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Two-year-old chimpanzee "Do Do" feeds milk to "Aorn", a 60-day-old tiger cub.

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Iris licks her 7-week-old cub during one of their first walks in an open-air cage at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.

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Της ζωής μου το στολίδι

Με τα χέρια στο κεφάλι έκρυψα του νου τη ζάλη
στέκομαι και σε κοιτάζω κι από μέσα ξεθωριάζω
κάνε συ τα βήματά σου μες στα ροδοπέταλά σου
κι άσε εμένα να λυπάμαι τη ζωή μου όταν θυμάμαι

Άγγελέ μου ακριβέ μου γιέ μου συνομήλικε μου
τόσα που μου έχεις μάθει δε σηκώνει άλλα λάθη
κι όσο και να το φοβάμαι πάντοτε μαζί σου θα 'μαι
στης ζωής μου το ταξίδι εσύ θα 'σαι το στολίδι

Με τα χέρια στο κεφάλι έκρυψα φωνή μεγάλη
στέκομαι και σε κοιτάζω και το αύριο σχεδιάζω
κι όσο εσύ θα μεγαλώνεις όλο και θα δυναμώνεις
να μου δείχνεις πως βαδίζουν όλοι αυτοί που ξεχωρίζουν

«Ellada, agapi mou»: Άρθρο-ύμνος στην Le Monde

Σε άρθρο του στην Γαλλική εφημερίδα "Le Μonde" με τίτλο "Ellada, agapi mou" ο Etienne Roland, πρώην διευθυντής της Γαλλικής Σχολής στην Αθήνα και καθηγητής της ελληνικής αρχαιολογίας στο πανεπιστήμιο Paris I Panthéon καυτηριάζει την εικόνα που δίνεται για την χώρα μας.

O καθηγητής εκφράζει, τη δυσαρέσκεια του για τις επιθέσεις που δέχεται η χώρα μας την οποία χαρακτηρίζει κοιτίδα του πολιτισμού. "Αισθάνομαι βαθιά ταπεινωμένος, όταν μία εφημερίδα τολμά να ισχυρίζεται, ότι η Ελλάδα είναι μία" χώρα ίσως λιγότερο "ευρωπαϊκή" απ' ότι φαίνεται", σημειώνει και προσθέτει:

"Είμαι ταπεινωμένος, όταν οι Γάλλοι συμπατριώτες μου κάνουν αυτό το κακό στην ιστορία και παρουσιάζουν το μύθο του Έλληνα ψεύτη και πονηρού".  Στη συνέχεια ο κ. Roland, εξηγεί γιατί η Ελλάδα είναι μια ευρωπαϊκή χώρα και σίγουρα είναι περισσότερο ευρωπαϊκή από χώρες όπως η Μεγάλη Βρετανία.

"Δεν θα σταθώ παρά σε μερικά σημεία. Αν η Ελλάδα δεν είναι μία ευρωπαϊκή χώρα, ποιος αξίζει αυτόν τον τίτλο; Οι Γερμανοί ή η δόλια Αλβιόνα, της οποίας ο πιο μεγάλος της ποιητής Byron, έχει ήδη κατηγορηθεί για την λεηλασία της χώρας του Ομήρου;

Πιο Ευρωπαϊκή είναι η Αγγλία που δεν θέλει καμία ευρωπαϊκή αλληλεγγύη και κυρίως σε εκείνες τις χώρες που της στοιχίζουν χρήματα; Δεν είναι αυτή που έφερε στην Ελλάδα τον στρατό και τον βασιλιά στο τέλος του Β Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου προκαλώντας έναν κατακλυσμό, τον οποίο η χώρα επρόκειτο να πληρώσει πολύ ακριβά. Και αυτό έγινε στη χώρα που μπορεί μάλιστα να καυχηθεί για την αντίσταση της κατά της ναζιστικής κατοχής", αναφέρει ο κ. Rolland.

Θεμέλιο η ελληνική κουλτούρα

Ο καθηγητής εξηγεί τους λόγους ο Βαλερί Ζισκάρ Ντ' Εστέν ήθελε την επιστροφή της Ελλάδας στην Ευρώπη και πάλεψε γι' αυτό.  "Ο Ντ' Εστέν ήθελε να επιστρέψει την Ελλάδα στην Ευρώπη επειδή, λέει, η δημοκρατία και η κουλτούρα προέρχονταν από αυτή την χώρα. Ίσως, να υπήρχαν περισσότερα να πούμε για αυτή την αθηναϊκή δημοκρατία, τη δουλεία και τον ιμπεριαλισμό.

Αλλά η έμφαση είναι σε λάθος σημείο, γιατί το πρόβλημα δεν είναι να γνωρίσουμε που γεννήθηκε η δημοκρατία, το πρόβλημα είναι να αναγνωρίσουμε ότι η ελληνική κουλτούρα, ας την πούμε ελληνορωμαϊκή, είναι το μοναδικό θεμέλιο μέσα σε μία ιστορία που δημιουργήθηκε μέσα σε αντιπαλότητες και παγκόσμιους πολέμους. Αυτή η διάσημη ελληνική κουλτούρα έθρεψε την Αναγέννηση, τα γράμματα όπως και τις τέχνες, τους κλασσικούς μας του 17ου αιώνα και εμπότισε τις ελίτ του 18ου αιώνα ανά τον κόσμο. Ο 19ος αιώνας έπαιξε έναν ουσιαστικό ρόλο στην εξάπλωση των ελληνικών τεχνών και γραμμάτων δημιουργώντας ένα ρεύμα "νεο-κλασσικό" που το ξαναβρίσκουμε στο Εδιμβούργο- το οποίο ήταν ένα από τα κέντρα και όπου ήθελαν να χτίσουν έναν Παρθενώνα", σημειώνει.

Υπάρχει κράτος χωρίς χρέη;

Στη συνέχεια, αφού αναφέρεται στις επιδόσεις της Ελλάδας στις τέχνες και τον πολιτισμό, αλλά και στους μεγάλους Έλληνες του 20ου αιώνα, καλεί τους επικριτές της χώρας μας να αναρωτηθούν αν υπάρχει κράτος χωρίς χρέη.

"Όσο για τις κατηγορίες για απάτη και σπατάλη, ποια χώρα δεν σπατάλησε δεκάδες δισεκατομμύρια πρόσφατα;" αναρωτιέται, και καταλήγει ζητώντας να μην αφήνουμε τους τεχνοκράτες να γονατίζουν τους φίλους μας.

"Δεν σημαίνει κάτι αν η Ελλάδα είναι περισσότερο ή λιγότερο ευρωπαϊκή, δεδομένου ότι τα θεμέλια της Ευρώπης δεν υπάρχουν χωρίς τον ελληνισμό. Ανακαλούμε ότι η Ευρώπη είναι μία φοινικική πριγκίπισσα που την απήγαγαν οι Κρήτες, δημιουργώντας συγκρούσεις ανάμεσα στην Δύση και στην Ανατολή. Η Ευρώπη έχει επίσης ανατολίτικες ρίζες. Η Ευρώπη δεν υπάρχει για να θεμελιώσει τράπεζες και τραπεζίτες, υπάρχει για να θεμελιώσει μία κουλτούρα και μία κουλτούρα ελληνική είναι ένα από τα στοιχεία που μας ενώνουν. Δυστυχώς υπάρχουν πια πολύ λίγα!

Ζήτω η Ελλάδα! Ας μην αφήνουμε τους τεχνοκράτες να γονατίζουν τους φίλους και αδερφούς μας και ακόμα λιγότερο να τους εξευτελίζουν και να μας εξευτελίζουν".

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6 Ambiguous Endings That Have Been Answered

6.

Cloverfield

The Ambiguous Ending

This found footage film about a man trying to avoid the attacks of a giant monster in NYC in order to save his girl abruptly ends when the army decides to nuke the creature in Central Park while our heroes hide under a near bridge. The explosion cuts off the filming, leaving the audience wondering if the monster and/or the lovers survived the attack.

The Answers

While it’s obvious that the odds of 2 human beings surviving such a massive explosion are incredibly low, the monster has already survived all kind of ferocious attacks from the army, so we could say that he’s still 50/50 on the life situation. However, in a short audio clip after the credits, some apparent gibberish can be heard. When this clip is played in reverse, we can hear a human voice saying “It’s still alive”, implying that the monster survived the bombing.

5.

Mulholland Drive

The Ambiguous Ending

This acclaimed film contains all you can ask in a controversial movie: Lesbian sex, weirdness and lesbian sex. This cult film has generated so much buzz around it’s supposed vagueness that director David Lynch has had to come up with actual clues in order to help the fans figure things out. It’s like a riddle book, but with more lesbian sex.

The ending to this film it’s not so ambiguous per say, with the main character shooting herself on the head after experiencing some horrifying hallucinations, but the apparent nonsensical circumstances that lead to that event are what keeps it open ended. In a movie that toys with the idea of perceptions of reality and overall strange symbolism, audiences still argue about the true meaning of the film’s conclusion. After all, we’re diving into David Lynch’s territory.

The Answers

It’s simple. As many critics and film analysts have pointed out, the first half of the movie (the one where the weirdness occurs the most) it’s nothing more than the distorted dreams scenarios that the main character has created inside her head, after her aspirations of becoming a star in Hollywood get crushed by the industry. The second half of the film depicts her ongoing downwards spiral towards complete insanity after not only her career gets destroyed, but her love life falls apart in a twisted sequence of interrelating unfortunate events. At the end, her insanity catches up with her reality and she decides to end her life.

4.

The Dark Tower

The Ambiguous Ending

This massive novel consisting of over 3000 pages divided in 7 books is considered by many Stephen King’s masterpiece, and it’s also his magnum opus, borrowing from all of his previous work and putting it into one universe. The story depicts legendary gunslinger Roland Deschain as he tries to avoid the destruction of a mysterious dark tower that holds the whole existence within itself.

At the end, Roland successfully saves the future of the tower by destroying the artifacts that were being used to destroy it, but his lack of satisfaction doesn’t stop after saving the entire existence. Oh no, he wants more, he wants to know what’s inside the tower, and to his big surprise, the top room of the tower contains a portal that sends him back to the beginning of his quest, erasing his previous memories in the process, and hinting that he has gone through this adventure several times before, each one the same as the last.

Like this, we guess

The Answers

First, the Dark Tower is based on Robert Browning’s poem “Childe Roland To The Dark Tower Came”. In said poem, Roland DOES succeed on his quest of conquering the dark tower, and it is hinted that this is achieved with the aid of an artifact called “the Horn of Eld”, the one item that the Roland in the novel doesn’t have (he lost it in battle). By the way, the only reason why we are led to believe that Roland got out of the infinite loop at the end of the book and that he might succeed this time is that he regains the Horn of Eld. Oh, and the complete poem is included in the book, right after it ends, and as many have theorized, this suggests that the novel is actually a prequel of the poem, and that the poem describes Roland’s final and triumphant adventure.

Besides that, in a short essay before the book’s last chapter, King points out that this ending is a meta commentary on those who only read books to know the ending and don’t focus on the story in between. Roland represents the reader, his thirst for knowing what’s inside the tower represents the reader’s hunger for closure. Even though Roland already finished his mission he still wants to go further, just like the reader does when King already provided a happy ending to the story (he actually warns the reader to stop reading if they don’t want to be disappointed by what’s inside the tower). So depending on the way you want to look at it, this ending is either obvious, or completely meaningless. Everything but ambiguous.

3.

The Sopranos

The Ambiguous Ending

What can we say about the ending of The Sopranos that hasn’t been said already? First you have a TV show about the New Jersey mob. There’s lies, treason, corruption and violence, oh so much violence. So after a big mob war, the world waited with anticipation to know the ultimate fate of the Soprano family: Will they live happily ever after? Are they gonna suffer the consequences of their actions? Is it gonna end with a 30 seconds cut to black while the Sopranos eat onion rings in some restaurant and engulf themselves in Journey music?

Have a dance-off?

If you must know, the answer to those questions are, “We don’t know”, “I have no idea”, and “Totally” in that order. The infamous cut to black is the perfect window to leave the ending up to the viewer’s interpretation, so an actual ending would be hard to figure out. Right?

The Answers

Not really. Absolutely everything during that last scene in the restaurant leaves us to believe that Tony Soprano is murdered. Think about it, the whole show is seen from Tony’s eyes, so if he dies, there’s no more perspective to see, therefore, complete darkness and silence (and it’s not like Tony Soprano was gonna get the tunnel of light and angelic chants). The show’s creator David Chase has pointed out that the ending is indeed open to interpretation, but as many have pointed out, the last scene in the restaurant is filled with tension and suspiciously looking people, one of whom goes to the bathroom in what seems to be a nod to a scene of The Godfather that ended up with Michael Corleone coming out of the bathroom only to start a’ shooting.

But you might say “So what? Maybe the guy was just taking a piss”. Well, according to actor Matt Servitto, the scriptpointed out that the piss man was indeed more mysterious, and that he actually walks towards Tony after getting out of the bathroom implying that he’s about to shoot him before the script abruptly ends. Also, if you think about it, why would David Chase take such a risk if the ending didn’t have an actual meaning? If that was the case, it was either the biggest cop out in television history, or David Chase is simply a dick.

2.

Inception

The Ambiguous Ending

Oh, Inception. This time bending thriller taking place inside the dreams (inside the dreams inside the dreams) quickly became a world phenomenon, ranging from every single TV show/conversation/stupid internet meme had to include a reference to Leonardo DiCaprio and his subconscious adventures. In this movie, the technology to access somebody’s dreams is so advanced that you have to acquire an object called “totem”, with specifications only known to you in order to keep track of reality. Our friend Leonardo chooses a spinning top, and the rules are simple: Spin it, if it wobbles and eventually stops, you’re good to go, but if it remains spinning forever, it means you’re inside a dream.

Mr. Leo has also been playing around with his own subconscious in order to revive the memories he shared with his deceased wife, and throughout, we are questioned whether he dreamed the whole deal, or his bitchy ghost wife is just playing mind games with him. Finally on the last scene, Leo spins his totem one last time to answer the question once and for all. So we watch it spin, and spin, and then boom, black screen, credits roll, minds blown.

The Answers

While explaining the instructions of the spinning top totem, DiCaprio is specific: If it’s a dream, it’s not supposed to even wobble, which if you are fast on the eye, can see that is exactly what it does right before the cut to the credits, neglecting the whole dream theory. So our friend Leo finally got a happy ending after years of being frozen to death, self poisoned, and shot in elevators. Besides, Michael Caine already spilled the beans on the ending, and if the Batman can trust Michael Caine, why can’t you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeN-jDGQlpQ

1.

LOST

The Ambiguous Ending

Oh yes, we went there. Actually, we crashed there. In the past few years, LOST has become the epitome of all things ambiguous, with every episode dividing the audience between those who preferred character development from those who were more interested in the mythology. The fans of this show about the survivors of a plane crash in a supposedly deserted island filled with mystery couldn’t wait a single second to know what the answers to all of their questions, analyzing scenes frame by frame hoping to catch a clue, theorize non-stop about what was going on, and overreacting over 1 second of new footage in the promos. Needless to say, LOST fans are batshit crazy, so what happened when the series finale finally arrived? Did the sky open and a beam of light illuminated all the unanswered questions?

No. No it did not.

Instead, the show decided to take a different route, giving closure to the characters instead of the mysteries. And even then, they did it in a fairly ambiguous way. During the last season, the show went back and forth between the present events on the island and an apparent alternate reality where the plane never crashed. In the last scene, however, it’s revealed that it’s actually a very bizarre flashfoward depicting the afterlife of those who crashed in the island and their efforts to find each other again before “moving on”. This scene was given priority over the present events on the island, where things were constantly getting weirder and weirder and no explanation was ever given, causing fans to rage like nobody’s business, calling the ending a cop out and demanding answers…

The Answers

And those answers actually came. A few months after the series finale aired, a new short called “The New Man in Charge” was released. Of course, at this point, many fans (hardcore and casual) have given up on knowing the answers, so they never expected a follow up, so it went through their heads. In this short, many of the big and frequent unanswered questions were addressed, and those who actually watched it immediately regretted it and it proved that when you’re in such a tight knot concerning mysteries, it’s better for some questions to remain unanswered or those answers will be mere disappointment. It was the creator’s way to say “You wanted answers? Well fuck you, here they are!”

There’s also a honourable mention to the actual ending of the show (the scene about finding each other and moving on), which was claimed by many as ambiguous, with some theorizing that everyone had been dead since the original crash. But this is only a honourable mention because, mere minutes before the ending, it is specifically said that all the events that had happened before that scene actually occurred, so the joke’s on all the people not paying attention. These people are probably the friend that told your friend that the show makes more sense if you watch it backwards.

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