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Die blaue Blume
Ich suche die blaue Blume,
Ich suche und finde sie nie,
Mir träumt, dass in der Blume
Mein gutes Glück mir blüh.
Ich wandre mit meiner Harfe
Durch Länder, Städt und Au'n,
Ob nirgends in der Runde
Die blaue Blume zu schaun.
Ich wandre schon seit lange,
Hab lang gehofft, vertraut,
Doch ach, noch nirgends hab ich
Die blaue Blum geschaut.
Joseph von Eichendorff
(1818)
Die Sprechblase / Magazin-Reihe
cover: Hansrudi Wäscher
Norbert Hethke Verlag (Deutschland; 1986)
ex libris MTP
Die Antwoord live @ Rock In Roma.
Roma 21/06/2014
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Die Söldner / Heft-Reihe
Misstrauen gegen Vertrauen
art: Achim Danz
Norbert Dargatz Verlag (Deutschland; 1986)
ex libris MTP
Die Rothaut / Wildwestroman
Der Fluch des Feuerwassers
cover: Rudolf Sieber-Lonati
Erich Pabel Verlag
(Rastatt/Deutschland; 1961)
ex libris MTP
Die Schlümpfe / Album-Reihe
Schlumpfige Geschichten
art: Peyo
Carlsen Verlag (Hamburg / Deutschland; 1981)
Copyright: S.E.P.P. (Brüssel / Belgien; 1976) und Peyo
ex libris MTP
Lutherstadt Wittenberg
Auf Tour mit
Marion
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlosskirche_(Lutherstadt_Wittenberg)
©AVucha 2014
News article obtained from the Chicago Tribune:
Johnsburg, Illinois: A boating trip turned deadly Sunday afternoon for a Melrose Park man taking in Pistakee Lake in northwest suburban Johnsburg, officials said.
Preliminary autopsy results indicate the victim, 49-year-old William L. Trybula, died of drowning, according to a statement from the McHenry County coroner. Toxicology tests are pending, according to the statement.
McHenry Township Fire Protection District Battalion Chief Mike Majercik earlier said the victim was from Stone Park. He was pronounced dead at 5:05 p.m. at Centegra Northern Illinois Medical Center in McHenry, Majercik said.
According to an earlier statement from the coroner, the victim was found submerged in Pistakee Bay.
The victim was aboard a 23-foot Baja power boat with two other men and the friends stopped about 3:45 p.m. to take a swim. Two of them jumped into the water and the third stayed on the boat but turned off the engine. They were about 300 feet out in front of a home in the 4000 block of Pitzen Road in the village of Johnsburg, said Majercik.
One man swam back to bring his wallet to the boat but by that time, his friend was nowhere to be seen.
"They looked for the person in the water and could not find him,"’ Majercik said. "It was very windy."
Someone from the nearby home called 911 and about 10 different departments rushed to the scene with about 20 divers. One of the first responders, from a fire boat from Fox Lake, spotted a body floating in about 4 feet of water and rushed to him. But as they were hoisting him up about 4:30 p.m., their boat took on water and capsized, Majercik said.
Another boat got there quickly and the victim was place into an ambulance and taken to the hospital.
Majercik said the other two friends, one possibly from Chicago and the other from Schiller Park, were not injured. None of them were wearing life jackets.
Mark Adams, of Paradise Financial Partners nearby at 520 Bald Knob Rd., saw rescue workers on boats pull the man's body from the water.
"They took the body away in an ambulance," Adams said. The rescue boat flipped during the recovery, he said.
Adams said multiple towns responded with divers but crews were picking up and leaving about 5:15 p.m.
Lt. James Popovits of the McHenry County Sheriff's Office said Monday morning his agency will conduct an investigation of the incident.
Der Morteratschgletscher ist ein Alpen-Gletscher in der Berninagruppe im Kanton Graubünden in der Schweiz. Wie nahezu alle Alpengletscher ist auch der Morteratschgletscher im Rahmen der globalen Erwärmung von umfassendem Schwund betroffen; so verkürzte er sich zwischen 1900 und 2017 um etwa 2500 Meter. (Wikipedia)
Die Antwoord live @ Rock In Roma.
Roma 21/06/2014
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Nachdem die RB 75 von den 1440ern der HLB übernommen wurde, fahren die Baureihen 114 bzw 143 inzwischen nur noch die RE/RB 20 und 50 Leistungen. Und auf der Main-Lahn Bahn werden ab Dezember 2021 TRAXX die DoStos ziehen. Dann wird Kinzigtalbahn die einzige Strecke im Rhein-Main Gebiet sein, auf der die Trabbis noch fahren.
Grabplatte des Grafen von Gleichen
mit seinen beiden Frauen
im Erfurter Dom
Der Graf von Gleichen - eine Legende
Ein Graf von Gleichen, den viele Leute in Erfurt gekannt haben, hatte mit seiner Gemahlin ein ehrbares Leben geführt. Als er an einem Krieg gegen die Türken teilnahm, wurde er in einem Treffen gefangen genommen und vom Sultan in die Türkei geführt. Nachdem er dort längere Zeit in Gefangenschaft zugebracht hatte und zu anstrengenden ländlichen Arbeiten verwendet worden war, sah ihn die Tochter des Sultans, als sie lustwandelte, trat sogleich an ihn heran und fragte ihn, auf welche Weise er dorthin gekommen wäre? Wie sie sich mit ihm unterhielt, wurde sie von seiner Gestalt und Gewandtheit so eingenommen, dass sie von Liebe ergriffen wurde. Sie machte ihm deshalb den Vorschlag, ihn gegen das Versprechen der Ehe aus der Gefangenschaft zu befreien und mit ihm in seine Heimat zu fliehen. Als der Graf hierauf entgegnete, dass er bereits eine Gemahlin und Kinder in seiner Heimat besäße, antwortete sie ihm, das könnte kein Hindernis sein, weil die türkische Sitte es mit sich brächte, dass ein Mann zwei oder mehrere Frauen hätte. Auf diese Äußerung hin erklärte sich der Graf gern einverstanden und versprach ihr Treue.
Die Sultanstochter bewirkte hierauf sofort seine Befreiung und ging mit ihm davon. In Venedig fand er einen seiner Diener, der ihn schon lange gesucht hatte und von dem er erfuhr, dass es seiner Gemahlin wie den Kindern und der übrigen Familie wohl erginge. Nachdem der Graf das vernommen hatte, begab er sich nach Rom und trug den ganzen Verlauf der Sache dem Papste vor, wie er nämlich der Sultanstochter Treue gelobt hätte, um seinen Leib zu retten, nicht aber aus Begehrlichkeit und Sinneslust. Der Papst erteilte ihm deshalb Freiheit und Vergebung, ließ ihm auch einen Ablassbrief ausfertigen, worauf der Graf in seine Heimat zurückkehrte.
Die Gattin nahm den Heimgekehrten mit Freuden wieder an, ohne sich durch dessen Verhältnis zur türkischen Fürstin verletzt zu fühlen, vielmehr widmete sie dieser, der sie ja den Besitz des teuren Gemahls verdankte, innige Liebe. Die Fürstin fügte sich auch ihrerseits leicht in die Gräfin, sodass beide in der größten Freundschaft und ohne allen Zwiespalt das Leben miteinander verbrachten. Gott aber, der diese Ehe gnädig gestattete, beglückte die wahre oder frühere Gemahlin mit reichem Kindersegen, während der türkischen Fürstin Kinder versagt blieben; doch zog diese gleich einer Dienerin die Kinder der Gräfin auf und pflegte sie mit treuer Liebe.
Die Grabplatte des Grafen von Gleichen mit seinen beiden Frauen, die Fürstin mit einer marmorne Krone geschmückt, die Gräfin mit unbedecktem Haupte und mit ihren Kindern zu ihren Füßen, befindet sich heute im Erfurter Dom.
Christian Dior store, in Paris, on Avenue Montaigne. One of the most beautiful stores in the world, exterior and interior!
If you’re interested in my stories about Paris, please feel free to visit my blog French Mademoiselle:
Story time! Grab a cup of tea, it might be long.
So, my town has organized outdoors shows for the second time this summer. Shows are held every Thursday evening on a raised platform over a canal, and they invite a variety of artists, including dancers from the Paris Opera Ballet. Obviously, it is a big deal for ballet lovers, and this year I was particularly excited because I couldn't go last year; I had just had surgery when the ballet show was scheduled, and I had to stay in bed. A friend shared videos live while it was happening and it was beautiful, but of course I was quite disappointed and all the more impatient this year.
This time, I arrived very early to secure a spot as close to the stage as possible, and my friend joined me soon after. The first part of the show was danced by pre-professional and professional dancers from a local school, who did really well (the ballerina in red bowing in my previous photo was one of them).
The second part was the dancers from the Paris Opera. We had been increasingly looking at the sky all day and all through the first part of the show, because a big thunderstorm had been announced, but we didn't know when it would start. Sure enough, as the nine dancers climbed the stairs to the stage, we started seeing a few drops. They did a little opening dance together, then the first two dancers remained alone, they started dancing, and... the rain increased. A LOT. They tried a few steps, then they stopped and left the stage while an off-stage voice announced that they would wait 10 minutes and see if the rain stopped. 10, 20, 30 minutes passed. The dancers visibly did not want to give up, and the audience certainly didn't want to lose hope either. You have to imagine, the stage is in the middle of this part of the canal, and the four sides were absolutely packed with people. Eventually, we noticed that the rain was decreasing and it finally stopped. But the stage was literally a lake by that point.
That's when things became surreal. Remember, the rain had been forecast all day, and even the day before. But nothing had been provided to clean the stage if it rained during the show. A few brooms were provided by cafés and others shops nearby, but only a couple of volunteers from the city were there to help. So... the dancers had to mop the stage. I'm telling you, it was absolutely surreal, and also an absolute shame. Ballerinas in tutus and beautiful dresses, their pointes safely hidden in warm boots, male dancers barefoot in contemporary or classical costumes, mopping the stage with borrowed brooms, a few banners and even tee-shirts. The audience was furious that the organizers had not provided anything and were letting prestigious dancers do the work themselves, at their own risks. We were also not sure if we should be hopeful, because when the dancers tried a few steps, they looked quite doubtful.
But, eventually and to immense applause, one of the dancers took the mike and announced that they would not dance all the ballets in the programme, and of course they would adapt their steps so as not to take risks... but they would dance! A few pieces were not danced, and an extract from Swan Lake was danced in soft shoes, not pointe shoes, for obvious reasons. But the very first ballet was The Dying Swan in this picture, and she did keep her pointe shoes on. And it was... purely magical. The Dying Swan is not very technical (although the pointe part is not as easy as it looks), but it requires grace, incredible arm movements, and pure emotion. The audience were so spellbound, we all fell quiet during the whole ballet. I still have shivers thinking about it.
The other pieces were also amazing, and the finale earned a well-deserved ovation. We left almost reluctantly, not wanting the show to be done. It was supposed to be followed by illuminations of a nearby monument, but my friend and I decided to go home... and it was a wise decision, because I had barely opened the door of my apartment when it started pouring outside. It was a huge thunderstorm, with violent winds and three times more rain as in a usual month of July. All in all, it was a memorable evening!