MY WORLD

Saramago Owes at least 717.000 €uros to the Spanish IRS.

2010-07-22T09:26:00.000Z

The Nobel of Literature refused to pay anything to the IRS. He considered himself a kind of God, a Communist God of course. The kind of God a militan atheist like him could invent. From 1997 to 2000 he owed 717.ooo € but we have also learnt that he had paid nothing since then, so that amount is just a little sample.

He was an inmoral person who was always boasting of his solidarity and his anticapitalism. Giving lessons on morality whenever he could, attacking the Bible, the Catholic Church till the end of his days on Earth: the Bible as a "handbook of bad morals." Speaking at the launch of "Cain," Saramago said society would probably be better off without the Bible. ''Cain'' takes a critical and sometimes lighthearted look at the life of Adam and Eve's son, according to Chowk.com.

Poor rich man who even had to invent his family poverty to be able to get the attention of his public, his followers like that type of things even if they are not true.

Saramago was a BIG FAKE

He never paid taxes neither in Portugal nor in Spain, so he was an outlaw, a criminal, don´t you think so?

Who will pay for Saramago´s huge debt? Perhaps Garzón ? What a bad joke!!!!

In Flanders Fields_ JOE

2009-11-18T19:31:00.002Z

In Flanders Fieldsby John McCrae, May 1915

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

Wonderful LIFE

2008-02-22T18:30:00.001Z

A gift Nature offers us

The Right Brain vs Left Brain

2008-02-22T17:51:00.002Z

The Right Brain vs Left Brain test ... do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?
If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.

Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking

RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONSuses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe

dailytelegraph

Financial Times: Is publishing images offensive to Muslims justified in terms of freedom of speech?

2006-05-31T22:08:00.000Z

Is publishing Images offensive to Muslims justified in terms of freedom of speech? by Alicia Antolín de la Hoz

03 Feb 2006 10:24 PM

I don´t like the question because it implies a desire to harm Muslims . We are in Europe and in Europe we have our own philosophy, our own culture, our own beliefs, our religions and we don´t try to impose them to anyone. We respect everybody, we understand and respect other cultures but above all we must respect our own and common culture. It is at the same time a very modern and an ancient one. Through the centuries we have learnt to listen to everybody but there is a limit: We cannot admit threats of any kind in our own territory. We are Europeans and in Europe we have freedom of speech. We deserve it because our grandparents had to fight even giving their lives for it.They had to fight in two horrible World Wars to defend our FREEDOM, we have the moral obligation to defend it and nobody can threaten us for doing so. We could get rid of two totalitarian regimes: Comunism and Nazism thanks to the help of the United States of America and we don´t see the need of surrendering to any other totalitarian regime in which in the name of their God anything can be justified.

ROBERT BURNS

2006-03-31T17:32:00.000Z

A Red, Red Rose

[Hear Red, Red Rose]
1794Type: Poem

O my Luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June:
O my Luve's like the melodie,
That's sweetly play'd in tune.
As fair art thou, my bonie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry.
Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.
And fare-thee-weel, my only Luve!
And fare-thee-weel, a while!
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho' 'twere ten thousand mile!

http://www.robertburns.org/works/

This is other of my favourite poems, it is wonderfully sang in a CD composed by BILL DOUGLAS. I recomend it .

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

2006-03-23T18:04:00.000Z

William Wordsworth (1770-1850), British poet, credited with ushering in the English Romantic Movement with the publication of Lyrical Ballads(1798) in collaboration with Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

"I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD"

I WANDERED lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay: 10
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed--and gazed--but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood, 20
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

1804.

This is one of my favourite poems. I find it just magic.Whenever I read it I experience an enormeous mixture of marvellous feelings, I can feel the soft breeze, I can smell the water, I can experience a good sensation as if I were taking part in that walk with them. It is something difficult to explain but there some times in my life , there are some times during the year when I need to read it. And this is one of those times so I have searched the net because I remembered the first time I had the chance to visit the most wonderful web page about Wordsworth and thanks goodness I have found it, so now I can keep it in my blog and share it with all of you ,poetry lovers.

http://www.visitcumbria.com/pen/daffodil.htm

Tough girls give birth to boys. Incredible?

2006-03-05T20:43:00.001Z

I am a tough girl!
I am the mother of two boys !
According to timesonline " TOUGH, confident females may be more likely to give birth to sons than women with less pushy personalities, researchers have found." http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2070169,00.html
I like this explanation very much indeed, perhaps it is not true but it is very good all the same, because though you were not tough enough, after bringing up boys you certainly are much tougher than you could have ever imagined . Many times you are at a lost asking yourself were has the girl in you gone , you miss her, oh my God how much you can miss her...!
But the truth is that the most of times you feel great , the authentic Queen in the house, the make you feel that way, so Congratulations and Good luck, boys are loveble , and I can tell you a secret : they will always be the best admirers you could ever dream of.
Love them and feel proud of being a mother of boys . They are a blessing to the world .

A HOUSE TO IMPROVE ? A FAMILY LIFE TO IMPROVE? A WHOLE FAMILY WITH STYLE?

2006-02-21T22:08:00.000Z

I am reading three articles at a time because I feel like mixing them. These are the articles:
http://parenting.ivillage.com/mom/organization/0,,8rrj07tm-3,00.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/16/garden/16room.html?_r=1&oref=slogin _r=1&oref=slogin
http://www.bbc.co.uk/homes/design/

It is a good mixture, believe me ! The first one is the most close to earth: it´s everyday ritual , war in any home with children and from a very optimistic point of view "Families with Style: Take the Hassle out of Housekeeping" I love reading this kind of stuff , they are really helpful. It is great reading about things you have already experienced and situations you are living every day .

The second one is like dreaming: you can locate yourself in a totally different dimension : you only have to decorate a wonderful house and don´t think about rushes, children, clutter, cooking, toys,... just imagine you have the house just for yourself to enjoy . There are no bills to pay, no housekeeping to worry about, just you and the wonderful designs you have chosen to fullfill your senses and help you live a more plenty life: "Looks good, works well" should be your mantra. Says the author of the article ." Each piece should function well, even if that function is to make you happy every time you look at it." Was what she suggested in a previous paragraph. Just wonderful! What a dream ! How relaxing is reading it!

The third one is the "British touch" , What else can I say? you can spend some of the time living in a real castle, have the advice of ten top decoration experts ...

It is amazing the good vibrations you can get from reading and mixing three different house related web sites . :-) :-) :-)

A MILLION DOLLAR BABY . A REVIEW

2006-01-28T22:20:00.000Z

I love Clint Eastwood. I loved him as an actor though I found him a bit too tough, but as a director he is great, superb, he is just a genious, and the way he combines both jobs is still more amazing . He is just brilliant, or as I read some time ago "at the peak of his powers".
I am not fond of boxing, what is more I think it is something I can´t understad : too much violence, too much money, too much suffering, but with this film I have learnt to see it much more like a sport, like a way of improving oneself . Clint has taught me at least, and I am sure he has also shown to everybody the dignity of this sport.
Clint deals with many important themes for all human beings :
- Family relationships , family ties (He shows Maggie´s beloved family, a family unable to love or apreciate her in any way : Clint´s only family, his daughter , never seen but presnt all through the film, from the very beginning till the end ; Peligro´s family, we know very little about them , but enough, we know the good education his mother tried to give him ...)
-Friendship : The best example of perfect friends , the aging trainer, Fankie Dunn and his former fighter , Scrap , Frankie and Maggie, ...
-Euthasnasia
-Catholic religion , faith, church,the seeking of God. Maggie wore a crucifix when she was asking Frankie to help her to end her life.
-Unconditional Love , the love Frankie showed when he made plans to live in a cottage with Maggie being unable to move or breath on her own , he also made plans for Maggie , he suggested her going to University on a wheelchair .
Well , this is the way I see it, and I can also add that the film made me cry and I don´t cry easily

BOOKS-BOOK-BOOKS........

2006-01-16T16:50:00.000Z

HENRY JAMES

He was unique, he was really hardworking, a great traveller, but what it´s more important, he brought to Europe the psichology of the Americans of his century and brought to America the knowledge of the Europeans as he had experienced during the long periods of time he had spent in the most important places of Britain, Italy, France, Greece,.... he was like a bridge between the two worlds.

"http://www.online-literature.com/henry_james/
Henry James (1843-1916), American-born writer, gifted with talents in literature, psychology, and philosophy. James wrote 20 novels, 112 stories, 12 plays and a number of works of literary criticism. Henry James was born on April 15, 1843 in New York City into a wealthy family. His father, Henry James Sr. was one of the best-known intellectuals in mid-nineteenth-century America. In his youth James traveled back and forth between Europe and America. He studied with tutors in Geneva, London, Paris, Bologna and Bonn. At the age of 19 he briefly attended Harvard Law School, but preferred reading literature to studying law..."

I love his novels, I´ve enjoyed everyone of them from the The Wings of the Dove, to The Aspern Papers, I recomend him if you want to experience the pleasure of reading the one of the best novelist in the world.

2006-01-14T22:57:00.000Z

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2006

2006-01-08T15:42:00.000Z

Hello!
This is my first post in this new year

MY WORLD: THE BEST THINGS IN ANY LIFE

2005-12-10T22:42:00.000Z

MY WORLD: THE BEST THINGS IN ANY LIFE

I have a problem
I can not publish new posts and I do not know how to solve the promblem.
Can anyone on the other side help me , please?
Thanks in advance

Alicia Antolin

BIRD FLU . The latest news

2005-12-10T22:05:00.000Z

Why am I worried about Bird Flu?

I do not really know , but the fact is that I am worried, but not because of the possible pandemic What worries me most is the lack of any plan to stop the spread of the illness if it gets to come to Europe , mainly to Spain.

Last wednesday I had to visit two people in two different hospitals in Valladolid. One belonged to the National Health Service and the other one was private. None of them gave me the impression of being prepared to deal with a difficult situation.

The firts one was overcrowded . It did not seem to be a hospital , the rooms were crowded , only two ill people in each room, but at least two or three more visiting each one at the same time. There is no real timetible for attending the visitors, they can enter any room at any time of the day or night. How can it be possible? The corridors were full with people going in and out of the rooms,... I thought at hospitals it was very important to keep silence and to avoid germs from visitors mainly after having suffered from a severe illness or an operation.

Who is to blame??
I know the answer and you? But how can this help the poor people suffering? Some should do something.
In Spain we have the best doctors, one of the best NHS in the world but we have no education at all about possible hazards , real hazards and how to prevent them. Our hospitals are in very old buildings, most of them were built during in the second half of the 20th century and they have not been updated or modernized at all.

When I saw this , I inmediately began to ask myself how could doctors handle an emergency situation in such poor conditions.

Can you anderstand why I am so worried about the possible outbreak of the Bird Flu in my country?

THE BEST THINGS IN ANY LIFE

2005-11-21T17:50:00.000Z

Sometimes it is not an easy thing to be happy to feel calm to experience the joy of being alive to enjoy a new day and to make things worse there we have the news. Perhaps they are one of the most powerful means to make people feel sick with pity, anger, anxiety ,fear, confussion.... all possible negative feelings and my question is how can it be that most of us can not imagine a world without listening, watching os reading the news.

I CAN´T PUBLISH NEW POSTS

2005-11-12T22:14:00.000Z

FULL MOON IN THE MEDITERRANEO

MY WORLD

2005-11-11T22:34:00.000Z

MY WORLD

2005-11-11T22:23:00.000Z

MY WORLD

I can not publish anyting in this blog since last sunday. I am unable to find an answer, what could I do?

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO MURCIA?

2005-11-10T20:44:00.000Z

These wild flowers can be found in almos every beach in Murcia . In Spanish they are called "azucenas silvestres". They are not only admired because of their perfect beauty , they exhale a lovely sweet perfume. Ity is one of the many miracles you can observe in this surprising and wonderful Spanish region every day.

2005-11-03T22:54:00.000Z

2005-11-03T22:53:00.000Z

MY COUNTRY

2005-11-02T20:21:00.000Z

I am really worried, this is not exactly an environmental issue, but the environment suffers directly or indirectly the effects of the wrong political programmes or what is worst, the absence , the lack of any programme at all, the only thing this government is doing is just paralising or destroying everything the previous one did.

What happens with the water problem?

How is pollution going to be reduced?

How is Spain preparing for the possible future Bird Flu outbreak? Nobody knows.

POTES A BEAUTIFUL VILLAGE IN PICOS DE EUROPA

2005-10-31T00:09:00.000Z

Four valleys get together in Potes. It is situated in la Liebana area. It is in the southeast of Cantabria, next to El Principado de Asturias and the cities Palencia and León. We love going there at least twice a year mainly in October or November and in May or June.

Autumn there is gorgeous and spring time is lovely . I like the colours in the beech woods , oak trees, yews, birchs, chestnuts and the ferns .

It is such an incredibly beautiful landscape! We enjoy ourselves very much walking , taking photographs, listening to the small cascades which resound in every part of the park and eating, of course. The cheese, the Tresviso variety is simply delicious.

2005-10-29T21:29:00.000Z

Barcena Mayor is in the River Saja Valley. It is located in the heart of the Natural Park. Since the Roman times it was the way to Castilla la Vieja.
You are surprised at the evergreen landscape. Canoeing, trekking and riding on horse back or riding a bike can make your journey an unforgettable one, mainly in summer, autumn or spring time although winter is wonderful too . http://http://parquesnaturales.consumer.es/documentos/cantabria/saja_besaya/index.php

MY WORLD

2005-10-29T20:58:00.000Z

Hi! Wellcome to my blog

This picture was taken in Valderejo three weeks ago , there we could enjoy ourselves because the weather was superb and the landscape indescriptible . Yo have to go there to experience the power of nature . It is a Natural Park in Álava, Spain .