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Proof of walk this morning with Amigo and Cypher at Whitesand Beach ⛱️ 
Typical faces in some Asian countries 👫
Eastern countries have a blend of cultures and ethnicities, creating diversity in the most populous region of the world.
Via ASEAN - Eastern Culture
#ASEAN_Eastern_Culture #EastAsia #SouthEastAsia #Asian #DNA
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Inarguably French Polynesia’s most visited island and one of the most dramatically beautiful in all of the South Pacific, Bora-Bora rises from the blue-green waters of its coral lagoon to the towering peak of 2,379-foot Mount Otemanu.
In its calm waters, manta rays have become very habituated to human visitors, and snorkeling the shallow gin-clear waters is a popular attraction.
#borabora #1000placestoseebeforeyoudie
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TasteAtlas Eat Local. Eat Seasonal. Food in Osaka in March.
🇯🇵 www.tasteatlas.com/osaka
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👑 Monarches/Royals in past 
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Most divers stop once they’re certified.
The MSD Challenge is for the ones who don’t. 🤿🥋
Becoming a Master Scuba Diver isn’t about collecting cards. It’s about structured growth. This is the highest non-professional rating in recreational diving. It represents commitment, experience and mastery.
If you’ve been looking for your next step in diving, this is it! 🤝
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The 7 March, 1999....
Remembering acclaimed, award-winning American film director, screenwriter, and producer Stanley Kubrick (26 July, 1928 - 7 March, 1999) who died in his sleep on this day in 1999, at the age of 70.
Fiercely independent and widely regarded as one of the finest filmmakers of all time, here is a list of his major cinematic releases:
1. "Fear and Desire" (1953)
2. "Killer’s Kiss" (1955)
3. "The Killing" (1956)
4. "Paths of Glory" (1957)
5. "Spartacus" (1960)
6. "Lolita" (1962)
7. "Dr. Strangelove…or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" (1964)
8. "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968)
9. "A Clockwork Orange" (1971)
10. "Barry Lyndon" (1975)
11. "The Shining" (1980)
12. "Full Metal Jacket" (1987)
13. "Eyes Wide Shut" (1999)
How many of these films have you seen and do you have a favourite film on this list?
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𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚, 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐥 — 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐝𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐚’𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥. 🌀🌿
A stone “inverted tower” spiraling 27 m (88 ft) down, built as a ceremonial descent—where moss, shadow, and an open oculus frame the canopy like architecture’s own portal to the sky.
𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫:: Rodrigo Pederzini
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The Most Expensive Cars Ever Sold.
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A Roman street still lies beneath everyday life. In the historic center of Verona, Italy, near the remains of Porta Leoni, archaeologists revealed part of the ancient Roman city preserved directly below the modern street level.
The contrast between the two worlds is striking: pedestrians move above while a two-thousand-year-old roadway rests quietly beneath them. Porta Leoni itself dates to the 1st century BC and once served as one of the principal entrances to Roman Verona during the late Roman Republic.
Excavations in the area exposed the original stone pavement of a Roman street leading into the gate. The surface still bears the uneven wear of ancient traffic, where carts and pedestrians once entered the city through its fortified gateway.
Large stone blocks, drainage channels, and fragments of surrounding structures reveal how carefully the Romans organized their urban space.
Over centuries, Verona continued to grow. Medieval construction, Renaissance rebuilding, and modern development gradually raised the street level above the Roman remains. Instead of disappearing, the older city simply became a lower layer beneath the newer one.
Today visitors can stand above the excavation and look directly down onto the ancient road.
The ruins clearly show where Roman Verona stood. How many more layers of the city still lie hidden below remains an open question.
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1️⃣. Introduction:
Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat, civil servant, political theorist, historian and writer of the Renaissance period. He is widely regarded as the founder of modern political science because he analyzed politics as it is practiced in reality rather than as it should be according to moral or religious ideals.
His most famous work "The Prince" remains one of the most influential and controversial books in Western political thought.
2️⃣. Historical Background: Italy in Machiavelli’s Time:
To understand Machiavelli, one must understand Renaissance Italy.
During the late 15th and early 16th centuries:
🔸Italy was divided into competing city-states: Florence, Venice, Milan, Naples and the Papal States.
🔸Foreign powers such as France and Spain frequently invaded.
🔸Political instability, conspiracies and shifting alliances were common.
🔸Machiavelli lived in Florence, a republic dominated at times by the powerful Medici family.
Italy was politically fragmented and militarily weak compared to centralized monarchies like France and Spain. This instability deeply shaped Machiavelli’s thinking.
3️⃣. Early Life and Career:
Born: May 3, 1469, Florence.
Educated in classical Latin literature (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus).
In 1498, after the fall of the Dominican reformer Girolamo Savonarola, Machiavelli was appointed Second Chancellor of the Florentine Republic.
He served as a diplomat and traveled to courts in France and the Holy Roman Empire. Most importantly, he closely observed Cesare Borgia, whose bold and ruthless political methods influenced The Prince.
4️⃣. Exile and Writing:
In 1512, the Medici family returned to power in Florence. Machiavelli was:
🔸Dismissed from office.
🔸Accused of conspiracy.
🔸Briefly imprisoned and tortured.
🔸Exiled to his farm outside Florence.
During this exile (1513), he wrote The Prince, hoping to regain political employment under the Medici regime.
Important scholarly note:
The Prince was dedicated to Lorenzo de' Medici likely as a political gesture to restore his career.
5️⃣. The Prince (1513, published 1532):
Purpose:
Unlike medieval political writings that described ideal Christian rulers, Machiavelli focused on:
🔸How power is acquired.
🔸How power is maintained.
🔸How states survive.
He separated politics from theology and morality.
Key Concepts in The Prince:
1. Virtù:
Virtù does not mean moral virtue.
It means strength, skill, decisiveness and political ability.
A successful ruler must possess energy, intelligence and boldness.
2. Fortuna:
Fortuna refers to luck or fate.
Machiavelli believed:
🔸Fortune controls half of human affairs.
🔸The other half depends on human action.
🔸A great ruler controls fortune through courage and adaptability.
3. Fear vs Love:
He famously argued:
♦️ It is better to be feared than loved, if one cannot be both.
However, he warned:
🔸A ruler must avoid being hated.
🔸Excessive cruelty destroys stability.
This statement is often misquoted without context.
4. Use of Cruelty:
Machiavelli distinguishes between:
🔸Cruelty well-used (swift, necessary, limited).
🔸Cruelty abused (continuous and reckless).
He observed that political order sometimes requires harsh decisions.
6️⃣. Was Machiavelli Evil?
Many misunderstood him.
The term “Machiavellian” came to mean deceitful or manipulative.
However, serious scholars argue:
🔸He did not promote evil.
🔸He described political reality honestly.
🔸He believed strong leadership could unify Italy.
Some historians believe The Prince was partly ironic or even subtly critical of tyrants.
7️⃣. Other Major Works:
Machiavelli was not only the author of The Prince.
1. Discourses on Livy:
In this longer and more detailed work, he:
🔸Praised republican government.
🔸Supported civic participation.
🔸Advocated citizen militias.
This shows he preferred republics over monarchies.
2. The Art of War:
He discussed military organization and strategy.
He opposed mercenary armies and supported citizen-based forces.
3. Mandragola:
A satirical comedy play revealing corruption and hypocrisy in society.
8️⃣. Machiavelli and Religion
Contrary to popular belief:
🔸Machiavelli did not reject religion.
🔸He saw religion as useful for maintaining social order.
🔸He admired Roman civic religion for strengthening unity.
However, he criticized the corruption of the Church in his time.
9️⃣. Influence on Modern Political Thought:
Machiavelli’s impact is immense:
🔸Founder of political realism.
🔸Influenced thinkers like Hobbes, Spinoza, Rousseau.
🔸Influenced modern diplomacy and statecraft.
🔸Anticipated modern nationalism.
He shifted political theory from:
Idealism ➝ Realism
Theology ➝ Secular analysis
🔟. Unknown Facts:
1. The Prince was not published during his lifetime (published 1532, five years after his death).
2. The Catholic Church later placed his works on the Index of Prohibited Books.
3. He desperately wanted to return to government service.
4. He died in 1527, the same year the Medici were expelled again from Florence.
1️⃣1️⃣. Critical Evaluation:
Strengths:
🔸Realistic analysis of power.
🔸Separation of politics from morality.
🔸Insight into state survival.
Criticism:
🔸Encourages manipulation.
🔸Downplays ethical responsibility.
🔸Justifies authoritarian methods.
Modern scholarship sees him as: A political scientist rather than a moral teacher.
1️⃣2️⃣. Conclusion:
Niccolò Machiavelli represents the political face of the Renaissance.
He applied Renaissance humanism not to art or literature but to power.
He observed rulers not as divine figures but as human actors navigating unstable systems.
His central message:
♦️ Politics must be studied as it is, not as we wish it to be.
That idea changed political thought permanently.
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Val Kilmer’s portrayal of Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone’s The Doors (1991) is widely considered one of the most committed and transformative performances in rock biopic history.
Kilmer didn’t just play Morrison, he became him. He spent years preparing, studying hours of footage, learning to sing in Morrison’s distinctive baritone, and even mimicking his mannerisms so precisely that Stone reportedly had trouble distinguishing Kilmer’s voice from Morrison's on audio recordings.
Kilmer gained weight, bleached his hair, and fully embodied Morrison’s physical deterioration over the years, from the lean, magnetic “Lizard King” of the early Doors era to the bloated, bearded Paris period before Morrison's death at 27. Perhaps most impressively, Kilmer performed all the singing himself. His vocals were so convincing that even members of the surviving Doors Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore were stunned by the accuracy.
While the film itself received mixed reviews, Kilmer’s performance was almost universally praised as electrifying. Many felt he outshone the real Morrison in charisma on screen, a remarkable achievement. The signs of The Doors, however, remain in the actor himself. Freeing himself from the presence of Morrison inside him would cost him a great effort. So much so that he would ask for psychiatric assistance and would have to enter analysis. Only some time later would Kilmer completely recover.
See more photos of Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison in the film here: 
Belém Tower, a famous historical architectural landmark in Lisbon, Portugal. The tower was built in the 16th century (from 1514 to 1520).
📷: @viajante_mundo
#Archeology #Castle
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On this date, March 5, 1978, unkown British band Dire Straits (Mark and David Knopfler, Pick Withers, and John Illsley) completed recording their debut album at Basing Street Studios, London (session had begun on February 13).
The whole project cost £12,500 ($21,250) to produce. The album which featured the group's breakthrough single "Sultans of Swing" went on to enjoy a 132 week run on the UK chart.
The inspiration for 'Sultans of Swing' came from Mark Knopfler witnessing a mediocre jazz band playing in the corner of a practically deserted pub. At the end of their performance, the lead singer came up to the microphone and announced that they were the "Sultans of Swing." Dire Straits was later certified double-platinum in both the United States and the United Kingdom.
The album was produced by ex-Spencer Davis Group bass player and older brother to Stevie, Muff Winwood, and engineered by Rhett Davies who also produced Camel's later albums.
The single "Sultans of Swing" first broke into the United States top five early in the spring of 1979—being a hit a full five months after the album was released there—and then rose to number eight on the British charts.
In his review for Rolling Stone magazine, Ken Tucker wrote that the band "plays tight, spare mixtures of rock, folk and country music with a serene spirit and witty irony. It's almost as if they were aware that their forte has nothing to do with what's currently happening in the industry, but couldn't care less." Tucker singled out "Sultans of Swing" for its "inescapable hook" and "Bob Dylan-like snarl in its vocal". He also praised "Setting Me Up" as a "heavenly number, funny and bitter."
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🍮Ranking of Asian Rice Desserts
by TasteAtlas
These desserts demonstrate the incredible versatility of rice as a foundational pillar of Asian culture, agriculture history and confectionery
Via: TasteAtlas
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The view from the Buddha statues at Shuimen Temple is breathtaking.
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𝐆𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐨 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐢, 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝,
𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝟏𝟔𝟐𝟑 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟔𝟐𝟒
𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫: @guigurui
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Saturday morning at the gym.....
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"It's a good day to dive". 🤿
