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the meeting room was cold. he stood, the argument unfolding. the gesture repeated itself, a rhythm of concentration. skin touched glass, searching for the precise word. the point of contact was the point of decision.
A conceptual shot asking the simple question. Are we what we are born or how we are raised. The old "Nature Nurture" argument!
Fun shot to do!
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red left. blue right. the sun has decided to stay on her shoulder. the city behind her has dissolved into nothing. she carries what she carries. the floral pattern makes its own argument about light and dark.
Duisburg-Bruckhausen, 30. April 2024: Stahlarbeiterinnen und -arbeiter von thyssenKruppSteel in Duisburg kämpfen um ihre Arbeitsplätze. ThyssenKrupp sieht keine Chance mehr, in der Stahlproduktion eine Weltmarkt beherrschende Stellung zu erreichen. Bis zu 50 Prozent der Anteile werden an einen tschechischen "Finanzinvestor" verkauft. Das würde die Vernichtung tausender Arbeitsplätze in der Region bedeuten. In den Belegschaften entbrennt die Auseinandersetzung, was zu tun ist: erstmal abwarten? Auf Verständnis hoffen? Einen Streik um jeden Arbeitstag- und Ausbildungsplatz vorbereiten? Es kommen spannende Wochen.
Duisburg-Bruckhausen, April 30, 2024: Steel workers at ThyssenKruppSteel in Duisburg are fighting for their jobs. ThyssenKrupp no longer sees any chance of achieving a dominant position on the world market in steel production. Up to 50 percent of the shares will be sold to a Czech “financial investor”. That would mean the destruction of thousands of jobs in the region. The argument breaks out among the workforce as to what should be done: wait and see first? Hoping for understanding? Prepare a strike for every work and training place? There are exciting weeks ahead.
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Downy Woodpecker --- Dunenspecht
This little woodpecker uses this branch cavity to hide/cache his seeds and other treasures. A nuthatch regularly watches him from a distance and helps himself to the cache when the woodpecker leaves to carry on with his food search. This resulted in heated arguments between the two, known in the bird world as the “Hidey Hole War”.
Dieser kleine Specht versteckt/speichert Körnchen und sonstige Kostbarkeiten in diesem Astloch. Er wird dabei immer wieder auf Entfernung von einem Kleiber beobachtet, der sich seinerseits an diesem Astloch bedient, wenn der Specht wieder auf Futtersuche geht. Dies führte zu heftigen Auseinandersetzungen zwischen den beiden, was in Vogelkreisen als „Der Versteckkrieg“ bekannt ist.
Grudziądz is a town located in the northern Poland on the Vistula River, near the Osa River; it ia an urban county situated in Kujawsko - Pomorskie Voivodeship (Province).
The first reference to Grudziądz appears in the document from 1065 - the document sent by Boleslaus the Brave to the St. Benedictine Monastery in Mogilno. Castrum Grudomzch is mentioned as one of the towns from which the monastery received tithe payments.
The etymology of the town's name has been the source of arguments among researchers. Some of them point out that the name derives from the word "gród" (fortified settlement), others claim that the name originates from the word "gruda" (a hard clod of soil, existing in this area in abundance). There are also those, however, who due to the town's close proximity to the border with Prussia, consider the name "Grudziądz" to be of Prussian origin.
In 1231, the Teutonic Order took over the town with the surrounding settlement; at the same time, the Order made diplomatic efforts to eliminate the competition of the Prussian bishop in Chełmno Land and Prussia. The written history of Grudziądz dates back to 1222 and is strongly related to Christian - the missionary bishop of Prussia. In 1299, Meinhard from Kwerfurt, the Land Master of the Teutonic Order, granted the town a location privilege and new charter according to the Chełmno Law.
In 1415, thanks to Michał Kuchmeister, the Great Master of Teutonic Order, the first waterworks supplied by the mill waters could be conducted. However, due to the continuous problems with water supply, and thanks to the permission of King Sigmund August, Trynka Canal was dug in 1552. The Castle of the Teutonic Order was built north of the city in the second half of the 13th century.
Only in the 15th century was the contiunous development of the town possible. After the Order provided the town with a number of economic benefits, Grudziądz became a craft and trade centre. Having few ranaries, the town participated in the corn trade in the north-eastern part of Chełm Land.
The uprising which broke out on January 14, 1454 was soon suppressed on February 8. For over 300 years Grudziądz belonged to the Polish Duchy. In the new circumastances the town became a part of Chełm Voivodeship.
An intensive industrial development in the second half of the 19th century, the construction of the railway line and the bridge on the Vistula River promised well for the future of the town. First, Grudziądz-Jabłonowo (1876), and later Grudziądz - Laskowice (1879) and Grudziądz - Chełmża railway lines were established. In 1885, in the south-eastern suburbs of the town, Central Railway Station was built; around the railway junction the new district was created.
Día 6 de Abril de 2013... Dos años ya!!!
Y de nuevo parece ser que esta primavera, la floración de los cerezos en el Valle del Jerte está siendo una explosión blanca, pacífica y de una sobrenatural belleza.
Y de nuevo me la estoy perdiendo... De nuevo.
Por razonables que sean los motivos, por serios que sean los imponderables, por evidentes que sean los argumentos...
Qué mal se tolera perder cosas!!!
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So, as I am in the middle of my squirrel induced “exercise while you eat” routine (this is really exhausting and I don’t know how long I will be able to keep this up) out of the corner of my eye (I take supreme pride in my peripheral vision which comes in really handy in traffic) I catch this movement in the back. Could it be … sure is. I have been thinking a lot about these guys lately but never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that three of them would want to pose for me. Am I going to argue with three of them? No way, and the shoot was on. Can you guess which one is the boss? Yes, correct, that’s the middle one. I even managed to keep the dogs under control … just call me Cesar :-) You know how they say that smoking is detrimental to your health. No argument here and perhaps a safer place for me to indulge in this activity now would be ….
Playing my d*mn records too loud and got into trouble ;P
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Self-portrait - Best Seen LARGE
Day 95... count down to 100 starts now!
This was a drawing K and I did years ago when we were reconnecting and coming close again after an argument. Edit done today for fuggers GayFabulous challenge!!
FGR - Rainbows can be straight! + Dorks Unite
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATEY-MIGHTY-MAITE!!!
21 questions to answer:
1.) Why is sex so sexy? everything is sexy, so why not sex, too?
2.) What kind of animal are you? cat - preferably big black kind like a panther (hey a dork can dream)
3.) What's grosser than gross? the smell of bacon on the grill - especially if I have got a migraine. Gross!
4.) How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop? 54
5.) What was the best thing before sliced bread? a bread knife
6.) Do you poop in the woods? nah!!!! need a clean toilet everytime (I can pee in the woods though, given enough urgency)
7.) What's your favorite sammich? hummous and grilled veg
8.) What's your worst habit? apart from picking my nose?! umm... watching inane TV
9.) If a #2 Pencil is so popular then why is it still #2? middle child has got to get a look in
10.) What is your shoe size? 39, 6.5 or 8 depending on country
11.) When cheese gets it's picture taken, what does it say? ..........................
12.) What kind of shape are you? (duh like a square or like a circle) oval, most definitely oval
13.) What's yer sign baby? two
14.) What's yer job? hmm... charity fundraising, with a side-line in natural meds
15.) Big Bewbies or Small Bewbies? tiny titties
16.) Where are you from? planet earth (told you I was a dork!)
17.) Do you hang the tp ova or unda? heh? had to look that up. Over, definitely OVER!
18.) What's your phobia? heights, especially cliffs... but have recently discovered I can get a real high from confronting this fear - tis better than drugs (dork!!!)
19.) What do you wash first in the shower? whatever is to hand
20.) Have you ever stuck a foreign object up your nose? umm no...? (is this back to fingers again?)
21.) What do chickens think we taste like? snake
This is also week 7 of 52 weekly self-portraits
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By Catedrales e Iglesias
Arquidiócesis de México
Sitio Oficial de la Arquidiócesis de México
www.arquidiocesismexico.org.mx/
San Bernardino de Siena
Av. Nuevo León 24 Bis
Col. Barrio Santa Crucita C.P. 16070
Del. Xochimilco
Tel. 5676-0148
Tel. 5676-8646
Tomado del libro: Xochimilco y sus monumentos Históricos.
De Araceli Peralta Flores y Jorge Rojas Ramírez,
Departamento del Distrito Federal Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 1992, México.
Situado en el centro de Xochimilco ya que en torno a el ha girado una buena parte de la historia de pueblo. "Tanto a los conquistadores como a los evangelios, la construcción de esta iglesia les sirvió como punto de cohesión e identidad social, en cuanto que le permitió una armonía entre el indígena, el español y los primeros mestizos.
Xochimilco hacia 1524. George Kubler, en su libro: Arquitectura Mexicana del siglo XVI señala, que la iglesia y en convento tuvieron varias etapas constructivas que abarcaron desde 1530 hasta el año 1600. Para 1538 San Bernardino contaba ya con convento; hacia 1546 fray Francisco de Soto, uno de los once compañeros de fray Martín de Valencia, tomo la dirección y la supervisión de la obra; en 1585 se terminaron los dormitorios, la iglesia, las celdas, las viviendas y las dependencias. Para 1609 funcionó el colegio conventual de Xochimilco en donde se dieron clases de retórica, teología, artes y oficios.
Gran parte del dinero que se requirió para llevar a cabo la obra fue aportado por los indios principales de Xochimilco, siendo Martín Cerón de Álvaro uno de los más generosos .
Ante la escasez de frailes, en 1538, los franciscanos decidieron retirar los que habían en Xochimilco, dejando el convento como visita del grande de México. Los indios se opusieron con ruegos y llantos a esta determinación, logrando que se quedaran dos frailes para su convento.
En 1569 moraban en el convento cuatro religiosos que tenían a su cargo el adoctrinamiento de cinco mil indios. Cuando Fray Jerónimo de Mendieta fue guardián del convento, los indios del pueblo se agruparon por barrios en el atrio para adoctrinarse y contarse. Hacia 1585 el número de evangelizadores aumentó a seis.
La iglesia y el convento de San Bernardino tuvo trece pueblos de visita: Santiago Tepalcatlalpan, San Lucas Xochimanca, San Mateo Pochtla, San Miguel Topilejo, San Francisco Tlalnepantla, San Salvador Cuautenco, Santa Cecilia Ahuautla, San Andrés Ocoyoacac, San Lorenzo Tlatecpan, San Martín Tiatilpan, Santa Maria Nativitas Zacapan y Santa Cruz Acalpixcan.
Otro suceso importante de índole religioso se dio en el siglo XVII. En este siglo había fuertes diferencias entre los frailes peninsulares y criollos por querer ocupar los cargos mas altos, por lo que los criollos de la Provincia del Santo Evangelio, escribieron a Paulo V desde Xochimilco -en enero de 1614- solicitándole que los favoreciera con estos cargos. Lograron obtener un orden a través de la cual tanto criollos como peninsulares podían turnarse cada tres años en el provincialato y otras jerarquías.
En cuanto a los bienes muebles de San Bernardino destaca el retablo mayor de Xochimilco, que data del siglo XVI solo comparable en calidad con el de Huejotzingo, Puebla y del que se han hecho estudios muy detallados de su composición, y es considerado como una obra de gran valor artístico e iconográfico.
Por lo que toca a los retablos laterales tenemos el de Cristo, ubicado en el segundo tramo del lado norte. Data del siglo XVI; esta incompleto en su base y en sus calles laterales. El de la Sagrada Familia localizado en el segundo tramo del lado sur, corresponde a los siglos XVII-XVIII. El de la Virgen Purísima ubicada en el tercer tramo del lado sur, es del siglo XII-XVIII (no se encuentra en el lugar original y esta incompleto en su base). El de Cristo situado en el cuarto tramo del lado sur, data del siglo XVI - XVII. Otro de Cristo localizado en el quinto tramo del lado sur, corresponde a finales del siglo XVII (esta incompleto en su base). El de la Virgen del Carmen con las ánimas del purgatorio ubicado en el quinto tramo del lado norte, es del siglo XVII. El del Martirio de San Pedro situado en el sexto tramo del lado sur, data del siglo XVII-XVIII, este retablo fue hecho sin tener un diseño arquitectónico y no tiene columnas, arquitrabes ni frasos. El de la pasión de Cristo situado en el sexto tramo del lado norte corresponde al siglo XVII (esta incompleto y se encuentra en malas condiciones de estabilidad): El de San Sebastián Mártir ubicado en el séptimo tramo del lado, es del siglo XVIII. Sobre la historia de este ultimo retablo García Granados dice que en 1576 la población de Xochimilco fue afectada seriamente por el cocolixtle, por lo que Fray Jerónimo de Mendieta echó suerte para saber a que santo debían encomendarse, saliendo agraciado el Apóstol Santiago. Pasado un año y en vista que la peste no disminuía decidió encomendarlos a San Sebastián, con lo que el cocolixtle desapareció. En agradecimiento a estos santos les mandó construir sus retablos a ambos lados del altar mayor.
Tanto en el templo como en el convento existen pinturas, esculturas y tallas de gran calidad realizadas por grandes artistas. De las pinturas destacan las de Echave Orio, padre e hijo probablemente Simón Pereyns, Sánchez Salmerón Caravaggio y Francisco Martínez. Sobresalen las culturas de Luis Arciniegas y Juan Martínez Montañés.
La fina silleria tallada en cedro rojo, compuesta por seis sítiales divididos por brazos, así como los dos púlpitos que se encuentran en el templo, fueron hechos por el ebanista Juan Rojas en el siglo XVIII.
A finales del siglo XIX, el arquitecto Mariano Lezano construyó un ciprés de estilo neoclásico que cubría buena parte del retablo mayor. Años más tarde el arquitecto Roberto Álvarez Espinoza realizó unos estudios y elaboró unos planos con objeto de retirar el ciprés argumentando que éste tapaba el retablo del siglo XVI.
La década de los sesentas fue una de las más difíciles en lo que corresponde a la restauración del templo y del convento, ya que se realizaron en ellos intervenciones que afectaron tanto elementos arquitectónicos como a los retablos, pinturas y esculturas. Dicho trabajos se hicieron sin contar con un proyecto de restauración que científicamente apoyará los criterios de conservación y tampoco se consideró aplicar la tecnología más apropiada para cada caso.
Cabe señalar que en los años sesenta el atrio de la iglesia suscitó conflictos al quererse utilizar este espacio para otros fines. De hecho la esquina suroeste se encontraba ocupada por las escuelas primarias Vicente Riva Palacio y la Ignacio Ramírez, lo que dio pauta para que surgieran solicitudes en las que se pedía construir en lo quedaba del atrio un deportivo, y poder utilizar ese espacio para llevar acabo exposiciones ganaderas. De los dos últimos proyectos ninguno fue aprobado y hasta los años setenta. Las primeras fueron reubicadas quedando de ese modo el atrio libre de construcciones ajenas a su uso original.
... Complementar el exconvento franciscano de Xochimilco es situarse en la mística del encuentro del hombre consigo mismo, con el universo y con lo sobrenatural. ... Los alarifes lograron con su modestia una obra sobria realizada con ayuda indígena en sus acabados, fundiéndose el arte indígena y la cultura occidental, reafirmando así el nuevo pensamiento español. ... El conjunto guarda los cánones y la organización especial clásica de los conventos de la Nueva España: El Templo tiene vista al oriente y el claustro al costado sur, que lo protege de los vientos dominantes. ... El atrio es una típica solución americana .
Servia como espacio intermedio entre el interior y el exterior, para llevar acabo en el ceremonias que permitieran una gran concentración de gente. ... El espacio interior... Originalmente tenía techumbre y alfarje de madera, que fueron posteriormente sustituidos por bóvedas. Esto hizo necesario un nuevo entendimiento en el acomodado de su necesario un nuevo entendimiento acomodado geometría integrado estribos y botares a la estructura, destacando una cuyo forma de arco llamarían los estudios de "por tranquil o rampante", el cual sigue en empuje natural de la bóveda como si fuera caída de agua .
... cabe señalar que este tipo de solución estructural fue típica de Xochimilco, con la idea de reforzar las capillas y los templos, contra el hundimiento y desplome, ya que el suelo es altamente compresible y débil. ...El templo cuenta con una fachada en la que destaca la portada... un arco de medio punto, pilastras empotradas y enjutas, rematando a las pilastras una ventana coral de perfil mixtilínea. La fachada culmina con un almenado que la asemeja a una construcción militar; de ahí la idea equivocada de haber sido este tipo de conventos mal llamados conventos fortaleza. Casi al nivel del almenado se encuentra un reloj que muestra el aporte del siglo XIX. ...Hay que destacar los contrafuertes y arbotantes que flanquean la construcción porque representan el avance tecnológico de la época y el perfecto conocimiento de los materiales utilizados. La cúpula del templo, se terminó er. 1700... El doctor Atl nos dice "es probable que (sea) la cúpula más antigua de México y por una rara coincidencia la que parece derivarse más directamente del gran domo de Bruneleschi". ...Cada espacio al interior de las crujías es necesario imaginarlo con su humilde mobiliario de madera aparente o acabado con aceite de linaza, compuesto por una lámpara de aceite para iluminar el recinto, una cama de tablas y una especie de cómoda o ropero.
En la parte exterior encontramos la capilla de la Tercera Orden, compuesta por una sola nave de cuatro tramos que corresponden a finales del siglo XVII, cuya portada en cierta forma nos recuerda la porciúncula puerta de acceso lateral a la nave del templo principal, misma que guarda un significado especial para la orden franciscana.
El convento de San Bernardino muestra en su conjunto, con orgullo, la mano de obra de quienes lo pensaron y lo hicieron, convirtiendo en poemas sintetizados en su arquitectura.
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Für Dorothea
die zweite Blüte, leider wieder nicht ganz offen,sie verblüht so schnell !
mein über dreißig jähre alter Hibiskus blüht immer wieder mit diesen schönen Blüten....leider blüht die Blüte nur einen Tag...........................
heute war wieder so ein Tag, sie ist wahrscheinlich vormittags aufgeblüht und abends bzw. in der Nacht war sie schon fast wieder verblüht, so schaute die Blüte vor einer Stunde aus....
my more than thirty year old hibiscus blooms again and again with these beautiful flowers....unfortunately the flower only blooms for one day........................ .
Today was another day like that, it probably blossomed in the morning and in the evening or at night it had almost faded again, this is what the blossom looked like an hour ago....
listen
If blood will flow when flesh and steel are one
Drying in the color of the evening sun
Tomorrow's rain will wash the stains away
But something in our minds will always stay
Perhaps this final act was meant
To clinch a lifetime's argument
That nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could
For all those born beneath an angry star
Least we forget how fragile we are
On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star
Like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are
How fragile we are.....
The view from Liverpool Lime Street station up towards Edge Hill station shows the incline,
As built this line utilized rope haulage, and today, in a manner of speaking, it still does, the wire rope still provides the energy to lift trains up the incline, the difference being that the wire rope conducts electricity today.
The two holds significance, as this was P3 prior to remodeling of the station, they extended platforms to increase capacity, and..... removed a platform ?. from what i am lead to believe the original P1 is to be utilized for retail usage, then re opened as P0....
The sceptic in me thinks all this work has been done, not for passengers but for money....
Although the argument would be that, passengers can take advantage of the retail outlets on offer....
This raises more questions however,
Firstly i should say that i'm no retail marketing analyst, but....
This side of the station is predominantly Northern Rail in it's operations, along with the Newcastle and Scarborough Trans Pennine services.
It is auto ticket barrier accessed, and most of the services are relatively short haul and commuter focused...
The other side of the station operates Virgin West Coast, LNW and East Midland services and is open access...
I would have thought that these travelers would be more likely to spend prior to making a journey,
Whilst people on the other side, going to Blackpool or Scarborough are more likely to save their cash to spend at their destinations. that is my logic anyhow,
Along with all of this, the Northern side being auto ticket barrier controlled, says a little about Northern's determination to remove train crew, whilst the other side being open access may be saying something about the need for train crew on longer distance journey's.... Or more customer focused operators ! any how you catch my drift i hope..
“Humour is that which most efficiently recognizes that we are living in an imperfect world, with imperfect arguments and things that are insane, illogical, and irrational. And the only way we can live with that fact is to laugh.” ... Unknown
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) was born in Massachusetts to a large family. She attended Quaker schools and began teaching at age 15. In 1845 her family moved to New York and her father began working for the abolitionist cause. Guests at the family farm included Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison, who influenced Anthony’s strong anti-slavery views.
In 1851, when Anthony’s temperance work was met with open male hostility, she decided women must win the right to speak in public and vote in order to further any of their causes. That same year she began a lifelong friendship with Elizabeth Cady Stanton. From 1852 until the end of the Civil War, Anthony campaigned for the abolition of slavery, and for the right to vote for women and black Americans.
After the civil war, Anthony’s former male allies dismissed her passion for woman's suffrage, warning her the time was not right. Undeterred, Anthony went on to organize the National Woman Suffrage Association with Stanton.
In 1872 Anthony and fifteen colleagues became the first women ever to vote in a presidential election. They were promptly arrested, and in 1873, despite carefully prepared arguments and energetic campaigning, Anthony lost her case. Because her sentence was not enforced, she was barred from appealing to the Supreme Court.
Anthony spent the rest of her life working for the Federal suffrage amendment. She attended her last convention at age 86, closing her last speech with the admonition, "Failure is impossible." She passed away later that year. Fourteen years later the 19th amendment to the Constitution granted American women the right to vote.
The beaver has been extinct in the UK since the 16th century, however up and down the land there are now numerous reintroduction projects. Apart from the wish to see the introduction of a large mammal back into our countryside there are now strong arguments that the beaver through its dam creation will help transform many of our smaller rivers. It is expected that by building the dams the flow of water will reduce after heavy rain and therefore gradually release the run off rather than produce the deluge we often see. Of course dam creation creates ponds and floodplains which in turn will have a knock on effect on the environment. There is one such designated release area not too far from me but I have yet to see the star attractions.
This photo was taken on our recent American trip in Oregon close to the coast at Barview which is just north of Tillamook. I should have expected we might have struck lucky as Oregon is known as the "Beaver State".
I had spotted somewhere to photograph a heritage diesel service and whilst I waited the beaver appeared. Alas I only had my standard lens to hand. The diesel passed, I got my shot and returned to the car to grab my long lens. This time Shirley accompanied me and for once was pleased I had stopped for a railway photograph. Thankfully it was quite active and reappeared a couple more times. Clearly it was an industrious individual.
The style of the Gemarah is argumentative, yet joy is often derived from its study.
How can argument be a pleasure? When we approach it as a vehicle transporting us towards oneness. This vehicle fueled by most refined love is otherwise horribly derailed.
Currently we're at a standstill. The honking is both symphony and cacophony.
-Ourit
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The documentary “Porkería” challenges the arguments of the meat and dairy industry and its stakeholders with concrete examples of the damage caused by the sector. Environmentalists in the Amazon forest have their say, denouncing massive deforestation to grow soy, corn and wheat. “Western countries are taking their lands away from indigenous populations and cutting down ancient forests to produce feed for the meat and dairy industries,” emphasizes Vera Weber, president of the Franz Weber Foundation.
Nearly 90% of global soy and grain production is used as livestock feed and ultimately to produce animal protein. If this cereal were used directly for human consumption, the benefits would be much greater. “The production of plant proteins is ten times more efficient than the production of animal proteins,” says Vera Weber. A reduction in the consumption of animal-based foods would mean that freed up arable land could be used directly to produce food for humans, without having to go through animals. Large-scale production of animal feed would also be drastically reduced, and the extent of global deforestation would be massively reduced.
Il documentario “Porkería” sfida le argomentazioni dell’industria della carne e dei latticini e dei suoi stakeholder con esempi concreti dei danni causati dal settore. Gli ambientalisti della foresta amazzonica dicono la loro, denunciando la massiccia deforestazione per coltivare soia, mais e grano. "I paesi occidentali stanno sottraendo le loro terre alle popolazioni indigene e abbattendo foreste secolari per produrre mangimi per l'industria della carne e dei latticini", sottolinea Vera Weber, presidente della Fondazione Franz Weber.
Quasi il 90% della produzione globale di soia e cereali viene utilizzata come mangime per il bestiame e, in ultima analisi, per produrre proteine animali. Se questo cereale venisse utilizzato direttamente per l’alimentazione umana, i benefici sarebbero molto maggiori. "La produzione di proteine vegetali è dieci volte più efficiente della produzione di proteine animali", afferma Vera Weber. Una riduzione del consumo di alimenti di origine animale significherebbe che i terreni coltivabili liberati potrebbero essere utilizzati direttamente per produrre cibo per l'uomo, senza dover passare attraverso gli animali. Anche la produzione su larga scala di mangimi per animali verrebbe drasticamente ridotta e l’entità della deforestazione globale verrebbe ridotta in modo massiccio.
Located in the Capitol building, the law library provides Iowa lawmakers, government employees, the Iowa legal community and the general public with a highly specialized legal collection of treatises and both state and federal statutory, regulatory and case law. The collection also contains the abstracts and arguments of the Iowa Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, legal periodicals, and materials produced by the Iowa legislature.
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The argument molecules stayed in his head for awhile until the built to a bursting pressure and he had to let them out, had to make a call, and had to raise his voice. Even though he was in public, he couldn't care any longer because of the insane pressure against his skull all over his brain. He thought he might have an aneurysm if he didn't release them.
And so, the Argument Molecules were born into fruition and entered the man's exterior like ink blots on the world. They left his mouth, his ears, his eyes, his nose. They dwelt in the wet places and the dry ones too. They lingered around and played with bacteria. They changed the mood of the people around the man for the rest of the day.
Lonely mothers shrilly silenced their cherished child that night and wondered, "But why oh why am I so very angry?"
The Molecules had taken over, you see, and there wasn't anything anyone could do about it any longer.
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Two Brown Bears (Ursus arctos) have an argument at the top of a rock pile. Image taken near Hidden Falls Creek on Baranof Island, Inside Passage, Alaska.
Living close to the Pennine Moors I get many photo-opportunities with Red Grouse but close flight shots are still not easy. I managed this fleeting opportunity while out on the moors this week. It was an argument over which was Europe’s fastest game bird that led to the production of the Guinness Book of Records. On 10th November 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver (Managing Director of Guinness Breweries) was with a shooting party in County Wexford, Ireland. Some Golden Plovers were shot at, and missed, which prompted a discussion as to whether they were Europe’s fastest game bird. Consulting reference books did not solve the issue, and it occurred to Sir Hugh that there must be numerous other questions debated nightly in the 81,400 pubs in Britain and Ireland, but there was no book with which to settle arguments about records. He discussed the matter with Ross and Norris McWhirter to see if their fact and figure agency could help. The result was the first Guinness Book of Records being published in time for Christmas 1955.
Bizarrely the question that was the reason for the creation of the Guinness Book of Records was not answered until the 36th edition in 1989: "Britain's fastest game bird is the Red Grouse (Lagopus l. scoticus) which, in still air, has recorded burst speeds up to 92.8-100.8 km/h 58-63 mph over very short distances. Air speeds up to 112 km/h 70 mph have been claimed for the Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) when flushed, but it is extremely doubtful whether this rapid-flying bird can exceed 80-88 km/h 50-55 mph - even in an emergency".