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Thursday, February 12, 2015
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Hearts for Sale
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/daliana-pacuraru.html?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=64594
"Stairway to Heaven" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It
was composed by guitarist Jimmy Page and vocalist Robert Plant for the
band's fourth unnamed studio album, (see Led Zeppelin IV (1971)). The
song was voted #3 in 2000 by VH1 on their list of the 100 Greatest Rock
Songs.[1] It was the most requested song on FM radio stations in the
United States in the 1970s, despite never having been released as a
single there.[2] In November 2007, through download sales promoting Led
Zeppelin's Mothership release, "Stairway to Heaven" hit #37 on the UK
Singles Chart
Monday, February 2, 2015
The Horse God Built
“For anybody who loves horses, and for all of those who are thrilled by
horse racing and the behind-the-scenes drama of the track, The Horse That God Built is must reading."
--Michael Korda, author of Horse People
--Michael Korda, author of Horse People
Secretariat A Moment of Eternity
Secretariat tribute - The Chronicle of the Horse
Most of us know the legend of Secretariat, the tall,
handsome chestnut racehorse whose string of honors runs long and rich:
the only two-year-old ever to win Horse of the Year, in 1972; winner in
1973 of the Triple Crown, his times in all three races still
unsurpassed; featured on the cover of Time, Newsweek, and Sports Illustrated;
the only horse listed on ESPN’s top fifty athletes of the twentieth
century (ahead of Mickey Mantle). His final race at Toronto’s Woodbine
Racetrack is a touchstone memory for horse lovers everywhere. Yet while
Secretariat will be remembered forever, one man, Eddie “Shorty” Sweat,
who was pivotal to the great horse’s success, has been all but
forgotten---until now.
In The Horse God Built, bestselling equestrian writer Lawrence Scanlan has written a tribute to an exceptional man that is also a backroads journey to a corner of the racing world rarely visited. As a young black man growing up in South Carolina, Eddie Sweat struggled at several occupations before settling on the job he was born for---groom to North America’s finest racehorses. As Secretariat’s groom, loyal friend, and protector, Eddie understood the horse far better than anyone else. A wildly generous man who could read a horse with his eyes, he shared in little of the financial success or glamour of Secretariat’s wins on the track, but won the heart of Big Red with his soft words and relentless devotion.
In Scanlan’s rich narrative, we get a groom’s-eye view of the racing world and the vantage of a man who spent every possible moment with the horse he loved, yet who often basked in the horse’s glory from the sidelines. More than anything else, The Horse God Built is a moving portrait of the powerful bond between human and horse.
Secretariat (March 30, 1970 – October 4, 1989) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that in 1973 became the first U.S. Triple Crown winner in 25 years. He set race records in all three events in the series – the Kentucky Derby (1:59 2/5), the Preakness Stakes (1:53), and the Belmont Stakes (2:24) – records that still stand today
( wiki )
Friday, January 30, 2015
Pink Floyd-The Gunner's Dream
'Floating down through the clouds
Memories come rushing up to meet me now.
But in the space between the heavens
and the corner of some foreign field
I had a dream.
I had a dream.
Good-bye macs,
Good-bye Ma.
After the service when you're walking slowly to the car
And the silver in her hair shines in the cold November air
You hear the tolling bell
And touch the silk in your lapel
And as the tear drops rise to meet the comfort of the band
You take her frail hand
And hold on to the dream.
A place to stay
"Oi! A real one ..."
Enough to eat
Somewhere old heroes shuffle safely down the street
Where you can speak out loud
About your doubts and fears
And what's more no-one ever disappears
You never hear their standard issue kicking in your door.
You can relax on both sides of the tracks
And maniacs don't blow holes in bandsmen by remote control
And everyone has recourse to the law
And no-one kills the children anymore.
And no one kills the children anymore.
Night after night
Going round and round my brain
His dream is driving me insane.
In the corner of some foreign field
The gunner sleeps tonight.
What's done is done.
We cannot just write off his final scene.
Take heed of the dream.
Take heed.'
Memories come rushing up to meet me now.
But in the space between the heavens
and the corner of some foreign field
I had a dream.
I had a dream.
Good-bye macs,
Good-bye Ma.
After the service when you're walking slowly to the car
And the silver in her hair shines in the cold November air
You hear the tolling bell
And touch the silk in your lapel
And as the tear drops rise to meet the comfort of the band
You take her frail hand
And hold on to the dream.
A place to stay
"Oi! A real one ..."
Enough to eat
Somewhere old heroes shuffle safely down the street
Where you can speak out loud
About your doubts and fears
And what's more no-one ever disappears
You never hear their standard issue kicking in your door.
You can relax on both sides of the tracks
And maniacs don't blow holes in bandsmen by remote control
And everyone has recourse to the law
And no-one kills the children anymore.
And no one kills the children anymore.
Night after night
Going round and round my brain
His dream is driving me insane.
In the corner of some foreign field
The gunner sleeps tonight.
What's done is done.
We cannot just write off his final scene.
Take heed of the dream.
Take heed.'
The Final Cut (occasionally subtitled The Final Cut: A Requiem For The
Post-War Dream by Roger Waters) is the twelfth studio album by English
progressive rock group Pink Floyd. It was released on 21 March 1983 by
Harvest Records in the United Kingdom, and several weeks later by
Columbia Records in the United States. A concept album, The Final Cut is
the last of the band's studio releases to include founding member and
long-time lyricist Roger Waters. It is the only Pink Floyd album on
which Waters alone is credited for the writing and composition of every
song. Most of the lyrics are sung by Waters; lead guitarist David
Gilmour provides vocals on only one of the album's tracks.
Friday, January 23, 2015
Fly On - Coldplay
Flock of birds Hovering above Just a flock of birds That's how you think of love And I always look up to the sky Pray before the dawn Cause they fly always Sometimes they arrive Sometimes they are gone Fly on Flock of birds Hovering above Into smoke I'm turned and rise, following them up Still I always look up to the sky Pray before the dawn Cause they fly away One minute they arrive Next you know they're gone Fly on Fly on, ride through Maybe one day I'll fly next to you Fly on, ride through Maybe one day I can fly with you Fly on
Writer(s): Christopher Anthony John Martin, Guy Rupert Berryman, William Champion, Jonathan Mark Buckland Copyright: Universal Music Publishing Mgb Ltd.
COLDPLAY lyrics are property and copyright of their owners. "O" lyrics provided for educational purposes and personal use only.
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Justin CAPRĂ 1933- 2015
Am avut naivitatea, mi-am închipuit că învăţând voi fi mai liber şi
mai fericit. Doamne, ce deziluzie am avut atunci când mi-am dat seama că
prin învăţătură ne mărim aria întrebărilor, ne mărim exponenţial aria
de necunoaştere. Şi, în fond, ce să cunoaştem, de vreme ce definiţiile
nu ne apropie de esenţe, de vreme ce adevăr egal subiectiv?
Academicul ne îndepărtează de natură, acesta este diferenţial,
centrifug, nu dă răspunsul la întrebări. Pretinsele sale răspunsuri nu
rezolvă problema cunoaşterii. Simt un gol sprijinindu-mă pe adevărul
ştiinţific oficial. Nu mai vreau clasicul în abordarea căilor de studiu.
Vreau altceva! N-am întâlnit adevărul absolut, n-am întâlnit decât
raportabilităţi, conjuncturi, relativitate.
Adevărul în care cred este unul singur: adevărul Divin.
Spiritul, în schimb, nu intră în crize, spiritualistul nu disecă
multidimensionalitatea Divină, o ia ca postulat, ştiinţa spirituală este
de aceea interferenţială, centripetă şi nu dă reacţii secundare.
Există totuşi o cale şi anume: evoluţie în plan spiritual, în plan
creştin, pentru că iubirea, stima, toleranţa rezolvă toate problemele.
Să zicem că fericirea este, la urma urmei, un fel de nesimţire, este
un alt fel de a vedea lucrurile. Eu, de exemplu, sunt fericit atunci
când sunt obosit fizic şi când văd rezultatul muncii mele.
Sunt un hobist, un tip dificil, o dualitate psihică, sunt ăla care
vede alfel. Pentru acest motiv am fost persiflat, invectivat şi chiar
agresat fizic, şi de ce? Pentru că merg pe alt drum, nu pe cel obişnuit.
Deranjez nişte somnolenţe, nişte tipare. Lumea nu are nevoie de oameni
care nu cred în definiţii, care nu cred în academii şi nici în premianţi
oficiali.
Când ţin o conferinţă sau un curs văd discipolii mei plecând mai
îngânduraţi. Am acest defect, această particularitate, pun lumea pe
gânduri. Mulţumesc lui Dumnezeu că am ajuns la vârsta la care îmi dau
seama că nu trebuie să critic, înţeleg faptul că există o programare din
afara noastră, în alt raport spaţiu – timp. (Care spaţiu, care timp?
alte relativităţi?)
Nu-mi permit să critic istoria, de vreme ce aceasta este
conjuncturală. Mai întâi că nu cunosc noţiunea de bine şi de rău. Dar
nici nu îl înţeleg pe filosoful Kant atunci când afirmă că dânsul îşi
este propriul lui stăpân! Cum poate un om fi stăpân pe el într-o lume
înlănţuită?
Prefer înţelepciunea vârstei, observ că geneticul poate fi optimizat, cromozomii având permeabilitate spirituală.
Eu nu sunt în măsură să ofer soluţii, nu mă pricep, soluţii vă poate
da natura, în măsura înţelegerii noastre. Eu nu cred în politicieni,
vorbăreţi, colesterolizaţi, cu ţinută opulentă şi ostentativă.
Nu mai cred în imagini, nu cred în virtual. Eu cred în pădure, în
apă, în aer, în filosofia ţăranului bătrân, pardon, nu în ţăranul de
lângă metropolă.
Cred în adevărul Divin, în legătura Divinului cu omul prin
intermediul monarhului şi al sacerdotului. Nici pe filosoful Platon nu-l
înţeleg atunci când şi-a declarat repubica ce-i poartă numele, de vreme
ce l-a şcolit pe Aristotel în spirit monarhic. Cred într-un
reprezentant de tip confucian, într-o verticalitate, într-un caracter.
Calea pe care am ales-o este emigrarea în pădure, unde nu aud
expresii vulgare, unde nu aud manele şi nu văd imagini de reclamă şi
nici telenovele.Vreau să înlocuiesc radioul cu muzica sa agresivă, cu
muzica ciripitului păsărelelor, cu sunetul apei şi foşnetul frunzelor.
Refuz artificialul, nu mai vreau beţivi şi fumători, vreau oameni adevăraţi sau fără oameni.
Vreau să fiu mic pentru a mă bucura de adevărul Divin.
Justin CAPRĂ
Romanian inventor Justin Capra died Monday evening, at the age of 82, at
the Ploiesti Emergency Hospital, where he had been admitted the day
before.
Engineer and inventor Justin Capra seen here in May 2014 at his home in Filipestii de Padure — Prahova County
Born on February 22, 1933 at Magureni — Prahova County, professor,
engineer, inventor — and not in the last place — philosopher Virgilius
Justin Capra raised to fame as maybe the most prolific contemporary
Romanian inventor, with many of his brain children standing under the
umbrella of the generic idea of individually tailored portability: the
jet backpack (he built the first version in 1956); the foldable electric
tricycle Troty; the Oblio 3C electric powered mini automobile — a
hybrid between a scooter and a car; Soleta — counting among the smallest
cars in the world (with a fuel consumption of just 0.5l/100 km); the
two-wheel jet engine powered car Virgilius (that consumed 1 l/100 km),
and a host of other mainly 'green' inventions, 130 in all — according to
his own statements, of which 72 extremely economical automobile
prototypes, 7 flying devices and 15 unconventional engines.
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