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Hadrijanov zid, Velika Britanija – Hadrian’s Wall, United Kingdom

Hadrian’s Wall – The wall was a kind of multicultural ante litteram experiment . It was built by three legions composed of soldiers from all over the empire because Hadrian wanted to employ and motivate people in peacetime. He encouraged religious freedom and successfully strengthened the feeling of soldiers that they were Romans, despite the divisions in today’s sense of the word. Ironically, when the Roman Empire began to disintegrate, the wall took on a completely different meaning, and even today some Britons believe that the old building marked the border between two historical rivals – England and Scotland.

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Rijetko se događa da književno remek-djelo postane bestseler, ali ipak se to dogodilo s Hadrijanovim memoarima Margerit Jursenar. Francuska spisateljka, vrstan poznavalac i poštovalac klasičnog svijeta, napisala je knjigu u obliku dugog pisma rimskog cara na samrti Marku Aureliju. Car pripovijeda o svom životu, ističe kako je važno služiti zemlji do posljednjeg daha i izlaže Marku svoje utemeljeno uvjerenje da će Carstvo neizbježno propasti. Bolje nego bilo koja savremena biografija cara Hadrijana, knjiga Margerit Jursenar uspjela je da prenese carevo složeno psihičko stanje i otkrije njegovu “mirotvoračku” filozofiju. Pošto je 117. godine naslijedio od Trajana ogromnu teritoriju koju su Rimljani ponosno nazivali “poznati svijet”, Hadrijan se, za razliku od svojih prethodnika, nikad nije zanosio osvajanjima. Čak ni njegova najvažnija vojna građevina – zid koji je podigao na sjevernom obodu carstva – ničim ne pokazuje ratničku namjenu.

Hadrijan je planirao izgradnju zida 122. godine, dok je putovao po Britaniji. Namjeravao je…

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Le argomentazioni non sono la vita

“The arguments are excellent, the ideas too. But I’m not life! They are extraordinarily suited to guide us in life. But they are not life. Abstraction is not life. Life is found in experience. It’s like reading a wonderful menu. You can lead your life with a menu, but the menu is not the food. And if you spent all your time with a menu, you wouldn’t eat anything. Sometimes even worse can happen. There are people who eat the menu. They live on ideas and thus lose their lives. “

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Le argomentazioni sono ottime, le idee anche. Ma non sono la vita! Sono straordinariamente adatte per guidarci nella vita. Ma non sono la vita. L’astrazione non è la vita. La vita si trova nell’esperienza. È come leggere un meraviglioso menu. Potete guidare la vostra vita con un menu, ma il menu non è il cibo. E se passaste tutto il tempo con un menu, non mangereste nulla. Talvolta può accadere anche di peggio. Ci sono persone che mangiano il menu. Vivono di idee e così perdono la propria vita.“

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Un air de tranquillité!

A very calm, almost deserted beach! The blue sea, the sea breeze! It’s normal if there are a lot of people who find their inspiration at the seaside. Yes, that was long before the Covid-19 pandemic! The moment when we could afford to travel, to make visits and discoveries. Fortunately there are the photos that remain as memories and of course the story to tell to others …

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Une plage très calme presque déserte! La mer bleue , la brise marine!

C’est normal s’il y a beaucoup des gens qui retrouvent leurs sources d’inspiration au bord de la mer.

Eh oui, c’était bien avant la pandémie du Covid-19 ! Le moment où on pouvait se permettre de voyager , de faire des visites et des découvertes .

Heureusement qu’il y a les photos qui restent comme souvenirs et bien sûr l’histoire à raconter aux autres

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🔯 Sacred Geometry, Flower of Life, Soul Connection, Essential Beauty and Authentic Power in Harmony, Truth and Love 💖 — SoundEagle 🦅ೋღஜஇ

Sacred Geometry Sacred Geometry Sound Flower of Life The triangular lattice form, with circle radii equal to their separation is called a seven overlapping circles grid. It contains 6 circles intersecting at a point, with a 7th circle centred on that intersection. Overlapping circles with similar geometrical constructions have been used infrequently in various of […]

🔯 Sacred Geometry, Flower of Life, Soul Connection, Essential Beauty and Authentic Power in Harmony, Truth and Love 💖 — SoundEagle 🦅ೋღஜஇ

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Bangkok – Crossing the contemporary urbanized commercial and business area, with large boulevards, green spaces, new luxury housing buildings, wide sidewalks. I am in the middle of a business district, with glass towers and skyscrapers, with bank offices and international consulting companies. It is an emerging city where it is constantly being built, unfortunately to the detriment of historic buildings.

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Bangkok, 2017

Străbat zona comercială și de afaceri urbanizată contemporan, cu bulevarde mari, spații verzi, clădiri noi de locuințe de lux, trotuare largi. Mă aflu în plin cartier de business, cu turnuri de sticlă și zgârie-nori, cu sedii bancare și firme internaționale de consultanță. Este un oraș emergent unde se construiește încontinuu, din păcate în defavoarea clădirilor istorice.

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Trecătorii se agită cu o frenezie molipsitoare și mă așez pe unde găsesc doar ca să mă uit la lume.

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Thailandezele sunt foarte elegante, iar snobismul ținutelor de stradă presupune expunerea, cât mai la vedere, a brandurilor care le demonstrează reușita. Institutele de masaj tradițional și barurile se înșiruie la infinit. Îți dai seama ușor care sunt localuri de prostituție, neoanele colorate indicând ,,Bar de strip-tease’’. Turismul sexual beneficiază de o publicitate covârșitoare și, de aceea, Bangkokul atrage în special o clientelă turistică preponderent masculină.

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Majoritatea angajatelor din industria prostituției sunt fete…

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True COVID-19 death toll is double the official numbers, study finds – Axios

There have been twice as many deaths from COVID-19 around the world as have been reported, according to the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), which analyzed excess mortality and other factors.

The big picture: The U.S. has undercounted by over 300,000 deaths, while the death tolls in India and Mexico — second and third on the list, respectively — are nearly three times the official numbers, according to the analysis.

“Many deaths from COVID-19 go unreported because countries only report deaths that occur in hospitals or in patients with a confirmed infection. In many places, weak health reporting systems and low access to health care magnify this challenge,” the report notes.

  • In Russia, which has used unusually strict criteria for attributing deaths to COVID-19, the IHME estimate is five times the official number.
  • In Egypt, there have been nearly 13 deaths for every one that’s recorded, per the report.

Source: True COVID-19 death toll is double the official numbers, study finds – Axios