segunda-feira, 28 de fevereiro de 2011
sábado, 26 de fevereiro de 2011
quinta-feira, 24 de fevereiro de 2011
Tidy Monster
World War was created by Tim Marchant for his final degree project whilst studying 3D Animation at the University Of Hertfordshire.
http://vimeo.com/748521
Tidy Monster - 3D Animation @ University Of Hertfordshire 2007 from Digital Animation Herts Uni UK on Vimeo.
http://vimeo.com/748521
Edgar Allen Poe
http://stufffromthelab.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/479px-edgar_allan_poe_2.jpg
"Edgar Allan Poe was born January 19, 1809 in Boston, where his mother had been employed as an actress. Elizabeth Arnold Poe died in Richmond on December 8, 1811, and Edgar was taken into the family of John Allan, a member of the firm of Ellis and Allan, tobacco-merchants.
Poe’s mother, Elizabeth Arnold Poe, died in Richmond on December 8, 1811.
After attending schools in England and Richmond, young Poe registered at the University of Virginia on February 14, 1826, the second session of the University. He lived in Room 13, West Range. He became an active member of the Jefferson Literary Society, and passed his courses with good grades at the end of the session in December. Mr. Allan failed to give him enough money for necessary expenses, and Poe made debts of which his so-called father did not approve. When Mr. Allan refused to let him return to the University, a quarrel ensued, and Poe was driven from the Allan home without money. Mr. Allan probably sent him a little money later, and Poe went to Boston. There he published a little volume of poetry, Tamerlane and Other Poems. It is such a rare book now that a single copy has sold for $200,000.00
Moldavia, Poe’s last home in Richmond located at Fifth and Main Streets. John Allan bought the house in 1825, and Edgar lived there before entering the University of Virginia in 1826.
In Boston on May 26, 1827, Poe enlisted in The United States Army as a private using the name Edgar A. Perry. After two years of service, during which he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant-major, he secured, with Mr. Allan’s aid, a discharge from the Army and went to Baltimore. He lived there with his aunt, Mrs. Maria Poe Clemm, on the small amounts of money sent by Mr. Allan until he received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Meanwhile, Poe published a second book of poetry in 1829: Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems. After another quarrel with Allan (who had married a second wife in 1830), Poe no longer received aid from his foster father. Poe then took the only method of release from the Academy, and got himself dismissed on March 6, 1831.
Soon after Poe left West Point, a third volume appeared: Poems by Edgar Allan Poe, Second Edition. While living in Baltimore with his aunt, Mrs. Clemm, young Poe began writing prose tales. Five of these appeared in the Philadelphia Saturday Courier in 1832.
With the December issue of 1835, Poe began editing the Southern Literary Messenger for Thomas W. White in Richmond; he held this position until January, 1837. During this time, Poe married his young cousin, Virginia Clemm in Richmond on May 16, 1836.
Poe’s slashing reviews and sensational tales made him widely known as an author; however, he failed to find a publisher for a volume of burlesque tales, Tales of the Folio Club. Harpers did, however, print his book-length narrative, Arthur Gordon Pym in July of 1838.
Little is known about Poe’s life after he left the Messenger; however, in 1838 he went to Philadelphia where he lived for six years. He was an editor of Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine from July, 1839 to June, 1840, and of Graham’s Magazine from April, 1841 to May, 1842. In April, 1844, with barely car fare for his family of three, [including his aunt, Virginia's mother, who lived with them], Poe went to New York where he found work on the New York Evening Mirror.
In 1840, Poe’s Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque was published in two volumes in Philadelphia. In 1845, Poe became famous with the spectacular success of his poem “The Raven,” and in March of that year, he joined C. F. Briggs in an effort to publish The Broadway Journal. Also in 1845,Wiley and Putnam issued Tales by Edgar A. Poe and The Raven and Other Poems.
The year 1846 was a tragic one. Poe rented the little cottage at Fordham, where he lived the last three years of his life. The Broadway Journal failed, and Virginia became very ill and died on January 30, 1847. After his wife’s death, Poe perhaps yielded more often to a weakness for drink, which had beset him at intervals since early manhood. He was unable to take even a little alcohol without a change of personality, and any excess was accompanied by physical prostration. Throughout his life those illnesses had interfered with his success as an editor, and had given him a reputation for intemperateness that he scarcely deserved.
In his latter years, Poe was interested in several women. They included the poetess, Mrs. Sarah Helen Whitman, Mrs. Charles Richmond, and the widow, Mrs. Sarah Elmira Shelton, whom he had known in his boyhood as Miss Royster.
The circumstances of Poe’s death remain a mystery. After a visit to Norfolk and Richmond for lectures, he was found in Baltimore in a pitiable condition and taken unconscious to a hospital where he died on Sunday, October 7, 1849. He was buried in the yard of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, Maryland.
In personal appearance, Poe was a quiet, shy-looking but handsome man; he was slightly built, and was five feet, eight inches in height. His mouth was considered beautiful. His eyes, with long dark lashes, were hazel-gray."
via
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"Edgar Allan Poe was born January 19, 1809 in Boston, where his mother had been employed as an actress. Elizabeth Arnold Poe died in Richmond on December 8, 1811, and Edgar was taken into the family of John Allan, a member of the firm of Ellis and Allan, tobacco-merchants.
Poe’s mother, Elizabeth Arnold Poe, died in Richmond on December 8, 1811.
After attending schools in England and Richmond, young Poe registered at the University of Virginia on February 14, 1826, the second session of the University. He lived in Room 13, West Range. He became an active member of the Jefferson Literary Society, and passed his courses with good grades at the end of the session in December. Mr. Allan failed to give him enough money for necessary expenses, and Poe made debts of which his so-called father did not approve. When Mr. Allan refused to let him return to the University, a quarrel ensued, and Poe was driven from the Allan home without money. Mr. Allan probably sent him a little money later, and Poe went to Boston. There he published a little volume of poetry, Tamerlane and Other Poems. It is such a rare book now that a single copy has sold for $200,000.00
Moldavia, Poe’s last home in Richmond located at Fifth and Main Streets. John Allan bought the house in 1825, and Edgar lived there before entering the University of Virginia in 1826.
In Boston on May 26, 1827, Poe enlisted in The United States Army as a private using the name Edgar A. Perry. After two years of service, during which he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant-major, he secured, with Mr. Allan’s aid, a discharge from the Army and went to Baltimore. He lived there with his aunt, Mrs. Maria Poe Clemm, on the small amounts of money sent by Mr. Allan until he received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Meanwhile, Poe published a second book of poetry in 1829: Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems. After another quarrel with Allan (who had married a second wife in 1830), Poe no longer received aid from his foster father. Poe then took the only method of release from the Academy, and got himself dismissed on March 6, 1831.
Soon after Poe left West Point, a third volume appeared: Poems by Edgar Allan Poe, Second Edition. While living in Baltimore with his aunt, Mrs. Clemm, young Poe began writing prose tales. Five of these appeared in the Philadelphia Saturday Courier in 1832.
With the December issue of 1835, Poe began editing the Southern Literary Messenger for Thomas W. White in Richmond; he held this position until January, 1837. During this time, Poe married his young cousin, Virginia Clemm in Richmond on May 16, 1836.
Poe’s slashing reviews and sensational tales made him widely known as an author; however, he failed to find a publisher for a volume of burlesque tales, Tales of the Folio Club. Harpers did, however, print his book-length narrative, Arthur Gordon Pym in July of 1838.
Little is known about Poe’s life after he left the Messenger; however, in 1838 he went to Philadelphia where he lived for six years. He was an editor of Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine from July, 1839 to June, 1840, and of Graham’s Magazine from April, 1841 to May, 1842. In April, 1844, with barely car fare for his family of three, [including his aunt, Virginia's mother, who lived with them], Poe went to New York where he found work on the New York Evening Mirror.
In 1840, Poe’s Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque was published in two volumes in Philadelphia. In 1845, Poe became famous with the spectacular success of his poem “The Raven,” and in March of that year, he joined C. F. Briggs in an effort to publish The Broadway Journal. Also in 1845,Wiley and Putnam issued Tales by Edgar A. Poe and The Raven and Other Poems.
The year 1846 was a tragic one. Poe rented the little cottage at Fordham, where he lived the last three years of his life. The Broadway Journal failed, and Virginia became very ill and died on January 30, 1847. After his wife’s death, Poe perhaps yielded more often to a weakness for drink, which had beset him at intervals since early manhood. He was unable to take even a little alcohol without a change of personality, and any excess was accompanied by physical prostration. Throughout his life those illnesses had interfered with his success as an editor, and had given him a reputation for intemperateness that he scarcely deserved.
In his latter years, Poe was interested in several women. They included the poetess, Mrs. Sarah Helen Whitman, Mrs. Charles Richmond, and the widow, Mrs. Sarah Elmira Shelton, whom he had known in his boyhood as Miss Royster.
The circumstances of Poe’s death remain a mystery. After a visit to Norfolk and Richmond for lectures, he was found in Baltimore in a pitiable condition and taken unconscious to a hospital where he died on Sunday, October 7, 1849. He was buried in the yard of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, Maryland.
In personal appearance, Poe was a quiet, shy-looking but handsome man; he was slightly built, and was five feet, eight inches in height. His mouth was considered beautiful. His eyes, with long dark lashes, were hazel-gray."
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quarta-feira, 23 de fevereiro de 2011
Leituras que marcam
"Se há livros que devemos ler, este é um deles, não só pela linguagem que nos envolve e fascina, mas principalmente pela mensagem que nos passa.
Neste livro há dois mundos distintos, o mundo das crianças e o mundo dos adultos. Harper Lee soube passar para o leitor a diferença entre eles e soube de igual forma transmitir sentimentos e fazer-nos ver a diferença entre estes de acordo com as idades dos personagens.
É de enaltecer e elogiar a forma como nos mostra o mundo das crianças. A autora consegue colocar-se na pele de uma menina e passar-nos o que ela interioriza do mundo dos adultos.
Os seus personagens são fortes e percebe-se que nenhum é lá colocado ao acaso. Todos eles têm um papel importante, têm algo a acrescentar à narrativa. Nesta escrita, tudo é simples e claro, ou melhor, tudo é puro. Mesmo a maldade descrita é vista como sendo ignorância. Quem acusa e quem mata é vítima de uma sociedade de preconceito, é vítima de um passado. Um passado, cujas ideias que permanecem ao longo dos tempos, não podem ser alteradas de um momento para o outro, mas de forma lenta e progressiva e é precisamente neste ponto que entra a figura principal desta história “Atticus”.
Atticus, é visto como a mola mestra da mudança. Na minha opinião, será aquele capaz de salvar as “cotovias”.
“As cotovias não fazem nada a não ser cantar belas melodias para nós. Não estragam os jardins das pessoas, não fazem ninhos nos espigueiros, só sabem cantar com todo o sentimento para nós. É por isso pecado matar uma cotovia”*
Neste livro, todas as pessoas vítimas de discriminação e preconceito são representadas por este belo pássaro e cabe a Atticus traçar o caminho que poderá mudar a mentalidade de uma sociedade.
E porquê Atticus? Porque ele possui uma coragem verdadeira …
“Coragem é sabermos que estamos vencidos à partida, mas recomeçar na mesma e avançar incondicionalmente até ao fim”*
Atticus, advogado e viúvo, tem dois filhos Jean Louise (o narrador) e Jem. É destacado para defender um homem negro acusado de violar uma mulher branca. Sabendo de antemão que o júri o irá culpar mesmo que se prove a sua inocência. Atticus luta não só para salvar um homem inocente, mas principalmente para salvar a sociedade do preconceito. A sua intenção é provocar a dúvida na mente dos juízes e dar início à tal mudança necessária em Maycomb, uma pequena cidade no sul dos Estados Unidos durante a época da Depressão."
De todos os livros que li até hoje, acho que nunca me havia deparado com um personagem que me tocasse tanto como Atticus.
Este é um livro de leitura obrigatória :) !
* Citações retiradas da referida obra
Aqui:
http://viajarpelaleitura.blogspot.com/2011/02/por-favor-nao-matem-cotovia-harper-lee.html
http://viajarpelaleitura.blogspot.com/
Neste livro há dois mundos distintos, o mundo das crianças e o mundo dos adultos. Harper Lee soube passar para o leitor a diferença entre eles e soube de igual forma transmitir sentimentos e fazer-nos ver a diferença entre estes de acordo com as idades dos personagens.
É de enaltecer e elogiar a forma como nos mostra o mundo das crianças. A autora consegue colocar-se na pele de uma menina e passar-nos o que ela interioriza do mundo dos adultos.
Os seus personagens são fortes e percebe-se que nenhum é lá colocado ao acaso. Todos eles têm um papel importante, têm algo a acrescentar à narrativa. Nesta escrita, tudo é simples e claro, ou melhor, tudo é puro. Mesmo a maldade descrita é vista como sendo ignorância. Quem acusa e quem mata é vítima de uma sociedade de preconceito, é vítima de um passado. Um passado, cujas ideias que permanecem ao longo dos tempos, não podem ser alteradas de um momento para o outro, mas de forma lenta e progressiva e é precisamente neste ponto que entra a figura principal desta história “Atticus”.
Atticus, é visto como a mola mestra da mudança. Na minha opinião, será aquele capaz de salvar as “cotovias”.
“As cotovias não fazem nada a não ser cantar belas melodias para nós. Não estragam os jardins das pessoas, não fazem ninhos nos espigueiros, só sabem cantar com todo o sentimento para nós. É por isso pecado matar uma cotovia”*
Neste livro, todas as pessoas vítimas de discriminação e preconceito são representadas por este belo pássaro e cabe a Atticus traçar o caminho que poderá mudar a mentalidade de uma sociedade.
E porquê Atticus? Porque ele possui uma coragem verdadeira …
“Coragem é sabermos que estamos vencidos à partida, mas recomeçar na mesma e avançar incondicionalmente até ao fim”*
Atticus, advogado e viúvo, tem dois filhos Jean Louise (o narrador) e Jem. É destacado para defender um homem negro acusado de violar uma mulher branca. Sabendo de antemão que o júri o irá culpar mesmo que se prove a sua inocência. Atticus luta não só para salvar um homem inocente, mas principalmente para salvar a sociedade do preconceito. A sua intenção é provocar a dúvida na mente dos juízes e dar início à tal mudança necessária em Maycomb, uma pequena cidade no sul dos Estados Unidos durante a época da Depressão."
De todos os livros que li até hoje, acho que nunca me havia deparado com um personagem que me tocasse tanto como Atticus.
Este é um livro de leitura obrigatória :) !
* Citações retiradas da referida obra
Aqui:
http://viajarpelaleitura.blogspot.com/2011/02/por-favor-nao-matem-cotovia-harper-lee.html
http://viajarpelaleitura.blogspot.com/
"No me moleste mosquito"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVHSTtoGRRw&feature=player_embedded#at=14
No me moleste mosquito
No me moleste mosquito
No me moleste mosquito
Retourne chez toi
Je fais la sieste, moustique
Arrete un peu ta musique
Ne sois pas antipathique
Ne me pique pas
Moustique, mon vieux, tu vois trop petit
Tu as des ailes, va voir du pays
J'ai un patron plus large que moi
Vas-y de confiance, c'est moi qui t'envoie
No me moleste mosquito
No me moleste mosquito
No me moleste mosquito
Retourne chez toi
Tu me vois melancolique
De te troubler ton pique-nique
Si tu me goϋtes moustique
Tu n'aimeras pas
Y a des pays pleins de voluptes
Pour un moustique de qualitι
A St-Tropez, a Honolulu
Tout l'monde, il est gros, tout l'monde, il est nu
No me moleste mosquito
No me moleste mosquito
No me moleste mosquito
Retourne chez toi
Je fais la sieste moustique
Arrete un peu ta musique
Ne sois pas antipathique
Ne me pique pas.
Joseph Ira Dassin (November 5, 1938 August 20, 1980), more commonly known as JOE DASSIN, was an American/French singer-songwriter. Joe was born in New York City to American film noir director Jules Dassin and Béatrice Launer, a Hungarian virtuoso violinist. He began his childhood first in New York City and Los Angeles. However, after his father became a victim of McCarthyism, he and his family moved from place to place across Europe.
After studying at the International School of Geneva and the Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland, Dassin moved back to the United States to go to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. After college, he moved back to France where, while working at a radio station, a record label convinced him to begin to record his songs.
By the early 1970s, Dassin's songs were on the top of the charts in France and he had become very well known. He was also a talented polyglot, recording songs in German, Russian, Spanish, Italian and Greek, as well as French and English.
Dassin married Maryse (real first name: Yvette) Massiéra on January 18th, 1966, in Paris. Their son, Joshua, was born two and a half months before term, September 12th, 1973, and died 5 days after. Devastated, Joe and Maryse split, but weren't really divorced until 1977.
January 14th, 1978, Joe married Christine Delvaux in Colignac (Var). They had two sons, Jonathan (born Sept.14th, 1978) and Julien (March 22nd, 1980). Christine died in December 1995.
Joe Dassin died of a heart attack during a vacation to Tahiti on August 20, 1980. He is interred in the Beth Olen Mausoleum section of Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.
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