...7 billions

  World’s 7 billionth person about to be born

 ...In the days ahead, a baby will be born who will take the global population above 7 billion for the first time, and in all probability that birth will take place in China or India, the two countries with more than a billion inhabitants...

   www.thehindu.com 

...Recycling

Things That Can Be Recycled

 O que é e o que não reciclável? 

Recycling codes

...august 2011 playlist

 Tito Paris - Morna
 Habib Koite - Takamba
 Morcheeba - Enjoy the Ride
 Ray LaMontagne - Be Here Now
 Sophie Zelmani - Hard to Know
 I am Kloot - Fingerprints
 Loituma - Eva`s Polka
 Czesław Śpiewa - Maszynka do Świerkania
 James Vincent McMorrow - This Old Dark Machine
 The Wooden Birds - Struck By Lightning
 Citizen Cope - Son s Gonna Rise
 Chris Rea - Auberge
 Ney Matogrosso e PLAP - Vamos tirar Jesus da cruz
 Adriana Calcanhoto - Lição de Baião
 Pepeu Gomes - Fazendo Música, Jogando Bola
 Antonio Nóbrega - Chegança
 Captain Planet - Ningané
 Oscar Stagnaro and Paquito D'Rivera - El Principe Igor
 Eddie Harris & Les McCann - Compared To What
 Clueso - Beinah
 Colm K. - Basics
 Brooke Fraser - Something In The Water
 Carolina Chocolate Drops - Snowden s Jig
 Souad Massi - Khalouni
 Serge Gainsbourg - Marilou Sous La Neige
 Maui y los Sirénidos - Para No Pensar
 Willie and Lobo - Salsa Verde
 Imua - Local to the Max
 Cama de Gato - Melancia
 Bossacucanova - Vai Levando
 Diogo Nogueira e Marcelo D2 - Do Jeito Que o Rei Mandou

  to play all

 

...Clarice Lispector

...ARTRIO

  Feira Internacional de Arte Contemporânea do Rio de Janeiro
  8-11/09/2011  Rio de Janeiro  Pier Mauá  12h-20h
   artriofair

 

...International Day of Peace

  internationaldayofpeace.org

...Pete Oswald

  beautiful collages
   peteoswald.blogspot.com

...Aida

  AIDA is a foundation. It supports artists who are persecuted because of their work. AIDA begins where Amnesty ends, or has not even begun. The persecution of artists takes many forms: censorship, isolation, restrictions on artistic expression, limitations in everyday life. Each regime has its own methods. For example: censorship in Iran is completely different to that in Iraq. The reasons for the persecution of artists rarely differ. The recent wars in the Balkans revealed yet again how artists are manipulated: their work has to legitimize the actions of those in power. In the Balkans writers were expected to justify the war. Their words had to be believed. Without belief there could be no war. An artist who refuses to cooperate, will be persecuted...AIDA supports the artists who raise their voices against oppression in their own country.  

Translation into English: Simone Veenstra & Klaas Levelt

aidanederland.nl 

...Collaborative Consumption

 

  collaborativeconsumption.com

WHAT'S MINE IS YOURS from rachel botsman on Vimeo

...Hugs

  Photo by Dimas Ardian
  www.life.com

...Jeannette Woitzik

  very nice digital art
  schnettepics.de

...Steve Jobs

...Emmanuel Coupé Photography

  emmanuelcoupe.com

...3 minutes cake

  the recipe: www.grouprecipes.com/cake-in-a-cup
 

...Akinator, the Web Genius

  this is fun! Akinator can discover who you think of!
  akinator.com

...Documentary Films

 documentarystorm.com

 topdocumentaryfilms.com

...in the hearts of millions

...I have seen thousands of great posts. But here is one from memory, Hisham told us how his relatives sat on garden chairs to watch Nato planes each night. I couldn't resist a joke about this but the reply brought tears to my eyes.

Daniel - "But do the Nato pilots get a round of applause afterwards ?"
Hisham - "In the hearts of millions my friend." 

 by Daniel on Don`t call us rebels/Al Jazeera Blogs

 my heart joins the applause to all that had done the right thing about Lybia, inspite of the huge risks they did run, including the painful one that is to be misunderstood. The international help to Lybia made it possible for us, world around, to wake up in the morning and be able to look at the mirror without feeling ashamed, with some faith in humanity still preserved. Special thanks to Mr. Obama, Mr. Sarcozy and Mr. Cameron.

Great Congratulations to Lybian People!

 

...Senna

  I have seen it yesterday and I loved it. This documentary, by Asif Kapadia, made in the year Ayrton Senna would be 50 years old, is not only a realistic history about the pilot, but makes the magic of bringing him back for a while.

...2011 ipa Winner's Gallery

Alexander Kitsenko, Ukraine

Helen K. Garber, United States

Richard Vdovjak, Slovakia

  These are some of my favourites. You can see them all at  www.photoawards.com/gallery/winner2011

...Solar Cell Tree

  inhabitat.com

...Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn

  Dancing Romeo and Juliet, in 1966

...Lace Lamp

  Beautiful work by Isabelle. She shows how to make it here: http://dosfamily.com/2011/01/lace-lamp/

...The Secret Life of Mammals

  This is a sample of the First Global Camera Mammal Study, that has documented 105 species in nearly 52,000 images from seven protected areas across the Americas, Africa and Asia. The study was led by Dr. Jorge Ahumada, ecologist from the Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network. 

  www.conservation.org

   www.facebook.com/conservation.intl 

 

...One Life

...Sophia

   sophia.org 

...Award-Winning Scientific Simulation Videos

    wired.com/wired science

...Edgar Allan Poe

  The World of Edgar Allan Poe

  rmc.library.cornell.edu/poe/exhibition

...Imagine Peace Tower by Yoko Ono

...Samsung commercial

  fantastic commercial from Samsung, with JayFunk performing  finger tutting, directed by Olivier Stephane Picard.

...Berlin Wall Memorial

  13 august 1961 marks the rise of the Berlin Wall.  Just  50 years ago. Though it`s not a date to celebrate, seems important to remember it. 

...Format Factory

  It is a free multifunctional media converter. Converts almost any format to any other one. Fast. Excellent.

   Format Factory

...3º Festival Internacional do Humor

  No Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro, de 11 de agosto a 25 de setembro de 2011, com destaque para a exposição Traçando o Brasil – Três séculos de Desenho de Humor.

  www.festivalinternacionaldehumor 

...what do you love?

   http://www.wdyl.com

...Caño Cristales

  this is not photoshop! this is Caño Cristales, a river in Macarena, Colômbia. It's said to be the most
  beautiful river in the world. These colours come from some plants that live in it.

  images from Google Search

...Forvo

  Forvo is a free guide to pronunciations, in many languages, growing with new contributions from people willing to collaborate with the project, that is to help the world to communicate better.

  forvo.com 

...Fellini, Marcello and Sophia

  I received this photo by e-mail from a dear friend and I loved it. It's in public domain, so if you'd like to download it, it's ok. 

The first movie I have seen in a theatre was 'More Than a Miracle', in 1967.  It's a sweet story, almost a fairy tale, in which beautiful Sophia is a country girl that marries a prince. Few years later, I have seen 'Amacord', directed by Fellini. It was a midnight session on a rainy night and has finished around 2 am.  Streets were empty when I left the theatre and I could go around 'danzando nella nebbia'. Magic moment. Magic Fellini. About Marcello, he is one of my all time favourites actors. So nice to see them together in this photo.

 

...Frank Gehry

  This is the Dancing House, in Prague, designed by Frank Gehry and Vlado Milunić. Gehry's best known work is, possibly, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. We can see many of his works in wowcollector.net and arcspace.com

...Livros LabCom

 Livros LabCom offers in pdf format all books published by LabCom: Laboratório de Comunicação On-line

 Printed version can be requested on demand.

 livroslabcom.ubi.pt

...Alafoto

 
  The Editor words: This website is not about photography only. It’s about a passion to photography and design...I want you to know these genius of the camera... those works are stunning and became icons of the whole art world... Thus I’m seeking, reading, writing and uploading as much as I can. Please look around, check some links, articles, pages or categories that may be interesting for you.

 

    alafoto.com 

 

...1001 Albums to Hear

  Perhaps you already know the book: 1001 Albums to Hear Before You Die, published in 2005 by Cassell Illustrated. The good news is that you may listen to any of these albums online. They are all available in the same chronological order, from 1955 to 2005, on Radio 3 Net.

...Solidarity

...Matthew Barney

  this photo shows Lama Lamina, created by Matthew Barney, in Inhotim: two mirrored geodesic domes, within a eucalyptus forest, where a truck holds a white tree, exposing its roots. The struggle between technology and nature is brought out, unveiled to sight by the light passing through glasses. It's very impressive, beautiful, and perhaps the most remarkable work I have seen lately.  

Photo: Pedro Motta

...Palmirinha Onofre

    to me, she is the best one! Her recipes are so easy to follow and the result is always excellent.
  Thank You, Palmirinha!
  vovopalmirinha.com.br

...Keyboard Shortcuts

...Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx

   Malcon Raggett presents a very beautiful collection of photos from Burle Marx`s gardens.
    www.mraggett.co.uk

...Trees in Blackwork

 

by Lesley Barnett
photos by Ian Cole
read more on embroiderersguild.com 

...ActionAid

  I believe it: we can end poverty together, and create a new future.
  actionaid.org

...Critical Past

  a collection of royalty-free historic videos, with more than 57.000 videos, covering a period of one hundred  years. Also a collection of 7 million free photos.
  criticalpast.com

...Modern Inventions

 

  many informations and history, very interesting
  inventors.about.com