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It's been a long time since I really did any star shots. Some of my gear wasn't working (remote timer) so this is the only shot of the night. I hope to get back up to snuff here in the coming weeks before the monsoon kicks in!
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It was with great Sadness and pain in my heart that I read the news today, still I was half-expecting it…
Is this another nail hammered in our liberal democracies???
The people have spoken!
And yet again a man with strong autocratic tendencies has won a popular vote!!! Extremists and populist from the far right and also the populist left!
How Autocratic???
That Is yet to be seen, I hope for the best, but honestly fear for the worst!
First of all I want to say to all those Americans who believe in liberal democracy: I am so sorry for your loss…
But you were almost half of the vote, just not above, sadly!!!
Second: I fear for the rest of the free, liberal and democratic world, is this how our freedom starts to erode away!
Will we end up like in Putin's Russia, where no one can speak out against the ruling government???
Democracy is a fragile institution, all it takes is that the people want an autocrat and liberty dies!!!
I fear for the freedom of press, it is one of the cornerstones in liberal democracies, I find it kind of weird that those who advocate for “freedom to spread hatred” often are those who want to control the press or shut down independent press!!!
So where is this Populist who has kidnapped the Republican party going!!!
I guess no one knows? I am afraid that none of his voters know either, and yes I am afraid that he doesn’t know himself…
I see only grades of “Bad” from now, I do sincerely hope for the best, there are still democrats and republicans that has not joined the cult of worship, my hope are on those republicans to do their best to hinge what might be the most powerful American president ever, with (perhaps) control of chambers and the supreme court…
When I look at my own neighborhood I get almost equally scared. Some countries in the European Union are ruled by similar “mighty” authoritarians and in most other countries they are one of the largest parties in their respective parliament!
I don’t fear much for my own life, but what is really sad is that there are younger people in my vicinity, people I would want to be able to grow up in liberal democratic societies!!!
Is all lost??? No not yet, we must fight on and perhaps there will come a day when fear, hatred and messages of easy solutions to complex problems no longer rule…
I hope that the “True democratic” parties in the world can unite, yes they might be all from liberal left to democratic conservatives” unite because a liberal and democratic society should be more uniting than traditional right-left politics!!! Here in Europe a lot of liberal democratic parties in the country I live in at the moment, for example collaborate with the populists and flirt with them… why??? Have we learned so little from history???
Another thing that scares me is: that so many are willing to lend the authoritarians their hand in hope of gaining personal wealth and power!!!
So now we just wait and see, but fight on for a society that includes all and that is governed with hope, peace and understanding!!!
It is a SAD day but people who believe in something else, something more hopeful! Please don’t lose hope!!!
May our world walk a more liberal direction again soon…
Peace and Peace!!!
/ MushroomBrain in pain but not without hope!!!
a couple of things in progress, paper based notebook, stitched cloth notebook and applique circles for a table cover.
Salamis (Ancient Greek: Σαλαμίς, Greek: Σαλαμίνα) is an ancient Greek city-state on the east coast of Cyprus, at the mouth of the river Pedieos, 6 km north of modern Famagusta. According to tradition, the founder of Salamis was Teucer, son of Telamon, who could not return home after the Trojan war because he had failed to avenge his brother Ajax.
Contents
1History
1.1Early history
1.2In the Greek period
1.3Resistance to Persian rule
1.4Alexander the Great and the Roman Empire
1.5In the Roman and Byzantine periods
1.6Christianity
2Excavations
3Notes
4References
5External links
History
Early history
The earliest archaeological finds go back to the eleventh century BC (Late Bronze Age III). The copper ores of Cyprus made the island an essential node in the earliest trade networks, and Cyprus was a source of the orientalizing cultural traits of mainland Greece at the end of the Greek Dark Ages, hypothesized by Walter Burkert in 1992. Children's burials in Canaanite jars indicate a Phoenician presence. A harbour and a cemetery from this period have been excavated. The town is mentioned in Assyrian inscriptions as one of the kingdoms of Iadnana (Cyprus).[1] In 877 BC, an Assyrian army reached the Mediterranean shores for the first time. In 708 BC, the city-kings of Cyprus paid homage to Sargon II of Assyria (Burkert). The first coins were minted in the 6th century BC, following Persian prototypes.
The theatre in Salamis
Cyprus was under the control of the Assyrians at this time but the city-states of the island enjoyed a relative independence as long as they paid their tribute to the Assyrian king. This allowed the kings of the various cities to accumulate wealth and power. Certain burial customs observed in the "royal tombs" of Salamis relate directly to Homeric rites, such as the sacrifice of horses in honor of the dead and the offering of jars of olive oil. Some scholars have interpreted this phenomenon as the result of influence of the Homeric Epics in Cyprus. Most of the grave goods come from the Levant or Egypt.
According to the foundation myth, the founder of Salamis is said to be Teucer, son of Telamon, who could not return home after the Trojan war because he had failed to avenge his brother Ajax. There is however some evidence that the area had been occupied long before the alleged arrival of Mycenaeans (at Enkomi) and the town of Salamis was developed as a replacement when Engkomi was isolated from the sea. There is otherwise little direct evidence to support the foundation myth.
In the Greek period
In the 11th century BC, the town was confined to a rather small area around the harbour but soon expanded westwards to occupy the area, which today is covered by forest. The cemetery of Salamis covers a large area from the western limits of the forest to the Monastery of St. Barnabas to the west, to the outskirts of the village of Ayios Serghios to the north, and to the outskirts of Enkomi village to the south. It contains tombs dating from the 9th century BC down to the Early Christian period. The earlier tombs are within the forest area, near the boundary of the early town.
Though Salamis maintained direct links with the Near East during the 8th and 7th centuries BC, there were bonds with the Aegean as well. One royal tomb contained a large amount of Greek Geometric pottery and this has been explained as the dowry of a Greek princess who married into the royal family of Salamis. Greek pottery was also found in tombs of ordinary citizens. At this time the Greeks were embarking on an eastward expansion by founding colonies in Asia Minor and Syria; Salamis must have served as an intermediate station; it has even been suggested that Cypriots helped the Greeks in their venture.
Resistance to Persian rule
In 450 BC, Salamis was the site of a simultaneous land and sea battle between Athens and the Persians. (This is not to be confused with the earlier Battle of Salamis in 480 BC between the Greeks and the Persians at Salamis in Attica.)
The history of Salamis during the early Archaic and Classical periods is reflected in the narrations of the Greek historian Herodotus and the much later speeches of the Greek orator Isocrates. Salamis was afterwards besieged and conquered by Artaxerxes III. Under King Evagoras (411-374 BC) Greek culture and art flourished in the city and it would be interesting one day when the spade of the archaeologist uncovers public buildings of this period. A monument, which illustrates the end of the Classical period in Salamis, is the tumulus, which covered the cenotaph of Nicocreon, one of the last kings of Salamis, who perished in 311 BC. On its monumental platform were found several clay heads, some of which are portraits, perhaps of members of the royal family who were honoured after their death on the pyre.
Marguerite Yon (archaeologist) claims that "Literary texts and inscriptions suggest that by the Classical period, Kition [in present-day Larnaca] was one of the principal local powers, along with its neighbor Salamis."[2]
Alexander the Great and the Roman Empire
Map showing the ten ancient city Kingdoms of Cyprus
After Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire, Ptolemy I of Egypt ruled the island of Cyprus. He forced Nicocreon, who had been the Ptolemaic governor of the island, to commit suicide in 311 BC, because he did not trust him any more. In his place came king Menelaus, who was the brother of the first Ptolemy. Nicocreon is supposed to be buried in one of the big tumuli near Enkomi. Salamis remained the seat of the governor.
In 306 BC, Salamis was the site of a naval battle between the fleets of Demetrius I of Macedon and Ptolemy I of Egypt. Demetrius won the battle and captured the island.
In Roman times, Salamis was part of the Roman province of Cilicia. The seat of the governor was relocated to Paphos. The town suffered heavily during the Jewish rising of AD 116–117. Although Salamis ceased to be the capital of Cyprus from the Hellenistic period onwards when it was replaced by Paphos, its wealth and importance did not diminish. The city was particularly favoured by the Roman emperors Trajan and Hadrian, who restored and established its public buildings.
In the Roman and Byzantine periods
Columns of the gymnasium
The "cultural centre" of Salamis during the Roman period was situated at the northernmost part of the city, where a gymnasium, theatre, amphitheatre, stadium and public baths have been revealed. There are baths, public latrines (for 44 users), various little bits of mosaic, a harbour wall, a Hellenistic and Roman agora and a temple of Zeus that had the right to grant asylum. Byzantine remains include the basilica of Bishop Epiphanos (AD 367–403). It served as the metropolitan church of Salamis. St. Epiphanios is buried at the southern apse. The church contains a baptistry heated by hypocausts. The church was destroyed in the 7th century and replaced by a smaller building to the south.
There are very extensive ruins. The theatre, and the gymnasium have been extensively restored. Numerous statues are displayed in the central court of the gymnasium most of which are headless. While a statue of Augustus originally belonged here, some columns and statues originally adorned the theatre and were only brought here after an earthquake in the 4th century. The theatre is of Augustean date. It could house up to 15.000 spectators but was destroyed in the 4th century.
The town was supplied with water by an aquaeduct from Kyhrea, destroyed in the 7th century. The water was collected in a large cistern near the Agora. The necropolis of Salamis covers ca. 7 km² to the west of the town. It contains a museum showing some of the finds. Burials date from the geometric to the Hellenistic period. The best known burials are the so-called Royal-Tombs, containing chariots and extremely rich grave gifts, including imports from Egypt and Syria. A tomb excavated in 1965 by the French Mission of the University of Lyon brought to light an extraordinary wealth of tomb-gifts, which also attest trade relations with the Near East.
Christianity
In what is known as the "First Missionary Journey", Paul the apostle and the Cypriot-born Barnabas made Salamis their first destination, landing there after heading out from Antioch of Syria. There they proclaimed Christ in the Jewish synagogues before proceeding through the rest of the island (Acts 13:1-5). Tradition says that Barnabas preached in Alexandria and Rome, and was stoned to death at Salamis in about 61 CE. He is considered the founder of the Church of Cyprus. His bones are believed to be located in the nearby monastery named after him.
Several earthquakes led to the destruction of Salamis at the beginning of the 4th century. The town was rebuilt under the name of Constantia by Constantius II (337–361) and became an Episcopal seat, the most famous occupant of which was Saint Epiphanius. Emperor Constantius II helped the Salaminians not only for the reconstruction of their city but also he helped them by relieving them from paying taxes for a short period and thus the new city, rebuilt on a smaller scale, was named Constantia. The silting of the harbour led to a gradual decline of the town. Salamis was finally abandoned during the Arab invasions of the 7th century after destructions by Muawiyah I ( reigned 661-680 ). The inhabitants moved to Arsinoë (Famagusta).
Excavations
Archaeological excavations at the site began in the late nineteenth century under the auspices of the Cyprus Exploration Fund.[3] Many of these finds are now in the British Museum in London.[4]
Excavations at Salamis started again in 1952 and were in progress until 1974. Before the Turkish invasion there was much archaeological activity there; one French Mission was excavating at Enkomi, another at Salamis and the Department of Antiquities was busy almost throughout the year with repairs and restorations of monuments and was engaged in excavations at Salamis. After the Turkish invasion the international embargo has prevented the continuation of the excavations. The site and the museums are maintained by the antiquities service. Important archaeological collections are kept in the St. Barnabas monastery. In the District Archaeological Museum there are marble statues from the gymnasium and the theatre of Salamis, Mycenaean pottery and jewellery from Enkomi and other objects representative of the rich archaeological heritage of the whole district. Several of the statues and sculptures from antiquity are disfigured, headless or mutilated, likely by Christian zealots in late antiquity [5] during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire.
The public buildings uncovered at the city site of Salamis date to the post-Classical period. The Temple of Zeus Salaminios, whose cult was established, according to tradition, by Teucer himself, must have existed since the foundation of the city; the extant remains date to the late Hellenistic period. Early excavators discovered in the esplanade of the Temple of Zeus an enormous marble capital carved on each side with a caryatid figure standing between the foreparts of winged bulls. Now in the British Museum's collection,[6] the function of the capital remains unclear, although it does indicate influence from Achaemenid art and is consequently dated to between 300 and 250 BC.
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D7200 with Tamron 18-400 plus kenko 1.4x = 840mm approx. iso 400, 1/1250s f9, handheld
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Pen and ink, watercolor, and even a little bit of collage, which won't show on the reproduction of course, but never mind..... baby steps
Who else would keep your secret heart, so safe? and no, don't tell me you don't have one?
Not one single little thought or wish you would not share.....??
A bit of fun with the kids at The White Building in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Would not normally issue another version of a photo but i prefer the black and white to the colour version.
Thanks to Micchael Klinkhamer, Cambodia Photo Tours for a great day out.
See www.cambodiaphototours.asia for some great photos of Cambodia.
The White Building is a social housing project conceived and built during the early '60s for low income urban families.
After the purge of Phnom Penh ('75 to '79) former tenants, artists and others took up residence forming one of the most eclectic communities in Phnom Penh.
Aprender inglês é muito importante hoje em dia. Diversas pessoas de todo o mundo decidem estudar o idioma como segunda língua.
Por isso, muitas escolas incluem a língua inglesa como segunda língua no currículo escolar, e as crianças começam a aprender inglês ainda jovens. Se você não teve essa sorte, pode ainda estudar o idioma de maneira fácil e com qualidade.
Quer ver algumas dicas? Veja a seguir uma variedade de ferramentas, canais e cursos on-line que pode aproveitar!
Cambridge disponibiliza conteúdo on-line grátis para você aprender inglês
A Cambridge English Language Assessment, departamento sem fins lucrativos da Universidade de Cambridge dedicado a exames de proficiência em inglês, tem um recurso digital que é incrível para os interessados em treinar suas habilidades na língua.
Há uma seção do portal que disponibiliza conteúdos gratuitos para o aprendizado do idioma. Reúne atividades preparadas pelo time de pesquisadores da universidade e com qualidade alinhada ao que é exigido nos exames mundialmente.
E o melhor de tudo: qualquer pessoa pode acessar e estudar pelo canal!
A plataforma Learning English
A plataforma reúne cerca de 100 opções de atividades, com temas cotidianos como alimentação, entretenimento, relacionamentos interpessoais e trabalho e também assuntos ligados a tarefas usuais, como preencher formulários e emitir opiniões. Clique aqui e confira!
Os exercícios são interativos. É possível selecionar as atividades por habilidade (gramática, compreensão auditiva, expressão oral, leitura, vocabulário ou escrita), nível de conhecimento e por tempo disponível para o estudo.
As tarefas são de múltipla escolha, com base em sentenças, áudios e textos, de acordo com cada combinação escolhida. Podem ser acessadas de um desktop ou de um dispositivo mobile para quem deseja praticar no trânsito, por exemplo.
A ferramenta Write&Improve
Você pode ainda encontrar outros recursos digitais e gratuitos disponibilizados pela Cambridge English Language Assessment para aprender inglês. Entre eles, há a ferramenta Write&Improve, voltada para o desenvolvimento da escrita no idioma.
Ela analisa a redação dos usuários e retorna com uma avaliação sobre a gramática e o vocabulário. Você escolhe o tema, escreve seu texto no idioma e submete ao sistema. Recebe em seguida um feedback em segundos acerca do que pode ser melhorado.
O exercício é interativo, e é possível escolher entre elaborar a redação nos níveis:
iniciante (que conta com temas como e-mail de apresentação e descrição da vida cotidiana);
intermediário (temáticas mais aprofundadas como reportar um problema de extravio de mala para a companhia aérea); ou ainda
avançado (em que são exigidas construções mais complexas como uma carta de candidatura ou uma análise sobre um serviço).
A partir disso, o usuário pode refazer sua redação e submeter à correção novamente. O progresso é acompanhado em um gráfico que contabiliza a quantidade de vezes que o conteúdo foi reescrito e sua evolução em termos de nível.
O desempenho do usuário segue os parâmetros internacionais do Quadro Comum Europeu de Referência para Línguas (CEFR), que categoriza o domínio em níveis que vão do A1, considerado básico, até o C2, correspondente à proficiência plena.
Construído com princípios de gamificação, ao evoluir na escrita, a pessoa recebe selos comemorativos que podem ser compartilhados com outros usuários dentro da plataforma.
Para quem deseja ir além, é possível criar um login e senha e convidar outras pessoas para acompanhar o progresso do aprendizado.
Gostou? Clique neste link e aproveite a ferramenta.
Sites de notícias informam e ensinam inglês simultaneamente
Alguns sites jornalísticos internacionais oferecem ferramentas para pessoas interessadas em praticar inglês.
Usando como base notícias, são apresentados vídeos, textos, exercícios e outros materiais.
No site do The Guardian, na seção Classroom materials, são disponibilizados textos em inglês para serem baixados, além de exercícios.
Quer ainda outros materiais que auxiliam na prática do inglês? Você vai gostar de visitar o site brasileiro da BBC.
A rede britânica oferece, em seu próprio site e em português, textos, vídeos e conteúdo com exercícios por meio de suas reportagens.
Ao clicar na matéria, você pode assistir ao vídeo, ler a transcrição em inglês, a tradução em português, definições de palavras que ajudam no vocabulário, exercícios de fixação. E, ao final, questões sobre o assunto abordado.
As aulas são disponibilizadas na sessão Aprender Inglês. A BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation, é uma emissora pública de rádio e televisão do Reino Unido, fundada em 1922, e uma das maiores e mais importantes do mundo. Clique aqui e confira!
Professores fazem encontros em SP para praticar inglês de graça
Se você quer treinar seu inglês e conhecer pessoas com este mesmo interesse, saiba que existe um grupo em São Paulo que se organiza para praticar o idioma de forma gratuita e aberta ao público. A regra é: somente falar inglês e se divertir!
A iniciativa surgiu dos professores de inglês Carla Herrera e Fábio Potter. O primeiro encontro realizado por eles era apenas entre seus alunos. A partir daí, a ideia foi se expandindo. Hoje, a dupla promove encontros para todos os interessados, em parques, bares de jogos ou karaokê.
O evento mais recente aconteceu no Parque Ibirapuera. Contou com a presença de mais de 30 pessoas e a participação especial de um professor dos EUA, Esper Jared, e um professor da Inglaterra, Stephen Throssell.
Os professores notaram que muitos alunos que se dedicam ao aprendizado do inglês têm dificuldade em falar e colocar seus conhecimentos em prática no dia a dia. “Em um ambiente descontraído e na presença de outras pessoas que também estão aprendendo, percebi que os alunos sentem-se mais à vontade e arriscam mais”, diz Fábio.
Durante os encontros, os alunos podem contar com o suporte dos professores parceiros, além de conversaram entre si. Para saber onde será o próximo evento de conversação, acompanhe o grupo English Meet Ups — São Paulo no Facebook. Enjoy!
Tumblr e outras ferramentas gratuitas para exercitar o inglês
O publicitário Gustavo Asth, de Curitiba (PR), criou um jeito rápido e fácil para ensinar as pessoas a pronunciarem marcas estrangeiras de forma correta.
O Tumblr #Comofala traz os logotipos de marcas usando a pronúncia em português.
Veja alguns exemplos: “Pringles” virou “pringôus”; “Subway” é “sãbuei”; e “Hershey’s” ficou como “rãrsheis”. O tumblr já teve milhares de acessos.
Outra iniciativa que está facilitando a vida de quem quer aprender inglês é o site Udemy: uma plataforma na qual professores podem vender suas aulas.
A maior parte é paga, mas há opções grátis também. É o caso do curso em inglês “Brasil para iniciantes”. As aulas são ministradas pelo professor Marshall Eakin, da Universidade Vanderbilt, de Nashville, Tennessee (EUA).
Com duração de 15 semanas, com uma videoaula de 20 minutos por semana, o curso aborda a história do Brasil.
Saiba como estudar inglês em um país diferente por dia
Dizem que, para aprender inglês de verdade, é preciso ter contato com estrangeiros. Mas o que fazer se morar fora não está dentro do orçamento?
A Engoo, uma plataforma de origem japonesa, criou a solução reunindo mais de 6 mil professores particulares de inglês do mundo todo em um único local.
As aulas focadas em conversação rolam por Skype, ou seja: o aluno pode fazer sem sequer sair de casa. Basta entrar no site, agendar um horário com até 30 minutos de antecedência e escolher entre os professores que estiverem disponíveis.
Com uma chamada de vídeo, o aluno treina o inglês, aprende coisas novas e ainda experimenta uma troca cultural.
Cada aula custa bem pouquinho, e é possível testar duas aulas grátis.
O contato diário com estrangeiros de diversos países foi o que influenciou André Oliveira do Val, Analista de RH, a optar pela Engoo. “Conversei com professores de vários lugares nesses últimos meses. É muito bom ter a oportunidade de melhorar o idioma, ao mesmo tempo em que aprendo sobre costumes locais e entendo assuntos como economia e mercado de trabalho relacionados ao país do professor”, conta.
Outra vantagem da plataforma é que o aluno é quem escolhe o tema que será abordado em aula. Além disso, não tem valores extras, como taxa de matrícula ou fidelidade. O aluno não precisa gastar com livros, pois tem acesso gratuito ao material didático que fica disponível no site.
Site gratuito ensina inglês com conteúdo sobre futebol
Pelo site Premier Skills, ligado ao British Council, é possível aperfeiçoar-se na língua inglesa.
Mas com um diferencial: a página é toda focada em futebol.
Entrevistas com jogadores da Liga Inglesa, notícias sobre o esporte e exercícios a respeito do tema ajudam o usuário do Premier Skills a se familiarizarem com o idioma.
Desde que a Premier Skills começou em 2007, mais de 20 mil treinadores e árbitros foram treinados em 29 países, que por sua vez alcançaram mais de 1,6 milhão de jovens.
Seis mil professores receberam treinamento no uso dos materiais da Premier Skills English, com 6,5 milhões de visualizações dos materiais on-line. O acesso ao conteúdo é gratuito. Interessou? Gosta de futebol? Confira o site Premier Skills.
13 professores de inglês que você precisa seguir no Instagram
Dá para aprender inglês pelos Stories do Instagram? Dá sim! Professores que ensinam o idioma usam a rede social para espalhar diariamente seus conhecimentos.
Selecionamos 12 perfis bacanas que todo estudante de inglês deveria seguir. Confira!
1. @juniorsilveiraoficial
Vídeos criativos e enquetes com Junior Silveira.
2. @carinafragozo
Dicas com a professora, linguista e autora do English in Brazil.
3. @inglesforyou
Aprenda com Laura Abood, professora da OpenMind English School.
4. @ingles200h
Tire suas dúvidas de vocabulários e pronúncia com a teacher Sara Scarcelli, do Inglês 200 horas.
5. @inglessemneura
Jorge Henrique, formado em Letras e Linguística, ensina inglês com humor.
6. @askjackiebr
Conheça o perfil da professora mestre de inglês Jackie, que é norte-americana.
7. @robertoforte_ingles
Dicas de inglês com Roberto Forte.
8. @clubedoingles
Erika Belmonte compartilha dicas de inglês e curiosidades dos EUA.
9. @inglescompartilhado
Mais dicas em sua timeline com Tainá Alves.
10. @savemeteacher
Carla D’Elia, Mestre em Letras-Inglês pela USP, publica uma dica por dia.
11. @teacherdebora
Vídeos e stories para aprender inglês com a professora Débora Azevedo.
12. @timexplica
Vocabulário com o gringo Tim Cunningham.
Ganhe um e-book grátis para aprender inglês definitivamente
Aprender inglês não é um mistério. Mas não podemos negar existe sempre um “detalhe” que impede você de arrasar na hora de assistir séries e filmes sem legendas, manter uma conversa toda através do idioma ou conseguir um emprego melhor.
Com o “Aprender Inglês — O guia definitivo”, você poderá entender melhor o idioma, sem ficar “patinando” nas palavras. Basta fazer o download e começar a aprender pelo laptop, celular ou tablet gratuitamente.
São cinco princípios básicos para o aprendizado de idiomas definidos por Mairo Vergara, professor de inglês há mais de 10 anos e responsável pelo livro. E aí vão eles: tempo com o idioma; ler e escrever; entendimento; motivação; autonomia e atenção.
Essas orientações são fundamentais, começando por ele, o senhor da razão para entender inglês: o tempo! Passe o maior período possível lendo, falando, escutando e escrevendo o idioma. Isso vai além de uma ou duas horas por dia, tá?
Outra dica é entender antes de falar; e ler antes de escrever. Aos poucos, a motivação aumenta. E perceber que você está aprendendo é um dos melhores estímulos, acredite.
Para entender de uma vez por todas o idioma é necessário observar regras, estruturas, padrões, entre outras coisas que vão guiar seu conhecimento. Encaixar o que você aprende no dia a dia será simples e você vai perceber que é bem mais fácil do que imaginava.
E aí, pronto para dominar uma nova língua? Faça o download gratuito do “Como Aprender Inglês — O guia definitivo” e receba também outros materiais, dicas e sacadas de inglês através do cadastro.
Site oferece dicas on-line de pronúncia em inglês
A escola on-line Meu Inglês disponibiliza 26 aulas gratuitas de pronúncia de sílabas na língua inglesa.
São pequenos vídeos com explicações sobre o modo de falar certos fonemas que às vezes confundem os iniciantes. A professora ensina, por exemplo, as diferenças entre as pronúncias das vogais.
Com essa ajudinha, aprender a pronunciar os diferentes sons das letras e fonemas em inglês nunca foi tão fácil.
Para conferir as vídeo-aulas, basta acessar o site da escola Meu Inglês.
6 dicas para praticar seu inglês no seu tempo livre
Está com um tempinho livre? Mergulhar em métodos alternativos para treinar inglês pode ser, além de eficiente, super divertido.
O site Cambly separou algumas dicas para você potencializar seus estudos. Confira:
1. Ouça muita música
Não importa qual o seu estilo favorito, ouvir música em inglês ajuda a treinar o ouvido e a se acostumar com a pronúncia das palavras. Se você não sabe por onde começar, aplicativos como Spotify e Rdio trazem playlists gratuitas com músicas sugeridas.
2. Leve seus amigos a um PubCrawl ou a um bar que só fale inglês
Convencer os amigos a irem ao bar não é tarefa difícil, mas que tal transformar o evento em uma oportunidade de treinar uma nova língua?
O PubCrawl, tour por diversos bares e baladas em uma mesma noite com apenas um ingresso, é perfeito para conhecer pessoas de outras nacionalidades e se arriscar no inglês.
Além de São Paulo, o evento acontece também em Salvador e no Rio de Janeiro. Se você procura por algo mais leve, uma opção é o Little Igloo, bar no ABC Paulista onde a comunicação entre clientes e funcionários só acontecem em inglês.
3. Exercite-se em inglês
Cada vez mais comuns para aliviar o estresse, exercícios que cuidam da mente e do corpo acontecem em parques, academias ou centros especializados. Unir isso ao aprendizado de línguas é mais fácil do que imagina.
Um exemplo é a academia Dança CCC, no Rio de Janeiro, ministra aulas de samba e forró em inglês, para nativos e estrangeiros.
4. Chame os amigos para um jantar americano, irlandês ou canadense
Uma das coisas que mais definem a cultura de um país é sua comida. Por que não selecionar alguma receita diferente e chamar os amigos para um jantar no final de semana?
O British Food, Good Food American, entre muitos outros, ensinam receitas típicas, com vídeos e fotos ilustrativas. Vale arriscar, mesmo que com um dicionário do lado.
5. Assista série e filmes com legenda em inglês
Desde a infância, filmes e séries americanas têm feito parte da nossa rotina. Seriados mais antigos como “Friends” ou desenhos animados costumam ter uma linguagem mais simples, sem muitas gírias ou abreviações.
6. Use apps para bater um papo
Se a dificuldade em lidar com diferentes sotaques é grande, aplicativos podem ajudar na hora de aprender ou praticar.
O Cambly, por exemplo, permite interação via vídeo conferência com falantes nativos do idioma para aprimorar a compreensão da língua. Os tutores podem ser selecionados por assuntos ou simplesmente sorteados para um bate-papo.
Seleção de podcasts que vão te ajudar a melhorar o inglês
Uma das maneiras mais eficientes de melhorar o inglês é ouvir o idioma. E quanto mais, melhor! Seja através de músicas, filmes estrangeiros ou podcasts.
Essa última opção talvez seja uma das mais indicadas para quem tem pouco tempo. Dá para treinar o ouvido no ônibus, a caminho do trabalho, na espera do dentista ou mesmo enquanto trabalha. Só colocar os fones de ouvido e pronto!
Fizemos uma seleção de alguns podcasts que podem te ajudar bastante nesses momentos. Confira:
Na rua, no ônibus, na viagem: aplicativos gratuitos para testar e aprender inglês
Está cada vez mais fácil aprender outros idiomas sem gastar. São inúmeros sites, aplicativos e ferramentas. A dificuldade é saber qual deles usar.
Por isso, selecionamos dois dos muitos que valem a pena.
O primeiro é o Speak English. Ele conta os tópicos: pronúncia, inglês básico, entrevista de emprego, apresentações e serviço de apoio ao cliente.
E, para quem deseja melhorar o inglês, vale a pena usar apps para testar e aprimorar a língua.
Um bom exemplo é o English Grammar Test. O aplicativo oferece aulas diárias gratuitas, exercícios e chats com populares por meio de canais de mídia social.
Mais aplicativos para turbinar seus verbos em inglês
Que tal aprimorar muito seus verbos em inglês? Separamos ideias imperdíveis para quem quer deixar a língua perfeita com a ajuda de um smartphone ou tablet.
São aplicativos que funcionam em diversas plataformas. E o melhor, de forma gratuita e muita prática. Aprenda tempos distintos dos verbos e muitas dicas sobre o idioma. Veja os aplicativos a seguir:
Verbos em inglês;
Exam English;
English Irregular Verbs;
VidaLingua Dictionaries for Android Phones & Tablets.
Site seleciona ferramentas on-line para estudar inglês para o Enem
A Universia Brasil selecionou diversas ferramentas on-line para estudar e aprender inglês. Você pode aproveitar para se preparar melhor para o Enem ou para aprimorar seus conhecimentos no idioma.
Estudantes podem encontrar aplicativos, vídeos, cursos, simulados, entre outros. Confira a lista:
Canais do YouTube
1 – British Council LearnEnglishAprenda desde frases básicas até a gramática da língua inglesa com o canal do British Council.
2 – EnglishLessons4UO canal é feito pela professora Ronnie. O objetivo é ensinar de forma simples e prática a cultura e a gramática inglesa.
3 – ESL BasicsSe você tem pressa de aprender, o ESL pode ser o canal ideal: seus vídeos curtos e objetivos ensinam expressões típicas e cultura norte-americana.
Aplicativos
4 – KidiomsO Kidioms usa um caderno interativo. Apresenta uma palavra, o significado e um exemplo aplicado numa frase.
5 – WordbookO Wordbook é um dicionário que pode ajudá-lo a compreender palavras e expressões com maior facilidade.
6 – PrepositionBuilderVocê tem dificuldade para usar as preposições da língua inglesa na forma correta? O PrepositionBuilderajuda a colocá-las em frases.
7 – LinguaLeoAprenda inglês por meio de vídeos, músicas e diversos materiais dinâmicos e interativos!
8 – BabbelAumente o seu vocabulário: o Babbel possui cerca de 3 mil palavras acompanhadas de textos e imagens a fim de melhorar o seu entendimento.
9 – DuolingoO Duolingo oferece cursos não só de inglês, mas também de vários idiomas. Nele, é possível aprender por meio de jogos com áudios, exercícios e textos, que conforme são desempenhados conferem pontos aos jogadores.
10 – Rosetta StoneTreine a sua pronúncia em inglês e mais 14 línguas com o Rosetta Stone.
11 – VoxyO Voxy possui aulas personalizadas de acordo com o nível do idioma de cada um e a finalidade do aprendizado, como viagens ou testes de proficiência.
12 – Speak EnglishMelhore o seu entendimento e a sua pronúncia em inglês com esse aplicativo que oferece diversos áudios.
13 – Na Ponta da LínguaPrecisa de um tradutor? O Na Ponta da Língua traduz palavras em 6 idiomas diferentes.
14 – MindsnacksMelhore o seu vocabulário por meio dos jogos do Mindsnacks.
Sites
15 – LexipediaEncontre sinônimos em inglês: basta digitar uma palavra e, em seguida, ver os verbos, substantivos, adjetivos e advérbios que têm conexão com a palavra.
16 – Snappy WordsQuer entender em qual contexto certa palavra pode ser usada? O Snappy Words mostra a aplicação de palavras em frases e textos.
17 – Word HippoSe você quer ampliar o seu vocabulário, esse site pode ser de grande ajuda: ao escrever uma palavra, ele encontra frases de exemplo, antônimos, sinônimos e rimas!
18 – WordnikO Wordnik pega referências de vários dicionários, além de usar notícias para explicar o significado de palavras.
19 – WordleO Wordle ajuda você a entender o contexto de um texto identificando quais são as palavras mais usadas.
20 – TagxedoCrie nuvens de palavras em inglês com o Tagxedo!
21 – VocabAheadNo VocabAhead você clica numa palavra e um vídeo explica a sua definição e a aplicação numa frase.
22 – Free RiceAjude a acabar com a fome no mundo enquanto aprende inglês! No Free Rice, você deve conectar cada palavra ao seu respectivo significado. Quando você acerta, 10 grãos de arroz são doados a um programa que combate a fome no mundo.
23 – WordReferenceNo WordReference, você digita uma palavra e descobre sua tradução direta, outros significados, aplicações em frases e pronúncia.
24 – MemriseNo Memrise, palavras e imagens são associadas e a cada acerto a pessoa ganha pontos.
25 – QuizletO Quizlet é um site de testes de várias disciplinas, inclusive o inglês. Acesse!
Cursos on-line
26 – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)O MIT tem cursos on-line para quem deseja aprimorar o inglês. Procure os cursos por tópico: escolha “Humanities” e, em seguida, “Language”. Depois basta escolher o curso que atenda às suas expectativas.
27 – Purdue University Writing LabA Purdue University Writing Lab tem mais de 200 recursos on-line. O site pode ajudá-lo a aprender o inglês formal.
28 – OpenCourseWare ConsortiumO OpenCourseWare Consortium reúne cursos sobre vários assuntos, inclusive a língua inglesa.
29 – BBC LanguagesO BBC Languages oferece jogos, exercícios e materiais audiovisuais para que você melhore o seu domínio em inglês e vários outros idiomas.
30 – EnglishtownO site promete que com 5 minutos por dia dedicados ao curso de inglês você aprenderá o idioma facilmente. Tente!
31 – Learn English OnlineO site oferece lições dos níveis intermediaries aos avançados, além de dicas de pronúncia.
32 – USA LearnsO USA Learns é um curso de inglês que oferece vídeos e exercícios para que você treine e melhore o seu domínio do idioma.
33 – Zap EnglishO Zap English é um site cuja estrutura é toda em português, o que pode facilitar a sua navegação. Nele, você pode ampliar o seu conhecimento da língua inglesa por meio de textos, letras de músicas, frases e questionários.
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Versos cortos para enamorar y dedicar a esa persona que tanto amas y quisieras que este a tu lado toda la vida,es una persona tan especial en tu vida,son hermosas frases para que te ayuden a enamorar con seguridad y puedan estar por siempre juntos y puedan unir sus corazones eternamente. los corazones cuando están destinados a estar juntos entonces Solo dejen correr el latido de su corazón con la persona que quieres para toda la vida,después que vas enamorarte quisieras seguir el paso siguiente es casarte y tener tus hermosos bebes, pero para eso debes comprender a tu pareja y tener mucho amor y sinceridad.Puedes descargarla y puedes compartirlas en las redes sociales.
Estamos solos porque no juntamos nuestros corazones.
Versos cortos para enamorar y dedicar
Nuestros corazones están solo, porque no unirlos y hacer un solo corazón.
Nuestros corazones van de la mano con la sinceridad de la vida.
Un amor como el nuestro nunca se podrá acabar.
Tu corazón late con la fuerza y derrotara a la persona que quiere separarnos.
Al tenerte a mi lado mi corazón sigue latiendo como la primera vez que te vi.
Tu corazón es tan tierno como el algodoncito de un tierno peluche.
Nuestras manos se unieron desde que tú me miraste con esos ojos hermosos.
Nuestra vida está destinada a estar juntos por el resto de nuestras vidas.
Así como la luna y el sol se juntan y tienen estrellitas nosotros nos unimos y tenemos muchas maripositas cuando nos encontramos.
La razón de mi vida es que mi corazón lata al ritmo de tu mirada y la mía.
La vida nos enseñó que debemos ser fuertes con el corazón que nadie nos haga daño.
Tú y yo, mi corazón y el tuyo se harán más fuerte cuando estemos juntos el resto se nuestras vidas
Nunca hagas llorar a este corazón porque si no mi alma se alejara de tu vida completamente.
Por más que haya personas que quieres separarnos jamás podrán con nuestros corazones.
Mi mente y mi alma están conectadas con mi corazón para que lata por tu amor.
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At Boboli Gardens for a morning look around the gardens in Florence. It was a very hot morning in Florence. A bit dehydrating!
The Amphitheatre at Boboli Gardens.
The Boboli Gardens (Italian: Giardino di Boboli) is a park in Florence, Italy, that is home to a collection of sculptures dating from the 16th through the 18th centuries, with some Roman antiquities.
The Gardens, directly behind the Pitti Palace, the main seat of the Medici grand dukes of Tuscany at Florence, are some of the first and most familiar formal 16th-century Italian gardens. The mid-16th-century garden style, as it was developed here, incorporated longer axial developments, wide gravel avenues, a considerable "built" element of stone, the lavish employment of statuary and fountains, and a proliferation of detail, coordinated in semi-private and public spaces that were informed by classical accents: grottos, nympheums, garden temples and the like. The openness of the garden, with an expansive view of the city, was unconventional for its time. The gardens were very lavish, considering no access was allowed to anyone outside the immediate Medici family, and no entertainment or parties ever took place in the gardens.
The Boboli Gardens were laid out for Eleonora di Toledo, the wife of Cosimo I de' Medici. The name is a curruption of "Bogoli", a family from whom land had been bought to construct the garden. The first stage was scarcely begun by Niccolò Tribolo before he died in 1550, then was continued by Bartolomeo Ammanati, with contributions in planning from Giorgio Vasari, who laid out the grottos, and in sculpture by Bernardo Buontalenti. The elaborate architecture of the grotto in the courtyard that separates the palace from its garden is by Buontalenti.
The garden lacks a natural water source. To water the plants in the garden, a conduit was built from the nearby Arno River to feed water into an elaborate irrigation system.
The primary axis, centered on the rear façade of the palace, rises on Boboli Hill from a deep amphitheater that is reminiscent in its shape of one half of a classical hippodrome or racecourse. At the center of the amphitheater and rather dwarfed by its position is the Ancient Egyptian Boboli obelisk brought from the Villa Medici at Rome. This primary axis terminates in a fountain of Neptune (known to the irreverent Florentines as the "Fountain of the Fork" for Neptune's trident), with the sculpture of Neptune by Stoldo Lorenzi visible against the skyline as a visitor climbs the slope.
Giulio Parigi laid out the long secondary axis, the Viottolone or Cyprus Road at a right angle to the primary axis. This road led up through a series of terraces and water features, the main one being the Isolotto complex, with the bosquets on either side, and then allowed for exit from the gardens almost at Porta Romana, which was one of the main gates of the walled city. In 1617, Parigi constructed the Grotto of Vulcan (Grotticina di Vulcano) along this axis.
The gardens have passed through several stages of enlargement and restructuring work. They were enlarged in the 17th century to their present extent of 45,000 meters² (111 acres). The Boboli Gardens have come to form an outdoor museum of garden sculpture that includes Roman antiquities as well as 16th and 17th century works.
In the first phase of building, the amphitheatre was excavated in the hillside behind the palace. Initially formed by clipped edges and greens, it was later formalized by rebuilding in stone decorated with statues based on Roman myths such as the Fountain of the Ocean sculpted by Giambologna, then transferred to another location within the same garden. The small Grotto of Madama, and the Large Grotto, were begun by Vasari and completed by Ammannati and Buontalenti between 1583 and 1593.
Even while undergoing restoration work in 2015, the Large Grotto's statues are still on display and represent defining examples of Mannerist sculpture and architecture. Decorated internally and externally with stalactites and originally equipped with waterworks and luxuriant vegetation, the fountain is divided into three main sections. The first one was frescoed to create the illusion of a natural grotto, that is a natural refuge to allow shepherds to protect themselves from wild animals; it originally housed The Prisoners of Michelangelo (now replaced by copies), statues that were first intended for the tomb of the Pope Julius II. Other rooms in the Grotto contain Giambologna's famous Bathing Venus and an 18th-century group of Paris and Helen by Vincenzo de' Rossi.
The Boboli obelisk, previously called the Obelisco Mediceo, is an ancient Egyptian granite obelisk, which was moved in the 18th century from Rome to Florence, where it was erected in the Boboli Gardens.
The granite from which the obelisk is carved comes from Aswan and the inscriptions are dedicated to Atum, the deity of the city of Heliopolis. It is suspected to have been first erected in that city during the reign of Ramesses II. In the first century AD, it was moved to Rome by Domitian and placed in the Temple of Isis in the Campus Martius, along with three other obelisks still in Rome: the Obelisk at the Monument to those fallen at Dogali, the Obelisk of Piazza of the Pantheon, and the obelisk in front of Santa Minerva.
In the sixteenth century, Cardinal Ferdinand I de' Medici bought the 6-metre high obelisk in Rome and placed it in the gardens of the Villa Medici. When the Grand Duke Peter Leopold of Lorraine became Grand-Duke of Tuscany, he transferred to Florence many of the artworks in the Villa Medici. In 1788 he moved the obelisk, which weighed 9000 kilograms, travelling to first to Livorno, then by land to Florence. The voyage took four months. He also moved the Ancient Roman basin made of granite that had been associated with the obelisk in the Villa Medici.
It was erected near the center of the Amphitheatre of the Boboli Gardens in 1790, along the main axis leading away from the palace. In 1840, the granite basin, originally thought to derive from the Terme Alessandrine found in the Campo Martius of Rome, was also included in front of the obelisk. The arrangement was designed by Pasquale Poccianti. The obelisk is surmounted by a gilded orb and the base has four turtles. Both these accoutrements were present in Rome.
Underlying the traditional solar winged scarab to the top of the obelisk you can read the name and the first name of Ramesses II, from which the obelisk was erected. Entries, which are its titles, read: "Grand Master, powerful in all countries, the King, the Son of Tum and intelligent son of Atum." The King is also called "loved" by Tum and Ra, and this shows that the obelisk is directly from Heliopolis, the city of the "Sun" (Ra).
Taken at 1.5:1 and focus stacked from 5 pics, stigma and anthers in a rhodadendron bloom
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Toyworld Unearth (who is in no way related the transformers character Scavenger)
and Generation Toys Scraper (who is certainly not in any way, shape or form the Decepticon Scrapper).
I love finding boxes I remember - and I remember this Alpha-Bits box & it's free calculator very well. I'm pretty sure I had the blue one. What else but cereal could get you excited about a plastic calculator?
Note: This box is not for sale.
Having finished L attention turns to Bristol FS convertible, parts of which arrived from Iain on Saturday seen with Roy Finney wheels. Iain has fabricated very carefully so that I'll be able to remove convertible top like the real Bristol Omnibus ones.
Faerie Bits ~ Faerie Spun Dreads are gorgeous, felted handspun yarn additions to my line of dreadlocks for a fantastical fae embellishment! These are made from amazing, bulky handspun art yarns spun by me :) These look amazing worked into a braid!
We had our January break in Nice this year. This is our combined Christmas and Jayne’s birthday present, which suits me as I can ignore Christmas and no presents to buy. A good result all round. We knew that the weather was forecast to be bad for at least three days which was a bit depressing but there’s nothing you can do about it. We flew from Liverpool, a nice little airport, landed in heavy rain – and it rained almost non-stop for three days. South East France suffered flooding, landslips, airlifts – and deaths! Home from home. Despite having walking gear, waterproofs etc., I had to buy an umbrella. I have never seen as many people with umbrellas, even the young lads had them. They are obviously used to rain – but without the wind to rip the brolly to shreds.
Nice has a pebble beach, the sea was rough on arrival but what we realised later, was that the pebbles were three foot deep on top of the concrete bases that the hotels across the road have bars, settees and tables set up on. For a couple of days tracked Bobcats moved hundreds of tonnes on pebbles, later in the week there were carpets and immaculately laid tables set out on the beach every day, even in January. Every day people swam in the sea and in some cases sunbathed. The temperature peaked at 15C but with the lack of wind it was pleasant, at times though it was cold and snow appeared overnight on the distant mountains, the beginning of the Southern Alps I think.
We walked over 90 miles in seven days and for three days in pouring rain, weighing up the photo possibilities, with the intentions of going back when the weather picked up. On Monday, day four, things improved, on Tuesday and Wednesday it was gorgeous, Thursday was duller. If we had had better weather we would have visited Cannes and Monaco etc. but as it was we stayed within walking distance of Nice. We walked up Castle Hill ( Colline du Chateau) several times in different weather, likewise Mont Boron and Mont Alban. The views were stunning. A peninsula below us was Cap Ferrat and we had an epic day out there, over twenty miles including the 14 Km path around the entire peninsula – the second most expensive place in the world to buy a home apparently. The gates on the driveway would cost more than a small house in Huddersfield. A beautiful place though.
We went to the old Town (Vieux Nice), Cimiez, Villefranche-sur-Mer, the fantastic Russian Cathedral, Pretty much everywhere it was worth walking in the time we had. We walked from 8.30 am until 8.30 pm with barstops for a glass or two of French wine – got to keep it civilised! I had a pretty heavy backpack on with my camera gear and waterproofs etc.
All in all we had a great time but! I made a big mistake, I inadvertently put an 8 Gb CF card back in my camera, formatted it - without checking what was on it – and put another 250 photos on it. I realised when I got home that there was a problem. These photos were the best of the trip, Our second visit to the Russian Cathedral, it was closed the first time, in stunning light, and no crowds. I spotted a giant Cumulonimbus over the snow covered mountains, just as the sun was setting and turning it pink and orange. It was similar to the one I photographed at home recently, A photo of which was on the BBC weather coincidentally. I couldn’t believe my luck, the only way I could get a view of it was by taking a ride on the giant Ferris wheel nearby. We ran to it and they took us around five times, each time I fired away and got some fantastic photos – all gone! At the time I was extremely disappointed but you have to put these things in perspective – it’s nobody’s life. We were there for a break and a change of scenery and we got it, the photos make the trip for me but I still have a thousand great photos, there might have to be a next time though.
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YOU FLEW OUTTA CHRISTCHURCH bring the whole CROSS doen on you they had themselves a EARTHQUAKE in sensorealms
Walpurgis Night (Walpurgisnacht) is a traditional spring festival on 30 April or 1 May in large parts of Central and Northern Europe. It is often celebrated with dancing and bonfires. It is exactly six months from All Hallows' Eve.
The current festival is, in most countries that celebrate it, named after the English missionary Saint Walpurga (ca. 710–777/9). As Walpurga was canonized on 1 May (ca. 870),[1] she became associated with May Day, especially in the Finnish and Swedish calendars.[2] The eve of May Day, traditionally celebrated with dancing, came to be known as Walpurgisnacht ("Walpurga's night"). The name of the holiday is Walpurgisnacht in German and Dutch, Valborgsmässoafton in Swedish, Vappu in Finnish, Volbriöö, (Walpurgi öö) in Estonian, Valpurgijos naktis in Lithuanian, Valpurģu nakts or Valpurģi in Latvian, čarodějnice or Valpuržina noc in Czech, chódotypalenje Lower Sorbian and chodojtypalenje in Upper Sorbian.
The German term is recorded in 1668 by Johannes Praetorius (writer) (de)[3] as S. Walpurgis Nacht or S. Walpurgis Abend. An earlier mention of Walpurgis and S. Walpurgis Abend is in the 1603 edition of the Calendarium perpetuum of Johann Coler,[4] who also refers to the following day, 1 May, as Jacobi Philippi, feast day of the apostles James the Less and Philip in the Catholic calendar.
The 17th century German tradition of a meeting of sorcerers and witches on May Day is influenced by the descriptions of Witches' Sabbaths in 15th and 16th century literature
My love for Pilani birds seems to be increasing day by day!!!
Another bird captured through my lens .Metering the bird was quite difficult because of bright background.Anyways,got a decent result at last.
Have no idea what the name of bird is :-(
Have a nice day :-)
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