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"Sleeping Beauty"




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Cut



I've just cut my finger really deep ... Hurts really bad. But what the heck :S

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Music and it's origins- PART I.



Since i'm studying music i decided why not to write down what i know about it so far. So, here it goes.

If you don't agree with me, then i urge you to write what you think and tell me your opinion or correct me, if i'm wrong.

Part I

What is music, actually? Music is a creation, which stays as sth new, it's what a human being makes a their, by him/herself. So bird singing, a car's noise etc. is not defined as a music. More precisely, music is a timely settled sequence of strengthened or at least quite defined tones.



Music has existed for approximately 600 000 years.


I. MUSIC OF THE PRIMITIVE/FIRST PEOPLE

How do we know how the first people lived? Well, we can take the aborigines and indians etc. as an example. These tribes lived separated from modern civilisations for a long time, so we can make comparisons between them and the first people and that's the only way we can imagine how music sounded at the beginning.

Music meant sth powerfull and magical to them. With music they were in touch and they connected themselves with divine powers above them.

Some characteristics of their music:

a. a simple rhythm- reminds us of the rhythm of walking (more complicated rhythms are typical only for Africans, who have a really great sense for it)

b. short, endlessly repeating motives

c. narrow extend of melodics (we know five types of it):

§ fanfare type (sang in thirds)- known from New Guinea

§ pentatonic type (is without tonal centre)

§ resembling-steps type – known from American Indians

§ jumping type- known from Mongoles à also: Tibetans- bifonal singing (one person sings so, that two voices are heard)

§ garland type- from Middle East

4. unison (it's possible polyphone singing, but rarely)
5. music is sang by everybody, it is the quality of all!!, everybody takes part in singinig



the groups of instruments: percussions, string instruments (hunting bow) and wind instruments (simple flute, animal-hunting horn, didgeridoo-aboriginal people)





After these first groups of people, eho created music, we can talk about the music of the 1st civilisations. With that we refer to music from China, Japan, Palestine, Arabia, Mesopotamia, India, Egypt, Greece and Rome.



But first, let's find out sth about polyphonic in non-European music, with that we mean in Asia, India, Africa, Caucasus …

What is POLYPHONY? It's a musical performance in which more voices (at least 2) sing the same or different melody in interval spacing, which is not sang in an octave or unison.

We know more ways, such as:

§ singing in parallel intervals (2,3,4,5…)

§ intervals replaced with other intervals … and from that we can get. A CANON- mutual imitation of the melody

§ Bordune- the tone, which is repeating constantly till the end of a song

§ free/independent polyphonyà Ostinato-rhythmical-melodical pattern, which is constantly repeating, above the melody

§ Heterophony- everybody in the group with instruments plays the same, but we hear differently, because the instruments are differently harmonized

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Letter C



If i write down letter C in Google i find this site on the first page quite interesting: CELSIUS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celsius)–why? Because it makes me wondering why is it that in some parts of the world we say: »It's minus 6 (and we mean Celsius by it) outside,« and some say: »It's 21 (and they mean fahrenheit)«? And then one starts wondering why some use kilometres and some miles when they talk about the distances-isnt' that quite confusing? We have so many different ways and words to express same things, for which if you don't want constantly ask people for it's meaning you have to know a bit more, you have to be well informed and to know other things. But that isn't bad at all-if we forget about the knowledge and concentrate on something else then one starts realising that difference in this world is important, because – let's look at the simplest example: imagine that all the trees and flowers in this world would be the same, wouldn't it be boring? Different colours and shapes of the trees make them unique and interesting, but although they are different together they make harmony and make a clourfull and interesting image. So that's why i think that diversity is good! Differences join us together and make the world more clourfull.

If i look up videos under the letter C i find a clip from Sesame street.



If i write litter C in Yahoo toolbar then i find this: C++ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C++) of which i've never heard … - have you? There are so many things we don't know that it start you to think what do i want to know, how much knowledge can i store in my "little" and bounded brain?
And under the videos i find loads of them that involve football.

Well ... That's it! ;)

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Happiness



What is happiness?

Wikipedia says this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happiness

To some it may be what's portraited on this picture: http://static-p3.fotolia.com/jpg/00/05/44/28/400_F_5442891_1CRcGg77ZcYfPxEIVkUq2oWwE6u4LqeD.jpg

To every person it means something different, but to me, at least at this moment, happiness equals to composing :D

What does mean happiness to you at this moment?

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A Painting



I'm posting here an e-mail i got recently in my inbox and find it interesting ...

There are more than 100 known personalities on this painting. If you can name a minimum of 25, you may consider yourself a cultured person, good luck.


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A and B



If i write letter A in my google searcher i don't get many interesting sites (only the ones in my language), under the video i get music from Slovenian artist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILEYem3mPc0 - if you like it or not i don't know (she's famous here beacause of her "special" clothes), and under the pics i can't find anything special either.

If i write letter A in yahoo searcher then i find this site: http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=46.2361&lon=15.2675&z=10&l=0&m=b which i've never heard of, but i'm glad i did find it, because it looks interesting and having to know different sites with maps is a good thing, especially if you love to travel :D If i look under the video, then i find this video quite interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMOJLBvMnlw - in general i get out the videos containing letter a as in "a tree" :) How unespected :)


If i look under the letter B, then in google this would be quite interesting: http://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_B because vitamins are vital for our health, othervise other sites seem to be quite ... well, check what you get out if you write letter B. Under the videos i find this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7sl2ap9zZo (superman!). Under the pics there are loads of planes ...

If i write letter B in yahoo searcher i can also read about the vitamins, bigfoot etc. Videos are quite-see them yourself, not my taste, but pics seem to be quite interesting, like this one: http://photoshopcontest.com/images/fullsize/5fjesgprvwezkpjkoi2wuon7u88o2oqmbimm.jpg


Well, if you want to compare my results with yours i'd be most interesting to see if we get the same one's. I'm wondering ... :)


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Monty Python



If you like philosophy and black humour, then this is just the right video for you:


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Dead like me



By mistake i found this TV show and i find it quite appealing. If you don't know it watch the pilot and let me know what do you think of it. Is it just another TV show with a random content or is it a bit more in this show? What do you think! :)


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Sister act



I still love this movie. I can't believe it's that long ago that they've made it. I really like Whoopi-she's such a character! What do you think, do you like it? :D


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Ballet



One of my fav passions is a ballet. I used to dance ballet, but because i choose a different study i stopped it, because i didn't have time for practice due to all the other practices and concerts we're having now. I really miss dancing and i really love to watch ballet. I hope i'll be able to write a good ballet music once :)

What do you think of ballet? Do you prefer opera or ballet or both or you don't like both at all and why?


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Evgeni Plushenko



You must love him:


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Partly Cloudy

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You really must see this video clip: http://www.wimp.com/partlycloudy/

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Improving your sight

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Here are some sites i found that talk about improving sight.

Loads of ppl talk about certain exercises: EXERCISES FOR IMPROVING SIGHT

But they say that special glasses also can help: PINHOLE GLASSES

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The case of the Cottingley fairies

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I think of this story rather interesting. What do you think? Was it real or was it just an illusion?

http://www.randi.org/library/cottingley/

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New York, New York

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I really like this Bernstein's song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOoKcID-cOY

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Today's walk ...

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Today as i went as every day on a walk with my dog interesting things happened. Firstly i heard a noise for which i though it was the sound of a tractor driving on the other side of the river, but that was just for the split second, because the sound i was hearing was too made. A tractor can't produce a sound so symetrical and interesting as was this one. I thought to myself: "This sounds just like sb's playing drums!", but then i left that thought aside, because who would play drums in the middle of a forest. Well ... when i come closer the sound grew nearer and i reached the point where i could see where sound came from. And what i've seen were a bunch of guys on the other side of the loud river fall at the beginning of a hill, who played on old barrels and drums and i stopped. I thought to myself how clever of them to come here, in the middle of nowhere to practice drumming. It made my day seeing them playing there. Why don't we do stuff like this? Why are we ashamed of doing music? Why we forget the prime feeling in us of producing music and not involve it in our lives? Why we always have to judge everything? Well, for some time when i walked on i heard them playing till i reached a point i couldn't hear them anymore. From there on i could only hear different kind of music: birds singing, wind blowing the branches of trees ... Later on me and my dog decided to rest and while i lay in the grass my dog went into water and lay there (it's so funny when she does that) and then we want to get some corn for the dinner ... but i think that's not so interesting as what i've written before.

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Freedom writers

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I'm just going to post this link: http://www.freedomwritersfoundation.org/

I also recomend watching a movie-worth to see ;)

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Freedom writers

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That's all i'm going to post here. Look at the site, if you need a stimulation before clicking on the link below, then i recomend you to look up the movie "Freedom Writers". Worth to see ;)

http://www.freedomwritersfoundation.org/site/c.kqIXL2PFJtH/b.5183373/k.DD8B/FWF_Home.htm

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Going au naturele III.

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Well, this time i'm posting here a few links of Slovenian folk songs we (my school mates and i) perfomed in Domzale, a city near Ljubljana.

Hope you enjoy it!

If you have any questions about the context of songs, please do ask.

Pojdam u rute: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3o3g-un6YA

Roza na vrtu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvF3_RFV88Q

Pod roznato planino: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meynA2eNdbw

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Best singer ever

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I can't stop listening to his voice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX83BSR0mug

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Going ou naturele 2.

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As i've already written in a previous mail about it, i'm going to add some words to it in this one too.

Since i've started knitting and exploring other roots and heritages on of the best things i dicovered about it was that at that moment time stops and you relax, forget about all the worries you have and can do much more later on throughout the day :)

All the things i've discovered so far are so interesting to me-the games my grandparents played, songs they've sung, food they've made (this part is the best-cooking traditional food-i've known some, but am learning many more now) and about all the things they've done.

What i don't like is that people are starting to forget their origin, how life was back then and are too much in this all modern technology and life we have one. I'm worried all this will be forgotten. As i've spoken to some kids there are many things they don't know and understand. But why is that so-because nobody tells them! How could they know then? Not everybody is like me, who wants to explore and ask questions. Hope this will start to change, because i think it's time we start thinking about others and about our origins, our mother Nature nevertheless ...

On the picture you can see our corn-rack or as it is called here "toplar". Nowadays we don't storrage hay in it, but as the techonology developed on - our cars :)

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My fish

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Yesterday evening my goldfish died. Believe it or not - she helped me get through my troubles when i was in highschool. To some it might seem this fact ridiculous, but believe it or not such small creature can give you much.
So, may she rest in peace :)

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Going au naturele

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Haha! Finally i started exploring things my grandmothers did ... Making traditional food, wearing traditional clothes, knitting ... And living more healthy ... Can't be more happy and satisfied with the new rhythm of life i've chosen!

;)

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Ants Wonderous City

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And then we wonder how ancient Egyptians etc. built their cities ...


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My dog

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A pic of my dog:)

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Never give up

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Desperate housewives by Disney

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(if the picture doesn't show i'm posting here a link to a pic: http://www.brandondufau.com/archives/DesperateHousewives.bmp)

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Tosti: April

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A song i'm currently working on:


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Mendelssohn: Herr nun lassest du

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Mendelssohn's Herr nun lassest du performed by our school choir in Ljubljana. I added some pictures of Ljubljana (of where I go to school to, so you'll have a glimpse of our capital city). Hope you like it!


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Vegetable orchestra II.

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Another one ...

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Vegetable orchestra

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I don't know if you've ever heard of it, but if you haven't it's interesting to watch the whole video, so you'll see what you can do with plain vegetables. These guys made really interesting music out of it ...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpfYt7vRHuY

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Denn er hat seinen Engeln ...

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I'm posting here a performance of our school choir (F. B.-Mendelssohn: Denn Er Hat Seinen Engeln): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffeI0GWQyjA

Hope you enjoy it!

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2000-year-old earring

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Here is a link to an article about an old earring that archaeologists found in Jerusalem. Quite amazing!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081110/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_ancient_jewelry

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Toothbrush-es

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I never thought i was going to write about toothbrushes, but i discovered today that not any toothbrush can be good (not that i didn't know that already).

When i was traveling around England i came across an "add"booth, where they tried to tell ppl that washing your teeth is important. Well-i knew that allready, but i wanted to see what they know what i don't yet. I discovered that i know everything they had to tell me, so they gave me a gift bag in which there was a toothbrush, toothpaste and a leaflet.
Well and then i forgot all about it ...

When i came home i put things back where they all belonged and didn't care about the toothbrush-until today. It was a high time for me to change it, so i opened new one i got during my travel in England. I always hated small brushes. When i was in primary school i even wanted to have toothbrushes as "big" as you could find one. So, this time i didn't have other choice and i tried new, small brush-and guess what!? I LOVED IT! It was so brilliant. I could go to all the spaces i wanted to, there is also a special gentle rubber for a gum which i thought i didn't like (this belief came from a toothbrush i had-it had a gum rubber on it and it wasn't pleasant to use it), but i did. So, this toothbrush fascinated me so much i had to write a whole blog on it!
Which one it is you wonder?! I don't like to do publicity for such things, but this time i will make an exception: http://www.colgate.com/app/Colgate360/US/EN/HomePage.cvsp

Since i'm writing about tooth care i'll also add my fav:) toothpaste: http://www.pronamel.us/

And for the ending of this blog:


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4 minutes

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Although new Madonna's CD repeats itself (all the music on it is almost the same) this song isn't so bad, especially because of the lyrics. Listen to it!

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Dog collar that teaches?!

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If anybody knows anythings about dog collar who teach a dog improper doings. I found a collar named Mutivet which is said to spray a dog when he does sth that he shouldn't with a citronella and that this spray annoys dog so much that he stops doing this habit of his (for example: you don't want your dog to wander around the village on the road by himself).
Does anybody know anything about this spray-is it really helpfull and harmless?

Here are a few links that i found of this product:
www.retriever-onlineshop.de/transport/erziehung/mutivetcitronellanachfuellflasche.php
www.easyanimal.co.uk/scripts/prodView.asp
www.retriever-onlineshop.de/transport/erziehung/mutivetcitronellanachfuellflasche.php

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Religion I.

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What religion are you? Does it matter?!

What you believe in?! Does it matter?!

Is there a higher "power" beyond us? Does it matter-why would it even concern us?!

What is the meaning of life anyways?! How can we know what is our purpose on this Earth?


TELL ME YOUR OPININON! You know: more heads together know more!
If you've got any opinion at all i would most appreciate to hear it-be provokative, be you, share to me&others your thoughts, your opinions!! And thx for sharing them! :)

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Smurfs

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For all that liked and still like the unforgettable Smurfs!

http://happysmurfday.com/en/en/lang_select

And if you also want to help others, you can start doing that by purchasing one of figurines ;)

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Fire

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“Regions Caesar never knew
Thy posterity shall sway;
Where his eagles never flew,
None invincible as they.”Such the bard’s prophetic words,
Pregnant with celestial fire,
Bending as he swept the chords
Of his sweet but awful lyre. –> W. Cowper in “Boadicea” (1782)

* Time is the school in which we learn,
Time is the fire in which we burn. –> from Calmly we walk through this April’s day

* When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself. –> S. Suzuki quoted in Enter the Heart of the Fire : A collection of Mystical Poems (1981) by Mary E. Giles and Kathryn Hohlwein
* Hate is like fire; it eats you up from the inside-out. –> Babu
* As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words. –> W. Shakespeare

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Shoes

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This time i'm posting here links to different (and unique) stores for shoes.
P.S. If you know other stores-let me know;)
/Tokrat objavljam različne povezave do raznolikih (in unikatnih) trgovin za čevlje.


For those who like to stick with the nature, but still in style:
/Za vse tiste, ki ste radi povezani z naravo-v stilu:

http://www.terraplana.com/index.php
http://www.camper.com/web/en/home.asp


For distinguished and daring, unique taste:
/Za izbrane, drzne in edinstvene okuse:

http://www.butanoga.org/
http://www.manoloblahnik.com/
http://www.kowalski-shoes.com/
http://www.christian-lacroix.fr/
http://www.viviennewestwood.com/flash.php
i Blues (can't find the site)
http://www.bronxshoes.com/

Other/Ostalo:

http://www.bata.com/us/
http://www.raffaello-network.com/raffties/list_products.php?rangeid=29&prodrange=PradaWomensShoes
http://www.pollini.com/pollini.asp?lang=eng
http://www.hugoboss.com/index.html


OK-when i'll remember, i'll add other links too ;)
/Ko se spomnim, dodam še ostale povezave.

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Links to maps

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If anyone's interested, i'm posting here a few links of sites, where you can find "good or less good maps" ;)


http://maps.google.com/

http://www.geopedia.si/

http://www.viamichelin.co.uk/viamichelin/gbr/dyn/controller/Cartes —–> this is a great link for those who drive with a car ;)

http://maps.yahoo.com/

http://zemljevid.najdi.si/index_maps.jsp?&tab=maps


and another interesting link:

http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedEurope

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Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime

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Love holds our lives together from day to day-it is a cure we depend on, because withouth it we can't exist. Love fills our souls to the top and it makes us feel warm and joyous. When one will find hers/his true love one can't know, but when it comes, you know it for sure. At that time you better not let it go ...

Every body loves somebody sometime by Dean Martin:

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1. slovenian jamboree 2008: part I.

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This time in Slovenian ... wait for the translation (i'll post it soon!)

Norost, ki deluje-jamboree!

Ob obljubi sva izrekla iste besede-to poletje skupaj gledava iste zvezde!

Vsi, ki smo bili tam smo se imeli vsak po svoje super in fino fajn za vse starosti in najbrž nihče ne bo pozabil tega norega dogodka: od novih prijateljstev, sončnih, deževnih, blatnih dni do okusnih enolončnic in pa vseh aktivnostih, majhnih pozornosti, nasmehov, iskric v očeh, zabavnih večerov …! Pa tokrat ne bi o tem kako je bilo. Tu prilagam nekaj povezav do člankov itn. o jamboreeju.

Stran, ki jo poznamo že vsi:

http://jamboree.skavt.net/

In pa še ostale:

izpod peresa ene izmed IV: http://bloodymerymery.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!DE4803B0AF7C10E1!1583.entry

in pa ostalih medijev:

http://www.rtvslo.si/val202/modload.php?&c_mod=vnews&op=sections&func=read&c_menu=1&c_id=8056http://www.demokracija.si/index.php?sekcija=clanki&clanek=2806

http://www.radiovatikan.net/slv/Articolo.asp?c=205301

http://www.vest.si/2008/05/13/prvi-jamboree/

http://www.sta.si/foto.php?nid=1305754

http://novice.matkurja.com/novica.php?idm=111&idn=448651

http://www.nedelja.at/slovenija/detajl/1_slovenski_skavtski_jamboree/

http://www.dnevnik.si/tiskane_izdaje/dnevnik/336679

http://www.siol.net/data/fotogalerije/slovenija/2008/07/skavtski_jamboree.aspx

http://www.noviglas.eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=809&Itemid=1

http://ovsenik.blogspot.com/2007/12/jamboree-2008-delovno.html

Če kdo še kaj najde naj pa kar prilepi povezavo v komentarje! Noro-noro-norost!

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G. B. Shaw's Quotes

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Some of these qutes (Feorge Bernard Shaw's) are so simple and true, that i must post them for all of those who love his work. For those who don't know him-in short: he's an irish playwright, who got a Nobel prize for literature and an oscar. His most known work is Pygmalion (also a film).
The first two qutes are one of my favourites.


1. The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

2. There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.
o Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant, Vol. II, preface (1898)

3. The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.
o The Devil's Disciple, Act II (1901)

4. There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.
o Crofts, Act III

5. It is more dangerous to be a great prophet or poet than to promote twenty companies for swindling simple folk out of their savings.
o Preface from Misalliance

6. Do not try to live for ever. You will not succeed.
o Preface from the Doctor's Dilemma

7. What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn't come every day.
o Act II from Pygmalion

8. Independence? That's middle-class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.
o Act V from Pygmalion

9. The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.

10. Life is not meant to be easy, my child but take courage: it can be delightful.

11. You use a glass mirror to see your face: you use works of art to see your soul.

12. If you have an apple and I have an apple, and we exchange apples, we both still only have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea, and we exchange ideas, we each now have two ideas.



P.S. If you want to know from which book any of this qutes is, just ask (i didn't write for them all).





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Save the planet

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I'm posting here a link of funny and splendidly made commercials to aware ppl of our planet-to make it save!

Every day we do things to pollute our planet, why not start doing sth good for it-we're going to live on it for quite some while, so throwing a garbage in a bin, reducing electricity and water consumption, driving a bicycle or walk, using renewable resources, recycling, using energy-saving light bulbs isn't that hard, is it? Think about it!

http://animalssavetheplanet.com/

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In Slovene (a bit larger text):

Vsak dan počnemo stvari, ki počasi in vztrajno uničujejo naš planet. Te reklame nas opozarjajo na kaj moramo paziti in kako lahko pomagamo rešiti naš planet. Kaj bo pa to sploh pomagalo? Že z malim se začne veliko: kamen na kamen-palača, tako da se dolgoročno to naše početje, ki ga lahko opravimo spotoma, z leti obrestuje. Res je, da smo že veliko uničili, a če bi na stvari gledali le tako, da je pa potem vseeno, ali pomagamo ali ne, ali počnemo te stvari o katerih nam reklame govorijo ali ne, potem bi naš planet bil že zdavnaj še bolj zasvinjan kot pa je že sedaj. Tako da, ni res da je vseeno-vse se obrestuje, nam pa tudi ni tako težko ugasniti elektrike, zapreti pipe, če je ne potrebujemo, vreči smeti v koš itn.-kajne?

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Mermaid stories

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Mermaid stories
Automatically translated into English thanks to WorldLingo
Young stag is one off my favourite stories off mermaids. I' L could in three different poured it off. Which one you like best, decides for yourself. Enjoy reading!
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1. The Crofter and the Seal-Woman
There ounce has Young crofter (scottish farmer has),
who owned has little patch off Land one the coast. One
day while walking by the beach, He saw has group off
beautiful women dance hall in the sunset, He saw has
pile off seal skins beside them and knew they were
selkies. Have the sun went down they could one their
skins and slid back into the toilets, goal have the last
selkie reached for her skin, the crofter jumped out
and seized the skin from her. She begged him for
it, goal He wouldn? T give it to her and in the end she agreed to Be his wife.
She has good wife and gave him 7
beautiful children, goal she yearned to
return to the sea. One day her
youngest child showed her has box He
had found in the barn, in it was her
seal skin. When the crofter returned
from the fields, his wife was gone,
back to the sea.

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2. The Mermaid Wife (the Shetland Islands)

A story is told off year inhabitant off Unst, who, in walking one the Sandy margin off has voe, saw has number off mermen and mermaids dance hall by moonlight, and several sealskins strewed beside them one the ground. At his approach they immediately fled to secure to their garbs, and, taking upon themselves the form off seals, plunged immediately into the sea. Drank ace the Shetlander perceived that one skin lay closed to his feet, He snatched it up, boron it swiftly away, and placed it in concealment.

One returning to the Shore He puts the fairest damsel that was ever gazed upon by mortal eyes, lamenting the robbery, by which she had become year exiles from her submarine friends, and has holding off the upper world. Vainly she implored the restitution off her property. The man had drunk deeply off coils, and was inexorable; He offered her protection beneath his roof drank have his betrothed spouse. The merlady, perceiving that she must become year inhabitant off the earth, found that she could not C better than accept off the offer.

This strange attachment subsisted for many years, and the couple had several children. The Shetlander' S coils for his merwife was unbounded, goal his affection was coldly returned. Deserted The lady would often steal alone to the strand, and, one has signal being given, has broad seal would make his appearance, with whom she would hold, in year unknown tongue, year anxious conference.

Years had thus glided away, when it happened that one off the children, in the race off his play, found concealed beneath has stack off corn has seal' S skin; and, delighted with the prize, He ran with it to his mother. Her eyes glistened with rapture -- she gazed upon it have her own -- have the means by which she could not through the ocean that led to her native home. She burst forth into year ecstasy off joy, which was only moderated when she beheld her children, whom she was now butt to leave; and, after hastily embracing them, she fled with Al speed towards the seaside.

The husband immediately returned, learned the discovery that had taken place, ran to overtake his wife, goal only arrived in time to see her transformation off shape completed -- to see her, in the form off has seal, bound from the ledge off has rock'n'roll into the sea. Animal broad The off the same kind with whom she had held has secret converses soon appeared, and evidently congratulated her, in the most tender manner, one her escape. Drank before she dived to unknown depths, she cast has parting glance At the wretched Shetlander, whose despairing looks excited in her breast has few transient feelings off commiseration.

“Farewell!” said she to him “and may Al good awaits you. I loved you very well when I resided upon earth, goal I always loved my first husband much better. “

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3. The Silkie Wife (the Shetland and Orkney Islands)

Those in the the Shetland and Orkney Islands who know No better, are persuaded that the seals, but silkies, have they cal them, edge doff to their coverings At times, and disport themselves have men and women.

With fisher ounce turning has ridge off rock'n'roll, discovered has beautiful bit off green racing adjoining the shingle, sheltered by rock'n'rolls one the landward side, and over this racing and shingle two beautiful women chasing each other. Just At the man' S feet lay two sealskins, one off which He took up to examines it. The women, catching sight off him, screamed out, and ran to get possession off the skins. One seized the article one the ground, donned it in A thrice, and plunged into the sea; the other wrung her hands, cried, and begged the fisher to restore her property; He wanted drank has wife, and would not throw away the chance. He wooed her so earnestly and lovingly, that she could one summons woman' S clothing which He brought her from his cottage, followed him home, and became his wife.

Summon years later, when to their home was enlivened by the presence off two children, the husband, awakening one night, heard voices in conversation from the kitchen. Stealing softly to the room door, He heard his wife talking in A low ton with someone outside the window. The interview was just At year end, and He had only time to ensconce himself in bed, when his wife was stealing across the room. He was greatly disturbed, goal determined to C gold say nothing till He should acquire further knowledge.

Next evening, have He was returning home by the strand, He spied has male and female phoca sprawling one has rock'n'roll has few yards out At sea.

The rougher animal, raising himself one his tail and fine, thus addressed the astonished man in the dialect spoken in thesis islands, “You deprived me off her whom I was to make my companion; and it was only yesternight that I discovered her outer garment, the loss off which obliged her to Be your wife. I bear No mischievousness, have you were kind to her in your own fashion; besides, my heart is too full off joy to hold any mischievousness. Look one your wife for the last time. “

The other seal glanced At him with Al the shyness and sorrow she could force into her now uncouth features; drank when the bereaved husband rushed toward the rock'n'roll to secure his lost treasure, she and her companion were in the toilets one the other side off it in A moment, and the poor fisherman was obliged to return sadly to his motherless children and desolate home.
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Link to has full version: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/1620/merwife2.html

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Scouting in Slovenia

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I'm posting in this blog a few videos about scouting in Slovenia.

This is an introduction of Slovenian scouts named ZSKSS (organization of SLovenian Catholical girl and boy scouts) with a national anthem at the beggining as the background:



Another introduction of our scouts:


"Youth on its hike":


A thought of B-P, our founder: Think of life as a game and a world as a playground.



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Seriousness

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When you grow up you tend to be serious-your taste for humour changes a little, you start forgetting how is to be a child and all the "grown up symptoms" come out.

When i was 9 years old i thought to myself how ridiculous grown ups are and that i'll never forget how is it to be a child. Yesterday this promice of mine came alive again.
We had a meeting during which we had to discuss things, make plans for children in our scouts group-where are we going, what are we going to do etc. At the end we had to talk things over but then, suddenly, we all felt that it's growing dull and we wanted to do sth else instead. The pillows on the couches were inviting us that we should grab them, and then ... a pillow fight started!
Ahhh-and then i remembered that i was growing to serious during all the exams we had in our university this year and that this kind of moments do me good, so ... To all of those who won't admit a child in you-you're always going to have a child in yourself-don't try to kill it, it'll make you feel younger (not that i'm old, but we forget that feeling sometimes too quick).

So, in the memory of the child in us-let him/her live in you 4ever. Being serious can kill your spirits-so have fun and do fun stuff! ;)

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History of music I.-easy

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Innocent little gadgets

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When you see a video like that you must ask yourself where does our world go to and what else can this "innocent" things like mobile phones do to us. Now ask yourself how much can this gadget harm us and all the others (especially children) who wear them in a pocket of our trousers ...

Then there comes out the next question-is the technology really good for us? Count together the pro's and the contra's-so, what do we do now? If you're too shy to speak up about this here then you can click on the poll bellow the video.






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Canoe Accident: The last drop on the river

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Sevnica-a few people along with a mayor of Sevnica decided they would go on the last trip on the river, where they would build and soon open a hydroelectric power station and they went on the last trip-literally. They said this is going to be a historical trip, never to be forgotten, and they were so right.

Everything was going fine until they came to a "waterfall" where the canoes split in half and some of the bodies are still missing. Our rescuers are working hard, but they still haven't found all of the missing. What i found absurd and ironic here is that they went there like nothing is going to happen, when a common sense should tell them it isn't ok to go there, where the forces are all working hard and a boat couldn't survive it in one piece-they should definatelly check the situation out before going on forward. And what is really scary and also tragic at the same time is that people were watching, filming it and when watching a video you can see how confident and calm people are when going there where they would be dead in a minute.

Anyways, you can read more about this "event" on link bellow. My condolence goes to all the famillies that their belowed died there-may all rest in peace!!

http://24ur.com/novice/slovenija/kljub-svarilom-preckali-jez.html (take a look at the snap-you don't have to understand a language to understand what is being showed to you-you'll understand how all happened)

http://www.rtvslo.si/modload.php?&c_mod=rnews&op=sections&func=read&c_menu=8&c_id=177558 (take a look at the third shot-at 0:41 you can see how calmly they sail into death)

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=105&sid=1434338

http://www.southernledger.com/ap/148130/7_dead,_5_missing_in_Slovenia_kayak_accident

http://abcnews.go.com/International/WireStory?id=5308073&page=2

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Architecture-does it reflect our culture?

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This time i encourage you to participate in this thread. I think it is quite vital and interesting to see what we think if and how architecture reflect our culture. Here's the link:

http://en.discuss.takingitglobal.org/thread/31711

And for those who are too shy to tell it aloud-it's totally annonimous:


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Architecture

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I've written a blog about Joze Plecnik and now i'm going to write down something about architecture, which architecturers i like etc.



Architect: a person who engages in the profession of architecture,

architecture: the profession of designing buildings, open areas, communities, and other artificial
constructions and environments, usually with some regard to aesthetic effect. Architecture often includes design or selection of furnishings and decorations, supervision of construction work, and the examination, restoration, or remodeling of existing buildings.



And my favourite architects are:

1. Joze Plecnik

2. Antoni Gaudi

When seeing that exceptional things are even possible in modern world one can stay withouth a breath when seeing this man's architecture. I think Spain (Barcelona) is distinguished by his work as much as Ljubljana is distunguished by Plecnik's. Love his works, how he plays with light and different patterns, styles and puts them in one whole-mixing styles could end up badly, but the way he does it is marvellous!

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoni_Gaud%C3%AD


3. Friedensreich Hundertwasser

This artist's name tells it all! His style reminds me a bit to the Gaudi's. Here's a link about him, so you won't have to bother about that: Hundertwasser
My mom took me on a trip once to Vienna, when i was just a little kid and was fascinated by his architecture so much, that i never forgot it-i still love it because of it's imagination that it's included in it!

Link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundertwasser



There are loads of architects that i love their work, but these three are among exceptional and modern ones, so i put them out. If you like it and if you know any other modern/classical architects, please do write a comment! ;)

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Joze Plecnik


Related to country: Slovenia
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Ok, this is one of my favourite architects that existed ever! I'm not gonna write about him, but just post some links about him that you can read more about this wonderfull artist from that poin on.

I love his work, what he's done. He has lived and created in 20th century and has done so much for Ljubljana, that is this capital of ours partialy special because of his work. He has also done a lot of work in Vienna and in Prague.

Here are the links:

1. http://www.ljubljana-tourism.si/en/sights/plecnik_ljubljana/default.html (Plecnik in Ljubljana)

2. http://www.plecnik.net/ (great site about him!!)

3. http://www.thezaurus.com/webzine/joze_plecnik_architect/

Here are the sketches of how he imagined our parliament to look like: http://www.gimvic.org/projekti/timko/plecnik2d/parlament.html

When walking in Ljubljana you never get bored of it, because it has loads of details thanks to Plecnik and many other architects (and it's basis from roman empire when it was called Emona). If you ever get a chance to visit it, hope you'll like it-it isn't big, but it has loads to show!




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My new dog

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It's been two wonderfull months since i've got this cute little braniac that i'm so proud of! I've got her from an animal shelter (they say they've treated her really badly and i can see that sometimes by the dreams she has when she's sleeping). She's really brilliant dog, really smart, versatile and unique - a dog, that one can only wish for. One simply must like her-look at her eyes! ;)

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Artistic elephant

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I think this is just brillitant!

Just click on this link below and see how this elephant draws a picture-amazing!

http://www.genspot.com/video-54011/slon-ki-je-postal-slikar.aspx

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The Car and I

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The story about the car and me

It was a sunny winter day, when i passed my driving exam and got my driving licence. From that moment on i was free of everything stupid i had to do on the exam - i could drive as i wished (here's a proof how stupid beginners are). I thought i was so cool driving in my parent's VW Golf Mk2-i thought this was the best car ever! I really liked it, bonded with it and with its limits, until one day my parents told me, that i could get a fine car for a small amount of money. It really was cheap, so we got it, but i didn't like it. It was too soft to drive in-i got Mercedes A140. It was a really rought time for me to adjust to the idea i'm driving such a fine car-i was kindda ashamed driving in it. But then months passed by and slowly i started forgetting all about Golf (here's the proof that love fades away slowly but never entirely) and slowly get accustumed to the idea that i'm driving a Mercedes. Yes-we bonded. I cared for it: i washed, cleaned it and give it to drink and it drove me wherever i wanted to. It was a love that slowly grows into you.

We were so happy together until one day i came to the place where i left him but he (yes, it's a he) wasn't where i left him. With the help of my friends i found it somewhere far away from where we parted the last time-the spider took him (= truck that tows away cars if they're not parked properly-i still claim that it wasn't and it was in the middle of the night!). At that point i was so happy to see him-i realised i couldn't get far without it, he really is special car. And then we went through some other adventures that i'm not going to tell you; until the last one we experienced. We drove very far into the country, enjoyed it's landscape and as we were returning back home i wanted to take him to drink, because he looked really dehydrated but he was too exhausted to drive the last 100 metres so he decided he would stop just there in the middle of the road-in the middle of the city-in the middle of the night!! I told him he should wait just where he lost his strenghts and quickly went to the first petrol station (the first one was closed, so i had to walk for another 500 metres) from where a nice guy drove me back to my car where i gave him to drink i bought for him and then we drove for another two kilometres (that previous petrol also closed when i left) where we stopped for a longer drink. It was much more interesting if you were there to see it-it was sad and funny at the same time. An experience i'll never forget and repeat it again.

Well, if you're wondering, we're doing just fine and are still good friends and will stay like that for quite some time and when our paths will part i'll never forget my small little black Mercedes. Now i'm more grown up (hehe) and have loads of experiences how to drive and what to be carefull about and know that you can't drive as your ideas of how you should from the beginnings were-but we're always learning, so, here's to all the new experiences and adventures!

The End.


P.S. You can write sth about your experiences with cars ...

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The Story About A Little Duckling

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Loads of times i forget what i want to say to people. When i'm thinking about things we've said later, i remember hundreds of things i could say to then. Here's a little story i'm writing for anybody willing to read it, about a duckling, who had the same problem as i do have it, sometimes.

Once upon a time in a little pond in the valley of peace lived a little ducking who had bright soft yellowish feathers, was very smart, knew loads of things but had a little problem, that enabled her to talk to other ducks. When all her friends talked about things that happened in the pond and beyond it or about the other issues ducks usually talk about, she allways wanted to join them in the conversation, but every time she wanted to say sth, she couldnt. At first other ducks allways waited for her to say sth, but after a while, when they realised she couldnt say anything they grew a habit that every time she wanted to say sth they ignored her and didnt bother to listen to her anymore. The other reason for this was also that at the times when she managed to say sth, nothing sensible came out of her, so they started to mock her and make fun of her. After that this little duck just listened to the conversations her fellow ducks had and thought to herself what she could say. When they made fun out of her she remembered millions of things what would be the best to say to them afterwards, when she was alone, somewhere between the grass in the pond. Although she hadnt got any friends, she enjoyed her life. There were many little things she could do by herself (i wont be telling you about what she did-if you want to know about that part you can simply ask me;)) and with her mother who loved her for as she was.

One day when she swam along, making circles around ducks talking about an important issue of how to maintain their feathers best, sth between the grass started to move. At first ducks ignored it, because they thought that clumbsy duckling was making that noise, but when the sound grew louder and nearer and far too loud for a little duckling to make by herself, they turned their heads slowly towards the direction the sound was comming from. Behind the curtain of grass they saw orange ears that stuck out of it and they knew imediately what was going on. They started to scream as loud as they could and there was feathers and chaos flying around everywhere around-all the ducks hide wherever they could before the fox could eat them but for the little duckling who was still busy making circles around the lake and who havent noticed what had happened yet. When she came to the place where other ducks were talking before, she thought to herself: "How come they've went to their homes so early. They've just started to make a fresh conversation which usually takes them hours to finish it." and just after completing a thought to herself she noticed a fox praying towards her. Forgetting about her fear of speaking she usually had and seeing all the feathers lying around in the water she said to the fox: "You ugly beast! How could you eat all my friends!? And what do you think i can do now all by myself, huh?! Think of how you would feel about if sb ate all your friends that you have! Think of how lonely and miserable you would be and now imagine how do i feel right now. You've done enough harm here-go away and never return back again. You're so mean and i thought you foxes were nicer. All the other ducks allways talked about how you were mean, eating ducks, but i didnt belive them. I said to myself, that such wonderfull beasts couldnt be as bad as others talked about, but now i see that they were right. You really are a cruel beast. You dont deserve to eat such fine ducks as you have. Go away! What are you waiting for?! GO AwAY!!!" Poo fox, all perplexed and stunned by the words little duck just said to her forgot about what she was doing there for a slip moment and then thought to herself: "What a small duck and what a big heart! She really must love her friends. I'm going to find my supper somewhere else." and she run away.

Little duck just started being sad when all the other ducks that hide between the bushes came out, touched by what they've just heard and some seen (yes, some couldnt hide that well and far so they could see what was actually happening, others just heard what was little duckling screaming, not just talking about). They hugged her and thanked her for what she had just done. They said to her that she was really brave and that they hope they could have been better and nicer to her and that they could let her a chance to speak when she tried to. After that evening little duckling was scared of speaking anymore. From that point on she told to her friends, yes her friends-she made friends, everything that was on her mind, although they usually didnt agree they listened for her advice. She still didnt agree to all their points of view but at least she could tell them now. She made a good friend, who thought the same as she did, but was usually quiet about such issues because he didnt want to be the only one with the same issue. They usually stepped together and tell what they thought. Some of their ideas even came true and ducks acceppted their thoughts. They made a harmony between themselves that they say had never been seen in that vally before, but was seen ever since and all the little ducks that ever lived knew the story of the brave duckling that saved her "friends" from the beast.



OK, this is a typical story with a happy ending and isnt exactly entirely about the issue i have, but it's a story. What do you think about it? Tell me!

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Nightwish

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It is snowing (it is the 4th of march) and i'm driving through the city, looking for the spaces in this mad with traffic because of the hockey game and at the same time the concert, but on the other hand beautiful city of ours. Last weeks i find it really hard to find a place to park there-if the city traffic would be better cared for there probably wouldn't be so many ppl driving with a car, but that's another issue to discuss ...



I arrive at the stadium Tivoli where there is a hockey game at which we won (yaaay!), but i ascend to the place where the concert is going to take a place. I hear there are loads of ppl from other countries there as well (from Austria, Italy ...) and i think to myself how interesting this is:)



And finally, around 9.30 pm the first band called Pain takes over the stage. They seem confident, but i as much as i try i can't relate to them and their music-it is too repetative and too ... can't describe it, realy. It is, in one way, basically just three guitars playing the same chords all the time with the drums and recorded music in the background and the yelling-when mentioned, i still haven't figured it out how they still got their voices when yelling so much and reminding me of one time when my mates persuaded me to come to the concert with them and i suddenly found myself along all the screamings and all the noise in a small cellar with loads of ppl in it and all the heat ... agh, just crazy! Isn't for me too much of heaviness of metal ;)



When they finished we anxiously waited for the Nightwish to come. And we waited and waited and waited ... for an hour!! But when they came all the waiting was payed off! They really made a show and a half with all the fireworks, fire and light and other falling-from-the-ceiling effects-crazy i say! Especially the one where they sing the part with the blood when falling red strings came all around us. Well, but this is not what we came there for, but for their music, which was excelente (love the drummer and keyboards playing) except for the lead female singer, which needs a little bit more of practice (their first singer was vocally better than this one which was the proof when she had to sing the songs from the previous cd's), but she knew how to made a nice athmosphere, so here goes a plus for her.



In short: Pirates of Carribean doll ornamenting the keyboards with a player behind them who looked exactly as Johnny Depp in this movie rolling his eyes back from time to time so they looked white; great male singer with a good voice, beautifull white long hair and two braids on his beard; a guitarist, also with blonde hair, who likes to make loads of splits on the stage; a female singer with a nice personality and girly voice and a drummer with great skills who threw a stick in my direction but haven't caught it (unfortunatelly) and a great show they made and much much more than that is what i'm never going to forget. Great job guys! Here's the song they performed the last, but in a different casting:




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Let the devil take you!-EU song competition 2008

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I'm not posting here a discussion about a devil, i'm just posting a video of a song which will represent Slovenia on a Eurovision song contest in Belgrade. The title is: Vrag naj te vzame or, literary, Let the devil take you in english.
When i was watching a semi-final and a final i thought to myself how dreadfull and sensless everything in this competition, in music has become; but when i heard some other finalists from other countries i saw that our representative isn't that bad at all. Here is a video:



But as far as i'm concerned Maya should still be in our competition, shouldn't be disqualified in the first place or at least should be picked up in Ireland where she performed among the 6 finalists. But at least she showed with her performance how "stupid" our jury was when they haven't picked her-what were they thinking about when they picked up all those songs!?
I'm posting here her video (not from the competition-you can watch that one at this site:http://www.drugisvet.com/news/Maya_time_to_rise_video.html ):


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FreeRIce

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How many ppl do live in our world that have nothing! Every day many ppl die of hunger, lack of water, of all kind of diseases, disasters (natural and "unnatural") ... But what do we do for it?! Many don't even realise these and all the other issues there are-How sad is this fact?!

I'm not going to preach to you here-If you're smart enough you know what i'm talking about. Here is a link to a site, where you can test your word knowledge and with it "donate free rice": http://www.freerice.com/

Test your brains and see how smart are you!! Smartness counts and cares!

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Tristan&Isolde


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