Alba is the Scottish Gaelic name (pronounced [ˈalˠ̪apə]) for Scotland. It is cognate to Alba in Irish and Nalbin in Manx, the two other Goidelic Insular Celtic languages, as well as similar words in the Brythonic Insular Celtic languages of Cornish (Alban) and Welsh (Yr Alban) also meaning Scotland.
The term first appears in classical texts as Ἀλβίων or Ἀλουΐων (in Ptolemy's writings), later as Albion in Latin documents. Historically, the term refers to Britain as a whole and is ultimately based on the Indo-European root for "white". It later came to be used by Gaelic speakers in the form of Alba (dative Albainn, genitive Albann, now obsolete) as the name given to the former kingdom of the Picts which had by the time of its first usage with this meaning, expanded around the time of king Causantín mac Áeda (Constantine II, 943-952). The region Breadalbane (Bràghad Albainn, the upper part of "Alba") takes its name from it as well.
As time passed that kingdom incorporated others to the southern territories. It became re-Latinized in the High Medieval period as "Albania" (it is unclear whether it may ultimately share the same etymon as the modern Albania). This latter word was employed mainly by Celto-Latin writers, and most famously by Geoffrey of Monmouth. It was this word which passed into Middle English as Albany, although very rarely was this used for the Kingdom of Scotland, but rather for the notional Duchy of Albany. It is from the latter that Albany, the capital of the US state of New York, takes its name.
Jessica Marie Alba (born April 28, 1981) is an American television and film actress. She began her television and movie appearances at age 13 in Camp Nowhere and The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994). Alba rose to prominence as the lead actress in the television series Dark Angel (2000–2002). Alba later appeared in various films including Honey (2003), Sin City (2005), Fantastic Four (2005), Into the Blue (2005), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and Good Luck Chuck both in 2007.
Alba has been called a sex symbol. She appears on the "Hot 100" section of Maxim and was voted number one on AskMen.com's list of "99 Most Desirable Women" in 2006, as well as "Sexiest Woman in the World" by FHM in 2007. The use of her image on the cover of the March 2006 Playboy sparked a lawsuit by her, which was later dropped. She has also won various awards for her acting, including the Choice Actress Teen Choice Award and Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television, and a Golden Globe nomination for her lead role in the television series Dark Angel.
The job is simple, don't get caught.
Plot
Matthia is about to move to Madrid by his boyfriend Eduard, so you do not have to reveal to the family of being gay. Eduard, however, is convinced that their marriage has the blessing of all family members. When the day before leaving for Spain, Eduard announces his arrival in Rome to know the "laws", Matthia must choose whether to finally come clean with his companion, or confess to being a formidable liar.
Keywords: boyfriend-boyfriend-relationship, brother-sister-relationship, cell-phone, closeted-homosexual, coming-out, drag-queen, family-relationships, father-son-relationship, friend, friendship
Plot
François Pignon, a very bland sort of man who works as an accountant in a rubber factory, is about to be fired. His new neighbour comes up with an idea to prevent such a thing to happen: he spreads the rumor that he's gay so that the factory management might be afraid they'll be sued for sexual discrimination. Of course, nothing happens as it should, but the changes in François Pignon's life -and other people's too- is drastic !
Keywords: accountant, cat, closeted-homosexual, coming-out, condom, divorce, father-son-relationship, gay-bashing, gay-interest, gay-parade
To Protect His Job, He's Come Out of the Closet He Never Went Into!
François Pignon: You're asking me to come out of a closet I've never been in!
François Pignon: Coffee?
François Pignon: You're completely uninteresting.
Félix Santini: I like showers.
Belone, the neighbour: So what's wrong?::François Pignon: I'm about to get fired.::Belone, the neighbour: Well, we can avoid that.::François Pignon: How?::Belone, the neighbour: Come out of the closet.::François Pignon: I'm not gay!::Belone, the neighbour: Does that matter?
Guillaume: [to Félix] You've got to bash that gay bashing image, damn it!
Belone, the neighbour: I was fired for same reason they're keeping you on. Amazing how things evolve, huh?
Plot
Gustavo Adolfo Almazán is a repressed millionaire. He is married to an invalid, Alba, and his life is pretty much dictated by his tyrannical mother, Ana María. One night, Iván, his rascal brother-in-law, brings two drunken cabaret singers to the Almazán household and they start a raucous party. This is how Gustavo Adolfo meets Fernanda, alias Colorina (on account of her red hair) with whom he'll share a passionate love affair. Ana María wants a grandchild and pays Colorina to have a baby with her son, on condition that she gives it to Alba to raise as her own. Although Fernanda initially agrees with the plan, she changes her mind after her son is born. Baby in arms, she runs back to her old neighborhood. There she is reunited with an old friend, whose wife has just deserted him, leaving their two little boys behind. Colorina gathers all these children and flees to Monterey where she starts a new life. Twenty years later, Fernanda is a respectable matron, the prosperous owner of a boutique. Her triplets are healthy, handsome boys all pursuing professional careers. Only now does the former Colorina decide to return to Mexico and introduce her sons to the Almazán family to see if they can guess which one is Gustavo Adolfo's son.
Reis glorios, verais lums e clartatz
Deus poderos, senher si a vos platz
Al meu companh siatz fizels aju da
Qu'eu non lo vi, pos la noitz fon venguda
Et ades sera l'alba!
Bel companho, si dormetz o veillatz?
Non dormatz plus, suau vos ressidatz
Qu'en orien vei l'estela creguda
Qu'amenal jorn, qu'eu l'ai ben coneguda
Et ades sera l'alba!
Bel dos companh, tan sui en ric sojorn
Qu'eu no volgra mais fos alba ni jorn
Car la gensor que anc nasques de maire
Tenc e abras, per qu'eu non prezi gaire
You can listen to this groove
It's for you
I'll be free for only you
Just for you
Yes my voice is coming near
Near to you
Lovely music in your ear
Just for you
Listen to this new song in your life
You can dance and romance in your home
Fly my sound everywhere you can see
Only music can save you and me
I will make you dream again
Just for you
I can get into your brain
Once agagin
Only music survives
Only music survives
I can play music where you wanna be
Air sgiath a' seoladh nan neoil
'S an domhain liath
Mar dhealbh a' tighinn beo tro na sgothan
'S mi a' tilleadh gu tir
Alba nam beanntan ard
Nan acraichean lom
Thairis air na lochan mointich
Nan coilltean 's nan gleann
Ach 'se sealladh leointe is gann
Tha an seo aig ceann thall an linn
Talamh alainn nan daoine
Fhathast an lamhan duine no dithis
Cuibhlean stolda mu dheas
Na fasaichean a tuath
An taigh-mor falamh an Dun-Eideann
Gun chumhachd gun ghuth
*Sibhse chuir achadh ri achadh
Taigh ri taigh
Gus nach bi ait anns an tir
An gabh sibh comhnaidh air leth
Ach 's math dhomh bhith seo an drasd
A cur failt air a' bhlas
'San tir a tha cho ur dhomh an diugh
Is a bha i nuair bha mi 'nam phaisd
*Bho Isaiah 5-8
Scotland
This flight is sailing through the c
louds
And the blue heavens
The homeland appears like a developing photograph
Through the mists as I return to land
I see Scotland of the high mountains
And the empty acres
Flying low across the moorland lochs
The forests and the glens
But it's
a wounding and a hollow sight
Here as we reach the end of the century
The beautiful soil of the people
Still in the hands of the few
I see the wheels of industry at a standstill
And the northern lands wasted
And the empty house in Edinburgh
Withou
t authority or voice
You that have laid field upon field
House upon house
Till there be nowhere for you to be placed alone
In the midst of all the earth
But it is good for me to be here now
As I welcome the warmth
In this land that's as exciting
for me today
black beans on the stove, malta in my hand, tears in alba's eyes as she dreams of a far away land "i've been stripped from my country, i've been spit on by my race". i said, "it'll be okay" as i wiped a tear from her face and she said" no quieroir la mentira que vivo aqui!" "yo quiero volver a mi pais!" "you'll never know the pain i feel inside, i've been striped from my country and robbed of my pride". i don't know where i'm gonna go but i don't belong here!
Gaelic....sung
Hey Mandu...
Listen..
Tomorrow Morning, experience a new high.
Gaelic....sung
Hey Mandu...
Alba, Alba Alba, Alba
Look at his face... x 3
Look at his face... x 3
Alba, Alba Alba, Alba
Gaelic....sung
Listen. Listen. Listen.
I hear the waves going through my mind
We live in a sick and dying empire
I hear the waves going through my soul
We live in a sick and dying empire, that's desperately clutching at its symbols
I hear the waves going through my mind
We live in a sick and dying empire
I hear the waves going through my...
Alba, Hey Mandu, Hey hey Mandu
Alba, Hey Mandu, Hey hey Mandu
Alba.
We live in a sick and dying empire, that's desperately clutching at its symbols Alba, Alba, Hey Mandu, Hey hey Mandu
Alba, Hey Mandu, Hey hey Mandu
Alba, Hey Mandu, Hey hey Mandu