid/BBfUaZZ.img?h=442&w=948&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f
Hanover, Germany

http://img.s-msn.com/tenant/amp/entityid/BBfTzp9.img?h=442&w=948&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f
São Paulo, Brazil

http://img.s-msn.com/tenant/amp/entityid/BBfTGNo.img?h=442&w=948&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f
Ohio, EUA

http://img.s-msn.com/tenant/amp/entityid/BBfTOgD.img?h=442&w=948&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f
Cairo, Egypt

http://img.s-msn.com/tenant/amp/entityid/BBfTVKc.img?h=442&w=948&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f
Chicago, EUA

http://img.s-msn.com/tenant/amp/entityid/BBfTW1p.img?h=442&w=948&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f
Hong Kong, China

http://img.s-msn.com/tenant/amp/entityid/BBfUyGm.img?h=442&w=948&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f
New York, USA

http://img.s-msn.com/tenant/amp/entityid/BBfU3Tm.img?h=442&w=948&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f
Munich, Germany

http://img.s-msn.com/tenant/amp/entityid/BBfTWCF.img?h=442&w=948&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f
Nice, France

http://img.s-msn.com/tenant/amp/entityid/BBfU4mq.img?h=442&w=948&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f
New York, USA

http://img.s-msn.com/tenant/amp/entityid/BBfU4rr.img?h=442&w=948&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f
Tokyo, Japan

and much more on http://www.msn.com/pt-pt/noticias/meteorologia/as-mais-belas-imagens-do-tempo-em-novembro/ss-BBgbKGn?ocid=mailsignout

[artemis8]

great photos

[Justgeo1]

Duke, I think you may need to explain what EUA means to some of the folks! :)

[Duke of Buckingham]

Duke, I think you may need to explain what EUA means to some of the folks! :)

DAMN, is USA in Portuguese, sorry for my mistake. Thank you justgeo.

Estados Unidos da America
United States of America

[Duke of Buckingham]

BMW i8 Concept Spyder
http://www.diseno-art.com/news_content/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/BMW-i8-Spyder-0-600x385.jpg?cf54cb

http://www.diseno-art.com/news_content/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/BMW-i8-Spyder-11-600x399.jpg?cf54cb

Some nice pictures on http://www.diseno-art.com/news_content/2012/04/bmw-i8-concept-spyder/

[Duke of Buckingham]

“Perhaps there are those who are able to go about their lives unfettered by such concerns. But for those like us, our fate is to face the world as orphans, chasing through long years the shadows of vanished parents. There is nothing for it but to try and see through our missions to the end, as best we can, for until we do so, we will be permitted no calm.”

― Kazuo Ishiguro, When We Were Orphans

[Duke of Buckingham]

The difference between men and women begins in DNA: the woman is XX, man is XY. But if the genetic distinction is known, what was not known is that smoking is especially harmful to the Y chromosome, precisely the one which determines the existence of male subspecies.

So women now can say, worst than being a man, is being a man that smokes.

[Duke of Buckingham]

All creation starts with a dot, all journey starts with a step.

Someone like me.

[Duke of Buckingham]

http://subscriptions.amd.com/newsletters/driveralert/img/dec2014/index_01b.jpg
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download?sp_rid=NzI2NzY4ODA1ODMS1&sp_mid=21816834&spMailingID=21816834&spUserID=NzI2NzY4ODA1ODMS1&spJobID=460970812&spReportId=NDYwOTcwODEyS0

http://subscriptions.amd.com/newsletters/driveralert/img/dec2014/index_03c.gif
The AMD Catalyst™ software suite is engineered to unlock new capabilities in AMD APUs and AMD Radeon™ GPUs based on GCN architecture. Download the latest update, the AMD Catalyst™ Omega driver, for enhanced performance, reliability, and energy efficiency – with no extra cost:

Early buyers of an AMD Radeon™ R9 290X who download and install AMD Catalyst Omega today can realize up to 19% faster gameplay with Civilization: Beyond Earth™1
Users of AMD’s advanced APUs like the A10 7850K can achieve up to 29% faster gaming performance with Batman: Arkham Origins™2

AMD's most feature-rich driver update

The AMD Catalyst™ Omega driver extracts the true potential of GCN architecture-enabled AMD APUs and GPUs with over 20 new software features for existing hardware

Maximize the use of your Ultra HD monitors and Picture-Perfect UltraHD technology
Built-in UltraHD upsampling with frame rate conversion and HD detail enhancement that will convert 1080p videos to near-UltraHD quality on 4K displays
Pixel-by-pixel image processing with compression artifact removal 2, VAAPI decode, and frame rate conversion for Blu-ray playback
Developer enhancements:
OpenCL™ 2.0 support to extend app content reach and functionality based on industry standards
TressFX 3.0 for rendering hair or fur onto "skinned" geometries

They sent it to my email maybe good for some crunchers

[Duke of Buckingham]

“The feelings that hurt most, the emotions that sting most, are those that are absurd - The longing for impossible things, precisely because they are impossible; nostalgia for what never was; the desire for what could have been; regret over not being someone else; dissatisfaction with the world’s existence. All these half-tones of the soul’s consciousness create in us a painful landscape, an eternal sunset of what we are.”

― Fernando Pessoa

[Duke of Buckingham]

Maybe our mistakes are what make our fate, without them what would shape our lives? Perhaps if we wouldn't have veered off course, we wouldn't be who we are today.

Someone Like Me

[Justgeo1]

Those are not mistakes, those are opportunities! :cool:

[Duke of Buckingham]

Those are not mistakes, those are opportunities! :cool:

:) Life is the only opportunity we have, not that we have only one opprtunity in life because we can have several shot in our life.

I dont know really if we have several shots because we have only one life or it is the very essence of life that comes with all those opportunities.

I learned to not spoil what I have by desiring what I have not, loving what is ours and that one day we long for, is also a big opportunity.

I live life on the present, never made my life on the future or on the past, no fear or regrets on other times.

Thank you for being always present George that is an opportunity that is in my heart.

[Duke of Buckingham]

“I do not know what the truth is,”

John Brennan Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

“These offenses, along with other errors in judgment by some at the CIA, demonstrate a tremendous failure of leadership, and there must be consequences,”

Mark Udall

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/john-brennan-cia-torture-113456.html#ixzz3LgNsoD6E

[Duke of Buckingham]

http://www.brainyquote.com/photos/r/roylsmith105772.jpg

[Duke of Buckingham]

http://photographyblogger.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ABoyAndHisBoat-e1416783995469.jpg
A Boy And His Boat by Handy Andy Pandy, PhotographyBlogger.net

http://photographyblogger.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/TreeOfLife-e1416783962635.jpg
Tree of Life by Handy Andy Pandy, PhotographyBlogger.net

http://photographyblogger.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/RainingLetters-e1416783915448.jpg
Raining Letters by Handy Andy Pandy, PhotographyBlogger.net

http://photographyblogger.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/228-LightningHill-e1416785844442.jpg
Lightning Hill by Handy Andy Pandy, PhotographyBlogger.net

More on http://photographyblogger.net/why-i-love-photography-and-why-im-never-going-to-stop/

[Duke of Buckingham]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZstpiBKN874

[Duke of Buckingham]

Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.

~Charles Dickens

[Duke of Buckingham]

I have been good this year. 1914
https://s3.amazonaws.com/live_object_images/3111/2.gif

[Duke of Buckingham]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTrar4ldUWg

[Duke of Buckingham]

Colored lights of Christmas pine flickered around the room, as small fireflies lit at the night.

Decorative socks were scattered by door handles, keeping small gifts inside.

The gifts of all shapes and sizes, waiting under the tree the arrival of Christmas Eve.

The other Christmas decorations covered the room and contrasted with Pine Tree ornaments. The background music that could be heard was "Merry Christmas", which gave the moment the perfect Christmas atmosphere.

Merry Christmas

[Duke of Buckingham]

http://www.brainyquote.com/photos/a/arthurashe371527.jpg

[Duke of Buckingham]

Seeing "The Graduate" :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JTH5VPAT4Y

[Duke of Buckingham]

An AirAsia Indonesia airliner flying from Indonesia to Singapore with 162 people on board is missing.
Flight QZ8501 lost contact with air traffic control at around 06:20 local time (23:20 GMT) over the Java Sea.
The plane, an Airbus A320-200, disappeared midway into the flight of more than two hours from the city of Surabaya. No distress call was made.


A ferry carrying nearly 500 people caught fire off the Greek island of Corfu early Sunday, trapping passengers on the top decks as gale-force winds and choppy seas hampered the evacuation.
"The fire is still burning," Greek passenger Sofoklis Styliaras told private Mega television. "On the lower deck, where the lifeboats are, our shoes were starting to melt from the heat. ... There's nowhere else for us to go. It's impossible to walk on the lower deck because of the heat."

What happens once (mostly if keeps as a mistery) can always happen twice, the end of the year calamities.

[Duke of Buckingham]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/12/19/242A5AD300000578-0-image-a-28_1419007722675.jpg

[Duke of Buckingham]

Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.

Goran Persson

[Duke of Buckingham]

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

Omar Khayyam

[Duke of Buckingham]

35 dead and 42 injured in riot in the New Year in Shanghai City

Last week local authorities announced the cancellation of the countdown with three-dimensional images that were scheduled for the place they were concerned about the crowd concentrated there.

The event started gaining popularity in recent years and last year, came to mobilize 300,000 people, a number that exceeded the expectations of the authorities.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGdoCpzuvH0

[Duke of Buckingham]

Be as you wish to seem.

Socrates

http://phillipcoupaljuicyheart.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/be-you.jpg

[Duke of Buckingham]

Sometimes it seems to me that I am always wrong but then I understand, it is only because I keep trying and trying ... and failling ... sometimes.

Someone Like Me