Lawrence R. Spencer's Blog, page 438
August 28, 2016
GREAT TRUTHS
“All Great Truths begin as Blasphemies”. — George Bernard Shaw
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George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) …”was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60 plays. He was also an essayist, novelist and short story writer. Nearly all his writings address prevailing social problems, but have a vein of comedy which makes their stark themes more palatable. Issues which engaged Shaw’s attention included education, marriage, religion, government, health care, and class privilege. He was most angered by what he perceived as the exploitation of the working class. An ardent socialist, Shaw wrote many brochures and speeches for the Fabian Society. He became an accomplished orator in the furtherance of its causes, which included gaining equal rights for men and women, alleviating abuses of the working class, rescinding private ownership of productive land, and promoting healthy lifestyles.”
— SOURCE: Wikipedia.org
Originally posted 2013-11-24 00:35:35. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
August 27, 2016
WATER HAIKU
DEFINITION: A traditional Japanese haiku is a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count. Often focusing on images from nature, haiku emphasizes simplicity, intensity, and directness of expression.
Originally posted 2015-09-08 23:19:19. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
DOLPHINESE
“It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English — up to fifty words used in correct context — no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese.” — Carl Sagan
Originally posted 2011-07-28 10:08:58. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
August 26, 2016
PRISON
VISIT THE WEBSITE and BLOG for the book at www.alieninterview.org and www.alieninterview.org/blog
Originally posted 2013-09-04 22:13:15. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF
“The written record of my adventures as conveyed by Dr. John Hamish Watson, rather than myself, as you will read herein, are a fallacious perversion of the reality of my own identity and activities. None of the facts you will read herein have ever been surmised, supposed and imagined with respect to any of my adventures. Indeed, the nature and identity of the dramatis personae on the stage of the intrigue I relate to you now have never before been revealed. I invite you to join this escapade, if you will indulge me, into my ultimate adventure. Moreover, I trust that posterity will inherit some small benefit from these observations upon the volatile process, distillation and residue of my life. “
Sherlock Holmes, Sussex Downs, England”
— Excerpt from the book SHERLOCK HOLMES: MY LIFE, by Lawrence R. Spencer
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Here is some background information about the alleged creator of the “fictional character” of Mr. Sherlock Holmes. In fact and reality, Mr. Holmes was a real-life person, as you will discover when you read the book SHERLOCK HOLMES: MY LIFE.
Originally posted 2012-08-25 23:59:47. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
August 25, 2016
CANARY SKY
“El Cielo de Canarias”
Realizado y producido por Daniel López. www.elcielodecanarias.com
Actualización, publicado en:
NASA en Astronomy Picture of the Day:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110516.html
National Geographic:
https://www.facebook.com/natgeo/posts...
Bad Astronomy:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/bad...
Universe Today:
http://www.universetoday.com/85797/da...
Escenas tomadas desde Tenerife, a más de 2.000 metros sobre el nivel del mar y a lo largo de un año, para poder captar todos los posibles matices, nubes, estrellas, colores desde un paisaje único y desde uno de los mejores cielos del planeta.
Primero de una serie de vídeos Time Lapse nocturnos y crepusculares tomados en las Islas Canarias tratando de captar la belleza de cada isla.
Para captar el movimiento natural de la tierra, estrellas nubes, sol y Luna se usó la técnica TimeLapse, raíles Dolly verticales y horizontales, cabezales con movimientos horizontal y vertical. toma de datos HDR.
Algunas escenas del vídeo:
– “La Catedral” en el llano de Ucanca, toma nocturna con el Planeta Júpiter cruzando la escena.
– El Árbol de Piedra (Roque Cinchado) con un Tajinaste apuntando a la estrella polar.
– Tajinastes “nocturnos”, El Tajinaste Rojo, endemismo Canario que florece en primavera.
– El “Gorro” en el Teide. Formación de una nube conocida como gorro en el pico del Teide.
– “Cascadas de nubes” que atraviesan las montañas como ríos de nubes multicolor.
– Mar de nubes rompiendo contra las montañas al igual que lo hiciera el mar.
– Gran charco de agua en el llano de Ucanca donde estrellas y nubes lenticulares se reflejan.
– Tajinastes nocturnos con la Vía Láctea saliendo por el horizonte tomada con un raíl dolly.
– Video del Sol poniéndose y un doble “rayo verde”.
– Pléyades y la galaxia de Andrómeda entre rocas en las minas de San José.
– Escenas espectaculares de la puesta de sol en el Parque Nacional del Teide con nubes y movimiento dolly.
– ArcoIris desde el Parque Nacional del Teide.
– Halos multicolor alrededor de la Luna.
– Nubes estacionarias que permanecen horas en el mismo sitio ven como cambian sus colores por la puesta de Sol.
Daniel López es fotógrafo y astrofotógrafo que vive en Tenerife. Trabaja realizando fotografía y vídeo, especializado en nocturnas usando multitud de técnicas, desde cámara con trípode para captar cielo y tierra en la misma foto, telescopios amateur para realizar fotografías de los objetos astronómicos hasta telescopios profesionales para captar detalles y alta resolución. También realiza y produce videos relacionados con la naturaleza, paisajes y lugares interesantes en los que siempre trata de sacar algo nuevo y dar otro punto de vista diferente y “mágico”.
www.elcielodecanarias.com
daniel.lopez@elcielodecanarias.com
Música:
Angel´s Tear (Aeon 2). Matti Paalanen
http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/matt...
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“El Cielo de Canarias” “Canary Sky”
Project produced by Daniel Lopez. www.elcielodecanarias.com
Scenes taken from Tenerife, more than 2,000 meters above sea level and over a year to capture all possible shades, clouds, stars, colors from a unique landscape and from one of the best skies on the planet.
First in a series of videos nocturnal and crepuscular Time Lapse taken in the Canary Islands trying to capture the beauty of each island.
To capture the natural movement of the earth, stars, clouds, sun and moon TimeLapse technique was used, Dolly vertical and horizontal rails, spindles with horizontal and vertical movements. HDR data collection.
Some scenes of the video:
– “The Cathedral” in the plain of Ucanca, night shot with the planet Jupiter across the scene.
– El Arbol de Piedra (Roque Cinchado) with a Tajinaste pointing to Polaris.
– Tajinastes “night”, The Red Tajinaste, endemism Canario blooming in spring.
– The “hat” in the Teide. Formation of a cloud known as cap at the peak of Teide.
– “Waterfalls of clouds crossing the mountains and rivers of multicolored clouds.
– Sea of clouds crashing against the mountains as it did the sea.
– Large pool of water in the plain of Ucanca lenticular clouds where stars are reflected.
– Tajinastes night with the Milky Way taken out on the horizon with a dolly track.
– Video of the sun setting and a double green flash. “
– Pleiades and the Andromeda galaxy between rocks in the mines of San Jose.
– Scenes spectacular sunset in the Teide National Park with clouds and moving dolly.
– ArcoIris from the Teide National Park.
– Multicolor Halos around the moon.
– Clouds remain stationary hours at the site are changing their colors as the sunset
Daniel Lopez is a photographer / astrophotographer based in Tenerife . Works by photography and video, specializing in evening using many techniques, from camera tripod grasp heaven and earth in the same photo, amateur telescopes to take pictures of astronomical objects to professional telescopes to capture details and high resolution. It also performs and produces videos about nature, landscapes and interesting places in the draw is always something new and take another different view and “magical.”
www.elcielodecanarias.com
daniel.lopez@elcielodecanarias.com
Music:
Angel´s Tear (Aeon 2). Matti Paalanen
http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/matt...
Originally posted 2011-07-02 22:41:16. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
WE’RE ALL MAD HERE
“As for myself, I believe that what is true for you is true for you, although no other person may agree upon your belief. Regardless, a truth for you, may not be true for others. Is that not a fundamentally sound assumption?”, I asked.
“I suppose you are right Mr. Holmes. It is difficult, if not impossible, to stay apace of your ability to remain logical in the face of a situation which is so absurdly enigmatic. You are proposing that the philosophical paradigm of reality should be considered of equal importance with fiction. How can you ever solve a criminal case, your occupation, if every piece of hard evidence could be a contrivance of imagination on the part of the investigator or of the criminal?”, said Mr. Dodgson.
“Quite the contrary”, I said. “But rather than keeping to my methods alone, let me ask you what meaning you attribute to the following passage in your book”, I said, turning to the page which described in the encounter between Alice and the Cheshire Cat.
“Let me read your own words to you.”
“…she was a little startled by seeing the Cheshire Cat sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off.
The Cat only grinned when it saw Alice. It looked good-natured, she
thought: still it had VERY long claws and a great many teeth, so she
felt that it ought to be treated with respect.
‘Cheshire Puss,’ she began, rather timidly, as she did not at all know
whether it would like the name: however, it only grinned a little wider.
‘Come, it’s pleased so far,’ thought Alice, and she went on. ‘Would you
tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?’
‘That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,’ said the Cat.
‘I don’t much care where–‘ said Alice.
‘Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,’ said the Cat.
‘–so long as I get SOMEWHERE,’ Alice added as an explanation.
‘Oh, you’re sure to do that,’ said the Cat, ‘if you only walk long
enough.’
Alice felt that this could not be denied, so she tried another question.
‘What sort of people live about here?’
‘In THAT direction,’ the Cat said, waving its right paw round, ‘lives
a Hatter: and in THAT direction,’ waving the other paw, ‘lives a March
Hare. Visit either you like: they’re both mad.’
‘But I don’t want to go among mad people,’ Alice remarked.
‘Oh, you can’t help that,’ said the Cat: ‘we’re all mad here. I’m mad.
You’re mad.’
‘How do you know I’m mad?’ said Alice.
‘You must be,’ said the Cat, ‘or you wouldn’t have come here.’
Alice didn’t think that proved it at all; however, she went on ‘And how
do you know that you’re mad?'”
“So, Mr. Dodgson, let me pose the same question to you that young Alice asked of the chimerical cat in your own story: how do you know whether you are mad or not mad? How would you satisfy yourself that I am not mad? How do we know that everyone is mad or not mad?”, I said, rising from my chair to place the manuscript upon the sideboard.
I refilled my pipe once again, in anticipation of the protracted debate that was sure to follow on the heels of these profoundly, absurd, yet existential queries and arguments.”
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— Excerpt from the book SHERLOCK HOLMES: MY LIFE by Lawrence R. Spencer
Originally posted 2013-04-25 00:17:35. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
August 24, 2016
AMAZING MOTHS!
A MOTH is an insect related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Most of this order are moths; there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth (nearly ten times the number of species of butterfly), with thousands of species yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal. The variety, color, shapes and sizes of moths is truly incredible!
CLICK ON THIS LINK TO SEE A FLICKR SET OF ASTONISHING PHOTOGRAPHS OF MOTHS
http://www.flickr.com/photos/itchydogimages/sets/72157629886999965/with/9121025917/
(Click on each image below to ENLARGE it)
Originally posted 2013-08-05 23:57:27. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
DON JUAN DEMARCO: THERE ARE ONLY 4 QUESTIONS IN LIFE
This is Part 1 of the 11 part complete on-line movie, “Don Juan De Marco”, starring Johnny Depp and Marlon Brando. To see the complete film, watch all 11 parts.
This is arguably the best Johnny Depp film ever! Essentially the story demonstrates, eloquently, that fantasy and illusion are more true, valuable and “real” than “reality”. Romantics and Realitists will all enjoy this marvelously aesthetic story.
In the film, Don Juan asks the questions:
“What is sacred?
Of what is the spirit made?
What is worth living for,
and what is worth dying for?
The answer to each is the same: only love. ”
Originally posted 2013-03-08 23:40:13. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
