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2016-12 社會現實中的虛構—台灣x墨西哥攝影藝術交流展 Fiction in Social Reality—Taiwan/Mexico photographic Art Interchange Exhibition
展期：2016/12/10-2017/01/07
藝術家座談會：2016/12/10(六) 下午3:00
開幕酒會：2016/12/10(六) 下午5:00
藝術家 : 楊順發、沈昭良、姚瑞中、Raul Gasque、Adam Wiseman、Juan Carlos Coppel
策展人 : 程少鴻
展覽地點：VT Artsalon 非常廟藝文空間 (台北市新生北路三段56巷17號B1)
網 址：http://www.vtartsalon.com
聯絡電話：02-2597-2525
EMAIL：info@vtartsalon.com
VT非常廟2016年最後一檔展覽，推出台灣-墨西哥攝影藝術交流展，透過難得的機會，一窺墨西哥當代攝影藝術的發展。展覽邀請墨西哥當紅的三位攝影藝術家：Adam Wiseman、Juan Carlos Coppel與Raul Gasque參展。他們擁有豐富的創作及跨領域資歷，是ESPN、華爾街日報與時代雜誌愛用的攝影師，普立茲獎得主的學生，雙年展藝術家以及美媒VICE的特約撰稿人。
同時參展的還有三位台灣當代攝影界重量級的藝術家: 楊順發、沈昭良與姚瑞中。此次的陣容堪稱台灣、墨西哥攝影藝術的夢幻組合。此外，展覽更展出姚瑞中與Raul Gasque全新、首次曝光的新作！
六位藝術家均擅長田野調查，以空間和物件作為探討當前社會行為、政治、文化的材料。展覽則從精神分析與異質空間(heterotopias)的概念探看影像在社會現實中扮演的角色。
Adam Wiseman是自雇攝影師和藝術家。他曾旅居紐約13年，作品廣見於歐美主流媒體，如美國滾石、時代雜誌、華爾街日報、衛報、ESPN、大都會、英國Wallpaper、義大利Colors雜誌…等等。藝術創作方面，作品更曾至法國、美國、瑞士、西班牙、墨西哥、日本、義大利、阿根廷、委內瑞拉等地展覽，最近的一次則是在今年才結束不久的Paris Photo中展出。
Wiseman擁有紐約大學民族誌電影系的學位，加上曾在ICP接受紀實影像訓練的背景，使他善於思考影像的本質問題，經常在作品中挑戰傳統紀實攝影的概念，特別是有關客觀性的部分。此次參展的作品Mexsitecture是他最新發展中的系列作，也是被選入今年Paris Photo的作品；以類型學的攝影風格探看全球化時代裡獨一無二的地方景觀，同時探討潛藏帶底下的墨西哥文化、經濟與政治問題。
Juan Carlos Coppel曾經和普立茲獎得主Jay Dickman學習攝影。擁有多種跨領域的專業背景的他在成為攝影師之前，曾就讀拉丁美洲規模最大的私立科技大學-蒙特雷，研讀工業工程系統；此外，他更曾經做過職業農夫。
這些能力讓他對土地與工業的議題能有深入的觀察，墨西哥塔馬約博物館的前副館長Andrea Torreblanca即形容Coppel的影像具有史詩般的銳利度！而這種敏銳讓他不只是記錄，更挖掘影像背後隱藏地結構問題。本次展出的作品La Grieta，意思是裂縫。作品拍攝美墨邊境地表上出現的巨型裂縫。這些壯觀、紀念碑式的裂縫乍看是自然奇觀，但實際上為附近的大型工業生產線所造成。做為墨西哥當紅的兩位攝影藝術家，Coppel與Wiseman憑藉著精準的影像語彙成為近年各大雙年展和獎項的常客。
Raul Gasque是墨西哥藝術家、作家與記者。做為一個文字工作者，他擁有廣大的影響力。他是美媒VICE的特約撰稿人(VICE的YOUTUBE訂閱人數超過七百萬人，並且在28個國家發行雜誌)，同時，他的文章廣見於ERRR、BACKROOM、南美洲人雜誌、中國99藝術網等跨國網路媒體。
Gasque的攝影創作生涯從他2007年擔任諾貝爾和平獎得主：里戈韋塔•門楚•圖姆的公關顧問開始。在這段期間他透過媒體編輯的身分接觸攝影，從此投入了影像創作和理論研究的領域。他的作品涉及跨領域學科的討論，並將社會政治與個人生命經驗結合，創造出獨特的感性批判詞彙。本次展覽中發表的新作Sociopolitical subconscious schemata意思是進入深層轉喻風景的一趟旅程。影像結合藝術家在台、墨兩地的生活，創造出一條隱性的跨國敘事線。
楊順發是攝影藝術家，同時也是中鋼產線上的高爐專家，具有三十年的煉鐵經驗。他自1985年進入中鋼後開始學習攝影，至今在國內外均受到重要肯定，受到美術館及專家學者的肯定，2016年更與姚瑞中等人一起受邀至法國歐洲攝影之家美術館展覽，並獲得典藏。
楊順發的作品充分展現對在地鄉土的熱情，作品涉及社會批判與人文關懷。本次展出的高雄廟系列「九甲圍義山宮-三山國王聖誕」，這件環景拍攝三山國王廟的作品長達472公分，真實地以巨幅影像創造出宮廟之外的另一個影像廟堂。
沈昭良曾任自由時報記者，具有優秀的紀實攝影能力，近年來更是積極推動攝影藝術在台灣的發展。小說家鐘文音形容他的創作具有長期記錄的寫實風格，觀看其作品有如義大利寫實電影或是侯孝賢的悲情城市，透過長時間的經營達到高度的細節。此次展出的作品即是耗時八年創作的系列作STAGE：以大型相機拍攝國內各個由大貨車改裝而成的油壓式舞台。而這系列作品迷人的程度也可以從它廣受台、美、法、英、荷、中、德、日、韓、義等國媒體的大幅報導中看出。
姚瑞中可以說是當前幾位最具有號召力的視覺藝術家，他善於田野調查與檔案、文史研究，並將其結合藝術的軟性實力，轉換成為改造社會的力量。多年來發展無數出版、展演及創作計畫皆對視覺藝術及社會均有廣大的影響力。本次展覽發表的新作「巨神連線」為姚瑞中長時間、密集地深入走訪全台各縣市，進行地毯式的搜查與田調後的成果。內容記錄民間廟宇文化中不同類型的巨大神像，可以說階段性地總結了姚瑞中長年以來對偶像的拍攝及對其背後社會現象的研究，也成為今年底最令人期待的新作發表計畫！
Exhibition: 2016/12/10-2017/01/07
Artist talk: 2016/12/10(Sat) 15:00
Opening: 2016/12/10(Sat) 17:00
Artists: Yang Shun-Fa, Shen Chao-Liang, Yao Jui-Chung, Raul Gasque, Adam Wiseman, Juan Carlos Coppel
Curator: Cheng Shao Hung
Location: VT Artsalon (B1, No.17, Ln.56, Sec. 3, Xinsheng N. Rd, Taipei, Taiwan)
Website: www.vtartsalon.com
Contact Number: 02-2597-2525
E-mail:info@vtartsalon.com
VT Art Salon is pleased to announce its last show in 2016, Fiction in Social Reality—Taiwan/Mexico photographic Art Interchange Exhibition. Through this rare opportunity, VT Art Salon invites you to explore the development of Mexican contemporary photography. Three famous Mexican photographers are invited to join this exhibition, Adam Wiseman, Juan Carlos Coppel, and Raul Gasque. Being preferred photographers of ESPN, the Wall Street Journal, and TIME, student of Pulitzer Prize winner and special contributor of the US media VICE, they are experienced in artistic and interdisciplinary practices.
Meanwhile, three important Taiwanese artists in the field of photography, YANG Shun-Fa, SHEN Chao-Liang and YAO Jui-Chung are also joining in this show. These participating artists can be considered a dream team of the collaboration of photographic art of Taiwan and Mexico. Furthermore, new works of YAO Jui-Chung and Raul Gasque will be first exposed to the public in this show.
The six participating artists are all skilled at field research and tend to investigate current social-behaviors, politics and culture through space and objects. This exhibition yet aims to explore the role played by images in social reality through methods of psychoanalysis and heterotopias.
Adam Wiseman is a freelance photographer and artist. He has lived in New York for 13 years whose works can be seen in mainstream medias in the US and Europe, such as the US media, Rolling Stone Magazine, TIME, the Wall Street Journal, ESPN, Metro New York, UK media, the Guardian, Wallpaper, and COLORS magazines in Italy. In terms of his artistic practices, he has exhibited his works in France, the United States, Switzerland, Spain, Mexico, Japan, Italy, Argentina, Venezuela, etc. The latest exhibition he participated was Paris Photo which ended not so long ago this year.
Wiseman obtains a degree of anthropology and cinema studies in New York University, and he once got trained in documentary photography in International Center of Photography. His background education makes him skilled in thinking the fundamental issues of images. As a consequence, he often challenges traditional concepts of documentary photography, especially the idea of subjectivity in his works. The series work, Mexsitecture, is his latest development which was also selected to join Paris Photo this year. With the typological style, he explores a unique area landscape in the globalization age, and discussing the hidden Mexican culture, economic and political issues.
Juan Carlos Coppel once learned photography from Pulitzer Prize winner Jay Dickman. As a man with multiple professional backgrounds from different disciplinary, before he started his career as a photographer, he has studied in industrial engineering in Tecnológico de Monterrey, the largest private institute among Latin America. Besides, he has even worked as a farmer before.
These capabilities allow him to have an in-depth look at land and industry issues. Former vice director of Tamayo Museum, Andrea Torreblanca describes his images are with an epic sharpness. With this sensitivity, he does not just work for the sake of documenting, but further excavating the hidden structural problems behind the images. La Grieta, literally means the crack. Coppel documents the gigantic crack on the border between the United States and Mexico. These marvelous and memorials-like cracks look like a natural spectacle at the first glance; however, they are in fact the large-scale industrial production lines in that area. As famous photographers in Mexico, Coppel and Wiseman have become regular participants in main international bienniales and prizes with their accurate image language.
Raul Gasque is a Mexican artist, writer and journalist. As a writer, he has a tremendous influence. He is a special contributor of the US media VICE (VICE has more than 7 million subscribers on its Youtube channel, and release magazines in 28 countries.). His articles can be seen on international on-line media such as ERRR, BACKROOM, Anormalmag, and 99 Artnet.
Gasque started his career as a photographer since 2007, when he worker as PR consultant of Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú Tum. During that period, he was exposed to photography with the job as a media editor. Since then, he has devoted himself to image creation and theoretical studies. His work involves in interdisciplinary discourse, and integrates social politics with his personal life experiences to create a unique sensitive critical vocabulary. Sociolpolitical Subconscious Schemata, a new work of him, refers to a journey which enters deep metonymic landscapes. The images combine artist’s life in Taiwan and Mexico, creating an invisible transnational narration.
YANG Shun-Fa is a photographic artist and also an expert of blast furnace on the production line in China Steel, with a 30-year experience in iron-making. He has been studying in photography since he started his work in China Steel in 1985, and has received recognition from museums and experts domestic and abroad. In 2016, he was invited to join an exhibition with artists such as YAO Jui-Chung in Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris, France, and his works were further collected.
Woks of YANG Shun-Fa fully feature his enthusiastic toward local countryside, and get involved in social criticism and humanistic concern. In The Temple of Kaohsiung Series, this panorama work which exhibited in the exhibition with a length of 472cm, realistically create another visualized temple with the large-scale image.
SHEN Chao-Linag was once a journalist of Liberty Times, has great ability of documentary photography. Writer CHUNG Wen-Yin describes his works as featuring a long-term recording realistic style: Viewing SHEN’s work is like watching Italian Neorealism Films or A City of Sadness by HOU Hsiao-Hsien. Through long-term practices, the artist is able to achieve details with high quality. His series works STAGE, various local stages transformed from trucks photographed by large camera, took him 8 years for completion. As these works have been widely reported by media in Taiwan, the US, France, UK, the Netherlands, China, Germany, Japan, Korea, and Italy…, you may tell how fascinating his works are.
YAO Jui-Chung can be currently regarded as one of the most appealing visual artists. He is experienced in field investigation, archive and cultural history researches, and tends to integrate the results with art, transforming the soft power into the strength to reorganize social order. For years, he has been developing numerous publication, performances, and art projects. All those practices have great influence on both visual art development and the society. His new work is the result of his long-term, intensive and thorough investigation and field research in every cities in Taiwan. It documents different types of giant religious statues in temples under a broad sense of folk-religion culture. This work periodically summarizes YAO’s years documenting idols and researching the hidden social phenomena. Doubtlessly, it is the most exciting project released toward the end of the year.
Curator: Agata Tecl
Workshop facilitators: Miranda Ballin (Walia), Mariam Diakonidze (Gruzja), Claire Hathaway (Walia), Debra Jones (Walia), Nicole Mibelli (Włochy), Wojtek Stokłos (Polska), Leila Tevonian (Gruzja), Jose Carlos Torres Sanchez (Hiszpania)
Co-ordinators: Agata Gomolińska-Senczenko i Krzysztof Duda
Video documentation: Łukasz Szymczyk
„SuperHeroes are Coming” is an international art project engaging young people aged 14-19 years from Wales, Poland and Georgia. The young people from Bytom in Poland and the Rhondda Valley in Wales come from a similar background – both areas share an industrial/mining past and are suffering its social, cultural and economic consequences.
The third group is formed from Internally Displaced People from Georgian living in temporary settlements around the Georgian capital Tbilisi.
The key idea of the project is to change the young people's way of thinking about the surrounding reality and encouraging them to take creative initiative. The exchange of knowledge about each other's countries will be a start to preparing local revolutions – actions aimed at initiating new life styles, raising living quality in places far from perfection. Dreams, fantasies, courage will be turned into strength. During the workshops run by artists and culture animators from Poland, Wales, Georgia, Spain and Italy the participants will create instalations, videos and tools to change the perspective on the world and on our lives. These will then be presented during the „New Life” exposition in the KRONIKA gallery. The art workshops will build foundations for the young people to create their own culture after coming back to their countries.
The meeting in Górki Wielkie is another stage of a project launched in 2011 in Bytom. At the ground of this long-term initiative lies the concept, that the change of thinking is a way for starting an internal revolution, on which you can support the change of the world. Following the words of Andrzej Urbanowicz from his „Art as a tool of internal revolution” manifesto:
„We need to take our times and all that they bring – the good and evil, that what is beneficial and what is burdensome, what is frightening and what is giving hope. Most of all we cannot hold still on our fixed positions, as it is equal to death and slow internal decay”.
The project is co-financed by the European Commission within the „Youth in Action” Programme.
The organizers are: The Polish Forum of European Education, the Valley Kids organization from Wales and the Youth Association DRONI from Georgia.
MIędzynarodowa Wymiana Młodzieży "Superbohaterowie nadchodzą"
„SuperHeroes are Coming” to międzynarodowy projekt artystyczny, w ramach którego odbędą się interdyscyplinarne warsztaty skierowane do młodzieży w wieku 14-19 lat z trzech krajów: Polski, Walii i Gruzji. W tygodniowym spotkaniu w Górkach Wielkich weźmie udział młodzież mieszkająca w Bytomiu i walijskiej krainie Rhondda Valley – obydwa miejsca łączy przemysłowa/górnicza przeszłość i konsekwencje transformacji, która wpłynęła na aktualny krajobraz nie tylko ekonomiczny, ale także kulturowy i społeczny. Trzecia grupa młodzieży to przesiedleńcy z Abchazji i Osetii Południowej mieszkający w tymczasowych osiedlach znajdujących się wokół stoilcy Gruzji – Tbilisi.
Kluczową ideą projektu jest zmiana myślenia młodych ludzi o otaczającej rzeczywistości i zachęcenie ich do przejęcia twórczej inicjatywy. Wymiana wiedzy na temat własnych krajów będzie początkiem przygotowania lokalnych rewolucji – akcji artystycznych, których celem będzie zainicjowanie nowych stylów życia podnoszących jakość mieszkania w światach dalekich od doskonałości. Marzenia, fantazja, odwaga staną się siłą. Podczas warsztatów prowadzonych przez artystów i animatorów kultury z Polski, Walii, Gruzji, Hiszpani i Włoch powstaną instalacje, film wideo, a także urządzenia zmieniajace punkt widzenia, które zostaną zaprezentowane podczas wystawy w Kronice „Nowe Życie” w terminie 17 sierpnia-30 września 2013 r. Warsztaty artystyczne zbudują podłoże do stworzenia własnej kultury przez młodych ludzi, która będzie rozwijana po powrocie do rodzimych krajów.
Spotkanie w Górkach Wielkich będzie kolejnym etapem projektu rozpoczętego w 2011 r. w Bytomiu. Podczas realizacji pierwszej odsłony „SuperHeroes are Coming”, w trakcie warsztatów prowadzonych przez Lukasa Stopczynskiego i Michała Korchowca, uczestnicy zaprojektowali kostiumy, przygotowali akcje w przestrzeni skierowane do mieszkańców Bytomia i wzięli udział w odbywającym się co roku w Bytomiu Międzygalaktycznym Zlocie Superbohaterów, organizowanym przez kolektyw BytoMy. Projektem towarzyszącym była przygotowania przez dzieci i młodzież instrukcja zamiany w SuperBohatera i odkrywania w sobie SuperMocy, na bazie której rok później pracowali animatorzy kultury wspólnie z dziećmi i młodzieżą w Rhondda Valley. W 2012 r. odbyła się Pierwsza Parada SuperBohaterów w Walli, w której wzięło udział kilkaset osób.
U podstaw długofalowego projektu „SuperHeroes are Coming”, który w założeniu będzie kontynuowany przez młodych ludzi w kolejnych krajach, leży przekonanie, że zmiana myślenia jest początkiem rewolucji wewnętrznej stanowiącej fundament, na którym można oprzeć zmianę świata – zgodnie z tym, co Andrzej Urbanowicz wyraził w manifeście „Sztuka jako narzedzie rewolucji wewnętrznej”.
„Musimy przyjąć swój czas i wszystko, co za sobą niesie, dobro i zło, korzystne i uciążliwe, przerażające i napełniające otuchą. Nade wszystko nie wolno nam stanąć na ustalonych pozycjach, bo to równa się wewnętrznej śmierci, powolnemu wewnętrznemu obumieraniu”.
Projekt realizowany jest przy wsparciu finansowym Komisji Europejskiej w ramach Programu „Młodzież w działaniu”.
Organizatorzy: Polskie Forum Edukacji Europejskiej, walijska organizacja Valleys Kids oraz gruzińskie stowarzyszenie Droni Youth Association.
Credit: Adam Schultz / Clinton Global Initiative
Beyond Good Intentions: Designing for Unintended Consequences
Even the most seemingly well-designed initiatives can have unforeseen outcomes, despite experts in nearly every sector working to identify these scenarios in their own work. A campus ban of bottled water can result in increased soda sales on campus. Anti-malaria nets that are used for fishing can deplete regional fish stocks. These examples illustrate that any new project is entered into a system of highly complex processes that encompass intricate social and economic dynamics. By taking into account some of the intended—and unintended—consequences of a proposed solution, the opportunity to create greater sustainable, long-term impact can emerge. This session will explore how student innovators and advocates can:
• Gain extensive knowledge of projects’ target populations and local economies before developing solutions in close collaboration with them.
• Address the root causes of issues rather than immediate symptoms.
• Ensure solutions have the necessary infrastructure and buy-in to be effectively adopted.
• Invest early in evidence-based methodologies while having the humility to change course if unintended consequences emerge.
The Somali region in Ethiopia is suffering from continuous drought and the consequences of the coronavirus. This has caused crops to fail and food prices to rise. This combination of circumstances has further exacerbated the need for many displaced families, including Raho.
“I was a rancher,” begins Raho, a 41-year-old woman with seven children. “Until a five-year drought killed our entire livestock. I had 70 camels and 300 goats. We had a good life. Only our donkey survived, luckily, because it carried my youngest children when we looked for a new home.”
“We spent days walking through the scorching heat looking for a place to settle. My children were starving, were exhausted. We reached this camp and hoped for help from the host community.” The family has been living there for five years now, but the situation has not improved much.
Raho: “When I couldn't find work, I went to collect tree branches and bark, 15 kilometres away in the bush. It is always quite an undertaking, I leave the children with a relative who also lives in this camp. My husband has left for military training.” Raho buys food with the sale of the firewood, but it is often not enough to meet all of her family's needs.
"The income is for survival. We eat less to save for the next day. My two oldest sons, 19 and 17 years old, often help to contribute to the income. They bring the firewood three days a week we have gathered, to the market.”
The pandemic has further exacerbated the food crisis for vulnerable children and families. Prices of commodities have steadily risen due to transport restrictions to stem the virus.
Raho was among 39,300 people in IDP camps in the suburbs of the city of Gode who received food parcels from the DRA. The emergency food basket contained 25 kg of rice, flour, cooking oil and milk powder. Sitting in front of the entrance to her compound, she prepares injera (a spongy flatbread made from flour, ed.) while talking. Some of her children, dressed in school uniforms, sit on the sandy floor, busy eating the bread with sauce. Raho says: “If children get enough to eat, they can grow again. If they get too little, they are not the same. They can now go back to school, have the energy to play.”
In addition to food, the DRA organisations also handed out soap and mouth masks to prevent the spread of corona. The soap that Raho received from the DRA has now run out. She hasn't managed to stock up yet, but her kids are still wearing the washable masks to school. Hand hygiene is extremely difficult in this community where there is a scarcity of water and a lack of soap.
When her budget allows it, Raho buys her water supply from the city's underground water storage tanks. The costs per barrel have increased due to the drought. The DRA also supplied water, but that was some time ago. It makes the family again seek refuge in the brown water from the polluted Shebelle River, two hours away. "We drink it straight from the river when the purification tablets that purify the water are not available," Raho said. "The risks worry me, but we have no other choice."
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Ethiopia has been struggling with various crises for years. The East African country is being ravaged by a devastating locust infestation, flooding and, in some areas, persistent drought.
Also, the conflict in the northern Tigray region has been causing fear and insecurity for months.
Cordaid, together with other organisations within the Dutch Relief Alliance (DRA), provided emergency aid in Ethiopia in 2021. The DRA is a partnership of 14 Dutch aid organisations that supports people in the world's largest crisis areas with funding from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
By joining forces, the organisations can make a difference for people in emergency situations. In Ethiopia, Cordaid worked together with SOS Children's Villages, CARE, the Refugee Foundation and Tearfund.
In Ethiopia, the DRA organisations have handed out soap, water filters and hygiene kits; repaired and built new health centers; repaired and installed water facilities at clinics, schools and other public places; provided information about protection against corona; provided mental health care.
With these activities, the DRA has helped more than 276,000 people, through close collaboration with local organisations. The activities focused mainly on girls and women.
One of the consequences of the 2020 lockdown was that the Himalayan Garden and Sculpture Park was opened in the autumn.
Consequence upon the geometrically rising world population and the increasing pressure on food items, it has become increasingly necessary to increase food production from the present level. The possibility of achieving this is not only to increase production but also to protect the crops cultivated. Crop protection can be achieved through several means. One of such is the use of pesticides. This paper therefore reviews the use of neem extracts as bio-pesticides among other plant species with inherent pesticidal activities. It is no doubt that the chemical pesticides or insecticides possess inherent toxic substances that endangers the ecological environment, operators of application equipment, soil microbiota and consumers of the agricultural products. It is therefore important that we encourage the use of biological pesticides as they affect only target pest, are easily biodegradable, increase farm land fertility, environmentally friendly, cost effective and ease of availability. It is also important that because of the low cost of production of bio-pesticides it should be encouraged as an option in African countries especially Nigeria in agricultural practices. The practice of farmers making their own neem-based products for pest control would reduce their dependence on external inputs for agriculture. It would also reduce their cost of pest control to almost zero, leaving only labour as a potential expenditure item. Pests can also be controlled without the use of toxic chemical pesticides, which will reduce the harm posed to humans and the environment alike. There is wide scope for innovation in developing neem as an efficient bio-pesticide. There is enough information to encourage the use of different neem extracts. With the increasing trend of using bio fertilizers, insecticides and pesticides, neem should be increasingly cultivated and grown all over the world to get active ingredient-azadirachtin, responsible for stopping the growth cycle of pests. Neem is also assuming a lot of importance in crop management. Considering the fact that neem is not only a cheaper, naturally occurring product and an effective method to control pests and insects, but also has no side effects on plants or other living beings especially soil micro biota.
Author(s) Details
Dr. Bassey Etta Agbo
Department of Microbiology, University of Calabar, P. M. B. 1115, Calabar, Nigeria.
Dr. (Mrs.) Abo Iso Nta
Department of Zoology and Environmental Biology, University of Calabar, P. M. B. 1115, Calabar, Nigeria.
Mr. Mathias Okang Ajaba
Department of Science Laboratory Technology, University of Calabar, P. M. B. 1115, Calabar, Nigeria.
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Part of a Fringe free performance in the Rundle Mall. The apple was a integral part of the act.
© Henk Graalman
The consequences of the explosion, arising April 20, 2010 on the platform of drilling Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, will have done 11 death, injured and induced the collapse of the platform (April 22 2010), followed by a rupture of the well of drilling to three levels and of an uncontrollable oil spill for the time being, who mobilize today about 7,000 persons, of which 2,500 volunteers…
Here useful links to understand and to be informed of evolution of the rescuers to attempt to stop this leak and its heavy consequences:
What is the latest news on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill? - from USA.gov
answers.usa.gov/cgi-bin/gsa_ict.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.p...
Oil Leak from Damaged Well in Gulf of Mexico - from Earth Observatory of NASA
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43768
Salazar Launches Full Review of Offshore Drilling Safety Issues during Visit to Oil Spill Command Centers on Gulf Coast - from U.S. Department of the Interior
www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/Salazar-Launches-Full-Revi...
About the Minerals Management Service – from U.S. Department of the Interior
www.mms.gov/aboutmms/ocsdef.htm
U.S. Department of the Interior - Our Mission: Protecting America’s Great Outdoors and Powering Our Future
EPA Establishes Web site on BP Oil Spill / EPA
yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/324e040292e1e51f8525735...
Federal Response to BP Spill in the Gulf of Mexico – from EPA
Oil Spills by Emergency Management – from EPA
Additional information on the broader response from the U.S. Coast Guard
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com
NOAA’s Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program (DARRP)
As a trustee for coastal resources, NOAA protects and restores habitats injured by hazardous waste sites, oil spills and vessel groundings.
Oil and Chemical Spills by National Ocean Service – from NOAA
oceanservice.noaa.gov/topics/oceans/spills/
Oil Spill Preparation and Response – From U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
www.fws.gov/contaminants/Issues/OilSpill.cfm
Préparation et réponse de flaque d'huile - Programme Environnemental de Contaminants par U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
w4.systranlinks.com/trans?lp=en_fr&url=http://www.fws...
Secretary Napolitano and Secretary Salazar Launch Full Investigation of Deepwater Horizon Incident in the Gulf of Mexico
www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1272395702575.shtm
Gulf of Mexico - Deepwater Horizon Incident
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/site/2931/
= French version
Les conséquences de l’explosion, survenue le 20 avril 2010 sur la plate-forme de forage Deepwater Horizon dans le Golf du Mexique, aura fait 11 victimes, des blessés et entraîné l’effondrement de la plate-forme (le 22 avril 2010), suivi d’une rupture du puits de forage à trois niveaux et d’une marée noire incontrôlable dans l’immédiat, qui mobilisent aujourd’hui environ 7.000 personnes, dont 2.500 bénévoles…
Voici des liens utiles pour comprendre et être informé de l’évolution des sauveteurs pour tenter de stopper cette fuite et ses lourdes conséquences:
What is the latest news on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill? - from USA.gov
answers.usa.gov/cgi-bin/gsa_ict.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.p...
Oil Leak from Damaged Well in Gulf of Mexico - from Earth Observatory of NASA
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43768
Salazar Launches Full Review of Offshore Drilling Safety Issues during Visit to Oil Spill Command Centers on Gulf Coast - from U.S. Department of the Interior
www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/Salazar-Launches-Full-Revi...
About the Minerals Management Service – from U.S. Department of the Interior
www.mms.gov/aboutmms/ocsdef.htm
U.S. Department of the Interior - Our Mission: Protecting America’s Great Outdoors and Powering Our Future
EPA Establishes Web site on BP Oil Spill / EPA
yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/324e040292e1e51f8525735...
Federal Response to BP Spill in the Gulf of Mexico – from EPA
Oil Spills by Emergency Management – from EPA
Additional information on the broader response from the U.S. Coast Guard
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com
NOAA’s Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program (DARRP)
As a trustee for coastal resources, NOAA protects and restores habitats injured by hazardous waste sites, oil spills and vessel groundings.
Oil and Chemical Spills by National Ocean Service – from NOAA
oceanservice.noaa.gov/topics/oceans/spills/
Oil Spill Preparation and Response – From U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
www.fws.gov/contaminants/Issues/OilSpill.cfm
Préparation et réponse de flaque d'huile - Programme Environnemental de Contaminants par U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
w4.systranlinks.com/trans?lp=en_fr&url=http://www.fws...
Secretary Napolitano and Secretary Salazar Launch Full Investigation of Deepwater Horizon Incident in the Gulf of Mexico
www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1272395702575.shtm
Gulf of Mexico - Deepwater Horizon Incident
Berlin boasts two zoological gardens, a consequence of decades of political and administrative division of the city. The older one, called Zoo Berlin, founded in 1844, is situated in what is now called the "City West". It is the most species-rich zoo worldwide. The other one, called Tierpark Berlin ("Animal Park"), was established on the long abandoned premises of Friedrichsfelde Manor Park in the eastern borough of Lichtenberg, in 1954. Covering 160 ha, it is the largest landcape zoo in Europe.
Auf einer Fläche von 60.000 m² hat nun die einzigartige Tierwelt des Himalaya Einzug gehalten. Dabei begegnen den Bergsteiger*innen nicht nur bekannte Gebirgsbewohner wie Rote Pandas, Schneeleoparden und Bartgeier, sondern auch weniger bekannte Arten wie Goldtakin, Goral, Manul und Satyrtragopan. Nach einer Bauzeit von gut einem Jahr verwandelte sich der 60 Meter hohe Trümmerberg in eine asiatische Gebirgslandschaft mit zahlreichen neuen Aussichtpunkten. Rund 100 Individuen aus 22 verschiedenen – größtenteils in der Natur bedrohten - Tierarten haben in Berlins Hochgebirge ihr neues Zuhause gefunden. (Tierpark Berlin)
Auf einer Fläche von 60.000 m² hat nun die einzigartige Tierwelt des Himalaya Einzug gehalten. Dabei begegnen den Bergsteiger*innen nicht nur bekannte Gebirgsbewohner wie Rote Pandas, Schneeleoparden und Bartgeier, sondern auch weniger bekannte Arten wie Goldtakin, Goral, Manul und Satyrtragopan. Nach einer Bauzeit von gut einem Jahr verwandelte sich der 60 Meter hohe Trümmerberg in eine asiatische Gebirgslandschaft mit zahlreichen neuen Aussichtpunkten. Rund 100 Individuen aus 22 verschiedenen – größtenteils in der Natur bedrohten - Tierarten haben in Berlins Hochgebirge ihr neues Zuhause gefunden. (Quelle: Tierpark Berlin)
The unique animal world of the Himalayas has now found its way into an area of 60,000 m². Climbers will not only encounter well-known mountain dwellers such as red pandas, snow leopards and bearded vultures, but also lesser-known species such as takin, goral, Pallas'scat and satyr tragopan. After a construction period of just over a year, the 60-metre-high mountain of rubble was transformed into an Asian mountain landscape with numerous new vantage points. Around 100 individuals from 22 different animal species - most of them endangered in the wild - have found their new home in Berlin's high mountains. (Source: Tierpark Berlin)
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
This modern city of Truth or Consequences - so named after the Radio and TV show of the same name. It is located midway between El Paso, Texas and Albuquerque, New Mexico on U.S. 85, the fame "Pan-American Highway," T or C, for short, is the largest city and county seat of Sierra County. It is a health resort and was originally known as Hot Springs due to underlining of hot racks giving and uninterrupted supply of Hot Mineral Water.
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The end of half term, my grey bricks, and a section of castle for each member of the family (including my 4 year old and my wife). How well does it join together?
Mingle Media TV and our Red Carpet Report team with host, Stephanie Piche were at the 5th Annual TorC Film Fiesta.
This year’s TorC Film Fiesta was held from October 22-24, 2021 in Truth or Consequences New Mexico and screened winning feature and short films from the Santa Fe Film Festival and some local films in addition to “Walking with Herb’ a truly New Mexican film from the author of the book to the filmmaker.
The festival also had Anthony Michael Hall, who is a star in the new “Halloween Kills” movie along with a rich history of film and TV work. Three of the films that AMH made with John Hughes, “Weird Science,” “16 Candles,” and “The Breakfast Club” were screened on the opening night of the festival with AMH available for photos, signed merch and a Q&A held after the final film was shown to a grateful audience of fans.
Screenings of films "Walking with Herb," "The Kennedy incident," "Earl biss Doc," Steven Maes "Caffeine & gasoline," Jerry Angelo "Artik," Hafid abdelmoula "Broken GAite," Ruben Pla "The Horror Crowd," Jordyn Aquino "Can't have it both ways," Jordan Livingston "DeLorean: Living the dream," Jeanette Dilone "Rizo," & Two 'Best Of' Shorts screenings
In addition to the screenings, the El Cortex Theatre, was enjoying a grand re-opening after being shuttered for years and the town was thrilled to see the progress of the updates being done for this event.
Follow the TorC Fiesta Partners on Social
www.facebook.com/ElCortezTheater
www.facebook.com/SierraCinemaNM
Filmmakers were also honored with a filmmaker brunch, a panel by esteemed entertainment lawyer, Harris Tulchan, at Ingo’s Cafe, after parties at the Point Blanc Winery and Glam Camp which also had a fire dancer perform in addition to everyone letting loose and singing Karaoke songs throughout the night.
There was a filmmakers brunch at the Center Gallery and a filmmakers lounge with specialty cocktails during the festival.
In addition to honoring filmmakers, it was a joy to hear that they were excited to see their films on the big screen.
For video interviews and other Red Carpet Report coverage, please visit www.rcrnewsmedia.com and follow us on Twitter and Facebook at:
www.youtube.com/MingleMediaTVNetwork
That’s what it’s about, making stories come alive and enjoying them in the dark with strangers…
This is the last illustration of Breaking Bad's Jesse Pinkman for season one. I really enjoyed illustrating the iconic gas mask from the show. Created in Procreate for iPad. about.me/raheemnelson.
Detail of the west window by Hardman's of Birmingham 1874 (largely designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott) representing scenes from Genesis, including the 6 days of Creation with the story of Adam & Eve in the centre lights.
Worcester Cathedral is the commanding presence on the skyline of the city, perched on high ground overlooking the River Severn. It is one of England's most rewarding cathedrals, though denied first rank status owing to the heavy handed Victorian restorations it underwent, an unavoidable consequence of being built of soft red sandstone (a problem shared with Chester and Lichfield) and thus a 19th century feel pervades inside and out in it's mostly renewed external stonework and furnishings.
The cathedral impresses with it's scale, one or our longer churches, crowned by a magnificent central tower (originally surmounted by a lead spire, lost sometime after the Refomation; subtle alterations to the tower's design were made when it was refaced in the Victorian restoration) and with a secondary pair of transepts flanking the choir (as at Salisbury, Lincoln, Rochester & Canterbury). Of the former monastic buildings the cloister and Norman chapter house have survived (along with the refectory, now part of neighbouring King's School), making this a more complex and enjoyable building to explore.
The earliest parts are of the Norman period with the superb 12th century crypt under the choir. The west end of the nave is also Norman work, though very late and unusual in design, with transitional pointed arches. However the bulk of the building we see dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, the east end in Early English gothic style (where most of the windows were restored to stepped lancets by Sir George Gilbert Scott during the Victorian restoration, having been altered over the centuries), whilst the remainder of the nave and tower largely of the Decorated period (the cathedral originally also possessed a detached octagonal bell tower with a lead spire, which stood near the north east corner but was demolished in 1647).
Of the original furnishings little remains beyond the fine set of misericords in the choir stalls. The stained glass too is nearly entirely Victorian (only some meagre, much restored medieval fragments survive in traceries of the south aisle). Much of the Victorian glass is quite impressive, particularly the great east and west windows by Hardman's of Birmingham.
Worcester is however especially rich in tombs and monuments of all periods, with medieval effigies of bishops, knights and ladies, not all in good condition but worth seeking out. There are also several large tombs from the post-Reformation period (especially in the cluttered south aisle) and some fine Baroque work in the north transept.
The most significant of the monuments here are Royal; in the centre of the choir lies the fine 13th century effigy of King John, best remembered for signing the Magna Carta. Nearby is the superb chantry chapel of Prince Arthur, elder brother of Henry VIII, whose premature death aged 15 changed England forever (one of the most pivotal moments in our history, had he survived the Reformation may never have happened). The gorgeous late Perpendicular gothic chapel stands to the south of the High Altar and is remarkable for it's rich sculpted detail.
During my first week in Fortaleza there was a kids camp on the farm for the kids from one of the city favelas where the project works.
They played a maze type game which looked great fun. The moral behind the game: that sometimes the easy path has bad consequences and that often it is the harder path which leads to the greater reward in life.
Someone here chose the easy route!
Tenuous Link: holding flowers -> holding flour
Mingle Media TV and our Red Carpet Report team with host, Stephanie Piche were at the 5th Annual TorC Film Fiesta.
This year’s TorC Film Fiesta was held from October 22-24, 2021 in Truth or Consequences New Mexico and screened winning feature and short films from the Santa Fe Film Festival and some local films in addition to “Walking with Herb’ a truly New Mexican film from the author of the book to the filmmaker.
The festival also had Anthony Michael Hall, who is a star in the new “Halloween Kills” movie along with a rich history of film and TV work. Three of the films that AMH made with John Hughes, “Weird Science,” “16 Candles,” and “The Breakfast Club” were screened on the opening night of the festival with AMH available for photos, signed merch and a Q&A held after the final film was shown to a grateful audience of fans.
Screenings of films "Walking with Herb," "The Kennedy incident," "Earl biss Doc," Steven Maes "Caffeine & gasoline," Jerry Angelo "Artik," Hafid abdelmoula "Broken GAite," Ruben Pla "The Horror Crowd," Jordyn Aquino "Can't have it both ways," Jordan Livingston "DeLorean: Living the dream," Jeanette Dilone "Rizo," & Two 'Best Of' Shorts screenings
In addition to the screenings, the El Cortex Theatre, was enjoying a grand re-opening after being shuttered for years and the town was thrilled to see the progress of the updates being done for this event.
Follow the TorC Fiesta Partners on Social
www.facebook.com/ElCortezTheater
www.facebook.com/SierraCinemaNM
Filmmakers were also honored with a filmmaker brunch, a panel by esteemed entertainment lawyer, Harris Tulchan, at Ingo’s Cafe, after parties at the Point Blanc Winery and Glam Camp which also had a fire dancer perform in addition to everyone letting loose and singing Karaoke songs throughout the night.
There was a filmmakers brunch at the Center Gallery and a filmmakers lounge with specialty cocktails during the festival.
In addition to honoring filmmakers, it was a joy to hear that they were excited to see their films on the big screen.
For video interviews and other Red Carpet Report coverage, please visit www.rcrnewsmedia.com and follow us on Twitter and Facebook at:
www.youtube.com/MingleMediaTVNetwork
That’s what it’s about, making stories come alive and enjoying them in the dark with strangers…
Sex scenes depicted on TV do not unveil the consequences that could occur from having casual sex. Rarely ever do TV shows demonstrate an STD resulting after a steamy sex scene.
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You're the colour,
you're the movement and the spin, never
Could it stay with me the whole day long?
Fail with consequence, lose with eloquence
and smile.
I'm not in this movie
I'm not in this song.
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Most people visiting the James Cohan Gallery in Chelsea took half a look at James Hopkins' 2006 art installation titled "Consumption and Consequence" and moved on without ever really seeing what was there.
Don't look away, look deeper.
QuoteoftheDay 'One who is worried about the consequences cannot love.' - His Holiness Younus AlGohar
The Somali region in Ethiopia is suffering from continuous drought and the consequences of the coronavirus. This has caused crops to fail and food prices to rise. This combination of circumstances has further exacerbated the need for many displaced families, including Raho.
“I was a rancher,” begins Raho, a 41-year-old woman with seven children. “Until a five-year drought killed our entire livestock. I had 70 camels and 300 goats. We had a good life. Only our donkey survived, luckily, because it carried my youngest children when we looked for a new home.”
“We spent days walking through the scorching heat looking for a place to settle. My children were starving, were exhausted. We reached this camp and hoped for help from the host community.” The family has been living there for five years now, but the situation has not improved much.
Raho: “When I couldn't find work, I went to collect tree branches and bark, 15 kilometres away in the bush. It is always quite an undertaking, I leave the children with a relative who also lives in this camp. My husband has left for military training.” Raho buys food with the sale of the firewood, but it is often not enough to meet all of her family's needs.
"The income is for survival. We eat less to save for the next day. My two oldest sons, 19 and 17 years old, often help to contribute to the income. They bring the firewood three days a week we have gathered, to the market.”
The pandemic has further exacerbated the food crisis for vulnerable children and families. Prices of commodities have steadily risen due to transport restrictions to stem the virus.
Raho was among 39,300 people in IDP camps in the suburbs of the city of Gode who received food parcels from the DRA. The emergency food basket contained 25 kg of rice, flour, cooking oil and milk powder. Sitting in front of the entrance to her compound, she prepares injera (a spongy flatbread made from flour, ed.) while talking. Some of her children, dressed in school uniforms, sit on the sandy floor, busy eating the bread with sauce. Raho says: “If children get enough to eat, they can grow again. If they get too little, they are not the same. They can now go back to school, have the energy to play.”
In addition to food, the DRA organisations also handed out soap and mouth masks to prevent the spread of corona. The soap that Raho received from the DRA has now run out. She hasn't managed to stock up yet, but her kids are still wearing the washable masks to school. Hand hygiene is extremely difficult in this community where there is a scarcity of water and a lack of soap.
When her budget allows it, Raho buys her water supply from the city's underground water storage tanks. The costs per barrel have increased due to the drought. The DRA also supplied water, but that was some time ago. It makes the family again seek refuge in the brown water from the polluted Shebelle River, two hours away. "We drink it straight from the river when the purification tablets that purify the water are not available," Raho said. "The risks worry me, but we have no other choice."
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Ethiopia has been struggling with various crises for years. The East African country is being ravaged by a devastating locust infestation, flooding and, in some areas, persistent drought.
Also, the conflict in the northern Tigray region has been causing fear and insecurity for months.
Cordaid, together with other organisations within the Dutch Relief Alliance (DRA), provided emergency aid in Ethiopia in 2021. The DRA is a partnership of 14 Dutch aid organisations that supports people in the world's largest crisis areas with funding from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
By joining forces, the organisations can make a difference for people in emergency situations. In Ethiopia, Cordaid worked together with SOS Children's Villages, CARE, the Refugee Foundation and Tearfund.
In Ethiopia, the DRA organisations have handed out soap, water filters and hygiene kits; repaired and built new health centers; repaired and installed water facilities at clinics, schools and other public places; provided information about protection against corona; provided mental health care.
With these activities, the DRA has helped more than 276,000 people, through close collaboration with local organisations. The activities focused mainly on girls and women.
DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 23JAN14 - Joseph E. Stiglitz, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University, USA makes a point during the session 'The Reshaping of Japan: Global Consequences' at the Annual Meeting 2014 of the World Economic Forum at the congress centre in Davos, January 23, 2014.
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/swiss-image.ch/Photo Moritz Hager
Berlin boasts two zoological gardens, a consequence of decades of political and administrative division of the city. The older one, called Zoo Berlin, founded in 1844, is situated in what is now called "City West". It is the most species-rich zoo worldwide. The other one, called Tierpark Berlin ("Animal Park"), was established on the long abandoned premises of Friedrichsfelde Palace Park in the eastern borough of Lichtenberg, in 1954. Covering 160 ha, it is the largest landcape zoo in Europe. And honouring its past as landscape park, it still has large gardened areas.