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THE OBSERVER

Standing…point in time…the observer changes what he sees.
Nothing is observed without changing it.
What do you see?
Beauty observed is beauty changed…
Observers see answers.
No answer is given without a question.
What do you change?
Observing, the observer is changed.
The observed changes the observer.
What do you change?
What do you see?
Observing is not limited by time…Time is a river…
Observers ride the river.
Eventually, what we observe becomes a part of us.

Observing… I have seen the Observer…
And truly… He has seen me.

James Watkins 11-13-2008 

  

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Robo-Shūchishin: New idol-pop trio

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A pair of Robonova-1 kit robots teamed up with “Chi” (Naoki Nokubo) of the defunct pop-idol trio Shūchishin (羞恥心) for a special performance on Fuji TV’s “The Best House 1-2-3″ variety show last night. (Watch it.)

Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance

The Raven by Poe(via bitch bangs) (via karo-design)

`Prophet!’ said I, `thing of evil! – prophet still, if bird or devil! -
Whether tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,
Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted -
On this home by horror haunted – tell me truly, I implore -
Is there - is there balm in Gilead? – tell me – tell me, I implore!’
Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.’

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Henry Hudson was already a famous explorer of Arctic waters when in 1608 he was hired by the Dutch East India Company to find a northeast, all-water route to Asia. The Dutch East India Company had a monopoly on trade with the Orient and wanted to shorten the lengthy and expensive voyage around the Cape of Good Hope to the Orient.

They provided Hudson with the 85-foot Half Moon to sail eastward through the polar regions to reach the far east. The Half Moon sailed from Amsterdam on April 4 or 6, 1609, and headed northeast along the coast of Norway. After encountering ice and cold that blocked his passage, Hudson turned and headed west.

Hudson sailed west across the North Atlantic and landed on the coast of Maine where the crew went ashore to cut timber to replace the Half Moon’s mast, fished, and traded with the Native Americans. Hudson and the Half Moon then continued along the coast south to the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay. Hudson decided these weren’t entrances to the passage to the Orient he was seeking, and the Half Moon turned north towards the mouth of the Hudson River.

On September 12, 1609, Hudson began his exploration of the river now named after him. Although no passage was discovered to the Orient, the area turned out to be one of the best fur trading regions in North America.

The Half Moon left the river on October 4, sailed across the Atlantic and reached England on Saturday, November 7. Hudson and the English crew members were not permitted to leave England, but eventually the Half Moon returned to Holland without them.

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APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
Winter kept us warm, covering
Earth in forgetful snow, feeding
A little life with dried tubers.
Summer surprised us, coming over the Starnbergersee
With a shower of rain; we stopped in the colonnade,
And went on in sunlight, into the Hofgarten,
And drank coffee, and talked for an hour.
Bin gar keine Russin, stamm’ aus Litauen, echt deutsch.
And when we were children, staying at the archduke’s,
My cousin’s, he took me out on a sled,
And I was frightened. He said, Marie,
Marie, hold on tight. And down we went.
In the you feel free.
I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter.

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