I just remember that I am a post short (sorry :x).

Because I don’t have a life, I found myself reading my and my coworker posts and I just realize that we didn’t talk about our city – Lisbon, one of the most historical and beautiful city’s around the world!

So I will talk about the most beautiful part of Lisbon, the oldest part (and no, I don’t like it because of the night, who I am kidding I love go out there in the night).

The Baixa is near the Tagus River, in the valley formed by two of the seven hills of the city. It was built by the Marquis of Pombal in the 1755 earthquake, in the case of one of the major places of city life.

The streets are full of street performances and weird people, it is a mix of cultures, the streets are short and everything has an old look…

A Little advice, go to the Elevator of Santa Justa, I never had the chance to go there, but thurt my friends, it is pretty amazing…

Look at me trying to make you go to Lisbon with words, when pictures made a freaking better job…

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Beaches Beaches everywhere :) “We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.” ― Marilyn Monroe

Hi fellows, i'm a surfer and wouldn't be the person I am, if beaches didn't existed. So cheers to the beach! :b My name is Noah and i'm from California. Yes ladies, the place best known on West Coast (I think it's because Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg's song...)

Anyway I decided  to gives you a present, just because I'm such a cool guy and I like to help chicks... I mean people! Well, I will talk about some of the dangerous beaches on Earth, and well give to you guys a brief taste about all different women that I have known :D

First: Australia. Don't ask, don't tell. Well in this case I just will tell you that in Fraser Island I saw a men being attacked by an savage dog. I mean it. A savage dog! I took my ass so hard of that beach that I might have lost my shorts :b Without further jokes, It is a serious beach. If you go there, you need to watch out. Also Australia have two more dangerous beaches: Northern Territory with his living waters "killers". It's impossible to swim there. And finally: Cape Tribulation (Queensland), this beach problems' is to have several animals that are authentic predators like crocodile, poisonous snakes and jellyfish. It never ends? :s

Second: Hawai, with all that beautiful and pure beach. Well, if some of you girls want to join me and go to Hawai, we might stay away from Hanakāpīʻai Beach. This beach has so powerfull waves that the currents make the bodies of at least 15 drowning victims have yet to be recovered. Please be careful. But we can of course, enjoy of other things besides beach and surf :b Girls don't distracts me like that... I almost forgot! Hawai had a vulcano called Kilauea that is near to the beach and leaves the water so hot that you can cook in there and make a complete meal to the village :b 

Thirth: Brasil. Oh sweet Lord, I still didn't recovered from the last party in Brasil (Carnival) and all that brazilian women. Jesus! Ok focus Noah... well there are some beaches that are dangerous like: Praia de Boa Viagem and Copacabana. The first one has problems with shark attack (I freakin' hate sharks...) and the second one has problems such as crime. Protect your bags ladies, or leave it them with me with the option of you also stay with me :b 

Fourth: India. India is the perfect place to know more about other culture and explore such a diversity of values. And the food. Pray the Lord, I love indian food :D but they had one big issue: polution. And the Chowpatty Beach is the living proof of that. Is one of the most poluted beach in the world :s what a shame. 

Fifth: South Africa. Men you need to see how women behaved there. It will blow your mind... I guarantee to you ;b despite all the pretty women there, South Africa characterised for have the capital of white sharks attack - Gansbaai and another beach where occurred white sharks attack' is Second Beach. Do I need to continue? Guess not... 

Sixth and the last one: Mexico... Mexico Mexico! The country of drugs, dirty money, corruption, crime, alcohol and mujeres ardientes :b Me Gusta :D Mexico also have two dangerous beaches: Playa Zipolite known for terrible currents and massive waves and Acapulco, because the violence caused by drug cartels that terroriries the famous tourist region.

Ok... I write this text to alert you. So don't go all freak out around the beaches, talking that a maniac dude wrote in a blog that this beaches are all dangerous. And if anyone go there, will die! Please dude chill out and... go SURF (or chase after girls)! :b There's a lot of cool and safe beaches, and I didn't mean to scare you. It's just an alert and of course an educational text (uhh I feel smart, right now!) 

I hope you all stays cool and don't do anything I wouldn't do (I do everything) :b 

Peace out :p

Published by: Catarina Pires

The mystical country

Hye there party people, I am the freaking Dionysius the Greece God of pleasure, parties and wine. I don’t like this thing you call computers and internet, but we need to be updated… so here we go!

Well, since this is a blog about travelling, I will charm you with my words to make you want to visit Greece.

In my time, were the girls who worship me, in the woods, dancing and drinking around a bonfire… I admit that it was pretty cool, but nowadays, oh yeah!

It is so easy meet the taverns, with concerts, traditional music, folk dances, accompanied by a dinner with typical dishes of the country, and tasty dishes that are part of the Greek cuisine. A dinner show, in an environment that gathers tourists from around the world, to see firsthand the great cultural and artistic spectacle of the Greek people in a lively party. 

OMG, seriously dude? Party? Drinks? Ok… Hey I am Apolo!

I will try to make up to my good brother her, and try to say that Greece is not just parties at night it is also a really magical place, with a beautiful story fill up with poetry and music.

It is our home, and we love it… the streets of Plaka, is a gloriously exotic maze of alleys, winding streets and stairs lined with 19th century houses and neo-classical mansions, decorated roofs representing the head of Medusa, goddesses or foliage. This is the old working-class neighborhood of Athens, but is now one of the most rewarding areas of the city to explore.

Yeh, yeh, yeh, but brother don’t forget that Athens is known as the city that never sleeps, just like New York… and people I am the God of Wine, but there is a lot of other drinks waiting for you here, yes we sell vodka to…

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“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.” (Émile Zola)

Ciao everyone, my name is Giovanna and i'm from Italy. I wrote you to talk about something amazing that happened to me! I travelled in time... you don't believe it? Keep reading and you'll see :b

I was in my room, bored because I needed to do a work about art, and I kind of like art, but I don't completely understand the real message of the paintings! In the end I don't understand nothing at all... 

Anyway I was thinking in my favorite pop art artists and I remembered of Romero Britto. I started dreaming and in my dream I was watching him painting his famous paint of Michael Jackson. Suddently.... BUUM, I was there, with Romero Britto and he was painting Michael Jackson (one of my biggest idol :D). 

Here comes a short biography about Romero Britto, why he painted MJ, some characteristics of his paint and a brief comment about pop art and why he is considered an pop art artist.

Romero Britto (born on October 6, 1963) portrayed Michael Jackson in Santa Marta, on July 16, 2009.
Exhibition in Germany - Portrait in Tribute to Michael Jackson (ohh so sweet gesture ^^,)

             

 

Romero Britto was invited by singer Michael Jackson, in 2002, to produce the album cover especially for the victims of September 11. Later, Britto was invited by the singer to stay in Neverland, the place of the king of pop, and as compensation for the invitation, the painter gifted singer Michael Jackson with his many portraits.
«It was kind of a unique sweet and polite. My pen fell and he caught me. Shy, sad, suffering, that's how I see it. His suffering led him to leave so soon and so young» regrets Britto :'c

His art is a mixture of some typical stylistic graphic of comics. Dilution is what strengthens this innovative art, is what Romero proposes to instigate the art with the joy of color. It unites the influences of cubism with pop, to create a vibrant, iconic style that The New York Times describes exudes warmth, optimism and love.
It is a self-taught artist, began in 1983 to combine the Cubism of Picasso to Andy Warhol pop. His works caught the attention of celebrities by their joy and color.
Most of the works of Romero Britto, he uses graphic texture and usually they deal with important issues of the day-to-day. His works, mostly, are not exactly equal to reality, they include lines, points, divisions and fragments of his signature (largely the work).

Romero Britto is considered a pop art painter, because it uses common objects to their works (animals, teens, famous, kings and queens, scenes from everyday life as being in love and enjoy the company we like, fruit, cartoon figures) such as pop art reflects everyday life and common objects. The artists of pop art use also common images from everyday culture, including advertisements, consumer goods, celebrities, photographs, comic strips.
He uses and abuses of colors and their contrasts, plays with various geometric shapes and transmits color, happiness, energy, joy and hope in a single painting. Just like in pop art in which artists use bold, flat colors and hard edge compositions that adopt from commercial designs found in billboards, murals, magazines and newspapers.
Initially Britto had no money to buy canvases and painted it in newspapers and pieces of trash picked up. Currently he works in mosaics, fabrics and other materials. The artists of pop art using materials including acrylic paints, plastics, photographs, fluorescent and metallic colors.
The pop art is known by the use of new Technologies and methods as known as mass production, fabrication, photography, printing and serials.

 I'm so excited for having this dream, trip, whatever you like to call it... to the past and be able to watch one of the greatest artist of pop art: Romero Britto while he was painting *.* I'm sure my teacher will love my work, because I sure do love it :D 

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Towards a definitive statement on the coming trends in men’s wear and accessories a) Together let us explore the stars, 1962.

So, there I was in the beautiful Germany, enjoying everything the country could bring me, when my friend (an art freak) dragged me to a Richard Hamilton’s art exhibition. First I was really bored, but then I actually started to enjoy it… I and now I am so happy about the fact that I went there because my teacher told me to do a commentary on a pop art work.

I really enjoy it the work that was in exhibition, but when I start searching for more, I really fall in love with the master piece with the title: Towards a definitive statement on the coming trends in men’s wear and accessories a) Together let us explore the stars. It is from 1962.

This work is from the beginning of is careers and it is one part of a series of four canvas whose title is withdrawn from a header of a Playboy’s article.

In it, the artist examinee the concept of masculinity through a collage of a series of images taken from the popular press, catalogs and technical references to current affairs.

Here, we can see that just like in others works of pop art; the artist used objects of daily life and does a work where it is not for the elite but for everyone with really simple contexts.

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“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.” - Alternative End :)

Hello, my name is Lúcia and i saw the movie "Rebel Without a Cause". Girls wait, do you know James Dean? Yes, that hot boy that was very popular in the 50's and died very young... well, this was his first movie :b
I was thinking while I was watching the movie, and  I usually like the ending of the films, but I didn't liked these, so I thought "why not change it?" and I decided to write a new end for the movie "Rebel Without a Cause".

I divided it into three perspectives: Jim's, Judy's and Plato's and I have to advice you that Plato won't die. I hate deaths and Plato death's was very stupid and unnecessary :s

Lets start with Jim's:
"I will talk with the polices while Judy take care of Plato. He seems to me more calm and, ok he was very nervous, but I think that Judy will calm down him. I'm walking through the police and I'm saying that "Plato had a panic attack, he is a nervous boy, he just want be alone and he didn't meant to do this, he was just scary because some stupid boys were chasing him to beat in him..." I explained all the situation to the police and they agreed to go, except the Captain. I walked away to go inside the Planetary, my heart was beating so hard and was sweating a lot. I saw Plato explaining to Judy something about the sky and planets. The kid is really a genius but what can I do... I call them and said that "the police had gone, we just have to talk with the Captain and we are free to go." Plato smiled to me and....

Second is Judy's:
He is really a nice guy, I think I might like him... Oh I hope he didn't noticed!! Now put a smile on your face Judy and stop thinking that both are looking at you. After Jim talk to Plato and leave us to go talk with the police, a strange silence was in the planetary room and I started to ask to Plato about the planets and, for my surprise, he loved the idea of talking about the planets and he started to give me this "class" about the astronomy! It's amazing how Earth is small while comparing to other planets like Venus. And the time passed, Plato was getting more comfortable and I was really enjoying all what he was saying. I have to admit, he is a good teacher. Jim returned and he was with a smile on his face, he told us the good news and we prepare to talk with police. Plato became shy again and he didn't talk at all. Jim smiled to him, trying to give him strenght and courage. But when we prepare to leave the planetary room, we saw that the policeman lied to Jim and they were all waiting for us, to arrest us. We...

At last but not least, Plato's:
Jim lied to me?! How could this be possible? They will kill me? Lock me up? I can't stay here... I ran, I listened Judy and Jim saying my name and I heard their steps right behind my backs. I turned and said: "I won't let them kill me... I don't want to die and I don't like people... I don't have any friends or family and you can't make me go back and talk to the police." They agreed with me, so the three of us escaped from the planetary room and entered into Jim's car. We stoped by Judy's house so she can, quickly (ladies' talk), prepare a bag of clothes and get some money. And then Jim stopped into his house to do the same thing. We were ready to go. I ask them if they were sure of what they were about to do. And they explain the reasons why they want to leave his parents. Jim was because, his father was a coward and he didn't want to be like him. He also tell us that is his mother that controls the house. Judy said that he father was a pre-historical father and he didn't believe in women's rights. She couldn't stay another day in that house. So I guess we are really leaving all this.

The End:

Three years later, the three were in Europe, after travelling around the entire America, they decided to go to Europe and explore new places. Jim and Judy, of course, end up together and they adopt Plato as their son. They were happily after ever

Well, it's everything for you today and I hope you like my end. I'm sure, I like! :b

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I never like the movies' final

HELLO EVERYBODY…. Once again I am here to write another amusing post :p

For today I will try to rewrite the final of Rebel without a cause by Nicholas Ray, assuming that at least my beloved English class saw the movie, I will not, yes you read it well WILL NOT make a summary of the film (call me lazy if you want). 

Me… trying to be better than Nicholas:

After Buzz’s death, everybody were very upset (in the movie after an hour of his death everyone were really ok with the situation and that made afraid that the same happen to me, I WANT YOU TO ALL CRY IN MY FUNERAL OK? OR I WILL HAUNT YOU, GET IT?) moving on, so July didn’t fall in love with Jim in that night, because she cried tree days in road for her dead boyfriend.

Jim that didn’t want to be a chicken like his dad, discovered that being a chicken were in is blood (you can’t ran from your DNA Jimmy, sorry bro) and didn’t tell the police he was guilty of Buzz’s death instead he run crying to his friend’s arms. Plato that was in love with him, felt miserable, tears were running out of his eyes while his fingers were stroking Jim’s blond hair. In the end of the night when Jim finally falls asleep, Plato ran to the near police station and told them a story where he was the guilty of Buzz’s death.

Plato went to jail with a smile on his face, he had save the love of his life and now Jim was indebted to him. He waited every day for Jim’s visited with his photo on the cell’s wall, but it never happen.

Finally when he left jail, the first thing he did was go after Jim, and what he discovered? While observing from the window of Jim’s house he saw Judy giving the breakfast to a small child and Jim kissing passionately Judy and the baby…

The face of Plato turn to red from the rage and his eyes didn’t show love anymore but just anger… (TO CONTINUE)

Well I hope you enjoy it… and I hope mine (‘s) are correct…

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"Beloved by some, hated by others.... it doesn't matter what it is, but what it makes in the world"

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My voice is low, I need you all to sing and shout with me... 

[Pick up your guitar, don't you dare let the 

REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT DIE!]

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How to prepare your bag in 10 minutes?

OMG... your boyfriend has surprised you with a romantic trip? Or your kids gave to you, for your birthday a trip for two in a adventurous place? Or it's Christmas time and you are going to travel to your mother's house, but you are full of work and you won't have time to prepare your bag? Calm down, I will explain to you how to prepare your bag and even have time for drink a glass of wine.

First of all: choose the type of bag you need. Here's an advice: the bags with wheels are always praticals and match with all the differents places. You only have to choose the size ;b

Second: try to choose cloths that you know that have several applications and that you will be able to use them in more that one situation. Like: day 1 - a black shirt with a white skirt and red shoes and day 3 - the same black shirt with a grey jacket and jean, for example.

Third: now according with your destination you need to adapt your decisions like if you are going to he beach don't forget the bikinis, the sandals, some dresses or tunics; if you are going to see the Nature or some wild place choose something like: shorts, t-shirts, shirts and tennis and if you are going to the city you need to have: a dress, comfortable shoes, jeans, sweaters and shirts. 

Fourth: no matter what is your destiny there are some essential elements that you cannot forget like: a good hat (preferably folding), a backpack or purse practice for loading maps and guides, water, food, sunscreen and hats, camera, books for quieter moments :)

Fifth: after you decide what to use, you will need to put all the clothes and shoes in the bag so let's do it. Start by line the bottom of the bag with a large plastic bag (which will serve for laundry!) And other plastic bag in case you need an additional transport medium to bring all the memories that you buy :b Then snuggle the biggest garments, in this case, the pants: a good trick is to leave part of the legs out of the bag. After put  the jackets, shorts, skirts and dresses - be careful to extend these pieces as much as possible, avoiding unnecessary creases and folds, always alternating the direction of clothing to create a "hill" level. This done, cover the mound with his trouser legs to an anti-wrinkle infallible! Before you start packing the rest, extend the coat that will serve as a support base for the second "round" of clothing, in this case all that can be rolled up: t-shirts, tops, knitwear, sweats, bikinis, socks, etc. .Then extend a pareo or scarf on this pile of clothes and put on top of that your lingerie, underwear and other garments more delicate. Straighten one end of each pareo, joining them in the middle - just create a small pouch for those little things! And the shoes? The sides of his suitcase, waiting for us! Put the shoes in individual bags, preferably with the interior lined with tissue paper or newspaper to not deform and position them with the soles facing the structure of the bag. Complete with pajamas (probably the only part that will need when you arrive at your destination!), Some additional purse or clutch (take this space to store jewelery, belts and other accessories) and of course your necessaire! Cover everything with the beach towel for extra protection! Close, lock and voilá!

Sixth: Your personal documents, airline tickets, hotel reservations, money, credit cards, cameras, mobile phones, iPods and other valuables should always travel at your side. If the plane is a good idea to bring in your cabin baggage some clothes and toiletries alternates, will not start the holidays with lost luggage! We do not wish this on anyone, but what happens, happens!




So resuming: It is recommended that a small light "pharmacy" with medications that often takes or which may be helpful to your specific destination, without forgetting the mosquito repellent, sunscreen, after sun and bandages. When in doubt, consult your pharmacis;
                            As a precaution, put your necessaire inside a plastic bag, case or bottle Smash open accidentally;
                            Do not forget to pack enough underwear for every day, will not lose precious minutes of your long-awaited vacation washing it? Oh, and another thing - if most of your clothes are white or beige, not make the mistake of taking only underwear dark!;
                           Avoid taking shirts or garments in fabrics that wrinkle easily. If indispensable, many hotels offer laundry service especially for small emergencies, or hang this piece in the toilet while you shower - the steam helps to extinguish the worst creases!;
                           The pajamas - curiously in the middle of everything else, is often overlooked!;

                           Be practical. Really need to take 10 pairs of shoes and 2 evening gowns for a week at a resort situated on an idyllic island and isolated? Do not be a slave to your bag! 

Now, enjoy and have a good trip :) 

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A trip around the world

Hi, my name is Jordan, and Amy and Alex and of course Mikey. We are four friend that decided to travel around the world and discover not only a little bit of the world but also know the hometowns of the four of us. While i'm telling you our trip, i will clarify to you some of the disadvantages of globalisation.

We started by travelling to London, hometown of Amy... when we arrived we saw the Westminster Palace (with the Church of St. Margaret ), the Tower of London, the place were the historical Treat of Greenwich was made and the Royal Botanic Gardens. We also discover that the Olympic Games were hosted in London in 1908, 1948 and 2012. In the end we visited the family of Amy. And i must say to you that we travelled from USA to London in the blink of an eye... of course that is one of the advantages of globalisation, but one of the disadvantages is the competition that job markets suffers. Because with the European borders open to everyone, the emmigrants when arrive in a country will need a job and they will took jobs and replace some of the "home-workers" just because they are more qualified or younger or just for being foreign they receive less, so it's cheaper to the boss hire foreign workers than those who are national workers. This will lead to the higher competition in job markets, the bribery will also be a resource that rich families will use in order to guarantee their fancy  lifestyle and it also will lead to the loss of moral values....

Let's continue our journey by going  to Toquio. Yes, the hometown of Mikey. Do you know that Toquio has 30 millions of people, and it's the bigger metropolitan area of the entire world? Yes, it's true... and also has this huge buildings and with so many colors and with so many people! I might tell you that in the second day, all the people look like twins for us, of course that Mikey was in the heaven... walking like none it's happened and he never changed a name! Unbelievable! But there are some funny adventures like when Mikey left us alone, because we was visiting his family in a far away village, and a japanese girl seduced Alex to eat chip cockroaches and other disguting bugs... but he never ate, because Amy grabbed him by the ear and pulled out . I follow them and you needed to see the face of Alex when he realised what he was going to eat. Ahahaha when we told Mikey, he mocked so much with the poor Alex... it was hilarious! However, we saw a sad thing... we saw two man, that weren't japanese, assaulting a old woman. I now can tell you another disadvantage of globalisation: a higher rate of criminality.

To conclude our trip, we travel to Australia, the hometown of Alex. Australia the country with such a diversity of animals like marsupials, including the kangaroo, koala and Vombatidae, and birds such as the emu and the kookaburra. Australia is home to many dangerous animals including some of the most venomous snakes in the world. Alex show us all the monuments and the best places of Australia, and of course we ate delicious food made for their grandparents. Because culinary in Australia was influenced by the immingrants cultures of Mediterranean and Asia. One day we are just walking around when we saw in a newspaper that a group of man are killing animals illegaly to sell them to other countries and  they also explore poor lands and poor cultures in order to be rich and powerful. That's a sad consequence of the globalisation. 

I may say to you that globalisation brought to us very good results and helped the world to grow both technologically such as economically. But also brought several consequences that will cause several problems if they weren't treat properly and quickly. Don't forget that in every coin there are always two faces...

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Advantages of Globalization

Did you miss us? Yeah, yeah… but we have a life outside this blog you know?

So, today we are going to talk about GLOBALIZATION, a very interesting subject I have to say…

Well, let’s be honest I love globalization! As you may have realized I love travelling but I terrified of big distances, I hate travels that take days and globalization made possible to “travel without getting very far”… If you want to drink a coffee in Starbucks you don’t need to go to New York, Portugal have them too.

But, drink a coffee in the streets of the fifth avenue in New York with sun glasses and a lot of bags in your arms, is something spectacular, but the crises hit us all so…

The truth is, globalization is awesome to the lazy ones, like me, you see… you can get everything from everywhere without get very far from you couch and your beloved TV, you have the world in your house, you don’t need to live your country to discover new things… I believed that the statement that better represent the term Globalization is «Se Maomé não vai á montanha, a montanha vai a Maomé», which translated is, If Mohammed will not go to the mountain, the mountain will go to Mohammed.

So you don’t want to go to China for example, you can turn on your computer and know all about the Great Wall of China or you can go to the Chinese restaurant near to your house and experiment the wonderful food…

 

However, I am still of the old school, I like to know things when I am in the place, go to the bitches of Malibu is very different of see pictures, just like go to Rome to see the Pope is a lot different from see him in the TV, Globalization is great, but I will continue to traveler because like I said going to the streets of New York and drink a coffee from Starbucks, is not the same of drink that coffee in the streets of somewhere else, the feeling is different.

 

 

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“Words build bridges into unexplored regions.”

“The man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes” (Hitler)

Me, Adolf Hitler, the leader of Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei known as well as the leader of nazis. It was because of me that the Declaration of Human Rights were created. I'm not saying that what I done was a bad thing... not at all! If it wasn't my beliefs, my ideas and even my ambition, no women, child or some poor soul could be protected and have rights that shouldn't have. So they must thank me, they must congratulate me, they must be grateful for someone like me, an authentic genius and extraordinary leader, do something horrible and disgusting (as a few say) and for some people, some mediocre people realize that they must do something to avoid another "tragedy" and for that they came to the conclusion that they needed to elaborate laws and rights that all human being must accept and fulfill. Otherwise I hope, that they punishes the infrator and will give him the punish that he/she deserve. Don't think i'm too harsh, but if someone broke the law, what should happened to that person? Is it right that they let that the person disrespects something that it applies to all world? Is it right that if they (the people that create/promulgates the Declaration of Human Rights) open an exception, they will in the future open more and more exceptions, because if they don't open, it isn't fair for the others. Am I right or not?

So in the end of all ended up well, so shouldn't I be considered less guilty for the death and the crimes that were perpetuated in the World War II? Because, let's face it, humans needs to be forced to an extreme situation to act and to do something. Humans need to be forced to move and to react at something, otherwise another catastrophies, and God knows what else could come here, will happen.  So, please I really, really deserved a "thanks"! But ok, I will be satisfied if all of you never forgets me. 

“Adolf Hitler was a Jeanne d'Arc, a saint. He was a martyr. Like many martyrs, he held extreme views.” 

― Ezra Pound

“If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.” (Hitler)

Note: all this text were invented and created, none of this is true or means that this blog defends Hitler. Thanks.

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Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. Eleanor Roosevelt

I had a dream, a dream where the world didn’t care about the color of our skin, about our beliefs, about our gender.

I can tell you, I am REAL FEMINIST. I had a happy childhood but I lost my parents when I was very young. After that dramatic event I was sent to a school called Allenswood Academy where the director became like a maternal figure, her name was Marie Souvestre, and she taught me the feminist’s ideals.

But don’t get me wrong, I don’t defend just women’s; I wish that everyone can have the same opportunities, I wish equality and respect.

I was the first presidential wife who made press conference, who wrote a colleen in a newspaper unionized, who speak in a national convection and I wasn’t afraid to disagree and to public state that I didn’t agreed with some political ideas of my husband, Franklin Roosevelt the President of United States. I became a voice in the Withe House that insisted that everyone deserved the benefits equally.

I started to launch an experimental community in Arthudale, West Virginia to families of the unemployed miners but it was a failure. I defended expanded roles for women in the workplace, civil rights for African Americans and Japanese Americans, and the rights of refugees of World War II.

After my husband death I continue to be an advocate, spokesperson, international activist for the New Deal coalition. I worked to improve the status of working women, although I was against the policy of equal rights, because I believe that it would adversely affect women. That shows that we don’t need Men for anything (well in some subjects we need).

 

She was a spectacular woman, so isn’t strange when people state that she was one of the most conceptualized women in the world and an object of admiration worldwide. She did a lot, especially in terms on Human rights; we can forget that was she who oversaw the drafting of the Declaration of Human Rights. So it is more than fair to say that she is THE FIRST LADY OF THE WORLD!

President Truman

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