Duke the menace [Archive] - Page 5

Duke of Buckingham

01-21-15, 10:03 AM

“The so-called paradox of freedom is the argument that freedom in the sense of absence of any constraining control must lead to very great restraint, since it makes the bully free to enslave the meek. The idea is, in a slightly different form, and with very different tendency, clearly expressed in Plato.

Less well known is the paradox of tolerance: Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. — In this formulation, I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be unwise. But we should claim the right to suppress them if necessary even by force; for it may easily turn out that they are not prepared to meet us on the level of rational argument, but begin by denouncing all argument; they may forbid their followers to listen to rational argument, because it is deceptive, and teach them to answer arguments by the use of their fists or pistols. We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant. We should claim that any movement preaching intolerance places itself outside the law, and we should consider incitement to intolerance and persecution as criminal, in the same way as we should consider incitement to murder, or to kidnapping, or to the revival of the slave trade, as criminal.”

― Karl Popper, The Open Society and Its Enemies

Duke of Buckingham

01-24-15, 03:26 AM

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trigggl

01-24-15, 10:48 AM

It may be time to do a "Part 2", unless you're trying to reach a 'milestone' of 10,000 posts in a thread.

--> Duke the ace of men

Duke of Buckingham

01-24-15, 11:30 AM

It may be time to do a "Part 2", unless you're trying to reach a 'milestone' of 10,000 posts in a thread.

--> Duke the ace of men

Thank you trigggl. :)

trigggl

01-24-15, 11:54 AM

Thank you trigggl. :)

That's what you meant by "menace", right?

Duke of Buckingham

01-24-15, 01:14 PM

That's what you meant by "menace", right?

:)

myshortpencil

01-24-15, 02:12 PM

* * * "We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant."

― Karl Popper, The Open Society and Its Enemies

Which is to say, of course, that tolerance is illusory. So-called tolerance is simply an inactive state--the dormancy or repressing of intolerance. Intolerance is the only condition that exists at all times, in all places, and in each person.

Duke of Buckingham

01-24-15, 03:20 PM

Which is to say, of course, that tolerance is illusory. So-called tolerance is simply an inactive state--the dormancy or repressing of intolerance. Intolerance is the only condition that exists at all times, in all places, and in each person.

I almost never agree 100% on any quote but I think most clever men dont either, even when they write them.

Intolerance is a very strange and common thing, sometimes is just a small bit of ignorance other times a bit the animousity for a strange and (even) we dont known why.

This is a topic I started writting long ago but never finished, maybe I will need another life to understand it, maybe is very simple but I have not enough light to get into it.

Dont you ever forget myshortpencil, that we all are sometimes intolerantes to other human beings, you see we are never perfect as we wish.

But I keep wishing all days of my life and keep failling for less and less (I hope) , I really hope, I get there and damn so short is life for so much to learn.

Duke of Buckingham

01-25-15, 06:44 AM

The best thing about SETIUSA family is in general we very unite, yes we are all very different, stand for different values and have different opinions, in conclusion we are a family because that is just like my family.

I know that a lot of people in this team care for each other and that is so good. The best thing one can feel is a true interest of other members about some friends health or problems, of course we all have our preferences, yes just like my family.

If I could I would make an Opera called "The Family", I know it would be a masterpiece and yes once more just like my family or my SETIUSA family.

It is very difficult to me when people just go or vanish and only let behind them a big silence because we always feel we could have done better.

I would like to have more time for the team and of course for my family either.

Someon Like Me

Duke of Buckingham

01-25-15, 02:48 PM

Duke of Buckingham

01-26-15, 07:17 PM

"Our common future in Europe is not austerity, is the democracy, solidarity and cooperation."

"A Syriza government will respect Greece’s obligation, as a eurozone member, to maintain a balanced budget, and will commit to quantitative targets."

"Austerity is not part of the European treaties; democracy and the principle of popular sovereignty are."

Alexis Tsipras

"Precisamos de um novo pacto europeu se queremos superar esta crise", disse ele numa entrevista ao "Financial Times". "A crise não está só ligada à Grécia ou à Irlanda, ou Portugal. É uma crise estrutural da UE. Queremos pôr fim à austeridade e tentar negociar a nível europeu no seio de uma aliança de países periféricos", adianta. "Acho que é necessário romper com este quadro de Merkelismo e da hegemonia germânica.

"We need a new European pact if we want to overcome this crisis," he said in an interview with "Financial Times". "The crisis is linked to Greece or Ireland or Portugal. It is a structural crisis of the EU. We want to put an end to austerity and try to negotiate at European level within an alliance of peripheral countries," it said. "I think it's necessary to break with this Merkelismo above and the German hegemony."

I agree my friend Tsipras

Duke of Buckingham

01-28-15, 01:11 AM

Member of the European Parliament Ana Gomes asked on Monday the opening of the process of the prosecution statement on the selling of two German submarines to the Portuguese State.

Corruption must be punished.

Duke of Buckingham

01-30-15, 02:57 AM

“I have observed that the world has suffered far less from ignorance than from pretensions to knowledge. It is not skeptics or explorers but fanatics and ideologues who menace decency and progress. No agnostic ever burned anyone at the stake or tortur”

Daniel J. Boorstin (American social historian and educator, 1914)

Duke of Buckingham

02-01-15, 06:39 AM

"I say, the earth belongs to each of these generations during its course, fully and in its own right. The second generation receives it clear of the debts and incumbrances of the first, the third of the second, and so on. For if the first could charge it with a debt, then the earth would belong to the dead and not to the living generation. Then, no generation can contract debts greater than may be paid during the course of its own existence."

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison on September 6, 1789

"I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. So while we do not propose any war upon capital, we do wish to allow the humblest man an equal chance to get rich with everybody else."

Lincoln speech on New Haven, Connecticut on March 6, 1860.

"People are beginning to realize that the apparatus of government is costly. But what they do not know is that the burden falls inevitably on them."

Frederic Bastiat's - The Law

Duke of Buckingham

02-03-15, 03:21 AM

Yanis Varoufakis

The banking sector is completely zombified. Companies cannot get a loan. The calamity goes on, and there is absolutely nothing in sight to reverse it

THE TELEGRAPH, 19-Jul-13
Germany refuses fresh relief for Greeks as debt ratio spirals out of control

"It's important that we have a plan for fiscal consolidation to manage the debt, but it's also important that growth and jobs are a focus."

Barack Obama

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Duke of Buckingham

02-06-15, 05:29 AM

Are You Living In a Computer Simulation?
http://www.simulation-argument.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality

Duke of Buckingham

02-07-15, 02:29 AM

“Every man dies - Not every man really lives.”

William Ross Wallace

Duke of Buckingham

02-08-15, 06:54 AM

May the love hidden deep inside your heart find the love waiting in your dreams. May the laughter that you find in your tomorrow wipe away the pain you find in your yesterdays.

Someone Like Me

Duke of Buckingham

02-09-15, 10:14 AM

"The euro is weak, it is like a house of cards, if you take the Greek card the other [countries] will collapse"

"I want to warn anyone who is thinking to strategically amputate Greece from Europe that this is very dangerous."

"in recent years a cloud of fear has involved throughout all Europe. In short, we are making of us worse than the former Soviet Union"

Yanis Varoufakis

Pier Carlo Padoan said that "the Italian debt is solid and sustainable.

Damn lie

Duke of Buckingham

02-11-15, 07:39 AM

Swiss Leaks (or SwissLeaks) is the name of a journalistic investigation of a giant tax evasion scheme allegedly operated with the knowledge and encouragement of the British multinational bank HSBC via its Swiss subsidiary, HSBC Private Bank (Suisse).

Investigators allege that 180.6 billion euros passed through accounts held with HSBC in Geneva by over 100,000 clients and 20,000 offshore companies between November 2006 and March 2007. The data for this period comes from files stolen from HSBC Private Bank by a former staffer, software engineer Hervé Falciani, and handed to French authorities in late 2008. The disclosed information has been called "the biggest leak in Swiss banking history".

In February 2015 the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists website released information about bank accounts in Switzerland under the title Swiss Leaks: Murky Cash Sheltered by Bank Secrecy. The investigation was conducted by over 130 journalists in Paris, Washington, Geneva, and 46 other countries.

One thing that I cant understand or believe, is how (around) 50 countries with vey advanced police systems never knew or suspected that was happening.

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/the-swiss-leaks/

Duke of Buckingham

02-13-15, 10:34 AM

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THE DUKE

MindCrime

02-14-15, 02:57 AM

The two most important days in a man's life are the day he is born and the day he finds out why.

-Mark Twain

Duke of Buckingham

02-14-15, 04:06 AM

The two most important days in a man's life are the day he is born and the day he finds out why.

-Mark Twain

Nice MindCrime

Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.

Thomas Merton

Duke of Buckingham

02-16-15, 02:50 PM

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Duke of Buckingham

02-17-15, 07:42 AM

Milla Brown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9y4Pa9-WpE#t=12

Duke of Buckingham

02-18-15, 10:13 AM

When the wife of Neil Armstrong sent an email to Allan Needell,, curator of the Department of Space History at the Smithsonian National Air And Space Museum, did not expect the two photographs attached raised such surprise.

It was a McDivitt suitcase and several objects that her husband brought Apollo 11 mission, the first to ensure the arrival of man on the moon in July 1969.

The suitcase contained objects of the Eagle lunar module, the capsule that took Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the lunar soil - Michael Collins was in another capsule, Columbia, that would bring the astronauts back to Earth.

Supposedly, nothing of what was inside the bag should have left the moon. "It's just a bunch of junk that I want to bring back," Armstrong said at the time to Collins in a recorded a conversation.

Two of the objects are particularly important and we can see them on display Outside the Spacecraft: "50 Years of Extra-Vehicular Activity", open until March 8 at the Smithsonian National Air And Space Museum in Washington, in the United States of America.

The first is a camcorder that 16mm would be mounted on the Eagle to record the historic lunar landing.

The second is one of the staples that Neil Armstrong would have to use in the waist to rest the feet inside the Lunar Module.

http://media.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/photo/neil-armstrong-mcdivitt-purse-df3ef0365669ecd1.jpg

Duke of Buckingham

02-19-15, 04:00 AM

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23 YEARS AND KNOWING!

MESA International
HQ@mesa.org

107 S. Southgate Dr.
Chandler, AZ 85226 USA
P: +1 (480) 893-6883 F: +1 (480) 893-7775

Invitation to MESA Austria Opening Meeting 3 March 2015 in Weikersdorf / Baden near Vienna

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Invitation-to-MESA-Austria-Opening-Meeting.html?soid=1101863098727&aid=177QjjXDgHk

Duke of Buckingham

02-20-15, 03:38 AM

http://www.tsf.pt/Storage/TSF/2015/big/ng3967600.jpg
Chosen by many Presidents and other dignitaries, the "Royal Penthouse" has 12 rooms, access to helicopter, bullet-proof glass and cost at least $65,000 per night (about 57 thousand euros), reaching the $80,000.
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Nope, not enough money.

Duke of Buckingham

02-21-15, 02:55 AM

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Strange house in Portugal - Guimaraes.

Duke of Buckingham

02-22-15, 04:37 AM

Debunking the paleo diet | Christina Warinner | TEDxOU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMOjVYgYaG8

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Debunking the paleo diet: Christina Warinner at TEDxOU
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TED Fellow Christina Warinner is an expert on ancient diets. So how much of the diet fad the "Paleo Diet" is based on an actual Paleolithic diet? The answer is not really any of it.

Dr. Christina Warinner has excavated around the world, from the Maya jungles of Belize to the Himalayan mountains of Nepal, and she is pioneering the biomolecular investigation of archaeological dental calculus (tartar) to study long-term trends in human health and diet. She is a 2012 TED Fellow, and ...

Read more on http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Debunking-the-Paleo-Diet-Christ

Duke of Buckingham

02-24-15, 09:43 AM

http://www.scano.altervista.org/principale/preistarte/neolitico/arte_megalitica/dolmen/dolmen.jpg

Duke of Buckingham

02-25-15, 03:53 AM

Interesting debate
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Wireless-communication-68581.S.5975612822464323585?view=&item=5975612822464323585&type=member&gid=68581&trk=eml-b2_anet_digest-hero-10-hero-disc-disc-0&midToken=AQFo55K2PySjeg&fromEmail=fromEmail&ut=24hPsa9LbMmSE1

Duke of Buckingham

02-26-15, 12:55 AM

Mein Kampf: "damn book" will be reedited in Germany.

Duke of Buckingham

03-01-15, 08:00 AM

“The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn.”
― T.H. White, The Once and Future King

Duke of Buckingham

03-02-15, 09:53 AM

“Over the years, I have come to realize that the greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity, or power, but self-rejection. Success, popularity, and power can indeed present a great temptation, but their seductive quality often comes from the way they are part of the much larger temptation to self-rejection. When we have come to believe in the voices that call us worthless and unlovable, then success, popularity, and power are easily perceived as attractive solutions. The real trap, however, is self-rejection. As soon as someone accuses me or criticizes me, as soon as I am rejected, left alone, or abandoned, I find myself thinking, "Well, that proves once again that I am a nobody." ... [My dark side says,] I am no good... I deserve to be pushed aside, forgotten, rejected, and abandoned. Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the "Beloved." Being the Beloved constitutes the core truth of our existence.”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen

Justgeo1

03-02-15, 05:42 PM

Duke of Buckingham

03-02-15, 06:44 PM

And don't ever forget that, my friend! You are unique and special!

That was so nice my friend. Sometimes we just know we are, or so we think but the words of a friend are much more, much more ... than we ever ask for ...

Duke of Buckingham

03-05-15, 04:59 PM

Plato considered aging as part of the continuity of life of young people and adults.
"The pleasures of the mind are gradually replacing the physical pleasures, as if it were a release."
Aristotle referred to the last stage of life as the senility, the deterioration of capacity.
In the heterogeneity of aging, we always find examples to illustrate both perspectives.
Someone Like Me

“All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, ‘Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!’ This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

Duke of Buckingham

03-06-15, 07:52 AM

Black Sheep
2005

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtBRdFmj8MA

Duke of Buckingham

03-07-15, 03:20 AM

The Greeks want the same as Germany post World War II, that a single generation not have to pay for the mistakes of their parents. It is not destroying an entire generation that the world will get better, not in Germany's post-war, nor in Greece of Tsipras, nor in the other countries burdened by debts of an economically unbalanced world.

Ricardo Ferreira in a comment on a newspaper article

Duke of Buckingham

03-07-15, 03:45 PM

I am HAPPY. 2007

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exX2N05eMQw

Duke of Buckingham

03-09-15, 11:13 AM

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Duke of Buckingham

03-12-15, 08:42 AM

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Duke of Buckingham

03-15-15, 09:01 AM

The celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II will mark the beginning of a new world order. When at Putin's side will be the president of China, Xi Jinping; Iran, Ali Khamenei; Egypt, Sisi marshal; North Korea, Kim Jong-un; Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro; Turkey, Erdogan; and Tsipras from Greece among other leaders of countries like Belarus, which have always been on Moscow side in good and bad times. Obama, Merkel, Hollande, Cameron and many others will be left out, with NATO seing two of its members alongside Putin.

XXI Century Cold War will thus begin officially, although the relations between East and West have never been happier and much less friendly, so the world is not better and we must question whose fault is it before we have to go to war, even if is a cold one.

Moscow wants a new order in Europe, with new agreements on security and conventional weapons, and responds to Western offensive with strategic alliances that can quickly change the balance of power in the world. The most important is with Beijing. It's not just an energy partnership; is a military and political alliance in which the two countries are together in all international theaters. But if Moscow turned to Asia, also not forgotten the Middle East. In Iran and Syria, Russia has returned to Cairo a new old friend. The world is changing.

Duke of Buckingham

03-16-15, 09:17 AM

I have 3 rules in my life
1. never quit.
2. NEVER quit.
3. NEVER QUIT.

Mumps

03-16-15, 10:09 PM

You would obviously make a lousy gambler then. You need to know to quit while you're ahead sometimes. :)

Duke of Buckingham

03-17-15, 04:45 AM

You would obviously make a lousy gambler then. You need to know to quit while you're ahead sometimes. :)

I wouldnt know that Mumps, I never gamble at least for money. I have better (and more useful) things to spend my money.

I can understand that some games strategy is exactly to know when to give up.

My cards are always on the table, no hidding game for me or bluff, about game or life, that is how I am and like to be.

Duke of Buckingham

03-18-15, 03:01 AM

A smile from space
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Duke of Buckingham

03-19-15, 07:43 AM

Dear friends,

The Syrian air force just dropped chlorine gas bombs on children. Their little bodies gasped for air on hospital stretchers as medics held back tears, and watched as they suffocated to death.

But today there is a chance to stop these barrel bomb murders with a targeted No Fly Zone.

The US, Turkey, UK, France and others are right now seriously considering a safe zone in Northern Syria. Advisers close to President Obama support it, but he is worried he won’t have public support. That’s where we come in.

Let’s tell him we don’t want a world that just watches as a dictator drops chemical weapons on families in the night. We want action.

One humanitarian worker said ‘I wish the world could see what I have seen with my eyes. It breaks your heart forever.’ Let's show that the world cares -- sign to support a life-saving No Fly Zone:

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/syria_safe_zone_loc/?bPrgGcb&v=55481

Duke of Buckingham

03-20-15, 12:11 PM

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cineon_lut

03-20-15, 06:43 PM

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

You took that pic? That's awesome. Glad you saw it. In the U.S. we will get that treat in August 2017.

Duke of Buckingham

03-20-15, 09:00 PM

You took that pic? That's awesome. Glad you saw it. In the U.S. we will get that treat in August 2017.

It was not my picture but for sure is good enough for us to see.

Duke of Buckingham

03-21-15, 10:03 AM

“I've always been an ironic dreamer, unfaithful to my inner promises.
Like a complete outsider, a casual observer of whom I thought I was,
I've always enjoyed watching my daydreams go down in defeat.
I was never convinced of what I believed in.
I filled my hands with sand, called it gold, and opened them up to let it slide through.
Words were my only truth.
When the right words were said, all was done; the rest was the sand that had always been.”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

“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

03-22-15, 03:51 AM

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It is the name given to the act of improvising or create a solution at the last minute.

In 'good' Portuguese is called 'desenrascanço' and is one of 28 words chosen by Buzzfeed to the list of foreign terms that English should 'adopt'.

Duke of Buckingham

03-23-15, 04:49 AM

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Fireworks, Comacina Island © Diego Bonacina, PhotographyBlogger.net
http://photographyblogger.net/lake-como-italy-timelapse-video/

Duke of Buckingham

03-26-15, 06:40 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAD0BtEv6-Q&index=28&list=PLbOq6ny6I6_ng5Rau-6hV2Q1J75V_rWr1&feature=inp-em-w58-08

Duke of Buckingham

03-29-15, 08:50 AM

“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.”

― Allen Saunders

Duke of Buckingham

03-30-15, 07:22 AM

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The Butchart Gardens, Colúmbia Britânica in Canada.

Justgeo1

03-30-15, 02:46 PM

http://img.s-msn.com/tenant/amp/entityid/AAa8dRy.img?h=442&w=948&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f
The Butchart Gardens, Colúmbia Britânica in Canada.

I've been to those gardens several times in my life... this image does not do the gardens justice... they are very wonderful all year long! :)

Duke of Buckingham

03-30-15, 07:47 PM

I've been to those gardens several times in my life... this image does not do the gardens justice... they are very wonderful all year long! :)

Justice is not what it used to be anymore my friend. :)

I did my best and I still think is very beautiful. :cool:

Never been there and that makes me very sad. :((

Justgeo1

03-31-15, 03:32 PM

Justice is not what it used to be anymore my friend. :)

I did my best and I still think is very beautiful. :cool:

Never been there and that makes me very sad. :((

Vancouver Island and much of British Columbia are very beautiful, I wish you could come and see them! Of course your country also has many beautiful places that I will never see...

Duke of Buckingham

04-01-15, 09:13 AM

It is believed that the Fools Day tradition was born in France in 1564, with the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, which changed the New Year from the end of March to the 1st of January.

Duke of Buckingham

04-02-15, 07:32 AM

Galaxy BLADE edge: Chef’s Edition
http://global.samsungtomorrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/%EB%A7%8C%EC%9A%B0%EC%A0%88_main.jpg
One more Aprils Fools
http://global.samsungtomorrow.com/galaxy-blade-edge-chefs-edition/

Duke of Buckingham

04-03-15, 10:45 AM

Today we will remember those who were left without any cake. :((
http://www.msn.com/pt-pt/video/ver/hipnotizados-por-um-bolo/vi-AAalWr7?ocid=mailsignoutmd

artemis8

04-03-15, 11:01 AM

[QUOTE=Duke of Buckingham;94724][SIZE=5][COLOR="#808080"]Today we will remember those who were left without any cake. :((

Poor doggy :P

Duke of Buckingham

04-03-15, 03:00 PM

Poor doggy :P

Yes, it is artemis. :o3

Duke of Buckingham

04-06-15, 11:05 AM

Shiloh
Pittsburg Landing
April 6 - 7, 1862

On the morning of April 6, 1862, 40,000 Confederate soldiers under the command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston poured out of the nearby woods and struck a line of Union soldiers occupying ground near Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. The overpowering Confederate offensive drove the unprepared Federal forces from their camps and threatened to overwhelm Ulysses S. Grant’s entire command. Some Federals made determined stands and by afternoon, they had established a battle line at the sunken road, known as the “Hornet's Nest.” Repeated Rebel attacks failed to carry the Hornet's Nest, but massed artillery helped to turn the tide as Confederates surrounded the Union troops and captured, killed, or wounded most. During the first day’s attacks, Gen. Johnston was mortally wounded and was replaced by P.G.T. Beauregard. Fighting continued until after dark, but the Federals held. By the next morning, the reinforced Federal army numbered about 40,000, outnumbering Beauregard’s army of less than 30,000. Grant’s April 7th counteroffensive overpowered the weakened Confederate forces and Beauregard’s army retired from the field. The two day battle at Shiloh produced more than 23,000 casualties and was the bloodiest battle in American history at its time.

Duke of Buckingham

04-08-15, 03:23 AM

Frightening Balconies
http://img.s-msn.com/tenant/amp/entityid/AAaqxW5.img?h=442&w=948&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f
See more on http://www.msn.com/pt-pt/viagens/noticias/as-varandas-mais-assustadoras-do-mundo/ss-AAaxm5g?ocid=mailsignoutmd

Duke of Buckingham

04-09-15, 04:59 AM

Dear friends,

An ambitious project is underway to create the largest environmental reserve in the world, protecting 135 million hectares of Amazon forest. That’s more than twice the size of France! But it won’t happen unless Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela’s leaders know the public wants it. That’s where we come in.

Colombia has just said it is on board. Now, if we create a huge global push to save the Amazon and combine it with national polls in all three countries, we can give the Colombian president the support he needs to convince Brazil and Venezuela. All three leaders are looking for opportunities to shine at the next UN climate summit. Let’s give it to them.

The Amazon is vital to life on earth -- 10% of known species live in this magnificent rainforest, and its billions of trees play a key role in mitigating global climate change. Experts say this reserve would be a total game-changer for stopping rampant deforestation. Sign the petition now, when we reach 1 million signers, indigenous leaders will deliver our petition and polls directly to the three governments:

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/amazon_corridor_loc/?bPrgGcb&v=56542

artemis8

04-09-15, 09:23 AM

Justgeo1

04-09-15, 04:21 PM

I'm in and I posted to both Facebook and Twitter... :)

Duke of Buckingham

04-09-15, 07:00 PM

Sure. I signed the petition.

I'm in and I posted to both Facebook and Twitter... :)

Thank you. 2033

Duke of Buckingham

04-10-15, 07:58 AM

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Auckland, New Zealand
Red moon illuminates the sky during a total lunar eclipse on April 4.
http://www.msn.com/pt-pt/noticias/fotografias/as-imagens-que-marcaram-a-semana/ss-AAaDlOH?ocid=mailsignoutmd

Duke of Buckingham

04-11-15, 06:37 AM

University of Coimbra celebrates 725 years.

The university was founded, or ratified, in 1290 by King Dinis, having begun its existence in Lisbon with the name Studium Generale (Estudo Geral). Scientiae thesaurus mirabilis, the royal charter announcing the institution of the University was dated 1 March of that year, although efforts had been made at least since 1288 to create this first University in Portugal; it is thus one of the oldest of such establishments in the Iberian Peninsula. The Papal confirmation was also given in 1290 (on 9 August of that year), during the Papacy of the Pope Nicholas IV. In accordance with the Papal Bull, all the "licit" Faculties, with the exception of that of Theology, could be established. Thus the Faculties of Arts, Law, Canon Law and Medicine were the first to be created. It was, however, not to remain in Lisbon for long. In 1308, likely due to problems of emancipation from the Church (relations between the latter and the political power being somewhat strained at the time) and conflicts between the inhabitants of the city and the students, the University moved to Coimbra. This town already had old traditions in education, being home to the highly successful school of the Monastery of Santa Cruz. The university was then established on the site known as "Estudos Velhos", which corresponds roughly to the area where the Main Library now stands.

In 1338, during the reign of Afonso IV, it was once again transferred to Lisbon, from whence it returned in 1354, this time to the centre of the town which was then in full expansion. In 1377, during the reign of King Fernando, it was transferred yet again to Lisbon, where it would remain for over a century and a half. The authorization for a Faculty of Theology probably dates from this period – around 1380. In 1537, during the reign of João III, the university moved definitively to Coimbra, where it was installed in the Alcaçova Palace. The entire university institution, including the teaching staff and all the books from its library, were moved from Lisbon to Coimbra. At the same time, university colleges were created (abolished in the 19th century), a restructuring of the curricula was undertaken and new teachers, both Portuguese and foreign, were admitted.

In the 18th century, the Marquis of Pombal, Minister of the kingdom, made radical reforms in the University, especially regarding the teaching of sciences, in accordance to his Enlightenment and anticlerical creed. During many decades it was the only university in Portugal, since its foundation in 1290 until 1559 (a university in Évora operated between 1559 and 1759), and again between 1759 and 1911 (University of Lisbon and University of Porto were created in 1911). The long history and past predominance of the University of Coimbra made it an important focus of influence in Portugal, not only educational, but also political and social.

Initial steps towards some convergence of European higher education systems were taken with the signature of the Sorbonne declaration by the Ministers in charge of higher education in France, Italy, the United Kingdom and Germany, in 1998, and later, in 1999, with the signature of the Bologna declaration. The Bologna process, aimed at creating a European Higher Education Area by implementing a comparable degree structure, common quality assurance standards and by promoting the mobility of students and faculty members, was a major revolution in Europe's higher education. Globalization, technological change and increased international competition for scarce high-skilled labor highlighted the importance of making European higher education institutions attractive and competitive worldwide. A more integrated European Higher Education Market enhanced competition between European universities—a necessary condition for producing leading-edge innovations and for catching up with the US economy. In Portugal, the University of Coimbra decided to defer the adoption of the new Bologna Process model from 2006 to 2007/2008 (with exceptions authorized for a few programs on which a national consensus for change had been reached among institutions) in order to make the transition maintaining the highest standards of quality and academic integrity. Only in the 2008/2009 school year did the entire university fully adopt the new programs within its 8 faculties.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Coimbra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqB8RAPC9QM

Duke of Buckingham

04-12-15, 06:52 AM

The Duke is getting older. It is in this times that my bad memory is a good thing.

I dont know how age I am anymore. :o
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2037
The Duck

Justgeo1

04-12-15, 06:56 PM

Happy Birthday, My Friend! :cool:

Duke of Buckingham

04-12-15, 07:04 PM

Happy Birthday, My Friend! :cool:

Thank you. :)

Duke of Buckingham

04-13-15, 03:44 PM

Herdade da Comporta Portugal, A Very Beautiful Portuguese Property for Sale.
http://photos.cntraveler.com/2014/08/07/53e30224dddaa35c30f69b6e_comporta-beach-main.jpg
http://photos.cntraveler.com/2014/08/07/53e30226dddaa35c30f69b80_comporta-bicas-rental-house.jpg
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http://photos.cntraveler.com/2014/08/07/53e3022fc2d3f39d3610f1e9_comporta-restaurant-beach.jpg

https://vimeo.com/59997134
http://www.herdadedacomporta.pt/en/
http://www.livingportugalproperty.com/Herdade_da_Comporta/page_2353217.html

Duke of Buckingham

04-16-15, 07:28 PM

World War II Plane Kittyhawk P-40 Found in Sahara Desert Egypt
http://z6mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/world-war-ii-plane.jpg

Maxwell

04-16-15, 10:27 PM

World War II Plane Kittyhawk P-40 Found in Sahara Desert Egypt
That's awesome... Thanks for sharing!

Duke of Buckingham

04-17-15, 05:31 AM

That's awesome... Thanks for sharing!

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02216/factory-stamp_2216170k.jpg
and more for you Maxwell just click on the link.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/9258110/World-War-II-RAF-Kittyhawk-fighter-plane-found-in-the-Sahara-Desert-in-Egypt.html

Duke of Buckingham

04-18-15, 08:10 PM

The Economist Paul Krugman reiterated this Saturday in Athens that the austerity policy that has been applied in Europe must end and that the Greek government must keep its "red lines" in negotiations with creditors.

I am not alone some Nobel Prizes are with me, I am happy.

2039

Duke of Buckingham

04-19-15, 09:39 AM

From Jeff Altman professional of Filmworkers (Chicago, EUA)
Footage from my grandfathers trip to Lisbon, Portugal sometime in the 1950s. I’m unsure of the specific circumstances of this visit, but I believe it to be related to his serving in the US Naval Reserve.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmvfM8QfJXY

Duke of Buckingham

04-20-15, 07:10 AM

A veterinary Brenham, United States, killed a domestic cat with bow and arrow and later boasted on Facebook. The incident occurred on April 15, when the veterinary Kristen Lindsey published a photograph of a dead animal in the social network. In the legend, wrote: "My first hunting with bow and arrow, lol The only good wild cat is one that has an arrow in the head veterinary Award of the year ... Accept soon.!."

It was a domestic cat and his name was Tiger SHAME on YOU Kristen Lindsey as a veterinary you should know better than that.
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Duke of Buckingham

04-21-15, 05:43 AM

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Cold Spot suggests largest structure in Universe: A supervoid 1.3 billion light years across

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A map of the cosmic microwave background made using the Planck satellite. The Cold Spot, the ellipse at the bottom right, area resides in the constellation Eridanus in the southern galactic hemisphere. The insets show the environment of this anomalous patch of the sky, as mapped by Szapudi's team using PS1 and WISE data and as observed in the cosmic microwave background temperature data. The angular diameter of the vast supervoid aligned with the Cold Spot, which exceeds 30 degrees, is marked by the white circles. Credit: Graphics by Gerg? Kránicz. Image credit: ESA Planck Collaboration

Date:
April 20, 2015
Source:
Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)
Summary:
In 2004, astronomers examining a map of the radiation left over from the Big Bang discovered the Cold Spot, a larger-than-expected unusually cold area of the sky. The physics surrounding the Big Bang theory predicts warmer and cooler spots of various sizes in the infant universe, but a spot this large and this cold was unexpected.

Read more on http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150420084753.htm

Duke of Buckingham

04-22-15, 02:44 AM

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New Test Lets Women Pick Their Best IVF Embryo
But the FDA-approved technology for use with in vitro fertilization has yet to prove it leads to better babies
April 16, 2015 |By Dina Fine Maron

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Promising embryos will divide into even numbers of cells.
Credit: Getty Images/Gary Caviness

When sperm meets egg not every match is a winning one. That is particularly true in the petri dishes of the scientific dating game called IVF, or in vitro fertilization. For the first two or three days after the arranged coupling, scientists carefully scrutinize the budding relationship for any signs that it has veered off course. Embryos with a good shape and rapidly dividing cells receive high marks and may be selected for implantation in a woman’s womb or frozen for future use. Embryos with poor chemistry, however, are typically cast aside.

Those embryos dawdle or multiply into odd cell numbers—three and then maybe seven cells, as opposed to a healthy two to four to eight progression—and studies suggest those abnormalities may indicate embryos would not be as likely to eventually form a promising blastocyst, a rapidly dividing ball of over 100 cells. By day five that cluster of cells should form a well-defined ...

Read more on http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-test-lets-women-pick-their-best-ivf-embryo/?WT.mc_id=SA_HLTH_20150421

Duke of Buckingham

04-23-15, 04:29 PM

Não vale a pena olhar para o céu com muita fé e pouca luta.

Not worth look at the sky(heaven) with much faith and little fight.

Someone Like Me.

Duke of Buckingham

04-25-15, 02:56 AM

AWWA·QG "Progress Eagle" Quantum Airplane
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The AWWA·QG “Progress Eagle” concept plane was “born” like his brother the AWWA·VA “Sky Whale” with the same airplane’s concept, designed for improving the physical characteristics of the commercial airplane and reducing the environmental impact, in the case of the “Progress Eagle” using the future advanced technologies of the 21st century, based in Quantum proprieties (latest advances in many different ambits like, nanoparticles-properties & applications, knowledge about subatomic particles). These concepts are based on the idea of thinking about the future “Super Jets” as if they were complex mathematical equations, with its constant and variable values which ever have a fixed result on a “safe transport”, with high performance and totally environment friendly.
The “Sky Whale” was designed for a closer future, because the technology in which it is based could be feasible to produce in ten years’ time or less, is within our reach!
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More on https://www.behance.net/gallery/20804291/AWWAQG-Progress-Eagle-Quantum-Airplane

Duke of Buckingham

04-26-15, 08:47 AM

I See Fire - Ed Sheeran

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fngvQS_PmQ

Duke of Buckingham

04-27-15, 04:59 AM

Nepal earthquake videos
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/usanow/video/2015/04/26/26363877/
I am asking what should we do here in our BOINC community to try to help people in Nepal.

We could crunch for one of Nepalese teams or try to send our help to them.

I will try to be in the help of the Portuguese community to Nepal, small gifts can make a big difference on a such a poor country.

We should try to HELP NEPAL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM5WBOZmwJE

Duke of Buckingham

04-28-15, 03:10 AM

Dr Stephen Brusatte - Tyrannosaur Discoveries

Dr Stephen Brusatte, Chancellor's Fellow in Vertebrate Palaentology, delivers the second 2014 Science on a Winter's Evening lecture entitled, Tyrannosaur Discoveries.

In this lecture, Dr Brusatte introduces "Pinocchio rex" and other newly discovered tyrannosaurs, and describes how palaeontologists discover fossils, using cutting- edge techniques to study dinosaur evolution.

Recorded on 4 December 2014 at the University of Edinburgh's Michael Swann Building.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVJmPmb_LWY#t=134

Justgeo1

04-28-15, 08:54 PM

Very interesting video, and fascinating look at the science going on today. Thanks!

Duke of Buckingham

05-01-15, 03:14 AM

Very interesting video, and fascinating look at the science going on today. Thanks!

Good that you like it justgeo1.

Writing a novel is not merely going on a shopping expedition across the border to an unreal land: it is hours and years spent in the factories, the streets, the cathedrals of the imagination.

Janet Frame

Duke of Buckingham

05-05-15, 08:59 PM

Time to rest.

Duke

Duke of Buckingham

05-09-15, 05:59 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTQx_PLY8Ck
2069

Duke of Buckingham

05-12-15, 02:38 AM

“The soul of wit may become the very body of untruth. However elegant and memorable, brevity can never, in the nature of things, do justice to all the facts of a complex situations. On such a theme one can be brief only by omission and simplification. Omission and simplification help us to understand - but help is, in many cases, to understand the wrong thing; for our comprehension may be only of the abbreviator's neatly formulated notions, not of the vast, ramifying reality from which these notions have been so arbitrarily abstracted.”

― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Revisited

Duke of Buckingham

05-14-15, 05:11 AM

Rolls-Royce confirms convertible Dawn to 2016
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Let us recall that the name Dawn was initially used in 1949 and appeared in other 28 convertibles until 1954 - including the iconic Silver Dawn (in the image)

Duke of Buckingham

05-15-15, 02:29 AM

Many of the NSA’s Loudest Defenders Have Financial Ties to NSA Contractors

The debate over the NSA’s bulk collection of phone records has reached a critical point after a federal appeals court last week ruled the practice illegal, dramatically raising the stakes for pending Congressional legislation that would fully or partially reinstate the program. An army of pundits promptly took to television screens, with many of them brushing off concerns about the surveillance.

The talking heads have been backstopping the NSA’s mass surveillance more or less continuously since ...

Read more on https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/12/intelligence-industry-cash-flows-media-echo-chamber-defending-nsa-surveillance/

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A very good article.

Duke of Buckingham

05-16-15, 03:02 AM

Playboy named actress and model Dani Mathers "Playmate of the Year"
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2015/05/15/playboy-playmate-dani-mathers/27359499/

Duke of Buckingham

05-17-15, 09:22 AM

“The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What's left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.”

― Bertolt Brecht

“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.”

― John Donne, No Man Is An Island - Meditation XVII

“In the depths of my heart I can’t help being convinced that my dear fellow-men, with a few exceptions, are worthless.”

― Sigmund Freud, Letters of Sigmund Freud, 1873-1939

“Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems”

― Epictetus

“All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.”

― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear.”

― H.P. Lovecraft

“Nothing can illustrate these observations more forcibly, than a recollection of the happy conjuncture of times and circumstances, under which our Republic assumed its rank among the Nations; The foundation of our Empire was not laid in the gloomy age of Ignorance and Superstition, but at an Epoch when the rights of mankind were better understood and more clearly defined, than at any former period, the researches of the human mind, after social happiness, have been carried to a great extent, the Treasures of knowledge, acquired by the labours of Philosophers, Sages and Legislatures, through a long succession of years, are laid open for our use, and their collected wisdom may be happily applied in the Establishment of our forms of Government; the free cultivation of Letters, the unbounded extension of Commerce, the progressive refinement of Manners, the growing liberality of sentiment... have had a meliorating influence on mankind and increased the blessings of Society. At this auspicious period, the United States came into existence as a Nation, and if their Citizens should not be completely free and happy, the fault will be entirely their own.

[Circular to the States, 8 June 1783 - Writings 26:484--89]”
― George Washington, Writings

Duke of Buckingham

05-19-15, 06:28 AM

Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão.
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© By Motormais magazine - McLaren P1

Duke of Buckingham

05-20-15, 12:44 PM

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:jlyM6vpg3NglDM:http://web.telia.com/~u20600702/assets/images/a_al_bundy_katt.jpg&t=1

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Duke of Buckingham

05-21-15, 03:29 AM

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Congratulations for the 500 years of "The Tower of Belem" in Lisbon. (Torre de Belém - Lisboa).
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Author=Carlos Luis M C da Cruz

Duke of Buckingham

05-22-15, 11:28 PM

Passed all day in the hospital and only got out at 4:15AM, no time for posting.

myshortpencil

05-23-15, 08:13 AM

Passed all day in the hospital and only got out at 4:15AM, no time for posting.
Sorry to hear about that. I hope the nurses' hearts haven't been broken by your leaving. :)

Duke of Buckingham

05-23-15, 08:49 AM

Everything good till now myshortpencil, except for some broken hearts. :)
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Justgeo1

05-23-15, 06:13 PM

Take care of yourself, my friend!

Duke of Buckingham

05-23-15, 07:39 PM

I will my good friend justgeo1.

Duke of Buckingham

05-25-15, 04:17 AM

Nice video about the Natural Reserve of Baião and the Rally of Portugal 2015.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAHnxr8tK5g

Duke of Buckingham

05-26-15, 09:29 AM

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Justgeo1

05-26-15, 04:01 PM

Duke of Buckingham

05-26-15, 04:25 PM

Is there something you'd like to say, since you're so quiet and all... :)

Yes, I still have something more to say ...

Maybe this one is special for you.

Laugh so hard that even sorrow smiles at you.

Live life so well that even death loves to see you live.

Someone like me.
2095

Duke of Buckingham

05-30-15, 08:04 AM

“Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.”

Someone Like Me.

Justgeo1

05-30-15, 04:22 PM

Duke of Buckingham

06-01-15, 08:04 AM

“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”

Friedrich Nietzsche

“Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”

Mark Twain

Duke of Buckingham

06-03-15, 06:53 AM

Life is a maze. Don't just gaze. Change your pace, to win the race.

Duke of Buckingham

06-05-15, 06:13 AM

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Ingredients

1 cup (tea) of oil
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 large onion, chopped
300 g of chicken cut into pieces
2 tomatoes, peeled and chopped seeds
2 bell peppers (red and yellow), seeded cut into strips
300 g of squid cut into rings
2 cups (tea) of fresh pea
salt to taste
2 tablespoons (soup) of saffron
2 cups (tea) rice
500 ml of hot water
400 g of cleaner shrimp
6 large fried shrimp to decorate

Preparation

1 Reserve 2 tablespoons (soup) of olive oil and heat the remaining to sauté the garlic and onion. Add the chicken and fry on all sides to stay well browned. Add the tomatoes, the peppers (reserve some strips for garnish), the calamari and peas. Season with salt and cook for about 10 minutes.
2 Add the saffron, rinsed and drained rice and hot water. Stir and cook until the rice is tender.
3 Add the cleaned shrimp and aferventados. Mix and hang up. Garnish with the reserved prawns and chili strips.

Suggestions

You can also put seafood in this dish, it is a delight!

Maxwell

06-05-15, 11:18 AM

Well I just had a foodgasm... =))

Justgeo1

06-05-15, 09:07 PM

Looks WONDERFUL!

Duke of Buckingham

06-06-15, 07:57 PM

Nice:)

I hope you all liked it.

Duke of Buckingham

06-09-15, 05:20 AM

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The tornado occurred moments after strong winds had raised the sand of the beaches, particularly on Troia (Portugal), which led people to leave the beaches. In Entroncamento (Portugal) the wind knocked down a tree. No victims except the tree.:o

Duke of Buckingham

06-12-15, 10:01 AM

Every year, on the 13th of June, thousands of people gather in the churchyard of St. Anthony in Lisbon, to participate in the procession in honor of the patron saint of the city. During the afternoon, the people of Lisbon who join pilgrims from Italy, Spain, France, Brazil, Africa and around the world, walk of the Alfama district ending at Lisbon Cathedral.

AND THEN PARTY on all LISBON because is the day of the city.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=467WMjs77nc

Duke of Buckingham

06-17-15, 10:17 AM

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Are you there?
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Who, me!

Duke of Buckingham

06-18-15, 09:31 AM

With Pope Francis expected to release a major statement on climate change on 18 June, researchers and religious scholars are weighing in on what they expect the statement to say—and debating how much impact it may have.

Duke of Buckingham

06-20-15, 06:15 AM

Dude Crush
http://www.thephotoargus.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/es3.jpg
Smoke is such a mysterious subject to shoot. It’s really unknown as to what your going to get until you start shooting and later look at what you’ve captured. The smoke can create the most interesting shapes and take on familiar forms. Below are great examples of this process. What forms can you see the smoke assume?

A nice study about smoke on photography more on http://www.thephotoargus.com/30-ethereal-examples-of-smoke-photography/

Duke of Buckingham

06-21-15, 08:04 AM

In December 1844, it was founded on the initiative of José Bernardo da Costa Cabral, the Company of Public Works, one of the main objectives the construction of a railway between Lisbon and Spain, and a railway and maritime interface in the Portuguese capital ; this season, it would be called Pier of America or Pier of Europe, allow passengers by train from all over Europe direct transfer onto cruise ships bound for América.

The original plan to build this interface defended its installation in Memorial Pier; however, in December 1852, the Thomas Rumball engineer proposed two alternatives, with the casting of Lisbon, or near the Largo do Intendente. Another engineer, Harcourt White also rejected, in January 1853, the option of the soldiers Pier, stating that there was, in that place, enough space to build the station; instead, he suggested that it was located next to the river, after the Church of the Angels in Xabregas where, at that time, there was very clear. An executive committee was appointed to plan the construction of the Lisbon station, which proposed the installation of this building in the area of Obidos Conde Rock, with capacity for passengers and freight; one of the lines continue to the nearby customs of Lisbon, in the Palace Square, where it would be built another estação. The construction of the rail link to Spain started up this year, in order of Fontes Pereira de Melo,

The final draft for building the Memorial Pier was approved by the Government on March 8, 1854; this plan had different railway stations for passengers and goods, workshops for repair, stables to house the rolling stock, and several service roads. For the passenger building, it had already been obtained in 1852 the former Convent of Santa Apolónia but it would be necessary to demolish Arsenal Army, which at the time there was. It began, of course, the construction of a rail link and a marginal wharf for goods to the Customs Lisbon and, for this, need to gain ground on the Rio Tejo.

However, when it opened the first section of the Eastern Railway Track, between Carregado and Lisbon on 28 September 1856, it had not yet started the construction of this station, and the terminal was installed in a provisional building next to the Palace of Coimbra.

The project was carried out by Angel Arribas Ugarte, and the work was conducted by engineer-director, João Evangelista de Abreu, and the chief engineer, Lecrenier. The building was carries out by Oppermann construction company. The station was opened on 1 May 1865. In 1873, enters the service the first line of American cars in Lisbon, connecting the Santa Apolonia station to Santos.

Hosted between 1967 and 1989, the international service TER Lisbon Express, which made the connection between the Portuguese capital and Madrid.

In December 2007, the station was connected to the network of the Lisbon Metro (Blue Line).

The Mayor of Lisbon, Antonio Costa, defended in 2008, the station was to close the railway business and move to serve the cruise terminal.

The Councilman of Urbanism from the Chamber of Lisbon, Manuel Salgado, defended, 'a vision of the future', the closure of the Santa Apolonia train station to make way for a green space that links the Tagus river.

Are you mad Manuel Salgado?

Duke of Buckingham

06-22-15, 06:58 AM

I like this site a lot of interesting things and comments.
http://www.automation.com/

Duke of Buckingham

06-24-15, 01:09 PM

“I am the miracle.”

Buddha

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”

Oscar Wilde

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be”

Lao Tzu

Duke of Buckingham

06-26-15, 06:21 AM

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Sumatra, Indonesia
A resident put pesticide in a field while watching ashes of Mount Sinabung volcano during an eruption in Tiga Serangkai village on 24 June.

Duke of Buckingham

06-27-15, 08:38 AM

Food and more food a nice commercial to see
http://www.msn.com/pt-pt/noticias/other/v%C3%ADdeo-deixa-qualquer-amante-da-comida-a-salivar/vi-AAc6hnj?ocid=mailsignoutmd

Duke of Buckingham

06-28-15, 07:44 AM

Portugal 5 - Germany 0
Soccer
On the access to the European final of U21 against Germany after winning Group A with a victory against England (1-0) and draws against Italy (0- 0) and Sweden (1-1).
VERY NICE
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Duke of Buckingham

06-29-15, 07:59 PM

Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.

Austin O'Malley

The neck on which diamonds might have worthily sparkled, will look less tempting when the biting winter has hung icicles there for gems.

Samuel Lover

I thought of America as Natalie Wood and Bob Wagner sprawled on the edge of a Hollywood swimming pool biting into the same red apple.

Bharati Mukherjee

Duke of Buckingham

07-01-15, 06:34 AM

Young woman was arrested after refusing to wash her husband's clothes.

The story of Dulce García Requena, 21, is shocking the world. According to the publication 'La Policiaca', the case happened in México. Edgar Perez, 26, claimed that when he got home, the woman had not washed his clothes and ended up arguing.

Outraged by the Dulce position, Edgar made complaint alleging that he had been insulted and threatened. Dulce was arrested, also according to the same publication, the girl ended up in jail for 12 hours for not having money to pay the bail.

http://www.corrections.com/system/article/image/23873/woman-in-Jail.jpg?1268665549

Duke of Buckingham

07-04-15, 02:58 AM

Cats images.
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There can be only one ...
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Duke of Buckingham

07-05-15, 02:47 AM

A baby with one year old went blind after being operated at a tumor in the left eye. The medical team, however, and mistakenly operated on him the wrong eye. The incident took place in Mexico, in a medical facility in Obregon. The child, Jonathan Valdez Fernando Ayala, had a malignant tumor in her left eye and could not see.

The child underwent chemotherapy, but the doctor, Armando Cisneros, considered that this was not having any effect and decided that the eye had to be removed. However, a mistake led that the child ran out of the right eye, going blind.

The child's parents are suing the medical staff for negligence and want to be compensated.

The doctor however defended himself saying that withdrew the right eye because he also detected a tumor. Parents do not believe in this theory, since in this case, should have been both eyes removed, something that did not happen.

The Mirror reports that are being made analyzes to ascertain the veracity of such information.

The case has already been reported to the police and an internal investigation is now being carried out.

A Duke translation of this article http://www.msn.com/pt-pt/saude/medico/crian%C3%A7a-com-tumor-na-vista-%C3%A9-operada-ao-olho-errado-e-fica-cega/ar-AAcy2PJ?ocid=mailsignoutmd

Duke of Buckingham

07-06-15, 10:00 AM

OPA presents conceptual cliffside casa brutale on the aegean sea
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Duke of Buckingham

07-07-15, 07:36 AM

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Gross government debt as a percentage of gross domestic product plotted through the fourth quarter of 2014.

Mumps

07-07-15, 08:40 PM

We certainly don't want to add the United States on those graphs... We'd need a totally different scale. :))

zombie67

07-07-15, 09:36 PM

We certainly don't want to add the United States on those graphs... We'd need a totally different scale. :))

+1

We have so thoroughly screwed our kids, and their kids, and their kids. Maybe more. It is the largest theft in the history of the world by many orders of magnitude. We are a selfish, selfish generation, living far beyond our means.

The children in Greece are right to be pissed and justified say "no" to shouldering the debt their parents and grandparents created. But that doesn't make the debt go away. Loans must be paid.

Mumps

07-07-15, 10:39 PM

Not according to American law. Just file for bankruptcy and make most of your debt go away with almost no ramification... Sucks that so many people think it's that easy.

zombie67

07-07-15, 11:21 PM

Not according to American law. Just file for bankruptcy and make most of your debt go away with almost no ramification... Sucks that so many people think it's that easy.

Yeah, bankruptcy works for people. But for not nations, or states, and the people that fund them. Independent nations can just print more money, at the cost of currency devaluation. EU members cannot. Just like California cannot print its way out of our debt. Just like Greece. So we (and other states like Illinois and NY) will have to rely on the responsible states to bail us out of our State level debt. Just like Greece.

Mumps

07-08-15, 12:09 AM

I ain't bailing nobody out of nuttin'. My state has Billion dollar projects lined up one after the other through 2030 with these damned roads. :)

EDIT: And states can do like WI did. Just tell your creditors you'll be "deferring" those payments until after the next election...

Duke of Buckingham

07-08-15, 03:58 AM

http://cdn.tradingeconomics.com/charts/united-states-government-debt-to-gdp.png?s=usadebt2gdp&v=201507021606
The United States recorded a Government Debt to GDP of 101.53 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2013. Government Debt to GDP in the United States averaged 60.81 percent from 1940 until 2013, reaching an all time high of 121.70 percent in 1946 and a record low of 31.70 percent in 1974. Government Debt to GDP in the United States is reported by the U.S. Bureau of Public Debt.

The problem with Greece is the origin of the debt. Capitalism is by definition of risk on the loans between the 2 parts, when banks loan money to someone that cant pay don't receive it back. Well that was the problem because the money from Troika was to pay the banks (mostly in Germany and France) and not to Greece. Loans must be paid but when private banks loan money to someone that can never pay, it is their risk, according to capitalism laws.

They socialize the losses and privatized the gains of the banks, no money went to Greece on all this process, anyway this is a most complex issue that is in discussion for very long. If we cant take politics out of economy, it is time to look for a new economics theory because what happens now is not fair and for sure DEMOCRACY is more important than econmy.

A very Democratic Duke

Duke of Buckingham

07-09-15, 03:27 AM

Guy Verhofstadt and Alexis Tsipras plenary speech on Greece (FULL SPEECH) 8 Jul 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB7qi4GLwMo
Finally words of wisdom, now courage is needed.

Duke of Buckingham

07-10-15, 03:13 AM

“We were all a little bit afraid of what might happen, but we put on our engineering hats and we went down our checklist and we did what needed to be done to recover that spacecraft to operational mode,”

Alice Bowman, mission operations manager for New Horizons (Pluto Mission)

Duke of Buckingham

07-11-15, 02:05 PM

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Athens, Greece
a couple watching the sunset from Lycabettus Hill on July 7.

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Kathmandu, Nepal
A woman sings a Tibetan song to celebrate the 80th birthday of their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on July 6.

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Gujranwala, Pakistan
Pakistan Army soldiers formed a human chain while conducting a search operation of victims of a train fell into a canal due to the collapse of the bridge on 3 July.

http://www.msn.com/pt-pt/noticias/fotografias/as-incr%C3%ADveis-imagens-da-semana/ss-AAcN1CU?ocid=mailsignoutmd

Duke of Buckingham

07-12-15, 06:52 AM

Ferrari 488 GTB
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Duke of Buckingham

07-13-15, 12:02 PM

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Heidi Klum, 41

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Cindy Crawford, 48

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Heather Graham, 44

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Stephanie Seymour, 46

Duke of Buckingham

07-15-15, 06:09 PM

It's the end of the summer. It's the end of it all. Those days are gone, it's over now, we're moving on.

Theory Of A DeadMan

More wood for the fires, loud neighbours flashlight riveries caught in the headlights of a truck.

System Of A Down

When you're young, everything feels like the end of the world. But it's not. It's just the beginning.

Someone Like me

What's the point of a promise, the world is full of lies, and money is never honest, true hearts fighting greed, green prevails the root is deep, devils continue planting seeds, Imagine a lion without his pride, it's like dying inside, what's the use in trying to survive, blessed with an open mind, I'm not trying to fit in, I'm fine with being one of a kind.

Cody Joseph

Societies in decline have no use for visionaries. I cry when angels deserve to die.

“Why so much grief for me? No man will hurl me down to Death, against my fate. And fate? No one alive has ever escaped it, neither brave man nor coward, I tell you - it’s born with us the day that we are born.” - Homer, The Iliad

Someone Like Me

Duke of Buckingham

07-16-15, 03:27 PM

For years they’ve poisoned rivers, devastated forests and displaced communities, and now massive companies are rushing to dig up the seabed for precious metals.

Twenty-four people can stop this plunder of our planet’s most fragile places, and they're meeting this week!! The International Seabed Authority normally attracts as little attention as an underwater mine miles offshore, but our community can change that.

A few countries have agreed full or partial bans, and leading scientists just appealed for a freeze on deep sea mining contracts. Let’s amplify their message with a million-strong call, take out newspaper ads to hand deliver to each delegate, then publish their names and their responses. Add your voice and share this widely.

Sign this petition on:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/deep_sea_mining_en_dn1/?bPrgGcb&v=62024

Duke of Buckingham

07-17-15, 06:31 AM

Four Germans, three Poles, two French, an Australian, a Dutch and a Ukrainian were today formally accused from the Greek authorities of damage crime on public property, following the violent protests that took place yesterday, Wednesday, in the evening near the Parliament in Athens.

Duke of Buckingham

07-18-15, 06:42 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6oRIXa8vK8&feature=youtu.be
Brad telling a guy in the crowd in Broomfield, Co to not hit a woman. Then promptly had him escorted out! Go Brad! Video By Melissa Nichols!!!!! Thanks!!!!!

Duke of Buckingham

07-20-15, 04:54 AM

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Duke of Buckingham

07-22-15, 04:13 PM

“She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances. She was a prism through which sadness could be divided into its infinite spectrum.”

― Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated

Duke of Buckingham

07-23-15, 03:23 AM

Jazmin Grimaldi
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The young Lady is the result of an extra-marital relationship between the Prince of Monaco and the American Tamara Rotolo.

Duke of Buckingham

07-24-15, 05:32 AM

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Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Nets Historic Cash Infusion
With a $100-million donation, billionaire Yuri Milner plans to revolutionize the astronomical quest to find alien life
By Lee Billings | July 20, 2015

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Pictured before their presentation at the Royal Society in London, venture capitalist Yuri Milner (left) and cosmologist Stephen Hawking (right) announced Milner's Breakthrough Listen initiative, a $100 million decadal program to reinvigorate the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
Stuart C. Wilson / Copyright: 2015 Getty Images

Is the cosmos filled with chatty alien civilizations or is Earth a lonely spark of life in a sterile universe? Russian billionaire Yuri Milner wants to know, and has committed to spending at least $100 million to support the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). Efforts to listen for interstellar messages date back to the 1960s but funding has often proved as elusive as the aliens themselves. NASA’s SETI efforts, which ran from the 1970s to the 1990s, consumed about $110 million across 20 years, according to the agency’s former chief historian, the astronomer Steven Dick, who calls today’s announcement a “sea change” in SETI funding.

Announced today at a press conference in London, Milner’s Breakthrough Listen initiative provides 10 years of funding for what promises to be the most exhaustive and far-seeing SETI program in history when it begins observations in 2016. Breakthrough Listen will be directed by an advisory committee of prominent scientists chaired by Sir Martin Rees, the U.K.’s Astronomer Royal. The program is accompanied by another related effort, Breakthrough Message, devoted to crafting crowdsourced messages from ...

Read more on http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/search-for-extraterrestrial-intelligence-nets-historic-cash-infusion/?WT.mc_id=SA_SPC_20150723

Duke of Buckingham

07-25-15, 05:07 AM

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Grazalema, Spain
People hold up a window as the bull is on the loose at the festival 'Toro de Cuerda' on 20 July.

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Washington, D.C., USA
The police arrest a protester named Danilo Maldonado having spread red ink on your clothing while raising ceremony of the Cuban flag.

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Region of Argos, Greece
An airplane tries to fight a local fire in Argólida zone.

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Azores, Portugal
Ginger Huber of the United States plunges off a cliff 20 meters during the first round of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series on July 17th in Vila Franca do Campo.

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Frankfurt, Germany
A three-day baby sleeps in his mother's womb in the zoo of Frankfurt.

More on http://www.msn.com/pt-pt/noticias/fotografias/as-imagens-que-marcaram-a-semana/ss-AAdqKNU?ocid=mailsignoutmd#image=42

Duke of Buckingham

07-26-15, 04:38 AM

10 Landscape Photography Tutorials to Help You Shoot Like A Pro/

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National Geographic Landscape Photography Tips

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Finding Perspectives in the Landscape

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Ensure Maximum Depth of Field

and much more on http://www.thephotoargus.com/10-landscape-photography-tutorials-to-help-you-shoot-like-a-pro/

Duke of Buckingham

07-27-15, 05:07 AM

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Mike Tyson is in the Red Bull Arena prepared to cheer for Benfica.

Duke of Buckingham

07-28-15, 07:11 AM

“Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.”

― Frank Herbert

“So, in the interests of survival, they trained themselves to be agreeing machines instead of thinking machines. All their minds had to do was to discover what other people were thinking, and then they thought that, too.”

― Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions

Duke of Buckingham

08-01-15, 06:44 AM

“When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky”

Buddha

“Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You're going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.”

Anthony Robbin

“A hug is the perfect gift; one size fits all, and nobody minds if you exchange it.”

Someone Like Me

Duke of Buckingham

08-05-15, 05:38 PM

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Maxwell

08-05-15, 05:44 PM

Duke of Buckingham

08-05-15, 06:04 PM

Amen!

I'm SUPER excited for this season, because we ended up getting DirecTV with my recent move. And as a new customer, I get NFL Sunday Ticket (which gets me access to every single game, not just ones in my home market). Of course, this means my wife will become a complete football widow this season, but whatever... =))

https://bettingarticles.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/football-season.jpg

Bryan

08-05-15, 09:19 PM

Amen!

I'm SUPER excited for this season, because we ended up getting DirecTV with my recent move. And as a new customer, I get NFL Sunday Ticket (which gets me access to every single game, not just ones in my home market). Of course, this means my wife will become a complete football widow this season, but whatever... =))

Unless you want to buy it next year be sure to "opt out" after the season is over. If you don't then next year you will automatically be signed up for it again.

Mumps

08-05-15, 11:11 PM

And it can't be cancelled or refunded once the season starts...

Maxwell

08-06-15, 06:41 PM

Unless you want to buy it next year be sure to "opt out" after the season is over. If you don't then next year you will automatically be signed up for it again.
BELIEVE me - I'm on top of that...

Duke of Buckingham

08-08-15, 01:13 AM

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Hiroshima, Japão
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Duke of Buckingham

08-18-15, 08:13 PM

"The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it."
- Dale Carnegie

"No pressure, no diamonds."
- Mary Case

"Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict -- alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence."
- Dorothy Thompson

"You can't shake hands with a clenched fist."
- Indira Gandhi

"There are three ways of dealing with difference: domination, compromise, and integration. By domination only one side gets what it wants; by compromise neither side gets what it wants; by integration we find a way by which both sides may get what they wish."
- Mary Parker Follett

"Where all think alike, no one thinks very much."
- Walter Lippmann

"The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations."
- David Friedman

Duke of Buckingham

08-22-15, 07:52 AM

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Caloris Basin, Mercury
Built in the early days of the solar system, the Caloris basin on Mercury is the result of the impact of a gigantic body, the size of a large asteroid. The image was captured by the Messenger probe.

Duke of Buckingham

10-11-15, 06:26 AM

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Duke of Buckingham

10-24-15, 03:01 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UUYjd2rjsE
"Send Me An Angel"

The wise man said just walk this way
To the dawn of the light
The wind will blow into your face
As the years pass you by

Hear this voice from deep inside
It's the call of your heart
Close your eyes and you will find
The passage out of the dark

Here I am
Will you send me an angel?
Here I am
In the land of the morning star

The wise man said just find your place
In the eye of the storm
Seek the roses along the way
Just beware of the thorns

Here I am
Will you send me an angel?
Here I am
In the land of the morning star

The wise man said just raise your hand
And reach out for the spell
Find the door to the promised land
Just believe in yourself

Hear this voice from deep inside
It's the call of your heart
Close your eyes and you will find
The way out of the dark

[4x]
Here I am
Will you send me an angel?
Here I am
In the land of the morning star

Duke of Buckingham

11-05-15, 05:52 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9-3RZkzpwM

No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes

No one knows what it's like
To be hated
To be fated
To telling only lies

But my dreams
They aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be

I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free

No one knows what it's like
To feel these feelings
Like I do

And I blame you

No one bites back as hard
On their anger
None of my pain and woe

Can show through

But my dreams
They aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be

I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free

When my fist clenches, crack it open
Before I use it and lose my cool

When I smile, tell me some bad news

Before I laugh and act like a fool

If I swallow anything evil

Put your finger down my throat

If I shiver, please give me a blanket

Keep me warm, let me wear your coat

No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes.

The Who - Behind Blue Eyes

Duke of Buckingham

12-14-15, 04:47 AM

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Justgeo1

12-14-15, 08:58 PM

Nope, just for falling... :)

Duke of Buckingham

12-16-15, 03:07 AM

The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling back into the great subterranean pool of subconscious from which it rises.

Sigmund Freud
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Duke of Buckingham

12-31-15, 11:34 AM

And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.

Rainer Maria Rilke

Happy new year to all.
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artemis8

12-31-15, 11:43 AM

Happy New Year Duke, and everyone else too!

Justgeo1

12-31-15, 09:46 PM

Happy New Year, my friend!

And to all my friends on our team! :)

Duke of Buckingham

01-01-16, 07:08 AM

Thank you artemis and justgeo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIB2nkUfeWw

Duke of Buckingham

01-11-16, 09:10 PM

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9nXRMgm-7B8/hqdefault.jpg

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

Justgeo1

01-11-16, 11:04 PM

Welcome back, my friend!

Dave gpu

01-12-16, 08:24 PM

Good to have you back Duke <:-P

Duke of Buckingham

01-17-16, 05:58 PM

Thank You George and David

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmea5ET_n9g

Shandia

01-18-16, 03:42 AM

Wait a sec. Are you actually up and running again? It's about time!

Duke of Buckingham

01-20-16, 05:47 AM

Hello Shandia, it is good to be back.
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Duke of Buckingham

01-28-16, 05:48 AM

The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.

Alfred Hitchcock

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

Buddha

Justgeo1

01-28-16, 11:15 PM

Duke of Buckingham

01-29-16, 12:00 AM

Very good that you liked George.

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The formation of clouds and sunshine created this effect that many compared to the hand of God

The images, captured by blogger Rogerio Pacheco, are running world. Show a cloud formation on the island of Madeira with an orange light in a way that many have compared to the "Hand of God".

http://www.msn.com/pt-pt/noticias/sociedade/m%C3%A3o-de-deus-sobre-a-madeira/ar-BBoO7QX?li=BBoPWjC&ocid=mailsignoutmd

Duke of Buckingham

02-10-16, 02:38 AM

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Lisbon near my house now in New York Times 2016/02/04.

Read and see more on http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/02/04/travel/where-to-go-in-lisbon.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=1

Justgeo1

02-11-16, 12:58 AM

Looks like a great place to live! Lots of open space! :)

Duke of Buckingham

02-12-16, 08:20 PM

Looks like a great place to live! Lots of open space! :)

Very nice place George, sometimes our eyes see things that are not visible to our heart and sometimes is just the opposite.
In any journey, in every moment we are full of wonder of the images that sometimes are terrible to our heart.

Damn Crazy Duke

Duke of Buckingham

02-13-16, 06:31 PM

“The more time we spend interconnected via a myriad of devices, the less time we have left to develop true friendships in the real world.”

― Alex Morritt, Impromptu Scribe
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Duke of Buckingham

03-27-16, 04:44 AM

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Sleep is that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.
Thomas Dekker

Sleep is the best meditation.
Dalai Lama

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
Aeschylus

There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.
Homer

Duke of Buckingham

04-04-16, 03:31 AM

In https://panamapapers.icij.org/ or in the German newspaper “Süddeutsche Zeitung”

An unprecedented information leak raised the curtain on illegal trade and movement of capital strategies using companies based in tax havens - the called offshores. Vladimir Putin, the king of Saudi Arabia, the Icelandic Prime Minister, the Ukrainian president, the president of Argentina several world former political leaders. Pause for breath. Lionel Messi, the actor Jackie Chan, the Russian musician Sergei Roldugin, many other politicians (there are 128 world leaders, in all), businessmen, drug traffickers and law firms, the sons of prime ministers, powerful childhood friends heads of state, nephews other presidents. The list is extensive and involved in what will be one of the largest cases of global corruption contained in the many millions of pages of data to the German newspaper "Süddeutsche Zeitung" had access and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (Ciji) released.

In the eye of the storm comes a particular law firm - the Mossack Fonseca, a discreet but powerful company based precisely in Panama and the powerful resorted to save their money. It is the fourth largest company in relation to the creation of shell companies, and its services have been requested by more than 300,000 companies worldwide.

A year of research work. And a giant information leak that brought the public the laundering schemes and concealment of political heritage, world public figures companies and law firms. Concerning payments of about two billion dollars.

Duke of Buckingham

04-07-16, 07:08 AM

Very small for me
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Duke of Buckingham

04-22-16, 07:00 AM

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http://www.thephotoargus.com/29-beautiful-examples-of-silhouette-photography/

Duke of Buckingham

05-01-16, 05:57 AM

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4 Tips for Perfect Portrait Posing
April 28, 2016 · Stephanie Kay-Kok
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Duke of Buckingham

05-03-16, 06:03 AM

They say they are druids but do not fail to use forms of labor struggle of our times. The men and women who make a living as a pagan leaders at Stonehenge in the UK, are in strike and yesterday, Labor Day, even made a demonstration against their current working conditions.

At issue, according to the international press, is the fact that there selling alcohol in the area of the prehistoric monument, which is to increase the number of drunken visitors. Also in the fight against the creation of paid parking zones.

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Duke of Buckingham

05-05-16, 06:08 AM

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The prisoner of war Lt. Col. Robert L. Stirm war is greeted by the family at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, USA, after being released from Vietnam. Photo March 17

Duke of Buckingham

05-07-16, 09:35 AM

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Havana, Cuba
Woman wearing a US flag awaits a cruise from that country

Duke of Buckingham

05-12-16, 04:10 AM

On 10th May in 1977, the legendary actress Joan Crawford dies of a heart attack in her New York City apartment.
https://flavorwire.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/joan3.gif?w=1920
“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.”

Duke of Buckingham

05-17-16, 10:03 PM

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Mumps

05-17-16, 10:19 PM

Thankfully enough, Bu and Bo don't look anything like you Duke! Looking like an old fart at their age would be a horrible travesty! :))

Nice pic Duke!

myshortpencil

05-17-16, 11:26 PM

Wow!! They ARE real! Happy Birthday, BO and BU!!!

Duke of Buckingham

06-15-16, 05:16 AM

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Duke of Buckingham

07-11-16, 03:52 AM

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Black Dogs are beautiful too
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Duke of Buckingham

07-12-16, 03:33 AM

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5 Helpful Portrait Photography Tips
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Duke of Buckingham

07-13-16, 06:49 AM

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Duke of Buckingham

07-21-16, 04:46 AM

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Caldo de verde

Ingredientes

2 colheres sopa de azeite
1 cebola picada
2 dentes de alho amassados
Sal e pimenta do reino a gosto
1 unidade de chouriço ou calabresa
1 xicara de couve picada
½ kg de batata
1 litro de água

Modo de Preparo

Em uma panela, aqueça a metade do azeite e refogue a cebola e o alho até dourar. Coloque a batata cortada em cubos e a água, cozinhe até as batatas ficarem macias e bata no liquidificador.

Em uma panela refogue bem a calabresa. Acrescente as batatas batidas. Voltar ao fogo até apurar, colocar a pimenta do reino e finalizar com a couve. Corrigir o sal e servir.

Green Broth

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 chopped onion

2 cloves garlic, crushed

Salt and black pepper to taste

1 chorizo drive or Calabrian

1 cup of chopped cabbage

½ kg of potato

1 liter of water

Method of preparation

In a saucepan, heat half the olive oil and saute the onion and garlic until golden brown. Place the potatoes cut into cubes and water, cook until the potatoes are soft, puree in a blender.

In a saucepan and saute the Calabrian. Add the potatoes beats. Back to the fire to determine, put the pepper and wrap with cabbage. Correct the salt and serve.

Bon Apetit

Duke of Buckingham

07-23-16, 01:34 AM

Pelo contrário, a própria Palavra que você conhece irá condená-lo: exatamente porque você a conhece e não a coloca em prática.

On the contrary, the very Word that you know will condemn you: just because you know it and do not put into practice.

Duke of Buckingham

07-26-16, 03:21 AM

When your job interview
has a lie detector

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjVVNuraly8

Duke of Buckingham

07-28-16, 12:18 PM

https://www.facebook.com/jorge.midd.l.finger/videos/vb.100000238393624/436609563023653/?type=2
A nice short video about Portugal.

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Jeroen Dijsselbloem is sad. The President of the Eurogroup liked that Portugal had been fined because of two tenths of last year's deficit but he trust that NATO will respond favorably to his email requesting the bombing of Lisbon, Porto and Massamá. "Portugal will stop laughing. Today, at snack time, Massamá will be wiped off the map ", threatens the crazy man.

Duke of Buckingham

08-04-16, 06:13 PM

Oporto - Portugal
https://files.incrivel.club/files/news/part_8/86610/237160-amazing-lighthouse-landscape-photography-36-900-1464685451.jpg
Nazaré, Portugal
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Duke of Buckingham

08-06-16, 08:54 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZAAARvVsxI
Very nice, sorry to be in Portuguese.

Duke of Buckingham

08-07-16, 08:04 AM

Sometimes I hear the wind pass; and only hear the wind passing, it is worth being born.

Ás vezes ouço o vento passar; e só de ouvir o tempo passar, vale a pena ter nascido.

Fernando Pessoa

Duke of Buckingham

08-13-16, 01:10 AM

The ancient city of Conímbriga in central Portugal is one of the best Roman ruins I’ve ever visited. It’s so good I’ve been there twice and been impressed on both occasions. Even my 13-year-old stepdaughter declared, “It was better than I expected!”
Julie Dawn Fox
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I'm Julie, a British writer, photographer and travel addict living in central Portugal. I help independent travellers plan their trips to Portugal. Search my blog for inspiration and practical tips to enable you to explore the less touristy parts of Portugal with confidence. Or get in touch for personalised help with your Portugal itinerary.
http://juliedawnfox.com/2013/04/22/why-the-roman-ruins-of-conimbriga-are-worth-visiting/
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And a Video with some beautiful images

https://youtu.be/piScYSvNEaE

Duke of Buckingham

08-17-16, 08:50 PM

SEXY THING.
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Duke of Buckingham

08-25-16, 03:03 AM

Politicians and dippers should be change frequently for the same reason.

Duke of Buckingham

08-28-16, 06:14 AM

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Duke of Buckingham

08-31-16, 07:03 PM

Very hot
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STMahlberg

08-31-16, 07:53 PM

Very hot
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That's one smart dog.

Duke of Buckingham

09-03-16, 05:05 AM

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Tomar Castle (Christ Convent)

Born from the donation of Waxes Castle and its term to the Templars, by D. Afonso Henriques in 1159. The territory was crossed to the south by the river taking with a fertile valley limited to the west by a chain of high topography of hills. It was one of those hills, overlooking the river, founded by Master D. Gualdim Pais in 1160, the castle and town of Tomar.

The castle consists of a ring of walls surrounding the hill. Two wall curtains divided on the inside into three precincts. In the southern part of the fortress, it stood the village hall, where today is the orangery. To the north, in the highest part of the hill was established military house of the Templars, flanked to the east by the Master's house, the Alcazaba with its keep, and to the west by the oratory of knights, Separating these two precincts a third, the vast yard of the castle, now landscaped space.
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Duke of Buckingham

09-20-16, 08:05 PM

A few guns.
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STMahlberg

09-21-16, 07:11 AM

A few guns.
2509

Hey! How did you manage to get into my weapons cache and take a picture?!

Duke of Buckingham

09-21-16, 05:31 PM

I take pictures everywhere but I love them and women also.
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Women gave me more troubles than guns but both get warm in my hand.
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Duke of Buckingham

09-22-16, 09:33 PM

More guns
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Duke of Buckingham

10-02-16, 10:11 AM

Lisbon, 1st of October 2016.

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I love my Lisbon 2514

Duke of Buckingham

10-08-16, 05:58 PM

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Cruise Terminal of the Port of Leixões.
Selected among 826 projects from more than 50 countries, the new Cruise Terminal of the Port of Leixões has just been awarded another international award, this time the 'AZAwards' prestigious Canadian competition that every year chooses what is best done in the world of architecture and contemporary design.
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I am feeling good.

Duke of Buckingham

10-13-16, 08:24 PM

António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, GCL GCC (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔnju ɡuˈtɛʁɨʃ]; born 30 April 1949) is a Portuguese politician and diplomat who is the designate Secretary-General of the United Nations. Guterres was Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002. He also served for a time as President of the Socialist International. He was the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from June 2005 to December 2015, and in October 2016 the United Nations General Assembly elected him by acclamation to become the next United Nations Secretary-General, succeeding the retiring Ban Ki-moon.
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By Antônio Milena/ABr - Agência Brasil [1], CC BY 3.0 br, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2847826

Duke of Buckingham

10-15-16, 09:46 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7gvoy0iUiA
Ofuscado Pela Noite

Ofuscado pela noite por golpes de luzes mortais
Os carros passando perto, os olhos como cabeças de alfinetes
Eu esperei-te 100 anos nas ruas em preto e branco
Você veio assobiando

Ofuscado pela noite por golpes de luzes mortais
A chutar as latinhas tão perdida quanto um navio
Se perdi a cabeça, eu te amei e até pior
Você veio assobiando

Ofuscado pela noite por golpes de luzes mortais
Você amou a vida ou apenas a viu passar?
Das nossas noites de fumo não sobrou quase nada
A não ser tuas cinzas pela manhã
Nesse metrô repleto de vertigens da vida
Até a próxima estação, pequeno europeu
Coloque tua mão, desça-a abaixo do meu coração

Ofuscado pela noite por golpes de luzes mortais
Uma última volta estendendo a mão ao fim
Eu esperei 100 anos nas ruas em preto e branco
Você veio assobiando.

Duke of Buckingham

01-09-17, 05:29 PM

More guns in someone home...
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click on the image
if it is small

shiva

01-09-17, 10:07 PM

More guns in someone home...
2585
click on the image
if it is smallgun safe is too small. :)

Bryan

01-09-17, 10:21 PM

And in an unmitigated fire everything inside gets ruined. I speak from experience!

Duke of Buckingham

01-12-17, 09:19 PM

gun safe is too small. :)

And in an unmitigated fire everything inside gets ruined. I speak from experience!

I agree the safe is to small and of wood too many guns in a small space, I hope a fire wont start but no ammunition in there anyway.

Duke of Buckingham

03-15-17, 09:13 PM

2701

Duke of Buckingham

03-21-17, 01:42 AM

The biggest communication problem is:
We don't listen to understand,
we listen to reply

Duke of Buckingham

05-14-17, 03:22 PM

http://c7.quickcachr.fotos.sapo.pt/i/oe4150fde/16856672_Rhmz4.jpeg
Benfica Champion of Portugal for 4th time in a row.
I am HAPPY.

http://thumbs.web.sapo.io/?epic=NjU5+P7vrwYJgLB/HbGJLShtCjHlawAsoLqx9Yd0Sh9LIl9EH4hw3qk9CG7z/+2hQn4+aXRHNBAp1W4JgE+V6ibVUZ8nWPR+MiequB1XsxZMj6w =&W=800&H=0&delay_optim=1
Pope in Portugal in the century of Fatima
I am more HAPPY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXodL-oQGws
Salvador Sobral Winners of Eurovision 2017: Grand Final
and more HAPY

Duke of Buckingham

05-31-17, 06:34 PM

An interesting video.

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

Duke of Buckingham

06-12-17, 09:00 PM

Fernando Pessoa

A morte é a curva da estrada,

Morrer é só não ser visto.

Se escuto, eu te oiço a passada

Existir como eu existo.

A terra é feita de céu.

A mentira não tem ninho.

Nunca ninguém se perdeu.

Tudo é verdade e caminho.

Fernando Pessoa

Death is the curve of the road,

To die is just not to be seen.

If I listen, I hear you walk.

Exist as I exist.

The earth is made of heaven.

The lie has no nest.

No one ever got lost.

Everything is true and way.

Duke of Buckingham

06-15-17, 06:54 PM

OSWALDO MONTENEGRO

Que a força do medo que tenho
não me impeça de ver o que anseio
que a morte de tudo em que acredito
não me tape os ouvidos e a boca
porque metade de mim é o que eu grito
mas a outra metade é silêncio.
Que a música que ouço ao longe
seja linda ainda que tristeza
que a mulher que amo seja pra sempre amada
mesmo que distante
porque metade de mim é partida
mas a outra metade é saudade.
Que as palavras que eu falo
não sejam ouvidas como prece e nem repetidas com fervor
apenas respeitadas como a única coisa
que resta a um homem inundado de sentimentos
porque metade de mim é o que ouço
mas a outra metade é o que calo.
Que essa minha vontade de ir embora
se transforme na calma e na paz que eu mereço
e que essa tensão que me corrói por dentro
seja um dia recompensada
porque metade de mim é o que penso
mas a outra metade é um vulcão.
Que o medo da solidão se afaste
e que o convívio comigo mesmo se torne ao menos suportável
que o espelho reflita em meu rosto num doce sorriso
que eu me lembro ter dado na infância
porque metade de mim é a lembrança do que fui
a outra metade não sei.
Que não seja preciso mais do que uma simples alegria
pra me fazer aquietar o espírito
e que o teu silêncio me fale cada vez mais
porque metade de mim é abrigo
mas a outra metade é cansaço.
Que a arte nos aponte uma resposta
mesmo que ela não saiba
e que ninguém a tente complicar
porque é preciso simplicidade pra fazê-la florescer
porque metade de mim é platéia
e a outra metade é canção.
E que a minha loucura seja perdoada
porque metade de mim é amor
e a outra metade também.

That the force of fear that I have
Do not stop me from seeing what I long for
That the death of everything I believe in
Do not cover my ears and mouth
Because half of me is what I scream
But the other half is silence.
That the music I hear in the distance
Be beautiful, even sad.
That the woman I love will be forever loved
Even though far
Because half of me is to go
But the other half is nostalgia.
That the words that I speak
Are not heard as prayers or repeated with fervor
Just respected as the only thing
What remains of a man flooded with feelings
Because half of me is what I hear
But the other half is what I silence.
That this my desire to leave
Become the calm and peace that I deserve
And that this tension that corrodes me inside
Be rewarded one day
Because half of me is what I think
But the other half is a volcano.
May the fear of loneliness drift away
And that the fellowship with myself becomes at least bearable
That the mirror reflects on my face in a sweet smile
Which I remember having given in childhood
Because half of me is the memory of what I was
The other half I do not know.
May it be no more than a simple joy
To make me quiet the spirit
And may your silence tell me more and more
Because half of me is shelter
But the other half is fatigue.
May art point us an answer
Even if she does not know
And nobody to try to complicate
Because it takes simplicity to make it bloom
Because half of me is audience
And the other half is song.
And that my madness be forgiven
Because half of me is love
and the other half too.