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Pectoral
23,4 × 25,7 cm
El Dragón, Calarcá, QuindÃo
0 - 550 d. C.
La impecable simetrÃa de sus formas, la proporción exacta de sus medidas y su exquisita manufactura, hacen de este pectoral una obra maestra que trasciende en el tiempo. Su hallazgo en el territorio Quimbaya evidencia relaciones culturales con los habitantes de esa región.
"Museo del Oro: Patrimonio Milenario de Colombia."
Banco de la República, Colombia, 2007.
Página 118.
Recipiente para Cal
27,1 × 11,8 cm
Puerto Nare, Antioquia
0 - 600 d. C.
En la orfebrerÃa Quimbaya, las figuras humanas se destacan por el realismo, la desnudez, el cuerpo fornido y la actitud solemne, como se aprecia en este poporo femenino elaborado en tumbaga rica en oro. Fundido a la cera perdida con núcleo.
"Museo del Oro: Patrimonio Milenario de Colombia."
Banco de la República, Colombia, 2007.
Páginas 132 y 133.
Colgantes de Orejera
11,5 cm
11,6 cm
Consacá, Nariño
600 d. C. - 1700 d. C.
Estas orejeras muy seguramente fueron usadas en bailes y ceremonias de carácter ritual. La repetición ordenada de pequeños rostros alrededor de uno mayor proporciona ritmo y equilibrio a la pieza, a la vez que da la sensación de movimiento.
"Museo del Oro: Patrimonio Milenario de Colombia."
Banco de la República, Colombia, 2007.
Página 36.
Pectoral
14,1 cm
900 d. C. - 1600 d. C.
Pectoral de oro martillado, con aves y figuras geométricas repujadas. El desgaste de los bordes ocasionado por su intenso uso obligó a su dueño a remendar el objeto con hilos de oro.
"Museo del Oro: Patrimonio Milenario de Colombia."
Banco de la República, Colombia, 2007.
Página 147.
Taken from the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. I had to wait ages, for there to be no-one else on that section of the aqueduct, on a sunny Bank Holiday Sunday afternoon!
Economic WTFs
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• WTF #1 - On the left is the guy who earns $20,000/year. He's told he can get a loan for $400,000 with no interest for 3 years and $0 as a down payment. He doesn't even need to prove his earnings! He buys a house for $400K.
• WTF #2 - 3 banks purchase the loan (from left to right) and all three take out insurance on it from AIG, even the banks who sold it up.
• WTF #3 - On the lower left is the guy who also takes out insurance on the loan, even though he doesn't even OWN it.
• WTF #3a - The guy on the lower left will eventually be fired from his job at the bank on the right, but still get an big bonus and healthy severance package comprised entirely of taxpayer dollars.
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Meanwhile, the guy on the left is laid-off stops paying his mortgage and his home is foreclosed upon. All of the loan holders want their money from AIG, which is over-leveraged and doesn't have it. Time for a bailout!
Multiply the guy on the left by 3 million and now the banks don't have enough capital to loan ANY money...even to each other! Time for another bailout!
Finally, on the far left is grandma, who had her pension invested in Wall Street and has seen it's value drop by half in 6 months. Her dividend checks no longer cover the cost of her meds, so she stopped taking her blood pressure medicine.
The End?
The new movie directed by Pedro Almodóvar starring Penélope Cruz, which everyone is talking about out there... the new buzz.