Of Love,Darwin and Mockingbirds

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When the survey voyage of HMS Beagle visited the Galápagos Islands in September to October 1835, the naturalist Charles Darwin noticed that the mockingbirds Mimus thencadiffered from island to island, and were closely allied in appearance to mockingbirds on the South American mainland. Nearly a year later when writing up his notes on the return voyage he speculated that this, together with what he had been told about Galápagos tortoises, could undermine the doctrine of stability of species. This was his first recorded expression of his doubts about species being immutable, which led to him being convinced about thetransmutation of species and hence evolution. It was only after the ship returned to England that he found out about the better known Darwin's Finches.

In 2009 it was reported that Doug Levey, a biologist at the University of Florida, had discovered that mockingbirds could pick out a threatening person from a crowd. Levey had one person stand near a mockingbird nest and touch it, while other people avoided the nest. Later on, the mockingbirds recognized the intruder and attacked him, while ignoring the other people.wiki

" Listen to the Mockingbird" was once a popular song

inthe United States.The sc ientific name of this

species translates as " many-tongued mimic ."

Mockingbirds have been known to mimic the songs

of thirty-nine other bird species, imitate fifty call

notes, the barking of a dog, pianos, and squeaky

gates.Mockingbirds possess their own song and

unmated males will sing at night during spring.

They are very aggressive defenders of their territory,

chasing not only other birds,but also cats, dogs and

humans .excerpt from 50 Common Birds of The

SouthWest by Richard L.Cunningham- Tucson

Arizona

Act ( in tangential mode)

Apigollo:

I am not going to violate

the Order of Merit ,

it is kind of an Order,not an

Oscar,de la Renta, oy....

Your words are the same all these years and you call it love!

Daisy: Okay, you too.

Makeover then?Sex change ?

I am quite comfortable being a woman.

What about you?

You show no change. Do you call that love?.but?????

oh yeah, you are into but and if, I forgot.....

So, honey,membrillo,couscous

and rice and peace.....

My callaloo

Spelled half a dozen different ways, this colorful word turns up in Jamaican records as early as 1696. This leafy, spinach-like vegetable is typically prepared as one would prepare turnip or collard greens. This variety of callaloo Amaranthus viridis, better known as Chinese spinach or Indian kale, should not be confused with the callaloo found in the eastern Caribbean, which refers to the leaves of the dasheen plant

I can do it in PORTUGUESE, voulez vous???????pas de probleme,mon cher

O mon amour, mon doux, mon tendre, mon merveilleux amour, de l'aube claire jusqu'à la fin du jour, je t'aime encore, tu sais...

je t'adore........(words by Brel)

His Serene Highness.

My wonderful lover,

Hare Krishna,

My Budha,

My Dalai Lama,

my Pope, My watermelon,

My bababas,

My mercury,

My Liquid Desire,

"Beef Stroganov or Stroganoff

my forbidden fruit,

oh,that is a song......

my music,

my air and water.....

Happy now??????

There is more

My Niagara falls,

MY Distant Planet,

My dessert,or my desert

MY First Course,

My Intercourse,

My Mockingbird,

My Cockatiel,

My Sunshine,

" Moonshine,

My Orgasm

My Earth,Flood and Tears

Pause and Intermission

Krishna consciousness is not an artificial imposition on the mind; this consciousness is the original energy of the living entity.

When we hear the transcendental vibration, this consciousness is revived ...[]... This chanting of 'Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare' is directly enacted from the spiritual platform, and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata of consciousness - namely sensual, mental, and intellectual ...[]... As such anyone can take part in the chanting without any previous qualification.

Pensamentos: Push Down and Turn,For Ez OPEN,TURN CAP OVER > OPEN CLOSE<

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I SUDDENLY recognized SUBITO
and IMMEDIATELY STATIM became familiar.
AT THAT TIME TUM seemed hard
and I wrestled IN VAIN with FRUSTRA,
but I ALREADY knew IAM
and EVEN ETIAM;
and I SOON acquired MOX.
I NEVER recognize NUMQUAM
and FORMERLY I found QUONDAM difficult
while FOR A LONG TIME DIU puzzled me,
and I studied NEQUIQUAM TO NO PURPOSE,
but I have ALWAYS known SEMPER
and NOW I am sure of NUNC;
I can, THEREFORE, conquer IGITUR.
I am NOT YET familiar with NONDUM;
I know TAMEN, HOWEVER;
MOREOVER AUTEM is an old friend,
while TAM is SO simple
THAT UT will be easy.
I hope to learn SIMUL at THE SAME TIME
FOR I do know NAM
and have OFTEN met SAEPE.
THUS I was learning SIC
and had SCARCELY made sure of VIX,
when ONCE UPON A TIME I found I knew OLIM;
THEN I learned INDE,
THEN DEINDE,
and FINALLY I shall master DENIQUE.
MEANWHILE I am struggling with INTEREA,
and AS SOON AS I learn SIMUL ATQUE
I shall AT LENGTH know TANDEM,
and PERHAPS FORSITAN.
AFTERWARDS I mean to learn POSTEA,
and when I have met ITERUM a SECOND TIME
I hope to know QUOQUE ALSO.

Vox liquida, o, cur nam tales tristissimus audis?If my character is flawed by a few minor faults, but is otherwise decent and moral, if you can point out only a few scattered blemishes on an otherwise immaculate surface, if no one can accuse me of greed, or of prurience, or of profligacy, if I live a virtuous life, free of defilement (pardon, for a moment, my self-praise), and if I am to my friends a good friend, my father deserves all the credit... As it is now, he deserves from me unstinting gratitude and praise. I could never be ashamed of such a father, nor do I feel any need, as many people do, to apologize for being a freedman's son. Satires 1.6.65–92

Beatus ille

"Happy is the man"— the opening words of Horace's second Epode, in which a usurer praises the charms of country life, its freedom from worry and its simplicity, but soon finds his love of money overpowering his sentiment. 'Haec ubi', etc.,

"So spake the money-lender Alphius; he was all but adopting a country life; he got in all his money at the middle of the month, but when the first comes round he wants to put it out again."

Horace- Quintus Horatius Flaccus ( Venusia;December 8,65 BC- Rome,November 27.BC)

Obama :I want to inspire a renewal of morality in politics. I will work as hard as I can, as long as I can, on your behalf.”

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Every presidency is the subject of competing caricatures.

But almost a year into his first term, there’s something particularly elusive about Barack Obama’s political identity.

He’s a bipartisan bridge-builder — unless he’s a polarizing ideologue. He’s a crypto-Marxist radical —

except when he’s a pawn of corporate interests.

He’s a post-American utopian — or else he’s a willing tool of the national security state.

ttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/26/opinion/26douthat.html?em

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/21/080721fa_fact_lizza?currentPage=all#ixzz0aru029JW

Dubaiaiaiai..........

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E arly this month, Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum told its critics to “shut up” and also asked them to “do their homework”, while addressing an investment conference organised by Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Dubai.

Sheikh Mohammed, who is also the Prime Minister and Vice-President of the UAE, while stressing the close ties between Dubai and Abu Dhabi —

Dubai drew a $10 billion emergency loan from the UAE central bank recently — said “I just want to tell these people who nag about Dubai and Abu Dhabi to shut up.” Abu Dhabi is the capital of UAE, which includes seven emirates, including Dubai. However, it was a well known fact that the oil-rich Abu Dhabi would never tolerate a phenomenon that any other Emirates growing politically or financially powerful than it.

http://www.hindu.com/biz/2009/11/30/stories/2009113050021300.htm“

This came as a big shock,” said Fahd Iqbal, an analyst at EFG-Hermes, an investment bank focused on the Middle East. Although Mr. Iqbal said he held to the view that Dubai in the end would avoid default, he acknowledged that the measure had severely rattled confidence in Dubai. “One of the main issues now is of credibility and the potential impact on future fund-raising, which could have knock-on effects on building and infrastructure plans for Dubai and the United Arab Emirates,” he said.

Dubai in Arabic means young Desert Locust!! Why is it called that way? Well this area was full of Locust as recent as 50+ years ago. Actually Dubai area was known for Grass hopper to an extent that there is a very old Arabic Proverb (may be pre-Islamic era or early Islamic period), when some body wants to describe something as plentiful he would say "like the Locust of Dubai”. The Stem Deb/Dub in Semitic languges has lots of connections to insects and animals, it also means to crawl or walk and It is interesting for you to know that Debroha, the Biblical name, which means a bee in Ancient Caananite language (Dabbor in Arabic is also a type of bee) Ok I will digress but you might be interested to know that in Arabic language lots of Animal names come from this stem ( db ) for example Daabah: Animals in general Dubb : Bear Dhabb: Lizard Dhaby (like in Abo Dhaby, UAE capitol): Gazelle Dabbor :bee Thobab: Fly (insect) Theeb : Wolf Dhaba' : Hayena

Desert Locust The pesky insects not only disappeared from Dubai but almost from the entire Arabian Peninsula. The insects used to invade the area from Africa across the Red Sea! Why aren't they around any more! I don't know. You might be surprised to know that people used to eat em!! I asked my grand father how it tasted like. Well his answer was (No not chicken) but shrimps. I have to admit that 30 years ago during a fluke, aberrant, mini Locust invasion of the surrounding area I saw a plate full of Locust? How was it prepared? Well it was boiled and NO I did NOT eat any of it. Any way I guess in the early 20th Century and time prior to that those Locust ate nothing but clean desert vegetation and where probably a source of healthy proteins. I suppose I am not sure- that people in the deserts of Africa do still eat these Locust, Please feel free to correct me if you think that I am wrong. If you want to know more about Locust read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust

http://cache.virtualtourist.com/1/3611453-Desert_Locust-Dubai.jpg

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/28/goodbye-dubai/

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6016fc26-dd17-11de-ad60-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1

Status Vivendi Quo:Greetings from the land of the free and the home of the brave

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All we need is LOVE & poetry

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Loin du monde, au cœur de la « sauvagerie » (« wilderness »), sa nostalgie d’un monde qui disparaît ne le quitte pas. Il voudrait fixer à jamais cette « beauté déchirante qui s’évanouit peu à peu tragiquement sous nos yeux ».

 On dirait un acteur méditant sur son passé au soir de sa carrière. 

Nick veut montrer les animaux « en train d’être, tout simplement, avant qu’ils ne soient plus.

O Rebu -Sequence by the Artist: Zozimo,Jornal do Brasil,Aleluia

Glória
Glory, hallelujah, Heavenly Father,
I will give the glory, Lord, to you!
Marvelous and glorious, loving Creator
I will give the glory, Lord, to you!

Be exalted,
Let your name be lifted up forever,
God unchanging, you’re my Lord and Savior,
I will give the glory, Lord, to you!
God Almighty, the heavens and the earth belong
To you, Lord
The sun, the moon, the stars, the seas, they’re
Yours, Lord
I will give the glory, Lord, to you!

Gloria aleluya, padre del cielo,
!Adorate quiero solo a ti! 
Dios majestoso del universo,
!Adorarte quiero solo a ti!

Gloria, gloria aleluya, gloria, gloria aleluya
Gloria, gloria aleluya, gloria, gloria aleluya
Gloria, gloria aleluya, gloria, gloria aleluya
Gloria, gloria aleluya, gloria, gloria aleluya

Repeat Glorias

! Qué tu nombre sea exaltado eternamente!
Tu eres el mismo hoy y siempre
! A ti doy la gloria sólo a ti!
Poderoso tuyos son los cielos y la tierra,
Tuyos son los mares, lãs estrellas
! A ti doy la gloria solo a ti!

Repeat Chorus

Gloria, gloria aleluya, gloria, gloria aleluya
Gloria, gloria aleluya, gloria, gloria aleluya
Gloria, gloria aleluya, gloria, gloria aleluya
Gloria, gloria aleluya, gloria, gloria aleluya 
[ Gloria Lyrics on http://www.lyricsmania.com/ ] 

Hitler and Me: aA Letter to my sons Stefan and Jacob

Stefan and Jacob.

 I wanted you to be aware that my father, your grandfather.Dr.Stefan Felix Bornstein,died on September 29th,1967.

 It will be 42 years and I was 17 years old then.

 His last words as he fell into a coma,where "Marguerita how are you and your mother going to survive,not knowing himself that I was already the provider and taking care of him and my mother.

 I was working and believe me I am proud of myself that I was able to stand up on my feet,with integrity and  following my parents will,to be a person  with a conscience and own myself.

 I hope you take a moment to think and evaluate my words.

 My parents instilled in me a sense of strength that no book,college or any institution or religion could ever give me.

 Maybe it does not translate in  dollars,but I am a free and happy woman.

 I only wished that after all I endured through my childhood and after,I would have met a loving man,a companion and someone able to have feelings to share all I gave  and had to offer.

 It is pathetic and tragic,that my dreams of having a home, a family ,harmony and do my artwork,as I always worked and have a talent which I was born with, eluded me .

 Life is full of unpredictable outcomes.

 I have no skeletons in the closet, and I still believe that the sun will shine for me.

 I am grateful to everyone who appears on my path and lends me support and wishes me to live.

 I  hope I will still live for quite sometime,but I am nearing 60,and what a challenge ! I had in my hands so far and still working to pull off.

 It is extremely shocking for me to be facing again  the knocks on the door of the landlords.

 When I decided to come to America in 1976,I was in the process of purchasing a  live and work space.

 I had backing and a social and professional standing,which I earned through my talent.

 I risked it all in the belief that in America I would work and accomplish my goals.

 That was  twisted by Fate.

 I lost my moneys and my time  so far.

 I never stopped .I have faith.

 Material things are not all.

 I still can create and will be recognized for my fortitude and my abilities.

 I need only support.

 I am thankful  for my parents outlook.

 They,who lost all,their country,their lives,their families and all their assets and social standing,taught me to love.

 To love life and be strong.

 They had class.

 And class and culture is in your soul and blood.

 It is only so horrible to hear the landlord buzzing me non stop and threatening to put me in the street

 

 I did make it by the time I was 24.

 So I should always reminds myself of that.

 IAnd I will make it again,Stefan and Jacob.

 I am asking for that to happen and my willpower will get me there.

  Please forgive me for all the pain that you  both are sharing with me,as I only had wishes for the best.

 Both of you are great individuals,that need to believe in yourselves,be fearless and not afraid of Life.

 We come here for a trip.

 No one knows better and we all have individual puzzles to deal with.

 So,I hope you have peace in your hearts.

  I realize that I am back to zero.or even worse.

 But I promised my father on his deathbed,that I will overcome any obstacles.

 I have hope 

 My love

 Marguerita

 

 It s a high prize to pay,to weather through the tempests that have engulfed me through my life.

 I must repeat Dr.Schaefer's words who is very concerned about me.

 He realizes  who I am,as he is watching me since 1995 when I had a stroke and a witness of my struggle.

 I am not asking for compassion or sentimentality.

 But I am since my birth carrying the fate of my own family,a wonderful family destroyed by Hitler.

 My parents were wonderful souls,brought up with  with a sense  of humanity,which the world  was totally erased since,with great exceptions.

 The world we live in after Hitler is devoid of any values or  boundaries .

 

Dreaming: Enough of Depressing News about $

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Revista PODER: Quem Pode,Pode,Quem Nao Pode se Sacode

Waiting for Obama and Thoughts from Kant

drawing by marguerita-for the moment they can see in him what they hope to see.

On Tuesday, all eyes and ears will be turned to the man whose oratorical skills have been compared to Abraham Lincoln’s, Franklin Roosevelt’s and John Kennedy’s. What does Barack Obama need to do in his inaugural address? We asked William Safire and other former presidential speechwriters for their ideas.'The Speech': An Experts' Guide - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com

For, in the present case,we shall commence with the principles and proceed to the concepts and only then, if poosible, to the senses; whereas in the case of the speculative reason we began with the senses, and had to end with the principles.
from Critique of Practical Reason by Emmanuel Kant

Obama and Hill: Sometimes, good things come to those who don’t wait (forever).

drawing by marguerita (first published in the poignant frog- May 22.2008)
There will be a press conference tomorrow morning declaring the whole thing official, in which the former warring enemies will smile for the cameras and say kind things.

As he read the ads in the weekly newspaper, Mr. Obama, a Chicago young President -elect,, wondered about : people who thought they had shared a meaningful exchange with a stranger (on a bus, in a supermarket, at a stoplight), but could not muster the courage to speak at that moment. What drove them to engage in these improbable long-shot attempts to find that person again?

“These little blurbs are delightfully futile and kind of sad — but so hopeful,” . He was inspired .

There, he and Hillary made eye contact, but they did not speak.

“We did the look-at-you, look-away dance,” Hillary recalled. Those looks continued throughout time, and Mr. Obama said, made him feel “gurgly inside.”

“This is Obama’s band; he gets to call the tunes,” said Charlie Cook, publisher of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.

“Obama picked Clinton because, after standing next to her in countless debates and having competed against her, he saw her as a very strong, tough, formidable person and wanted her on his team,” Cook said.Bloomberg.com: Politics

Obama and Hill; How about the Globe to hill -go- round?

drawing by marguerita Democratic officials confirmed on Friday that Mrs Clinton flew to Chicago on Thursday at Mr Obama’s request to discuss an unspecified role in the Obama administration – probably as secretary of state, but Pentagon chief was also cited as a possibility.

.Now that the presidential election is over, pundits and political junkies have to find new ways to amuse themselves. So the new guessing game is “who will be in the Obama administration?”

Today’s FT has a good rumour - Hillary Clinton for secretary of state. I think this is reasonably plausible. The Obama people didn’t want Hillary for vice-president because she would have been a little too close for comfort - and they also didn’t like the idea of Bill hanging around the White House.
But with Hillary safely across town in Foggy Bottom (or even better, in perpetual motion, flying around the world), Obama would be able to put the people he really trusts into the National Security Council, and run foreign policy from there.
And, politics aside, there is another reason to consider her for the job. She might actually be quite good at it.
.FT.com | Gideon Rachman's Blog | Hillary for secretary of state?
Note:
By the way,Hillary has already visited 82 countries.....
and,as Gail Collins commented:Clinton already has a supply of pantsuits sufficient to get her through six months of peace negotiations in the Middle East without coming home for a change of clothes.