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The Interview Magazine for Those Who Wonder
It’s impossible not to believe. We all have a view of the world that is reflected in our beliefs. “I believe that” is what we say when we express our opinion. And when someone expresses views that are too far removed from our own values and worldview, we don't believe them. But that doesn’t mean that beliefs are immutable. Our point of view can change. And similarly, a belief can change us. Did you know that a belief can affect how we perceive pain and that we believe different things depending on whether we are speaking our native language or a foreign language?
The 6th issue of fortytwomagazine is on the topic of beliefs and presents ten scientific perspectives and one artistic angle—this time coming from the artist Daria Chernyshova.
Publisher: Slanted Publishers
Editors: Eliana Berger, Kurt Bille, Lara von Richthofen, Lena Kronenbürger
Interviewpartners: Pia Lamberty, Alexander Kaurov, Nicola Gennaioli, Katja Wiech, Panos Athanasopoulos, Paul Hedges, Doowan Lee, Carla Hustedt, Hendrik Ohnesorge, Jasmine Hill
Artist: Daria Chernyshova
Art Direction: Clara Weinreich
Publishing Direction: Lars Harmsen, Julia Kahl
Release: September 2023
Format: 16 × 24 cm
Volume: 152 pages
Language: English, German
Workmanship: Softcover with flaps, thread-stitching, offset with spot color
The Fourth Grand Flaneur Walk took on Sunday, May 5th, 2024, and commenced at midday by the statue of Beau Brummell on Jermyn Street, London W1. The Grand Flaneur Walk celebrates the pure, the immutable, and the pointless, and it is taken by the bold, the adventurous, and the inebriated. The walk went through Green Park towards Hyde Park Corner.
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Harris Street Pyrmont NSW Australia
This isn't quite the shot that I wanted, but part of the whole PAD process is to learn along the way.
This part of Pyrmont is tranquil in the morning before most of the cafes and other businesses start to open. In the cool half-light of dawn (before the heat really kicks in, as it did later this day) the area around the Commonwealth Bank is particularly so. Unfortunately the bus service, while adequate, isn't wonderful and for practical purposes this was as early as I could get there. The light half an hour earlier would probably have made the point better.
To the right stands the World War I memorial to the men from Pyrmont and Ultimo who served.
If I'd had my wide angle lens with me I would have been able to close in and get a shot without as much vertical interference from the trees and poles, though whether I could have done it hand held without the 24-105's I.S. is another matter. Accordingly I just lined up the poles to divide the frame and hoped that in doing so they weren't too distracting. I'm still not sure about that; I'll revisit this image in the future and see what I think then.
Oh, the title? The reason that this is today's PAD is that it's time to pay rent again, right at this very branch, in fact. While that's still cheaper than buying a place, rent increases are starting to tilt the balance. Then of course there's the fact that while I benefit from being a shareholder in most of the Australian banks (out of strategic need rather than desire), and while I recognise the need that the economy has for them, I can't help feeling a distinct distaste for many of their methods.
And thus... ambivalence.
(Mind you, the shot also features two Telstra pay 'phones and while they make a valuable source of light in early morning shots I have no ambivalence about Telstra. Nor do many, many of their reluctant customers. If you know what I mean. And I'm sure you do.)
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Edit, August 2023: It's interesting to look back at this time and see how different it felt from now. The real estate agency gave us a deposit book and we would go along and make a deposit with it, as I note above. There was always a queue of people lined up for banking services. Bank branches seemed to be immutable, but it was a facade; the story of making cash deposits over the counter now seems like something from the 1990s rather than the tail end of the 2000s. According to the World Bank, in 2001 just over half of the Australian population used the internet. By 2010, when this shot was taken, it was 76%. (Now, about 96%.) Electronic funds transfers were inexorably choking over the counter cash transactions, and the bank branches that supported them.
Then along came Covid.
This seemingly eternal edifice shut its doors sometime between April and November of 2021. At the time of writing it was still for lease.
An interesting sidenote. The teller who I usually paid the rent money to bore a striking resemblance to my GP. But there was one, with multiple degrees and a PhD, at the peak of his profession... and the other earning relatively cr@p money in a job that is more often dead end than not. (Not every teller can move on to be a branch manager. Most don't.) Mind you, for all I know the teller could have been leading a life that to him was most satisfactory. He may not have even still been there when the branch closed, since I had not set foot in there for more than a decade. I've no idea what happened to him, nor to any of the others who worked there... merely that the job vacancies in banking certainly aren't what they would have been 13 years ago.
Also... now that fixed landlines and Telstra's effective monopoly of them have vanished and it has to compete on a more or less even footing with other telcos in the mobile space, it's become a bit less loathed. When most people needed a landline and Telstra had them over a barrel, they liked to lord it over their customers. Competition induced a dose of humility.
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Further edit, January 2025: By coincidence the PAD entry that I put up for yesterday, 15 years into the future from this shot, give or take a day, also dealt with the subject of banks and their future (or not) in shopping centres.
In Spring 2018 the Slanted editors took a close-up look at the contemporary design scene of Dubai. A city—when described by many people—that is all sickening shine and has no soul. But Dubai and the whole region, originally a piece of desert sparsely populated by Bedouins, is now transforming itself rapidly into a center, if not the world’s greatest center, of trade, finance, and tourism—and moreover, something important happened in the last few years: Culture! Today, a new Arab world is being plotted and planned. The entire Gulf is teeming with initiatives—from the most public to the most private—to change and reinvent seemingly immutable rules, regimes, edicts, and assumptions, culminating, perhaps, in the stated intention to work more closely together. The Gulf states have a past, and they will have a future. The contours of that future are legible in this Slanted issue!
Slanted met some of the most amazing creatives such as Möbius Studio, Wissam Shawkat, and Fikra Design Studio. Not only can you find their brilliant works in the new issue, Slanted also provides a deeper look at their opinions and views through video interviews that can be watched online on our video platform for free: www.slanted.de/dubai.
“Five euros” is an edition of 1 unique NFT and relates to a jpeg image from the collection “The Treachery of Money”. The collection title hints at René Magritte’s famous “This Is Not a Pipe”, a painting that highlights the distinction between the image of an object and the real physical object. Clearly this is not five euros, but also, that is exactly what it is. Its immutable position on the Etherium blockchain is testament to its durability as something very real and it’s potential future as a carrier of value. Purchase of this NFT is accompanied, via unlockable content, by a digital download of the original image from the artist’s files and a copy of the Dada Dot Dot Artist Manifesto. In addition, audio access to the artist is granted via a private patrons-only channel on Discord.
In Spring 2018 the Slanted editors took a close-up look at the contemporary design scene of Dubai. A city—when described by many people—that is all sickening shine and has no soul. But Dubai and the whole region, originally a piece of desert sparsely populated by Bedouins, is now transforming itself rapidly into a center, if not the world’s greatest center, of trade, finance, and tourism—and moreover, something important happened in the last few years: Culture! Today, a new Arab world is being plotted and planned. The entire Gulf is teeming with initiatives—from the most public to the most private—to change and reinvent seemingly immutable rules, regimes, edicts, and assumptions, culminating, perhaps, in the stated intention to work more closely together. The Gulf states have a past, and they will have a future. The contours of that future are legible in this Slanted issue!
Slanted met some of the most amazing creatives such as Möbius Studio, Wissam Shawkat, and Fikra Design Studio. Not only can you find their brilliant works in the new issue, Slanted also provides a deeper look at their opinions and views through video interviews that can be watched online on our video platform for free: www.slanted.de/dubai.
In Spring 2018 the Slanted editors took a close-up look at the contemporary design scene of Dubai. A city—when described by many people—that is all sickening shine and has no soul. But Dubai and the whole region, originally a piece of desert sparsely populated by Bedouins, is now transforming itself rapidly into a center, if not the world’s greatest center, of trade, finance, and tourism—and moreover, something important happened in the last few years: Culture! Today, a new Arab world is being plotted and planned. The entire Gulf is teeming with initiatives—from the most public to the most private—to change and reinvent seemingly immutable rules, regimes, edicts, and assumptions, culminating, perhaps, in the stated intention to work more closely together. The Gulf states have a past, and they will have a future. The contours of that future are legible in this Slanted issue!
Slanted met some of the most amazing creatives such as Möbius Studio, Wissam Shawkat, and Fikra Design Studio. Not only can you find their brilliant works in the new issue, Slanted also provides a deeper look at their opinions and views through video interviews that can be watched online on our video platform for free: www.slanted.de/dubai.
According to www.friendsoflonefircemetery.org,
the carvings were "made from a photograph of them....the inscription reads, 'Here we lie by consent after 57 years, 2 months, 2 days sojourning on earth awaiting nature's immutable laws to return us to the elements of which we were formed.'"
The Fourth Grand Flaneur Walk took on Sunday, May 5th, 2024, and commenced at midday by the statue of Beau Brummell on Jermyn Street, London W1. The Grand Flaneur Walk celebrates the pure, the immutable, and the pointless, and it is taken by the bold, the adventurous, and the inebriated. The walk went through Green Park towards Hyde Park Corner.
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The Interview Magazine for Those Who Wonder
It’s impossible not to believe. We all have a view of the world that is reflected in our beliefs. “I believe that” is what we say when we express our opinion. And when someone expresses views that are too far removed from our own values and worldview, we don't believe them. But that doesn’t mean that beliefs are immutable. Our point of view can change. And similarly, a belief can change us. Did you know that a belief can affect how we perceive pain and that we believe different things depending on whether we are speaking our native language or a foreign language?
The 6th issue of fortytwomagazine is on the topic of beliefs and presents ten scientific perspectives and one artistic angle—this time coming from the artist Daria Chernyshova.
Publisher: Slanted Publishers
Editors: Eliana Berger, Kurt Bille, Lara von Richthofen, Lena Kronenbürger
Interviewpartners: Pia Lamberty, Alexander Kaurov, Nicola Gennaioli, Katja Wiech, Panos Athanasopoulos, Paul Hedges, Doowan Lee, Carla Hustedt, Hendrik Ohnesorge, Jasmine Hill
Artist: Daria Chernyshova
Art Direction: Clara Weinreich
Publishing Direction: Lars Harmsen, Julia Kahl
Release: September 2023
Format: 16 × 24 cm
Volume: 152 pages
Language: English, German
Workmanship: Softcover with flaps, thread-stitching, offset with spot color
In Spring 2018 the Slanted editors took a close-up look at the contemporary design scene of Dubai. A city—when described by many people—that is all sickening shine and has no soul. But Dubai and the whole region, originally a piece of desert sparsely populated by Bedouins, is now transforming itself rapidly into a center, if not the world’s greatest center, of trade, finance, and tourism—and moreover, something important happened in the last few years: Culture! Today, a new Arab world is being plotted and planned. The entire Gulf is teeming with initiatives—from the most public to the most private—to change and reinvent seemingly immutable rules, regimes, edicts, and assumptions, culminating, perhaps, in the stated intention to work more closely together. The Gulf states have a past, and they will have a future. The contours of that future are legible in this Slanted issue!
Slanted met some of the most amazing creatives such as Möbius Studio, Wissam Shawkat, and Fikra Design Studio. Not only can you find their brilliant works in the new issue, Slanted also provides a deeper look at their opinions and views through video interviews that can be watched online on our video platform for free: www.slanted.de/dubai.
In Spring 2018 the Slanted editors took a close-up look at the contemporary design scene of Dubai. A city—when described by many people—that is all sickening shine and has no soul. But Dubai and the whole region, originally a piece of desert sparsely populated by Bedouins, is now transforming itself rapidly into a center, if not the world’s greatest center, of trade, finance, and tourism—and moreover, something important happened in the last few years: Culture! Today, a new Arab world is being plotted and planned. The entire Gulf is teeming with initiatives—from the most public to the most private—to change and reinvent seemingly immutable rules, regimes, edicts, and assumptions, culminating, perhaps, in the stated intention to work more closely together. The Gulf states have a past, and they will have a future. The contours of that future are legible in this Slanted issue!
Slanted met some of the most amazing creatives such as Möbius Studio, Wissam Shawkat, and Fikra Design Studio. Not only can you find their brilliant works in the new issue, Slanted also provides a deeper look at their opinions and views through video interviews that can be watched online on our video platform for free: www.slanted.de/dubai.
In Spring 2018 the Slanted editors took a close-up look at the contemporary design scene of Dubai. A city—when described by many people—that is all sickening shine and has no soul. But Dubai and the whole region, originally a piece of desert sparsely populated by Bedouins, is now transforming itself rapidly into a center, if not the world’s greatest center, of trade, finance, and tourism—and moreover, something important happened in the last few years: Culture! Today, a new Arab world is being plotted and planned. The entire Gulf is teeming with initiatives—from the most public to the most private—to change and reinvent seemingly immutable rules, regimes, edicts, and assumptions, culminating, perhaps, in the stated intention to work more closely together. The Gulf states have a past, and they will have a future. The contours of that future are legible in this Slanted issue!
Slanted met some of the most amazing creatives such as Möbius Studio, Wissam Shawkat, and Fikra Design Studio. Not only can you find their brilliant works in the new issue, Slanted also provides a deeper look at their opinions and views through video interviews that can be watched online on our video platform for free: www.slanted.de/dubai.
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StringBuilder in Java
StringBuilder class in Java is used to manipulate strings so that we can modify the value. In other, StringBuilder class is mutable. It is similar to StringBuffer and String class except that this is mutable whereas StringBuffer is immutable. The performance of StringBuilder is faster than StringBuffer and does not support multiple threads and hence is non-synchronized. In this tutorial, we will learn about the StringBuilder class and methods like append, reverse, delete,toString etc using StringBuilder Java with examples.
Constructors of Java StringBuilder
Below are the constructors of the StringBuilder class:
Methods of StringBuilder class in Java
Below are the StringBuilder methods:
Java StringBuilder Examples
In this section, we will see about the StringBuilder Java class and methods using StringBuilder Java with examples.
Example: insert() method
We can insert a specified string at the required position using the StringBuilder Java method which is insert(). The below example inserts the new string at index 2.
public class StringBuilderDemo {
public static void main(String args) {
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("Java");
sb.insert(2, "Hello");
System.out.println(sb);
}
}
JaHellova
Example: append() method
The StringBuilder append method in Java appends the new string to the existing string at the end. In this example, we add a new string "language" to the existing string "Java".
Oskar J.W. Hansen's bronze masterpiece "Winged Figures of the Republic" express "the immutable calm of intellectual resolution, and the enormous power of trained physical strength, equally enthroned in placid triumph of scientific accomplishment".
The Fourth Grand Flaneur Walk took on Sunday, May 5th, 2024, and commenced at midday by the statue of Beau Brummell on Jermyn Street, London W1. The Grand Flaneur Walk celebrates the pure, the immutable, and the pointless, and it is taken by the bold, the adventurous, and the inebriated. The walk went through Green Park towards Hyde Park Corner.
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All photographs © Andrew Lalchan
In Spring 2018 the Slanted editors took a close-up look at the contemporary design scene of Dubai. A city—when described by many people—that is all sickening shine and has no soul. But Dubai and the whole region, originally a piece of desert sparsely populated by Bedouins, is now transforming itself rapidly into a center, if not the world’s greatest center, of trade, finance, and tourism—and moreover, something important happened in the last few years: Culture! Today, a new Arab world is being plotted and planned. The entire Gulf is teeming with initiatives—from the most public to the most private—to change and reinvent seemingly immutable rules, regimes, edicts, and assumptions, culminating, perhaps, in the stated intention to work more closely together. The Gulf states have a past, and they will have a future. The contours of that future are legible in this Slanted issue!
Slanted met some of the most amazing creatives such as Möbius Studio, Wissam Shawkat, and Fikra Design Studio. Not only can you find their brilliant works in the new issue, Slanted also provides a deeper look at their opinions and views through video interviews that can be watched online on our video platform for free: www.slanted.de/dubai.
In Spring 2018 the Slanted editors took a close-up look at the contemporary design scene of Dubai. A city—when described by many people—that is all sickening shine and has no soul. But Dubai and the whole region, originally a piece of desert sparsely populated by Bedouins, is now transforming itself rapidly into a center, if not the world’s greatest center, of trade, finance, and tourism—and moreover, something important happened in the last few years: Culture! Today, a new Arab world is being plotted and planned. The entire Gulf is teeming with initiatives—from the most public to the most private—to change and reinvent seemingly immutable rules, regimes, edicts, and assumptions, culminating, perhaps, in the stated intention to work more closely together. The Gulf states have a past, and they will have a future. The contours of that future are legible in this Slanted issue!
Slanted met some of the most amazing creatives such as Möbius Studio, Wissam Shawkat, and Fikra Design Studio. Not only can you find their brilliant works in the new issue, Slanted also provides a deeper look at their opinions and views through video interviews that can be watched online on our video platform for free: www.slanted.de/dubai.
The Fourth Grand Flaneur Walk took on Sunday, May 5th, 2024, and commenced at midday by the statue of Beau Brummell on Jermyn Street, London W1. The Grand Flaneur Walk celebrates the pure, the immutable, and the pointless, and it is taken by the bold, the adventurous, and the inebriated. The walk went through Green Park towards Hyde Park Corner.
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I used the abstract concept of loneliness and solitude A single paper boat drifting on a pitch-black, motionless body of water. .The paper boat, a delicate and ephemeral item, represents life's fleeting nature and the sense of isolation amid a vast, immutable space. The concept's simplicity and purity are emphasised by the minimalist composition, which evokes feelings of reflection and seclusion.
An NFT is a sort of "crypto property", in which an asset is made into a one-of-a-kind, by providing the one-of-a-kind line of code in an immutable ledger (blockchain)...Owning an NFT does not, by itself and particularly without a contract, grant...
The Interview Magazine for Those Who Wonder
It’s impossible not to believe. We all have a view of the world that is reflected in our beliefs. “I believe that” is what we say when we express our opinion. And when someone expresses views that are too far removed from our own values and worldview, we don't believe them. But that doesn’t mean that beliefs are immutable. Our point of view can change. And similarly, a belief can change us. Did you know that a belief can affect how we perceive pain and that we believe different things depending on whether we are speaking our native language or a foreign language?
The 6th issue of fortytwomagazine is on the topic of beliefs and presents ten scientific perspectives and one artistic angle—this time coming from the artist Daria Chernyshova.
Publisher: Slanted Publishers
Editors: Eliana Berger, Kurt Bille, Lara von Richthofen, Lena Kronenbürger
Interviewpartners: Pia Lamberty, Alexander Kaurov, Nicola Gennaioli, Katja Wiech, Panos Athanasopoulos, Paul Hedges, Doowan Lee, Carla Hustedt, Hendrik Ohnesorge, Jasmine Hill
Artist: Daria Chernyshova
Art Direction: Clara Weinreich
Publishing Direction: Lars Harmsen, Julia Kahl
Release: September 2023
Format: 16 × 24 cm
Volume: 152 pages
Language: English, German
Workmanship: Softcover with flaps, thread-stitching, offset with spot color
The Fourth Grand Flaneur Walk took on Sunday, May 5th, 2024, and commenced at midday by the statue of Beau Brummell on Jermyn Street, London W1. The Grand Flaneur Walk celebrates the pure, the immutable, and the pointless, and it is taken by the bold, the adventurous, and the inebriated. The walk went through Green Park towards Hyde Park Corner.
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All photographs © Andrew Lalchan
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In Spring 2018 the Slanted editors took a close-up look at the contemporary design scene of Dubai. A city—when described by many people—that is all sickening shine and has no soul. But Dubai and the whole region, originally a piece of desert sparsely populated by Bedouins, is now transforming itself rapidly into a center, if not the world’s greatest center, of trade, finance, and tourism—and moreover, something important happened in the last few years: Culture! Today, a new Arab world is being plotted and planned. The entire Gulf is teeming with initiatives—from the most public to the most private—to change and reinvent seemingly immutable rules, regimes, edicts, and assumptions, culminating, perhaps, in the stated intention to work more closely together. The Gulf states have a past, and they will have a future. The contours of that future are legible in this Slanted issue!
Slanted met some of the most amazing creatives such as Möbius Studio, Wissam Shawkat, and Fikra Design Studio. Not only can you find their brilliant works in the new issue, Slanted also provides a deeper look at their opinions and views through video interviews that can be watched online on our video platform for free: www.slanted.de/dubai.
These fliers were posted everywhere. Plamen told us they are put up when someone passes away and are left up until the elements or other immutable forces see fit to remove them.
In Spring 2018 the Slanted editors took a close-up look at the contemporary design scene of Dubai. A city—when described by many people—that is all sickening shine and has no soul. But Dubai and the whole region, originally a piece of desert sparsely populated by Bedouins, is now transforming itself rapidly into a center, if not the world’s greatest center, of trade, finance, and tourism—and moreover, something important happened in the last few years: Culture! Today, a new Arab world is being plotted and planned. The entire Gulf is teeming with initiatives—from the most public to the most private—to change and reinvent seemingly immutable rules, regimes, edicts, and assumptions, culminating, perhaps, in the stated intention to work more closely together. The Gulf states have a past, and they will have a future. The contours of that future are legible in this Slanted issue!
Slanted met some of the most amazing creatives such as Möbius Studio, Wissam Shawkat, and Fikra Design Studio. Not only can you find their brilliant works in the new issue, Slanted also provides a deeper look at their opinions and views through video interviews that can be watched online on our video platform for free: www.slanted.de/dubai.
Can't resist - but today is the anniversary of Paul Revere's ride.
1 if by land and 2 if by sea
And he put two lanterns in the old North Church to let the patriots know the British were invading from the sea.
I am critical of American failings - and there are many - Slavery, Treatment of Native Americans and do much more. But the experiment is at its core a noble one, even if the men, and I emphasize men, because women and others were excluded, were deeply flawed. The genius is in the ability to change and adapt and grow toward the better angels of humanity. The fathers were enlightenment men, and that spirit is bigger than them. The immutable pursuit of logic was born of the scientific revolution and the same conclusions that solidified the existence of the atom also revealed the similarity in all humans. We are all products of nature, passengers on the same Earth and with sufficient opportunity we can do great things if we want. The sky is limitless.
The enemy is the pettiness and greed of humanity. The genius of the fathers was their ability to suggest that time moves on things can change and they don't know what it will be in the future, but human motives will always be the same. Yet Free Will is also part of the gift of democracy. It can produce antibiotics and it can produce people who kill others to steal their goods. It is a hard slog without guarantee even 250 years later - as is everent now with Bozo Trump's haphazard and petty way of "running" a government. He's thin-skinned petty, resentful, entitled, greedy, and stupid. He's also smart and dumb enough to do what the founders didn't do, gin up hate and xenophobia, and grievance. He has no solutions and even less ideas other than to enrichen himself. His selection of bootlickers over competent people shows his inability to do anything.
And despite the current threat to American democracy, and it is severe, I am still a patriot who believes in the good things that have been done and accomplished and most importantly, the possibility of what the experiment could be. It was started flawed but still evolves. Paul Revere rode (and Sybil Ludington and probably others lost to history) risking their lives to empower the Revolution. Many men fought and were maimed and killed. Many fled to Canada and I cannot fault them, and respect them, as with all revolutions there is no guarantee of a win. I have family who fought on both sides. And today (except for idiot Trump) we are solid Allies with our Canadians, and British.....and think about this....in our lifetimes people fought the Japanese and Germans and Italians brutally and these three countries are our world allies. Many Germans Italians and Japanese are our citizens and brethren. Today's enemies will hopefully be tomorrow's siblings as well.
So a toast to Paul Revere and others who dodged British checkpoints and spies and government officials to warn the ragtag Colonial Army and the Citizens of Boston that the invasion was coming. May our people find the same brave spirit during this dark time.
Cheers
They zip about on feet inferior,
These human beings I observe.
They squander hours with fretful labor,
While I, inscrutable, preserve
My phlegmatic reserves of leisure.
What's all the rush to seize the day?
An endless round of work and pleasure
Makes life a rumple they can't unsay.
Out here beyond their window's rattle,
I heed the lessons of each dawn:
Regard the sun's unhurried cycle,
Find peace in shadow's modest spawn.
Let them embrace their self-made troubles,
Chase hollow aims with wobbly zeal.
I'll carry on with naps and prowling,
My feline wisdom is my deal.
To me it's clear as sun through gable:
Their meanings ring vapid and vague.
But a cat can share truths immutable -
Just offer me your rapt fatigue.
Bolet de menut a mida mitjana; barret de convex a aplanat, de fins a 8 cm de diàmetre; superfície seca, mate, finament vellutada, de castany fosc a groc brunenc, de color uniforme.
Porus petits, densos, angulars, blancs, groguencs en envellir i brunencs a les ferides.
Cama separable, corticada, fràgil; crema pàl·lid a la part superior, del color del barret a la resta; mate, seca, vellutada.
Carn dura, blanca, no blaveja al tall ni al frec, immutable o, algun cop, vira lleugerament al rosa pàl·lid, formants grans cavitats a tot el llarg de la cama (cavernosa); dolça al tast, recorda les avellanes.
Solitari o en petits grups, a vegades soldats pels peus; cosmopolita; espècie micorrízica de boscos secs de planifolis (roures, castanyer, alzina, carrasca, garric, surera), més rara vora faig i bedoll i de coníferes (pins i avets) preferentment sobre substrat àcid o descarbonatat; des dels Pirineus a la plana litoral fins Alacant, Menorca i Mallorca; des de l'estiu a finals de tardor; en marges de camins, clarianes i talussos.
En pinedes litorals sorrenques es pot trobar el mataparent de dunes (Gyroporus ammophilus), molt semblant però que és una espècie tòxica. Provoca fortes gastroenteritis. Sol ser més gran, de barret fins a 15-18- (20) cm de diàmetre, de tons bru asalmonats, cama de fins a 9 cm de diàmetre i la carn, lleugerament rosada, pot blavejar al frec o al tall.
El mataparent anyil (Gyroporus cyanescens) té el barret pàl·lid, la cama buida, sovint cavitada i blaveja fortament al tall.
Bolet comestible, només el barret.
Font: Wikipedia.
Pàgines WEB per ampliació d'informació
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Observacions addicionals
Autor: Foto feta per Josep Plaza en la Riera de Can Carreres.