Music
Far East Movement
Live My Life ft. Justin Bieber
Movies
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Storyline
On the day that Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, elderly Daisy Williams (nee Fuller) is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital.
At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline.
Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud the diary of Daisy's lifelong friend, Benjamin Button.
Benjamin's diary recounts his entire extraordinary life, the primary unusual aspect of which was his aging backwards, being diagnosed with several aging diseases at birth and thus given little chance of survival, but who does survive and gets younger with time.
Abandoned by his biological father, Thomas Button, after Benjamin's biological mother died in childbirth, Benjamin was raised by Queenie, a black woman and caregiver at a seniors home.
Daisy's grandmother was a resident at that home, which is where she first met Benjamin.
Although separated through the years, Daisy and Benjamin remain in contact throughout their lives...
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Note:
A great lesson is here told:
Even if it passes a million years, a great love cannot be measured by years old, by how long a couple know each other, by distance or even by words.
love is love, pure, simple and honest.
If you love someone....if you REALLY LOVE someone... you fight for it clean.
:)
Movies
Pulp Fiction
Can we consider it retro already? :)
That it's a Classic and everyone should already seen it, it's a fact!
Combining Uma Thurman and John Travolta, with a mix of comedy, drugs and nonsense, plus actors such as Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson or Tim Roth, Quentin Tarantino made a genious movie, and as always, an excelent Soundtrack.
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Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega are two hitmen who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace.
Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town.
Butch Coolidge is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his next fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents.
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And as for the Soundtrack, i pick my favs :)
who didn't dance this one?
And my fav of all
Archaeology
EU to provide support for crumbling Pompeii
The European Commission has approved funding from the European Regional Development Fund for a major project to restore the area of the UNESCO site of Pompeii, in Campania, Italy.
The project preservation, maintenance and improvement of the archaeological site of Pompeii will lead to the investment of 105 million euro of EU and national contributions combined. The objective is to preserve the site as a long term tourism attraction for the region.
At the end of October 2011, torrential rainfall and neglect caused serious damage to the world famous archaeological site already suffering partial collapses of walls and structures in 2010. The approved major project comes after an application from the Italian authorities and an action plan agreed with the Commission, assessing the scope of works needed to rehabilitate the site.
Pompeii as one of the major European cultural and historical heritage sites attracts tourists from all over the world and is an important economical factor for the entire Campania region.
Commenting on the approval, Commissioner for Regional Policy, Johannes Hahn stated: “We have given the green light for this major restoration, not only in the interest of Italy, but for the whole European historical heritage. I am confident that this will have a positive impact on the tourism sector and economy in the area, and by extension on the lives of all citizens in the region.”
The investment comes through a programme called “Attrattori culturali, naturali e turismo” designed to support the cultural, natural and tourist attractions in Campania, Puglia, Calabria and Sicily from 2007-2013. The programme has been amended to redirect investment towards this project.
In 2000-2006, the European regional policy already supported 22 restoration projects on the Pompeii site worth €7.7 million from ERDF (50% of their total cost).
The Pompeii project will undertake:
- consolidation of the structures of the archaeological site, starting with the areas ranked “high risk” pursuant to the ‘Archaeological Risk Map’;
- to build a water canalisation and drainage system in the non-excavated state property area leaning over the ancient buildings;
- to implement the consolidation, restoration and enhancement works in line with the method of programmed preservation;
- to improve the training of staff, working on site for the Special Superintendency for the Archaeological Heritage of Naples and Pompeii (SANP).
Some urgent actions such as new staff recruitment have already begun and there are 39 individual projects ready to begin in sequence once they receive the final go-ahead. Before the end of April decisions should be taken on when works should start and the time frame for the completion of the project.
Source: EUROPA Press release
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