thegoodfellas/blogset-br huggingface dataset:
The Hound and La Bete: Cryptozoological Investigations in British Fiction and French FilmIn Conan Doyles 1906 classic novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles, the detective Sherlock Holmes investigates the existence of a mythical hound in the haunting moorlands of Dartmoor, Southwest England. Not for a moment however does Holmes consider the hound to be directed by anything but the hand of Man, a cunning adversary at best, a depraved lunatic more likely. To Conan Doyle and his agent, the ever-skeptical Sherlock Holmes, Man is the only true monster we must fear. Still this terrific novel, and the story behind the story, can be seen as a record of a double-sided crytozoological investigation, one begun by the author Arthur Conan Doyle and another concluded by his protagonist, Sherlock Holmes. We know that Doyles novel was based upon folk tales told him by his friend, Bertram Fletcher. Doyles own investigation of the Cornish hounds of hell leads him to create a popular thriller in which his capable hero debunks the existence of real monsters in favor of the human agent behind them.The 2001 film, Brotherhood of the Wolf, treats similar subject matter in a similar way. News of a ferocious beast preying upon the innocent French country folk of Gevaudan compels the authorities to dispatch an investigator, nobleman and pre-Darwinian naturalist, Gregoire de Fronsac, to find and kill the beast of Gevaudan. Once again the principles of scientific investigation and Holmesian skepticism are brought to bear against the terror of a supernatural monster. Once again the existence of any real monster is rejected from start to finish and the hand of Man is declared the madness behind the mayhem. De Fronsacs crytozoological investigation, just like that of Sherlock Holmes, results in the debunking of a myth beneath the magnifying glass of enlightened reason. The creators of Brotherhood of the Wolf took inspiration from the true history of a wave of killings which swept the French countryside during the reign of Louis XV (c. 1764) and which were thought to be the doings of some werewolf-type monster or gigantic wolf. But whether La Bete de Gevaudan was a rabid wolf (or wolves), or historical serial killer, was never determined. One day the killings just stopped, and the mystery remains to this day. Fiction can so easily be made more fantastic than fact. But fiction is not born without the facts it is based upon. Is there anything more to these stories that we might investigate today? Certainly they offer up fantastic food for thought. The picturesque countrysides of Dartmoor and Gevaudan are certainly atmospheric and evocative destinations. These stories invite us to explore the folklore, history and resulting fiction of two very interesting phenomena. In fiction Holmes and De Fronsac may have found no real monsters but themselves, but in real life what might we find? Would that our own investigations were as exciting and as entertaining as the creation of these memorable fictions. And why shouldnt they be? Other beasts to investigate include the Loch Ness Monster, the Yeti (or Sasquatch) and the Lions
The NEW Revolution We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men arecreated equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienableRights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--Thatto secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving theirjust powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form ofGovernment becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People toalter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundationon such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shallseem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.- United StatesDeclaration of IndependenceThe NEW revolution is against the tyrannyand apathy of recent decades and previous generations. We harken back to theLOVE of the 1960s and the BROTHERHOOD of the 1980s. Born and coming of age in these times we now callourselves to (join) ARMS against what has been denied us despite our goodwill,our innocence and even our ignorance. Westupidly thought our parents were opening doors for us towards a brighter, moreegalitarian future. And we let ourselves believe we wouldnt have to work toohard to insure that future. How could wethink that we wouldnt have to actually work for it? Some of us did realizewed have to work for Glory but not enough of us. Most of us mistook theapparent progress of a few for something more positive than what it really was.Look what that got us. Science may have made life better but Technology hasnt.Its made prisoners of most of our generation and seems to have alreadyimprisoned most of the newest generation. WE at least know what were missingthough. The newest generation has no idea. They have been born into a state oftechnology-induced dumbness. The present fascination with Zombies is aperfect reflection of the current state of affairs, only most of us ARE thezombies and few are the survivors! Weve been zombie-fied by our owncomplacency. Are there enough survivors left to fight now or just morezombies on the way to mix with the other zombies? How do we shake ourselves awake again? Can werekindle in our children the tiny spark of passion that must (hopefully) stillbe within them? Isnt the ideal of the Noble Savage something innate to all menand women? Isnt that what makes us human, the desire to break free of ourchains and reach- even if only partially or unsuccessfully- towards a stateof Beauty (Perfection)? The road is, after all, more important than the destination.Do we not hope for, in the few moments of silence we allow ourselves these days,a better world, a cleaner world, and a more just world?MY generation- lets call it "6080"- cannotgive up now just because we have reached 50. Too many of us have. And too fewof us are left to, if not exactly pass the torch, inspire our still-bornchildren and guide our species once again towards loftier and more worthyheights. The Kennedy Assassination: Final Thoughts?Lee Harvey Oswald, the supposed lone shooter of President John F Kennedy on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas claimed to be a patsy after
he was arrested. Was he involved in some way, big or small, in a conspiracy to kill JFK? Was he a loner in search of infamy? Or was he truly ignorant of a plot to kill the president and innocent of all charges? Eyewitness testimony claims Oswald did not watch the presidents motorcade, let alone shoot at it, that fateful day in Dallas. He was seen in the Texas School Book Depository lunchroom before AND after the shooting and appeared calm and collected. But when he did finally leave the TSDB after the president was shot- the only employee to do so- why did he collect an automatic pistol he owned at his rented room and make his way to a Dallas movie theater where he was ultimately arrested and charged with shooting a Dallas Police Officer, J.D. Tippett? What were his plans? Why did he not stay at home if he was not involved in the assassination of the president? Why was he rambling about town with a gun in his possession? Did he shoot PO J.D.Tippet? And, if so, why? Later in the Dallas Police Department he looks composed albeit apprehensive and anxious. But is he an innocent caught up in the whirlwind of the crime of the century, the ultimate being in the wrong place at the wrong time? Or is he a cool, calculating killer? The evidence suggests he was involved in something, but what exactly?What is the path of Oswalds Carcano carbine rifle from mail order purchase to TSBD building snipers nest? How did the gun get there? Apparently in a package described by Oswald himself as containing curtain rod packages. What is the ballistics and forensics evidence linking Oswald to this rifle? Order form, palm print and fiber analysis, ballistics? Was it ever confirmed as the rifle used to shoot President Kennedy? Apparently, yes.And what is the history behind Oswalds automatic pistol? When did he obtain that? A separate mail order, apparently. Was it ever confirmed as the pistol used to kill DPO Tippett? Apparently Oswalds gun was fully loaded still (with 6 bullets?) and had not been fired that day. And Tippet was apparently shot with a revolver and not an automatic.Whoever shot President Kennedy knew the motorcade route would pass around Dealey Plaza, below the TSDB and in front of the Grassy Knoll. The route was only made public in local newspapers on NOV 18. Prior to that the Secret Service agents-in-charge of Dallas operations had been informed of the proposed Dallas visit by the White House on NOV 4 and began making motorcade plans on NOV 8. The motorcade route was put together primarily by secret service agent Forrest Sorrells and ________ Lawson and included two slow turns from Main Street onto Houston Street and then onto Elm Street below the TSBD. Why did the secret service plan such a route which in hindsight was so obviously dangerous? After all the route presented the shooter or shooters of JFK with a made-to-order shooting gallery. Oswald would certainly have thought so.Agent Sorells justification for
the Houston-Elm street path was that only that route would give the motorcade access directly to the freeway which led to the Dallas Trade Mart where JFK was scheduled to speak on NOV 22. Apparently there was no access to the freeway from Main Street in November 1963, access that would have placed Kennedy outside the scope of any shooter in the TSBD building, Grassy Knoll or any other snipers nest overlooking the Elm Street side of Dealey Plaza. Oswald would not have been able to shoot Kennedy from the TSBD if the secret service had chosen to keep the presidential motorcade on Main Street.If Oswald alone shot JFK without any outside assistance or direction he made his final plans after NOV 18 when the motorcade route was published and he learned the president was to pass (providentially) below where he had been working since OCT 15. If he was involved in a conspiracy involving the secret service or other government agency his plans could have been made after NOV 4 when Kennedy decided to go to Dallas. And if someone other that Oswald was a shooter in the TSDB and/or from other sites he too could only have made his plans in the same way. If there were other shooters above the Grassy Knoll or in other buildings around Dealey Plaza they could only have made their plans independently after NOV 18 or together with the secret service or another government agency after NOV 4. If Oswald was innocent of shooting the president because he was having his lunch in the 3rd floor lunchroom at the time could he also have been unaware of someone else shooting the president from the 6th floor of the building where he worked? However weak the evidence is it implicates Oswald as the only shooter of JFK. Either he did it or-and he may have known this- he was set up to take the fall for someone who did do it.What was Oswalds involvement in the assassination of JFK (and Dallas PO J.D. Tippett)? Was he THE shooter, A shooter, a Patsy who helped plan the assassination but then sat it out and was set up, or a complete Innocent (someone in just the wrong place at the wrong time)? The evidence suggests Oswald was certainly A shooter and, more than likely, THE (only) shooter. He was in the building from which the president was shot at the time of the crime. The murder weapon found at the scene of the crime was his own rifle. A partial (if suspicious) palm print on the murder weapon was identified as his. Then after the killing of the president he fled the TSBD without permission, returned home to obtain a pistol, perhaps killed a Dallas police officer with this pistol, and was finally arrested hiding (from what?) in a Dallas movie theater.Any evidence there were any shooters of President John F Kennedy other than Lee Harvey Oswald from the TSBD on NOV 22, 1963 is circumstantial at best. There is no evidence that there was a conspiracy
to kill the president. On the other hand it is arguable that Oswald alone had the means, the motive and the opportunity to commit the crime. The only other possibility is that he truly was what he claimed to be in the Dallas PD, a Patsy, who was involved in a conspiracy to kill the president and was set up to take the fall for the true assassin or assassins. I truly wish I could convince myself of the truth of one of these possibilities. And I wish I could resolve other questions about possible shots from the grassy knoll, the direction of Kennedys head shot, the magic bullet theory and J.D. Tippets murder amongst other things. But I cannot. I lean towards the theory of Oswald as a lone shooter, but I have my doubts still.* The NOVA program Cold Case: JFK (first aired PBS NOV 13, 2013) offers forensic and scientific evidence supporting the single bullet theory and rear-entry head wound theory.* Oswald's ownership of the weapons used to kill President Kennedy and Officer Tippet remains questionable, See George Bailey's blog, http://oswaldsmother.blogspot.com/2009/11/who-bought-guns.html
Uma das questoes que mais me preocupa em relacao ao blog, e poder acrescentar na vida de quem le, sem interferir no que a pessoa acredita ser melhor para seu filho.Tento expor aquilo que aprendi e aprendo como educadora e mae.Ser mae nao e facil! Como todos dizem "Nao temos manual de como ser mae". Queremos buscar o melhor para nossa familia, nossos filhos e isso e normal.Porem, o que as vezes nao entendo e porque muitas pessoas acreditam em tudo e em qualquer coisa que leem, principalmente na internet e pensam que se nao seguir o que le tem algo errado com seu filho, com sua familia ou consigo mesmo.Busque informacao! Leia! Leia muito! Mas sempre lembre-se que voce nao tem um robo que seguira exatamente o que voce leu. Toda crianca ja nasce com seus gostos, vontades... adapte o que aprende ao seu filho e ao que e melhor para voces.Nao fique frustrada se o que serviu para uma pessoa naos serve para voce. Temos rotinas, vivencias, vontades diferentes... siga seu coracao! Espero que esse pequeno texto faca voce refletir e acreditar em voce mesmo!Se ficou alguma duvida, comenta aqui embaixo que terei o maior prazer em responder. Se nao souber, prometo pesquisar e assim, a gente aprende junto Esse jogo russo tem preocupado muitos pais por ter chegado aqui no Brasil. Como e um jogo virtual, tem crescido e chegado a muitos adolescentes rapidamente.O jogo da Baleia Azul ou Blue Whale e um jogo iniciado em um grupo fechado no Facebook. Apos aceito no grupo, nao pode voltar atras. E proposto 50 desafios aos adolescentes, sendo que o ultimo e tirar a propria vida.As margens de morte relacionadas ao jogo, chega a 130.E preciso pais e escola estarem atentos. Criancas e adolescentes que tem tendencia a suicidio, depressao, aparecerem com cortes nos bracos, queimaduras ou qualquer outro sinal de mutilacao deve procurar ajuda.Monitore o uso da internet, frequente as redes sociais que seu filho usa, converse com seu filho! Em epocas assim, a privacidade nao deve ser totalmente respeitada, ja que pode correr risco.Toda atencao e pouca!Se ficou alguma duvida, comenta aqui embaixo que terei o maior prazer em responder. Se nao souber, prometo pesquisar e assim, a gente aprende junto A responsabilidade e algo gradual, que requer dedicacao para que se firme na crianca.Imagem: PinterestPara que ela desenvolva a responsabilidade os pais devem desde pequenos inserir deveres a crianca. Arrumar seu quarto, brinquedos, guardar suas proprias roupas, organizar sua mochila...Tem uma tabela na internet que ajuda a gente ter uma nocao do que a crianca pode fazer de acordo com a idade.Ilustracao: PinterestE claro que cada familia conhece a crianca e adapta a sua realidade, mas um ponto que acredito que seja muito importante e algo que minha mae ensinava. Tinhamos uma ajudante em casa diariamente, mesmo assim minha mae ensinava que as nossas coisas pessoais a gente e que tem que cuidar. Nao importa se tem algum tipo de ajuda em casa.Com isso, meu quarto, minha cama, meus pertences... sempre era eu que arrumava. Isso alem de
responsabilidade, faz a crianca valorizar e zelar com o que e seu.Outro ponto importante e ensinar que a crianca precisa cumprir sua palavra. Aquilo que ela diz que ira fazer, deve cumprir. E ai e que entra o nosso papel como pais! Como disse em outro post (clica aqui para ver), a crianca aprende mais pelo que ve do que falamos a ela. Se queremos que nosso filho seja responsavel, mas nao somos... se queremos que a crianca seja responsavel com horarios, mas nunca somos... se queremos que a crianca seja estudiosa, mas nao fazemos o nosso trabalho com dedicacao.... ela nao aprendera nada do que a ensinamos. Temos que primeiro ser exemplo, para depois ensinar!Comente aqui embaixo suas estrategias para que a crianca seja responsavel!Se ficou alguma duvida, comenta aqui embaixo que terei o maior prazer em responder. Se nao souber, prometo pesquisar e assim, a gente aprende junto
Nao e lindo quando uma crianca fala algo inesperado, de um jeito diferente, uma nova caretinha e de repente a gente percebe que a gente que fala desse jeito.Sim. Somos observados o tempo todo e aonde estivermos. Nossos filhos estao atentos como falamos com as pessoas, como as tratamos... e mais! Interiorizam mais o que observam do que falamos.E como falamos! As vezes acho que o dia todo estou ensinando, dando altos conselhos... e claro que e valido, mas os gestos valem mais.Se voce quer um filho educado, seja educado. Diga voce tambem as "palavras magicas", inclusive para seu filho. Quer que ele seja estudioso, estude. Como quer que seu filho tenha o habito da leitura e voce nem tem livro em casa? Seja voce primeiro aquilo que voce quer que seu filho seja. Assim, com certeza, ele te observara, ira querer ser como voce e ainda mais o que voce e para ele.Se ficou alguma duvida, comenta aqui embaixo que terei o maior prazer em responder. Se nao souber, prometo pesquisar e assim, a gente aprende junto Ja pediram para voce completar essa frase? "SER MAE E ..."... Varias pessoas completam a sua maneira. Sabe como completo? Com um nao sei explicar. Como explicar o que e ser mae? E tanta correria no dia-a-dia, tantos desafios, tanto amor, tanta inseguranca... como definir esse conjunto de sentimentos.O dia das maes esta chegando e sempre me vejo correndo, preparando homenagem para as maes da minha igreja, pensando no presente da minha mae, do almoco para minha mae... que esqueco que tambem e o meu dia.Estava aqui refletindo como me sinto como mae. E dificil! E tanto amor, tanta responsabilidade, tanto carinho, tantos sorrisos, tantos choros... emocoes contraditorias, nao?E voce como define o "SER MAE"? Pascoa chegando e a criancada fica ansiosa pelos ovos de chocolate. Que tal fazer desse momento um tempo de diversao em familia?Aqui vao 5 dicas de brincadeiras simples para fazer em casa.1 - Coelhinho sai da toca: Toda crianca ama essa brincadeira. Algumas criancas serao os coelhos e outras a toca. Os que sao a toca devem unir as maos no ar. As outras devem ficar agachadas embaixo da cobertura. Uma das criancas deve ficar no meio da roda e gritas:"Coelho sai da toca!" e assim, os coelhos devem correr para outra toca. Quem ficar sem toca, vai para o meio e comeca tudo de novo. Se tiver poucas criancas podem usar bamboles ou fazer circulos no chao com giz para ser a toca.2 - Caca aos ovos: Brincadeira tradicional de Pascoa. Esconda ovinhos de chocolate pela casa e quintal. Entregue cestinhas e vai dando pistas de onde podem estar os ovos. 3 - Pintando ovos: Cozinhe ovos de galinha. De para as criancas tintas coloridas para que os pinte com os dedos ou pinceis.4 - Mimica: Cada crianca deve interpretar algum elemento relacionado a Pascoa. Esse pode juntar adultos e criancas.5 - Desenho: Coloque em papeis palavras relacionadas a Pascoa. A crianca, entao, sorteia uma palavra e desenha o elemento para que outra crianca consiga adivinhar.Gostaram das ideias?
Se tem mais alguma coloca nos comentarios. Vamos amar ver!Se ficou alguma duvida, comenta aqui embaixo que terei o maior prazer em responder. Se nao souber, prometo pesquisar e assim, a gente aprende junto
Quando eu nao tinha bebe fazia contas e mais contas de quantas fraldas precisaria ter. Gracas a Deus minhas contas eram exageradas, precisei muito menos do que imaginava.Na verdade so temos essa nocao de verdade apos o nascimento do bebe.As marcas normalmente colocam no pacote a estimativa de peso minimo e maximo que a fralda suporta. Mas o que acho que interfere mais e o corpinho da crianca. Tem bebes que sao mais pesados, porem tem as perninhas mais fininhas, com isso consegue usar fralda que serve para peso menor que o dele e vice-versa.Com isso, a mudanca do tamanho da fralda vai depender da evolucao do corpinho do bebe.O que acho importante e "estocar" os tamanhos menores que vao ser usados mais de imediatos nos primeiros meses e depois comprar as outras de acordo com o que precisar.Se voce for fazer cha de bebe, indico pedir (no minimo):* 2 pacotes RN - E um tamanho que usa muito pouco. Mais nos primeiros dias mesmo. Se o bebe nascer bem pequeno, compre XP apos o nascimento.* 10 pacotes P * 24 pacotes M - E o tamanho que mais usamos* 14 pacotes G - Esse tamanho precisa de mais quantidade, mas como disse, e melhor privilegiar as de tamanho menor para nao ficar com pacotes ocupando lugar na casa, por periodo grande.Mas.... qual marca pedir?Sinceramente, nao pense em marcas. E bom ter variedade de marcas. Algumas criancas nascem com alergia a determinadas marcas de fralda. Se voce pedir justamente a que tiver alergia, perdera todas que pediu/comprou.A qualidade da fralda varia de crianca para crianca. Com a minha primeira filha adaptamos somente com a Pampers e da Turma da Monica. Agora com a segunda, conseguimos usar mais algumas marcas. Como: Pompom e Cremer.Ajudei voce? Entao, diz ai!...Se ficou alguma duvida, comenta aqui embaixo que terei o maior prazer em responder. Se nao souber, prometo pesquisar e assim, a gente aprende junto Sabado foi dia de fantasia e magia com minha princesa!A Ri Happy do Shopping Jardim Norte aqui em Juiz de Fora, fez o primeiro Encontro de Princesas e Herois Mirins.Foi uma tarde super agradavel com brincadeiras, desfiles, algodao doce e lanchinhos. A Miriam amou!A Miriam quis ir de Princesa Sofia. Ama esse desenho!Hora do desfile!Brincando com o tio!Recreacao: Virou Mumia!Enquanto isso a Cecilia ficava deslumbrada com tantos brinquedos!Hora do Lanche: Servido pelos funcionarios que tambem entraram na brincadeira!Nesse sabado tera outro evento na Ri Happy Jardim Norte. Sera aniversario do Solzinho Ri Happy. Vai comecar as 15 hs. Leve seu filho la! Sempre fico chateada quando alguma mae diz que depois de ter filhos acabou a vaidade, que nao se cuida mais... colocando a culpa nos filhos.Acredito que mudamos quando nos ja nao somos prioridades. Sei que as vezes na correria do dia-a-dia e dificil nos priorizar. Mas tambem acredito que tempo e uma questao de adaptar o que queremos e precisamos.Nao e feio querer estar bonita. Nao e errado se dedicar a si mesmo apos ser mae.Quando me perguntam como consigo tempo para cuidar das unhas, cabelo, me maquiar, respondo
que sao truques e sinceramente quando a gente descobre alguns truques conseguimos se cuidar sem gastar muito tempo e o melhor: dinheiro.Com isso, como aqui falamos mais de maternidade e educacao, no meu instagran tenho reservado para postagens de truques de esmaltes, cosmeticos e maquiagens que podem te ajudar a se cuidar com rapidez e com pouco dinheiro.Se quiserem ver essas dicas, me segue la. E @lupiresalvim.Clica aqui -> https://www.instagram.com/lupiresalvim/Te espero por la!