Errar


“The US President had just begun proposing a toast to the Queen when the orchestra accidentally struck up God Save The Queen.
However, rather than pause and continue the speech after the music had stopped, Mr Obama pressed on only to be rebuffed when he raised his glass to her.
The Queen did not seem to take offence at the mishap and appeared to stifle an embarrassed smile.
Protocol demands that people stand to attention when the national anthem is played.
Seated between the Queen and the Duchess of Cornwall for the white tie function, Mr Obama got to his feet and addressed the guests saying: “Ladies and gentlemen, please stand with me and raise your glasses as I propose a toast.
“To Her Majesty the Queen.”
Mistakenly believing that was their cue, the orchestra of the Scots Guard began playing the national anthem.
Mr Obama continued: “For the vitality of the special relationship between our peoples and in the words of Shakespeare to ‘this blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England’.”
Raising his glass, halfway through the anthem, he concluded “to the Queen”, but seemed baffled when she did not respond.
Looking around sheepishly at the rows of guests stood in silence, Mr Obama placed his glass back on the table and clasped his hands until the band had finished.
He then repeated the gesture to the Queen, who smiled again, as she finally raised her own glass to the President.
Numerous US news websites poked fun at the President over the gaffe.”
( http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/8534947/Barack-Obama-suffers-royal-toast-mishap-at-Queens-banquet.html )

Tem certas horas em que perceber que “herrar eh umano” serve de alento para tentar mais uma vez. Apesar do furo, Obama ( e a Rainha) souberam superar o erro juntos.

Dicas de Portugu


http://g1.globo.com/platb/portugues
Sérgio Nogueira Duarte da Silva: o bom senso aplicado à língua portuguesa.
Sérgio foi meu professor de Português e Literatura no 2º e 3º ano do antigo Segundo Grau, no Santo Agostinho. Devo a ele várias de minhas boas notas dos bons tempos de estudo formal.
Me lembro como se fosse ontem o jantar de comemoração da formatura….
Grande sujeito, excelente professor, faz parte do time dos insubstituíveis (sem dúvida alguma).

Qual


“E então? Somando os prós e os contras, as boas e más opções, onde, afinal, é o melhor lugar do mundo?

Dentro de um abraço.

Que lugar melhor para uma criança, para um idoso, para uma mulher apaixonada, para um adolescente com medo, para um doente, para alguém solitário? Dentro de um abraço é sempre quente, é sempre seguro. Dentro de um abraço não se ouve o tic-tac dos relógios. Tudo o que você pensa e sofre, dentro de um abraço se dissolve.”

Martha Medeiros

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Renaissance – Carpet Of The Sun


Come along with me
Down into the world of seeing
Come and you’ll be free
Take the time to find the feeling

See everything on it’s own
And you’ll find you know the way
And you’ll know the things you’re shown
Owe everything to the day

See the carpet of the sun
The green grass soft and sweet
Sands upon the shores of time
Of oceans mountains deep
Part of the world that you live in

You are the part that you’re giving
Come into the day
Feel the sunshine warmth around you
Sounds from far away
Music of the love that found you

The seed that you plant today
Tomorrow will be a tree
And living goes on this way
It’s all part of you and me

See the carpet of the sun
See the carpet of the sun
See the carpet of the sun
See the carpet of the sun