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TEXT 1

THE GRAVE OF SHELLEY

by: Oscar Wilde

 

[1] Like burnt-out torches by a sick man's bed

Gaunt cypress-trees stand round the sun-bleached stone;

Here doth the little night-owl make her throne,

And the slight lizard show his jewelled head.

[5] And, where the chaliced poppies flame to red,

In the still chamber of yon pyramid

Surely some Old-World Sphinx lurks darkly hid,

Grim warder of this pleasaunce of the dead.

 

Ah! Sweet indeed to rest within the womb

[10] Of Earth, great mother of eternal sleep,

But sweeter far for thee a restless tomb

In the blue cavern of an echoing deep,

Or where the tall ships founder in the gloom

Against the rocks of some wave-shattered steep.

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TEXT 1

THE GRAVE OF SHELLEY

by: Oscar Wilde

 

[1] Like burnt-out torches by a sick man's bed

Gaunt cypress-trees stand round the sun-bleached stone;

Here doth the little night-owl make her throne,

And the slight lizard show his jewelled head.

[5] And, where the chaliced poppies flame to red,

In the still chamber of yon pyramid

Surely some Old-World Sphinx lurks darkly hid,

Grim warder of this pleasaunce of the dead.

 

Ah! Sweet indeed to rest within the womb

[10] Of Earth, great mother of eternal sleep,

But sweeter far for thee a restless tomb

In the blue cavern of an echoing deep,

Or where the tall ships founder in the gloom

Against the rocks of some wave-shattered steep.

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Amy Winehouse greets

Whitney Houston in heaven

(by Hideaki Tailor)

 

  HEAVEN – Psychics are saying that Amy Winehouse was the first soul singer to greet Whitney Houston, even before Michael Jackson.

  Top psychics in Los Angeles are saying that Whitney Houston’s spirit is already “lighting up” heaven. “It’s like the universal source has called the greatest voice of all time back to heaven. It’s pure magic up there.”

  “Amy was right there. She gave Whitney a big angel hug and walked with her as she met some of her ancestors, relatives and… Michael Jackson.”

  Both singers had trouble on earth with alcohol and drugs, but they are at peace now. “Fame was too much for their gentle souls,” said Madam Marie of Sherman Oaks. “Their voices were a gift to our world, but caused great damage to their spirits on earth. Now, they are in a better place.”

  One psychic said that Amy Winehouse and Whitney Houston are planning a “concert” together in Whitney’s first few months. “Amy’s been doing very well in heaven and feels free and happy.”

  While Americans and fans around the world mourn the terrible loss of Whitney, the angels are rejoicing. “Our songbird is home,” is what St. Peter reportedly said when greeting Whitney, according to a psychic on Venice Beach.

(http://weeklyworldnews.com. Adaptado.)

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Celebrities react to news of Amy Winehouse's death

 

Celebrities flocked to Twitter Saturday after news broke that Grammy Award-winning singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London home.

It is suspected that Winehouse suffered a fatal drug overdose but an official cause of death will be determined by an autopsy, to be performed Sunday.

Winehouse has publicly battled both drug and alcohol addiction, and was most recently admitted to a rehab facility back in May.

Celebrities, including Demi Moore, Sophia Bush, Anderson Cooper, and Winehouse's close friend Kelly Osbourne mourned the late singer on the social networking site.

Available at: www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/23/celebrities-react-to-amy-_n_907806.html

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Underground river ‘Rio Hamza’ discovered 4km beneath the Amazon Scientists estimate the subterranean river may be 6,000km long and hundreds of times wider than the Amazon Alok Jha, science correspondent guardian.co.uk Friday, 26 August 2011 Covering more than 7 million square kilometres in South America, the Amazon basin is one of the biggest and most impressive river systems in the world. But it turns out we have only known half the story until now. Brazilian scientists have found a new river in the Amazon basin – around 4km underneath the Amazon river. The Hamza river, named after the head of the team of researchers who found the groundwater flow, appears to be as long as the Amazon river but up to hundreds of times wider. Both the Amazon and Hamza flow from west to east and are around the same length, at 6,000km. But whereas the Amazon ranges from 1 km to 100km in width, the Hamza ranges from 200km to 400km. The underground river starts in the Acre region under the Andes and flows through the Solimões, Amazonas and Marajó basins before opening out directly into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. The Amazon flows much faster than the Hamza, however, draining a greater volume of water. Around 133,000m3 of water flow through the Amazon per second at speeds of up to 5 metres per second. The underground river's flow rate has been estimated at around 3,900m3 per second and it barely inches along at less than a millimetre per hour. The Hamza was located using data collected inside a series of 241 abandoned deep wells that were drilled in the Amazon region by the petrochemical company Petrobras in the 1970s and 1980s. Elizabeth Tavares Pimentel and Valiya Hamza of the Department of Geophysics at Brazil's National Observatory led the work and presented their results last week at the International Congress of the Brazilian Geophysics Society in Rio de Janeiro. According to the researchers, the presence of the Hamza river might account for the relatively low salinity of the waters around the mouth of the Amazon. Professor Hamza said Pimentel's measurements represented preliminary work on the discovery of the new river, but Hamza said he expected to confirm the existence of the flow with additional measurements within the next few years. www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/aug/26/underground-riveramazon/print. Adaptado.

 

An aerial view of the Amazon river. Phorqgroph: Frans Lanting/Corbis

The flow of the Hamza river

Underground river ‘Rio Hamza’ discovered 4km beneath the Amazon Scientists estimate the subterranean river may be 6,000km long and hundreds of times wider than the Amazon Alok Jha, science correspondent guardian.co.uk Friday, 26 August 2011 Covering more than 7 million square kilometres in South America, the Amazon basin is one of the biggest and most impressive river systems in the world. But it turns out we have only known half the story until now. Brazilian scientists have found a new river in the Amazon basin – around 4km underneath the Amazon river. The Hamza river, named after the head of the team of researchers who found the groundwater flow, appears to be as long as the Amazon river but up to hundreds of times wider. Both the Amazon and Hamza flow from west to east and are around the same length, at 6,000km. But whereas the Amazon ranges from 1 km to 100km in width, the Hamza ranges from 200km to 400km. The underground river starts in the Acre region under the Andes and flows through the Solimões, Amazonas and Marajó basins before opening out directly into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. The Amazon flows much faster than the Hamza, however, draining a greater volume of water. Around 133,000m3 of water flow through the Amazon per second at speeds of up to 5 metres per second. The underground river's flow rate has been estimated at around 3,900m3 per second and it barely inches along at less than a millimetre per hour. The Hamza was located using data collected inside a series of 241 abandoned deep wells that were drilled in the Amazon region by the petrochemical company Petrobras in the 1970s and 1980s. Elizabeth Tavares Pimentel and Valiya Hamza of the Department of Geophysics at Brazil's National Observatory led the work and presented their results last week at the International Congress of the Brazilian Geophysics Society in Rio de Janeiro. According to the researchers, the presence of the Hamza river might account for the relatively low salinity of the waters around the mouth of the Amazon. Professor Hamza said Pimentel's measurements represented preliminary work on the discovery of the new river, but Hamza said he expected to confirm the existence of the flow with additional measurements within the next few years. www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/aug/26/underground-riveramazon/print. Adaptado.

 

An aerial view of the Amazon river. Phorqgroph: Frans Lanting/Corbis

O rio Hamza