31 de dezembro de 2013
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29 de dezembro de 2013
Kurt Weil
"Die sieben Todsünden"
Musik : Kurt Weill
Text : Berthold Brecht
1 - Prologue - (Andante sostenuto) 3'21
2 - Sloth - (Allegro vivace) 3'49
3 - Pride - (Allegretto quasi andantino - Schneller Walzer) 4'30
4 - Anger - (Molto agitato) 4'40
5 - Gluttony - (Largo) 3'52
6 - Lust - (Moderato) 4'36
7 - Avarice (Allegro giusto) 3'16
8 - Envy (Allegro ma non troppo - Alla marcia, un poco tenuto) 1'49
9 - Epilogue (Andante sostenuto) 4'11
Text : Berthold Brecht
1 - Prologue - (Andante sostenuto) 3'21
2 - Sloth - (Allegro vivace) 3'49
3 - Pride - (Allegretto quasi andantino - Schneller Walzer) 4'30
4 - Anger - (Molto agitato) 4'40
5 - Gluttony - (Largo) 3'52
6 - Lust - (Moderato) 4'36
7 - Avarice (Allegro giusto) 3'16
8 - Envy (Allegro ma non troppo - Alla marcia, un poco tenuto) 1'49
9 - Epilogue (Andante sostenuto) 4'11
28 de dezembro de 2013
Árvores
People cross the unique living tree root bridge in Padang, Indonesia.
The living crossing has replaced a rickety bamboo contraption that was
constantly washed away by swollen rivers during the monsoon season,
cutting off two villages. A local man named Pakih Sohan decided to
intertwine tree roots over 26 years to form the sturdy walkway. Now the
villages of Pulut-pulut and Lubuak Glare on either bank of the Bayang
river are no longer cut off. The bridge is 30 metres long and one metre
wide - and has stood on the site for 100 years.
26 de dezembro de 2013
Vida
Japanese Macaque in Jigokudani Yaen Kōen, known as the Snow Monkey Park – a hot springs where wild monkeys come to bathe in Nagano Prefecture, Japan
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Hoje
Decree of Expulsion Issued for Portuguese Jews (1496)
Following
the death of King Joao of Portugal in 1494, his son King Manuel I
ascended the throne. When his legitimacy as heir to the throne was
challenged, Manuel wished to marry Princess Isabel of Spain, daughter of
Ferdinand and Isabella, in order to solidify his position. As a
precondition to the marriage, the Spanish monarch demanded that Portugal
expel its Jews—many of whom were refugees from the 1492 Spanish
Expulsion who found refuge in the neighboring country of Portugal.
Manuel agreed, and five days after the marriage agreement was signed, on
Tevet 23 (5257), he issued a decree giving Portugal's Jews eleven
months to leave the country.
Appreciating the Jews'
economic value, Manuel was unhappy with the potential loss of this
economic asset, and devised a way to have the Jews stay in Portugal—but
as Christians. Initially, he instructed the Jews to leave from one of
three ports, but soon he restricted them to leaving from Lisbon only.
When October of 1497 arrived, thousands of Jews assembled there and were
forcibly baptized. Many Jews decided to stay and keep their Jewish
faith secret; they were called Marranos or Crypto-Jews.
Over the next 350 years, the
infamous Inquisition persecuted, tortured and burned at the stake
thousands of "marranos" throughout Spain, Portugal and their colonies
for continuing to secretly practice the Jewish faith.
(Chabad)
Mikveh
Uma rotura de canos num prédio de Coimbra levou à descoberta do que se
julga ser uma estrutura medieval destinada a banhos rituais femininos
judaicos. Esta espécie de pequena piscina para fins religiosos apareceu
na cave de um edifício da Rua do Visconde da Luz, na área da antiga
judiaria da cidade, e está surpreendentemente bem preservada.
23 de dezembro de 2013
Hoje
O primeiro volume do Talmude Babilónico, o tratado 'Berachot', foi impresso em Soncino, Itália, a 23 de Dezembro de 1483 (20 Tevet 5244).
Kurt Weill
"Die Dreigroschenoper", original recording (1930)
Musik : Kurt Weill
Text : Berthold Brecht
mit Lotte Lenya, Kurt Gerron, Willy Trenk-Trebitsch, Erich Ponto, Erika Helmke
Theo Mackeben und Lewis Ruth Band
N° 01 - Ouvertüre und Moritat von Mackie Messer
N° 02 - Seeräuberjenny
N° 03 - Kanonensong
N° 04 - Libenslied
N° 05 - Barbara Song
N° 06 - Erstens Finale
N° 07 - Abschied
N° 08 - Zuhälterballade
N° 09 - Ballade vom angenehmen Leben
N° 10 - Eifersuchtsduett
N° 11 - Zweites Finale.
N° 12 - Lied von der Unzulänglichkeit
N° 13 - Moritat und Schlußchoral
Text : Berthold Brecht
mit Lotte Lenya, Kurt Gerron, Willy Trenk-Trebitsch, Erich Ponto, Erika Helmke
Theo Mackeben und Lewis Ruth Band
N° 01 - Ouvertüre und Moritat von Mackie Messer
N° 02 - Seeräuberjenny
N° 03 - Kanonensong
N° 04 - Libenslied
N° 05 - Barbara Song
N° 06 - Erstens Finale
N° 07 - Abschied
N° 08 - Zuhälterballade
N° 09 - Ballade vom angenehmen Leben
N° 10 - Eifersuchtsduett
N° 11 - Zweites Finale.
N° 12 - Lied von der Unzulänglichkeit
N° 13 - Moritat und Schlußchoral
Criação
Wriggling worm is breakthrough for artificial life
Early efforts to construct an artificial life form in a software model have reached a milestone as a digital worm begins to squirm in the same way that real animals are observed to
An ambitious project to recreate an entire roundworm, cell by cell, in a
software model has reached a crucial breakthrough as the digital animal
wriggled for the first time.
The OpenWorm project brings
together scientists and programmers from around the world in the common goal
of entirely recreating the structure and behaviour of Caenorhabditis elegans
inside a machine.
The 1mm worm lives in warm soil and was the first multi-cellular organism to
have its whole genome completely sequenced. The creature is the perfect
candidate for the project because it exhibits relatively advanced behaviour
such as finding a mate and avoiding predators despite being composed of just
1,000 cells, and has been the focus of a huge amount of scientific research.
All of the basic elements of the creature are being created in software from
the bottom-up. It is hoped that the observed behaviour of real worms will
eventually emerge once the model is adequately accurate. Each cell in the
animal is being simulated one-by-one, along with neuron links between them,
inside a new simulation environment called Geppetto.
The latest version of the model has now been shown to move and writhe in the
same way and at the same speed as the real roundworm, showing that the team
are making progress towards their ultimate goal, although the latest
demonstration was driven by hard-coded instructions rather than the "synthetic
brain" currently under development and comprised of 302 neurons.
21 de dezembro de 2013
Ethics of the Fathers
Against your will you are formed, against your will you are born, against your will you live, against your will you die...
Ethics of the Fathers 4:22
20 de dezembro de 2013
Kurt Weil
Sarah Vaughan, "Speak Low" (1958)
Da Ana para o seu herói, Mr. Stuart Schuyler, piloto na Segunda Guerra Mundial
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América
"Strange fruit" (Abel Meeropol), sung by Billie Holiday
"Southern trees bear strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
Pastoral scene of the gallant south
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
Here is fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop
Here is a strange and bitter crop"
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
Pastoral scene of the gallant south
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
Here is fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop
Here is a strange and bitter crop"
12 tribos
"Now the sons of Jacob were twelve in number. The sons of Leah: Reuben - Jacob's first born - Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan and Naphtali. And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram".
Bereshit, 35, 22-26
(JPS Tanakh)
Berlim
(1945)
Depicting
Soviet troops raising their flag atop the German Reichstag building,
this iconic photo was taken by Yevgeny Khaldei during the Battle of
Berlin on May 2, 1945.
Read more at http://all-that-is-interesting.com/the-ten-most-iconic-photos-of-the-1940s/2/#hCU6sgsOKUj1mCu4.99
Read more at http://all-that-is-interesting.com/the-ten-most-iconic-photos-of-the-1940s/2/#hCU6sgsOKUj1mCu4.99
Depicting
Soviet troops raising their flag atop the German Reichstag building,
this iconic photo was taken by Yevgeny Khaldei during the Battle of
Berlin on May 2, 1945.
Read more at http://all-that-is-interesting.com/the-ten-most-iconic-photos-of-the-1940s/2/#hCU6sgsOKUj1mCu4.99
Read more at http://all-that-is-interesting.com/the-ten-most-iconic-photos-of-the-1940s/2/#hCU6sgsOKUj1mCu4.99
Depicting
Soviet troops raising their flag atop the German Reichstag building,
this iconic photo was taken by Yevgeny Khaldei during the Battle of
Berlin on May 2, 1945.
Read more at http://all-that-is-interesting.com/the-ten-most-iconic-photos-of-the-1940s/2/#hCU6sgsOKUj1mCu4.99
Read more at http://all-that-is-interesting.com/the-ten-most-iconic-photos-of-the-1940s/2/#hCU6sgsOKUj1mCu4.99
Depicting
Soviet troops raising their flag atop the German Reichstag building,
this iconic photo was taken by Yevgeny Khaldei during the Battle of
Berlin on May 2, 1945.
Read more at http://all-that-is-interesting.com/the-ten-most-iconic-photos-of-the-1940s/2/#hCU6sgsOKUj1mCu4.99
Read more at http://all-that-is-interesting.com/the-ten-most-iconic-photos-of-the-1940s/2/#hCU6sgsOKUj1mCu4.99
Depicting
Soviet troops raising their flag atop the German Reichstag building,
this iconic photo was taken by Yevgeny Khaldei during the Battle of
Berlin on May 2, 1945.
Read more at http://all-that-is-interesting.com/the-ten-most-iconic-photos-of-the-1940s/2/#hCU6sgsOKUj1mCu4.99
Read more at http://all-that-is-interesting.com/the-ten-most-iconic-photos-of-the-1940s/2/#hCU6sgsOKUj1mCu4.99
Marte
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took this close-up of the red planet Mars in 2007, when it was just 55 million miles away.
15 de dezembro de 2013
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"Purity of Arms"
"Purity of Arms" (Morality in Warfare) - The soldier shall make use of
his weaponry and power only for the fulfillment of the mission and
solely to the extent required; he will maintain his humanity even in
combat. The soldier shall not employ his weaponry and power in order to
harm non-combatants or prisoners of war, and shall do all he can to
avoid harming their lives, body, honor and property.
IDF Spirit
(Official IDF Doctrine)
(Official IDF Doctrine)
12 de dezembro de 2013
Lou Reed
The Velvet Underground, "Heroin"
"I don't know just where I'm going
But I'm gonna try for the kingdom, if I can
'Cause it makes me feel like I'm a man
When I put a spike into my vein
And I'll tell ya, things aren't quite the same
When I'm rushing on my run
And I feel just like Jesus' son
And I guess that I just don't know
And I guess that I just don't know
I have made the big decision
I'm gonna try to nullify my life
'Cause when the blood begins to flow
When it shoots up the dropper's neck
When I'm closing in on death
And you can't help me now, you guys
And a
You can all go take a walk
And I guess that I just don't know
And I guess that I just don't know
I wish that I was born a thousand years ago
I wish that I'd sail the darkened seas
On a great big clipper ship
Going from this land here to that
In a sailor's suit and cap
Away from the big city
Where a man can not be free
Of all of the evils of this town
And of himself, and those around
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
Heroin, be the death of me
Heroin, it's my wife and it's my life
Because a mainer to my vein
Leads to a center in my head
And then I'm better off and dead
Because when the smack begins to flow
I really don't care anymore
About all the Jim-Jim's in this town
And all the politicians makin' crazy sounds
And everybody puttin' everybody else down
And all the dead bodies piled up in mounds
'Cause when the smack begins to flow
Then I really don't care anymore
Ah, when the heroin is in my blood
And that blood is in my head
Then thank God that I'm as good as dead
Then thank your God that I'm not aware
And thank God that I just don't care
And I guess I just don't know
And I guess I just don't know"
10 de dezembro de 2013
Deir Yassin
(Jewish military briefing at Deir Yassin)
Around 107 villagers were killed during and after the battle for the village, including women and children
9 de dezembro de 2013
Mar Morto
Desde 1962, o nível do Mar Morto diminuiu 27 metros e poderá desaparecer completamente em 2050 se continuar a ficar sem água ao ritmo actual.
8 de dezembro de 2013
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