Hitomi&Jimmy

Selection of University websites.

2011-01-23T05:26:00.001-08:00

1- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare:
Here, you can find all the works of William Shakespeare. It's really amazing. You can read all of his work for free.
2-Open Yale courses:
In this website you can watch videos of lectures given by distinguished yale professors for free!
This is a very helpful website for the students. Enjoy :)
3-Standford's University Documents search:
There are about online documents in this website. It is a very useful tool for research.

The Tunisian Revolution

2011-01-23T01:22:00.001-08:00

Hello everyone,

My country has recently experienced a historic event. On the 14 th of January 2011 thousands of people went to the streets protesting against the corruption and tyranny of president, his family and police cruelthy that caused the death of at least 78 people during earlier protests.

A series of protests started after the imotation of a young fruit seller: Mohammed Bouazizi. Police forces tried to repress the protests by firing live bullets but that did not work out it contributed to the anger and rebellion of the people. It is said that snipers belonging to the ex president's mafia were present among the police forces and fired in specific places like the head, the heart, the neck... Our police force is not trained that well so I guess this theory is true. The police beats people ok! But they wouldn't kill them. They fire in the air, randomly perhaps but not directly at people. (that's the law)

Later that evening, the president fled the country.

After 23 years of dictatorship and injustice and fear we have won our freedom. The press and media, which were supressed , the internet which was incredibly censored (we didn't even have access to Youtube, vimeo, metacafe etc... and thousands of other websites) were freed!

People are talking about politics for the first time ever and opposition is finally allowed to be active. All political prisoners were freed and many exiled have returned to Tunisia.

In a couple of months WE THE PEOPLE OF TUNISIA will be able to choose our president, our government.

Of course, there are still some issues right now. The old party that was governing the country and which is famous for corruption still exists and many of its members are part of the current temporary government. Poeple are still protesting against that.

I personally don't mind the current government it's temporary and I think that not all those in it are bad people. We wait and see what they have to offer and if we don't like it then back to the streets we will return!

For further information.

Videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py_VDzCstV8

http://www.facebook.com//video/video.php?v=173201599388073&oid=152507416038&

My 2011'S RESOLUTIONS.

2011-01-02T14:02:00.000-08:00

1. Learn to give more love
2. Learn to appreciate what I have and be grateful
3. learn to love unconditionally
4. Learn to love myself and accept my limitations
5. Be myself without fear
6. help others as much as I can
7. control my anger
8. learn to be patient
9. Practise yoga and meditation at least weekly
10. lose weight
11. eat healthily
12. Play guitar weekly
13. Read weekly
14. Learn to be sufficiently organized
15. Write on the blog monthly at least
16. make music
17. start writing a book
18. Start a project with my Man
19. Do great at school
20. Have my own style
21. Beat laziness
22. Learn to be supportive
23. Learn to be considerate of others' feelings
24. make my own beauty products
25. Learn more in history
26. Learn more in philosophy
27. Have the level 1 degree in Russian and register in the next one
28. be honest
29-Learn to write very well especially in arabic
30- Get back to painting
31-Learn about politics

Mark Jenkins.

2011-01-02T08:36:00.000-08:00

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It is simply amazing how the American artist Mark Jenkins makes of the most familiar places fantastical! His imagination, wit and sense of humor takes us to the most amazing rides in the urban,boring everyday streets. (not streets only though)

He takes us to new places and new perspectives.

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(Washington D.c)

* A face tells much about the person, about all humanity. It is what makes us recognizable. The face with its most complex expressions tells us a lot about the way we feel: when we are angry or calm, sad or happy, when we are scared and when we are in love. There is everything in a face.

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(Bethlehem)

* A child is the most fragile of beings yet it shows more determination, more will and more thirst for freedom than the bloodsucking adults, the murderers. Behind the walls of occupation there is a child in everyone... heroes everywhere.

Take a look

Gone with the clock.

2011-01-01T02:16:00.001-08:00

-7917/8312 days we have been living.
What have we achieved? What projects did we really finish? What dreams are we living today? Time is passing by, the system is after us and we are passive, numb like nothing matters and nothing is of any importance. Wars,revolutions,deaths and births and we are static wasting more times, more days, more seconds...tick tack tick tack...
-In 3653 I want so many to happen, so many to be true and I want to feel that the last ten years of my life were not a waste of time.
I give up for frustration and for fear of never doing anything right. I want to be a better lover,to lose weight, eat healthier, do more activities with my Jimmy,read books, write books, make music, find a spiritual path, do yoga as it is supposed to be done, have kids,be organized, learn.,write on this blog on a regular basis... But what have I really done this year?
Another year have passed and I what have I done?

Sleep.

2010-08-15T13:00:00.001-07:00

Sleep and dreams _ from Luke Morgan on Vimeo

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"It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom." said Aristotle. Indeed he is right!

One the the goals Jamie and I are working on are waking up early. The reasons for this are numerous: breathing the fresh morning air, watching the sunrise,being at peace away from all the noise and having more time in the morning... you can read the zenhabits article "10Benefits of Rising Early and how to do it" and 9 reasons to wake up early for more :).

Now, in order to wake up early and most importantly 'in shape' we must understand how the sleep mechanisms work! I have provided you with a list of wonderful resources ! Enjoy!

Here is a quiet interesting test you can take ;)

Sources:

-http://71.6.131.182/life/sleeping.htm

-http://www.howtowakeupearly.com/Understand-sleep-mechanics.aspx

-http://www.talkaboutsleep.com/sleep-disorders/archives/intro.htm

-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep

-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waking_up_early

-http://www.howtowakeupearly.com/

-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronobiology

-http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/

-http://www.howtowakeupearly.com/Practice-waking-up.aspx

-http://www.wikihow.com/Wake-Up-Without-an-Alarm-Clock

The 10/10 Work Party.

2010-08-14T04:48:00.000-07:00

Here are some wonderful ideas to take care of our dear mother earth. :)

Taken from.

#1 Organize a Tree Planting

Planting trees is fun, friendly, and a great way to engage the community. And each one you plant will be a little carbon-sequestering machine for years to come. Try to shoot for planting 350 trees or more in one day!

#2 Go Solar

Working on a solar project is a great way to demonstrate the clean energy future right in your community. Whether its installing a solar panel on a local school, building a solar cooker for your community, or putting a solar hot water heater on your house--it is a great way to work with the planet, not against it.

#3 Work on a Community Garden or an Organic Farm

To get to 350, we'll need to rethink the way we produce food on the planet--moving away from industrial agriculture powered by fossil fuels, and towards small-scale, local, organic farming. Think about using your work party as a day to model this new system--maybe you can break ground on a new community garden. Or simply help out harvesting at a local farm. For more info, visit350.org/foodandfarm

#4 Go For a Ride:

Biking is a great way to get out and be visible in your community. It also demonstrate the need for improved infrastructure for our alternative modes of transportation. Think about setting up a bike repair workshop, or painting bike lanes in your community. Maybe an awareness ride of 350 miles (or kilometers) if you're feeling a bit more ambitious?

#5 Harness the Wind

A local wind project can show that you're serious about building the clean energy economy. Putting up a turbine is a big project though, so you'll want to start planning this one early...

#6 Get Efficient:

Energy Efficiency is often considered "low hanging fruit" when it comes to reducing carbon emissions. It's often easier and cheaper than installing renewable energy, so why not start here? Whether it's installing more efficient LED or CFL lightbulbs in your MPs office, insulating your basement, weatherizing your church or temple, or doing an energy audit on your school, efficiency can help get us on the path to 350 as soon as humanly possible (This is also likely one of the easiest ways to reduce emissions really fast -- like 10% in 2010 as our friends at the 10:10 campaign are helping folks to do).

#7 Start a Transition Town

The Transition Towns project is designed to equip communities for the dual challenges of climate change and peak oil. By raising awareness of sustainable living and building local resilience in the near future, making your community a "transition town" can provide a solid framework for sustained action at the local level. There is even a whole existing network of communities working as Transition towns that you can connect with to learn what they are doing: http://www.transitionnetwork.org/

#8 Faith Work

Connections between the world's diverse religions and the issue of global warming are numerous and strike a strong moral chord. This is a great way to gather people together who already have a community in which they discuss the big questions -- now is the chance to add global warming to the list and harness the network to start working on the solutions.

#9 Trash Clean Up

Sadly, some of our iconic places aren’t as pristine as we’d like. Why not leave the place better than you found it? By recycling the garbage you find, you can ensure that the embedded energy in the products gets reused--instead of decomposing over the years and sending a stready stream of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere.

#10 Join the 10:10 Campaign

Our friends at 10:10 Global are working an ambitious project: uniting different sectors of society behind the simple idea that by working together we can achieve a 10% cut in carbon emissions in a single year, starting in 2010. Their focus is on immediate, practical action--350.org's focus is on uniting local actions for systemic change on a global level. 350.org and 10:10 are working hand in hand in 2010, and we couldn't be happier about the partnerhsip--if you want to get plugged into the 10:10 Global Campaign, just go to1010global.org

Cake à la banane sans farine ni levure ni sucre!

2010-08-12T16:59:00.001-07:00

Pour un gateau 100% naturel je vous conseille d'utiliser des oeufs ayant été collecté dans des fermes locales-N'AYEZ JAMAIS CONFIANCE AUX PRODUITS BIO VENDUS AUX MAGASINS (on n'est jamais sur)

~~Ingrédients: (les mesures ne sont pas tout à fait exactes donc je vous laisse décider! :) )

- 200 g poudre d'amande.
- Du Miel (au lieu du sucre)
-100 gde chapelure
-4 oeufs
-3 bananes
-25 cl d'huile de tournesol

-Du jus de citron.

-fruits

~~Méthode:

-Mélangez l'amande en poudre le miel la chapelure et les bananes dans une casserole.

-Séparez les blancs des jaunes des oeufs. Mélangez les jaunes avec le reste et montrer les blancs en neige
-Rajoutez l'huile et le jus de citron, mélangez puis rajouter les blancs déja en neige et mélangez.

- Cuire dans un four préchauffé à 200°C pendant 45 min environ.

-Décorez avec les fruits.

Inspiration de la recette.

Amberian Dawn- River of Tuoni

2010-07-28T10:06:00.001-07:00

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♪Download.
♪Myspace of the Band.
♪Lyrics.
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Released in 2008, this album by the Finnish symphonic power metal band Amberian Dawn is exquisite.
-What is the river of Tuoni?
According to Finnish mythology Tuoni was the god of the underworld. He lived with his wife in a town called Tuonetar. The land of the living and the land of the dead was divided by a river called the "Black River" or what is referred to in the album as "The River Of Tuoni". The album opens up with the story of a mother trying to save her son drawing in the dark river of Tuoni. -We are carried away with what symphonic Scandinavian metal is all about: taken to a fairy mythological universe. The voice of Heidi Parviainen, is incredibly beautiful!
-Things to blame: Unfortunatly, the music is monotonous and not very innovative, it resembles a lot of symphonic metal compositions. The titles are very repetitive and you get bored after hearing a few tracks.
►More information about Finnish mythology: here

Katatonia-Night is the New Day

2010-07-28T03:22:00.001-07:00

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♪Download.
♪Myspace Of the Band.
♪Lyrics.

♫ review:☼☼☼☼
There is something about Katatonia! You just don't know how to describe it...
Their music is so charged with emotions that you find yourself wandering within your own self and discovering feelings you have never really seen closely. The first title we have listened to by the band was "A Darkness Coming" and we instantly have fallen in love with it.
This albums is a great companion in times of despair. It does indeed alleviate the pressure of the most complicated feelings...

Living in the present.

2010-07-27T08:48:00.000-07:00

-We've never been able to understand "living in the moment" philosophies!learnig how to live in the present would be a wonderful experience.However, most of those who tell you to "Be in the present" never really explain to you how to do so. This time: we will try to! :))

*Firstly, is there a moment in time called "the present"?
Probably not because time doesn't stop ,it's always moving taking us to the futur. Time is in continuous division between a past and a futur. Then what we call "the present" is the movement of time and not time itself.
*But what if we take it in its metaphorical sense? Would that change anything? If we consider the "living in the present philosophy" as a possibility of enjoying the moment we are in and not worrying too much about what the future is going to bring
*Here we would talk about another thing, it's how we percieve time in life. That is history and how to divide its stages. Then we would talk about what is synchronic ( an event which takes a moment in time = That is the duration of an event and if this event can be divided in two parts past and futur = duration in the present) and here we can understand "living in the present philosophy" ,and today means what we are living synchronically without worrying about the futur.However, this is almost impossible because of time which is constantly moving and taking us to the futur. It's like a conflict between us and time: we want to control time but it's running everything and running so fast and it doesn't get tired.In reality we are not fighting time but we are fighting ourselves. The big fight is between us and our "psychological time" and not the "real time".
Psychological time runs faster when we are happy, when we want to save the moment, when we want to catch it and live it an eternity. However, our psychological time becomes a very slow walker when we feel bad as if it's mocking us. Psychological time is a sarcastic enemy and real time is its eternal power.
What is wrong with "living the moment philosophy" is why don't we live the moment? and the answer is because we want something which is not happening in "the present" and we are sick of the conflict with time, and its slow sarcastic movement.

*We all wish to freeze happy moments: like when you are with your beloved and you have to part: you wish the time stops so that you can stay with them forever.
However, there are moments when one is absent-minded and is not involved in what is going on, always trying to postpone everything for the future.
If we want for instance to do something for someone we love or simply to tell them we love them and we keep saying we will tell them when they will do the same or we will tell them when we are in a better mood/shape then maybe that moment in the future will never come (especially if we consider more important/ serious exemples)and then we will live our entire life regretting it.
And that's probably what's meant by living in the present. It's doing the things we want before it's too late-as long as we are alive and breathing we should NEVER postpone anything we can do today.
This philosophy also has to do with gratefulness. If we are not grateful to the life we have right now and we do not do our best to enjoy it and make the most of it then maybe things will be worse in the future and then we will regret the moments we missed, those we could have enjoyed to the fullest.
=> All we wanted to say is: Carpe Diem! Be grateful to the life you have and never postpone anything you can do today! Peace ♥

…Talk about violence.

2009-12-13T05:41:00.001-08:00

Feminism is a term commonly associated with violence.

However,Oxford dictionary defines it as “the belief and aim that women should have the same rights and opportunities as men; the struggle to achieve this aim”.

It is strange how the word has acquired a pejorative connotation among the majority of people.

inasmuch as calling someone/something a feminist entails their belonging to a radical feminist movement(which instead of being judged should be historically analyzed as a social phenomenon).

Such a weak generalization serves to categorize all pro gender equality as brutal,when their methods may be pacifist.

Hitomi.

Online collection:Books#1:

2009-12-06T05:14:00.001-08:00

The following is a list of websites where you will find very intresting collections of books.

1-Rare books: In this website you will find a collection of very rare books photographed at very high resolution.

2-Books mirror: Here you can find a list of very important books.

3-authorama: Here is another great source of books.

4-50 Amazing Books: and here is a list of books you MUST read!

5-librivox: Listen and download books for free (you can also record books and send them)

6-Banned books: Here you can find banned books.

7-The very famous gutenberg project.

8-bartleby: here you can search books easily.

9-planet book: a blog full of amazing books.

10-calssic reader: free classic books.

Strange Sensation.

2009-11-02T13:11:00.001-08:00

It came to me, suddenly like no other sensation, dissimilar to any earthly feeling.

It was a moment of perfect harmony. When body and soul intertwine, we suddenly become one.

Everything merges into the infinity of our being. Every illusion collapses into one single light. It all becomes beautifully unite....

Sweet Photography

2009-10-17T15:39:00.001-07:00

I'd like to share some photography links I admire :)

Roksana Mical

JUHA ARVID HELMINEN

Amy Stein

Crossroads

2009-10-17T15:12:00.001-07:00

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Review:☼☼☼
Some things are just more electrifying than others. Old blues songs are certainly more electrifying than new ones. How about old blues movies?

One Hundred Years Of Solitude.

2009-10-17T14:41:00.001-07:00

Review:☼☼☼☼
The first book I've read of Gabo was "Leaf Storm". It was a summer midday and I was laying on a comfortable deck chair in a lovely shore. I didn't really understand the book for it was my very first attempt of reading in English

...Some years later, I found one last copy of"One Hundred years of Solitude" in a book fair, I couldn't help but buying it, then I entered a half real, half surreal world.

If you are looking for inspiration, this book is for you!

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Younger Brother- wierd on a monday night

2009-10-17T11:03:00.001-07:00

♪Download

♪MYSpace

♫Review:☼☼☼☼☼
Fascinating,captivating and rare!

Hitomi&Jimmy

Selection of University websites.

~~The Tunisian Revolution ~~

My 2011'S RESOLUTIONS.

Mark Jenkins.

Gone with the clock.

Sleep.

The 10/10 Work Party.

Cake à la banane sans farine ni levure ni sucre!

Amberian Dawn- River of Tuoni

Katatonia-Night is the New Day

Living in the present.

…Talk about violence.

Online collection:Books#1:

Strange Sensation.

Sweet Photography

Crossroads

One Hundred Years Of Solitude.

Younger Brother- wierd on a monday night

The Tunisian Revolution