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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.
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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.
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Rodent outbreaks have had overwhelming consequences—economically, socially, and politically—in the areas where they occur. More than 1 billion people suffer chronic hunger, widespread diseases, and severe crop losses that are attributed to rodent pests.
Such events throughout history have resulted in an attitude of acceptance and fatalism for some people, particularly rural folks, who seem resigned to the onslaught of rodents.
That should not be the case.
A new book, titled Rodent Outbreaks: Ecology and Impacts, shows how understanding the ecology and the factors that cause population outbreaks of rodents can help in managing the problem. A central message the book contributors hope to convey is the strong advances that were made in understanding the factors that lead to outbreaks, providing a modern appraisal to an age-old problem.
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►On an empty stomach in the morning to the terrible consequences of drinking tea-জেনে নিন সকালে খালি পেটে চা খাওয়ার ভয়ানক পরিণতি Exclusive/life News || * Thank you for watching our channel. Watch the video to share between friends. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Many of us start the day with a cup of tea. After the morning tea basena the mind to do so. But the tea is not healthy at all. With an empty stomach acid levels in the body automatically. If the acidity level of the increase may be associated with the tea. As a result, many health problems can be and acidity. This will be something to eat before the morning tea. Let's see, what kind of problem in the morning on an empty stomach to drink tea can be. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Purusher Durbolota katabe je oshudhti|| World Exclusive News || www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xa5SRnnwa0 Bangladesher Ojana Sob Tothya, Exclusive Bangladesh www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnGZ06f66iI ► বিয়ের পরে যেসব খাবার এড়িয়ে যাবেন-After the wedding, avoid the foods www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gyAQwaU54M ► This shampoo does not do it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=heg-MI7_miE&feature=youtu.be ►Varai Milse Nati Natni, World Exclusive News || World facts || www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM_A2-LNZbc ► Jatosob Nandogosh Star Live TV ।। Exclusive World News||live news || www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhIFSOgVOGQ ► Katokhon Facebooking kora uchit Star Live TV ।। Exclusive News || www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBdTKQx0DO8 ►Hazaro Purusher birudhe kishori dhorshoner ovijog, USA Rape News • www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruGO8gXMJsQ Our Social LInk ☻ Channel Link - www.youtube.com/channel/UCpcnWOr3iS13CyZcY7iwCBg ☻ Google+ ift.tt/2mDtQyk ☻ Blog- ift.tt/2oiXAgB ☻ Facebook fun page :http://ift.tt/2nn0Ver ☻Twitter : twitter.com/starlive_tv ☻ Linkedin: ift.tt/2mSpt2J ☻ Medium : ift.tt/2nn2zg9
Truth or Consequences NM Police Department 2001-2011 Ford CVPI .Truth or Consequences is the county seat of Sierra county NM . in mid 2013 to 2016 graphics .
Updated 5/7/2016
Dorothy (Sala) Donaldson and children, Sharyn and Sandra Sala, placing flowers at the grave of Joseph M Sala on January 28, 1950. Joseph "Joe" Sala, the co-pilot on a B-17 with the 8th Air Force, 388th Bomb Group, was killed in action in Germany on March 17, 1945, about a month before the end of the war in Europe. Scanned from a Kodachrome slide. DBD/RLD-Sr photograph.
The number of drugs in shortage has slowly increased since 2006, with over 200 new drugs in shortage in both 2010 and 2011 - up from 70 new drug shortages in 2006. A big reason is US government price controls instituted after passage of the Medicare Modernization Act in 2005.
Unplanned urbanisation directly increases people’s vulnerability to disasters. The economic, social and environmental consequences can be enormous. The ‘multiplier’ effect, where the remaining impact of one disaster is further exacerbated by another, as illustrated in Haiti where a massive earthquake in January was followed by a hurricane in November, further compounds development losses. Here Hurricane Tomas floods the streets of Gonaives, north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Photo by Marco Dormino / UN Photo
The sun sets on another dry winter's day. A distant plane also makes its descent into the valley. A hazy winter's day sunset beyond the trees, viewed from San Jose, CA.
***California's exceptionally dry winter is having a visible consequence: bad air quality. A high-pressure zone off the West Coast that has been warding off much needed rain and storms for months has worsened air pollution across California. The stagnant conditions have trapped fine particles close to the ground, leaving a buildup of sooty haze that poses a threat to our health...***
(Thursday around sunset, January 23, 2014; 5:11 p.m.)
When the National Assembly for Wales Bus visited Abertillery, most visitors on board were keen to know what the consequences of a ‘yes’ vote or a ‘no’ vote in the referendum might be. Some people complained about their local area; they said the buses and trains do not link up and the town needs some regeneration work. Others said they had difficulties getting in touch with their Assembly Members and the Assembly doesn’t have sufficient presence in the area. They wished to see the bus visit their area again, and for Assembly Members to be present specifically to speak to the public and answer their queries. One woman who had moved to the area from London came on board wishing to know about the Assembly’s work and the opportunities to vote in Wales this year. Another person who came by said that he knew very little about the Assembly, and he had never voted. Staff on the bus gave him an introduction to what the Assembly does, and he gave the impression he would now consider voting when the time came.
Pan aeth Bws y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol i Abertyleri, roedd mwyafrif helaeth yr ymwelwyr yn awyddus i wybod beth fyddai goblygiadau pleidlais ‘ie’ neu ‘na’ yn y refferendwm. Roedd rhai yn cwyno am eu hardal, gan nodi nad oedd cyswllt digonol rhwng y trenau a’r bysiau a bod angen gwaith adfywio dirfawr ar y dref. Cwyn eraill oedd eu bod yn ei chael hi’n anodd cysylltu gyda’u Haelodau Cynulliad ac nad oes gan y Cynulliad ddigon o bresenoldeb yn lleol. Soniodd rhai y byddent yn dymuno gweld y bws yn ymweld a’u hardal eto, ac y dylai Aelodau Cynulliad fod ar fwrdd y bws er mwyn iddynt gynnig atebion i broblemau’r cyhoedd. Daeth menyw oedd wedi symud o Lundain i’r ardal draw i gael gwybodaeth am waith y Cynulliad a’r cyfleoedd i bleidleisio yng Nhymru eleni. I orffen, daeth un ymwelydd, nad oedd wedi pleidleisio yn y gorffennol, draw i gael gwybodaeth am y Cynulliad. Wedi sgwrs fer am waith y Cynulliad a’r cyfleoedd i bleidleisio eleni, soniodd y byddai’n ystyried bwrw pleidlais am y tro cyntaf yn y refferendwm ac etholiad y Cynulliad eleni.
Scholars gathered together at the Pequot Museum on Friday & Saturday, Oct. 18 & 19, for the 17th Century American Northeast Conference to reexamine the complexity of a changing cultural landscape and the consequences of colonization and warfare.
19 April 2016-2016 OECD Integrity Forum, Fighting the Hidden Tariff: Global Trade Without Corruption.
Plenary Session, Corruption and Trade: Risks, Costs, Consequences
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Klaus Moosmayer, Chair, Business and Industry Advisory Committee Anti-Corruption Task Force and Chief Compliance Officer, Siemens
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(This is my second roll with the amazingly effective MJU II. I used a chinese film, Centuria 200. Half of the roll went very greenish but the other half had beautiful funky tones like this. Film is quite scarce in my country nowadays. If any of you have a surplus or feel like donating a roll of any kind, mostly c-41 but also b&w, please contact me. I'll give you donation credits on the roll's pictures, wow)
As a consequence of the intellectual and erudite nature of the inhabitants of Baeza, they decided to create their own University at the end of the XVI century, a long time before these of Jaén or Úbeda.
The building, one of the few with Mannerist style that the city has, was founded by the priest Rodrigo López, a relative of the Pope Paulo III, upon the Saint León chapel, a plot transferred by the Council in 1571.
Firstly, a first letters school was created dedicated to the Holly Trinity. Nevertheless, with the arrival of Juan de Ávila in 1540, new teachings were introduced as Liberal Studies, secondary education, degrees and doctorates in Arts and Theology.
The first students' graduation took place in 1549 and they became the professors of the future University. Their effort and good performance convert this University of Baeza into the best university in Andalusia during the years. However, due to the parish character of the University, a phenomenon of exaltation occurred between the students, known as "illuminati", which forced the intervention of the Inquisition Court, something that finished with the imprisonment of the most distinguished teachers.
In 1565, new Rhetoric, Grammar, Greek Philosophy and Theology chairs were created. With the arrival of Pedro Fernández de Córdoba to the management, the institution would be elevated to a higher position. Due to that, he designed an enlargement which finished with the construction of the Saint Jean Evangelist church.
The University remained until 1824. Nevertheless, the lessons on the primary school continued with these of Latin; followed by the creation of a Liberal Studies School and after a high-school -where Antonio Machado worked as a teacher-, and these days there is a secondary education centre.
The architecture is similar to that of the renaissance palaces.
The Paraninfo or Assembly hall is placed in the courtyard.
Empty spoil wagons unusually have the luxury of the up fast line on the MML. The steeper gradient compared to the freight line behind should be of little consequence for such a light load.
The Sierra County Courthouse was built with WPA labor in 1939 (the same year in which The Wizard of Oz was released).
The long and strange name of the county seat comes from the name of the popular radio game show called Truth or Consequences hosted by Ralph Edwards. Edwards promised that he would come to the first town in the country that would change its name in honor of his show. So in the year 1950, this town changed its name, and Edwards came to here every first weekend in May for the next fifty years at which time a community celebration would occur. The town's original name was Hot Springs. So this courthouse was built back when the town went by a different name.
The county's former seat was located at the mining town of Hillsboro. Click on this link to see a picture of the ruins of the 1892 Sierra County Courthouse that still stand there: www.flickr.com/photos/99491151@N00/3152879454/in/set-7215...
Sunset over North Sea seen from Weser Riverside in Bremerhaven. On Northern Hemisphere of the Sun a group of sunspots is visible. For more than 10 years number of sunspots is relatively low indicating a weak solar activity. Usually such a weak Sun is leading to a colder climate but until now global temperature remains on high level reached over the centuries before.
The consequence of increased greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere?!
Photo taken with Nikon Coolpix S9700.
Jens Christian Heuer
A series of three multilayer plywood artworks, 120x72cm. All the details were laser cut, spray painted and assembled by hand. Available at Lollipop Gallery, London.
Vouno (Greek: Βουνό; Turkish: Yukarı Taşkent or Taşkent) is a village in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus. De facto, it is under the control of Northern Cyprus. Its population in 2011 was 299.
The village of Vouno (meaning mountain in Greek) is located 10 kilometres north of Nicosia in Cyprus. Its name derives from the fact that it lies at an altitude of 380 meters above sea level and is the highest village on the south side of the Pentadaktylos mountain range. The village of Vouno is one of the 60 villages in Cyprus originally inhabited by Maronites.
With the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, the inhabitants of the village of Vouno, like almost all the Greek and Maronite residents of the Turkish-occupied northern part of Cyprus, became refugees. The Turks renamed the village into "Taşkent" and destroyed the two Greek Orthodox churches in the village, that of Saint George and the Holy Cross. The Maronite church of Saint Romanos escaped destruction because the Turkish occupying forces decided to turn it into a museum. Thus, today the church is in good condition, at least externally, since nobody knows how it looks internally because it always remains shut and inaccessible.
Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is a de facto state that comprises the northeastern portion of the island of Cyprus. It is recognised only by Turkey, and its territory is considered by all other states to be part of the Republic of Cyprus.
Northern Cyprus extends from the tip of the Karpass Peninsula in the northeast to Morphou Bay, Cape Kormakitis and its westernmost point, the Kokkina exclave in the west. Its southernmost point is the village of Louroujina. A buffer zone under the control of the United Nations stretches between Northern Cyprus and the rest of the island and divides Nicosia, the island's largest city and capital of both sides.
A coup d'état in 1974, performed as part of an attempt to annex the island to Greece, prompted the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. This resulted in the eviction of much of the north's Greek Cypriot population, the flight of Turkish Cypriots from the south, and the partitioning of the island, leading to a unilateral declaration of independence by the north in 1983. Due to its lack of recognition, Northern Cyprus is heavily dependent on Turkey for economic, political and military support.
Attempts to reach a solution to the Cyprus dispute have been unsuccessful. The Turkish Army maintains a large force in Northern Cyprus with the support and approval of the TRNC government, while the Republic of Cyprus, the European Union as a whole, and the international community regard it as an occupation force. This military presence has been denounced in several United Nations Security Council resolutions.
Northern Cyprus is a semi-presidential, democratic republic with a cultural heritage incorporating various influences and an economy that is dominated by the services sector. The economy has seen growth through the 2000s and 2010s, with the GNP per capita more than tripling in the 2000s, but is held back by an international embargo due to the official closure of the ports in Northern Cyprus by the Republic of Cyprus. The official language is Turkish, with a distinct local dialect being spoken. The vast majority of the population consists of Sunni Muslims, while religious attitudes are mostly moderate and secular. Northern Cyprus is an observer state of ECO and OIC under the name "Turkish Cypriot State", PACE under the name "Turkish Cypriot Community", and Organization of Turkic States with its own name.
Several distinct periods of Cypriot intercommunal violence involving the two main ethnic communities, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, marked mid-20th century Cyprus. These included the Cyprus Emergency of 1955–59 during British rule, the post-independence Cyprus crisis of 1963–64, and the Cyprus crisis of 1967. Hostilities culminated in the 1974 de facto division of the island along the Green Line following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. The region has been relatively peaceful since then, but the Cyprus dispute has continued, with various attempts to solve it diplomatically having been generally unsuccessful.
Cyprus, an island lying in the eastern Mediterranean, hosted a population of Greeks and Turks (four-fifths and one-fifth, respectively), who lived under British rule in the late nineteenth-century and the first half of the twentieth-century. Christian Orthodox Church of Cyprus played a prominent political role among the Greek Cypriot community, a privilege that it acquired during the Ottoman Empire with the employment of the millet system, which gave the archbishop an unofficial ethnarch status.
The repeated rejections by the British of Greek Cypriot demands for enosis, union with Greece, led to armed resistance, organised by the National Organization of Cypriot Struggle, or EOKA. EOKA, led by the Greek-Cypriot commander George Grivas, systematically targeted British colonial authorities. One of the effects of EOKA's campaign was to alter the Turkish position from demanding full reincorporation into Turkey to a demand for taksim (partition). EOKA's mission and activities caused a "Cretan syndrome" (see Turkish Resistance Organisation) within the Turkish Cypriot community, as its members feared that they would be forced to leave the island in such a case as had been the case with Cretan Turks. As such, they preferred the continuation of British colonial rule and then taksim, the division of the island. Due to the Turkish Cypriots' support for the British, EOKA's leader, Georgios Grivas, declared them to be enemies. The fact that the Turks were a minority was, according to Nihat Erim, to be addressed by the transfer of thousands of Turks from mainland Turkey so that Greek Cypriots would cease to be the majority. When Erim visited Cyprus as the Turkish representative, he was advised by Field Marshal Sir John Harding, the then Governor of Cyprus, that Turkey should send educated Turks to settle in Cyprus.
Turkey actively promoted the idea that on the island of Cyprus two distinctive communities existed, and sidestepped its former claim that "the people of Cyprus were all Turkish subjects". In doing so, Turkey's aim to have self-determination of two to-be equal communities in effect led to de jure partition of the island.[citation needed] This could be justified to the international community against the will of the majority Greek population of the island. Dr. Fazil Küçük in 1954 had already proposed Cyprus be divided in two at the 35° parallel.
Lindley Dan, from Notre Dame University, spotted the roots of intercommunal violence to different visions among the two communities of Cyprus (enosis for Greek Cypriots, taksim for Turkish Cypriots). Also, Lindlay wrote that "the merging of church, schools/education, and politics in divisive and nationalistic ways" had played a crucial role in creation of havoc in Cyprus' history. Attalides Michael also pointed to the opposing nationalisms as the cause of the Cyprus problem.
By the mid-1950's, the "Cyprus is Turkish" party, movement, and slogan gained force in both Cyprus and Turkey. In a 1954 editorial, Turkish Cypriot leader Dr. Fazil Kuchuk expressed the sentiment that the Turkish youth had grown up with the idea that "as soon as Great Britain leaves the island, it will be taken over by the Turks", and that "Turkey cannot tolerate otherwise". This perspective contributed to the willingness of Turkish Cypriots to align themselves with the British, who started recruiting Turkish Cypriots into the police force that patrolled Cyprus to fight EOKA, a Greek Cypriot nationalist organisation that sought to rid the island of British rule.
EOKA targeted colonial authorities, including police, but Georgios Grivas, the leader of EOKA, did not initially wish to open up a new front by fighting Turkish Cypriots and reassured them that EOKA would not harm their people. In 1956, some Turkish Cypriot policemen were killed by EOKA members and this provoked some intercommunal violence in the spring and summer, but these attacks on policemen were not motivated by the fact that they were Turkish Cypriots.
However, in January 1957, Grivas changed his policy as his forces in the mountains became increasingly pressured by the British Crown forces. In order to divert the attention of the Crown forces, EOKA members started to target Turkish Cypriot policemen intentionally in the towns, so that Turkish Cypriots would riot against the Greek Cypriots and the security forces would have to be diverted to the towns to restore order. The killing of a Turkish Cypriot policeman on 19 January, when a power station was bombed, and the injury of three others, provoked three days of intercommunal violence in Nicosia. The two communities targeted each other in reprisals, at least one Greek Cypriot was killed and the British Army was deployed in the streets. Greek Cypriot stores were burned and their neighbourhoods attacked. Following the events, the Greek Cypriot leadership spread the propaganda that the riots had merely been an act of Turkish Cypriot aggression. Such events created chaos and drove the communities apart both in Cyprus and in Turkey.
On 22 October 1957 Sir Hugh Mackintosh Foot replaced Sir John Harding as the British Governor of Cyprus. Foot suggested five to seven years of self-government before any final decision. His plan rejected both enosis and taksim. The Turkish Cypriot response to this plan was a series of anti-British demonstrations in Nicosia on 27 and 28 January 1958 rejecting the proposed plan because the plan did not include partition. The British then withdrew the plan.
In 1957, Black Gang, a Turkish Cypriot pro-taksim paramilitary organisation, was formed to patrol a Turkish Cypriot enclave, the Tahtakale district of Nicosia, against activities of EOKA. The organisation later attempted to grow into a national scale, but failed to gain public support.
By 1958, signs of dissatisfaction with the British increased on both sides, with a group of Turkish Cypriots forming Volkan (later renamed to the Turkish Resistance Organisation) paramilitary group to promote partition and the annexation of Cyprus to Turkey as dictated by the Menderes plan. Volkan initially consisted of roughly 100 members, with the stated aim of raising awareness in Turkey of the Cyprus issue and courting military training and support for Turkish Cypriot fighters from the Turkish government.
In June 1958, the British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, was expected to propose a plan to resolve the Cyprus issue. In light of the new development, the Turks rioted in Nicosia to promote the idea that Greek and Turkish Cypriots could not live together and therefore any plan that did not include partition would not be viable. This violence was soon followed by bombing, Greek Cypriot deaths and looting of Greek Cypriot-owned shops and houses. Greek and Turkish Cypriots started to flee mixed population villages where they were a minority in search of safety. This was effectively the beginning of the segregation of the two communities. On 7 June 1958, a bomb exploded at the entrance of the Turkish Embassy in Cyprus. Following the bombing, Turkish Cypriots looted Greek Cypriot properties. On 26 June 1984, the Turkish Cypriot leader, Rauf Denktaş, admitted on British channel ITV that the bomb was placed by the Turks themselves in order to create tension. On 9 January 1995, Rauf Denktaş repeated his claim to the famous Turkish newspaper Milliyet in Turkey.
The crisis reached a climax on 12 June 1958, when eight Greeks, out of an armed group of thirty five arrested by soldiers of the Royal Horse Guards on suspicion of preparing an attack on the Turkish quarter of Skylloura, were killed in a suspected attack by Turkish Cypriot locals, near the village of Geunyeli, having been ordered to walk back to their village of Kondemenos.
After the EOKA campaign had begun, the British government successfully began to turn the Cyprus issue from a British colonial problem into a Greek-Turkish issue. British diplomacy exerted backstage influence on the Adnan Menderes government, with the aim of making Turkey active in Cyprus. For the British, the attempt had a twofold objective. The EOKA campaign would be silenced as quickly as possible, and Turkish Cypriots would not side with Greek Cypriots against the British colonial claims over the island, which would thus remain under the British. The Turkish Cypriot leadership visited Menderes to discuss the Cyprus issue. When asked how the Turkish Cypriots should respond to the Greek Cypriot claim of enosis, Menderes replied: "You should go to the British foreign minister and request the status quo be prolonged, Cyprus to remain as a British colony". When the Turkish Cypriots visited the British Foreign Secretary and requested for Cyprus to remain a colony, he replied: "You should not be asking for colonialism at this day and age, you should be asking for Cyprus be returned to Turkey, its former owner".
As Turkish Cypriots began to look to Turkey for protection, Greek Cypriots soon understood that enosis was extremely unlikely. The Greek Cypriot leader, Archbishop Makarios III, now set independence for the island as his objective.
Britain resolved to solve the dispute by creating an independent Cyprus. In 1959, all involved parties signed the Zurich Agreements: Britain, Turkey, Greece, and the Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders, Makarios and Dr. Fazil Kucuk, respectively. The new constitution drew heavily on the ethnic composition of the island. The President would be a Greek Cypriot, and the Vice-President a Turkish Cypriot with an equal veto. The contribution to the public service would be set at a ratio of 70:30, and the Supreme Court would consist of an equal number of judges from both communities as well as an independent judge who was not Greek, Turkish or British. The Zurich Agreements were supplemented by a number of treaties. The Treaty of Guarantee stated that secession or union with any state was forbidden, and that Greece, Turkey and Britain would be given guarantor status to intervene if that was violated. The Treaty of Alliance allowed for two small Greek and Turkish military contingents to be stationed on the island, and the Treaty of Establishment gave Britain sovereignty over two bases in Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
On 15 August 1960, the Colony of Cyprus became fully independent as the Republic of Cyprus. The new republic remained within the Commonwealth of Nations.
The new constitution brought dissatisfaction to Greek Cypriots, who felt it to be highly unjust for them for historical, demographic and contributional reasons. Although 80% of the island's population were Greek Cypriots and these indigenous people had lived on the island for thousands of years and paid 94% of taxes, the new constitution was giving the 17% of the population that was Turkish Cypriots, who paid 6% of taxes, around 30% of government jobs and 40% of national security jobs.
Within three years tensions between the two communities in administrative affairs began to show. In particular disputes over separate municipalities and taxation created a deadlock in government. A constitutional court ruled in 1963 Makarios had failed to uphold article 173 of the constitution which called for the establishment of separate municipalities for Turkish Cypriots. Makarios subsequently declared his intention to ignore the judgement, resulting in the West German judge resigning from his position. Makarios proposed thirteen amendments to the constitution, which would have had the effect of resolving most of the issues in the Greek Cypriot favour. Under the proposals, the President and Vice-President would lose their veto, the separate municipalities as sought after by the Turkish Cypriots would be abandoned, the need for separate majorities by both communities in passing legislation would be discarded and the civil service contribution would be set at actual population ratios (82:18) instead of the slightly higher figure for Turkish Cypriots.
The intention behind the amendments has long been called into question. The Akritas plan, written in the height of the constitutional dispute by the Greek Cypriot interior minister Polycarpos Georkadjis, called for the removal of undesirable elements of the constitution so as to allow power-sharing to work. The plan envisaged a swift retaliatory attack on Turkish Cypriot strongholds should Turkish Cypriots resort to violence to resist the measures, stating "In the event of a planned or staged Turkish attack, it is imperative to overcome it by force in the shortest possible time, because if we succeed in gaining command of the situation (in one or two days), no outside, intervention would be either justified or possible." Whether Makarios's proposals were part of the Akritas plan is unclear, however it remains that sentiment towards enosis had not completely disappeared with independence. Makarios described independence as "a step on the road to enosis".[31] Preparations for conflict were not entirely absent from Turkish Cypriots either, with right wing elements still believing taksim (partition) the best safeguard against enosis.
Greek Cypriots however believe the amendments were a necessity stemming from a perceived attempt by Turkish Cypriots to frustrate the working of government. Turkish Cypriots saw it as a means to reduce their status within the state from one of co-founder to that of minority, seeing it as a first step towards enosis. The security situation deteriorated rapidly.
Main articles: Bloody Christmas (1963) and Battle of Tillyria
An armed conflict was triggered after December 21, 1963, a period remembered by Turkish Cypriots as Bloody Christmas, when a Greek Cypriot policemen that had been called to help deal with a taxi driver refusing officers already on the scene access to check the identification documents of his customers, took out his gun upon arrival and shot and killed the taxi driver and his partner. Eric Solsten summarised the events as follows: "a Greek Cypriot police patrol, ostensibly checking identification documents, stopped a Turkish Cypriot couple on the edge of the Turkish quarter. A hostile crowd gathered, shots were fired, and two Turkish Cypriots were killed."
In the morning after the shooting, crowds gathered in protest in Northern Nicosia, likely encouraged by the TMT, without incident. On the evening of the 22nd, gunfire broke out, communication lines to the Turkish neighbourhoods were cut, and the Greek Cypriot police occupied the nearby airport. On the 23rd, a ceasefire was negotiated, but did not hold. Fighting, including automatic weapons fire, between Greek and Turkish Cypriots and militias increased in Nicosia and Larnaca. A force of Greek Cypriot irregulars led by Nikos Sampson entered the Nicosia suburb of Omorphita and engaged in heavy firing on armed, as well as by some accounts unarmed, Turkish Cypriots. The Omorphita clash has been described by Turkish Cypriots as a massacre, while this view has generally not been acknowledged by Greek Cypriots.
Further ceasefires were arranged between the two sides, but also failed. By Christmas Eve, the 24th, Britain, Greece, and Turkey had joined talks, with all sides calling for a truce. On Christmas day, Turkish fighter jets overflew Nicosia in a show of support. Finally it was agreed to allow a force of 2,700 British soldiers to help enforce a ceasefire. In the next days, a "buffer zone" was created in Nicosia, and a British officer marked a line on a map with green ink, separating the two sides of the city, which was the beginning of the "Green Line". Fighting continued across the island for the next several weeks.
In total 364 Turkish Cypriots and 174 Greek Cypriots were killed during the violence. 25,000 Turkish Cypriots from 103-109 villages fled and were displaced into enclaves and thousands of Turkish Cypriot houses were ransacked or completely destroyed.
Contemporary newspapers also reported on the forceful exodus of the Turkish Cypriots from their homes. According to The Times in 1964, threats, shootings and attempts of arson were committed against the Turkish Cypriots to force them out of their homes. The Daily Express wrote that "25,000 Turks have already been forced to leave their homes". The Guardian reported a massacre of Turks at Limassol on 16 February 1964.
Turkey had by now readied its fleet and its fighter jets appeared over Nicosia. Turkey was dissuaded from direct involvement by the creation of a United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) in 1964. Despite the negotiated ceasefire in Nicosia, attacks on the Turkish Cypriot persisted, particularly in Limassol. Concerned about the possibility of a Turkish invasion, Makarios undertook the creation of a Greek Cypriot conscript-based army called the "National Guard". A general from Greece took charge of the army, whilst a further 20,000 well-equipped officers and men were smuggled from Greece into Cyprus. Turkey threatened to intervene once more, but was prevented by a strongly worded letter from the American President Lyndon B. Johnson, anxious to avoid a conflict between NATO allies Greece and Turkey at the height of the Cold War.
Turkish Cypriots had by now established an important bridgehead at Kokkina, provided with arms, volunteers and materials from Turkey and abroad. Seeing this incursion of foreign weapons and troops as a major threat, the Cypriot government invited George Grivas to return from Greece as commander of the Greek troops on the island and launch a major attack on the bridgehead. Turkey retaliated by dispatching its fighter jets to bomb Greek positions, causing Makarios to threaten an attack on every Turkish Cypriot village on the island if the bombings did not cease. The conflict had now drawn in Greece and Turkey, with both countries amassing troops on their Thracian borders. Efforts at mediation by Dean Acheson, a former U.S. Secretary of State, and UN-appointed mediator Galo Plaza had failed, all the while the division of the two communities becoming more apparent. Greek Cypriot forces were estimated at some 30,000, including the National Guard and the large contingent from Greece. Defending the Turkish Cypriot enclaves was a force of approximately 5,000 irregulars, led by a Turkish colonel, but lacking the equipment and organisation of the Greek forces.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations in 1964, U Thant, reported the damage during the conflicts:
UNFICYP carried out a detailed survey of all damage to properties throughout the island during the disturbances; it shows that in 109 villages, most of them Turkish-Cypriot or mixed villages, 527 houses have been destroyed while 2,000 others have suffered damage from looting.
The situation worsened in 1967, when a military junta overthrew the democratically elected government of Greece, and began applying pressure on Makarios to achieve enosis. Makarios, not wishing to become part of a military dictatorship or trigger a Turkish invasion, began to distance himself from the goal of enosis. This caused tensions with the junta in Greece as well as George Grivas in Cyprus. Grivas's control over the National Guard and Greek contingent was seen as a threat to Makarios's position, who now feared a possible coup.[citation needed] The National Guard and Cyprus Police began patrolling the Turkish Cypriot enclaves of Ayios Theodoros and Kophinou, and on November 15 engaged in heavy fighting with the Turkish Cypriots.
By the time of his withdrawal 26 Turkish Cypriots had been killed. Turkey replied with an ultimatum demanding that Grivas be removed from the island, that the troops smuggled from Greece in excess of the limits of the Treaty of Alliance be removed, and that the economic blockades on the Turkish Cypriot enclaves be lifted. Grivas was recalled by the Athens Junta and the 12,000 Greek troops were withdrawn. Makarios now attempted to consolidate his position by reducing the number of National Guard troops, and by creating a paramilitary force loyal to Cypriot independence. In 1968, acknowledging that enosis was now all but impossible, Makarios stated, "A solution by necessity must be sought within the limits of what is feasible which does not always coincide with the limits of what is desirable."
After 1967 tensions between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots subsided. Instead, the main source of tension on the island came from factions within the Greek Cypriot community. Although Makarios had effectively abandoned enosis in favour of an 'attainable solution', many others continued to believe that the only legitimate political aspiration for Greek Cypriots was union with Greece.
On his arrival, Grivas began by establishing a nationalist paramilitary group known as the National Organization of Cypriot Fighters (Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston B or EOKA-B), drawing comparisons with the EOKA struggle for enosis under the British colonial administration of the 1950s.
The military junta in Athens saw Makarios as an obstacle. Makarios's failure to disband the National Guard, whose officer class was dominated by mainland Greeks, had meant the junta had practical control over the Cypriot military establishment, leaving Makarios isolated and a vulnerable target.
During the first Turkish invasion, Turkish troops invaded Cyprus territory on 20 July 1974, invoking its rights under the Treaty of Guarantee. This expansion of Turkish-occupied zone violated International Law as well as the Charter of the United Nations. Turkish troops managed to capture 3% of the island which was accompanied by the burning of the Turkish Cypriot quarter, as well as the raping and killing of women and children. A temporary cease-fire followed which was mitigated by the UN Security Council. Subsequently, the Greek military Junta collapsed on July 23, 1974, and peace talks commenced in which a democratic government was installed. The Resolution 353 was broken after Turkey attacked a second time and managed to get a hold of 37% of Cyprus territory. The Island of Cyprus was appointed a Buffer Zone by the United Nations, which divided the island into two zones through the 'Green Line' and put an end to the Turkish invasion. Although Turkey announced that the occupied areas of Cyprus to be called the Federated Turkish State in 1975, it is not legitimised on a worldwide political scale. The United Nations called for the international recognition of independence for the Republic of Cyprus in the Security Council Resolution 367.
In the years after the Turkish invasion of northern Cyprus one can observe a history of failed talks between the two parties. The 1983 declaration of the independent Turkish Republic of Cyprus resulted in a rise of inter-communal tensions and made it increasingly hard to find mutual understanding. With Cyprus' interest of a possible EU membership and a new UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 1997 new hopes arose for a fresh start. International involvement from sides of the US and UK, wanting a solution to the Cyprus dispute prior to the EU accession led to political pressures for new talks. The believe that an accession without a solution would threaten Greek-Turkish relations and acknowledge the partition of the island would direct the coming negotiations.
Over the course of two years a concrete plan, the Annan plan was formulated. In 2004 the fifth version agreed upon from both sides and with the endorsement of Turkey, US, UK and EU then was presented to the public and was given a referendum in both Cypriot communities to assure the legitimisation of the resolution. The Turkish Cypriots voted with 65% for the plan, however the Greek Cypriots voted with a 76% majority against. The Annan plan contained multiple important topics. Firstly it established a confederation of two separate states called the United Cyprus Republic. Both communities would have autonomous states combined under one unified government. The members of parliament would be chosen according to the percentage in population numbers to ensure a just involvement from both communities. The paper proposed a demilitarisation of the island over the next years. Furthermore it agreed upon a number of 45000 Turkish settlers that could remain on the island. These settlers became a very important issue concerning peace talks. Originally the Turkish government encouraged Turks to settle in Cyprus providing transfer and property, to establish a counterpart to the Greek Cypriot population due to their 1 to 5 minority. With the economic situation many Turkish-Cypriot decided to leave the island, however their departure is made up by incoming Turkish settlers leaving the population ratio between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots stable. However all these points where criticised and as seen in the vote rejected mainly by the Greek Cypriots. These name the dissolution of the „Republic of Cyprus", economic consequences of a reunion and the remaining Turkish settlers as reason. Many claim that the plan was indeed drawing more from Turkish-Cypriot demands then Greek-Cypriot interests. Taking in consideration that the US wanted to keep Turkey as a strategic partner in future Middle Eastern conflicts.
A week after the failed referendum the Republic of Cyprus joined the EU. In multiple instances the EU tried to promote trade with Northern Cyprus but without internationally recognised ports this spiked a grand debate. Both side endure their intention of negotiations, however without the prospect of any new compromises or agreements the UN is unwilling to start the process again. Since 2004 negotiations took place in numbers but without any results, both sides are strongly holding on to their position without an agreeable solution in sight that would suit both parties.
A Colt Model 1881 Gatling gun in the New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs.
Interesting bit of history behind this weapon that I never knew: It was invented by a physician.
Dr. Richard Gatling, the story goes, hoped to reduce the size of armies and therefore the number of people being killed. He thought he could do this by improving the efficiency of the killing, so he invented and patented one of the first workable machine guns, firing 200 shots a minute.
I really can’t follow the logic, myself.
Gatling’s gun saw very limited use in the U.S. Civil War, but new and improved versions were soon in use around the world. It was quickly replaced by faster, more efficient machine guns, though electric-powered Gatling guns that can fire up to 6,000 rounds per minute remain in service today.
Home made motivational poster using newly acquired lighting skills from Strobist.com. and Photoshop.
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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. (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)
The first time I have some writing in an image and - Murphy´s law- I misspelled "passepartout". Mea culpa :)
Greater Manchester Police officers conducted a drug warrant this morning in Swinton.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has launched the ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ campaign in Salford, to tackle people purchasing cannabis online from abroad by raising awareness of the risks and consequences of this crime.
Alongside the Home Office, Border Force and Royal Mail, officers from GMP’s Challenger team - Greater Manchester’s partnership response to serious and organised crime - are tackling the importation of cannabis through the postal system.
Cannabis ordered by post often comes from abroad. Purchasing cannabis from abroad is a serious importation offence. It carries a heavier punishment than possession and can easily be traced. Anyone who does so can face penalties – including a prison sentence – as well as serious consequences for their employment, international travel, social housing and education because of having a criminal record.Salford – home to both domestic and international students, professionals, families and people from many different backgrounds – is the biggest source of cannabis supply and demand across Greater Manchester.
In the past 12 months, officers have seized more than 2,800 packets of cannabis en-route to Greater Manchester, weighing in at over 2,700 kilograms.
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Recent law enforcement activity tackling fast parcels in Salford resulted in nine people being arrested. This was the result of months of planning and intelligence gathering, led by GMP’s Salford Challenger team, supported by other specialist units across the force. Nine arrests made in Salford as part of major operation targeting drug importation.
In November, Matthew Johns from Salford, was jailed for eight years after pleading guilty to being involved in the importation of cannabis and other drugs. Man jailed for eight years for his role in sending parcels containing drugs from America to Bury.
As well as being illegal, purchasing cannabis or other drugs via post could put buyers at financial risk and leave them vulnerable to identity theft, fraud, and exploitation by organised crime groups. Members of these groups will often approach people to receive their post containing drugs in exchange for money.
The Buy Now, Pay Later campaign makes it clear that not only is this activity a crime which may result in prosecution; it can also have a long-lasting impact on your DBS clearance, visas being revoked, travel bans, and loss of housing tenancy agreements. Before you order, ask yourself if it is worth the risk.
Detective Superintendent Joe Harrop, head of GMP’s Serious and Organised Crime Unit, said: “More than 3,500 crimes were recorded for cannabis fast parcel importations to Greater Manchester over the last 12 months, and approximately 20 per cent of these were destined for Salford.
“People shouldn’t forget it is illegal to possess, supply and sell cannabis in the UK. It is also illegal to import it. When you bring drugs into the country from abroad, you’re committing an importation offence which is more serious and has greater consequences than a standard drug offence, such as possession. “GMP’s Challenger team has a strong focus on organised crime groups who are bringing drugs into the country by the fast parcel system to supply and sell; often via members of the public who they recruit to participate in the sale of drugs.
“You may be asked to help accept, deliver or intercept parcels in return for cash or other payment. It may seem appealing to some and viewed as a low-risk way of making some extra money, but participating with others to import drugs is a criminal offence that not only comes with harsh penalties but can also have negative, life-long impact.
“Offenders often try to recruit students and other young or vulnerable people into committing crimes, but you should always say no and report directly to GMP or Crimestoppers.”
Kate Green, Greater Manchester’s Deputy Mayor for Safer and Stronger Communities, said: “Too often, people see buying cannabis online as harmless or low risk, when in reality it’s fuelling organised crime and can have serious, lasting consequences.
The Buy Now, Pay Later campaign is exactly the kind of partnership-driven prevention work we set out in our Standing Together plan, raising awareness, protecting people from harm, and tackling illegal activity at its source.
"Through Programme Challenger, we’re working with police, local authorities and national partners to disrupt organised crime and stop those who exploit others for profit. By helping people understand the risks of buying cannabis online, not just criminal penalties, but the impact on jobs, education, housing and ability to travel, we can support safer choices and build stronger, more resilient communities across Greater Manchester.”
Despite Challenger’s focus on OCG activity, perpetrators who have had regular deliveries of cannabis to residential or business premises for personal use will be targeted and responded to proportionately.
Members of the public are encouraged to share
intelligence, which remains vital in disrupting criminal networks. GMP and partner agencies are committed to safeguarding vulnerable people who are victims of crime or at risk of committing offences.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact police directly, on 101 or by dialling 999 in an emergency. You can you also report anonymously to Crimestoppers, via 0800 555 111.
Groupe des Anciens Etudiant Rescapés du Genocide (GAERG), Is an organization which focuses on preserving the memory of genocide against Tutsi, and to overcome post-genocide consequences through memory activities, healing and capacity development.
Since 2008, GAERG started to cerebrate Umuganura with the aim of thanking God what have been achieved.
During Umuganura, GAERG members cerebrate Life after the Genocide against the Tutsi. Members cerebrate achievements in different life angels; Education, Jobs, Marriage, Offspring and many other social economic achievements; and this has a unique meaning of family reanimation that differ GAERG’s Umuganura with the normal one, but we consider its similarities.
Participants during this special event are GAERG members, their children as well as guest from different corner of the country.
This year’s umuganura celebrated under the theme “Hobera Ubuzima” means Embrace Life.
A consequence of "The Great Overrun" as we called it was the operationally precarious position we were put in of the new Down Coventry Line - on which 56303 is seen here - being left unelectrified on commissioning, other than through the new Rugby platform 1 itself.
This meant that only diesel hauled traffic could use this line in its entirety from the new Hillmorton Junction to Trent Valley Junction, causing congestion and delay.
This was not only due to the resultant physical conflicts at Hillmorton and Rugby itself, but because of the need to confirm with (mainly freight) drivers whether their train was electrically hauled.
TRUST/TOPS cannot be used for this purpose, and there was no GSMR back then.
Despite this irritating situation persisting from January until April, I am am pleased to say no electric trains were routed towards this unelectrified line by staff at Rugby PSB.
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.
Saint-Laurent,
D213.
Les agriculteurs, les entrepreneurs, les particuliers sont obligés de se garer de la sorte pour essayer de réduire les chances de se faire voler!
Car d'un côté, la France se fait piller par des bandes toujours plus nombreuses et toujours mieux organisées à qui l'on donne en plus, souvent, le gîte et le couvert.
De l'autre des élus indifférents et inconséquents se répandent en mensonges et discours démagogiques écrits par d'autres pour endormir les masses de bovidés qui croient les élire en toute subjectivité!
Et pendant ce temps nos élus se baignent dans la luxure aux frais du contribuable pendant que le français moyen passe ses journées au travail pour s’apercevoir en rentrant qu'on leur a volé le peu qu'ils avaient.
Quel mépris!
Quelle honte!
Un employé ou un ouvrier se feraient immédiatement virer s'il faisait le millième de ce que les politiques font ou de ce qu'ils ne font pas!
Last week, as part of Operation Sceptre – the national week of action to combat knife crime – officers from GMP’s Oldham District joined forces with Paul McGovern MBE, to deliver an ‘Actions have Consequences’ and ‘Save a Life Drop the Knife’ session to pupils at a primary school in Oldham.
Ran by Paul McGovern MBE, a dog handler at HMP Manchester, the 'Actions have Consequnces' programme has been rolled out to more than one million children across the country over the last twelve years.
The aim of the programme is to build bridges between local children, their teachers, local neighbourhood policing teams, School Engagement Officers and the youth offending team.
The session was filled with fun interactive activities for the children and their teachers to take part, as well thought-provoking messages about the negative impact that knife crime, anti-social behaviour and drugs can have, with an emphasis of choosing a positive path and making the right decisions.
During the two-hour workshop, pupils from year groups 3,4, 5 and 6 also learned how to make 999 calls, how to report a crime — and the consequences of getting into trouble, such as having a criminal record.
As part of the session, Chief Inspector Gareth Firth from GMP's Oldham District, presented the school with a ‘Community Pupil of the Year’ plaque which will be awarded every year, to a pupil from the school that does something positive to help their community.
GMP’s knife crime lead, Superintendent Caroline Hemingway, was also in attendance and spoke to the children about the dangers and consequences of carrying a knife, the importance of looking out for your friends and the various ways that young people can report concerns around knife crime.
When speaking at the session, Superintendent Hemingway, said: “GMP has worked closely with Paul for a number of years, as we believe that early intervention work such as this, is a vital tool in knife crime prevention. The sessions also help to build positive relationships between children, their teachers and the police.
“GMP and our partners in the Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit, treat knife crime incredibly seriously, and whilst operational activity plays a significant part in tackling the issue across Greater Manchester, we recognise that one of the best things we can is to to provide early intervention and educate young people from a young age, to help them understand the dangers and consequences of knife crime and other criminal activity.
“By working closely with young people, parents, and our wider communities, we can identify those involved in knife crime, address the root causes, educate our communities, provide preventative advice, and ensure those carrying and using weapons are brought to justice.”
If you’re worried a young person is at risk or is involved in violence, help and support is available.
conseguenze.
A casa non ho un ventilatore decente che mi plachi il caldo
e oggi ho visto una donna di 34 anni con una maglietta troppo aderente che le ha fatto uscire la pancia fuori.
Ma avevo caldo e i miei ormoni hanno ignorato quell'incubo per i miei occhi.
Mi sono lavato la faccia e ho pensato ad altro.
Ho pensato che ciclicamente faccio scelte sbagliate.
Spesso faccio scelte sbagliate e le conseguenze sono catastrofi irreparabili
Una volta una ragazza mi ha fatto incazzare mentre eravamo sopra il suo motorino.
Io all'improvviso sono sceso al volo da quel due ruote in corsa,
rompendo quel momento e trasformandolo in un sogno surreale.
Una volta il mio amore si mise a farmi dei discorsi strani ed io reagii male.
Mi ritrovai in mezzo a mille casini e con i capelli ancora bagnati me ne andai da quella casa.
a volte vivo le conseguenze di disastri con un ghigno malinconico.
In questo periodo potrei sprofondare in una terra desolata e scrivere per poi uscire fuori più ubriaco e saggio.
In questo momento,
I miei amori sono nello scaffale dei ricordi.
I miei pregi anche.
E la mia scrittura si srotola senza compromessi.
Se fossi buono, le conseguenze sarebbero dolci come il miele.
Studierei la parte a memoria e tutto sarebbe perfetto. credo.
Ma non lo sono.
Non sono né perfetto né buono.
Sono incostante e difficile.
Anche se a volte abbraccio e bacio come un clown sentimentale.
A volte come un pugile severo.
A volte volo via come un frammento di fulmine.
A volte mi apro e lascio entrare un po' di luce tra i miei cavi e il metallo.
E un po' di luce è entrata.
una piccola luce non eccessiva.
Un decimo di milligrammo di bene è entrato.
E in questo periodo avanza anche.
Vicki Huddleston, Retired US Ambassador & former chief of the US Interests Section in Havana, speaks on the panel
Event agenda: www.thedialogue.org/events/cubas-sinking-economy-causes-c...
Event Summary: www.thedialogue.org/analysis/cubas-sinking-economy-causes...
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. Both have now a common directorate.
Im Tierpark Berlinsind 2023 rund 20 lebensgroßen Dinosaurier, über den Park verteilt, zu sehen.. Die tonnenschweren Nachbildungen sind nicht nur optisch bis ins Detail ihren lebenden „Vorfahren“ nachempfunden. Spezielle Technik lässt die Dinosaurier täuschend echt wiederbelebt erscheiunen. Sie zeigen so auch typische Bewegungsabläufe und geben akustische Laute von sich. Zusätzlich zu den beweglichen Exponaten erfahren die Besucher*innen in einer thematischen Ausstellung mehr über die Lebensweise der Dinosaurier und können erstaunliche Parallelen zur heutigen Tierwelt entdecken. „Dinosaurier gelten als das bekannteste Symbol für ausgestorbene Tierarten – die Faszination für T-Rex und seine Artgenossen ist bis heute ungebrochen“, verkündet Zoo- und Tierpark-Direktor Dr. Andreas Knieriem. „Und das Thema Artensterben ist hockaktuell – über 37.000 Arten gelten derzeit weltweit als unmittelbar vom Aussterben bedroht. Auch heutige Giganten, wie der Afrikanische Elefant oder das Spitzmaulnashorn, könnten – wenn wir nicht intervenieren – ausgerottet werden“, ergänzt Knieriem. Die Dinosaurier-Ausstellung ist von April bis Oktober 2023 zu sehen. Der Besuch bei Triceratops und Co. ist im regulären Eintrittspreis enthalten.
Quelle: www.tierpark-berlin.de/de/aktuelles/alle-news/artikel/din...
In 2023, around 20 life-size dinosaurs are on display in the Berlin Animal Park, spread throughout the park. The replicas, which weigh several tonnes, are not only visually modelled on their living "ancestors" down to the last detail. Special technology makes the dinosaurs look as if they have been brought back to life. They also show typical movements and make acoustic sounds. In addition to the moving exhibits, visitors can learn more about the dinosaurs' way of life in a thematic exhibition and discover astonishing parallels to the animal world of today. "Dinosaurs are considered the best-known symbol of extinct animal species - the fascination with T-Rex and his fellow species is still unbroken today," announces Zoo and Animal Park Director Dr. Andreas Knieriem. "And species extinction is highly topical - more than 37,000 species are currently considered to be in imminent danger of extinction worldwide. Even today's giants, such as the African elephant or the black rhinoceros, could - if we don't intervene - be wiped out," adds Knieriem. The dinosaur exhibition is on display from April to October 2023. A visit to Triceratops and Co. is included in the regular admission price.
Source: www.tierpark-berlin.de/de/aktuelles/alle-news/artikel/din... (German only)