war kills people from the inside out sometimes
“In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.”
i think i’ve posted this before but it’s so powerful
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O problema é quando eu própria sou ninguém.
coisas que nem o governador do banco de portugal consegue explicar
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119. JOHN GREEN: Make gifts for people
John Green (1977-) is an American author and video-blogger extraordinaire. He has written best-selling young adult novels including Looking For Alaska, Paper Towns and the recent The Fault in our Stars, which was named Time magazine’s best fiction book of 2012.
John and his brother, Hank, are the Vlogbrothers. They helped pioneer video blogging when they communicated only through YouTube videos for a year. They’ve since produced a wide variety of video series and have attracted a devoted army of fans known as the Nerdfighters.
I discovered John Green when a reader sent me the link to the awesome Crash Course World History series, which Green hosts and co-writes. The series tells the entire history of civilisation in over forty, very entertaining 10-minute videos. I was totally addicted to it and I highly recommend it. There have since been a Literature series and Green is currently updating a series on American History. For you science buffs, John’s brother Hank has done a biology, chemistry and ecology series. All the videos can be seen on the Crash Course YouTube channel.
This quote is taken from a 2009 Vlogbrothers video. Thanks to Kaley for submitting it
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117. JOHN DONNE: For Whom the Bell Tolls
John Donne (1572-1631) was an English poet. This passage is taken from his work Devotions of Emergent Occasions, a compilation of reflections, meditations, prose and poetry. Donne wrote the work while recovering from a serious illness and this particular quote is taken from Meditation XVII. You can read the entire verse here. This passage was made famous after Ernest Hemingway used ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ as the title for one of his most acclaimed novels.
Jeff Hanneman (1964-2013) was a guitarist and one of the founding members of the metal band Slayer. He recently passed away due to cirrhosis of the liver, after also just recovering from necrotising fasciitis, a flesh-eating disease he was diagnosed with after getting bit by a spider. Before his death, Hanneman played a gig where he proudly displayed the large scars on his arm the disease had left him with.
I will not pretend I know anything about metal – the idea of this comic was suggested to me by my brother. It’s also a total coincidence that another metal band, Metallica, have a song named For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Thanks to everyone who sent in this passage, there’s too many to name. It’s definitely one of the most-requested quotes.
Brian Eno, Of All People, Explains The True Beauty Of Retro Games
The appeal of 8-bit music, retro graphics and other art forms defined by their limits, beautifully explained by prolific musical artist and producer Brian Eno in his 1996 diary "A Year With Swollen Appendices."
Originally posted on volume xii, via Business Insider
Beatriz e Savita
- ‘O que diriam os juízes e os bispos de El Salvador se Beatriz tivesse o mesmo destino que Savita, dentista de 31 anos que morreu na Irlanda depois de lhe ter sido recusada a interrupção voluntária da gravidez, sabendo-se também que corria risco para a vida e que o feto não poderia sobreviver? Por certo, os juízes diriam que a lei foi cumprida e os bispos verificariam que não foi cometido nenhum pecado. Não sendo especialista em questões teológicas, creio que uns e outros prestaram um péssimo serviço ao Direito e merecem uma forte censura moral.’
de volta a casa
all delighted people
Um guia para entender as manifestações em Istambul
Erdogan no poder
O governo de Recep Tayyp Erdogan assumiu o poder há cerca de dez anos. Seu partido, o AKP, tem um viés conservador religioso. A Turquia, por outro lado, desde o colapso do Império Otomano e a Revolução de Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, havia se transformado em uma nação laica, embora majoritariamente muçulmana sunita, com minorias judaicas, armênias e cristã ortodoxa.
Ao longo das décadas de 1980 e 90, a Turquia passou por ditaduras militares seculares. Conservadores islâmicos eram perseguidos e praticamente banidos da política. A chegada de Erdogan ao poder foi, portanto, uma transformação no cenário turco. Os religiosos passaram a ser aceitos.
Reformas econômicas, mas desrespeito à democracia
Inicialmente, Erdogan foi elogiado. Respeitou as regras democráticas e melhorou a economia turca. Inclusive, em 2010 e 2011, a Turquia cresceu mais de 8%, embora no ano passado a taxa tenha sido bem menor, pouco superior a 2%. O premiê também sempre manteve uma boa aliança com os EUA, seja com George W. Bush ou com Barack Obama, de quem é amigo. Os turcos, vale lembrar, são integrantes da OTAN.
Ao mesmo tempo em que a economia e a aliança com os EUA seguiam bem, Erdogan, com o passar do tempo, começou a desrespeitar alguns pilares da democracia turca. A imprensa foi reprimida e militares foram presos. A boa relação militar com Israel foi praticamente jogada no lixo para defender o Hamas o Gaza. Ações também violaram o caráter laico da Turquia.
Classe média religiosa versus classe média laica
Uma nova classe média emergente e religiosa do interior também passou a assustar os tradicionais turcos da elite e mesmo a classe média de Istambul, Ancara e outras grandes cidades turcas..
Nos últimos meses, a imagem de Erdogan se deteriorou muito. Primeiro, sua aposta na queda de Bashar al Assad e o apoio à oposição trouxeram um conflito sangrento para a fronteira com a Turquia. Parte da população, especialmente a mais laica, não entende o motivo de o premiê ter rompido com Assad, um líder secular e entusiasta de investimentos turcos, para apoiar os rebeldes. A resposta, para muitos, seria o caráter religioso da oposição síria, similar ao de Erdogan.
O diálogo com os curdos do PKK tem um impacto menor. Assim como na rejeição do genocídio armênio e na ocupação ilegal do Chipre, a questão curda é uma das de menor atrito entre Erdogan e os opositores.
Hoje a Turquia possui três grupos. Os laicos, defensores do kemalismo, os religiosos, defensores de Erdogan, e os liberais, que são laicos, mas toleram a liberdade religiosa.
Os protestos e a repressão
A decisão de construir prédios otomanos e um shopping, destruindo um parque ao lado da praça Taksin, serviram de símbolo para o antagonismo entre estes grupos da sociedade turca. De um lado, o neo-otomanismo religioso de uma classe média emergente ligada a Erdogan. De outro, o tradicionalismo laico dos kemalistas, aliados aos liberais. É a Turquia religiosa de Erdogan, aliada dos EUA, contra a Turquia laica.
Erdogan, repetindo líderes que ele tanto critica, como Assad e Hosni Mubarak, ex-ditador do Egito, reprimiu com violência os protestos e prendeu mais de mil pessoas ao redor do país. Verdade, está longe de ser como na Síria. Além disso, Erdogan está legalmente no poder, em eleições vencidas justamente, diferentemente de Mubarak.
A praça Takzsin
Mas nada justifica a violência do governo contra o direito de os turcos se manifestarem pacificamente. Se Erdogan realmente se diz um democrata, deveria ouvir as demandas dos manifestantes e ver qual a melhor solução. Convenhamos, Istambul não precisa de réplicas de prédios otomanos. Basta cruzar o Chifre de Ouro, que separa a parte moderna de Istambul da antiga, onde fica o bairro de Sultanahmet, para ver suas históricas e magnificas construções otomanas. E para que um shopping se ao lado da Taksin está a charmosa e comercial rua Istklal?
Guga Chacra, comentarista de política internacional do Estadão e do programa Globo News Em Pauta em Nova York, é mestre em Relações Internacionais pela Universidade Columbia. Já foi correspondente do jornal O Estado de S. Paulo no Oriente Médio e em NY. No passado, trabalhou como correspondente da Folha em Buenos Aires
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Edge Cases: 8 Space-Saving Design Ideas for Inside Corners
Most home furnishings are made for flat surfaces, not for those uncomfortable edge conditions we call either ‘inside’ or ‘outside’ corners. The following designs do more than just address such conditions, they thrive on these traditionally-problematic challenges.
Kitchens are somewhat notorious when it comes to corners – cupboards bumping into another is one thing, but you also often lose the extra space contained in the corner itself. Not so with these crafty corner drawers that slide out at a 45-degree angle – designs by Blum and Heritage.
Floor lamps are another classic challenge- they are often rounded, and occupy more space in the corner than they could possible need. One solution is the Pop-Up corner light from WellWell, packed flat in an envelope with a cord, and folded out by the recipient to form a triangular, rectangular or round shape suited to 90-degree or even slightly-more-unusual angles.
For storage considerations, pipe shelves like the ones shown above have been popping up for sale on Etsy for a while now – these are generally oriented toward inside corners, but could just as easily wrap out and around as well. And, of course, you can buy something already-made or go the do-it-yourself route instead.
But inside corners are only half of the equation – what about outside corners, where two walls meet as they push out into the room? This corner shelf by Martina Carpelan fills both functions with elegant simplicity – it can be flipped to wrap around an outside corner, or to tuck into an inside one.
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«O desejo presidencial de que nada mude no quadro governativo no próximo ano, de que não haja eleições antecipadas nem agora, nem no fim do "programa"»
- ‘Basta ler com atenção o bizarro "comunicado" que foi publicitado depois da reunião para perceber que ela não correu nada bem nem para o Presidente nem para o Governo. (…)
Esta forma de convocar a reunião é o corolário do desejo presidencial de que nada mude no quadro governativo no próximo ano, de que não haja eleições antecipadas nem agora, nem no fim do "programa".
(…)
A situação do Governo é parecida com aqueles vulcões que antecedem a erupção com tremores de terra cada vez mais frequentes e sucessivos até explodirem de todo. O Presidente, embora avisado pelos vulcanologistas de que o Pico de Dante está para explodir, não quer que evacuemos a cidadezinha para não assustar os turistas. Sabe-se como é nos filmes-catástrofe.’
1087 – Melhor assim?
Eye-Poppingly Gorgeous Underground Stations from Around The World
The history of rapid-transit began 150 years ago, with the opening of the Metropolitan Railway in London in 1863. In the next century and a half, dozens of architects and engineers have worked on underground tunnels and stations. Some are abandoned now, but others are as good as new. Here are some of the most wonderful underground railway stations.
Rådhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Rådhuset (Court House) station was opened in 1975 as a part of the Stockholm rapid transit system, one of the best examples of organic architecture. Pictured above.
(via Tobias Lindman/Flickr)
T-Centralen Station, Stockholm, Sweden
The only place where all three of Stockholm's metro lines meet has this really wonderful one platform station, opened in 1975.
(via Paolo Rosa/Flickr and Erzsébet)
Solna Station, Stockholm, Sweden (1975)
(via Wikimedia Commons/Wargklo)
Stadium Station, Stockholm, Sweden (1973)
(via Skye Christensen/Flickr and Wikimedia Commons/Allgau)
Westfriedhof Station, Munich, Germany
This station was opened in 1998, but the 11 large lamps (with red, blue, and yellow lights) were installed three years later.
(via Hannes Maurer 1 - 2)
Marienplatz Station, Munich, Germany
Marienplatz Station is one of the most frequently used stations in Munich, and was opened as part of the new S-Bahn network for the 1972 Summer Olympics.
(via Jaw3, Flickr/MrOmega and Wikimedia Commons/FloSch)
St.-Quirin-Platz Station, Munich, Germany (1997)
(via Wikimedia Commons/Florian Schütz, Wikimedia Commons/FloSch and Ian Fisher/Flickr)
Brudermühlstrasse Station, Munich, Germany (1989)
(via Jaw3)
Olaias Station, Lisbon, Portugal
Olaias Station was designed by Tomás Taveira and opened shortly before the Expo 1998. Walk through the station on 360cities.
(via IngolfBLN/Flickr)
Drassanes Station, Barcelona, Spain
This station was opened in 1968, but was completely renovated between 2007 and 2009 with GRC (Glass Reinforced Concrete) panels and interesting details designed by the Barcelona-based ON-A Architects.
(via buildtonet)
Budapest Metro Line 3, constructed in the 1970s and 1980s
(via Hype and Hyper)
Avtovo Station, Saint Petersburg, Russia
This highly ornate white marble station was opened in 1955 and designed by Y. A. Levinson.
(via Wikimedia Commons/Sbarichev, Wikimedia Commons/Florstein and Andrew L. Moore)
Elektrozavodskaya Station, Moscow, Russia
Elektrozavodskaya Station was named after an electric light bulb factory nearby and opened in May 1944 during the WWII. It's famous for its decorations, designed by Vladimir Schuko, Vladimir Gelfreich and Igor Rozhin.
(via Wikimedia Commons/Eugeny1988)
Komsomolskaya Station, Moscow, Russia
Opened in 1952 and designed by Alexey Shchusev and Viktor Kokorin, this station has some mosaics, red granite, marble and other artistic decorations.
(via 3 years in Moscow, Chaos In Patterns and Wikimedia Commons/Lite)
Kiyevskaya Station - Koltsevaya Line Hall, Moscow, Russia
The richly decorated hall was opened in 1954 and has a quasi-baroque style with large mosaics by A.V. Myzin and gold-colored trim.
(via Wikimedia Commons/Antares 610)
Slavyansky Bulvar Station, Moscow, Russia
The station, designed by S. Volovich and opened in 2008, has green Cuban marble on the walls, and grey granite with darker (Gabbro granite) marble edges.
(via Wikimedia Commons/VanHelsing.16, Jaime Silva/Flickr and somebody_/Flickr)
Zoloti Vorota Station, Kiev, Ukraine
The Orthodox cathedral-like Zoloti Vorota was opened on December 30, 1989 as the part of the first stage of the Syretsko-Pecherska Line. Designed by Boris and his son Vadim Zhezherin, S.Adamenko, and M. Ralko.
Puhŭng and Yonggwang Station, Pyongyang, North Korea
Puhŭng
Many foreign tourists were allowed to travel only between Puhŭng Station and Yŏngwang Station (both opened in 1987) on the Chŏllima Line. The Pyongyang Metro is the deepest in the world–the track runs 360 ft (110 m) underground.
Puhŭng
Puhŭng
Yŏngwang
Yŏngwang
(via Wikimedia Commons/Gilad Rom, Wikimedia Commons/John Pavelka, Geolocation.ws/afchagen, Flickr/John Pavelka 1 - 2)
Museum Subway Station, Toronto, Canada
This station was redesigned by Diamond and Schmitt Architects in 2008.
(via architecture NOW)
O'Hare Station, Chicago, Illinois
This station, with its curved and luminous walls made of glass, is located at O'Hare International Airport. It was designed by Murphy/Jahn and opened in 1984.
(via Wikimedia Commons/Daniel Schwen and Eden Politte/Flickr)
Arts et Métiers Station, Paris, France
The steampunkish underground station near the Musée des Arts et Métiers was opened in 1904, but was redesigned by the famous Belgian comics artist François Schuiten in a style inspired by the works of Jules Verne.
(via Pathien/Flickr, Steve Calcott/Flickr and RG1033/Flickr)
Formosa Boulevard Station, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
This transfer station was built for the 2009 World Games, but opened in September 2008. It has the largest glass work in the world, designed by Narcissus Quagliata, covering an area of 23,465 sq ft (2180 sq m) with 4,500 glass panels.
(via Wikimedia Commons)
The stations of the Line A, Prague, Czech Republic
The colorful opened Dalek skirts with hemispheres on the walls make these stations from the 1970s look really fantastic.
(via Flickr/Brad Ackerman, Flickr/ian LF and Kristin Esteves)
Bockenheimer Warte Station, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
The construction was finished in 1986, but it was expanded in 2001 under the leadership of Zbigniew Peter Pininski.
(via Wikimedia Commons/Jcornelius, Bobanac Andreas/fotocommunity, Christine Moje/fotocommunity, mibi55/fotocommunity and Jürg Stuker/Flickr)