Ratha's Island

Ratha's Island, a Twitter novelette by Clare Bell, author of the Ratha or Named series.
Prepared for Twitter by Sheila Ruth and Clare Bell. Inspiration by Sheila Ruth. Copyright 2009
The Twitter search tag or hashtag for the story posts is #rathafic 
I've added a new hashtag for the accompanying link posts: #rathalink
Installments appear daily at 12 noon and 6 PM Pacific Time on Twitter. Some archive links appear overnight from Hootsuite, but I Tweet live.
Story archive pages are #1 The Scratching Log http://www.rathascourage.com/scratchlog.html
And #2 The Ratha Series Forum http://forum.rathascourage.com/index.php?showtopic=156
Archive pages will have text links to photos and blog posts about creatures in the story. You can also leave comments.

Ratha, female leader of the Named cat clan, paused on the meadow trail, one forefoot raised.
To one side, the small three-toed horses that the Named called dapplebacks, huddled nervously.
On the other, the three-horned deer stamped and shook their heads.
The deer stabbed up with their forked nose-horns, as if at an invisible enemy only they could see. 
Even the sky, choked with low clouds, seemed a threat. Ratha lifted her head, narrowing her eyes.
Just below the clouds two shapes circled.
Yes, they were birds, probably eagles, but she had never seen eagles this large.
Ratha knew the hawks and eagles that often sailed over clan ground, but she hadn't seen these birds before.
They seemed to fly much faster, making her even more uneasy.
Her ears flattened, their tips lifted, showing anger rather than fear.
Often her ears showed her emotions before they really surfaced in her thoughts. At that idea, they twitched.

At a safe distance from the three-horns, Ratha saw Thakur, the clan's herding teacher. 
He was showing the younger cubs how to circle and drive a three-horn fawn.
His head lifted; she knew he had seen the white spots on the backs of her ears.
He raised a paw toward the young herder Ashon, who was helping him with the cubs
The clouds gave a gray cast to Thakur's usually bright copper coat and the wind blew the feathering around his legs.
He hadn't yet lost all of his winter fur. Neither had Ratha; Fessran had teased her about being shaggy.
He bounded to her through the grass and nose-touched with her. He too, looked up at the sky, where the birds circled.
"They look big enough to carry off a dappleback or a young three-horn," he said. He lifted his muzzle, following her gaze. 

Thakur wrinkled his nose, worry crumpling the black tear-lines that ran down his cheek.
"I've never seen birds like those before," Ratha said, only allowing herself to only briefly enjoy...
... the feel and scent of him standing against her. She had chosen him as her mate, and more.
"What are those birds?" Ratha asked Thakur.
"Condor-eagles. Bring the herdbeasts under the trees, so the birds can't swoop and grab one."
"Alert the herders," she said, feeling her voice sharpen with command. 
"I see Fessran over there," she added. "Get her to summon the torch-bearers."
"Do birds fear fire as ground creatures do?" Thakur asked.
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And then

Angel's egg

Angel's Egg (天使のたまご Tenshi no Tamago^?) is a Japanese anime feature film produced by Tokuma Shoten in 1985. A collaboration between popular artist Yoshitaka Amano and director Mamoru Oshii, it incorporates surrealistic and existentialist qualities. It uses almost no dialogue, making it a commonly cited example of progressive anime.^[1]

Plot

Angel's Egg follows the daily life of a young girl in a surreal world of darkness and shadows.

The girl, whose name is not mentioned, is the keeper of a mysterious egg. She spends her time collecting bottles and artifacts in a gothic, dead city. A man, whose name also remains a mystery, arrives in the dark town one day riding a machine and wearing a cross-like weapon on his back. The two meet and talk, though their dialogue consists mostly of the single, repeated question "Who are you?"

Meanwhile, the shadows of giant coelacanths appear within the town, and then the many human statues which line it come alive and begin hunting the fishes with spears.

Inside the girl's vast cavernous "refuge", which contains many strange fossils and her collection, the man tells the girl a tale similar to Noah's Ark. He waits for the girl to fall asleep and breaks the egg.

The girl reacts in anguish and follows the departing man, only to fall into a ravine of water and die. Her dying exhalation under the water blossoms into bubbles of "eggs" on the surface. A symbolic ending of apocalypse and rebirth is mixed with a gradual revelation of the story's world, which is highly abstract and ambiguous.

Ratha`s Creature

Clare Bell, 1983

Ratha and her people (the Named) are a clan of a strong self-aware leopards- and cougar-like prehistoric big cats. They have laws, languages, and traditions and live by herding the creatures, dapple backs (horses) and three horns (deer), they once hunted. Surrounding the Named are the more numerous non-sentient UnNamed, who prey on the clan’s herds. Mating between Named and UnNamed is forbidden, since the clan believes that the resulting young will be UnNamed animals, which you find out happens in this amazing story.

Ratha, a young female, bucks the clan tradition of male dominance by training with the herding teacher, Thakur, to become a herder. All the herders are male except for Fessran, a strong-willed female who became a herder before Meoran took over leadership. Attacks by the UnNamed are driving Ratha's clan close to the edge of survival. Only her discovery and use of fire (“The Red Tongue” and the “Creature” of the title) offers the clan a chance to survive.

Meoran, the tyrannical male clan leader, opposes Ratha and drives her out of the clan. In exile among the UnNamed, Ratha meets the lone male Bone-chewer and discovers that the clan is wrong about some of the UnNamed - Bone-chewer speaks very well and is as bright as any clan member. He teaches her to hunt, the two mate and she has his young. When the cubs don’t develop according to her expectations, she realizes that they are probably non-sentient. She flies into a rage, attacking Bone-chewer, biting and crippling the female cub, Thistle-chaser and abandoning her mate and the litter.

Returning to the clan at Thakur‘s bidding, Ratha re-acquires “her creature”, the Red Tongue. With it, she overthrows and kills Meoran. When the UnNamed attack again, she, Thakur and Fessran lead the clan in striking back with a new weapon, fire. The enemy flees in terror. After the battle, Ratha emerges as clan leader. She makes Fessran chief of the Firekeepers, those who build and tend fire for the clan. The Firekeepers also wield torches in battle. Ratha gives The People of The Red Tongue eacha torch, and they fight the UnNamed.

Ratha’s victory is bittersweet, however. Her mate Bone-chewer was fatally injured in the fight and Ratha finds him dying. Despite everything, she still loves him and is wounded by his death. She is also troubled by the changes Red Tongue has made in her people. However, she knows that with the Red Tongue, the Named will survive.

An animated movie was made based on this book in the mid to late 80's for CBS Storybreak, a show similar to the ABC "Weekend Special" or "After School Special", which created adaptations of modern and classic children's books. Clips are available on YouTube.

Dime lo que escuchas

y te diré lo que eres

Rap und HipHop: undiszipliniert, unaufrichtig, impulsiv, gesellig, erlebnishungrig
Jazz und Klassik: offen, seelisch stabil (Erwachsene); seelisch instabil (Jugendliche)
Oldies: unnachgiebig
Weltmusik: offen, durchsetzungsfähig, unempfindlich, wenig depressiv, wenig feindselig
Soul: offen, altruistisch, warmherzig
Heavy Metal: offen, unordentlich, wenig leistungsorientiert, reizhungrig
Pop und Charts, Country: extrovertiert, gewissenhaft, verträglich, wenig offen
Rock und Punk: offen
Kirchenlieder: wenig offen, pflichtbewusst, verträglich, wenig impulsiv
Funk: extravertiert, unordentlich, undiszipliniert und wenig leistungsorientiert
Filmmusik: verträglich, genügsam, wenig offen, wenig reizhungrig
Gospel: offen, pflichtbewusst, wenig impulsiv
Folk: offen, durchsetzungsfähig, wenig feindselig, vertrauensselig

Cuentos negros de Cuba

Lydia Cabrera elevó las expresiones de la cultura afrocubana a la categoría de estudios serios. Foto: Cuban Heritage Collection.

Lydia Cabrera (20 de mayo de 1899, La Habana - 19 de septiembre de 1991, Miami) fue una excelente portavoz de la cultura afrocubana, se convierte en una fiel rescatadora de todas las creencias y prácticas religiosas presentes en Cuba.

En su infancia no pudo ir a la escuela por problemas de enfermedad y en la casa es educada libremente por tutores. El bachillerato también transcurre en su hogar y posteriormente toma cursos de postgrado.

En 1927 viaja a París, estudia en l'École du Louvre en la que se gradúa tres años más tarde. Lydia comienza a investigar para sus escritos en 1928 y después de dos meses en Cuba regresa a París, y comienza a escribir cuentos negros, que aparecen publicados en Cahiers du Sud, Revue de Paris, y Les Nouvelles Littéraires. Estos son traducidos al francés, y la editoral Gallimard los publica en París, en 1936, bajo el nombre de Contes nègres de Cuba. En 1940, se publica a primera edición en español de Cuentos negros de Cuba.

Por su dedicación a su trabajo se ganó la confianza de los afrocubanos, lo que le permitió en 1950 recorrer todo el país y recopilar mucha información sobre rituales y mitos que eran conocidos por pocos, pues eran guardados como un gran tesoro por los ancianos negros. Todo esto contribuyó a lograr obras extraordinarios patrimonios de la literatura. Su libro "El Monte" es considerado por muchos una obra maestra, una especie de Biblia de las religiones afrocubanas, en el cual según su propia autora su mérito radica en que son los mismos negros de cuba los que hacen este libro, sin mediar el filtro cientificista que pudo haber puesto la autora, es un libro desde los mismos negros, quizás en ello radique su importancia, la estructura a decir verdad es un poco regada, pero sin dudas es un viaje por las costumbres más arraigadas del pueblo cubano.

Sus relatos abordan diversos temas: el origen del universo africano, animales personificados, los dioses africanos, los animales y las plantas, su destino y quehacer en la vida.

Lydia Cabrera muere el 19 de septiembre de 1991, a los noventa y dos años de edad.

Fuente

Ante Cuentos negros de Cuba el lector puede albergar dudas y preguntarse si son obra de escritora o recopilación de folclorista. Ahí es donde, a mi juicio, cumple muy bien esa condición de libro peculiar y sui generis señalada por Carpentier. Los cuentos de Lydia Cabrera oscilan entre la literatura de creación y la investigación pura. Participan de ambas, pero no se inscriben rigurosamente en ninguna de las dos. Guillermo Cabrera Infante acuñó el término antropoesía para definir la mezcla de antropología y poesía con que Lydia Cabrera recobró las leyendas hechas religión traídas con la esclavitud a Cuba.

Esos relatos y leyendas le llegaron en su forma original, otras adulterados y enriquecidos con elementos incorporados en Cuba. Al reescribirlos, trató de no desvirtuarlos ni traicionar a sus anónimos informantes, pero los recreó y rehízo a su manera, imprimiéndoles su personalidad. Su labor sobrepasa así el mero ejercicio de literatura oral o de investigación etnológica y eso se materializa en unos cuentos muy distintos a los recogidos por ella. Basta compararlos, por ejemplos, con los que Rómulo Lachatañeré recopiló en 1938 en ¡Oh, mío Yemayá!, en los cuales no hallamos el nivel de elaboración formal que poseen los de Lydia Cabrera.

“La primera noche, la luna apareció como un pelo.// Luego, como el filo de una hoz transparente; luego, como una tajada de melón de Castilla chorreando su almíbar; luego… como la rueda de un molino; y al fin se desprendió y cayó en el boquerón de la noche, donde el Escondido Siempre, que nadie ha visto -el que está en el fondo de lo que no tiene fondo- machaca con una piedra las lunas viejas, para hacer estrellas, mientras viene otra luna nueva”. A través de ese fragmento, que pertenece al inicio de uno de los textos de Cuentos negros de Cuba, resulta fácil advertir que Lydia Cabrera no se limitó a transcribir las narraciones orales recogidas por ella. En las veintidós narraciones que integran el libro hay abundantes muestras de sensibilidad poética, inteligencia y riqueza imaginativa, que denotan el singular talento de la escritora. Hay asimismo ramalazos de un humor picaresco y malicioso, que años más tarde se explayará a plenitud en dos libros deliciosos, Ayapá: Cuentos de Jicotea (1971) y Cuentos para adultos niños y retrasados mentales (1983).

Descargar algunas obras

El poder de los bloggers en Alemania

Volviendo de Afganistan le hicieron una entrevista al entonces presidente de Alemania Horst Köhler, la cual fue difundida, al comienzo sin censura, primero en una radio cultural el sábado 22.Mai 2010,
donde hizo un comentario sobre la necesidad de 'mantener libres los caminos de mercado', en caso de necesidad 'por medios militares'
carta.info/.../horst-koehler-ein-ruecktritt-unter-blog-mitwirkung/

Deutschlandradio Kultur sendet kurz vor 8 Uhr ein auf dem Rückflug aus Afghanistan geführtes Interview mit Bundespräsident Horst Köhler. Das Interview führte Christopher Ricke.
Abajo partes de la primer entrada del blog de Stefan Graunke, quien fue el que notó el faux pas
www.unpolitik.de/2010/05/ 
...
Herr Köhler im Deutschlandradio

Ich finde es in Ordnung, wenn in Deutschland darüber immer wieder auch skeptisch, mit Fragezeichen diskutiert wird. Meine Einschätzung ist aber, dass insgesamt, wir auf dem Wege sind, doch auch in der Breite der Gesellschaft zu verstehen, dass ein Land unserer Größe, mit dieser Außenhandelsorientierung und damit auch Außenhandelsabhängigkeit, auch wissen muss, dass im Zweifel, im Notfall, auch militärischer Einsatz notwendig ist um unsere Interessen zu wahren. Zum Beispiel freie Handelswege, zum Beispiel ganze regionale Instabilitäten zu verhindern, die mit Sicherheit dann auch auf unsere Chancen zurückschlagen, negativ, durch Handel, Arbeitsplätze und Einkommen. Alles das soll diskutiert werden und ich glaube wir sind auf einem nicht so schlechten Weg.
--Bundespräsident Horst Köhler, am 22.5.2010 auf Deutschlandradio

Wirklich, Herr Köhler? Öffentlich zur Durchsetzung wirtschaftlicher Ziele durch militärische Gewalt aufrufen? Da muss man sich allerdings nur einmal ins Gedächtnis rufen, welch neoliberales Urgestein Horst Köhler ist, der geschäftsführender Direktor des Internationalen Währungsfonds (IWF) war und Mitglied der Trilateralen Kommission ist, und schon wird ein Schuh draus.
Vielleicht sollte man Herrn Köhler ja einmal empfehlen, das Buch “Volk ohne Markt” schreiben, um sein Verständnis von Wirtschaft und Militärmacht einmal genauer darzulegen.
spiegel.de/.../fotostrecke....html (Vorsicht: Satire!)
Luego de tres días del comentario el Presidente Horst Köhler renuncia a su cargo 
Si así actuaran los políticos en Sudamérica, tendríamos el triple de presidentes y otros pseudopolíticos en sus cargos, esperando meter la lengua..
Tienen suerte, García L. y E. Morales!
Sigan haciendo lo que deban...
La historia se encargará de darles su merecido.

Laguna Verde y geysires de Sol de Mañana

En los caminos del Estado Pluriterrenal de Bolivia a -16ºC
Ver fotos

Ese maldito yo

Fuente

«Para neutralizar a los envidiosos, deberíamos salir a la calle con muletas. Únicamente el espectáculo de nuestra degradación humaniza algo a nuestros amigos y a nuestros enemigos.»
«La tiranía destruye o fortalece al individuo; la libertad lo debilita y lo convierte en un fantoche. El hombre tiene más posibilidades de salvarse a través del infierno que del paraíso.»
«No se habita un país, se habita una lengua. Una patria es eso y nada más.»
«No deberíamos molestar a nuestros amigos más que para nuestro entierro. Y aún así…»
«El hombre olvida con tanta facilidad que es un ser maldito porque lo es desde siempre.»
«Muy bajo tiene que caer una sensación para convertirse en idea.»
«Nuestra misión es realizar la mentira que encarnamos, lograr no ser más que una ilusión agotada.»
«El orgasmo es un paroxismo; la desesperación, otro. El primero dura un instante; el segundo, una vida.»
«Si me hubiera dejado llevar por mis impulsos, hubiera acabado loco o ahorcado.»
«La felicidad y la desgracia me hacen igualmente desdichado. ¿Por qué entonces he preferido más de una vez la primera.»
«El hombre se halla en un lugar entre el ser y el no-ser, entre dos ficciones.»
«Parecerse a un corredor que se detiene en plena carrera para intentar comprender qué sentido tiene correr. Meditar es un signo de sofoco.»
«Todo sucede demasiado tarde, todo es demasiado tarde.»
«Solo nos importa lo que no hemos realizado, lo que no podíamos realizar, de manera que de una vida no retenemos más que lo que ella no ha sido.»
«Siempre hay alguien por encima de uno: más allá del propio Dios se eleva la Nada.»
«Cualquier gusano que se considerase el primero entre sus semejantes alcanzaría inmediatamente el estatuto de hombre.»
«Nos apegamos tanto más a un ser cuanto que su instinto de conservación es vacilante, por no decir nulo.»
«Si no quieres sucumbir a la rabia, deja tranquila tu memoria, renuncia a hurgar en ella.»

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Breviario De Podredumbre

Acerca de Breviario De Podredumbre

Breviario de podredumbre (Précis de décomposition) es un libro escrito en 1949 por Émile Michel Cioran. 


Fue el primer libro que escribió Cioran en francés como un reto hacia su idioma de adopción. Es un libro difícil de clasificar y de sintetizar. Está escrito en forma de aforismos y dividido en seis partes: 
Breviario de podredumbre 
El pensador de ocasión 
Rostros de la decadencia 
La santidad y las muecas de lo absoluto 
El decorado del saber 
Abdicaciones 
Este no es un libro como el que está al lado, ni como el de más allá. no se trata de una golosina cultural, es una tormenta de lucidez haciendo volar los viejos pergaminos que sirven de biombo a la podredumbre: he aquí un discurso sin castrar, un lenguaje que no cede a la fascinación del lenguaje (comentario editorial 1972) 
En él, Cioran reflexiona sobre el vacío, la existencia, Dios, el tiempo, la desesperación, en suma las Grandes Palabras. Busca la idea perfecta, la frase redonda que exprese su pensamiento. Según Ferrater Mora: expresa actitudes nihilistas y ha desarrollado la idea de la «descomposición» 
Incluyo una cita del aforismo Los ángeles reaccionarios, para que el lector de Wikipedia se acerque al libro... o se aleje de él:

En este mundo, nada está en su sitio, empezando por el mundo mismo. No hay que asombrarse entonces del espectáculo de la injusticia humana. Es igualmente vano rechazar o aceptar el orden social: nos es forzoso sufrir sus cambios a mejor o a peor con un conformismo desesperado, como sufrimos el nacimiento, el amor, el clima y la muerte. La descomposición preside las leyes de la vida: más cercanos a nuestro polvo que lo están al suyo los objetos inanimados, sucumbimos ante ellos y corremos hacia nuestro destino bajo la mirada de las estrellas aparentemente indestructibles. Pero incluso ellas estallarán en un universo que sólo nuestro corazón toma en serio para expiar después con desgarramiento su falta de ironía

Descargar el libro Breviario De Podredumbre

Émile Michel Cioran

Emil Mihai Cioran —en francés: Émile Michel Cioran— (Răşinari —Städterdorf en alemán, Resinár en húngaro—, Sibiu, Rumanía, entonces parte del Imperio austrohúngaro, 8 de abril de 1911 - París, 20 de junio de 1995) fue un escritor y filósofo rumano. La mayor parte de sus obras se publicó en lengua francesa.

Contenido 1 Biografía 2 Pensamiento 3 Algunas obras 4 Referencias 5 Enlaces externos

Breviario de los vencidos

• "Afronta el instante con valor, se implacable con tu fatiga, no son los hombres quienes te revelaran los arcanos que yacen en tu ignorancia. Es el mundo el que se esconde en ella. Basta con que escuches en silencio y lo oirás todo. No existen ni verdad ni error, ni objeto ni figuración. Presta oídos al mundo que yace en algún rincón de ti mismo y que no precisa mostrarse para ser. Todo existe en ti, incluso espacio de sobra para los continentes del espíritu... El ser es un jamás absoluto."

• "Amar apasionadamente la vida, y luego deambular implorándote compasión a ti mismo por la ausencia ilimitada nacida de tu vacío, infame jardinero de la nada, sembrador de violetas y de pus..."

• "...Arrancaré una nada embriagadora de todas las floraciones y me haré de las corolas de los campos un lecho donde dormir. Y ya no huiré a las estrellas ni me refugiaré en lejanías lunares."

• "Cuanto más aprendo a deleitarme en una ausencia de razones de ser o a actuar sin ninguna utilidad como no sea hacer más llevadero el tedio, más hombre soy. Labrador en el Sahara, ésa es su dignidad. Un animal que puede sufrir por lo que no es. He ahí al hombre."

• "Deja de vigilar a tu alma; ¡mírala cómo sale de estampida al cielo!... Al menor descuido, envuelta en llamas, se suelta y se va hacia otros mundos. ¿De dónde vendrá esa súbita llamarada que la arroja al destierro en parajes celestiales mientras tú te quedas aquí, como victima junto a un cuerpo abandonado?"

• "Después de haber inventado mundos y haberlos perdido por los espacios, de pronto se da uno cuenta de que anhela algo que fuera (el Yo) una sombra de ser en medio de una ausencia general de existencia."

• "El deseo de desaparecer, porque las cosas desaparecen, emponzoño tan atrozmente mi sed de ser que, en medio de los resplandores del tiempo, el aliento se apagaba y el ocaso de las naturaleza me envolvía con multitud de sombras. Y como veía el tiempo en todas las cosas, esperaba salvarlas del tiempo."

• "El nirvana estético del mundo: alcanzar lo supremo en medio de supremas apariencias. Ser nada y todo en la espuma de lo inmediato."

• "Elevemos lo que se ve al rango de alucinación, lo que se oye, al nivel de la música."

• "Es difícil de precisar la fecha en que las iglesias llegarán a ser simples monumentos y el día en que las cruces, purificadas del símbolo de la sangre judaica, sonreirán inútilmente a la curiosidad estética. Hasta entonces, no tendremos más remedio que soportar en los retornos del alma el soplo sofocante de la fe."

• "He servido en mi vida a muchos amos y he esculpido mi imagen de cada momento. Si las cosas extintas supiesen cuánto las he amado se procurarían un alma sólo para llorarme."

• "La necesidad de convertir a los seres en eternos por medio de la adoración, la premura por elevarlos, por exceso de corazón, de su destrucción natural me parecía la única labor apreciable."

• "La vida dura lo mismo que nuestros estremecimientos. Sin ellos, es polvo vital."

• "La vida es un subterfugio de la locura y el que cae en sus redes marcha por un camino abierto por su propia sangre."

• "Las religiones me enseñaron la senda de la felicidad, a costa mía. Pero la ilusión de estar aquí es más estimulante que la serenidad de no estar en ninguna parte, de estar en los cielos."

• "No puede concebirse la fuerza sin la enfermedad. No en vano los hombres más peligrosos son los que tienen una salud precaria. El carro de la historia está guiado por hombres que se buscan constantemente el pulso."

• "No puedo reconciliarme conmigo mismo, con los otros, con las cosas. Ni siquiera con Dios. Con él de ninguna manera."

• "No soporto otro absoluto salvo mi accidente. Dado que soy, la ilusión de mi existencia me parece mi sentido supremo. No voy a enmendar nada de este acontecimiento."

• "Pero en el espíritu, al que lo infinito dotó de alas, el sueño es más real que todas las verdades. El mundo no es; se crea cada vez que el estremecimiento de un principio atiza las ascuas de nuestra alma. El yo es un promontorio en la nada que sueña con un espectáculo de realidad."

• "Siempre que el cristianismo suscita mis dudas, una adversidad dolorosa ocupa el lugar del fasto escéptico y de los armas embriagadores. Me impide respirar. Huele a viejo. Me sofoco."

• "Sin embargo, tú sigue tu camino y, como un sol escéptico, ilumínalo con los rayos de tu cólera pensadora."

• "Sin que nosotros podamos impedirlo, el velo que recubre ese espectáculo llamado vida se desgarra en miríadas de copos ilusorios y, de todo cuanto se desarrollaba ante nuestros ojos, no quedan ya ni tan siquiera las sombras de una quimérica realidad."

• "Tal y como la Nada se vuelve Dios mediante la oración, de igual forma la apariencia se torna naturaleza gracias a la expresión... "

• "Todo proyecto es una forma de esclavitud."

• "Un instante de lucidez, sólo uno; y las redes de lo real vulgar se habrán roto para que podamos ver lo que somos: ilusiones de nuestro propio pensamiento."

Porqué lo hacen?

Why Do Women Do It?

Tacos altos son realmente malos para pies, espalda y la completa constitución corpórea.

Una señal que las mujeres piensan primero en su apariencia, luego en su salud.

Pero ellas saben, desde ya varios siglos, que ver una mujer con tacos es para nosotros ver un trasero en un pedestal. 

Y eso quieren que veamos primero en ellas.

Y luego se quejan algunas tontitas de que no las veamos como símbolos sexuales.

Heals are truly bad for feet, back and whole body constitution. But women care more for looks than health.

Because they look hot and sexy

Because it prominents the boobs and buts of girls

The average woman would rather have beauty that brains...

and the average man can see better than he can think

to have or not

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Chronus y su plato favorito

Cronus and the delicious baby
by Ryan Mauskopf

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Sushi sorpresa

Ver

Christine Chubbuckliveleak.com

"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (2007)

First news anchor who committed suicide live, on-air: Christine Chubbock (1944-1974).
"At 9:30 on the morning of July 15, 1974, Christine Chubbuck began her regular morning news program, Suncoast Digest on WXLT (Now WWSB) in Sarasota. Earlier that morning, Christine had taken her crew by surprise by announcing that she was going to begin her program with a news recap. Typically, the fir More..

Quien a hierro mata...

por poco a colmillo muere...
El león reconoció exactamente quien lo atacó!
Pésimos cazadores para una "presa" en movimiento
Eso sí, mucha sangre fría del filmador!

Until the Lions write their own stories,
the Tale of The Hunt will always glorify
the hunter
[Hasta que los leones escriban sus propias historias,
el relato de la Caza siempre glorificará
al cazador]

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First taken photographs

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1. Earliest Known Photograph [1825]

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Earliest known, surviving heliographic engraving in existence, made by Nicéphore Niépce in 1825 by the heliography process. His illustration is of an etching printed from a metal plate that was etched following alteration of the ground by sunlight; the image is of a 17th Century Flemish engraving showing a man leading a horse.

2. The First Photograph Ever Taken “View from the Window at Le Gras” [Circa, 1826]

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The first permanent photograph (later accidentally destroyed) was an image produced in 1822 by the French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. His photographs were produced on a polishedpewter plate covered with a petroleum derivative called bitumen of Judea. View from the Window at Le Gras (La cour du domaine du Gras) was the first successful permanent photograph, created by Nicéphore Niépce in 1826 at Saint-Loup-de-Varennes. Niépce captured the photo with a camera obscura focused onto a sheet of 20 × 25 cm oil-treated bitumen. As a result of the 8-hour exposure, sunlight illuminates the buildings on both sides.

3. The First Photograph of a Human ”Boulevard Du Temple” [Paris, 1838]

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Boulevard du Temple, taken by Louis Daguerre in late 1838, was the first-ever photograph of a person. It is an image of a busy street, but because exposure time was over ten minutes, the city traffic was moving too much to appear. The exception is a man in the bottom left corner, who stood still getting his boots polished long enough to show up in the picture.

4. The First Light Picture and Human Potrait Ever Taken [Oct,Nov 1839]

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Robert Cornelius, self-portrait, Oct. or Nov. 1839, approximate quarter plate daguerreotype which is a procedure invented in 1839 using silver on a copper plate. The back reads, “The first light picture ever taken.” This self-portrait is the first photographic portrait image of a human ever produced.

10. First Color Photograph [1861]
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Although color photography was explored throughout the 19th century, initial experiments in color resulted in projected temporary images, rather than permanent color images. Moreover until the 1870s the emulsions available were not sensitive to red or green light.The first color photo, an additive projected image of a tartan ribbon, was taken in 1861 by the Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwel>
13. First High Speed Photograph [1878]

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 In 1887, using a series of trip wires, Eadweard Muybridge created the first high speed photo series which can be run together to give the effect of motion pictures. High speed photography is the science of taking pictures of very fast phenomena. In 1948, the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) defined high-speed photography as any set of photographs captured by a camera capable of 128 frames per second or greater, and of at least three consecutive frames.

15. First Motion Picture [1888]

This film is the first celluloid film created and it gives us a true look at how people looked and, more importantly, carried themselves. The film only lasts for two seconds but it is enough time to see the characters walking. It was recorded at 12 frames per second by French inventor Louis Le Prince. It was filmed at the home of Joseph and Sarah Whitley, in Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England on October 14 and the people who appear are Adophe Le Prince (Louis’s son), Sarah Whitley, Joseph Whitley, and Harriet Hartley.

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legal drinking age map

It seems that everyone in the U.S. complains about the legal drinking age being set at 21, using the argument that if you are old enough to fight in a war for your country, you should be able to legally enjoy a beer. Not a bad contention, but it could be worse. Military service could be mandatory, and drinking could be illegal. Go count your blessings. The following map displays the legal drinking age in each country around the world.

A few disclaimers:

-In some countries, the age you can legally drink is different than the age you can legally purchase alcohol. Some also distinuish between types of alcohol, the difference typically being around 22% ABV.

-Not all drinking laws are enforced, many countries follow general custom instead.

-Many Middle Eastern countries have a ban on alcohol under Muslim law, though the country permits certain establishments to sell to tourists upon obtaining a proper license.

-Canada's legal drinking age varies by providence, Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec all set the age at 18, the restare 19.

-The legal drinking age in Nepal is 24.

-The legal drinking age in India varies between 18 and 25 from state to state.

(Click to see legal drinking age map)

There are many options for drug and alcohol treatment available to recover from addiction so if you know someone in need of help, encourage them to seek a treatment center. Whether they need analcohol detox program or cocaine abuse rehabilitation, there are specialized treatments than can help.

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Freaks: When nature fails

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La suerte de unos...

es la perdición de otros

Qué hacer cuando borracho?

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Tired of never having anything to do when you're drunk? It seems that most of us resort to the same intoxicated pass times: beer pong, card games and socializing with others. While these activities are certainly fun, it seems that new and original drunken experiences can be hard to come by. In fact, having a unique and fun time while drunk isn't very hard, you just have to use your imagination. Today, we explore fifteen fun and easy things to do when you're drunk. Try some out the next time you crack open your favorite bottle. 
1. Breaking Stuff

Breaking stuff can be a great outlet for aggression and child-like fun when you're drunk. The more ridiculous the stuff you're breaking, the more fun it usually is. Electronics are always extra-enjoyable. Try to get your hands on some old computers or TV sets that haven't been used in ages. Once you're good and hammered, haul off and bust them apart however you desire. Try throwing them off high places or swinging a baseball bat at them. The first crunch your bat takes through the screen is always satisfying. If you can't find old electronics or furniture or anything like that, try smaller items. Something as simple as smashing glass bottles on an ally-way can be a blast when you're loaded.

2. Yell At People (Especially Strangers) 

One of alcohol's most beloved (and also most regretted) side effects is lowered inhibition. Simply put, you don't care to stop and think about what you're doing before you do it. For this reason, yelling at complete strangers is a ton of fun. The best way to go about this is to convince a sober friend to drive you and your drunk buddies around town. When you see people walking on the sidewalk, just lean out the window and scream at them. What you scream at them is entirely up to you. Insults tend to be the most fun when drunk, but almost anything that comes to mind will do. If you can't find a sober friend to drive you around, you might try screaming at people outside the bar you're hanging out at. This can be fun too, but you'll have to censor yourself a bit unless you want to get into a fight.
3. Sing and Dance 
Let's face it, karaoke would have never caught on if it weren't for drunk people trying to have a good time. Loud music and alcohol seem to go hand in hand and, for as long as brew has been consumed, people have sung and danced after a few drinks. One of the most fun things about karaoke nights at bars is that you don't have to worry about being a great singer. You can actually be considerably off key as long as you give a good performance. If you pick a song everyone knows and dance around like you're really into it, you'll have the whole bar dancing and singing along in no time! When you're drunk though, you don't even need a bar and a karaoke machine and a crowd of fellow drinkers. A stereo with your favorite CDs, a car radio, an Ipod or even a live concert are perfect ways to dance around like a crazy person and sing your lungs out. 
4. Ride Bumper Cars 
With most amusement parks serving alcohol these days, the question of what to ride after you've had a bunch of beer often gets raised. Roller coasters seem tempting, but the fear of throwing up makes them look unappealing. Spinning rides are off limits, and free falls make your stomach rise to your chest. Bumper cars, on the other hand, are the perfect drunk ride. Bumper cars allows you and your buddies to recklessly smash into each other with little cars, shoving one another into the wall and racing around a track at speeds that feel much faster than they actually are. The best part of it is, you can do all this without much danger to personal safety. This is an activity which is best performed with a large group of friends. You don't wanna be the one crazy adult in a bumper car slamming into little kids like a drunken maniac. On the other hand, if you and six of your friends commandeer the track, it will be an experience to talk about for a long time. 
5. Play Competitive Video Games 
From the old days of whiskey fueled poker to the modern frat house sponsored beer pong tournaments, drinking seems to go hand in hand with friendly competition. Video games can be a great outlet for this alcohol induced spirit. Get a few buddies of yours around a bottle of something strong and an Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 and let the good times roll. Before your know it you'll be shoving, cussing, cheering and screaming at your friends about "who's the f*cking man" and making sure they all recognize you as their daddy. The best games for such a night are those which pit all players against each other, such as Mortal Kombat, Golden Eye, Rainbow Six, or Street Fighter. Games in which your friends pick teams, such as all the popular sports games, can be excellent choices too. 
6. Try To Meet New Chicks/Dudes

Alcohol has made the chase of the opposite sex infinitely more fun since the day the first village of people received the first barrel of wine. Whether you prefer a loud and pumping night club or a smaller, more relaxed bar, mingling is always easier with some liquid courage running through your veins. The next time you plan to go out with friends, dress your best and spray yourself down with your favorite scent. From there it's simply a matter of picking out other good looking people, and let the alcohol calm your nerves enough to go over and chat with them. Before long, you'll no doubt be having some cool conversations with other cool people, and you might even get lucky and score a phone number or two.

7. Go Swimming

This is certainly one of the more dangerous drinking activities, yet under the right conditions it can be a great time. Drunk swimming feels awesome because the weightless sensation that water usually produces is amplified. The relaxing properties of swimming are also heightened when you are drunk. Of course, the risk of drowning is also greater, so don't drunk dive alone. Always have a sober friend around in case you get into any trouble. The best place to swim drunk is a heated personal pool. The ocean can be more dangerous because of its greater depth, sea animals, and unpredictable currents and waves. A soothing pool or hot tub can do wonders for the senses after consuming some adult beverages, and are generally much more controllable and thus less dangerous.

8. Go On Swings

As a kid, swings were some of the most fought over and cherished playground amusements. Many of us have never sat on a swing much past sixth or seventh grade, but that no longer need be the case. Swinging while drunk can be some of the most fun you can have, and it doesn't even cost a dime. This activity is not for those prone to motion sickness, as the back and forth motion may aggravate the stomach. Those who do not get motion sickness, though, will experience a sweet head rush and the sensation of flying while drunk swinging. This can be a great way to pass the time while talking to a fellow drunken friend or simply listening to your MP3 player alone. Just don't try jumping off like you did when you were younger! You will land off balance and uncoordinated, resulting in a broken limb or busted head. Keep it on the swing. 
9. Go to See An Action Movie

If you have a high amount of testosterone in your blood, you know how exciting a big Hollywood action movie can be. All too often though, we find that the story lines and writing in such movies are atrocious, and the multi-million dollar explosions, fight scenes, car chases and other special effects rarely make up for the intelligence insulting writing. That is why these movies are often best viewed drunk, and on the big screen. Hopped up on booze, you rarely care about the stupid dialogue and instead become enthralled and amazed by the massive special effects you are viewing. The best plan is to pick an insane action movie, the biggest one out at the moment, and plan a night for you and your friends to go see it. Pick a theater with a built in bar, or at least that has one one located in walking distance. If these are not available, pick a designated driver and buy a bottle of your favorite spirits. Kill the bottle between your friends (excluding the driver, of course) and head over to the theater. Try and sit relatively close, as everything will look so much more epic the bigger the screen is.

10. Smoke a Hookah

A Hookah is a rather large middle eastern smoking apparatus used for exotic and uniquely flavored tobacco variants. In many middle eastern cultures, the smoking of a hookah is a social tradition between friends or families. Hookah smoke is far less harsh than cigarette smoke, and tastes distinctly of fruit rather than tobacco. The proper enjoyment of a hookah usually takes between 30-45 minutes, and results in a relaxed body and clear mind. Most cities have "hookah bars," or small pubs where hookahs are available at hourly rates. Hookah smoke tastes great with the flavor of many brown spirits or dark beers, and the dual relaxing effect of the alcohol and hookah will put you in a state of relaxation that can best be described as Zen. Check your local listings for such bars, it might just become a regular, therapeutic part of your week.

11. Eat a Huge Meal

After a long night of downing booze nothing hits the spot like a big, hot meal. Many people choose to go out to a diner or late night restaurant for such a meal. This is convenient because the last thing you want to be doing while sloshed is firing up a grill or a stove and attempting to make food. Serious burns or knife cuts easily follow from this. Stick with the restaurant, and try to find a place close to the bar or club you usually party at. This can be a great way for you and your friends to kill time while sobering up, and any place open late near a bar is used to serving drunk people, so you can be sure you won't be disturbing anyone.

12. Jump In a Moon-Bounce

One absolutely wild way to have a good time while drinking is to rent a massive moon bounce for your next party. You may think the moon bounce is just for kids, but you might be surprised to see how large these things come nowadays. The moon bounce is a far safer alternative to a trampoline, which has caused many a broken leg for drunk jumpers in the past. The nice thing about the moon-bounce is that it is enclosed, and even the walls and ceiling are either inflatable cushion or mesh netting. This way, if things get rowdy and people start throwing each other around a bit, or you loose your balance while showing off your sweet front flip, you are quite well protected against injury. Moon bounce jumping can provide endless amounts of juvenile fun for dizzied adults as long as safety is taken into consideration.

13. Get Thrown Out of a Public Place

Either by excessive PDA with your significant other, problems with a group of people in attendance, or just due to over-all excessive rowdiness, never will you feel more righteous than when you and your friends are thrown our of a public place drunk. Pointing with indigent fury and screaming about how "this is bullsh*t" and how "you don't have to take this" while your friends hold you back and drag you out of a place can make you feel like someone to be reckoned with. As long as you don't do anything to get yourself arrested, being asked to leave a place for drunken conduct, creating a huge scene upon leaving, almost always provides some great laughs and cheap thrills for a night of debauchery. 
14. Calling Friends 
The all too common "drunk dial" is great way to pass the time while standing outside your favorite bar or just sitting around your house after drinking a bunch of beer. Who should you call, you might wonder. The best bet is to call other close friends who are either themselves out having a wild night or would otherwise find it funny that you're calling them tanked. Don't worry about what you'll say, generally once they pick up hilarious conversation will just naturally flow. If they don't answer, leave them a message. It is always hysterical (and sometimes embarrassing) when your friend lets you listen to the drunken message the next day. Whatever you do, don't make the mistake of calling a longed for ex-lover or straitlaced co-worker or boss. These are fatal mistakes that will come back to haunt you the minute you take off your beer-goggles.

15. Make Some Art

If you find yourself four to the floor and all alone, it can quite entertaining to practice your favorite art. If you play an instrument, jam out. If you're a painter, break out your canvas and have at it. If instead you prefer digital art, load up Photoshop and go to town, and if you're a writer, try and crank out a short story. Not only can you sometimes find inspiration drunk that you might not have had sober, it also ensures a fun time checking out what you did when you sober up. Art is all about expressions, and some of the most influential cultural pieces were created by someone just as blasted as you. 
Don't let addiction take over your life.

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Read also: Top 10 Things Not to Do On the Internet When Drunk