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<title><![CDATA[Blessed are the foxhounds (with much video!)]]></title>
<link>http://houndwelfare.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/blessed-are-the-foxhounds-with-much-video/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Iroquois Hunt&#39;s Blessing of the Hounds honored the pack&#39;s retirees as well as its curren]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_984" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><img class="size-full wp-image-984" title="IHC Blessing of the Hounds 11-07-09" src="http://houndwelfare.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_8693.jpg" alt="IHC Blessing of the Hounds 11-07-09" width="500" height="333" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The Iroquois Hunt&#39;s Blessing of the Hounds honored the pack&#39;s retirees as well as its current hunting members. The human &#34;new entry&#34; also were well represented among the riders!</p></div>
<p>THERE&#8217;S something truly beautiful about the Blessing of the Hounds ceremony that opens the formal foxhunting season. It&#8217;s a &#8220;high church&#8221; event for foxhunters, a way to honor the sport&#8217;s most important players: the hounds, the game, and the land.</p>
<p>At Iroquois, we add a special twist by including retired hounds in the blessing ceremony, a tip of the top hat to their years of service and all the sport they and their progeny have given the club.</p>
<p>A good many of the Iroquois Hunt&#8217;s neighbors and landowners were in attendance today as the riders, horses, hounds, and hunt staff gathered in toasty sunshine on the clubhouse lawn. Deacon Bryant Kibbler conducted the service, and in his brief homily, he, too, made a point to honor our old soldiers who were standing nearby with huntsman Lilla Mason, their sterns gently waving as if they were remembering their glory days in the hills and fields around them.</p>
<p>They were joined by a sprinkling of current members in the hunting pack. Our big woolly, Grundy&#8217;s son Sassoon, is &#8220;far from retired,&#8221; Lilla said, &#8220;but he loves a party.&#8221; The sisters Finite and Finesse, fondly known as &#8220;two bodies, one brain,&#8221; also attended before taking to the hunt field.</p>
<div id="attachment_995" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><img class="size-full wp-image-995" title="Finite and Finesse" src="http://houndwelfare.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/get-attachment-1-aspx.jpeg" alt="Finite and Finesse" width="500" height="482" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Two bodies, one brain: Finite and Finesse</p></div>
<p>(In case you need a reminder about how they got their nickname, here is their story, originally posted in <a href="http://houndwelfare.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/hounds-life-summer-walk/" target="_blank">Hound&#8217;s Life: Summer Walk</a> earlier this year:</p>
<blockquote><p>They are a testament to this hunt staff’s patience. They showed little real interest in hunting early on in their careers and usually could be found loping along together as if in their own world. But one day, something clicked.</p>
<p>“Lilla spotted them on a run out hunting one day near Blue Fox Farm,” Miller recalls. “She said over the radio, ‘It’s Finesse!’ I said, ‘No, you’ve got that wrong,’ and she came back on the radio and said, ‘And Finite!’  I couldn’t believe it.”</p>
<p>But there they were, the two sisters leading the whole pack.</p>
<p>“They lost 10 or 15 pounds that season because they finally started hunting,” Miller said. “Before then it seemed like they could just live on air. We used to feed them about this much”–cupping his hand–”and they still stayed fat because they expended so little energy on the hunt field.”</p></blockquote>
<p>Sassoon, Finesse, and Finite are all woolly hounds rather than smooth-coated. The other woollies out this morning to receive their blessing were Gloucester, Fickle, and Stalker.</p>
<p>For Stalker, it was an especially important milestone. <a href="http://www.houndwelfarefund.org/meetthehounds.html" target="_blank">Stalker</a> is nine years old this season, and he has a heart ailment. &#8220;Every day is a blessing for Stalker,&#8221; said Lilla, and that&#8217;s true. We don&#8217;t know how long we will have old Stalker around, but he has earned the hunt&#8217;s special affection for his courage.</p>
<div id="attachment_985" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><img class="size-full wp-image-985" title="Stalker '01" src="http://houndwelfare.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/get-attachment-aspx.jpeg" alt="Stalker '01" width="500" height="458" /><p class="wp-caption-text">For Stalker, every day is Blessing Day</p></div>
<p>The other retired hounds who enjoyed a nostalgic visit to the hunt club were Parapet, Pancake (better known in her early hunting days as <a href="http://www.houndwelfarefund.org/meetthehounds.html" target="_blank">&#8220;Pancake. Pancake. PANCAKE!&#8221;</a>); <a href="http://www.houndwelfarefund.org/meetthehounds.html" target="_blank">Glamorous</a>, so named because she appears to be wearing an ermine wrap around her neck and shoulders; Radiant; <a href="http://www.houndwelfarefund.org/meetthehounds.html" target="_blank">Glowworm</a> (whose father, Captain, was the first hound retired under the auspices of the <a href="http://www.houndwelfarefund.org" target="_blank">Hound Welfare Fund</a>); and Harlequin, the HWF&#8217;s retiree of the year for 2009 who was <a href="http://houndwelfare.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/harlequin-gets-his-gold-watch/" target="_blank">featured in the blog</a> earlier this year.</p>
<div id="attachment_403" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><img class="size-full wp-image-403" title="Harlequin photographed by Peggy Manness" src="http://houndwelfare.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/harlequin-walk-front-manness.jpg" alt="Harlequin photographed by Peggy Manness" width="500" height="640" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Harlequin, as captured by Peggy Manness of Maness Photography</p></div>
<p>The older hounds stepped right back into their familiar role, pushing their way right up with the younger hounds to compete for biscuits and trotting over to visit spectators gathered around the lawn for the ceremony. One child could be heard to say, &#8220;Mommy! That dog&#8217;s got a beard!&#8221;</p>
<p>We love our woollies!</p>
<p>The clip below is from the beginning of the Blessing of the Hounds ceremony; the two biggest woollies are Sassoon and Stalker.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/rg2KwF-7te4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/rg2KwF-7te4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/yS1SSMaP5VM&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/yS1SSMaP5VM&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Then it was on up the road for a stirrup cup in a field adjacent to Miller Trust Farm, where the hounds are kenneled.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/IMr76leWgjE&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/IMr76leWgjE&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>It was especially nice to see so many young riders out today! They took everything in stride. The smallest riders retired from the field after having their photos taken (and some ham biscuits and cake, provided by Lilla as part of the stirrup cup). But the other juniors joined right in for the hunt day, galloping and jumping and watching the hounds work in the grassy fields, woods, and creek bottoms on Miller Trust and the surrounding country.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/FwdwwBUHt_Y&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/FwdwwBUHt_Y&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>We think everyone&#8211;hounds, horses, and riders&#8211;went home happy. The weather was too hot for good scenting, but the hounds worked well together, and, all in all, it was a pleasant start to the formal season, complete with some impromptu schooling over fences in &#8220;the bowl&#8221; near Boone Creek on Miller Trust. In the clip below, you get a good idea of how high some of the growth is now, courtesy of the unusually wet summer we&#8217;ve had. The clip starts with the field jumping a coop and also includes the sound of Lilla&#8217;s horn and the hounds speaking briefly.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/1wululZl2B8&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/1wululZl2B8&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Finally, it was time to hack home again. Lilla rode her horse, Lager, right into the kennel to make sure everyone was home safely.</p>
<div id="attachment_989" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 370px"><img class="size-full wp-image-989" title="Blessing Day - Back in kennels" src="http://houndwelfare.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/imga0210.jpg" alt="Blessing Day - Back in kennels" width="360" height="640" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Lilla and Lager make sure everyone&#39;s back safe at the kennel</p></div>
<div id="attachment_991" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 370px"><img class="size-full wp-image-991" title="Hound at Miller Trust" src="http://houndwelfare.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/imga0212.jpg" alt="Hound at Miller Trust" width="360" height="640" /><p class="wp-caption-text">&#34;I&#39;d rather be hunting!&#34;</p></div>
<p>We hope you had a happy hack home, too.</p>
<div id="attachment_990" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><img class="size-full wp-image-990" title="Long hack home" src="http://houndwelfare.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_8783.jpg" alt="Long hack home" width="500" height="333" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The end of the day. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!</p></div>
<p>Happy Blessing Day, everyone!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Retouche à l'instant (Daniel Boulanger)]]></title>
<link>http://arbrealettres.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/retouche-a-linstant-daniel-boulanger/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[éternellement penché les serres sur le parapet le monde sous ses ailes (Daniel Boulanger)]]></description>
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<p>éternellement penché<br />
les serres sur le parapet<br />
le monde sous ses ailes</p>
<p>(Daniel Boulanger)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[CHANGE in AMERICA, BROTHER WOLF]]></title>
<link>http://johnlegry.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/change-in-america-brother-wolf/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[GO STRAIGHT AT THEM: &#8211; January 31, 2009 I fully support the President.  If we want positive ch]]></description>
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<p><strong><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">GO STRAIGHT AT THEM:</span></em></strong> &#8211; January 31, 2009<strong><em></em></strong></p>
<p>I fully support the <strong>President</strong>.  If we want positive<strong> change</strong> in <strong>America</strong>, he’s the man we should back.  He comes nearest to my own <strong>philosophy</strong> and that of people I respect and care about most.  However, I feel he is being “reasonable” with his opposition to the point of timidity, if not self-deception in the present situation.  What should he do?</p>
<ul>
<li>Go straight at them.</li>
<li>Eschew any advice from <strong>Wall Street</strong> chameleon <strong>Robert Rubin</strong> and his <strong>clones</strong> who brought us <strong>NAFTA, GATT</strong> and <strong>WTO</strong>, and <strong>mentored</strong> <strong>Clinton, Bush</strong>, and now <strong>Obama </strong>with the same advice that created the present fiscal disaster.  Prosecute <strong>Goldman Sachs</strong>.</li>
<li>Speak <strong>Keynesian economics</strong> again. Emphasize <strong>we the people</strong>, public issues, <strong>community</strong>, <strong>human rights</strong>, <strong>common sense</strong>, and the <span style="text-decoration:underline;">common</span> good; not the <strong>bottomline</strong> for a gaggle of avaricious <strong>stockholders</strong>.</li>
<li>Seek new, <strong>innovative solutions</strong> – not stock reprises of <strong>old routines</strong>; that’s the pattern of <strong>alcoholics</strong> and <strong>addicts</strong>.</li>
<li><strong>Corporations</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">must</span> pay their <span style="text-decoration:underline;">fair</span> share to support the system that enabled their success; stop treating them as “individuals” in the <strong>legal system</strong>; hold executives and <span style="text-decoration:underline;">stock holders</span> personally <strong>accountable</strong> for their actions.</li>
<li><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Protect the planet</span></strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">.</span>  <strong>JOB ONE</strong>.  Everything else is subordinate in priority.</li>
<li><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Educate the children</span></strong> – dump top-heavy, discriminatory <strong>Trojan Horse Standards </strong>obstacles; eliminate <strong>public subsidies (vouchers)</strong> for boondoggle <strong>separatist</strong>, preferential, and <strong>elitist “home” schooling</strong>; insist upon a <strong>democratic public education</strong>, <strong>scholarship</strong>, and <strong>scientific rationalism</strong>.</li>
<li>Call the <strong>generation</strong> to <strong>service</strong>: “Let’s get our hands on these problems and solve them.  We can do it, if we stop procrastinating and move on.”</li>
<li>Tell <strong>Republicans</strong> they can worry about <strong>haircuts, dirty words</strong>, and hurting people by making <strong>money</strong> from <strong>wage slavery, exploitation, lies</strong> and <strong>violence.</strong>  The rest of us will go to work to end two disastrous <strong>wars</strong> and fix the <strong>environment, health care, </strong>and the <strong>economy</strong>, the nation’s now critical issues (thanks to years of flagrant and cynical Republican <strong>corporatist neoconservative</strong> neglect, abuse, misuse, and outright theft).</li>
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<p>We can’t let the Republican <strong>monarchists</strong> kill the real <strong>American dream</strong>: a better life for all our people, <strong>children, </strong><strong>posterity</strong>,  not just ourselves.</p>
<p>We’re not in this life for the next <strong>quarterly report</strong>, we’re here to build a lasting nation, under a <strong>rule of law</strong> that we can be proud of again; and that means saving it from the <strong>Republican cabal</strong> that brought us this fiasco, before it collapses us in an economy of chaos and death, as they smugly profit off our bones.</p>
<p>How’d that be?  I’d like it fine.  And, we need to <strong><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">dump the Bluedog Democrats</span></em></strong> and give <strong>President Barak Obama</strong> an <strong><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">overwhelming</span></em> progressive<em><span style="text-decoration:underline;"> majority</span></em></strong> in both houses of <strong>congress</strong>, too, or we will spend generations undoing the harm of the <strong>Bushies</strong> and their corporate neocon masters.</p>
<p>If it <strong>will </strong>be done, it must be done <strong>soon</strong>, or I fear it will not be done at all (although the <strong>planet</strong> <strong><em>will</em></strong> outlive us, barren as the <strong>moon</strong>, perhaps).</p>
<p><strong><em>WALDO HEMMERSLEGG&#8217;S HISTORY OF THE WORLD: </em></strong>(Excerpt from <strong>COMMON LIVES</strong>, unpublished <strong>novel</strong>).</p>
<p>Our story begins – for it is literally <span style="text-decoration:underline;">our</span> story, the story of <strong>humankind</strong> – about three million years ago in an <strong>African gorge</strong> in <strong>Tanganyika</strong>.  To the west is towering <strong>Mount Kilimanjaro</strong>, but here in <strong>Oldavai</strong> there is <strong>desert</strong> where once it was <strong>savannah</strong> teeming with <strong>antelope</strong> and <strong>zebra, wildebeest</strong> and all manner of <strong>animal</strong> treasures &#8211; some still with us and those now <strong>extinct</strong>.   In the midst of this was a hunting, gathering troop of advanced <strong>apelike creatures</strong>, one of whom, a <strong>female</strong> we call <strong>“Lucy”</strong> was the recipient of a rare mutated <strong>gene</strong> that made her the first <strong>human</strong>.  All human females carry that gene.  It is not present in <strong>males</strong>.  Left to the males, humankind would revert to <strong>apedom</strong>.  No wonder the ladies are considered a “<strong>civilizing influence</strong>.”  Hell, there wouldn’t be any <strong>civilization</strong> at all without them.  No man would ever think of building a <strong>chair</strong> when he had difficulty mastering the <strong>stick</strong> in the <strong>termite hole</strong> when trying to obtain a little <strong>protein</strong>.</p>
<p>If we had a <strong>time lapse film</strong> of the <strong>species</strong> from its beginning, we would see Lucy’s descendents evolving and expanding up out of <strong>Africa</strong> into the <strong>Middle East</strong>, hence to <strong>Europe</strong> and <strong>Asia</strong>, hence all over the <strong>planet</strong>.  The <strong>genetic material</strong> that makes human beings white, brown, black, yellow or red is 1/100<sup>th</sup> of 1% of our genetic makeup.  Everything else is the same. We are every one of us 99.99% identical in every other genetic respect.  That should make us a tolerant, peaceful species, but we’re not.  We’ve fought and killed each other from Lucy’s day on.  We form groups and maintain them as the “best” and attempt to destroy any one or any thing (including <strong>ideas</strong>) that may come along and threaten our <strong>belief</strong> in the <strong>holy righteousness</strong> of our own brand of <strong>blind ignorance</strong>.  We are, after all, entitled to our <strong>superstitions</strong>, no matter how many other people must be <span style="text-decoration:underline;">destroyed</span> in order to satisfy them.</p>
<p>In <strong><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Rite of Passage</span></em> Alexei Panshin</strong> wrote that there are “no spear carriers in real life.” A spear-carrier is the guy in the <strong>opera</strong> or <strong>movie</strong> who is stabbed as the <strong>hero</strong> goes by; the one who falls off the <strong>parapet</strong> feathered by an <strong>arrow</strong>.  They are <strong>anonymous</strong>, often faceless and assumingly <strong>soulless creatures</strong> to be killed at will for dramatic effect.  They are not other people, but <strong>props</strong> to make the hero look good.</p>
<p>There is, in <strong>reality</strong>, only we and us.  It’s hard for <strong>red-necked</strong>, hate-filled <strong>crackers</strong> to admit that <span style="text-decoration:underline;">they</span> are part of the human race.  “<strong>Otherness</strong>” is a big issue for them.  It is only by denying the humanity of their <strong>victims</strong> that they are able to do such savagery upon them.  It is only by denying their own humanity that they are able to do such savagery upon themselves.  Tragically, both viewpoints work, if the aim is to hurt somebody.</p>
<p>That’s why the <strong>military</strong> concentrates on “doing a job of work.”  Moving <strong>boulders</strong>, or whole <strong>villages</strong>, or killing whole peoples is easier when these “objects” are considered inert and subject to our divinely directed whim.  When one’s “cause is right,” because “God is on our side,” and “we must protect our way of life,” murder is most holy.  Sadness to relate, we still seem to be comfortable with all that, and remain irate about our inherent equality.  What’s the real problem?  Nobody’s really all that special.</p>
<p><strong><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">LAST WORDS</span></em></strong>:</p>
<p>Now, here’s an arresting <strong>classified ad</strong>:</p>
<p>“I would like to fight a <strong>Republican</strong> supporter.  If you are one, have a fiery streak, please contact me so we can meet and <strong>physically fight</strong>.  I would like to beat the s—t out of you.” &#8211; From a posting seen on <strong>Craigslist.org</strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">William Kennedy<em>, </em></span><em>LEGS</em>:</strong></p>
<p>“I am bored by people who keep returning life to a moral plane, as if we were reducible, now, to some <strong>Biblical concept</strong> or its opposite, as if all our <strong>history</strong> and <strong>prehistory</strong> had not conditioned us for what we’ve become.  It’s enough to make a moral nigger out of a man.  The niggers are down there, no doubt about it.  But Jack didn’t put them there and neither did I.  When we get off the <strong>moral gold standard</strong>, when the <strong>man of enormous wealth</strong> is of no more importance to anybody than the <strong>man in rags</strong>, then maybe we’ll look back to our own day as a day of <strong>justifiable social wrath</strong>.</p>
<p>“Meantime, the <strong>game</strong> is rising, not leveling.</p>
<p>Jack taught me that.</p>
<p>Cured me.</p>
<p>(<strong>Brother Wolf</strong>, are you listening?)”</p>
<p><strong><em>&#8220;LIKE TEARS IN THE RAIN&#8221;:</em></strong></p>
<p>“Never judge a book by its cover unless it’s red.”  <strong>Leo Gorcey, <em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Bowery Boys</span></em></strong>.</p>
<p>“Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.” – <strong>Ghandi.</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>INTERESTING LINKS:</em></strong></p>
<p> <strong>Revealed: Secret Climate Change Evidence Bush Tried to Hide</strong>.  <a title="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/07/26" href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/07/26">http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/07/26</a></p>
<p><strong>Whistleblower Reveals Sickness of For-Profit Health Insurance</strong>.  <a title="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/07/26-2" href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/07/26-2">http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/07/26-2</a></p>
<p><strong>Global Trend for Sit-Ins and Occupations as Mass Redundancies Continue</strong>.  <a title="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/07/25-2" href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/07/25-2">http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/07/25-2</a></p>
<p><strong>Trillions to Banks as Taxpayers Left in the Dark</strong>.  <a title="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/07/25-0" href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/07/25-0">http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/07/25-0</a> </p>
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<link>http://abramacabra.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/accident-dn1-baneasa-ikea-21-06-2009-descarcerare/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>abramacabra</dc:creator>
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<link>http://peweks.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/parapetowa-warming-house-party/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>emancypies</dc:creator>
<guid>http://peweks.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/parapetowa-warming-house-party/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ze sporym poślizgiem, ale lepiej później niźli nigdy, zapraszam na parapetówę. Nie wiem jeszcze kied]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Ze sporym poślizgiem, ale lepiej później niźli nigdy, zapraszam na parapetówę. Nie wiem jeszcze kiedy &#8211; jakoś z wieczora będzie dobra pora. Piszcie, kiedy wam odpowiada. Chyba dopiero po łikendzie majowym, nie?</p>
<p>Ponieważ mieszkanko składa się tylko li z jednego pokojo-kuchni, będziecie musiały podzielić się na grupy i wchodzić jedna po drugiej &#8211; powiedzmy 15 minut na jedną grupę. Podzielcie się same tak, jak najbardziej wam pasuje, bo inaczej ja to zrobię tak z głupia frant. Jest tylko jedno krzesło &#8211; albo grzecznie usiądziecie na podłodze, albo będziecie zmuszone walczyć o to krzesło. Lepiej ubierzcie ładne skarpety tego dnia, bo zostaniecie poproszone o ściągnięcie butów po wejściu. I pamiętajcie &#8211; żadnego palenia papierosów. Jak się już zapewne zorientowałyście, w moim mieszkaniu nie można robić niczego, co sprawia przyjemność, rozważcie zatem jeszcze raz, czy aby na pewno chcecie przybyć na tą parapetówę <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p>Better late than never &#8211; all of you are invited to a warming house party at my place. Probably after 8 p.m., not sure of the date, but I guess after 3rd of May. Just write when it&#8217;s the most suitable for you.</p>
<p>My apartment is so small that you have to divide into several groups of people, and visit me one group after another (let&#8217;s say 15 minutes for each group). Organize yourselves into the groups, otherwise I&#8217;m gonna do it the way you don&#8217;t like it. Another thing &#8211; there is only one chair in my apartment &#8211; you will have to fight for it, or sit gently on the floor. Please, wear nice socks this day, because you will have to take your shoes off entering my place. Remember &#8211; no smoking (I mean cigarrettes, not cloth). As you see, nothing is allowed at my place, nothing giving fun, so consider if you still want to visit me to warm my place up <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Yours forever, Marysia</p>
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<title><![CDATA[O dziwkach z parapetu.]]></title>
<link>http://rebelbunny.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/o-dziwkach-z-parapetu/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rebelbunny</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rebelbunny.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/o-dziwkach-z-parapetu/</guid>
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<link>http://architecturenotes.com/2009/02/05/cmu-detailing/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>akstevenson</dc:creator>
<guid>http://architecturenotes.com/2009/02/05/cmu-detailing/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Wreszcie weekend. Religia, Izrael, laba dom.]]></title>
<link>http://kimjestemkim.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/wreszcie-weekend-religia-izrael-laba-dom/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Szemhazaj</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kimjestemkim.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/wreszcie-weekend-religia-izrael-laba-dom/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Rozpoczął się długi weekend. Aż cztery dni. Chociaż&#8230;można mówić o 5 dniach laby. W piątek, co ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft" title="diabeł" src="http://pu.i.wp.pl/?k=MTk3NjI0ODgsMTQwNDIz&#38;f=demonSatj.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="332" />Rozpoczął się <span style="font-weight:bold;">długi weekend</span>. Aż cztery dni. Chociaż&#8230;można mówić o 5 dniach laby.</p>
<p>W piątek, co to za nauka, szczególnie przed dwa razy dłuższym weekendem niż zwykle&#8230;</p>
<p>Dzisiaj na pierwszej lekcji mieliśmy <span style="font-weight:bold;">religię</span>. Oczywiście połowa na nią leje, ja akurat nie, bo <span style="font-weight:bold;">to mój &#8220;konik&#8221;, pasja. </span>No cóż, do rzeczy. Kończymy historię Izraela, oczywiście wszyscy narzekają, bo zbliża się klasówka. Ja się tym nie przejmuję.</p>
<p>Po Religii przyszedł czas na historię. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Pan P. (Facet od historii)</span> jest spoko, ale dziś (szczególnie przed czterodniową labą) większość ziewała i przysypiała. Zresztą Pan prof. P też&#8230;.  Po historii nastąpiła Biologia, później informatyka i fizyka. Z Matmy nas zwolnili&#8230;</p>
<p>Ogólnie w szkole jest nudno. Nic się nie dzieje. Po za tym, że zrobiono nowe wybory i klasa wybrała mnie na przewodniczącą. No i po za małym incydentem&#8230;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Na Biologii w Środę przysnęłam</span> (późno chodzę spać, gdyż<span style="font-weight:bold;"> czytam masę książek</span>) . Gdy się zorientowałam, że muszę spakować plecak i iść na fizykę, ludzie już wychodzili z klasy. Zrobiłam to błyskawicznie, ale <span style="font-weight:bold;">Długa</span> (Biologica) nie zauważyła mnie, zamknęła drzwi na klucz i poszła. Oczywiście darłam się, waliłam w drzwi, ale na korytarzu jest taki hałas, że nikt mnie nie usłyszał.</p>
<p>Stwierdziłam, że przeczekam przerwę, napewno ktoś tu przyjdzie na lekcję i otworzą drzwi. Podczas przerwy zaczęły mnie męczyć śmieszne myśli, typu &#8220;Będą jaja jak nikt tu nie przyjdzie&#8221; itd. Tzn. Wtedy były śmieszne później już nie.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Nikt nie przyszedł na lekcję. </span></p>
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<p>Wyobraziłam sobie siebie, spędzającą noc w szkolnej klasie. Rozejrzałam się po klasie za czymś co by mi pomogło w wydostaniu się z niej. I wpadłam na genialny pomysł. Klasa jest na parterze, więc wyjdę oknem. Pierwsze drugie okno, nie ma klamki -.- Ale na szczęście w trzecim była. Otworzyłam je i spojrzałam w dół, ze dwa metry to, to miało. Doświadczenie nauczyło, że ja w takich skokach nie mam farta&#8230; Ale raz się żyje&#8230;</p>
<p>Przerzuciłam książki i plecak. Wlazłam na parapet i skoczyłam. Dzięki Bogu, nic sobie nie zrobiłam (kiedyś w podobny sposób skręciłam sobie kostkę&#8230;ale to inna historia. No ale teraz skakałam na trawę &#8230;) . Podniosłam plecak, książki i zbiegłam z górki (ha! tam jest taka omurowana górka, bez niej pewnie by było ze 3,5 metra&#8230; i to jest niby parter -.- ) do głównego wejścia.</p>
<p>Jakaś klasa wychodziła na wycieczkę więc wmieszałam się w tłum i niepostrzeżenie znów wylądowałam w szkole. Pobiegłam na Fizykę i w efekcie spóźnienie = 10 minut.</p>
<p>Co do szkoły, to mamy troszkę marnie. Nasz budynek jest w remoncie, a nas przenieśli do jakiegoś gim. Za fajnie nie jest. Nauczyciele z gimnazjum nie są dla nas mili, wręcz chamscy. Wszystko co złe to licealiści itd. Ale już nie będę się rozpisywać na nowy temat&#8230;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Oficjalnie</span> idę spać,</span> a nie oficjalnie, poczytać książki w łóżku. Bye.</p>
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<link>http://safirutza.com/2008/10/26/audi-r8-crash-in-moscow/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Safirutza</dc:creator>
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<link>http://1133sc.wordpress.com/2008/09/20/week-10-roof-particulars-and-cladding-beginnings/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>1133sc</dc:creator>
<guid>http://1133sc.wordpress.com/2008/09/20/week-10-roof-particulars-and-cladding-beginnings/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It's flat. It's sloped. It's both! If you&#8217;ve been following week 9&#8217;s roof posts, you may]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_1344" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 508px"><a href="http://1133sc.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/l1130107_small1.jpg"><img src="http://1133sc.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/l1130107_small1.jpg" alt="Flat? Sloped? Both!" title="l1130107_small1" width="498" height="374" class="size-full wp-image-1344" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">It's flat. It's sloped. It's both!</p></div>
<p>If you&#8217;ve been following week 9&#8217;s roof posts, you may have noticed an angle… or more specifically, one main angle decidedly un-90-degree in nature… or many of them, sitting side-by-side.</p>
<p>And if you&#8217;ve tooled around our <a href="http://1133sc.wordpress.com/plans-elevations/">Plans + Elevations</a> page, you also may have noticed a certain flatness to most of the elevations. Indeed, most of the renderings (bar the kitchen cross-section) give the impression of a flat roof. And when all is said and done, that is what we&#8217;ll have… or appear to have… from the front, back and east elevations that is.</p>
<p>Will from <a href="http://greenbottleworkshop.com/">Green Bottle Workshop</a> explains:</p>
<p>&#8220;The roof style is a typical shed roof (meaning it slopes to one side). The original concept called for a flat roof, but the materials for a flat roof were too costly. By sloping the roof and using parapet walls to square off the house, we were able to achieve the look of a flat roof while staying within budget.&#8221;</p>
<div id="attachment_1314" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 508px"><a href="http://1133sc.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/l1130001_small.jpg"><img src="http://1133sc.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/l1130001_small.jpg" alt="Front parapet wall." title="l1130001_small" width="498" height="374" class="size-full wp-image-1314" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Front parapet wall.</p></div>
<p>&#8220;The roof slope is a 3 on 12. meaning it rises 3-inches per foot across. Most roofing materials have a minimum slope requirement and 3/12 is a typical slope preference for most materials. It will provide slope that&#8217;s steep enough for water to fall faster, keeping it from draining slowly and finding its way into the house.&#8221;</p>
<p>Which brings us to the rafter tails (the part of the rafters which overhang the wall). Again, Will from <a href="http://greenbottleworkshop.com/">Green Bottle</a>:</p>
<p>&#8220;We lengthened the rafter tails by 4-feet to allow water to fall further away from the house. And, because the cut-out of these uses the same language as the steel rafter tails we&#8217;ll be using for the master bathroom overhang and the eyebrow above the living room glass walls, we thought that leaving them exposed would provide a nice additional design detail.&#8221;</p>
<div id="attachment_1320" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 508px"><a href="http://1133sc.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/l1130041_small.jpg"><img src="http://1133sc.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/l1130041_small.jpg" alt="Rafter tails." title="l1130041_small" width="498" height="664" class="size-full wp-image-1320" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Rafter tails.</p></div>
<p>And the roofing material? </p>
<p>M E T A L ! ! !</p>
<p>We&#8217;ll be using a galvanized aluminum&#8230; called galv-alum (and why wouldn&#8217;t it be called that?). </p>
<p>Galv-alum is better than typical galvanized metal because it contains a coating that makes it impervious to rust. </p>
<div id="attachment_1337" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 508px"><a href="http://1133sc.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/l1130113_small.jpg"><img src="http://1133sc.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/l1130113_small.jpg" alt="Galv-alum… looking unassuming." title="l1130113_small" width="498" height="374" class="size-full wp-image-1337" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Galv-alum… looking unassuming.</p></div>
<p>We really like the metal roof and its shed-dy vernacular (see Pops, we will have a <a href="http://1133sc.wordpress.com/2008/07/26/the-shed/">shed</a>)… so much so, in fact, that we&#8217;ll be using it to clad the exterior of the dining room extension on the west side of the house as well.</p>
<p>Actually, Will and Matthew had originally planned to use steel for the dining room exterior (partially oxidized and then sealed). But, steel is at a premium these days (even in this former steel town), and the weight and thickness required would have us exceeding our budget.</p>
<p>Still, we&#8217;re no less excited by the prospect of a galv-alum cladded extension… and can&#8217;t wait to see it in action.  </p>
<div id="attachment_1342" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 508px"><a href="http://1133sc.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/l1130109_small.jpg"><img src="http://1133sc.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/l1130109_small.jpg" alt="Dining room extension." title="l1130109_small" width="498" height="374" class="size-full wp-image-1342" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Dining room extension.</p></div>
<p>After extending the tails and finishing up the roof for next week&#8217;s galv-alum installation, the final hours of week 10 saw a start on the cladding. </p>
<p>We&#8217;re using standard sheets of Hardie Board—a type of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber_cement_siding">fiber cement siding</a>—cut into varying lengths and widths. After it&#8217;s painted, it will, very nearly, have the appearance of wood, but at a price well within our budget. Hardie Board is also more durable than most wood siding and it takes and holds paint much better, meaning less maintenance going forward.</p>
<div id="attachment_1317" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 508px"><a href="http://1133sc.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/l1130147_small.jpg"><img src="http://1133sc.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/l1130147_small.jpg" alt="A start on the end." title="l1130147_small" width="498" height="374" class="size-full wp-image-1317" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A start on the end.</p></div>
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<link>http://dachbausuenden.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/neigung-und-einbauhohe-bei-dachflachenfenstern/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://dachbausuenden.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/neigung-und-einbauhohe-bei-dachflachenfenstern/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bei Durchsehen der Suchbegriffe, mit denen Leser auf meinen Blog kommen, ist mir aufgefallen, dass e]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Bei Durchsehen der Suchbegriffe, mit denen Leser auf meinen Blog kommen, ist mir aufgefallen, dass einige sich wegen der Neigung und der Einbauhöhe von Dachflächenfenstern informieren wollen.</p>
<p>Was die Neigung betrifft, geht es wohl um die Frage, bei welchen Dachneigungen man ein Dachflächenfenster überhaupt einbauen kann. <strong>Ein Flachdach kann man ja nicht mit Dachflächenfenstern ausstatten, das geht erst ab einer Dachneigung von 15 Grad.</strong></p>
<p>Die bei uns üblichen Satteldächer haben meist Neigungen von 40 &#8211; 45 Grad, wobei es sowohl flachere Formen mit einer Neigung von nur 30 Grad als auch wesentlich steilere Konstruktionen gibt. <strong>Wenn ein Dach besonders steil ist, behindert das aber den Einbau von Dachflächenfenstern nicht.</strong> Es hat aber Einfluss darauf, welche Größe die Fenster haben sollten &#8211; <a href="http://www.gabler-bayreuth.de/Planung_DF.htm" target="_blank">bei gleicher Einbauhöhe von Unterkante und Oberkante ist der Abstand dazwischen weiter, je flacher die Dachneigung ist</a>. Flachere Dächer verlangen also größere Fenster.</p>
<p><strong>Was die Höhe der Unterkante betrifft, ist die Bauordnung entscheidend.</strong> <strong>Die <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%BCstung" target="_blank">Mindestparapethöhe</a> ist je nach Bundesland leicht unterschiedlich und liegt ca. bei 1 Meter.</strong> Das ist auch bei Fassadenfenstern ähnlich geregelt und dient der Absturzsucherung. Wenn man ein Fenster weiter Richtung Boden führen will, gibt es aber Lösungen mit fixen Fensterelementen, die nicht geöffnet werden können, oder mit Geländer. So haben wir das auch bei uns Zuhause umgesetzt.</p>
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<p><strong>Die Oberkante des Fensters sollte so hoch sein, dass man auch im Stehen gut hinausblicken kann, also bei etwa 2 Metern.</strong> Je nach Ausführung ist auch wichtig, dass sich das Fenster vom Zimmer aus per Hand gut öffnen lässt und man die nötigen Griffe gut erreichen kann.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[A-51/A-55: Un échangeur métamorphosé en passe à chevreuils!]]></title>
<link>http://richard3.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/a-51a-55-un-echangeur-metamorphose-en-passe-a-chevreuils/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Richard3</dc:creator>
<guid>http://richard3.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/a-51a-55-un-echangeur-metamorphose-en-passe-a-chevreuils/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Un commentaire de Stéphane Dumas, un lecteur &#8211; et commentateur &#8211; régulier du blogue de R]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[La Gabelle: Un lien inter-rives qui gagne à être connu]]></title>
<link>http://richard3.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/la-gabelle-un-lien-inter-rives-qui-gagne-a-etre-connu/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Richard3</dc:creator>
<guid>http://richard3.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/la-gabelle-un-lien-inter-rives-qui-gagne-a-etre-connu/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Vous savez tous que je parle souvent du MTQ, de ses bons coups, mais évidemment, je parle surtout de]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Taką Cię znam]]></title>
<link>http://bawidelka.wordpress.com/?p=738</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 08:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mag</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bawidelka.wordpress.com/?p=738</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Jeżeli o trzeciej nad ranem, ktoś rzuca ci kamieniami w okno, to jest to dobry znak. Lekki stuk płyt]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">Jeżeli o trzeciej nad ranem, ktoś rzuca ci kamieniami w okno, to jest to dobry znak.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Lekki stuk płytki o parapet. Podrywam się z pościeli, w której i tak nie śpię, rozsuwam zasłony i patrzę, jak to słońce blade i rozkapryszone, niczym niepełnoletnia panna młoda wdziera mi się do pokoju, całuje mnie po policzkach i ładuje się do łóżka, zastępując mnie w nim już do końca nocy. Ja tymczasem na krótką koszulkę narzucam stary sweter ojca, w którym zwykłam się rozbijać po okolicznych lasach, na stopy wciskam trampki przygotowane, jeszcze wieczorem do podróży pierwszych, podróży dalekich i najzwyczajniej w świecie wymykam się przez to parterowe okno, tak, jak zwykłam to robić w wieku lat piętnastu, szesnastu, siedemnastu, z Natalką, Piotrkiem, Kasią, gdy przychodziły noce czerwcowe, skoro do wędrówek i podbojów przestrzeni.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">***<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-739" src="http://bawidelka.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/clipboard011.jpg" alt="" width="285" height="370" /></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Siadam na parapecie i śmieję się ukradkiem, bo mimo tego, że nie jest wcale wysoko, to ja się wstydzę, rumienię się, waham, że nie przystoi, że prawie dwadzieścia trzy, że <em>iiiiiiiii </em>( tu ciche piski i chichy), i że chyba totalnie na mózg upadłam, a jak nie, to na pewno to zaraz nastąpi.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">A Ty z lat najdawniejszych, z których wysupłałeś mnie zaledwie wczoraj i przygarnąłeś w pełni człowieczeństwa, mimo dystansów, pasjansów, pozornej nieznajomości i ostatniego <strong><em>cześć</em></strong>, w okolicach wstępującej piętnastki, śmiejesz się do mnie i wyciągasz rękę, i mówisz, że następnym razem przyniesiesz linę, ale teraz muszę sobie poradzić bez niej. I dodajesz jeszcze poważnym tonem: -<em> Julio, skacz!</em>, a w tym tonie jest i to nasze wczorajsze wieczorne spotkanie przy stoisku z watą cukrową, bo okoliczny festyn przyjechał pobajdurzyć; jest i stawanie się pogód, szmery strumieni dawne, pewność na to, że ludzie nigdy nie są sobie obcy i że warto wracać, warto rozmawiać, dzielić się sobą z przeszłości, by wrastać w siebie na przyszłość.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Toteż pokonuję te dwieście centymetrów malowniczo rozwalając sobie łokieć o parapet, a Ty pukasz się w głowę i łatasz mnie zupełnie profesjonalnie, mówiąc coś o babach, co z parapetów na księżyc chciały doskoczyć.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">A potem ładujemy się na rowery, które tu ze sobą przytargałeś o tej wykwintnej i subtelnej porze, i wybieramy się gdzieś tam przed siebie, żeby głębiej pooddychać, żeby się zasłuchać, żeby porozmawiać, jak przy spowiedzi o tym, że boli, że cieszy, żeby człowiek był człowiekiem;<em> lecą liście, szumi w lesie, wiatr z obłoków warkocz plecie i że tego trzymać się trzeba.</em><br />
I jeszcze, żeby się nigdy nie poddać, żeby walczyć o siebie, o ten swój środek, który się znajduje na wysokości złożonych rąk, i żeby pamiętać, że tak naprawdę, mimo wszystkiego, jest się niezastąpionym, niezbywalnym i jedynym.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>-  Nie ma Ciebie drugiej. Nie ma Ciebie innej. Taką Cię znam, taką Cię znam&#8230; </em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Dzięki Piotr.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[A-50: Prise 2 - Ça avance bien!]]></title>
<link>http://richard3.wordpress.com/2008/06/01/a-50-prise-2-ca-avance-bien/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Richard3</dc:creator>
<guid>http://richard3.wordpress.com/2008/06/01/a-50-prise-2-ca-avance-bien/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dimanche dernier (25 mai), il faisait pas mal plus beau qu&#8217;aujourd&#8217;hui. Je suis allé en ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Les merdes du MTQ: D'autres chantiers, en rafale]]></title>
<link>http://richard3.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/les-merdes-du-mtq-dauutres-chantiers-en-rafale/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 10:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Richard3</dc:creator>
<guid>http://richard3.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/les-merdes-du-mtq-dauutres-chantiers-en-rafale/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Voici le deuxième billet sur les chantiers du grand Montréal, que j&#8217;ai commencé avec celui de ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA["Deszczowy"]]></title>
<link>http://tedeward.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/deszczowy/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 20:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Przemysław Bryk</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tedeward.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/deszczowy/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Stuk stuk stuk &#8211; deszcz uderza w parapet, Próbuje przez szybę się przedrzeć, Lecz nie da rady,]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><blockquote><p>Stuk stuk stuk &#8211; deszcz uderza w parapet,<br />
Próbuje przez szybę się przedrzeć,<br />
Lecz nie da rady, bo w środku panuje sen.</p>
<p>Monotonnie wygrywany rytm,<br />
Na instrumentach deszczowych,<br />
Pozwala w sobie się skryć<br />
I zapomnieć o spiekocie słońca.</p>
<p>Demony w swych leżach,<br />
Nie chcą zmoknąć skacząc po dachach,<br />
Czekają na wypogodzenie -<br />
Aż chmury przegna wiatr,<br />
Gdy znów ruszą ulicami miast.</p>
<p>Niewiele jest znaczeń deszczu,<br />
Co nieprzelotny wisi ponad głowami<br />
I ty je wszystkie znasz,<br />
to tak między nami.</p>
<p>(Deszczowy surrealizm to rzecz,<br />
jaką może poszczycić się każdy parasol.)<br />
Tak na marginesie.<br />
Bo koniec był już wyżej.</p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[Ponts en décrépitude: Deux autres exemples]]></title>
<link>http://richard3.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/ponts-en-decrepitude-deux-autres-exemples/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Richard3</dc:creator>
<guid>http://richard3.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/ponts-en-decrepitude-deux-autres-exemples/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lors de ma visite en Montérégie, et en Estrie, samedi (5 avril) dernier, je suis tombé pratiquement ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A-55: L'autoroute de - presque - tous les genres]]></title>
<link>http://richard3.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/a-55-lautoroute-de-presque-tous-les-genres/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Richard3</dc:creator>
<guid>http://richard3.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/a-55-lautoroute-de-presque-tous-les-genres/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Au Québec, il y a toutes sortes d&#8217;autoroutes; des voies rapides urbaines, comme la Métropolita]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Elle coupe aussi les jambes...]]></title>
<link>http://assas.wordpress.com/2007/03/31/elle-coupe-aussi-les-jambes/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2007 09:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>assas</dc:creator>
<guid>http://assas.wordpress.com/2007/03/31/elle-coupe-aussi-les-jambes/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8230; cette montée !]]></description>
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