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This is a photograph from the Tullamore Harriers AC "Quinlan Cup" Half Marathon which was held on Saturday 29th August 2015 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland at 12:00. This is the third year of the event. The race is organised and promoted by Tullamore Harriers AC. The race starts on the Charleville Road just outside the entrance to Tullamore Harriers. The race proceeds south along the R421 and onto the N52 before taking a route onto local back roads. The race then completes a large rural road route before it joins to the R421 again and the final 1.5 miles are the same as the first mile of the race. The runners enter Tullamore stadium and complete one lap of the tartan track before the finish line. The course is challenging in places with some undulations along the route. But overall it is fair course. 2013 seen the first year of the event as the club commemorated the 60th Anniversary of the formation of Tullamore Harriers AC which today is one of Ireland's best known athletics clubs.
The race was perfectly organised. The weather was good for racing but there was a very strong headwind for the first 6 miles of the race which made the conditions difficult. The weather was dry and warm except for the torrential downpour at around 1:45pm which cleared the whole finish area of spectators and runners. There were stewarts all along the route, 3 drink stations with bottled water, superb facilities, and great after-race refreshments. The stewards along the route provided great encouragement to all of the runners. Tullamore Harriers and the local community really worked together to make this is a wonderful event. There was also a relay option where teams of two can run approximately 10.5km each. In total almost 700 participants took part. This was higher than the 568 participants who completed the race which is almost 150 more than the 2013 event.
We have a large set of photographs from today's race at the start and the finish until the 2-00 finish time. They are available on Flickr at www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157655560294853
Timing and event management was provided by Precision Timing. Results are available on their website at www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2855
Our photographs from the 2014 Half Marathon on Flickr. www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157646587496250/
Our photographs from the 2013 Half Marathon on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157635307620452/
Half Marathon Route on MapMyRun: www.mapmyrun.com/ie/tullamore-l/half-marathon-tullamore-r...
2014 Race Results are available from PRECISION TIMING: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2136
2013 Race Results are available from PRECISION TIMING: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=1448
Tullamore Harriers on Facebook: www.facebook.com/tullamore.harriers?fref=ts
As mentioned above this race half marathon started in 2013 and celebrated the 60th Anniversary (a Diamond Anniversary) of the foundation of Tullamore Harriers AC. The club was formed in the town in November 1953. However, it was almost 1979 before facilities close to what we see today open in the present day site. Over 50 provincial and national athletics meetings are held at Tullamore Harriers every year. The facilities available combined with it's central geographical location joining routes from North, South, East, and West make it a very attractive venue. The half marathon today firmly brings competitive national road racing back to "The Harriers". The Quinlan Cup which will be awarded to the winning club team. For more than 40 years the Harriers Quinlan Cup was the most prestigious event on the road racing calendar. Having started as a cross-country race back in 1957, it became a road race in 1967 and remained so until 2000 when the race was last held. During its reign as a blue-ribband event the Quinlan Cup was won by the likes of John Treacy and Eamonn Coughlan.
Today, the facilities at Tullamore Harriers are the envy of many athletics clubs in Ireland. The facilities provided by Tullamore make it one of the premier venues for local and national level athletics in Ireland. There is an Olympic standard tartan track, a fully equipped gym, changing facilities, press and media facilities, meeting room spaces, etc. The club also provides a social center and niteclub which makes "The Harriers" a very well known on the local social scene. Esssentially, the town of Tullamore would be a different place if it weren't for the presence of Tullamore Harriers AC.
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I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
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Produced by students at Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College, Leeds, under the supervision of Mr I. Granger.
This once level landscape has been highly eroded over hundreds of thousands of years, leaving behind rugged and colorful hills.
This image forms part of the digitised photographs of the Ross and Pat Craig Collection. Ross Craig (1926-2012) was a local historian born in Stockton and dedicated much of his life promoting and conserving the history of Stockton, NSW. He possessed a wealth of knowledge about the suburb and was a founding member of the Stockton Historical Society and co-editor of its magazine. Pat Craig supported her husband’s passion for history, and together they made a great contribution to the Stockton and Newcastle communities. We thank the Craig Family and Stockton Historical Society who have kindly given Cultural Collections at the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia, access to the collection and allowed us to publish the images. Thanks also to Vera Deacon for her liaison in attaining this important collection.
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This woman was clearly uninhibited in her expression of dance along the beach. For well over half and hour I watched her dancing and twirling along the shore, seemingly completely unaware of the presence of other people.
As she slowly made her way towards our spot on the beach, I took a couple of timed exposures. What you see here is a composite. The figure on the left was dropped over the the other shot. I liked the form of both of them, and rather than to post two separate pictures, I decided to combine them into one image.
“Essa é uma peça que se coloca a mais no quebra-cabeça que é formar um novo sistema de transporte público, como metrô, corredores exclusivos de ônibus, 25 terminais de integração, além das ciclovias e da navegabilidade do rio Capibaribe. Até o final de 2014, montaremos todo esse quebra-cabeça”. Essa foi a garantia dada pelo governador Eduardo Campos ao realizar, nesta quinta-feira (15/08), a entrega do 18° Terminal Integrado (TI) de sua gestão. Localizado na Avenida Presidente Kennedy, em Olinda, o novo terminal recebeu o nome de TI de Xambá e atenderá diariamente cerca de 44 mil pessoas.
Parte do compromisso do Governo de Pernambuco em expandir e modernizar o Sistema Estrutural Integrado (SEI), o equipamento garante aos usuários do transporte público o pagamento de apenas uma passagem para se locomoverem por toda a Região Metropolitana do Recife (RMR). “As pessoas vão poder pegar um ônibus aqui e terminarem em Suape, na Zona Sul da nossa Região Metropolitana, pagando apenas uma tarifa”, exemplificou o governador. “Em Pernambuco, tínhamos uma das passagens mais caras e um serviço ruim. Fomos atrás de medidas para dar um salto na qualidade no sistema de transporte público, mas também de garantir a inclusão de mais pessoas ao sistema. Hoje, estamos entre as três passagens mais baratas do Brasil”, completou.
Orçado em R$ 5,5 milhões, o TI de Xambá possui uma área de 4.813 metros quadrados e conta com 16 plataformas de embarque e três de desembarque, além de lanchonete e Central de Atendimento ao Cliente. O início da operação está marcado para este sábado (17/08), quando o terminal ofertará 19 linhas de ônibus e 160 veículos, que farão 2.034 viagens todos os dias. Entre as linhas, 11 transportarão os usuários do subúrbio para o terminal; cinco ligarão Xambá aos TIs Joana Bezerra, Afogados e Rio Doce; e outras três terão o Centro do Recife como destino. “Com essa nova estrutura, as pessoas poderão economizar cerca uma hora nos seus trajetos de ida e volta. Esse é um resultado intangível, porque significa qualidade vida”, sublinhou Eduardo.
O secretário das Cidades, Danilo Cabral, apresentou algumas das intervenções em curso para a melhoria da mobilidade da Região Metropolitana, entre elas a Perimetral Norte - cujo início se dá no Centro do Recife, chegando a Olinda pela avenida Presidente Kennedy, seguindo para a PE-01, em Paulista, até a área do canal do Fragoso. “Já estamos em processo de licitação das obras, que estão orçadas em cerca de R$ 400 milhões. Vamos implantar e qualificar toda a via, além de fazer um corredor de transporte público e um elevado, que levará até a PE-01. Essa é uma obra muito importante para Região Metropolitana Norte, pois fará a ligação com o eixo Oeste da cidade, que antes tinha como única alternativa de rota a avenida Carlos Lima Cavalcanti”, detalhou Danilo.
Centro Cultural
Na ocasião, o governador de Pernambuco, Eduardo Campos, aproveitou para anunciar a construção de um Centro Cultural da Comunidade Xambá, que tinha seu espaço religioso no espaço. O centro vai ter 1.200 metros quadrados e deve estar pronto até março. Um dos integrantes da Nação Xambá, Guitinho da Xambá, participou da cerimônia de inauguração do terminal. “É fundamental reconhecer a importância da cultura afrodescendente na matriz da cultura brasileira. Estamos aqui contando com Guitinho da Xambá quebrando o preconceito que os negros ainda sofrem”, afirmou o governador.
Comunidades beneficiadas:
Olinda: Aguazinha; Nova Olinda; Águas Compridas; Alto da Bondade; Santa Casa; Alto Nova Olinda; Córrego do Abacaxi; Caixa D’água; Alto da Conquista; Alto do Cajueiro; Alto da Conquista; Alto do Sol Nascente.
Recife: Joana Bezerra; Afogados; Derby
Todas as regiões atendidas pelo SEI.
LINHAS DO TI XAMBA:
Alimentadoras
831 - Aguazinha/TI Xambá
841 - Nova Olinda (R. Jacira)/TI Xambá
842 - Águas Compridas/TI Xambá
843 - Alto da Bondade/TI Xambá
844 - Santa Casa/TI Xambá
847 - Alto Nova Olinda/TI Xambá
852 - Caixa D’água/TI Xambá
893 - Alto da Conquista/TI Xambá
892 - Alto do Cajueiro/TI Xambá
894 - Alto da Sucupira (Cór. do Abacaxi)/TI Xambá
895 - Alto do Sol Nascente/TI Xambá
Interterminais
861 - TI Xambá/TI Joana Bezerra
870 - TI Xambá/Afogados
881 - TI Xambá/Rio Doce (G. Vargas)
882 - TI Xambá/Rio doce (C.L.Cavalcanti)
883 - TI Xambá/Rio Doce (II Perimetral)
Troncais
820 - TI Xambá (Cabugá)
860 - TI Xambá (Príncipe)
810 - TI Xambá/Encruzilhada
Of all the Oaxacan Folk Art forms, Alebrijes may be the most renown - - to the point that the Spanish Royal Academy recently added the term “Alebrije” to that nation’s official language dictionary. Before discussing Alebrijes as Mexican Artwork, it might be a good idea to explain what, exactly, they are.
Perhaps the best way to describe Alebrije is “fantastical animal.” And, the best way to describe Oxacan Alebrijes is “fantastic fantastical animals!” Based on many of God’s creatures, particularly birds, legend has it that while very ill Alebrije creator Pedro Linares Lopez had a feverish dream where he saw many mythical creatures and when he recovered he stated making papier mache piñatas featuring them.
Oaxacan Alebrijes were pioneered by Manuel Jimenez, who began making intricate woodcarvings and artistically painting them. Soon, other local artisans began developing their own styles and one of the most popular Mexican Art Forms was born. Each Alebrijes is a “one of a kind” creation, and the very life-blood for the artisans who create them. Living in and around Oaxaca City, the capital of one of Mexico’s poorest states, these individuals are using their Oaxacan Animal Carvings to support their families and to ensure that economic survival does not pass them by.
Interestingly enough, the first step in creating Oaxacan Wood Carvings involves only thinking. The Artisans who specialize in these Oaxacan Carved Animals have to, basically, “daydream” of the Fantastical Animal they want to create. Once this is accomplished, they need to collect the medium they intend to work with.
The ideal “raw material” for the Folk Art Carvings comes from the “copalillo” (copal) tree.
There are “male” and “female” copal trees, with the “prime” one being the female tree, as it has no “knots” in the bark, and also has a pleasant “lime” fragrance.
Once retrieved, the tree section is typically allowed to dry in the sun. Then, the carving begins - first with a machete and then more delicate and sharper blades. Additional time is allowed for drying before the next step begins. Depending on the artist, this may take place in the shade, as opposed to being placed directly in the suns rays, thus ensuring that the drying is not as abrupt and appears more natural.
Sanding next takes place, making the figure completely smooth. Often gasoline, or another similar type of liquid, is rubbed on to the Alebrije to protect against powder-post beetles and other such insects. The Alebrije is now ready to be painted and decorated.
Needless to say, the more intricate and colorful the Alebrije is the more time the Oaxacan Animal Sculptors put into it. As mentioned, each one is totally unique - - a “one and only” item that will never be replicated!
For more information about Alebrijes for sale visit our website: www.alebrijes.co/
Blown up by NatureSam in order to try to identify! Sadly I was unable to so here is a bit on caterpillars generally.
Caterpillars are the larval form of a member of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). They are mostly phytophagous in food habit, with some species being entomophagous. Caterpillars are voracious feeders (seen out of context here for me to attempt to identify) and sadly many of them are considered 'pests', especially the brown tailed moth, check out spaciousandgracious.co.uk/2009/05/breaking-news/ As a consequence many moth species are better known in their caterpillar stages because of the so called, damage, they cause to fruits and other agricultural produce.
The etymological origins of the word are from the early 1500s, from Middle English catirpel, catirpeller, probably an alteration of Old North French catepelose : cate, cat (from Latin cattus) + pelose, hairy (from Latin pilōsus).
Most caterpillars have tubular, segmented bodies. They have three pairs of true legs on the three thoracic segments, up to four pairs of prolegs on the middle segments of the abdomen, and often a single pair of prolegs on the last abdominal segment. There are ten abdominal segments. The families of lepidoptera differ in the numbers and positioning of the prolegs. Some caterpillars are fuzzy (which means they have hair) and they are most likely to cause itching of the hands if touched, and the brown tailed moths are particularly hazardous, but we love them.
Caterpillars grow through a series of moults; each intermediate stage is called an instar. The last moult takes them into the inactive pupal or chrysalis stage.
Like all insects, caterpillars breathe through a series of small openings along the sides of their thorax and abdomen called spiracles. These branch into the body cavity into a network of tracheae. A few caterpillars of the family Pyralidae are aquatic and have gills that let them breathe underwater.
Apparently caterpillars have 4,000 muscles (compared to humans, with 629). They move through contraction of the muscles in the rear segments pushing the blood forward into the front segments elongating the torso. The average caterpillar has 248 muscles in the head segment alone.
Senses
Close-up of a caterpillar face. Caterpillars do not have good vision. They have a series of six tiny eyelets or 'stemmata' on each side of the lower portion of their head. These can probably form well focused, but poorly resolved images. They move their heads from side to side probably as a means of judging distance of objects, particularly plants. They rely on their short antennae to help them locate food.
Some caterpillars are able to detect vibrations, usually at a specific frequency. Caterpillars of the common hook-tip moth, Drepana arcuata (Drepanoidea) produce sounds to defend their silk nests from members of their own species, by scraping against the leaf in a ritualized acoustic duel. They detect the vibrations conducted by the plant and not air-borne sounds. Similarly, cherry leaf rollers Caloptilia serotinella defend their rolls. Tent caterpillars can also detect vibrations at the frequency of wing beats of one of their natural enemies
Camera: Nikon Lite Touch Zoom 120 ED (AF) (№3431629)
Film: Kodak Professional Tri-X 400 Black and White Negative Film
[The film is expired, storage conditions are unknown. The film was exhibited at nominal ISO]
Scanner: Pakon F235+
Photo taken: 08/09/2018
Church of the Sign of the Blessed Virgin. It is located in Dubrovitsy manor of Podolsky district of Moscow region on the high bank formed by the confluence of the Desna and Pakhra rivers.
The whole church is fully decorated with white stone sculpture, which is very unusual for those times. Near the western church gates there are sculptural sculptures of the saints Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom.
The white stone sculpture of the figure of John Chrysostom
Camera: Nikon Lite Touch Zoom 120 ED (AF) (№3431629)
Film: Kodak Professional Tri-X 400 Black and White Negative Film
[The film is expired, storage conditions are unknown. The film was exhibited at nominal ISO]
Scanner: Pakon F235+
Photo taken: 08/09/2018
My last day of my vacation back here at Altamont Pass Calif.Behind this train was the famous covered wagons on the San Jose turn
Sunday 8th August 2010. - Broadstairs Folk Week, Annual event at various locations in Broadstairs Town. - Broadstairs, Thanet, Kent, UK. - Motley Morris Women and Girls from Dartford performing on the jetty, Broadstairs Harbour, Viking Bay. - Motley Morris are a black faced "Border Style" morris side formed in 1981, when several members of local Cotswold Morris teams decided to perform dances from the Welsh Borders on an occassional basis. The resulting Team was called Dartford Morris after the town where they practiced. It was decided to keep the side all male. After a short while they developed their own identity with their distinctive coloured tatter jackets and using tunes and dances found in Kent. Further development led to renaming the side to "Motley Morris" as motley also means multi-coloured, this name seemed particulaty appropriate to their style. No Hankies and Bells! Their style is more primative, rhythmic and involves stick clashing. The black faces were thought originally to be some form of disguise. Nowadays it is used to make them seem more fearsome. Contrary to popular belief they do not use burnt cork - but standard stage makeup.
A CONCISE GUIDE TO THE CHOREOGRAPHIC PROCESS.
by Patricia Beatty.
[unstated 2nd edition]. Toronto, Press Of Terpsichore Limited, 1986. ISBN o-92o251-o4-8.
5-1/2 x 8-1/2, 32 sheets ivory zephyr antique laid perfectbound into ivory strathmore grandee card wrappers (verso out), all except inside covers & 9 pp printed black offset with red addition to front cover.
cover graphic by William Ronald.
rear cover photograph by Jim Chambers.
primary rear cover text unID'd; adds quote by William Littler.
other contributors:
Graham Bezant, [Edward] Koren, Andrew Oldenham.
includes:
i) "Special thanks to:" (bpNichol listed as one of 4 "believers in this book")
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Löwenkopffelsen - Felsen in Form eines Löwen - Kopf ( Felsgesicht ) im Huetgrabe im Eriz im Berner Oberland im Kanton Bern der Schweiz
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Buckfast Abbey forms part of an active Benedictine monastery at Buckfastleigh, Devon, England.
Dedicated to Saint Mary, it was founded in 1018 and run by the Cistercian order from 1147 until it was destroyed under the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
In 1882 monks began living there again, and today it is a Benedictine foundation.
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Photo contributed by The Tarsian 1969
Uluru and Kata Tjuta lie near the southern margin of the Amadeus Basin that first formed about 900 million years ago and received deposition until about 300 million years ago.
The older sediments in the Amadeus Basin were deformed and folded about 550 million years ago, and mountain ranges were uplifted in an event the geologists call the Petermann Ranges Orogeny. At this time there were no vegetation and the bare mountains eroded easily. Huge amounts of sediment formed alluvial fans adjacent to the ranges. It is the remains of at least two of these alluvial fans that are seen today as Uluru and Kata Tjuta. The site of Kata Tjuta was closer to the mountain ranges and coarse gravels were deposited whereas only sand reached the site of Uluru. The sand was rich in feldspar and is often referred to as arkose.
Subsequently about 500 million years ago a shallow sea covered the region. The alluvial fans of sandstone and conglomerate were at least 2.5km thick and were gradually covered by sand and mud. The Uluru feldspathic sand was compressed and cemented into sandstone and the coarse gravels of Kata Tjuta into conglomerate.
The sea receded between 400 and 300 million years ago and the rocks were folded and fractured. This second major folding is called the Alice Springs Orogeny. It raised the region above sea level. The horizontal layers of the Uluru arkose were folded and turned nearly 90 degrees to their present position. The Kata Tjuta conglomerates were tilted only about 15 to 20 degrees from the horizontal. The rocks at the surface eroded rapidly. This erosion continues at a slower rate.
A broad valley developed between Uluru and Kata Tjuta around 65 million years ago and was partly filled with river sands and swamp deposits. At that time the climate was wet. Only during the past 500,000 years has the climate become drier and a thin blanket of wind-blown sand covered the sediments.
Uluru and Kata Tjuta are therefore the visible tips of rocks that extend far beneath the surface.
The sculptured shapes are likely to be a combination of mechanical erosion of sand from the rock and other events such as chemical changes caused by moisture.
The major valleys of Kata Tjuta may reflect fractures that formed during the Alice Springs Orogeny. Chemical weathering due to ground water widened the fissures and rainwater run-off gradually formed the canyons and domes we see today.
Unlike Kata Tjuta, there are no major joints and fractures visible in Uluru. Water erosion formed the valleys in the arkose on the southern side of Uluru. Rain run-off formed the steep valleys with potholes and plunge pools, often in series. On the north-west side water and weathering has produced parallel raised ridges outlining the sedimentary layers of Uluru.
The flaky surface of Uluru results from the chemical decay of minerals. The characteristic rusty colour of the exposed surface of these flakes is caused by the oxidation or rusting of the iron in the arkose. The fresh arkose is a grey colour.
As the surface rocks are heated and cooled, the release of pressure produces fissures parallel to the rock surfaces. These fissures are visible on Uluru and near the summits of some of the Kata Tjuta domes. Eventually these large "plates" of rock break away.
Scientists still debate the formation of the caves at Uluru. Some say they can begin with water lying in dimples in the rock. The weathering process can then form a hollow and gradually 'eats' backward and upward into the rock until it becomes a cave. Others say that the 'high' caves on the southern side of Uluru may have begun by water soaking in when the plain surface was at a higher level. Once soaked, the weathering process could again eat upward and backward to form a cave. The spaced high caves on the north-eastern and western faces may have begun by the flaking process and honeycombed out by wind and water over time.
We stopped along the road where Paul had spotted an Echinocereus hanging over a road cut at the side of road. Many large Echinocactus horizonthalonius, Echinocereus triglochidiatus forms and others were seen here.
Lillian träumt sich die Wahrheit,
Lillian träumt sich das Licht,
Lillian träumt auch die Lüge.
Lillian sucht ihr Gesicht.
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O razuitoare de gheata cu forma de trapez cu 4 suprafete de lucru.
Prima suprafata din stanga este plata pentru a razui chiciura de pe geam.
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A patra suprafata inferioara a razuitoarii gheata – TR – 85 ...
La corsa di Ignazio Marino alla segreteria del Partito Democratico passa per Formia. Una fermata obbligatoria per il ruolo rivestito nella mozione da Sandro Bartolomeo. Ed è proprio l'ex sindaco a lanciare il senatore chirurgo, il king maker di questa competizione: l'agitatore dei diritti civili. Il Pd a cui pensa Ignazio Marino deve applicare «quel metodo laico» di cui è vivace sostenitore. «Ognuno porti con passione, con entusiasmo le proprie idee, le proprie convinzioni, la propria cultura, ma alla fine si faccia una sintesi e tutti ci si senta realmente obbligati a sostenere la decisione che si è presa a maggioranza» afferma il senatore incassando l'applauso convinto dei presenti. La Sala Ribaud è piena. Ma non ci sono solo quelli della mozione. Ci sono i bersaniani e i pro Franceschini. C'è il popolo delle primarie, ma ci sono anche i disillusi: «E' il solito discorso dei politici». Ma Marino piace. Strappa applausi e consensi. C'è chi annuisce quando afferma: «Io credo che abbiamo una risorsa straordinaria. Abbiamo le persone. Sciogliamo queste correnti che producono solo poteri, sottopoteri, controllo e non danno entusiasmo, passione e nuove idee. Utilizziamo una sola corrente, la corrente delle persone, della gente e dei circoli» esalta i presenti. In fondo è proprio questo che chiede la base del Pd. «Io voglio un partito che ritorni alle persone. Che interroghi la gente. Ve lo dico con grande chiarezza. Se per esempio sul tema del testamento biologico, interrogando tutti voi, in tutt'Italia il 98% di voi arrivasse a dire che la pensa come Paola Binetti, io in un Partito Democratico me ne farei una ragione. Ma se il 98% di voi dice che deve avere la libertà di scegliere a quali terapie accedere» lasciando fuori dalla propria stanza il legislatore, «anche Paola Binetti se ne deve fare una ragione» scandisce il senatore. I diritti civili sono il suo cavallo di battaglia. Uno spazio democratico in cui far confluire le istanze tanto degli omosessuali quanto degli immigrati. Su questo tema rilancia: «Sull'immigrazione le regole devono essere chiare, ma devono rispettare le persone». Quindi facendo leva sulla sua esperienza, racconta: «Negli Usa, pagavo regolarmente le tasse, ma non mi è mai capitato di stare in una tenda al freddo per rinnovare il permesso di soggiorno». Diritti, diritti e ancora diritti quando si parla di respingimenti, per i quali nutre una personale riserva, sposando quell'orientamento giuridico che solleva qualche dubbio di legittimità su tale pratica, lesivo del diritto d'asilo. «L'immigrazione attraverso il mare - conclude Marino - è assai limitata rispetto alle altre modalità illegali di ingresso. Si diano, invece, più mezzi alle polizie di frontiera» rileva il candidato. Un discorso ricco di spunti e di grande respiro ideale, che non trascura certo la green economy, che «fa sia bene all’ambiente e crea lavoro», la giustizia sociale, e la legalità. Convince i presenti, se ce ne fosse stato già bisogno. La vera sfida, però, è quella di riavvicinare i delusi. Se questa missione sarà stata superata lo vedremo il 25 ottobre.
Martedì 20 Ottobre 2009