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99 metre 22-storey glassbox, the hypocrite's favourite due to being listed on CTBUH with complete basic data, which comparable building doesn't. Designed by Airmas Asri firm.
Kotak kaca berlantai 22, setinggi 99 meter, favorit kaum munafik karena muncul secara lengkap di CTBUH walau gedung sejenisnya tidak lengkap. Desain oleh Airmas Asri.
Response to Article:
"Village that towers above China" by
Jonathan Watts
November 14, 2011
www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/4623-Village...
Comment by Philip McMaster:
People favourably respond to Change
Generally speaking, people don't change for the better when criticized. But they do respond favourably to praise.
Huaxi Cun is not the worst place in China, and it has been following and sometimes leading the objectives and trends of the government and Chinese people - first it was to get rich - and clean up the mess later. We did this in the West on our own schedule, some Chinese are doing it now under the generally hypocritical pressure of the global community.
人们对改变的有利反应
总体上，当人们受到批评的时候，不会变得更好。但他们受到表扬的时候，总是积极反应。华西村不是中国最差 的地方，它跟从着-有时也领导着中国政府与人民的目标与潮流。这个目标首先是变富，然后再处理垃圾。西方按照自己的日程表也这样做过。现在有些中国人也这 么做，就面临虚伪的国际压力。
An aspirational monument - if you choose to see it that way..
When I was invited to Huaxi Cun for the inauguration of the “Village in the Sky”, (www.tudou.com/programs/view/05XpJXkiNwI/ ) I spoke of the new tower as a beacon for all to see, not in terms of opulence and excess, but as a towering 3 element "Symbol of Sustainability" - an aspirational symbol rising above all else - including the cookie-cutter villas, the grubby factories, the money focus and the faux world landmarks - to shock and awe viewers into realizing that all monuments have a message – and this one should inspire people to make the connection between Heaven, Earth and the People (Tian, Di, Ren 天地人) and that to achieve Wu Renbao’s “Heaven on Earth”… the Triple-Bottom-Line balance between Society, Environment and Economy （社会,环境,经济）must become Huaxi’s new ethic.
一个振奋人心的里程碑——如果你从另一个角度解读
我应邀了参加华西村“空中新农村大楼”授牌仪式(www.tudou.com /programs/view/05XpJXkiNwI/ )，当时我谈到这栋大楼并不是炫富和挥霍，而是华西村的一个新地标。比起那些千篇一律的别墅，脏乱差的工厂，一切向钱看的态度和人造世界景观，这栋摩天大 楼是一个振奋人心 里程碑，它作为可持续发展的标志建筑让人感到震撼和心生敬畏，它能让人们感到天地人和谐发展的信息，体现了吴仁宝“人间天堂”的理念。以社会，环境和经济 作为三条支柱，寻求三者的平衡发展是华西村的新理念。
菲利普•麦克马斯特
麦克马斯特商务可持续发展研究所首席研究员，世界可持续发展组织创始人。
"Now that Huaxi village is rich, what's next?"
Following my presentation, the new building’s architect Ma Xusheng, in turn praised my interpretation of his building’s design, saying that no one had thought of it before, but that “with your new ‘Society, Environment, Economy ‘meaning attached, our building is even richer”.
At a private dinner with village leaders the evening before, I had shamelessly asked: “Now that Huaxi village is rich, what’s next?” – hoping to encourage them to expound on how they were going to share Huaxi’s wealth and expertise with other communities and to build sustainable enterprises based on a model ecological civilisation… however the response was understandable, as a bit more thinking is required; and considering most people’s focus was still on showing off and celebrating what they have achieved so far, the answer was a simple “Gambei!”
Philip McMaster,
Principal Researcher, McMaster Institute for Sustainable Development in Commerce
Founder, World Sustainability Organization
“现在华西村富了，接下来呢？”
我的演讲结束后，这栋新大楼的建筑师马旭升（音）反过来称赞了我对他的建筑设计的诠释，说以前从未有人想到这个方面，“加上您说的‘社会、环境、经济’意义后，我们的摩天大楼更加富裕了”。
前一天晚上和华西村领导的聚餐上，我厚着脸皮问了一句：“现在华西村富裕了，接下来呢？”我当时希望他们能够详细阐述下怎样和其他地区分享华西村的 财富和技术，以及在生态文明模型的基础上建立起可持续发展的企业。但是，他们的回答很简单，就是：“干杯！”当然，这是可以理解的，因为回答这个问题需要 一些思考，而且当时大多数人的注意力仍然在炫耀和庆祝他们至今已取得的成就上。
菲利普•麦克马斯特
麦克马斯特商务可持续发展研究所首席研究员，世界可持续发展组织创始人。
...Huaxi must have liked 3 Fingers - we're invited back_\!/
Our “Peace Plus One -World Sustainability Project” (www.SustainabilitySymbol.com ) and the 3 Finger Sustainability Symbol is about promoting LOHHAS – a Lifestyle Of Health, Happiness And Sustainability, first for the 1/5th of the world in China, then to be exported as a sustainable philosophy for the entire planet. The Leaders of Huaxi must have liked something about our discussions, as they wholeheartedly embraced the3 Finger Sustainability Symbol and invited us back to share more_\!/
Philip McMaster,
Principal Researcher, McMaster Institute for Sustainable Development in Commerce
Founder, World Sustainability Organization
...华西村一定喜欢“三指禅” —— 我们又被邀请了_\!/
我们的“和平 + 1 - 世界可持续发展项目” （www.SustainabilitySymbol.com）和“三指禅”可持续发展符号旨在促进“乐活”——一种健康、快乐、可持续的生活方式。起初 是为了中国占世界五分之一的人口而提出，后来作为一个可持续发展的理念被推广到全世界。华西村的领导们肯定是欣赏我们的一些讨论成果，因为他们热烈欢迎了 我们的“三根手指可持续发展符号”并且再次邀请我们去分享更多信息。
Philip McMaster（大龙），
商务可持续发展麦克马斯特学院，首席研究员
世界可持续发展组织创始人
Pray for our troops? FUCK YOU! YOU AND YOUR GAS-GUZZLING, 2-TON, V-8 PASSENGER SHUTTLE ARE THE REASON WE'RE AT WAR! YOU ARE THE REASON AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN ARE COMING HOME SHOT UP AND CRAZY! WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA SO MUCH?
Recently every moment of every day is a freakin blur. I get irritated when those around me lose composure/cannot slow down...yet I myself am the biggest f*n hypocrite. Ugh, it is what it is...
Glenn Greenwald gave a presentation and then joined with David Barsamian in a conversation at the James A. Little Theater.
Tuesday March 8, 2011
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Sponsored in part by the Lannan Foundation
Learn more about this event here.
www.emergencyrooms.org/biennalist.html
Biennalist is an Art Format by Thierry Geoffroy / Colonel debating with artistic tools on Biennales and other cultural managed events . Often those events promote them selves with thematics and press releases faking their aim . Biennalist take the thematics of the Biennales very seriously , and test their pertinance . Artists have questioned for decade the canvas , the pigment , the museum ... since 1989 we question the Biennales .Often Biennalist converge with Emergency Room providing a burning content that cannot wait ( today before it is too late )
please contact before using the images : Thierry Geoffroy / Colonel 1@colonel.dk
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Countries( nations ) that will participate at the Venice Biennale 55 th ( 2013 Biennale di Venezia ) in Italy ( at Giardini or Arsenale or ? ) , Encyclopedic Palace is curated by Massimiliano Gioni
Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria,
Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech , Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Canada, Chile, China, Congo,
Slovak Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia,
Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore
Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
the Bahamas, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Republic of Kosovo, Kuwait, the Maldives, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Paraguay
Eight countries will also participate for the first time in next year's biennale: the Bahamas, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Republic of Kosovo, Kuwait, the Maldives, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Paraguay. In 2011, 89 international pavilions, the most ever, were accessible in the Giardini and across the city.
please contact before using the images : Thierry Geoffroy / Colonel 1@colonel.dk
During a rare moment... caught eating soup though my shirt says "I <3 MAC AND CHEESE"... such a hypocrite...
And I swear, I am not Tina Fey. Blerf.
AKA Mexican fire plant, wild poinsettia, fire on the mountain, painted-leaf, catalina, Japanese poinsettia, hypocrite poinsettia
From this site, "Other special identifying features include its linear cotyledons (seed leaves) and variable leaf shapes. Linear, lanceolate, and elliptic leaves may all appear on the same plant when mature (Figure 3). In some instances, the leaves may have small red blotches. However, there can be significant differences in the growth characteristics of wild poinsettia populations found in the southeast."
More info: zipcodezoo.com/Plants/E/Euphorbia_cyathophora/Default.asp
Urgent Alert -- COMING SOON TO A NATION NEAR YOU
A former ranking member of the Muslim Brotherhood has been warning of the group’s expansion of its “hypocritical agenda” into more than 80 countries – including the United States.
It seems odd that the Persian Gulf countries, specifically the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), are very much aware of and deeply concerned about the Brotherhood’s agenda, while most of the rest of the world, the United States in particular, seems to want to remain blissfully ignorant of the group’s insidious goals.
Just a few days ago Tharwat Al Kherbawy spoke to a GCC conference in Abu Dhabi, reminding the assembly of the nature and the goals of the Muslim Brotherhood organization. Most telling, which Americans don’t seem to understand at all, is that young men who are novices in the organization are carefully selected and taught that they are to have no loyalty to whatever country they are living in and pledge no allegiance to it.
Kherbawy was preaching to the choir. The GCC countries understand that they are just as much in the Brotherhood’s sites as anyone else. Late last year the United Arab Emirates arrested 94 MB members, charging them with attempting to overthrow the Council. The Council cites the Brotherhood as “a leading threat to the UAE as well as such neighboring states as Kuwait.” Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE Foreign Minister, did not mince words when he said that the Muslim Brotherhood “does not believe in the sovereignty of the state.”
The Brotherhood operates through “social agencies” in every country in which it seeks to infiltrate and dominate media sources, educational institutions, and the judiciary, in order to pave the way for a “peaceful jihad.” That means a peaceful takeover of the current government, invalidating its constitution, and implementing Shariah law, “presenting themselves as the best leaders.”
In Egypt where the Brotherhood is most visible, its members now hold some 13,000 senior jobs. Kherbawy cited a singular incident of the hypocrisy of the Brotherhood leaders when Egyptian President Mahmoud Morsi rebuked a politician for suggesting a tax on liquor saying, “How dare you present such a decree to levy a tax on liquor which is forbidden in Islam by Allah?” However, when the Ministry of Finance reminded Morsi that the levy would raise over a billion dollars, he quickly changed his mind and gave his blessings to it.
Lest we stray too far from point, people in at least 80 countries need to be much more aware of the creeping Islamic revolution being led by the Muslim Brotherhood. The Arab nations know how dangerous it is. We should too. We urge you to pray that God will thwart this insidious plan of Islamic domination. Pray that people will not be deceived by their lies. Their ultimate plan is world domination in the form of a global Islamic regime with its seat of power in Jerusalem, the capital city of Israel. This is yet another reason that we need to pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6). Join us, would you, please? Please help raise awareness of this threat by sharing this article on your Facebook page.
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Is Ann Coulter Really Courageous?
As predicted, Coulter’s “debate” with Kaus at CPAC lacked courage. It was a mutual admiration society meeting!
The myth of Coulter’s courage is debunked in several chapters of The Beauty of Conservatism, at www.coulterwatch.com/beauty.pdf.
"I'm gonna keep the coke and the fries but I'm gonna send this burger back. And if you put any mayonnaise on it, I'm gonna come over to your house, I'll chop your legs off, set fire to your house, and watch as you drag your bloody stumps out the door."
-Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski from Mitchell Kapner's 2000 Film "The Whole Nine Yards".
All I have to say is that what would compell the Chinese to serve such this as a disgusting sauce. Sick. Mayonnaise is one of the few screw-ups created by emulsifications! For those of you that may think that I am being hypocritical by posting this picture, just be aware that the light contrast between the left and right side. I wanted to convey mayonnaise as a criminal with the spotlights being placed on it as if it were escaping from the prison (of the garbage) that it should stay in... Enjoy!
This picture was an elaborate ruse to take a picture of the guy in the background who has pulled down his breath mask to have a quick smoke. Hypocrite.
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'Never complain to the Lord or one day, you will become a hypocrite.' - His Divine Eminence Gohar Shahi
This is just a part of my album, the cluster of shots with political signs and old tires, is about my evil neighbor. This part isn't so evil as arrogant. She thought that she could just do whatever she wanted and not get in trouble like the other tenants would if they did it. We weren't supposed to have a bunch of debris around our apartment or on our patio, nor leave storage room doors hanging open with junk falling out toward the grass. I never complained to the landlord about this cruddy stuff, which went on in over 10 separate positions over about half a year, but never got cleaned up. I never complained because the manager always favored her, and anything I would try to say, she would say, "I don't do He said, She said!" I kept thinking if the landlord didn't tell her to clean it up that at least the owner of the building would. Nope!
Something weird about these rather large political signs is that, though made big enough to display in a big yard or acreage, or along a highway, they never actually got installed in the grass. They went from being crammed in a storage shed, to being on the side of the building (the side I needed to use in order to go from the back yard to the front yard) to being tossed around on the side of the building. So, though they were in nice new condition when this started, they never got used. By the way, the guy lost the election and said he would never run again. Thus there is no real reason to keep them around anyway.
There are about 11 of these sign and tire photos, showing that they got moved around, muddier and cruddier, but never cleaned up. I'm going to put this explanation with each one, not so people have to read it 11 times, but so no matter if someone clicks on only one of my photos, they will get an explanation. I don't live there any more, thankfully, but I bet these are still there.
Oh, and as far as starving the cat in the storeroom, how horrendous! and I didn't know about that until after the year had gone by. I didn't live there when it began. I certainly would have done something about it if I could have saved the cat, and had her get some comeuppance.
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Crocodiles (subfamily Crocodylinae) or true crocodiles are large aquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. Crocodylinae, all of whose members are considered true crocodiles, is classified as a biological subfamily. A broader sense of the term crocodile, Crocodylidae that includes Tomistoma, is not used in this article. The term crocodile here applies only to the species within the subfamily of Crocodylinae. The term is sometimes used even more loosely to include all extant members of the order Crocodilia, which includes Tomistoma, the alligators and caimans (family Alligatoridae), the gharials (family Gavialidae), and all other living and fossil Crocodylomorpha.
Although they appear to be similar to the untrained eye, crocodiles, alligators and the gharial belong to separate biological families. The gharial having a narrow snout is easier to distinguish, while morphological differences are more difficult to spot in crocodiles and alligators. The most obvious external differences are visible in the head with crocodiles having narrower and longer heads, with a more V-shaped than a U-shaped snout compared to alligators and caimans. Another obvious trait is that the upper and lower jaws of the crocodiles are the same width, and the teeth in the lower jaw fall along the edge or outside the upper jaw when the mouth is closed; therefore, all teeth are visible unlike an alligator; which possesses small depressions in the upper jaw, into which the lower teeth fit. Also, when the crocodile's mouth is closed, the large fourth tooth in the lower jaw fits into a constriction in the upper jaw. For hard-to-distinguish specimens, the protruding tooth is the most reliable feature to define the family that the species belongs to. Crocodiles have more webbing on the toes of the hind feet and can better tolerate saltwater due to specialized salt glands for filtering out salt, which are present but non-functioning in alligators. Another trait that separates crocodiles from other crocodilians is their much higher levels of aggression.
Crocodile size, morphology, behaviour and ecology somewhat differs between species. However, they have many similarities in these areas as well. All crocodiles are semiaquatic and tend to congregate in freshwater habitats such as rivers, lakes, wetlands and sometimes in brackish water and saltwater. They are carnivorous animals, feeding mostly on vertebrates such as fish, reptiles, birds and mammals, and sometimes on invertebrates such as molluscs and crustaceans, depending on species and age. All crocodiles are tropical species that, unlike alligators, are very sensitive to cold. They separated from other crocodilians during the Eocene epoch, about 55 million years ago. Many species are at the risk of extinction, some being classified as critically endangered.
ETYMOLOGY
The word "crocodile" comes from the Ancient Greek κροκόδιλος (crocodilos), "lizard", used in the phrase ho krokódilos tou potamoú, "the lizard of the (Nile) river". There are several variant Greek forms of the word attested, including the later form κροκόδειλος (crocodeilos) found cited in many English reference works. In the Koine Greek of Roman times, crocodilos and crocodeilos would have been pronounced identically, and either or both may be the source of the Latinized form crocodīlus used by the ancient Romans. Crocodilos or crocodeilos is a compound of krokè ("pebbles"), and drilos/dreilos ("worm"), although drilos is only attested as a colloquial term for "penis". It is ascribed to Herodotus, and supposedly describes the basking habits of the Egyptian crocodile.
The form crocodrillus is attested in Medieval Latin. It is not clear whether this is a medieval corruption or derives from alternative Greco-Latin forms (late Greek corcodrillos and corcodrillion are attested). A (further) corrupted form cocodrille is found in Old French and was borrowed into Middle English as cocodril(le). The Modern English form crocodile was adapted directly from the Classical Latin crocodīlus in the 16th century, replacing the earlier form. The use of -y- in the scientific name Crocodylus (and forms derived from it) is a corruption introduced by Laurenti (1768).
CHARACTERISTICS
A crocodile’s physical traits allow it to be a successful predator. Its external morphology is a sign of its aquatic and predatory lifestyle. Its streamlined body enables it to swim swiftly, it also tucks its feet to the side while swimming, which makes it faster by decreasing water resistance. They have webbed feet which, though not used to propel the animal through the water, allow them to make fast turns and sudden moves in the water or initiate swimming. Webbed feet are an advantage in shallower water, where the animal sometimes moves around by walking. Crocodiles have a palatal flap, a rigid tissue at the back of the mouth that blocks the entry of water. The palate has a special path from the nostril to the glottis that bypasses the mouth. The nostrils are closed during submergence.
Like other archosaurs, crocodilians are diapsid, although their post-temporal fenestrae are reduced. The walls of the braincase are bony, but lack supratemporal and postfrontal bones. Their tongues are not free, but held in place by a membrane that limits movement; as a result, crocodiles are unable to stick out their tongues. Crocodiles have smooth skin on their bellies and sides, while their dorsal surfaces are armoured with large osteoderms. The armoured skin has scales and is thick and rugged, providing some protection. They are still able to absorb heat through this armour, as a network of small capillaries allows blood through the scales to absorb heat. Crocodilian scales have pores believed to be sensory in function, analogous to the lateral line in fishes. They are particularly seen on their upper and lower jaws. Another possibility is that they are secretory, as they produce an oily substance which appears to flush mud off.
SIZE
Size greatly varies between species, from the dwarf crocodile to the saltwater crocodile. Species of Osteolaemus grow to an adult size of just 1.5 to 1.9 m, whereas the saltwater crocodile can grow to sizes over 7 m and weigh 1,000 kg. Several other large species can reach over 5.2 m long and weigh over 900 kg. Crocodilians show pronounced sexual dimorphism, with males growing much larger and more rapidly than females. Despite their large adult sizes, crocodiles start their lives at around 20 cm long. The largest species of crocodile is the saltwater crocodile, found in eastern India, northern Australia, throughout South-east Asia, and in the surrounding waters.
The largest crocodile ever held in captivity is an estuarine–Siamese hybrid named Yai (Thai: ใหญ่, meaning big) (born 10 June 1972) at the Samutprakarn Crocodile Farm and Zoo, Thailand. This animal measures 6 m in length and weighs 1,114 kg.
The longest crocodile captured alive is Lolong, which was measured at 6.17 m and weighed at 1,075 kg by a National Geographic team in Agusan del Sur Province, Philippines.
TEETH
Crocodiles are polyphyodonts; they are able to replace each of their 80 teeth up to 50 times in their 35 to 75-year lifespan. Next to each full grown tooth, there is a small replacement tooth and an odontogenic stem cell in the dental lamina in standby that can be activated if required.
BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR
Crocodilians are more closely related to birds and dinosaurs than to most animals classified as reptiles, the three families being included in the group Archosauria ('ruling reptiles'). Despite their prehistoric look, crocodiles are among the more biologically complex reptiles. Unlike other reptiles, a crocodile has a cerebral cortex and a four-chambered heart. Crocodilians also have the functional equivalent of a diaphragm by incorporating muscles used for aquatic locomotion into respiration. Salt glands are present in the tongues of crocodiles and they have a pore opening on the surface of the tongue, which is a trait that separates them from alligators. Salt glands are dysfunctional in Alligatoridae. Their function appears to be similar to that of salt glands in marine turtles. Crocodiles do not have sweat glands and release heat through their mouths. They often sleep with their mouths open and may pant like a dog. Four species of freshwater crocodile climb trees to bask in areas lacking a shoreline.
SENSES
Crocodiles have acute senses, an evolutionary advantage that makes them successful predators. The eyes, ears and nostrils are located on top of the head, allowing the crocodile to lie low in the water, almost totally submerged and hidden from prey.
VISION
Crocodiles have very good night vision, and are mostly nocturnal hunters. They use the disadvantage of most prey animals' poor nocturnal vision to their advantage. The light receptors in crocodilians’ eyes include cones and numerous rods, so it is assumed all crocodilians can see colours. Crocodiles have vertical-slit shaped pupils, similar to domestic cats. One explanation for the evolution of slit pupils is that they exclude light more effectively than a circular pupil, helping to protect the eyes during daylight. On the rear wall of the eye is a tapetum lucidum, which reflects incoming light back onto the retina, thus utilizing the small amount of light available at night to best advantage. In addition to the protection of the upper and lower eyelids, crocodiles have a nictitating membrane that can be drawn over the eye from the inner corner while the lids are open. The eyeball surface is thus protected under the water while a certain degree of vision is still possible.
OLFACTION
Crocodilian sense of smell is also very well developed, aiding them to detect prey or animal carcasses that are either on land or in water, from far away. It is possible that crocodiles use olfaction in the egg prior to hatching.
Chemoreception in crocodiles is especially interesting because they hunt in both terrestrial and aquatic surroundings. Crocodiles have only one olfactory chamber and the vomeronasal organ is absent in the adults indicating all olfactory perception is limited to the olfactory system. Behavioural and olfactometer experiments indicate that crocodiles detect both air-borne and water-soluble chemicals and use their olfactory system for hunting. When above water, crocodiles enhance their ability to detect volatile odorants by gular pumping, a rhythmic movement of the floor of the pharynx. Unlike turtles, crocodiles close their nostrils when submerged, so olfaction underwater is unlikely. Underwater food detection is presumably gustatory and tactile.
HEARING
Crocodiles can hear well; their tympanic membranes are concealed by flat flaps that may be raised or lowered by muscles.
TOUCH
Caudal: The upper and lower jaws are covered with sensory pits, visible as small, black speckles on the skin, the crocodilian version of the lateral line organs seen in fish and many amphibians, though arising from a completely different origin. These pigmented nodules encase bundles of nerve fibers innervated beneath by branches of the trigeminal nerve. They respond to the slightest disturbance in surface water, detecting vibrations and small pressure changes as small as a single drop. This makes it possible for crocodiles to detect prey, danger and intruders, even in total darkness. These sense organs are known as Domed Pressure Receptors (DPRs).
Post-Caudal: While alligators and caimans have DPRs only on their jaws, crocodiles have similar organs on almost every scale on their bodies. The function of the DPRs on the jaws is clear; to catch prey, but it is still not clear what is the function of the organs on the rest of the body. The receptors flatten when exposed to increased osmotic pressure, such as that experienced when swimming in sea water hyper-osmotic to the body fluids. When contact between the integument and the surrounding sea water solution is blocked, crocodiles are found to lose their ability to discriminate salinities. It has been proposed that the flattening of the sensory organ in hyper-osmotic sea water is sensed by the animal as “touch”, but interpreted as chemical information about its surroundings. This might be why in alligators they are absent on the rest of the body.
HUNTING AND DIET
Crocodiles are ambush predators, waiting for fish or land animals to come close, then rushing out to attack. Crocodiles mostly eat fish, amphibians, crustaceans, molluscs, birds, reptiles, and mammals, and they occasionally cannibalize smaller crocodiles. What a crocodile eats varies greatly with species, size and age. From the mostly fish-eating species, like the slender-snouted and freshwater crocodiles, to the larger species like the Nile crocodile and the saltwater crocodile that prey on large mammals, such as buffalo, deer and wild boar, diet shows great diversity. Diet is also greatly affected by the size and age of the individual within the same species. All young crocodiles hunt mostly invertebrates and small fish, gradually moving on to larger prey. As cold-blooded predators, they have a very slow metabolism, so they can survive long periods without food. Despite their appearance of being slow, crocodiles have a very fast strike and are top predators in their environment, and various species have been observed attacking and killing other predators such as sharks and big cats. As opportunistic predators, crocodiles would also prey upon young and dying elephants and hippos when given the chance. Crocodiles are also known to be aggressive scavengers who feed upon carrion and steal from other predators. Evidence suggests that crocodiles also feed upon fruits, based on the discovery of seeds in stools and stomachs from many subjects as well as accounts of them feeding.
Crocodiles have the most acidic stomach of any vertebrate. They can easily digest bones, hooves and horns. The BBC TV reported that a Nile crocodile that has lurked a long time underwater to catch prey builds up a large oxygen debt. When it has caught and eaten that prey, it closes its right aortic arch and uses its left aortic arch to flush blood loaded with carbon dioxide from its muscles directly to its stomach; the resulting excess acidity in its blood supply makes it much easier for the stomach lining to secrete more stomach acid to quickly dissolve bulks of swallowed prey flesh and bone. Many large crocodilians swallow stones (called gastroliths or stomach stones), which may act as ballast to balance their bodies or assist in crushing food, similar to grit ingested by birds. Herodotus claimed that Nile crocodiles had a symbiotic relationship with certain birds, such as the Egyptian plover, which enter the crocodile's mouth and pick leeches feeding on the crocodile's blood; with no evidence of this interaction actually occurring in any crocodile species, it is most likely mythical or allegorical fiction.
BITE
Since they feed by grabbing and holding onto their prey, they have evolved sharp teeth for piercing and holding onto flesh, and powerful muscles to close the jaws and hold them shut. The teeth are not well-suited to tearing flesh off of large prey items as is the dentition and claws of many mammalian carnivores, the hooked bills and talons of raptorial birds, or the serrated teeth of sharks. However, this is an advantage rather than a disadvantage to the crocodile since the properties of the teeth allow it to hold onto prey with the least possibility of the prey animal to escape. Otherwise combined with the exceptionally high bite force, the flesh would easily cut through; thus creating an escape opportunity for the prey item. The jaws can bite down with immense force, by far the strongest bite of any animal. The force of a large crocodile's bite is more than 5,000 lbf (22,000 N), which was measured in a 5.5 m Nile crocodile, on the field, compared to just 335 lbf (1,490 N) for a Rottweiler, 670 lbf (3,000 N) for a great white shark, 800 lbf (3,600 N) for a hyena, or 2,200 lbf (9,800 N) for an American alligator. A 5.2 m long saltwater crocodile has been confirmed as having the strongest bite force ever recorded for an animal in a laboratory setting. It was able to apply a bite force value of 3,700 lbf (16,000 N), and thus surpassed the previous record of 2,125 lbf (9,450 N) made by a 3.9 m long American alligator. Taking the measurements of several 5.2 m crocodiles as reference, the bite forces of 6-m individuals were estimated at 7,700 lbf (34,000 N). The study, led by Dr. Gregory M. Erickson, also shed light to the larger, extinct species of crocodilians. Since crocodile anatomy has changed only slightly for the last 80 million years, current data on modern crocodilians can be used to estimate the bite force of extinct species. An 11 to 12 metres long Deinosuchus would apply a force of 23,100 lbf (103,000 N), twice that of the latest, higher bite force estimations of Tyrannosaurus. The extraordinary bite of crocodilians is a result of their anatomy. The space for the jaw muscle in the skull is very large, which is easily visible from the outside as a bulge at each side. The nature of the muscle is so stiff, it is almost as hard as bone to touch, as if it were the continuum of the skull. Another trait is that most of the muscle in a crocodile's jaw is arranged for clamping down. Despite the strong muscles to close the jaw, crocodiles have extremely small and weak muscles to open the jaw. Crocodiles can thus be subdued for study or transport by taping their jaws or holding their jaws shut with large rubber bands cut from automobile inner tubes.
LOCOMOTION
Crocodiles are very fast over short distances, even out of water. The land speed record for a crocodile is 17 km/h measured in a galloping Australian freshwater crocodile. Maximum speed varies from species to species. Certain species can indeed gallop, including Cuban crocodiles, New Guinea crocodiles, African dwarf crocodiles, and even small Nile crocodiles. The fastest means by which most species can move is a kind of "belly run", where the body moves in a snake-like fashion, limbs splayed out to either side paddling away frantically while the tail whips to and fro. Crocodiles can reach speeds of 10–11 km/h when they "belly run", and often faster if slipping down muddy riverbanks. Another form of locomotion is the "high walk", where the body is raised clear of the ground. Crocodiles may possess a form of homing instinct. In northern Australia, three rogue saltwater crocodiles were relocated 400 km by helicopter, but had returned to their original locations within three weeks, based on data obtained from tracking devices attached to them.
LONGEVITY
Measuring crocodile age is unreliable, although several techniques are used to derive a reasonable guess. The most common method is to measure lamellar growth rings in bones and teeth - each ring corresponds to a change in growth rate which typically occurs once a year between dry and wet seasons. Bearing these inaccuracies in mind, it can be safely said that all crocodile species have an average lifespan of at least 30–40 years, and in the case of larger species an average of 60–70 years. The oldest crocodiles appear to be the largest species. C. porosus is estimated to live around 70 years on average, with limited evidence of some individuals exceeding 100 years.
In captivity, some individuals are claimed to have lived for over a century. A male crocodile lived to an estimated age of 110–115 years in a Russian zoo in Yekaterinburg. Named Kolya, he joined the zoo around 1913 to 1915, fully grown, after touring in an animal show, and lived until 1995. A male freshwater crocodile lived to an estimated age of 120–140 years at the Australia Zoo. Known affectionately as “Mr. Freshie”, he was rescued around 1970 by Bob Irwin and Steve Irwin, after being shot twice by hunters and losing an eye as a result, and lived until 2010. Crocworld Conservation Centre, in Scottburgh, South Africa, claims to have a male Nile crocodile that was born in 1900 (age 115–116). Named Henry, the crocodile is said to have lived in Botswana along the Okavango River, according to centre director Martin Rodrigues.
SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND VOCALIZATION
Crocodiles are the most social of reptiles. Even though they do not form social groups, many species congregate in certain sections of rivers, tolerating each other at times of feeding and basking. Most species are not highly territorial, with the exception of the saltwater crocodile, which is a highly territorial and aggressive species. A mature male will not tolerate any other males at any time of the year. Most other species are more flexible. There is a certain form of hierarchy in crocodiles: the largest and heaviest males are at the top, having access to the best basking site, while females are priority during a group feeding of a big kill or carcass. A good example of the hierarchy in crocodiles would be the case of the Nile crocodile. This species clearly displays all of these behaviours. Studies in this area are not thorough, however, and many species are yet to be studied in greater detail. Mugger crocodiles are also known to show toleration in group feedings and tend to congregate in certain areas. However, males of all species are aggressive towards each other during mating season, to gain access to females.
Crocodiles are also the most vocal of all reptiles, producing a wide variety of sounds during various situations and conditions, depending on species, age, size and sex. Depending on the context, some species can communicate over 20 different messages through vocalizations alone. Some of these vocalizations are made during social communication, especially during territorial displays towards the same sex and courtship with the opposite sex; the common concern being reproduction. Therefore most conspecific vocalization is made during the breeding season, with the exception being year-round territorial behaviour in some species and quarrels during feeding. Crocodiles also produce different distress calls and in aggressive displays to their own kind and other animals; notably other predators during interspecific predatory confrontations over carcasses and terrestrial kills.
Specific vocalisations include -
Chirp: When about to hatch, the young make a “peeping” noise, which encourages the female to excavate the nest. The female then gathers the hatchlings in her mouth and transports them to the water, where they remain in a group for several months, protected by the female
Distress call: A high-pitched call mostly used by younger animals that alerts other crocodiles to imminent danger or an animal being attacked.
Threat call: A hissing sound that has also been described as a coughing noise.
Hatching call: Emitted by females when breeding to alert other crocodiles that she has laid eggs in her nest.
Bellowing: Male crocodiles are especially vociferous. Bellowing choruses occur most often in the spring when breeding groups congregate, but can occur at any time of year. To bellow, males noticeably inflate as they raise the tail and head out of water, slowly waving the tail back and forth. They then puff out the throat and with a closed mouth, begin to vibrate air. Just before bellowing, males project an infrasonic signal at about 10 Hz through the water which vibrates the ground and nearby objects. These low-frequency vibrations travel great distances through both air and water to advertise the male's presence and are so powerful they result in the water appearing to 'dance’.
REPRODUCTION
Crocodiles lay eggs, which are either laid in hole or mound nests, depending on species. A hole nest is usually excavated in sand and a mound nest is usually constructed out of vegetation. Nesting period ranges from a few weeks up to six months. Courtship takes place in a series of behavioural interactions that include a variety of snout rubbing and submissive display that can take a long time. Mating always takes place in water, where the pair can be observed mating several times. Females can build or dig several trial nests which appear incomplete and abandoned later. Egg laying usually takes place at night and about 30–40 minutes. Females are highly protective of their nests and young. The egg are hard shelled but translucent at the time of egg-laying. Depending on the species crocodile, a number of 7-95 eggs are laid. Crocodile embryos do not have sex chromosomes, and unlike humans, sex is not determined genetically. Sex is determined by temperature, where at 30 °C or less most hatchlings are females and at 31 °C, offspring are of both sexes. A temperature of 32 to 33 °C gives mostly males whereas above 33 °C in some species continues to give males but in other species resulting in females, which are sometimes called as high-temperature females. Temperature also affects growth and survival rate of the young, which may explain the sexual dimorphism in crocodiles. The average incubation period is around 80 days, and also is dependent on temperature and species that usually ranges from 65 to 95 days. The eggshell structure is very conservative through evolution but there are enough changes to tell different species apart by their eggshell microstructure.
At the time of hatching, the young start calling within the eggs. They have an egg-tooth at the tip of their snouts, which is developed from the skin, helps them pierce out of the shell. Hearing the calls, the female usually excavates the nest and sometimes takes the unhatched eggs in her mouth, slowly rolling the eggs to help the process. The young is usually carried to the water in the mouth. She would then introduce her hatchlings to the water and even feed them herself. The mother would then take care of her young for over a year before the next mating season. In the absence of the mother crocodile, the father would substitute itself to take care of the young. However even with a sophisticated parental nurturing, young crocs have a very high mortality rate due to their vulnerability to predation. A group of hatchlings is called a pod or crèche and may be protected for months.
INTELLIGENCE
Crocodiles have shown signs of intelligence. They are one of a few predators that can observe behaviour, such as patterns when animals come to the river to drink at the same time each day. In one study by Vladimir Dinets of the University of Tennessee, he observed that crocodiles use twigs as bait for birds looking for raw materials in nesting. The sticks are placed on their snouts and submerge themselves, and when the birds swooped in to get them, the crocodiles would then catch them. Crocodiles only do this in spring nesting seasons of the birds, when there is high demand for sticks to be used for building nests. Vladimir also discovered other similar observations from various scientists, some dating back to the 19th century. Aside from using sticks, crocodiles are also capable of cooperative hunting. Large numbers of crocodiles would swim in circles in order to trap fish and take turns snatching them. In hunting larger prey, crocodiles would swarm in with one holding the prey down as the others rip it apart.
TAXONOMY AND PHYLOGENY
Most species are grouped into the genus Crocodylus. The other extant genus, Osteolaemus, is monotypic (as is Mecistops, if recognized).
- Subfamily Crocodylinae
- Genus Crocodylus
- Crocodylus acutus, American crocodile
- Crocodylus cataphractus, slender-snouted crocodile (studies in DNA and morphology suggest this species may be more basal than Crocodylus, so belongs in its own genus, Mecistops).
- Crocodylus intermedius, Orinoco crocodile
- Crocodylus johnsoni, freshwater crocodile, or Johnstone's crocodile
- Crocodylus mindorensis, Philippine crocodile
- Crocodylus moreletii, Morelet's crocodile or Mexican crocodile
- Crocodylus niloticus, Nile crocodile or African crocodile (the subspecies found in Madagascar is sometimes called the black crocodile)
- Crocodylus novaeguineae, New Guinea crocodile
- Crocodylus palustris, mugger, marsh or Indian crocodile
- Crocodylus porosus, saltwater crocodile or estuarine crocodile
- Crocodylus rhombifer, Cuban crocodile
- Crocodylus siamensis, Siamese crocodile (may be extinct in the wild)
- Crocodylus suchus, West African crocodile, desert or sacred crocodile
- Genus Osteolaemus
- Osteolaemus tetraspis, dwarf crocodile (There has been controversy as to whether or not this is actually two species; recent (2010) DNA analysis indicate three distinct species: O. tetraspis, O. osborni and a third, currently unnamed.)
- Genus †Euthecodon
- Genus †Rimasuchus (formerly Crocodylus lloydi)
- Genus †Voay Brochu, 2007 (formerly Crocodylus robustus)
RELATIONSHIPS WITH HUMANS
DANGER TO HUMANS
The larger species of crocodiles are very dangerous to humans, mainly because of their ability to strike before the person can react. The saltwater crocodile and Nile crocodile are the most dangerous, killing hundreds of people each year in parts of Southeast Asia and Africa. The mugger crocodile and American crocodile are also dangerous to humans.
CROCODILE PRODUCTS
Crocodiles are protected in many parts of the world, but they also are farmed commercially. Their hides are tanned and used to make leather goods such as shoes and handbags; crocodile meat is also considered a delicacy. The most commonly farmed species are the saltwater and Nile crocodiles, while a hybrid of the saltwater and the rare Siamese crocodile is also bred in Asian farms. Farming has resulted in an increase in the saltwater crocodile population in Australia, as eggs are usually harvested from the wild, so landowners have an incentive to conserve their habitat. Crocodile leather can be made into goods such as wallets, briefcases, purses, handbags, belts, hats, and shoes. Crocodile oil has been used for various purposes. Crocodiles were eaten by Vietnamese while they were taboo and off limits for Chinese. Vietnamese women who married Chinese men adopted the Chinese taboo.
CROCODILES IN RELIGION
Crocodiles have appeared in various forms in religions across the world. Ancient Egypt had Sobek, the crocodile-headed god, with his cult-city Crocodilopolis, as well as Taweret, the goddess of childbirth and fertility, with the back and tail of a crocodile. The Jukun shrine in the Wukari Federation, Nigeria is dedicated to crocodiles in thanks for their aid during migration.
Crocodiles appear in different forms in Hinduism. Varuna, a Vedic and Hindu god, rides a part-crocodile makara; his consort Varuni rides a crocodile. Similarly the goddess personifications of the Ganga and Yamuna rivers are often depicted as riding crocodiles. Also in India, in Goa, crocodile worship is practised, including the annual Mannge Thapnee ceremony.
In Latin America, Cipactli was the giant earth crocodile of the Aztec and other Nahua peoples.
CEOCODILE TEARS
The term "Crocodile tears" (and equivalents in other languages) refers to a false, insincere display of emotion, such as a hypocrite crying fake tears of grief. It is derived from an ancient anecdote that crocodiles weep in order to lure their prey, or that they cry for the victims they are eating, first told in the Bibliotheca by Photios. The story is repeated in bestiaries such as De bestiis et aliis rebus. This tale was first spread widely in English in the stories of the travels of Sir John Mandeville in the 14th century, and appears in several of Shakespeare's plays. In fact, crocodiles can and do generate tears, but they do not actually cry.
WIKIPEDIA
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Countries( nations ) that will participate at the Venice Biennale 55 th ( 2013 Biennale di Venezia ) in Italy ( at Giardini or Arsenale or ? ) , Encyclopedic Palace is curated by Massimiliano Gioni
Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria,
Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech , Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Canada, Chile, China, Congo,
Slovak Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia,
Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore
Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
the Bahamas, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Republic of Kosovo, Kuwait, the Maldives, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Paraguay
Eight countries will also participate for the first time in next year's biennale: the Bahamas, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Republic of Kosovo, Kuwait, the Maldives, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Paraguay. In 2011, 89 international pavilions, the most ever, were accessible in the Giardini and across the city.
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A few pictures after this is an image of the cord with which my evil neighbor tried to strangle one of my favorite (and truthfully, one of my only plants). It was really pretty Star? Lilies with glossy, healthy green leaves. The flowers had just about all bloomed and died, but the plant had one remaining flower and was quite healthy and would have bloomed the next year. The weight of the flower container and soil was helping to hold up the orange fence-piece you see in some of my photos; so it was on the far side from my patio, but still on my side of the area between our patios. My evil neighbor jammed part of the healthy leaves and the one and only little flower still alive through the little fence-piece, not gently, but just hastily crushed through the bars intentionally trying to damage my plant. Then she tied it off with the mini-blind cord, not gently as if she were trying to give it some support. Nope, this was plant strangulation! I may put this same information in the pictures that show the plant in it's normal condition and placement.
(DSCN7487Evilneighborstrangled&crammedmyplant)
2 AM and she calls me 'cause I'm still awake,
"Can you help me unravel my latest mistake?,
I don't love him. Winter just wasn't my season"
Yeah we walk through the doors, so accusing their eyes
Like they have any right at all to criticize,
Hypocrites. You're all here for the very same reason
'Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button, girl.
So cradle your head in your hands
And breathe... just breathe,
May he turn 21 on the base at Ft. Bliss
"Just a day" he said down to the flask in his fist,
"Ain't been sober, since maybe October of last year."
Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while,
But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles,
Wanna hold him. Maybe I'll just sing about it.
Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table.
No one can find the rewind button, boys,
So cradle your head in your hands,
And breathe... just breathe,
There's a light at each end of this tunnel,
You shout 'cause you're just as far in as you'll ever be out
And these mistakes you've made, you'll just make them again
If you only try turning around.
2 AM and I'm still awake, writing a song
If I get it all down on paper, it's no longer inside of me,
Threatening the life it belongs to
And I feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd
Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud
And I know that you'll use them, however you want to
But you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button now
Sing it if you understand.
and breathe, just breathe.
I kinda feel like I let good light ruin a photo.. I feel so hypocritical xDD but its okay, I'll give myself some time to learn first x)
Goddamn flickr desaturation... anyone have any idea how to change a photo to srgb color format so I can adjust it correctly? ah whatever lol
(Sorry Jack! I deleted my old photo cuz the colors stunk)
The highly selected shool at 1034 N. Wells St. opened in 2000. Gov. Entitled Hypocrite clouted his kid into the union-staffed school when he lived in Winnetka, lied about it, then donated $250,000 after she was admitted.
so i thought that i should just say a few things about myself because i feel REALLY bored (:
well i live in PA and thats all your gonna get about my location !
3 things I hate:
-Rough Meat or just meat period
-hypocrites but im a hypocrite for saying that because i am one.. wait what ?
-people that always talk about themselves and dont give me room to talk
3 things I love:
-photography photography photography
-long serious conversations on friday nights about everything that has to do with anything
-italian food!
5 things that happend thing year that have impacted me:
-my best friend moved to singapore /: and 1 of my really close friends moved to Sweden and my best guy friend switched to cyber school ): those were really rough times
-i cried for the first time ever in school because its so embarassing!
-i dyed my hair red then cut it myself, unfortunely all the red came out and i was no longer a ginger
-i went to a greyson chance and cody simpson concert with my bestfriend and met them and a whole bunch of other stuff ! best night of my life<3
-a few days ago i went to an eighth grade dinner dance and realized that i couldnt be happier with any other school, my grade has only 80 kids and were all fam[ily] (:
3 things i wanna do before i die:
-slow dance to The Only Exception by Paramore
-take a cruise out to sea, write a long emotional message defining every aspect of my life, put it in a bottle & drop it in the middle of ocean for someone to find (:
-travel to australia to hold a koala
10 random things about me:
Ive played violin for 8 years, flute for 4, and ive been teaching myself piano for quite a few years
I am obsessively obsessed with the song Swing Life Away by Rise Against and have been for over a year
I believe that everyone has a shot at being great and that you just gotta put yourself out there and be different
Ive got this thing for Olive Garden, its the best restaraunt ever !
Summer is the most amazing thing in life, nothing feels better than roaming free in the summer sun (:
Im a shopoholic, put me in PacSun and i'll be broke in 5 minutes
I love my friends , i dont know what id ever do without them.
I got voted most outgoing for superlatives this year and most athletic last year- which last year i had no idea how that happend!
My high school next year is gonna have less than 300 kids and it has one hallway placed in a trailer.
Lastly I look at things in life differently than most people. So many people take for advantage of what they have and its sad, in my photography i life to capture things from a different point of view so people can see how i look at things.
If you have read all of that i congratulate you, your attention spand is longer than mine because i was even too lazy to check over what i wrote so if theres spelling errors im sorry (: byebye !
This says: "I mean, how difficult is it to keep a hospital clean".
Who was it who introduced outsourcing and privatisation to hospitals? Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
I don't care if he's gay. But he might have mentioned it instead of playing the game with all the other neocon fuckwits.
You can't fight your nature - it's part of who you are, Larry. Imagine living in such a state of denial for your entire life.
Oh we don't doubt there were stolen moments over the years. At college perhaps, or in the bathroom at the Lodge...
It's the sheer hypocrisy of these raving conservative gun-nut freaks that galls me so.
my lips are chapped :P
there is SO much fur on this coat i just got
its heavy too
i feel like such a hypocrite for getting A&F
but it was on sale and its warm
but its so big! it looks like im wearing a boys jacket
but i dont careeeeeeee
its fuzzy :)
a day or so ago it got warmer and rained so all the snow was gone haha
then it snowed again :/ garrrr
im sick of snow.
taken a little while ago...but i feel like typing again
im a hypocrite.
i say one thing, and believe the other. and i dont know if its because of my bipolar-ness (yes i've just realized I have severe split personalities) but i hate naming disorders, because apparently theres something wrong with everyone, but can be cured with a simple drug and saying you're not "perfect"
right now im feeling all this pressure to succeed and do well, when i don't have a single sense of direction of where im headed. I'm involved in way too much during and after school, plus all these group projects, which i do all of because i want to be the best. gr. And because no one else is going through it they don't seem to understand the pressure to be the "best" and live up to everyone's expectations. because of this, im in a sour mood all the time with my friends and family when im not in school or on the soccer field or in some sort of meeting with important principals/teachers/admin or in band (yes i actually do enjoy the looooong, pointless hours of blowing into a piece of metal)
(today for example i was at school for 13 hours, and not just chillin; i was working at lunch, i had a 2 hour soccer practice, parent teacher interviews plus classes-doing all the extra work for all my lazy-ass group members...this has basically become the norm)
then i come home and im like "ahhh" i have my camera and my music and my books and movies, and I'm like, why do i stress so much?! life's so good. and i make it so bad. im always worrying and being snappy when i feel the total opposite. i just wish...and this is even hard to type, but
i want to care about the important things
i want to care about school (to be successful)
but i dont know which one to choose...............and im reading this book called the Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (really bad book, im only reading it for an English assignment) but Duddy's uncle says that in a boy there are many people underneath, but a man must only choose one.
im not saying im ready to become a man (not like i could...well...i could, but i dont wanna ..k this is getting awkward) but what if im like this for the rest of my life? where im stuck between wanting to forget and leave it all, because im like that at home...but then at school im totally different
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Biennalist is an Art Format by Thierry Geoffroy / Colonel debating with artistic tools on Biennales and other cultural managed events . Often those events promote them selves with thematics and press releases faking their aim . Biennalist take the thematics of the Biennales very seriously , and test their pertinance . Artists have questioned for decade the canvas , the pigment , the museum ... since 1989 we question the Biennales .Often Biennalist converge with Emergency Room providing a burning content that cannot wait ( today before it is too late )
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Countries( nations ) that will participate at the Venice Biennale 55 th ( 2013 Biennale di Venezia ) in Italy ( at Giardini or Arsenale or ? ) , Encyclopedic Palace is curated by Massimiliano Gioni
Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria,
Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech , Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Canada, Chile, China, Congo,
Slovak Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia,
Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore
Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
the Bahamas, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Republic of Kosovo, Kuwait, the Maldives, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Paraguay
Eight countries will also participate for the first time in next year's biennale: the Bahamas, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Republic of Kosovo, Kuwait, the Maldives, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Paraguay. In 2011, 89 international pavilions, the most ever, were accessible in the Giardini and across the city.
please contact before using the images : Thierry Geoffroy / Colonel 1@colonel.dk
@dailyshoot 2011/01/19: Make a photograph featuring a path, road, or trail that leads the eye through the photograph. #ds430
I'm seeing them both all the time. That's AZ 87 heading into Strawberry in my rear view and the hill down to Pine in the front.
Being a hypocrite, I'd suggest not trying this technique while driving.
A couple of pictures after this is an image of the cord with which my evil neighbor tried to strangle one of my favorite (and truthfully, one of my only plants). It was really pretty Star? Lilies with glossy, healthy green leaves. The flowers had just about all bloomed and died, but the plant had one remaining flower I think, and was quite healthy and would have bloomed the next year. The weight of the flower container and soil was helping to hold up the orange fence-piece you see in some of my photos; so it was on the far side from my patio, but still on my side of the area between our patios. My evil neighbor shoved part of the healthy leaves and the one and only little flower still alive through the little fence-piece, not gently, but just hastily crushed through the bars intentionally trying to damage my plant. Then she tied it off with this cord, not gently as if she were trying to give it some support. Nope, this was plant strangulation! I may put this same information in the pictures that show the plant.
This photo shows after I straightened out my plant and gave it some Miracle-Gro.
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