see you ....

see you ...., originally uploaded by brexians.

σε κάτι λιγότερο από 48 ώρες αρχίζει η καλοκαιρινή περιπέτεια, θα μου λείψετε... θα προσπαθήσω να σας στέλνω ανταποκρίσεις... αλλά φέτος θέλω να κάνω αποτοξίνωση από το διαδίκτυο, για να δούμε θα τα καταφέρω!
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in less than 48hrs and for few weeks, we will be on "vacation mode"...
put "on" the summer mode all of you!
enjoy your vacations !!

ΘΑΛΑΣΣΑ

ΘΑΛΑΣΣΑ, originally uploaded by Fotis_thalassinos.

ΘΑΛΑΣΣΑ

Βλέπω τη θάλασσα που ποιητές στον κόσμο την τραγούδησαν. Την έκλαψαν. Τη θάλασσα του νόστου και του μισεμού και των μαχών. Τη θάλασσα της ρέμβης. Τη θάλασσα που σίγουρα κάποια στιγμή σου δύσκολη με την παρηγοριά της πιο μεγάλης λες μητέρας σκούπισε όλα σου τα δάκρυα. Τα αλμυρά σου δάκρυα που της δακρύρροιας πηγές απελευθέρωσαν μονάχα για να φτάσουν κάποτε εκεί. Εκεί στο χωνευτήρι το υγρό των πεπρωμένων. Εκεί που η φουρτούνα και το κύμα ειν’ ελάχιστα σαν συγκριθούν με τη μεταφορά στο εσωτερικό τους των μαζών νερού. Σαν συγκριθούν με τ’ άγριο βύθισμα πολιτισμών ψυχών και ποντισμένων ουρανών. Πολλές φορές έχεις σκεφτεί όταν τη θάλασσ’ αγναντεύεις τον κόμη του Λωτρεαμόν το Σολωμό τον Καββαδία. Τον Περικλή Γιαννόπουλο. Το Ξέρξη που μαστίγωνε τα φουσκωμένα ύδατα για να καταλαγιάσουν. Δροσίστηκες σαν μαγεμένος στα γαλάζια της νερά που έχουν για ψυχή τους την πλάνη των δικών σου των αισθήσεων. Μια πλάνη σαγηνευτική αιώνες τώρα και στο μέλλον. Ματαίως προσπαθείς τη θάλασσα με τα δικά σου μέσα να δαμάσεις. Δεν είναι δυνατό την ανυπότακτη άβυσσο να ορίσεις. Ξέρω πολύ καλά πως του πνιγμού τον θάνατο κρυφά τον επιθύμησες όταν την είδες χθες γαλήνια ν’ αστράφτει μες στον ήλιο του καλοκαιριού

Sweet love

Sweet love, originally uploaded by Colors in B&W.

Love So Sweet
by Jessica Kae Teal

You woke me from my sleep
and drenched my heart with a love so deep.
When I look into your eyes
I see my reflection,
my feelings for you I do not despise.
You treat me like the princess I should be
by pouring your sweet and sensual love all over me.
When I see you bitting your lip and anxiously trying to kiss me,
I debate in my mind whether or not I should let you taste me.
You stand there all quiet with your sexy body,
and I think in my mind, "Oh, my gosh, what a hottie."
When I hear you speak, all your beautiful voice does
is make me weak.
I love you for this and
I love you for that,
but you love me for everything and that.

in Memory of Terror Victims

in Memory of Terror Victims, originally uploaded by brexians.

Πάει έφυγε το τρένο
(Γιά την Οδό ονείρων, του Μάνου Χατζιδάκη)

Σβήνει τ' αστέρι του βοριά
στην ανηφοριά
κι ένα ποτάμι φωτεινό
κυλάει στον ουρανό

Κοιμούνται ακόμα τα παιδιά
κάτω απ΄τη ροδιά
και μ΄ένα δάκρυ μου θολό
τα μάτια τους φιλώ

Πάει έφυγε το τρένο,
έφυγες κι εσύ
σταλαγματιά χρυσή -
σταλαγματιά χρυσή.
Πάει χάθηκε το τρένο,
χάθηκες κι εσύ
σε γαλανό νησί -
σε γαλανό νησί.

Πήρες απ' το καλοκαίρι
στο μικρό σου χέρι
το χαμηλό τ'αστέρι
και πήγες σ'άλλη γη.
Μ' όνειρο κι εγώ πηγαίνω
να σε περιμένω
νερό σταματημένο
σε δροσερή πηγή.

Πάει έφυγε το τρένο
έφυγες κι εσύ.

αφιερωμένο σε αυτόν που έφυγε και στην οικογένεία του

Aeglie’s Adventure in the Wonder Word World: Solstice, by Louise Gluck

ΗΛΙΟΣΤΑΣΙΟ

Κάθε χρόνο, ίδια μέρα, έρχεται το θερινό ηλιοστάσιο.
Άπλετο φως: προετοιμαζόμαστε γι’ αυτό,
η μέρα για την οποία λέμε σ’ εμάς τους ίδιους
ότι ο χρόνος διαρκεί πραγματικά πάρα πολύ, σχεδόν ατελείωτα.
Και σε ό,τι διαβάζουμε και γράφουμε, δίνεται προτίμηση
στο γιορτινό, το εκστατικό.

Υπάρχει κάτι σ’ αυτές τις τελετουργίες πέρα απ’ το δέος:
υπάρχει επίσης ένα είδος έπαρσης,
λες κι η ανθρώπινη μεγαλοφυΐα συμμετείχε σ’ αυτές τις ρυθμίσεις
και βρήκαμε τ’ αποτελέσματα ικανοποιητικά.

Ό,τι ακολουθεί το φως είναι ό,τι προηγείται:
η στιγμή της ισορροπίας, της σκοτεινής αντιστοιχίας.

Αλλ’ απόψε καθόμαστε στον κήπο στις καρέκλες μας από καναβάτσο
ως πολύ αργά το βράδυ —
γιατί να κοιτάζουμε μπρος ή πίσω;
Γιατί να υποχρεωνόμαστε να θυμηθούμε:
είναι στο αίμα μας αυτή η γνώση.
Μικρές ημέρες, σκοτεινιά, χειμωνιάτικο κρύο.
Είναι στο αίμα και τα οστά μας, στο ιστορικό μας.
Χρειάζεται μεγαλοφυΐα να ξεχνάς τέτοια πράγματα.

via aeglie.blogspot.com

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Jacques Brel Les Bonbons '67 English subtitles

via video.google.com

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2010 Formula 1 Singtel Singapore Grand Prix

Singapore successfully hosted the only night race in Grand Prix history with the inaugural race in 2008. It is also Asia’s only street race on the Formula One calendar, held on a circuit of public roads in downtown Singapore. The 2010 FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX, with its signature mix of lights, glamour, and non-stop action, returns to the heart of the city at the Marina Bay Street Circuit from 24 to 26 September 2010. Feel the roar of engines and more in this one-of-a-kind night street race.

For more information and ticketing details, click here.

via yoursingapore.com

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WWF - Do You Know?

 

Kemp's ridley turtle (Lepidochelys kempii)
© Carlos Drews/WWF-Canon

"Sargassum" is one of the more interesting ecosystem types in the Gulf of Mexico. What is it?

 

The answer is:
b. mats of free-floating seaweed

 

(Scroll to the bottom of this page to see how your answer compared to others.)

 

One of the more interesting ecosystem types in the Gulf of Mexico are the mats of free-floating macro algae called sargassum. These floating islands of seaweed that give the Sargasso Sea its name are temporary homes to many economically and ecologically important species. Larval and juvenile yellowfin tuna, wahoo and marlin are suspended in the sargassum--as are juvenile sea turtles like the critically endangered Kemp's ridley.

 

Today, these living islands are threatened by the oil spill from the damaged BP wellhead. Now at the whim of currents, these sargassum will be destroyed as they pass through the toxic surface oil. And they aren't the only ecosystems at risk. More ecological impacts.

 

Oil also leads to lethal or chronic impacts on marine wildlife. Seabirds and shorebirds such as egrets, herons and brown pelicans lose buoyancy and the ability to keep warm when their feathers come into contact with oil. They can also suffer liver damage, lesions and other potentially lethal complications from ingesting oil as they feed or attempt to clean their feathers. Blue whales, bottlenose dolphins and other marine mammals inhale toxic fumes every time they surface through the slick to breathe. An estimated 400 to 600 species are potentially at risk as the oil washes ashore, works its way into the marshes and oozes into the estuaries of the Louisiana coastline. These numbers may grow as new threats are uncovered. Species impacts.

 

Here's how your answer compared to others:

 

53 106 65 44 a. freshwater marshes b. mats of free-floating seaweed c. saltwater marshes d. vast oyster "reefs"

via worldwildlife.org

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Old posters in disused passageway at Notting Hill Gate tube station, London, 2010

Old posters in disused passageway at Notting Hill Gate tube station, London, 2010, originally uploaded by mikeyashworth.

Work at the station has recently uncovered these amazing advertising posters in non-public areas and that date from c1956 - 1959 when the station's lifts were removed and replaced by escalators. These are in an old lift passageway.

Here a variety of posters can be seen - some are London Transport's own posters such as the 'elephant' by Victor Galbraith - but others include the Royal Blue sailor by Daphne Paddern.

We will be leaving these intact - and please do not pester the station staff as the posters are wholly inaccessible - which is why they've probably survived 50 odd years!

The photos were taken officially - please do credit London Underground in any links.

Music in the Renaissance - Suite of Dances

"Ποταμοῖς τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἐμβαίνομέν τε καὶ οὐκ ἐμβαίνομεν, εἶμέν τε καὶ οὐκ εἶμεν.""We both step and do not step in the same rivers. We are and are not."Heraclitus the Riddler

Imagine

Imagine, originally uploaded by Son of Groucho.

Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

John Lennon - Imagine

Moonrise

Moonrise, originally uploaded by sharkbait.

Στίχοι: Χαρούλα Αλεξίου
Μουσική: Χαρούλα Αλεξίου

Στην μέση ενός μικρού σπιτιού που 'χω νοικιάσει
το γέλιο ενός μωρού παιδιού με έχει αγκαλιάσει.
Τα ζήτησα όλα απ' τη ζωή μου, τα πλήρωσα με τη ψυχή μου
να έχει ένα τόπο η καρδιά πριν να γεράσει...

Έχει πανσέληνο απόψε κι είναι ωραία
είναι αλλιώτικη η σιωπή χωρίς παρέα.
Δεν νοιώθω θλίψη, μα μου΄χει λείψει
το κοριτσάκι αυτό που αγάπησες τυχαία.
Δεν νιώθω θλίψη, μα μου 'χει λείψει
το λάγνο ψέμα σου, που τα 'κανε όλα ωραία.

Είναι σκληρό για μια γυναίκα να 'ναι μόνη
στο λέω τώρα που η αλήθεια δεν θυμώνει.
Όση και να 'ναι η δύναμή μου, θέλω έναν άνθρωπο μαζί μου
Η μοναξιά στήνει παγίδες και πληγώνει...

Μα έχει πανσέληνο απόψε κι είναι ωραία
το σπίτι μου έρημο μα κάνουμε παρέα.
Δεν νοιώθω θλίψη, μα μου 'χει λείψει
το κοριτσάκι αυτό που αγάπησες τυχαία.
Δεν νοιώθω θλίψη, μα μου 'χει λείψει
το λάγνο ψέμα σου, που τα 'κανε όλα ωραία.

beam back some color ..... SETI project

beam back some color, originally uploaded by AraiGodai.

SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) is a scientific area whose goal is to detect intelligent life outside Earth. One approach, known as radio SETI, uses radio telescopes to listen for narrow-bandwidth radio signals from space. Such signals are not known to occur naturally, so a detection would provide evidence of extraterrestrial technology.
Radio telescope signals consist primarily of noise (from celestial sources and the receiver's electronics) and man-made signals such as TV stations, radar, and satellites. Modern radio SETI projects analyze the data digitally. More computing power enables searches to cover greater frequency ranges with more sensitivity. Radio SETI, therefore, has an insatiable appetite for computing power.

Previous radio SETI projects have used special-purpose supercomputers, located at the telescope, to do the bulk of the data analysis. In 1995, David Gedye proposed doing radio SETI using a virtual supercomputer composed of large numbers of Internet-connected computers, and he organized the SETI@home project to explore this idea. SETI@home was originally launched in May 1999.

Play Your Cards Right

Play Your Cards Right, originally uploaded by Troy Holden.

Play Your Cards Right



Do you really think I’m stupid, because I know for a fact there is no such person as cupid.
You kick it with me and tell me how I am mature and how my love is pure.
You say I would a make a girls dreams come true, that I’m that guy who can see things all the way through.
How can you tell me all these things and then not even bother to see me for yourself? Instead you find someone else and leave me to rott on the shelf.
Are you just looking into my eyes and feeding me lies?
Seening you look at them other guys, makes me feel like apart of me dies.
I thought I was your perfect match but I guess not, I guess you can say I’m just a blind spot.
But you know what I’ve learned to keep my head up high and look beyond the skies.
If you can’t see me for who I am that’s fine, I’m gonna find that special someone along the line who will show me the sign that she was meant for me, We will forever be on cloud nine.
Along the while you see me with her thinking why I chose her?
Then you’ll remember that big blur. And just as you look back a sudden realization will occur.
That should have been you, but you chose to differ.
Your dealing with a improper faction that has no common denominator except resentment.
Love aint a fair game; you win some and lose some, The only difference is how big the jackpot was and how well you played the cards you were dealt.
Sorry but you only have yourself to blame.

Mikey Estrada

"Ποταμοῖς τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἐμβαίνομέν τε καὶ οὐκ ἐμβαίνομεν, εἶμέν τε καὶ οὐκ εἶμεν." "We both step and do not step in the same rivers. We are and are not." Heraclitus the Riddler

Eagle (Lovely Lighting)

Lovely Lighting, originally uploaded by zpaperboyz.

The Eagle

He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring’d with the azure world, he stands.

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

"Ποταμοῖς τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἐμβαίνομέν τε καὶ οὐκ ἐμβαίνομεν, εἶμέν τε καὶ οὐκ εἶμεν." "We both step and do not step in the same rivers. We are and are not." Heraclitus the Riddler

Does the Internet make you smarter? (Illustration for the Wall Street Journal)

Does the Internet make you smarter? (Illustration for the Wall Street Journal), originally uploaded by tsevis.

Illustration for this article about intelligence in the Internet era on the Wall Street Journal.
Many thanks to Manuel Velez @ WSJ.

Made in Synthetik Studio Artist and Adobe Creative Suite with custom developed scripts and techniques.

© Charis Tsevis, Dow Jones Inc.
Please, don't use this in any commercial project. Thank you.

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You can see other editorial illustrations of mine here.

Uploaded by tsevis on 5 Jun 10, 3.01AM EEST.


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"Ποταμοῖς τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἐμβαίνομέν τε καὶ οὐκ ἐμβαίνομεν, εἶμέν τε καὶ οὐκ εἶμεν." "We both step and do not step in the same rivers. We are and are not." Heraclitus the Riddler

bring me home

via flickr.com

super work from crosti!

Call Of The Whippoorwill

I hear the call of the whippoorwill The calf it bawls in the field The mare is soon to birth a foul I can't help it, I miss you still I feed the geese that once loved you And that hound from the field you found The puppy stray you brought home and raised I pet him while he's lying down Honey come home... Without you it's not any kind of home Own my own, I'm so alone Honey, please come home Your hound and I we so try Through the days we somehow get by We think we can make it, then comes the night The loneliness we must fight The whippoorwill as it calls from the field Sometimes your name I hear it feels I miss you so, I love you still Honey, I always will Honey come home... Without you it's not any kind of home Own my own, I'm so alone Honey, please come home The whippoorwill and I we both try I hear it call I hear it cry Something is missing from both of our lives Honey, I'm so empty inside Honey come home... Without you it's not any kind of home Own my own, I'm so alone Honey, please come home. Bill Simmons

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"Ποταμοῖς τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἐμβαίνομέν τε καὶ οὐκ ἐμβαίνομεν, εἶμέν τε καὶ οὐκ εἶμεν." "We both step and do not step in the same rivers. We are and are not." Heraclitus the Riddler

Dream.......

Dream......., originally uploaded by Evi.Greece.

Love's Young Dream
by Thomas Moore


Oh! the days are gone, when Beauty bright
My heart's chain wove;
When my dream of life, from morn till night,
Was love, still love.
New hope may bloom,
And days may come,
Of milder calmer beam,
But there's nothing half so sweet in life
As love's young dream:
No, there's nothing half so sweet in life
As love's young dream.

Though the bard to purer fame may soar,
When wild youth's past;
Though he win the wise, who frown'd before,
To smile at last;
He'll never meet
A joy so sweet,
In all his noon of fame,
As when first he sung to woman's ear
His soul-felt flame,
And, at every close, she blush'd to hear
The one loved name.

No, -- that hallow'd form is ne'er forgot
Which first love traced;
Still it lingering haunts the greenest spot
On memory's waste.
'Twas odour fled
As soon as shed;
'Twas morning's winged dream;
'Twas a light, tht ne'er can shine again
On life's dull stream:
Oh! 'twas light that n'er can shine again
On life's dull stream

"Ποταμοῖς τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἐμβαίνομέν τε καὶ οὐκ ἐμβαίνομεν, εἶμέν τε καὶ οὐκ εἶμεν." "We both step and do not step in the same rivers. We are and are not." Heraclitus the Riddler

IN THE SUMMER TIME MUNGO JERRY

"Ποταμοῖς τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἐμβαίνομέν τε καὶ οὐκ ἐμβαίνομεν, εἶμέν τε καὶ οὐκ εἶμεν.""We both step and do not step in the same rivers. We are and are not."Heraclitus the Riddler