Sara Bareilles – (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay [Acoustic] – Live at the Fillmore DVD

Sara Bareilles

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Sara Bareilles
In San Francisco, September 2010
Background information
Birth name	Sara Beth Bareilles
Also known as	Serina
Born	December 7, 1979 (1979-12-07) (age 31) Eureka, California, United States
Genres	Pop soul, pop rock, baroque pop
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, musician
Instruments	Vocals, piano, guitar
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Epic
Associated acts	Ingrid Michaelson, Weezer, Maroon 5, OneRepublic, Marc Broussard
Website	www.sarabmusic.com

Sara Beth Bareilles ( born December 7, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She achieved mainstream success in 2007 with the hit single “Love Song“, which brought her into the number one spot on the Billboard Pop 100 chart. She has sold over 1 million records worldwide and has been Grammy-nominated three times.
(source Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Bareilles)

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Leonard Cohen: Leaving Green Sleeves

Today’s Birthday, June 15 1330: Edward, the Black Prince

The eldest son of King Edward III, Edward was the prince of Wales. Joining his father as a commander in the campaigns of the Hundred Years War, he established a reputation for valor. However, his rule as the prince of Aquitaine from 1362 to 1372 was a failure, and he returned sick and broken to England and formally surrendered his principality to his father. Though the heir apparent, he never became king, dying one year before his father. Edward was the first in England to be granted what title? More… Discuss

Mark Twain: On Influence in Society

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) Discuss

Defense safety board blasts DOE, Bechtel | Tri-City Herald – The News Tribune

Defense safety board blasts DOE, Bechtel | Tri-City Herald – The News Tribune.

Z4low.So.13 (Recommendation 2011-1, Safety Culture at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant)

Leonard Cohen – Light as a Breeze

From the album “The Future” (1992).
All paintings by Gustav Klimt.

Light as a Breeze, by Leonard Cohen

She stands before you naked
you can see it, you can taste it,
and she comes to you light as the breeze.
Now you can drink it or you can nurse it,
it don’t matter how you worship
as long as you’re
down on your knees.
So I knelt there at the delta,
at the alpha and the omega,
at the cradle of the river and the seas.
And like a blessing come from heaven
for something like a second
I was healed and my heart
was at ease.

O baby I waited
so long for your kiss
for something to happen,
oh something like this.

And you’re weak and you’re harmless
and you’re sleeping in your harness
and the wind going wild
in the trees,
and it ain’t exactly prison
but you’ll never be forgiven
for whatever you’ve done
with the keys.

O baby I waited …

It’s dark now and it’s snowing
O my love I must be going,
The river has started to freeze.
And I’m sick of pretending
I’m broken from bending
I’ve lived too long on my knees.

Then she dances so graceful
and your heart’s hard and hateful
and she’s naked
but that’s just a tease.
And you turn in disgust
from your hatred and from your love
and comes to you
light as the breeze.

O baby I waited …

There’s blood on every bracelet
you can see it, you can taste it,
and it’s Please baby
please baby please.
And she says, Drink deeply, pilgrim
but don’t forget there’s still a woman
beneath this
resplendent chemise.

So I knelt there at the delta,
at the alpha and the omega,
I knelt there like one who believes.
And the blessings come from heaven
and for something like a second
I’m cured and my heart
is at ease

Leonard Cohen – The Book of Longing (I can’t make the hills)

 

- Leonard Cohen - The Book of Longing (I can't make the hill)

 

A superb inflorescence: What is it?

beautiful inflorescence

Could it be Sambucus Nigra?
According to the Michigan State  Universityit is European Black Elderberry (Sambucus Nigra): http://www.saylorplants.com/pd_bigpic.asp?pid=1688&pic_id=pic6

Nursery

 

nursery

Archers at El Dorado Park: Aiming at the bull’s eye

Archers at El Dorado Park: aiming at the bull's eye

Archery Shooting Range in El Dorado Park:

Archery Range in El Dorado Park

Los Alamitos Marina In June 2011

Los Alamitos Marina fron San Gabriel River

Glades on A&E: Back In Season

The Glades: Murder is back in season (A&E)

Bocca della verita: The rights on everyone is more important than the profits of few!

Bocca della verita: The rights of everyone is more important than the profits of few!

It’s official: Formaldehyde is a “known Human Carcinogens”- via ProPublica and Democracy Now

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Formaldehyde is a known human carcinogens_ via Democracy Now

A must read article a great video to watch: all you have to do is click the picture to open the link to  Democracy Now (I like the “Four Dog defense), who got the story from the source : ProPublica:

(http://www.democracynow.org/2011/6/14/formaldehyde_added_to_known_carcinogens_list)
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Postcast of Susan White on Editing and Working at PorPublica: An Outstanding Achievement

Podcast of Susan White on Editing and Working at ProPublica: An Outstanding Achievement

In the end, we are only as powerful as the information we are exposed too: If that information is bogus, adulterated, doctored, censored, and erroneous, what we become is its product: Confused, weakened, easy socio-economical and political pray, by design, and not by choice. When one reads articles from Propublica,  one feels firmly grounded in the authenticity, purpose and especially the impact on the reader. Great service to all of us, ProPublica!
Best wishes Susan, California needs you!  

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In the News: When lifes go up in tobacco smoke…

Tobacco On Track to Kill One Billion in 21st Century

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco will kill nearly six million people this year, including 600,000 non-smokers. If current trends continue, tobacco could be killing eight million a year by 2030 and could ultimately be responsible for one billion deaths in the 21st century. The WHO has therefore been pushing for more countries to sign its Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, a treaty that obliges signatories to implement measures aimed at cutting smoking rates, protecting people from secondhand smoke, and curbing tobacco advertising and promotion. More… Discuss

Quotatio of the day: J.F.K.: The present’s roots in the rememberance of the past

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today.

John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) Discuss

The World’s Best Countries…

The World Best Countries-via Newsweek

Today Quotation: E.M. Forster: On Great Men distrust, and reasons to such!

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man’s pleasure when they come a cropper. E. M. Forster (1879-1970) Discuss

Presentation Of Whistleblower Award 2011_via Hintergrund

http://www.hintergrund.de/201106061576/politik/inland/verleihung-des-whistleblower-preises-2011.html

Following is the Google Automatic translation of the text of the article:

MEPs to debate nuclear stress tests: doing only the passing tests = no failure= Way to go!

MEPs to debate nuclear stress tests European Parliament: not test....No failure!

According to the article there is another Nostradamus, somewhere in Europe: He knows for certain that due to Europe’s geography a nuclear accident such as the one in Japan is not possible. If you’re interested to find out his name read the article. Anyway, some thinks that just the illusion of tests, partial test and virtual tests are enough to protect the population of the continent.

Three Meltdownds Confesses Japan_via Democracy Now: A bed wetting accident?

Three Meltdowns confesses Japan-Via Democracy Now_Friday, June 10, 2011

“It is A Country of people burning with desire for change”: Brigitte DePape, Senate Page

It is a Country of people burning with desire for change: Brigitte DePape, Senate Page

A moving story, worth reading, and meditating upon: How much is too much?
From my experience people endure abuse, to an untold extend, literally until there is nothing else to loose or to live for, until there isn’t food to put on the table, or resources to procure it, or both.

Electric Fire Knocks Out Spent Fuel Cooling at Nebraska Plant: via ProPublica

Electrical Fire Knocks Out Spent Fuel Cooling at Nebraska Nuke Plant_Via ProPublica_June-9-2011

So, here we go again, reading about a electric power failure, at a nuclear electric power plant. Among the comments I particularly was happy to read that at least one commentator had his scientific head on his shoulders, now, as 40 years ago when he made it clear that the plant was unsafe, and should not be given the license to operate. The question how safe is safe: the answer is Zero, now and always. There are things that we, humans cannot control: Nuclear energy is one of those Things. Those who are giving it up are on the right pass to the future.

Mark Kermode’s rendition of John Barry’s (1933-2011) Midnight Cowboy Theme

Mark Kermode- Midnight Cowboy_John Barry's Theme on Chromatic Harmonica

Visit the website and watch the video, find out more about this event at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/. Read more about the BBC, and their programs and programming.  I enjoy listening to the classical music they broadcast on Classical Music 3, and many of their shows.

This is a great tribute to the music composed by John Barry, one of  the paramount musicians of our time. Please read more about the life and music of  John Barry (1933-2011) at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barry_(composer), as many of his compositions have become intrinsic part of out human experience in artistic accomplishment.

This is a perfect opportunity to join the broadcasting of the concert dedicated to life and music of John Barry.
I enjoy all his compositions, but one that come in mind each time on his tune play in my mind is the themes from ‘Somewhere In Time’, my “Immortal Beloved” of the art of cinematography and a must read novel, for the human attempt to gain access to knowledge beyond the realm of the tangible.   

Today’s Birthday: Les Paul

Les Paul (1915)

Paul began playing country music at 14, later switched to jazz, and started his own trio in 1936. Considered one of the finest jazz guitarists, he was famous for his amazing versatility. Dissatisfied with the sound of available instruments, Paul invented a solid-body electric guitar in 1941 that was marketed by Gibson and became extremely important in the development of rock music. Several versions of his prized guitars are still manufactured. What else did he invent? More… Discuss

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster: Wikipedia Article Redirected from Fukushima

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster

Satellite image on 16 March of the four damaged reactor buildings
Date	11 March 2011 (2011-03-11)–ongoing
Time	14:46 JST (05:46 UTC)
Location	Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan
Coordinates	37°25′17″N 141°1′57″E / 37.42139°N 141.0325°E / 37.42139; 141.0325
Outcome	INES Level 7 (ratings by Japanese authorities as of 11 April)[1][2]
Reported injuries	37 with physical injuries,[3] 2 workers taken to hospital for radiation exposure[4]
Reported death(s)	1 (heart attack)[5]

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (福島第一原子力発電所事故, Fukushima Dai-ichi ( pronunciation) genshiryoku hatsudensho jiko^?) is a series of equipment failures, reactor core melts, and releases of radioactive materials at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, following the 9.0 magnitude Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011.^[6][7] The plant comprises six separate boiling water reactors maintained by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). This accident is the largest of the 2011 Japanese nuclear accidents arising from the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and experts consider it to be the second largest nuclear accident after the Chernobyl disaster, but more complex as multiple reactors are involved.^[8]

At the time of the quake, Reactor 4 had been de-fueled while 5 and 6 were in cold shutdown for planned maintenance.^[9] The remaining reactors shut down automatically after the earthquake, with emergency generators starting up to run the control electronics and water pumps needed to cool reactors. The plant was protected by a seawall designed to withstand a 5.7 m (19 ft) tsunami but not the 14 m (46 ft) maximum wave which arrived 41–60 minutes after the earthquake.^[10] The entire plant was flooded, including low-lying generators and electrical switchgear in reactor basements and external pumps for supplying cooling seawater. The connection to the electrical grid was broken. All power for cooling was lost and reactors started to overheat, owing to natural decay of the fission products created before shutdown. The flooding and earthquake damage hindered external assistance.
Read more at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_I_nuclear_accidents

ProPublica Investigative Reporting – Health Care or Pocketed Cash

ProPublica investigative Reporting - Health Care or pocketed Cash

Quotation of the Day: June 8, 2011

In a time of turbulence and change, it is more true than ever that knowledge is power.

John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) Discuss

Fukushima video: PBS Newshour With Judy Woodroof

Fukushima Nuclear Disaster - failure all around June 7 2011

Click on the picture to access and view the video at PBS

Slideshow: Amaizing Vitamin D, Nutrition’s Newest Star

Slideshow_Amaizing Vitamin D_nutrition news_via WebMD

Nuclear Power and Our Future

 

Gemany nuclear Power Decision in Energy Policy

My take on this:

‘It appear that Germany‘s government learned 100% more from the Fukushima nuclear meltdown, that Japan‘s: An example of learning from others’ experiences, and acting without prejudice, enlightened, selflessly – that”s Germany of course. It goes on to show that some cannot give up their ways, no matter how destructive, even to themselves. It also shows the power of the citizen in making decisions, where decision making cannot be accomplished. I guess it helps to keep politicians accountable.
It is true that plans are just plans, that may never materialize, but al least the intension to commit to reason, to change, to search for a better, superior, civilized way, are their, for history.©’

Today in History: The Treaty of Tordesillas (June 7, 1494)

The Treaty of Tordesillas (June 7, 1494)
Front page of the Treaty
Created	7 June 1494 in Tordesillas, Spain
Ratified	2 July 1494 in Spain 5 September 1494 in Portugal
Location	Archivo General de Indias (Spain) Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo (Portugal)
Authors	Pope Alexander VI
Signatories	Ferdinand II of Aragon John II of Portugal
Purpose	To divide trading and colonizing rights for all newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal to the exclusion of other European nations

The Treaty of Tordesillas (Portuguese: Tratado de Tordesilhas, Spanish: Tratado de Tordesillas), signed at Tordesillas (now in Valladolid province, Spain), 7 June 1494, divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Spain and Portugal along a meridian 370 Castillian leagues (approximately 2,061 kilometres (1,281 mi)) west of the Cape Verde islands (off the west coast of Africa).

Boys That Bully More Likely to Beat Partners Later

US researchers say new findings show a link between schoolyard bullying and later domestic abuse, highlighting the importance of addressing bullying behavior in childhood. Thirty eight percent of the men in a recent study who admitted to abusing their partner physically or sexually within the past year also said they had frequently bullied their peers in school. The association was even stronger than for other risk factors linked with domestic violence, such as having suffered abuse as a child. More… Discuss

Quotation of the day: Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
                                                    Mark Twain (1835-1910) Discuss

 

This is what I think about this:

‘Listening to others is an effective way of learning more about their  problems. That will make one think about their own problem, in comparison: Now we have an internal dialogue, that externalize and brings about core feelings that we all have in out make, such as true interest, compassion, motivation to help.  So what may start as ‘good breeding’ may end up being a very healthy way to value your own true needs, and wants, when balanced against of those of others.
Of course it all is , like everything else relative, in an ever dynamically relative perception of the evolving reality.’ ©

Stuart period documents go online

Stuart period documents go online

German decision has France pondering nuclear future-June 6 2011

German decision has France pondering nuclear future-June 6 2011

United Nations: Access to the Internet is a human right

united-nations-report_internet-access-is-a-human-right-june-3-2011.jpg

Quotation of the Day: John F. Kennedy (1917-1963): On freedom of Artistic Expression

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.

John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) Discuss

Today’s Birthday: Diego Velasquez

Diego Rodriguez de Silva yDiego Velázquez (1599)
The most celebrated painter of the Spanish school, Velázquez was one of the outstanding artists of the 17th century. His early works were mostly religious or genre scenes. After arriving in Madrid in 1623, he painted a portrait of King Philip IV that won him immediate success and an appointment as court painter. Notable among his portraits is his masterpiece, Las Meninas—The Maids of Honor. Why is there debate about who the true subject of the painting is? More… Discuss

Brewer’s Black Bird (Euphagus Cyanocephalus)

Black Bird Against Blue Sky (Liberty Park, Cerritos, California, June 5-2011)

Brewer’s Blackbird – Male pictured. Female duller brown. The Brewer’s Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) is a medium-sized blackbird. Adult males have black plumage; the female is dark grey. The male has a bright yellow eye; the female’s is dark. They resemble the eastern member of the same genus, the Rusty Blackbird; however, this bird has a shorter bill and the male’s head is iridescent purple. This bird is unrelated to the European Blackbird.The iridescent purple head of the male is a distinguishing feature. They often nest in colonies.These birds are often permanent residents in the west. Other birds migrate to the southeastern United States and Mexico. Photo © George-B

June, and still in Bloom: Jacaranda Mimosifolia, El Dorado Park, Long Beach, California

Jacaranda Mimosifolia, El Dorado Park, California-June 5-2011

The Blue Jacaranda, Jacaranda mimosifolia more often known simply as the “Jacaranda”, is a sub-tropical tree native to South America that has been widely planted elsewhere because of its beautiful and long-lasting blue flowers. Older sources give it the systematic name Jacaranda acutifolia, but it is nowadays more usually classified as Jacaranda mimosifolia. It is also known as the Black Poui, or as the fern tree. In scientific usage, the name “Jacaranda” refers to the genus Jacaranda, which has many other members, but in horticultural and everyday usage, it nearly always means the Blue Jacaranda.
(Read more about Jacaranda at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacaranda_mimosifolia)

This photo was taken on June 4, 2011, in El Dorado Regional  Park, Long Beach, California

Nature Makes Perfect: Red Hibiscus – Pistil and Stamen

Red Hibiscus Pistil and Stamen (click on photo to observe it in more detail)

Beauty By Design: Red Hibiscus

Red Hibiscus At River's End Cafe, Seal Beach, California, June 4, 2011 (Nikon D5000, 55-200f lense, auto)

Leaving Mt. Baldy-Book of Longing – Leonard Cohen

 

clicking on this pic, will only make it larger sizewise: wisewise it is larger than the Solar System, even when viewed under the microscope...

 

The Letters – Leonard Cohen (…The Solitude of Strength…)

"The Solitude of strength": Is essence to "The Letters"

today’s clouds

A Iubi, Iubire, de George

A iubi, iubire, de George

Iubire neimpartasita

Ca un vehicol indreptandu-se

In directia opusa traficului,

Pe calea unidirectionala,

ce o numim… Viata.

The Letters: Leonard Cohen

The Letters, by Leonard Cohen

You never liked to get
The letters that I sent.
But now you’ve got the gist
Of what my letters meant.
You’re reading them again,
The ones you didn’t burn.
You press them to your lips,
My pages of concern.
I said there’d been a flood.
I said there’s nothing left.
I hoped that you would come.
I gave you my address.
Your story was so long,
The plot was so intense,
It took you years to cross
The lines of self-defense.
The wounded forms appear:
The loss, the full extent;
And simple kindness here,
The solitude of strength.
You walk into my room.
You stand there at my desk,
Begin your letter to
The one who’s coming next.

Congratulations Mr. Leonard Cohen!

Thank you for enriching  human language with the feelings and thoughts, so hard to put in words by so many! 

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