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Los ojos de un gato son misteriosos; parecen contener todo un universo… y cuando mi gata me mira fijamente veo todo ese universo en la línea vaginal de sus pupilas.
Creo que los gatos son espíritus encarnados en la tierra. Un gato, estoy seguro, podría caminar sobre una nube sin atravesarla.
Julio Verne
La canción pertenece al primer álbum de la banda "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" y es una dedicatoria al gato del cantante, guitarrista y compositor, Syd Barrett. El nombre del felino era Sam y seguro adivinaréis por qué le pusieron el pseudónimo de Lucifer.
15 February 2009
Wow, I don't know how many days late this is. All I really know is that it's very late...
I know everyone does one of these, but here's my shot at it.
Anyway, sorry for the major lack of uploads. I have been in bed with the flu for a good 4 days, and as a result I have officially missed 3 consecutive days of my 365. I guess I'll just have to tack 3 days onto the end then. Today was the first day I could actually manage to get out of bed, so I'm sorry.
Thanks to Grisamanecer for the new testimonial! And thanks to the others before her.
Oh, while I was practically dead, my Valentines day shot, Love Is All Around You, reached #4 on explore! Thank you all so much! I am so happy! That's the highest explore I have ever received! You all deserve a huge party!
I am also sorry if I haven't answered any of your messages yet. I am still trying to sift through the 200+ I that have accumulated in my inbox these past few days while I was out. So if you sent me mail, hang in there, I'm getting to you!
Sorry for the overload, quite a little bit happened these past four days.
This is also part of my roped miniseries. Before/during/after?
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Explore #101, thanks!
Primate DNA is only five percent different from ours. Like us, they feel jealousy, envy, love, shame, grief, depression... They are very social beings, they are sensitive and each one has a different personality, according to the experts, as happens in humans. They develop tools for specific purposes, which involves reasoning, anticipating the future and acting with the tool. They adopt orphans, which demonstrates social bonds, empathy and altruism. They have self-awareness, cooperative problem-solving and learning by example and experience, so they have symbolic capacity and a culture of their own, which they pass on from one generation to the next. Chimpanzees even surpass humans in certain memory tasks. An ape at the age of two is able to do small sums and use tools, while a two year old does not even know how to do sums or reason the why of the tool. They give pets to their children and they even learn words in sign language, being able to establish a conversation with their caregiver. They are able to teach their offspring sign language so that they can communicate with their caregivers. And so on. And they share a very important trait with humans, a trait not found in any other animal... laughter.
This image is dedicated to Bobby. Bobby was a chimpanzee used for decades as a laboratory animal at the Coulston Foundation in Alamogordo, New Mexico. He was born in captivity and at a very young age participated in biomedical experiments. By the age of 19, he had been anaesthetised more than 250 times and biopsied as many times. His life was spent in solitude inside a tiny metal cage. His body was bruised and scarred. In a deeply depressed state, he was incessantly self-harming, a clear sign that he intended to end his life. In 2002 he was transferred to Save the Chimps, a chimpanzee sanctuary in Louisiana, USA. Dedicated to Jeannie. Jeannie was in the service of science for nine years. At the age of six, she began her career in the pharmaceutical laboratories of Merck, Sharpe and Dohme. Shortly afterwards she was donated to the Buckshire Corporation and ended up at LEMSIP, Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Surgery in Primates in New York at the age of 22. During that time she participated in several invasive experimental protocols including repeated vaginal douching, multiple cervical, liver and lymph node biopsies. She was infected with HIV and hepatitis C, and participated in rhinovirus vaccination protocols. She was anaesthetised more than 200 times. She died at the age of 31 at the Fauna Foundation, Canada's only primate sanctuary. Dedicated to Newt. Newt was born in 1979 at LEMSIP. At the age of four months he was sold to the Southwest National Primate Research Center in San Antonio, Texas. Newt was HIV-positive and was widely exposed to hepatitis B virus. Before he was four years old, he began intermittently self-harming. In 2003 he had his canines removed. Newt's clinical reports indicated that he had bites and lacerations on his hands, fingers, thighs, arms, legs, wrists and scrotum. A psychiatric report determined that Newt was in a profound state of insanity and derangement. He was attempting to commit suicide and end his life. This image is dedicated to all primates who have suffered psychological and physical torture, deprivation of liberty, abominable experiments and death in scientific laboratories, pharmaceutical, automobile, cosmetic, aeronautical, aerospace multinationals... and dedicated especially to Bobby, Jeannie and Newt.
The chimpanzee Mama, hours before she died and the reunion with her caretaker.
Silvio Rodríguez - Al final de este viaje / Al final de este viaje (1978)
We are the prehistory that will have the future. We are the remote annals of man. These years are the past of the sky. These years are a certain agility with which the sun draws you into the future. They are the truth or the end, they are god. We are left, those who can smile in the midst of death, in full light.
Supergrass - Tales of Endurance, Pt. 4, 5 & 6 / Road to Rouen (2005)
Making sense of what I've heard and what is on my mind.
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PS: When I look into the eyes of an ape, all I see in them is sadness and eyes that ask me, why, why? And I can only lower my gaze to the ground, while I shed some tears and feel a deep shame... shame of being human... a "Homo stupidus".
Aphex Twin - Stone In Focus / Selected Ambient Works II (1994)
Écureuil roux (Sciurus vulgaris), Neuchâtel, Suisse.
Au mois de janvier, débute la saison des amours chez les écureuils. La femelle n'est féconde que 1 ou 2 jours par cycle. Lorsqu'elle est en chaleur, elle le fait savoir en laissant des traces d'urine et de sécrétions vaginales sur son territoire. De nombreux mâles peuvent se mettre en concurrence, même s’affronter pour elle. Généralement, le plus fort emporte les faveurs de madame. Commence alors la séduction ou le mâle tourne autour de la femelle, s’ensuit de longues poursuites spectaculaires dans les branches, marquées de cris. Au terme de ces réjouissances, l'accouplement peut avoir lieu. Les femelles ont un second cycle de chaleur en mai. Cette deuxième portée naît en juillet. Les jeunes s'émancipent en septembre, au moment où les ressources en alimentation sont les plus abondantes. Cette génération a un taux de survie plus important que la première. En effet, les nouveau-nés ont le temps de faire des réserves de graisse sous-cutanée et de cacher leur nourriture au pied des grands arbres. Seul un quart des écureuils nés atteignent l'âge d'un an. Passé ce cap la longévité moyenne de l'espèce est d'une dizaine d'années.
Écureuil roux (Sciurus vulgaris) Neuchâtel, Suisse.
L’Écureuil roux est un animal solitaire, sauf durant la période de reproduction. Son organisation sociale est fondée sur une hiérarchie de dominance entre mâles et femelles, ou entre individus de même sexe. Les dominants sont généralement plus vieux et plus gros que les dominés. L’Écureuil roux ne défend pas de territoire. Il fréquente un secteur appelé domaine vital où les individus cohabitent. Sa superficie varie en fonction du type d’habitat, de la distribution de la nourriture et du sexe des individus : entre 2 et 20 ha généralement pour les femelles et entre 5 et 30 ha pour les mâles. Le domaine vital des mâles, plus important en période de reproduction, couvre ceux de plusieurs femelles. Il est identifié par des marquages olfactifs (urine, secrétions glandulaires, vaginales pour les femelles), renseignant notamment les mâles sur le stade de reproduction des femelles. Les jeunes demeurent quelques mois à proximité de leur nid de naissance, puis se dispersent pour trouver un secteur propice à leur installation. Les distances parcourues sont en fonction du sexe des individus, et surtout des densités des ressources disponibles. Lorsque la nourriture est abondante, les jeunes s’éloigneront peu de leur lieu de naissance.
Cornflower is an herb.
The dried flowers are used to make medicine.
People take cornflower tea to treat fever, constipation, water retention, and chest congestion. They also take it as a tonic, bitter, and liver and gallbladder stimulant. Women take it for menstrual disorders and vaginal yeast infections.
Some people apply cornflower directly to the eye for irritation or discomfort.
In foods, cornflower is used in herbal teas to provide color.
fly agaric
fly amanita
Certain researchers have speculated that the stereotypical image of the witch "flying" astride the broomstick of a besom may derive from traditions concerning the use of broomsticks or other staves by women to apply psychotropic ointments to their vaginal or anal mucosa.
Capitel proveniente de la Iglesia de San Martín de Frómista, se situaba en el lado interior derecho de la capilla mayor, el ábside central. Debido a la vandálica mutilación que sufrió, salvo parte del cimacio, fue llevado al Museo de Palencia y en su lugar se colocó otro, gracias a la fotografía publicada en 1901 por E. Serrano www.flickr.com/photos/rabiespierre/3668458995/ que pudo servir para hacer la reproducción que actualmente ocupa el original (ver fotografía de abajo).
La mutilación de las dos figuras principales de la cara frontal se explica por una moralidad puritana que condenaba la desnudez tan explícita en un lugar preeminente de la iglesia.
El tema parece ser que está inspirado en el sarcófago romano de La Orestiada que se hallaba en la cercana abadía de Husillos y que actualmente es sin duda el mejor sarcófago romano del Museo Arqueológico Nacional de Madid: www.arssummum.net/details.php?image_id=4537&mode=sear...
Tanto el desnudo de los personajes como la presencia de las serpientes y los pliegues curvados de las telas permiten afirmar que el maestro del capitel de Frómista conoció directamente el sarcófago. Sobre la cronología existen dos interpretaciones, basadas ambas en el testamento de doña Mayor, esposa de Sancho III de Navarra, en todo caso siglo XI.
Un artículo interesante sobre el capitel, una posible interpretación del mismo y el Sarcófago de Husillos es el que cita Dirk abajo www.romanicoaragones.com/Colaboraciones/Colaboraciones043...
Pero mucho más interesante y profundo es el artículo del profesor Francisco Prado-Vilar titulado "Saevum Facinus: Estilo, Genealogía y Sacrifico en el Arte Románico Español" publicado en la revista "Goya" Nº 324, editada por la Fundación Lázaro Galdeano (Julio- Sepiembre 2008).
www.ucm.es/centros/cont/descargas/documento11894.pdf
Para entender este capitel y el existente en Frómista es necesario un breve resumen sobre las ideas sostenidas por este autor:
Ajustándose a la genealogía formal nacida de la imaginería del sarcófago de Husillos, el capitel de Frómista se erige, a la vez, en la más fiel traducción de su mensaje iconográfico a un nuevo contexto cristiano. En efecto, sarcófago y capitel tienen como tema fundamental un crimen familiar y su castigo divino.
La iconografía de este capitel ha permanecido inescrutable durante tanto tiempo debido, en parte, a su precario estado de conservación pues la pieza original, hoy en el Museo Arqueológico Provincial de Palencia, fue mutilada en el curso de la restauración de la iglesia a comienzos del siglo XX. El hecho de que los dos desnudos aparezcan casi totalmente picados mientras las demás figuras quedaron casi intactas denuncia un acto consciente de censura, posiblemente motivado porque la visibilidad de sus genitales debió ser considerada obscena . Curiosamente, habiendo sobrevivido intactos desde el siglo XI, los desnudos no se libraron del fundamentalismo censor de un individuo posiblemente movido por el fervor católico militante que rodeó a la restauración de San Martín de Frómista, y que, "se caracterizó por una incoercible nostalgia por un medievo idealizado". . A la "recristianización" de la sociedad promovida por los poderes episcopales del momento, se sumaba la quot;recristianizacion" de la Edad Media, una actitud que sabemos, por noticias indirectas, que influyó en la restauración de la escultura de esta iglesia. En el Catálogo Monumental de la Provincia de Palencia, Rafael Navarro informaba que "...aunque retirados en la restauración algunos canecillos expresivos de la frecuente salacidad de la arquitectura antigua, los 315 existentes, todos distintos, dan una idea de la inspiración del tracista que imaginó el templo..."".
El capitel que puede verse hoy en el ábside de San Martín de Frómista es una copia que muestra un desnudo masculino y otro femenino, presumiblemente realizada por el escultor Santiago Toledo antes de la mutilación del original.
A complicar el misterio que envuelve a esta verdadera piedra Rosetta del arte románico, viene una fotografía del capitel tomada antes de su mutilación, que muestra uno de los desnudos completo, claramente masculino, pero, lamentablemente solo permite apreciar el otro de forma parcial.
Sin embargo, una simple comparación de la copia con la fotografía antigua sirve para constatar que la realización de aquella se vio mediatizada por la imaginación interpretativa del restaurador, quien acentuó sistemáticamente el bulto del relieve y procedió al acabado y repulido de detalles que permanecían ambiguos debido a los daños que afectaban al original en ciertas zonas. En lo que se refiere a la figura "femenina", uno tiene la impresión de que el restaurador se esmeró en hacer una fallida tentativa de "cirugía reconstructora" engrosando la zona genital e insertando una hendidura, cuyo resultado final tiene la apariencia de un extraño unicum dentro de la iconografía vaginal "medieval".
En realidad, la figura original era, con toda probabilidad, masculina, como la que está a su lado, pero había sido dañada su zona genital, faltándole el pene, al igual que le había sucedido al Orestes central del sarcófago de Husillos.
Además de la evidencia arqueológica que demuestra que los principales protagonistas del capitel son personajes masculinos, el análisis del proceso por el que a las figuras del friso de la Orestiada se les asignaron nuevos papeles en su marco temático cristiano no deja lugar a dudas de que en se representa a Caín matando a Abel. Caín adopta la pose heroica del Orestes homicida, mientras la asustada nodriza del sarcófago se transforma en Abel intentando esquivar el golpe. Más sorprendente es la transformación sufrida por la figura de Egisto, que invierte su posición en el capitel para incorporarse a las filas de las fuerzas demoníacas que emergen del inframundo para castigar a Caín. Esta metamorfosis vino sugerida muy probablemente por el bíblico clamor de la sangre de Abel, que denuncia el fratricidio e induce a Yaveh a maldecir a su asesino:
Entonces el Señor preguntó a Cain: "Dónde está tu hermano Abel?" "
No lo sé", respondió Caín, "¿Acaso yo soy el guardián de mi hermano?"
Y el Señor le dijo: ¿Qué has hecho? ¡Escucha! La sangre de tu hermano está gritando hacia mi desde la tierra". Por eso maldito serás de la tierra, que abrió sus fauces para recibir
de mano tuya la sangre de tu hermano. Cuando la labres, no te dará sus frutos y andarás por ella fugitivo y errante. (Génesis 4: 9-13).
Las Furias del sarcófago, que en la mitología clásica son seres encargados de vengar los crímenes familiares, resurgen en el capitel inalteradas en su función y su significado, como si su infatigable carrera persecutoria las hubiese llevado de la época mítica a la bíblica en un viaje ininterrumpido .
Al igual que en la tragedia griega, donde las Erinias someten a Orestes a una persecución incesante sin la maldición de Dios a Caín: "andarás fugitivo y errante en la tierra".
Já agora...
O homem é peludo porque vem do macaco?
E o macaco?!
O que pensa o macaco de tudo isto?
Não pensa nada?
Pois!
Essa é a nossa tarefa...
Estamos todos de:
Sapatos altos,
E de cuecas nos joelhos....
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
E a televisão em cima do piano!
No dia 10 de junho...
Uns recebem umas “cenas” em ouro...
Os outros...
Coroas de fome!
Como são explendorosas;
A grão ordem do estômago vazio...
A cruz de mérito das paredes coladas do estômago!
Ainda desejam matar os poderosos?
Folhetos promocionais?
Correspondência formal?
Andam no engate outra vez!
Nos dias de hoje...
Judas seria o traído!
Radares ligados.
Forçado à paranóia...
Audiências...
O lucro sentado no sofá.
Ponham as vossas melhores chinelas!
Vamos ver do que eles são capazes.
Evita-se pensar...
À gente paga para isso.
A última geração da família dos gigantes!
Tenho as minhas palavras...
Como melhores que os vossos conceitos...
A lapiseira que serve para ferir o papel, também serve para vos espetar nos pescoços...
Ah! Morte divina.
Oh! Morte poética.
Podem fugir do vil criminoso, mas estão presos nas minhas entrelinhas...
As minhas raízes desvanecem no tempo que olha para trás!
O canto dos condenados...
A rouquidão milenar da besta...
O eterno animal exótico!
Gente dopada.
Farmácias com pernas.
Arrotos!
Azia de medicamentos...
Hipocondria.
A solidão das massas...
Hipotermia!
Nomes escalados.
Escalas.
Notas académicas.
O professor que se masturba...
A aluna que se masturba no professor!
A era aristotélica.
A era dos imbecis!
A pura selvajaria!
O altruísmo perfeito!
Pensamento...
Ligaram o televisor...
- Bem-vindos à filha da puta
Da vossa existência!
As mentiras psicopatas...
Forçaram-nos a sonhar!
Prenderam as garras das aves numa engenhosa malha de aço.
Sem dúvida...
A minha coroa de espinhos perfeita!
O sangue dos pássaros foi servido como vinho...
...e....
comercializado como tinta!
Tatuagens no cérebro?
Teoria do caos?
Espaço e tempo relativos?
- Perfeita monotonia...
Telecomunicações através de olhares.
Saias subidas.
Mamilos tesos!
Pedófilos.
Existem pedófilos?
Bomba nuclear...
Terrorismo religioso?
Aumento da taxa de natalidade?
Parabéns para a....
Raça humana.
Muitos parabéns!
O pritaneu dos gregos...
Eu sou de comer pouco!
Leite em pó e água,
É que não!
Estou farto...
Não me usem como desculpa,
Para serem ainda mais miseráveis.
Eu não sou desculpa,
Nem culpa,
De ninguém!
Sem ser de mim...
Idéias que mais parecem bocas...
Homens pequenos com grandes armas...
Grandes homens com palavras tão pequenas...
Os lençóis manchados com o melhor sangue vaginal/virginal...
Não servem para adornar os mastros do navio!
Vivemos?
Vivemos!
A constante dificuldade em adormecer...
A promessa continuamente reenforçada que o sol será uma estrela banal.
Canto ou insónia?
O encanto da mulher que toca violoncelo.
Actua...
Perante o seu público...
Nua...
Photo Source: www.flickr.com/photos/arndbutoh/2232148763/!
During my latest evening of Tango dancing, I was wearing a skirt which was just a bit longer than this one. As you may have read in my profile I really enjoy the nakedness and adventure of wearing short skirts and dresses without wearing panties. One of the guys I danced with really swung me around a lot and my boyfriend told me later with a worrying voice that he spotted my vaginal lips at least 4 times. I felt embarassed and aroused at the same time, but I didn't have a lot of time to think about it, because I was asked for the next dance.
It was a guy who was at least twice my age and it surprises me sometime how great vitality and smooth dancing go together with older age. When he complimented me with my sensual lips I didn't know for sure which lips he was referring to. That cafe (The Syndicate) has quite a small dance floor and the next tango was a slow one. It was very crowded and we danced in close embrace. I let my left hand slide down in an easy manner and felt his sturdy bottom move with my body and the music. He obviously felt he could do the same, because I felt how his hand slid down casually onto the back of my skirt.
At that same time I felt his manhood grow in his trousers, while his hand slid down a little lower under the rim of my skirt. My heart started to beat a little higher, but then he slowly and casually moved his hand up under my skirt! I was doubting what to do until I looked him in the eyes. He had this warm, daring and intense look in his eyes and I felt sure that he was quite playful about what he did right then. It was that playfulness that made me relax into his arms and dance on.
He kept looking into my eyes when his hand moved up, his fingers slowly caressing my inner thigh. It was only a matter of (very long) seconds before he touched my bare vaginal lips! His eyes became even more intense, while we were still slowly moving around between the other dancers packed within the cafe. He began feeling and rubbing my lips slowly, while my heart was now bouncing in my chest. I checked if my boyfriend could see what was happening, but I spotted him at the bar, trying to get throug the cue to buy a drink.
I felt how my dancing partner now had a thick and hot rod hidden in his pants and my lower lips felt like they were dripping with wetness from the excitement. I noticed a couple sitting at the edge of the dancing space looking with a big smile and great interest at my skirt. It was only then that I realised how part of my nude butt was exposed to their eyes and so was the hand that was caressing my lips below that butt with lovely intent. Within a second I moved my hips in a sudden turn.
This made it even worse because my partner was not as quick, making my skirt slide up completely, exposing all my completely naked flesh under my skirt for everyone to see. The packed crowd saved me, because I only noticed a few people giving a possible sign that they could see my derriere! And than something strange started to happen. The look in my partner's eyes was still playful but at the same time there was an intensity to it that connected with the intimacy and vulnerability of being naked. Something that I would normally only feel while making love with my boyfriend.
I suddenly felt a total surrender to my sensuality within the dance. I felt eager to be watched by all the men and women within the cafe, while my body was being touched only by the music, my partner and the air that I was breathing. It wasn´t my heart that was pounding anymore. It was my whole body pulsating with sexual energy and it wanted to be seen, enjoyed by admiring eyes that were already undressing me now with their interested looks. It felt like being drunk and I wanted my partner to bluntly expose me as much as possible.
It was as if his eyes were saying "are you sure" and it felt like there was a slightly dangerous touch added to his gaze. It was like he looked right into my heart and I only remember my heart shouting "yes, please, expose me, show me, let me feel naked completely!" It felt like I wanted everyone to see ME. Dancing naked with all these people around me would show them all of ME. Not the cover, the package, but ME.
My body moved in a spasm, pushing my behind even more outwards, as if it was begging for his hands to keep caressing it's halves. As if he could feel my thoughts, my partner now moved his hand casually to the side of my skirt and with a swing in the dance his arm moved my skirt up completely again, now even more than before, right up to my middle, showing my completely naked butt, my naked and shaved vagina, and my naked upper part of my thighs right down to the edge of my hold-up stockings. I was bending over, leaning my breasts against his chest, pushing my butt backwards, positioning my vaginal lips outward as if my body wanted everyone to feel induced to lick me and penetrate me, and I shivered from the fear about the desire that made me dare to go beyond all fear!
It frightened me that I was thrilled! I didn't drink a drop of alcohol and I was completely drunk from the feeling this blunt exposure brought home to me. I saw quite a few gazing faces that noticed my completely bare bottom and naked genitals, and it made me drunk in the surrender that I felt during the few seconds that my partner held up my skirt. As if nothing had happened, he changed the position of his arm and my skirt fell down friveously, while we kept on dancing.
All this had happened in only a few minutes and I'm still trembling when I think of what happened. My boyfriend was one of the gazing faces at the end and that put an end to the excitement. I still have to cope with the not so nice reaction he had and somehow I understand. On the other hand I feel this experience is very important for me and I need to come to terms with it. I wrote this spontaneously, when looking at this picture, giving a comment.
Reading my comment back, it had become so lenghty, I decided to copy the picture of Arnd Butoh on my own stream (with a link back to the sourceof course), as the source of inspiration that made me share this confession and get to terms with what has taken me over recently. This picture makes feel me less alone about my personal experience, knowing other people may have similar experiences and dare to share them here. I'm learning about me and I love and dread it!
The subject came up over dinner...
Normally, the penis of a man is not perfectly straight. Most penis are slight bent and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. There were only rare instances when a man has a penis that has no bents. The curve of the penis can be caused by a lot of factors. The first one, which is genetics, is the most common of them all. Since the genes dictate a man's physical existence, it is no secret that the shape of a man's penis will follow that of his ancestors. Same goes to the other aspects like the size and the color.
More often than not, men's sexuality is defined by their penis. It serves as a tool that satisfies sexual pleasures and desires. Aside from the size, the shape of the penis is also important for men. By far, most men prefer a straight penis over a bent penis. A man does anything just to make sure that the shape of his penis will be the shape of his preference. Above all, the shape of the penis can determine the success of a man while having sex.
That being said...
The discussion went on to Vaginoplasty and Labiaplasty.
It is said that over 75 million women in the USA and UK alone require vaginal rejuvenation. Female sexual gratification is dependant on the amount of friction generated within the vagina.
The Lpill is a blend of natural herbal ingredients meant to reverse the effects of vaginal relaxation without using kegels...
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Plants for the nervous system
___: The flowers and the leaves of this plant taken in infusions help to control and heal stress, insomnia, depressions, alcoholism, and drug addiction.
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Plants for the throat
___: Its flowers and its leaves in infusions, mouth rinse, mouth gargles and compresses are medicine for tonsillitis, pharyngitis and laryngitis.
___: Anti-inflammatory and astringent, the decoction of ___ or crushed ___, may be applied in any of the following ways:
Mouth rinses and gargles for ailments of the mouth and the throat.
Eye washes or blocked up noses
Vaginal irrigations
Sitz baths, for ailments of the anus or rectum
Arm baths, for chilblains
Plants for the heart
___: In infusions and under medical supervision, all the parts of this plant have properties to strengthen the heart, increase the strength of the cardiac contractions and to fight angina pectoris.
___: The infusion of its flowers and also its fruit are very effective for the treatment of palpitations, hypertension and other nervous cardio circulatory ailments.
Plants for the arteries
____: The decoction of the leaves of this plant is a powerful vasodilator of the arteries to the brain, to fight senile ailments, ageing and memory loss. ____ that is extracted from this prodigious plant is one of the most frequently used drugs today in the treatment of failure of the blood supply to the brain, migraines, hemorrhages, etc.
____: In mexico, and many other parts of the world, infusions of ____ and their young stems are used for bronchial colds and respiratory ailments. The oil from its seeds is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, as well as in vitamin E, A, and B. Therefore, it is particularly indicated for reducing the cholesterol levels in the blood, as well as for diabetes, kidneys and skin diseases.
Plants for the veins
___: A decoction of ____ nuts or wood is indicated to fight varicose veins, hemorrhoids and the disorders of menopause, using it in decoctions. In sitz baths it also alleviates urination disorders, pertaining to the prostate syndrome, cystitis or urinary incontinence. Likewise, it can be highly advisable for cases of hemorrhoids.
____: The oil of this plant is recommended for oily skin and for cases of acne. A decoction of the bark of the young branches and the leaves is used as a medicine in the case of heavy legs, varicose veins, phlebitis, in tisanes, compresses, hip baths and friction massages.
Plants for the respiratory system
____: The decoction of the leaves and the flowers has extraordinary properties, using it in infusions or essences to calm coughs, respiratory and digestive ailments. In baths, rinses, gargles, compresses and friction massages, it heals mouth and anal ailments, rheumatism and headaches, depression, asthenia and exhaustion.
____: Infusions of the dried leaves and flowers, used in tisanes give results in the cases of voice loss, acute bronchitis, bronco-pneumonia, asthma, and emphysema. ____ is also very helpful when stopping smoking, since it cleans the bronchial tubes of secretions, encouraging their elimination.
Plants for the digestive system
____: The infusions and essences of this plant are very appropriate for digestive ailments, colic's, flatulence, etc. Compresses, washes and friction massages are highly indicated for rheumatism, healing of wounds and eye washes.
____: Infusions of its leaves and flowered tops have properties to calm pain, they are invigorating and aphrodisiacs. It is recommended in cases of dyspepsia, intestinal wind, digestive spasms and colic, gastric atonia, hepatitis and physical exhaustion.
Plants for the stomach
____: The juice from this plants leaves heals peptic ulcers. Poultices of the leaves heal skin ulcers. It also improves acne.
____: The whole plant in infusions, mouth rinses and cleansing's help digestion increasing the gastric juices, it fights bad breath, it expulses intestinal parasites and calms menstrual pains.
Plants for the intestine
____: The leaves and seeds are a laxative par excellence, efficient and safe, it stimulates the motility of the large intestine and decreases the permeability of the intestine mucus.
____: The leaves and fruit, in infusions, irrigations, gargles, sitz baths and compresses reduce inflammation of the skin and the mucus. It heals digestive disorders, diarrhea, colitis and other ailments of the female genital system.
Plants for the anus and the rectum
____: All the parts of this vine hold healing properties: The leaves in infusions are medicine for vein circulatory ailments, hemorrhoids, chilblains, varicose veins, and diarrhea. The sap of the vine shoots heals skin irritations and irritated eyes. The ____ cure is very suitable for cleaning the blood. The oil from ____ seeds is highly applicable for excess of cholesterol.
____: It improves hemorrhoids taking a sitz bath with the decoction of the leaves and young buds, which also decreases the desire to smoke when chewed slowly. Also in poultices it is very useful to heal wounds, ulcers and boils.
Plants for the male sexual organ
____: The seeds reduce inflammation of the bladder and the prostate and expel intestinal parasites. The pulp of baked or boiled ____ is ideal for those suffering from digestive problems and kidney ailments.
____: This plant is normally presented in pharmaceutical preparations, it invigorates without exciting and without creating dependence increasing the energy production in the cells, therefore it increases sexual capacity and spermatozoid production, invigorating the organism in general.
Plants for the metabolism
____: infusions of the leaves are very useful in slimming diets due to its diuretic, depurative and anti cholesterol action.
____: It fights obesity and cellulite. Its algae have the property of removing the appetite and it is a gentle laxative.
Plants for the locomotive system
____: Poultices of fresh leaves alleviate rheumatic pain and inflammatory of the joints.
____: In infusions, essences, baths, frictions massages, fomentations and compresses it has invigorating properties for exhaustion, kidney colic, and rheumatism.
Plants for the skin
____: From the pulp of its leaves, the gel or juice is obtained which, when applied locally, in compresses, lotions, creams or pharmaceutical preparations, exercises beneficial effects on: wounds, burns, eczema, psoriasis, acne, fungi and herpes. It beautifies the skin and improves the appearance of scars.
____: The leaves and flowers in infusions or oil are an excellent remedy for burns, it moderates the inflammatory reaction, it has a local anesthetic effect, digestive, balancer of the nervous system and antidepressant.
Plants for infectious diseases
____: All the parts of this plant are natural antibiotics against respiratory and urinary infections. It encourages the functions of the skin. It acts against baldness.
____: It is a plant that has multiple anti-infectious properties with healing powers for the nervous system, digestive, respiratory and genital-urinary systems.
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para caramba gabricolado
Já agora...
O homem é peludo porque vem do macaco?
E o macaco?!
O que pensa o macaco de tudo isto?
Não pensa nada?
Pois!
Essa é a nossa tarefa...
Estamos todos de:
Sapatos altos,
E de cuecas nos joelhos....
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
E a televisão em cima do piano!
No dia 10 de junho...
Uns recebem umas “cenas” em ouro...
Os outros...
Coroas de fome!
Como são explendorosas;
A grão ordem do estômago vazio...
A cruz de mérito das paredes coladas do estômago!
Ainda desejam matar os poderosos?
Folhetos promocionais?
Correspondência formal?
Andam no engate outra vez!
Nos dias de hoje...
Judas seria o traído!
Radares ligados.
Forçado à paranóia...
Audiências...
O lucro sentado no sofá.
Ponham as vossas melhores chinelas!
Vamos ver do que eles são capazes.
Evita-se pensar...
À gente paga para isso.
A última geração da família dos gigantes!
Tenho as minhas palavras...
Como melhores que os vossos conceitos...
A lapiseira que serve para ferir o papel, também serve para vos espetar nos pescoços...
Ah! Morte divina.
Oh! Morte poética.
Podem fugir do vil criminoso, mas estão presos nas minhas entrelinhas...
As minhas raízes desvanecem no tempo que olha para trás!
O canto dos condenados...
A rouquidão milenar da besta...
O eterno animal exótico!
Gente dopada.
Farmácias com pernas.
Arrotos!
Azia de medicamentos...
Hipocondria.
A solidão das massas...
Hipotermia!
Nomes escalados.
Escalas.
Notas académicas.
O professor que se masturba...
A aluna que se masturba no professor!
A era aristotélica.
A era dos imbecis!
A pura selvajaria!
O altruísmo perfeito!
Pensamento...
Ligaram o televisor...
- Bem-vindos à filha da puta
Da vossa existência!
As mentiras psicopatas...
Forçaram-nos a sonhar!
Prenderam as garras das aves numa engenhosa malha de aço.
Sem dúvida...
A minha coroa de espinhos perfeita!
O sangue dos pássaros foi servido como vinho...
...e....
comercializado como tinta!
Tatuagens no cérebro?
Teoria do caos?
Espaço e tempo relativos?
- Perfeita monotonia...
Telecomunicações através de olhares.
Saias subidas.
Mamilos tesos!
Pedófilos.
Existem pedófilos?
Bomba nuclear...
Terrorismo religioso?
Aumento da taxa de natalidade?
Parabéns para a....
Raça humana.
Muitos parabéns!
O pritaneu dos gregos...
Eu sou de comer pouco!
Leite em pó e água,
É que não!
Estou farto...
Não me usem como desculpa,
Para serem ainda mais miseráveis.
Eu não sou desculpa,
Nem culpa,
De ninguém!
Sem ser de mim...
Idéias que mais parecem bocas...
Homens pequenos com grandes armas...
Grandes homens com palavras tão pequenas...
Os lençóis manchados com o melhor sangue vaginal/virginal...
Não servem para adornar os mastros do navio!
Vivemos?
Vivemos!
A constante dificuldade em adormecer...
A promessa continuamente reenforçada que o sol será uma estrela banal.
Canto ou insónia?
O encanto da mulher que toca violoncelo.
Actua...
Perante o seu público...
Nua...
Where: Hospital
Procedure: C-Section
Final Pregnancy Weight: 185lbs.
Two Ups: I love the epidural & room service
Two Downs: the smell of my own burnt flesh & being awake during the whole procedure as the doctors discuss the political candidates (shouldn't they be focusing on me)
Mood: Scared & Sleepy
It became evident that after 20 hours of labor, I would need a C-section. The doctor informed me that even though with the help of pitocin, I still wasn't able to sustain the contractions on my own. The baby was either too big to deliver vaginally or I was too small to push him out. I had endured 3 grueling of hours pushing and nothing, no progress.
At this point, I was exhausted, fatigued, tired and sleep deprived. I wanted him safely delivered and I didn't care by what means. What I wasn't prepared for was going into surgery. My heart was set on a vaginal birth, but the circumstances did not work in my favor. I began to feverishly shake. I was nervous and scared that I would have to be awake during this whole procedure. As I was strolled down the hospital hallway in the gurney, my mind began to race: will the epidural wear off before they begin cutting into me, will there be complications with the delivery, is my baby safe?
It happened so fast. They began with the incision, then I felt pressure in my lower abdomen and a tug. Soon, I heard a gurgling noise like someone trying to breathe, gasp for air. The nurse began to clear my child's airway. Then I heard his cry. At that point, I was relieved and I began to cry. It was the most beautiful sound.
The nurse brought him towards me. She put his forehead to mine and I kissed him. The first thing I said to him was, "I love you." That was the last thing I remember.
Modo de usar: Introduzir a bolinha no canal vaginal antes do ato sexual. Ao estourar libera uma deliciosa fragrância, lubrificando o local e dando o Maximo de prazer a mulher. Obs: A cápsula e feita de gelatina higienizada, ela dissolve completamente na vagina.
PREÇOS E INFORMAÇÕES PELO FLICKREMAIL.
The smoker masks the "alarm pheromone" which smells like bananas. If you smell a banana smell when working your hive, it's time to close things up and calmly walk away.
Types of honey bee pheromones
Alarm pheromone
Two main alarm pheromones have been identified in honeybee workers. One is released by the Koschevnikov gland, near the sting shaft, and consists of more than 40 chemical compounds, including isopentyl acetate (IPA), butyl acetate, 1-hexanol, n-butanol, 1-octanol, hexyl acetate, octyl acetate, n-pentyl acetate and 2-nonanol. These chemical compounds have low molecular weights, are highly volatile, and appear to be the least specific of all pheromones. Alarm pheromones are released when a bee stings another animal, and attract other bees to the location and causes the other bees to behave defensively, i.e. sting or charge. The alarm pheromone emitted when a bee stings another animal smells like bananas.[5] Smoke can mask the bees' alarm pheromone.
The other alarm pheromone is released by the mandibular glands and consists of 2-heptanone, which is also a highly volatile substance. This compound has a repellent effect and it was proposed that it is used to deter potential enemies and robber bees. The amounts of 2-heptanone increase with the age of bees and becomes higher in the case of foragers. It was therefore suggested that 2-heptanone is used by foragers to scent-mark recently visited and depleted foraging locations, which indeed are avoided by foraging bees. However, this has recently been proven false. In a new discovery, it was determined that bees actually use 2-heptanone as an anesthetic and to paralyze intruders. After the intruders are paralyzed, the bees remove them from the hive.[6]
Brood recognition pheromone
Another pheromone is responsible for preventing worker bees from bearing offspring in a colony that still has developing young. Both larvae and pupae emit a "brood recognition" pheromone. This inhibits ovarian development in worker bees and helps nurse bees distinguish worker larvae from drone larvae and pupae. This pheromone is a ten-component blend of fatty-acid esters, which also modulates adult caste ratios and foraging ontogeny dependent on its concentration. The components of brood pheromone have been shown to vary with the age of the developing bee. An artificial brood pheromone was invented by Yves Le Conte, Leam Sreng, Jérome Trouiller, and Serge Henri Poitou and patented in 1996.[7]
Drone pheromone
Drone Mandibular Pheromone attracts other flying drones to suitable sites for mating with virgin queens.[8]
Dufour's gland pheromone
The Dufour's gland (named after the French naturalist Léon Jean Marie Dufour) opens into the dorsal vaginal wall. Dufour’s gland and its secretion have been somewhat of a mystery. The gland secretes its alkaline products into the vaginal cavity, and it has been assumed to be deposited on the eggs as they are laid. Indeed, Dufour’s secretions allow worker bees to distinguish between eggs laid by the queen, which are attractive, and those laid by workers. The complex of as many as 24 chemicals differs between workers in "queenright" colonies and workers of queenless colonies. In the latter, the workers’ Dufour secretions are similar to those of a healthy queen. The secretions of workers in queenright colonies are long-chain alkanes with odd numbers of carbon atoms, but those of egg-laying queens and egg-laying workers of queenless colonies also include long chain esters.[9]
Egg marking pheromone
This pheromone, similar to that described above, helps nurse bees distinguish between eggs laid by the queen bee and eggs laid by a laying worker.
Footprint pheromone
This pheromone is left by bees when they walk and is useful in enhancing Nasonov pheromones in searching for nectar.
In the queen, it is an oily secretion of the queen's tarsal glands that is deposited on the comb as she walks across it. This inhibits queen cell construction (thereby inhibiting swarming), and its production diminishes as the queen ages.
Forager pheromone
Ethyl oleate is released by older forager bees to slow the maturing of nurse bees.[10] This primer pheromone acts as a distributed regulator to keep the ratio of nurse bees to forager bees in the balance that is most beneficial to the hive.
Nasonov pheromone
Nasonov pheromone is emitted by the worker bees and used for orientation and recruitment. Nasonov pheromone includes a number of terpenoids including geraniol, nerolic acid, citral and geranic acid.
The spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), also known as the laughing hyena, is a hyena species, currently classed as the sole extant member of the genus Crocuta, native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is listed as being of least concern by the IUCN on account of its widespread range and large numbers estimated between 27,000 and 47,000 individuals. The species is, however, experiencing declines outside of protected areas due to habitat loss and poaching. The species may have originated in Asia, and once ranged throughout Europe for at least one million years until the end of the Late Pleistocene. The spotted hyena is the largest known member of the Hyaenidae, and is further physically distinguished from other species by its vaguely bear-like build, its rounded ears, its less prominent mane, its spotted pelt, its more dual purposed dentition, its fewer nipples and the presence of a pseudo-penis in the female. It is the only mammalian species to lack an external vaginal opening. (Wikipedia)
Cavendish Mews is a smart set of flats in Mayfair where flapper and modern woman, the Honourable Lettice Chetwynd has set up home after coming of age and gaining her allowance. To supplement her already generous allowance, and to break away from dependence upon her family, Lettice has established herself as a society interior designer, so her flat is decorated with a mixture of elegant antique Georgian pieces and modern Art Deco furnishings, using it as a showroom for what she can offer to her well heeled clients.
Today we have following Lettice in one of London’s many taxis, in her case a rich and glossy blue one, as it ends its way through the city streets, leaving Cavendish Mews and Mayfair behind as Lettice heads west, skirting around Hyde Park via Hard Park, through the quiet and leafy tree lined streets of Tyburnia*, through the less salubrious and more crowded Westbourne Green** and finally into Notting Hill*** where it pulls up in front of an old two storey building with a rounded Georgian window in Portobello Road****. Lettice peers out of the window at the beautiful black painted bay filled with a vast and intriguing array of antiques, collectables and general bric-à-brac glinting in the pale summer sunshine. Above the window on a sign winding around the width of fascia***** reads ‘L. de Vries Curios******: items of interest bought and sold’.
“That’ll be six and six, mum.” the taxi driver says in rough and throaty voice through the glass divider between the driver’s compartment and the passenger carriage, breaking Lettice from her thoughts as she stares out the window.
Lettice’s eyes grow wide in shock as she lifts her beaded purse from her lap and opens it. “So that’s why you took me via the Grand Union Canal*******.” she mutters bitterly.
“I thought a nice laydee like yourself might enjoy the scenery, mum.” he defends with a wily smile as he tips the brim of his grey flannel worker’s cap. He leans back in his seat, stretching his arm through the window and opening his grubby palm to the well dressed lady swathed in a powder blue coat and a stylish hat in the black leather back seat.
“And you’d enjoy the extra fare.” Lettice retorts sulkily, fetching out the money from her reticule and dropping it into his outstretched hand, careful her dove grey kid glove clad hand does not come into contact with his dirty hand.
“Chap has to make an honest living, mum.” he replies, showing off a set of grey gravestone teeth******** as he smiles at the money falling into his palm.
“Honest!” Lettice scoffs as she opens the taxi door and alights onto the footpath, where a number of rather undernourished and scruffy looking children have gathered, drawn by the sight of the gleaming blue London taxi with its black and white chequered stripe and collapsible hood.
“Much obliged, mum.” he replies as she slams the door closed irritably.
With a belch from the engine the taxi glides out of the kerb and heads off down Portobello Road with the urchin children in hot pursuit, cheering and waving their hands enthusiastically.
Left alone in the high street, Lettice turns her back to the taxi disappearing in the distance and ascends the three steps up to the ship’s front door, which is painted a glossy black just like the window. She turns the polished brass handle and pushes open the door. A bell tinkles jovially above her head as the bell catches on the opening doorframe, announcing her arrival. Then, as the door closes softly behind her on its well-oiled hinges, her nose is hit by the familiar scents of Lancelot de Vries Curios and Collectables shop: bees wax furniture polish, Goddard’s Silver Polish********, candlewax, a hint of roses and the musty, dusty smell of old books, which reminded Lettice of her father’s beloved library in Wiltshire – one of her favourite rooms in Glynes, her childhood home and the Chetwynd’s family seat. She steps across the threshold and her feet sink into the thick woven carpets scattered across the bare boards and walks into the premises. Lancelot de Vries Curios and Collectables is a trove of treasures. Everywhere you look there is something of interest that if not enough to take your fancy, will at least pique your interest, as it does Lettice’s. The walls of the shop are lined with tall shelves or china cabinets, with a few bare parched of flocked wallpaper sporting paintings in gilded frames or ornamental plates. Each shelf and mirror backed cabinet is cluttered with any array of decorative porcelain in hundreds of different designs and patterns. Then the shop floor is cluttered with still more cabinets, tables, glass topped counters and pedestals with every surface put to full use to display Mr. de Vries’ wares: glass, pottery, fine porcelain, silverware, vases, urns, figurines, epergnes********** cottage orné pastille burners***********, dinner services, tureens, jugs, teapots and so much more. Yet in spite of it being so overly cluttered, the proprietor has an encyclopaedic knowledge of every last piece of his establishment’s inventory: where everything is, what its provenance************ is and what his cost for it is. And there, in its centre, surrounded by his beloved bric-à-brac, sat Mr. Lancelot de Vries himself.
“Ahh, Miss dear Chetwynd!” Mr. de Vries announces, his middle-aged face, not youthful but still handsome, beaming out at her as she steps into the centre of his showroom.
“How do you do, Mr. de Vries.” Lettice replies.
Mr. de Vries quickly picks himself up off his small stool and scuttles around the edge of his glass fronted and topped main counter stuffed with bits and pieces and envelops Lettice in a warm embrace. As he steps back at appraises Lettice, she does the same of him, noting his usual eccentric choice of garb of a Japanese kimono with fill ceremonial sleeves, this time a Naples yellow silk one embroidered with cobalt blue dragons, over the top of his suit, and his signature heavily embroidered deep red smoking cap************* with its dancing, dangling tassel, which is so old fashioned and out of vogue for gentlemen in the 1920s. Nevertheless Mr. de Vries eccentricities do not disturb Lettice or any of this other customers, and Lettice finds it an endearing quality.
“You’ll pardon me for expressing this,” he says with a frown that crumples his brow. “But you look tired my dear.” He raises his right hand and runs his thumb around Lettice’s left eye, pressing the skin beneath it. “You’ve got circles under your eyes.” He scolds. “I think I have some boric acid in my storeroom. I’ll send you home with some for a boric acid eyebath**************.”
“Oh no, Mr. de Vries…” Lettice protests, but he silences her by raising his long and elegant right hand with manicured fingernails*************** dressed with a few too many beautiful rings of winking precious stones and gold.
“Now, I won’t hear a word of excuse, Miss Chetwynd!” he insists in his beautifully cultured tones. “I saw Gerald at The Ham Bone*************** the other night with that lovely little oboist of his, and he told me, when I asked after your well being, that you’ve had a great deal on your mind at present.”
“Did he now!” Lettice exclaims indignantly. “I shall have to have words with him about that. I don’t like being gossiped about.”
“Now don’t be churlish, Miss Chetwynd,” Mr. de Vries chides with a wagging finger. “Of course you do. We all do. It’s what London’s society pages are for, and you are always in them.”
“Very well,” Lettice concedes. “I don’t like being the subject of gossip amongst my friends.”
“And you weren’t, Miss Chetwynd.” Mr. de Vries assures her. “The reasons behind what was on your mind were not entered into. Everyone knows how discreet dear Gerald is with your confidences and friendship. He’d never break that trust.”
Lettice sighs with relief. “Well one reason is why I have come to see you today, Mr. de Vries.” she explains as the proprietor turns his back on her and returns to his spot behind the counter, the silk of his kimono billowing behind him, wafting out traces of his musky and sweet eau de cologne.
“Moi?” Mr. de Vries asks, pressing his hand to his chest and posing like a melodramatic silent film actress. “Please, do tell me all about it, Miss Chetwynd.” he purrs. “I am nothing if not resourceful. Thinking of which, I’ll pour you a tea. Kettle’s not lomng boiled”
“Err… thank you, Mr. de Vries. Well,” Lettice wanders up to the counter and notices a small Primus stove***************** carefully discreeted in a corner, partially obscured by the edge of a built in shelf. “It’s my latest interior.”
“Yes, Miss Chetwynd?” Mr. de Vries probes as he pours tea from an ordinary and old Brown Betty****************** rather than a fine French or Russian porcelain teapot like she expected, into a fine china cup for her. “Who is your client?”
“It’s Dolly Hatchett.”
“What? The pretty wife of Charlie Hatchett, the MP for Tower Hamlets*******************?” he asks, a well-manicured eyebrow arching over his right eye as he looks at Lettice.
“The very same.” Lettice replies with a shallow nod. “She has commissioned me to redecorate several principle rooms on the first floor of the Hatchetts’ new Queen Anne’s Gate******************** townhouse to be used for entertaining.”
“She was a chorus girl, you know?” Mr. de Vries remarks as he hands Lettice her cup, saucer and teaspoon. “Help yourself to sucre,” he says using the French word for sugar as he indicates to where the sugar bowl sits, hidden amidst the dozens of interesting items clustered atop the counter. “And some lait.” He then goes on. “‘Chu Chin Chow was her last performance before she met dashing young Captain Hatchett during the War.”
“Yes, I did know, Mr. de Vries. The question is, how do you know so much about her?”
“Oh, a few friends and I took rather a fancy to her.” Mr. de Vries flaps his hand around flippantly through the air. “Besides, thank to you she is now one of Gerald’s most influential clients, so when he talks shop, things come out, don’t you know.” He coughs awkwardly. “You introduced them, I believe, didn’t you?”
“Yes, in early 1921. I did some interior designs for their house in Rotherfield and Mark Cross.”
“But now you’re designing for her London abode.”
“Indeed, and she has come a long way from being a chorus girl, Mr. de Vries, I assure you. The Mrs. Hatchett I know now is a far cry from the mousy and unsure little thing I met back then. She is self-assured, and she wants to be at the vanguard of fashion and hold salons, political for her husband and creative herself.”
“And thus, why she has re-engaged your services, Miss Chetwynd? To create a stylish interior that is modern, but not too modern, and stylish, so that she might impress her guests.”
“Exactly, Mr, de Vries. But I need that certain something… that… je ne sais quoi*********************, which only you can provide me with Mr. de Vries.”
“And what might that je ne sais quoi look like, Miss Chetwynd?”
“Well my décor is set. Walls papered in pale grey geometric patterns, soft furnishings in a greenish grey, accents of black japanned wood with a few carefully placed chinoiserie pieces. At Mrs. Hatchett’s request, a rater striking portrait of hers shall hang over the fireplace.”
“I imagine that would handsome indeed, Miss Chetwynd.”
“Indeed, it is, Mr, de Vries. I need a pair of something,” She glances around the shop looking as she lifts her teacup to her lips. “To stand alone on two plinths to either side of the fireplace, planking her portrait. Something striking, but not too striking to overpower the portrait. Nothing too fusty or frilly. Old, yet contemporary enough for my simplistic and modern interior.”
“My goodness Miss Chetwynd!” Mr. de Vries says, talking a sip of his own tea. “You do try and test even my skills as a purveyor of objet d’art.”
“And that is why I paid the six and six taxi fare to get here, Mr. de Vires.”
“Six and six!” the gentleman gasps, returning his delicate teacup to its equally dainty saucer.
“I know.”
“Took you the scenic route, evidently.”
“Yes, via the Grand Union Canal.”
“Goodness Miss Chetwynd!” Mr. de Vries opines. “He really did take you on the most circuitous route. How many times have I told you that the best way to visit my establishment is to travel along Hyde Park Place and the Bayswater Road to Notting Hill Gate.”
“I know, but the traffic along the Bayswater Road was impossible, Mr, de Vries!” Lettice defends. “You should have seen it! I felt I had no choice but to agree to the taxi driver.” Lettice pauses for a moment. “I still don’t understand why you aren’t somewhere more central, Mr. de Vries.” She waves her hands expansively around her at all the wonderful pieces fitted skilfully into the shop’s space. “You have so many treasures, and I’m sure that more people would visit you in Mayfair than here in Notting Hill.”
Mr. de Vries doesn’t answer Lettice immediately.
Behind his colourful, rather over the top and flamboyant façade, which he uses to charm, beguile and entertain the people of his acquaintance, the truth of Lancelot de Vries is a very well-guarded secret, known only by him, and he also uses the projection of his larger-than-life and rather eccentric personality to deflect unwanted questions or scrutiny. Not only is he a homosexual, an illegal offence punishable by imprisonment with hard labour**********************, which requires a great deal of careful discretion and subterfuge, his origins are also very different to what friends like Gerald and clients like Lettice think. Born Lapidot Landowska to Ashkenazi Orthodox Jewish*********************** parents recently arrived from Łódź in Poland in 1882 who had settled into a poky flat in Paddington, before moving to one of the former grand Victorian houses in Notting Hill that were slowly being converted at the time from luxury housing to boarding houses. Lapidot’s father was a clerk and his mother a housewife. Learning quickly as a young lad that his Orthodox Jewishness was not going to curry him any favours, he went to the library, to study the antiques he had discovered he liked after receiving some very basic tutoring from a local rag-and-bone man************************ who occasionally was given a nice piece of china or glassware. However, what he found of equal value as the knowledge he gained, was that thanks to his keen ear and ability for mimicry, he was able to start to speak like a real Englishman, rather than a Polish immigrant from Łódź. When he set up his antiques and collectables business in Notting Hill, he changed his name to Lancelot de Vries to rid himself of any last vestiges of his past. He took a lease on a shop that offered living quarters above it to allow him to live his own life and indulge in his proclivities he knew his parents nor any member of his Ashkenazi community would understand or accept, yet he still lived close enough to his parents to keep an eye on them and care for them in their dotage. Notting Hill also allowed him to remain in the Ashkenazi community he had grown up in. None of this friends from the world of antiques and art, or the underground world of homosexual clubs needed to know any of this, and he would have more credibility and clients as Lancelot de Vries, English gentleman, than as Lapidot Landowska the Jew.
“I promise, Miss Chetwynd that it will be worth the expense to Notting Hill, even a more costly and scenic one, to find you your perfect je ne sais quoi.”
Lettice sighs. “Thank you, Mr. de Vries.”
“Now, let me fetch you another cup of tea from the pot. Searching for that certain je ne sais quoi can take time. I’m sure I have some Kamishbrot************************ here too to sate any hunger whilst fossicking.”
“Kamishbrot?” Lettice queries. “That sounds like a German dish.”
Realising his faux pas as mentioning the name of the kosher biscuits baked by the local European Ashkenazi community in Notting Hill that he ate as a child and still does in adulthood, Mr. de Vries quickly covers it up, “Well there are some Eastern European people who live hereabouts in Notting Hill, and there is a rather lovely almond biscuit that a local baker supplies which apparently comes from a very old recipe of a local lady. I’m quite partial to them, and I’m sure you will enjoy them too, Miss Chetwynd.” He smiles at her. “Now why don’t you start looking, whilst I find the biscuit sachet*************************.”
And so, Lettice begins the pleasurable task of finding her certain je ne sais quoi as she begins to peruse the fine porcelain and objet d’art on Mr. de Vries’ shelves.
*Tyburnia is an affluent residential district in Paddington, London, located north of Hyde Park. Developed from 1824 based on a masterplan by Samuel Pepys Cockerell, it was designed to be an upper-class rival to Belgravia. The area is known for its elegant, cream-stuccoed, Georgian and Victorian townhouses, leafy squares, and prestigious, quiet streets, unlike neighbouring Paddington, which when from middle class aspirations to having some of the worst slims on London by the 1920s, Tyburnia retained its wealthy, respectable character through the 1920s. The area was populated by affluent merchants, professionals, and notable figures (Winston Churchill lived in Sussex Square in Tyburnia in the early 1920s).
**Westbourne Green (a housing subdivision in Paddington) not considered a wealthy suburb in the 1920s. While the wider Paddington and Bayswater areas contained wealthy pockets, Westbourne Green had transitioned from its earlier rural charm and then wealthy Victorian subdivision into a heavily populated, working-class district. By the 1920s, the area suffered from social decline, high-density overcrowding, and poverty. The large Victorian townhouses of Westbourne Greeb’s more affluent period were frequently subdivided into cheap, multi-occupancy rentals to house working-class families.
***In the 1920s, Notting Hill was a transitioning neighbourhood. With a sharp decline in domestic staff following the Great War, affluent servant-employing families abandoned their grand Victorian homes. These properties were carved up into smaller apartments and boarding houses, drawing a transient, working-class demographic. The physical decay of certain sections led to cheap rents, which attracted artists, bohemian thinkers, and writers who mixed with the local working-class residents, slowly transforming Notting Hill into a Bohemian area which would flourish in the coming decades. In spite of the changing demographic, Notting Hill Gate, the central thoroughfare was still viewed as one of London's fashionable shopping districts. It featured thriving department stores and easy connections via the Metropolitan Railway and Central Line. The famous Portobello Market, having started as a simple fruit and vegetable market in the Nineteenth Century, by the 1920s marked an era of aggressive expansion, with a growing number of antique vendors setting up stalls. It also began expanding rapidly to a six days a week market.
****In the 1920s, Portobello Road was a bustling, working-class hub in Notting Hill, London. Originally established to sell fresh food and daily essentials, the area featured legendary sites like the Electric Cinema—one of the UK's first cinemas—and famously provided inexpensive lodgings to the author George Orwell in 1927.b The antiques we know Portobello Road for today began its germination in the 1920s, becoming a mainstay and attraction by the 1930s.
*****The primary structure above a shop window where the main sign is attached is called a fascia (or fascia sign). If there is an awning, this same flat area on the front face of the awning is often called the awning fascia.
******The Grand Union Canal is a one-hundred-and-thirty-seven-mile waterway connecting London to Birmingham. In the capital, it features two primary routes: the historic mainline ending at Brentford (River Thames) and the Paddington Arm, which terminates near Paddington Station. A pretty and tranquil place to stroll in the day, the towpaths are highly popular today for walking, cycling, and leisure boating.
******In the 1920s, antique shops were commonly referred to as curiosity shops, antiquaries, or bric-à-brac shops. These spaces often served as a hybrid between a museum and a retail store, where dealers sold a mixed variety of historical relics, estate furniture, and decorative knick-knacks.
*******A worker's flat cap is a traditional, rounded cap with a small, stiff brim in front, historically worn by working-class men in the UK, Ireland, and North America from the Fourteenth Century onwards. In 1571, the English government mandated that all males over six (except nobility) wear a wool cap on Sundays and holidays to boost the wool industry, solidifying the flat cap's status as a working-class staple. Over time, it became a symbol of working-class culture, often associated with the phrase "flat cap and whippet," before also being adopted for leisure activities like golf. It was designed to be practical for manual labour—worn by farmers, miners, and factory workers — providing weather protection. It is known for its simple, rounded shape, which can be pulled forward for extra protection against the wind. Made typically of wool, tweed, or cotton, it was favoured for its durability, affordability, and warmth.
********“Gravestone teeth” is descriptive term used, unkindly, to describe an eerie, uneven, or menacing smile, where teeth are often crowded together like gravestones in a churchyard , and are often grey due to poor dental hygiene.
*********Goddard's Silver Polish was first invented in 1839. During the 1830s, electroplated silverware became highly popular. However, the standard polishes of the era contained harsh abrasives or mercury, which quickly stripped and ruined the delicate, thin silver plating. After numerous attempts, Joseph Goddard perfected a gentle formula in 1839 that safely removed tarnish without wearing away the silver. His invention became highly successful, earning six gold medals for excellence at the 1885 American Exposition. The brand expanded internationally and was even chosen to clean the British Royal Crown. Today, Goddard's continues to produce a wide variety of fine metal care, jewelry, and wood furniture polishes based on this tradition.
**********An epergne is a large, ornate dining table centrepiece, usually made of silver, glass, or porcelain. It features a large central bowl or vase with multiple branching arms that hold smaller dishes, baskets, or candleholders. They were very popular during the Victorian era when a lavish table display, including flowers, displayed your wealth and status.
***********A cottage orné pastille burner is an antique, decorative ceramic vessel designed to look like a rustic, highly stylized country cottage. Popular in the late 18th and 19th centuries, they were used as room deodorizers to burn "pastilles"—small cones of incense made from charcoal, essential oils, and gum arabic.
************Provenance refers to the origin, source, or the historical "chain of custody" of an item or record. It details where something came from, who created it, and its complete history of ownership or location over time.
*************The ornate, hand-embroidered indoor caps worn by Victorian men around the house were known as smoking caps or lounging caps. They were worn indoors to keep a gentleman's head warm and to protect his hair and everyday clothes from the pungent smell of tobacco ash and smoke. In the Victorian era, it was considered highly improper to smoke in front of women. Men would retire to a designated smoking room, changing into a comfortable smoking jacket and cap before indulging. Smoking caps were generally shaped like a squat, brimless cylinder (often resembling a pillbox or a soft version of an Eastern fez). They were typically made of luxurious fabrics like velvet or silk, heavily embroidered in bright or gaudy colours, and topped with a dangling tassel. They were rarely bought in stores. Often, they were lovingly made by wives or young ladies as gifts for their fiancés or husbands, allowing them to showcase their embroidery skills.
**************In the 1920s, a common remedy to soothe tired, strained eyes was the eye bath. People used small, specially shaped glass or porcelain cups filled with a mild medicated solution—often a diluted mixture of boric acid and water. Boric acid is a naturally occurring compound of boron, oxygen, and hydrogen. It typically appears as an odorless, white powder or colourless crystal. It is widely used in homes today as an insecticide, in medicine for vaginal health, and in various industrial and manufacturing processes.
***************Contrary to popular belief, men in the 1920s often got manicures, and it wasn’t seen as being unmanly. Well-groomed hands were an essential part of a refined, high-society image for men. Rather than being a strictly feminine indulgence, professional nail care and "visiting manicures" were incredibly popular among men in this era.
****************The Hambone Club (known by its patients more colloquially as The Ham Bone) was one of Soho's many discreetly hidden-away bohemian and gay-friendly clubs that catered to artists and outcasts of the era.
*****************A Primus stove is a highly popular, portable outdoor stove designed for camping, backpacking, and expeditions. Originating in Sweden in 1892, it was the first pressurized-burner kerosene stove. Today, the term refers to a wide range of modern, high-efficiency camping and backpacking stoves manufactured by the Swedish brand Primus.
******************A Brown Betty is a type of teapot, round and with a manganese brown glaze known as Rockingham glaze. In the Victorian era, when tea was at its peak of popularity, tea brewed in the Brown Betty was considered excellent. This was attributed to the design of the pot which allowed the tea leaves more freedom to swirl around as the water was poured into the pot, releasing more flavour with less bitterness.
*******************The London constituency of Tower Hamlets includes such areas and historic towns as (roughly from west to east) Spitalfields, Whitechapel, Bethnal Green, Wapping, Shadwell, Mile End, Stepney, Limehouse, Old Ford, Bow, Bromley, Poplar, and the Isle of Dogs (with Millwall, the West India Docks, and Cubitt Town), making it a majority working class constituency in 1925 when this story is set. Tower Hamlets included some of the worst slums and societal issues of inequality and poverty in England at that time.
********************Queen Anne’s Gate is a street in Westminster, London. Many of the buildings are Grade I listed, known for their Queen Anne architecture. Simon Bradley and Nikolaus Pevsner described the Gate’s early Eighteenth Century houses as “the best of their kind in London.” The street’s proximity to the Palace of Westminster made it a popular residential area for politicians.
********************‘Chu Chin Chow’ is a musical comedy written, produced and directed by Oscar Asche, with music by Frederic Norton, based on the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. It was the most popular show in London’s West End during the Great War. It premiered at His Majesty’s Theatre in London on the 3rd of August 1916 and ran for 2,238 performances, a record number that stood for nearly forty years!
*********************Je ne sais quoi is a French phrase used in English to describe a little, (indescribable) something which cannot be pinpointed. A little 'I don't know what'. “Je ne sais quoi” translates directly from the French as “I don't know what”.
**********************Prior to 1967 with the introduction of the Sexual Offences Act which decriminalised private homosexual acts between men aged over twenty-one, homosexuality in England was illegal, and in the 1920s when this story is set, carried heavy penalties including prison sentences with hard labour. The law was not changed for Scotland until 1980, or for Northern Ireland until 1982.
***********************An Ashkenazi Orthodox Jew is someone who strictly observes traditional Jewish law (Halakha) and adheres to the cultural and liturgical customs developed by Jews of Central and Eastern European (Ashkenazi) descent. This combines the religious adherence of Orthodoxy with a specific geographical and cultural heritage.
************************A "rag-and-bone man" (historically also called a totter) is a traditional British occupation. It refers to a person who travels door-to-door, typically on foot or with a horse and cart, collecting discarded household items—such as old clothing, rags, scrap metal, and bones—to sell for recycling or reuse.
************************One of the most authentic and enduring traditional kosher biscuits made in England in the 1920s is Mandelbrot (often called Mandel Bread or Kamishbrot). Deeply embedded in Anglo-Jewish baking culture, particularly among the Eastern European Ashkenazi communities who settled in London’s East End during that era, Mandelbrot is traditionally a crisp, twice-baked almond biscuit. As kosher dietary laws (kashrut) forbid mixing dairy and meat, these biscuits were specifically created using oil or margarine instead of butter. This allowed the Jewish community to enjoy them with afternoon tea, even after a meat-based Sabbath or holiday meal.
************************A biscuit sachet is an antique, hinged serving container—usually made of sterling silver or silver plate—designed to hold and display biscuits at the dining table. They were especially popular in Victorian and Edwardian England. During the Nineteenth Century, serving biscuits with tea or dessert was a mark of high social standing. Rather than keeping them in a traditional closed box, hosts used a biscuit sachet on the dining table or sideboard so guests could easily select a biscuit while keeping them elegantly arranged. They typically feature a hinged mechanism that allows the two halves of the sachet to open and lay flat. When opened, they fan out to reveal an internal fan, rack, or grill that holds biscuits upright. These pieces were highly decorative. Common designs feature embossed or chased scrollwork, floral motifs, or highly sought-after novelty shapes like scallop shells.
This cluttered antiques, curios and collectables shop may appear real to you, and you might even like to have a fossick in it as I would, but the fact is that it is entirely made up of pieces from my 1:12 miniatures collection, including items from my own childhood.
There are more than one hundred and fifty individual items of decorative porcelain and glassware in this scene, and it took hours to set it all up. It would be difficult to describe everything and identify where it all came from, but there are some very special pieces here which I will point out.
Fun things to look for in this tableau include:
The pair of statues standing on the counter: the Gentleman with the Butterfly and the lady with a Bird are made by Warwick Miniatures in Ireland, who are well known for the quality and detail applied to their pieces, The pair have been hand painted and gilded by me. There is a further gentleman statue inside the central glass fronted counter made by Warwick Miniatures and painted by me, as well as a pair of smaller statues on the edge of the sideboard at the right of the photo in the foreground, and a brightly painted Mandarin statue on the small black japanned occasional table to the left of the sideboard.
The dainty swan decorated with blue and yellow petunias on the counter and the small boot filled with purple petunias behind it have been hand made and painted by 1:12 miniature ceramicist Ann Dalton. A small ornamental vase decorated with purple petunias and two ornamental vases of blue, purple and yellow petunias can be seen on the round table to the far left of the picture in the foreground. Other pieces of hers can be seen on the central countertop, and on the second to top and bottom shelf in the back left hand of the photograph.
The Eighteen Century style cow statue surrounded by roses on the round table at the right in the foreground, and an Eighteenth Century gentleman standing on the right-hand stork pillar are made by British miniature ceramicist, Kay Lewis.
The tall jug decorated with a red poppy to the left Kay Lewis’ Eighteenth Century gentleman, standing on the countertop has been designed by the English miniature ceramic artist, Rachael Munday, whose work is always of high quality and highly sought after by miniature collectors around the world. The floral teapot to the far left of the counter, partially obscured by the left-hand stirk pillar is also made by her. In addition, these pieces there are also several more scattered across the shelves in the background and in the glass fronted central cabinet. The plates hanging on the wallpaper in the background are also decorated by Rachael Munday.
The dainty flower decorated ornamental candlestick next to the Rachael Munday jug and the ink well set near the centre of the glass topped counter were made by Warwick Miniatures in Ireland, but hand painted by British miniature artisan Victoria Fasken.
The tall cranberry glass vase with the barley twist decoration on the left hand swan plinth has been made by miniature glass artisan Philip Grenyer. He also made the two fluted cranberry glass vases seen in the bottom right hand corner of the glass fronted cabinet at the centre of the image.
The cottage orné pastille burner and the Staffordshire cows in the background on the third shelf from the top of the units to the left-hand side of the photograph have been hand made, painted and gilded by Welsh miniature ceramist Rachel Williams who has her own studio, V&R Miniatures, in Powys. Also made by Rachel Williams are the foxes on the sideboard in the foreground to the right of the photograph and the castle shaped pastille burner behind the two Warwick Miniature statues on the same sideboard, and the Prince of Wales vase in the bottom left-hand corner of the central glass fronted counter.
The green Wedgwood style vase on the floor to the left of the photograph and the two black Dragonware vases also on the floor I have had since I acquired them from an antique car boot sale when I was a child. These pieces are all old. The Wedgwood is likely Victorian and the two Dragonware vases are from around 1900 to 1905.
The jewellery casket behind the Wedgwood Jasperware look teapot on the countertop is in reality an Eighteenth Century miniature trinket made of gold and enamel. It is so dainty. The lid opens and one could store something incredibly small in it (like a handful of diamond chips), and there is a loop (hidden at the back) which allows it to be strung upon a chain. I picked this piece up from an antique dealer in London many years ago.
The four Limoges vases on the countertop to the right were all made by by M.W. Reutter Porzellanfabrik in Germany, who specialise in making high quality porcelain miniatures. Other pieces by them include the urn, the bowl and the vase on the table to the left of the photograph in the midground, the floral vase in the floor at the foot of the glass counter, the cake plate to the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph. Pieces by M.W. Reutter Porzellanfabrik are also littered along all the shelves in the background.
The spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), also known as the laughing hyena, is a hyena species, currently classed as the sole extant member of the genus Crocuta, native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is listed as being of least concern by the IUCN on account of its widespread range and large numbers estimated between 27,000 and 47,000 individuals. The species is, however, experiencing declines outside of protected areas due to habitat loss and poaching. The species may have originated in Asia, and once ranged throughout Europe for at least one million years until the end of the Late Pleistocene. The spotted hyena is the largest known member of the Hyaenidae, and is further physically distinguished from other species by its vaguely bear-like build, its rounded ears, its less prominent mane, its spotted pelt, its more dual purposed dentition, its fewer nipples and the presence of a pseudo-penis in the female. It is the only mammalian species to lack an external vaginal opening. (Wikipedia)
The spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), also known as the laughing hyena, is a hyena species, currently classed as the sole extant member of the genus Crocuta, native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is listed as being of least concern by the IUCN on account of its widespread range and large numbers estimated between 27,000 and 47,000 individuals. The species is, however, experiencing declines outside of protected areas due to habitat loss and poaching. The species may have originated in Asia, and once ranged throughout Europe for at least one million years until the end of the Late Pleistocene. The spotted hyena is the largest known member of the Hyaenidae, and is further physically distinguished from other species by its vaguely bear-like build, its rounded ears, its less prominent mane, its spotted pelt, its more dual purposed dentition, its fewer nipples and the presence of a pseudo-penis in the female. It is the only mammalian species to lack an external vaginal opening. (Wikipedia)
Wild South Africa
Kruger National Park
Spotted Hyena
'Spotted hyenas deserve respect not contempt. More often than not, they hunt down their prey rather than scavenge. They are fabulously intelligent, with massive brains and one of the most complex social set-ups of any carnivore. Females dominate males and have no vaginal opening, but they do sport an impressive, fully erectile clitoris'
BBC Earth
Danksagung: Über zeitgenössischen Schmuck lernte ich seit ich Kind bin, da mich meine Eltern in die Galerie am Graben (Galeristin Inge Asenbaum 1925 - 2016) mitnahmen und dann später auch, seit ihrer Gründung 1982 (da war ich 15), in die Galerie V&V (Veronika Schwarzinger, Verena Formanek) So begann in meiner Kindheit meine Auseinandersetzung mit der Bedeutung von Schmuck und einem Begriff von Schmuck nicht im traditionellen Sinn als Dekor, Wertanlage (Materialwert Gold, Edelsteine....), Statussymbol etc.
A few TEDx Talks from different countries:
Pravin Nikam: "Men need to talk about menstruation"
Annemarie Harant, Bettina Steinbrugger : "Breaking the bloody taboo"
Berkley Conner: "What if periods were free?"
Nadya Okamoto: "The Menstrual Movement"
Diana Fabianova: "The menstruation taboo" (with Englsih subtitles)
Aditi Gupta: "A taboo-free way to talk about periods"
Chella Quint: "in Menstruating: Don't Use Shame to Sell"
Rupal Gupta, Apurva Kothari, Niharika Adwani: "A period to period-shaming. - TEDxYouth" (all links: youtube)
So manch einem, der den 2. Februar als Marienfeiertag (zur Erinnerung 2.Februar: Christliches Fest Mariä Lichtmeß Purificatio Mariae (Bibel: Frau während Regel und nach Geburt unrein - daher Purificatio, Reinigung....) feiert, ist der Frauentag am 8. März (UN Tag für die Rechte der Frau) nicht einmal eine Erwähnung wert....
Wenn Menschen dagegen kämpfen, daß Frauen während der Menstruation als dreckig angesehen und behandelt werden - siehe Videos- hat das sehr wohl etwas mit FrauenBEFREIUNG zu tun, hat das sehr wohl etwas mit Rechten der Frau zu tun.
Part of: "res noscenda note notiz sketch skizze material sammlung collection entwurf überlegung gedanke brainstorming musterbogen schnittmuster zwischenbilanz bestandsaufnahme rückschau vorschau" Schmuck Design - 8. März Internationaler Frauentag - die Donau so blau ist nicht blau und Schnee ist nicht weiß
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This is another Reverse Lense project which I took last afternoon @ my yard.
I have attempted many shots & selected this .
Enjoy!!
"Uneasy lies the head", apparently.
Henry IV, Part 2
What is the meaning of crowning in pregnancy?
Definition. The characteristic sign of impending birth during the second stage of labor. The presenting part of the head of fetus is visible and firmly rimmed by the maternal vaginal wall. [ from NCI]
For Emma - I Love You.............
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Feminist artist Sputniko! (Hiromi Ozaki) created a menstruation machine, which lets one feel the pain of cramps like during menstruation.
And here a link to her menstruation machine video: "Sputniko! - Menstruation Machine, Takashi's Take "
Nicht unrein und zwar hier und jetzt und nicht erst in irgendeinem Jenseits, Himmel (im Sinne von heaven und nicht im Sinne von sky), Totenreich, Paradies,.... Verweise auf ein Jenseits sind Vertröstungen, dienen nur dazu Menschen dazu zu bringen Istzustände zu akzeptieren ohne zu versuchen sie zu verbessern, es ermöglicht die Unterdrückung. (Heinrich Heine "Es ist mehr Verwandtschaft zwischen Opium und Religion als sich die meisten Menschen träumen lassen.", Karl Marx: Religion ist das Opium des Volkes) Was aber, wenn da nichts mehr ist nach dem Tod, wenn da kein besseres Reich kommt, und nach wie vor gibt es keinen Beweis für irgendeine dieser Jenseits-, Paradies-, Totenreichphantasien. Hier und jetzt muß man kämpfen, daß Frauen sich nicht unrein zu fühlen brauchen, daß Frauen nicht stigmatisiert werden. Wenn man sich immer auf ein Jenseits, das mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit nach nicht existiert, vertrösten hätte lassen, dann hätte sich hier, im Diesseits, das mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit das einzige ist, was existiert, nie etwas geändert.
Dann gäbe es auch kein Frauenwahlrecht - so wie es im Vatikan nach wie vor -auch im Jahr 2017- kein Frauenwahlrecht gibt.
Während der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus war eine Begehung des Frauentages am 8. März verboten. Stattdessen wurde der 3. Sonntag im Mai zum: „Gedenk- und Ehrentag der deutschen Mütter“ Sozusagen: deutsche Gebärmaschinen statt internationale Frauenrechte.
Und nun kann man nocheinmal nachdenken über: Männer, egal welcher sexuellen Ausrichtung, für die Marienfeiertage zählen, die aber den UN Tag für die Rechte der Frau nicht einmal erwähnenswert finden.
Denn so manch einem, der den 2. Februar als Marienfeiertag (zur Erinnerung 2.Februar: Christliches Fest Mariä Lichtmeß Purificatio Mariae (Bibel: Frau während Regel und nach Geburt unrein - daher Purificatio, Reinigung....) feiert, ist der Frauentag am 8. März (UN Tag für die Rechte der Frau) nicht einmal eine Erwähnung wert....
Wenn Menschen dagegen kämpfen, daß Frauen während der Menstruation als dreckig angesehen und behandelt werden, wenn dagegen gekämpft wird, daß Frauen eingeredet wird, daß sie unrein seien, hat das sehr wohl etwas mit FrauenBEFREIUNG zu tun, hat sehr wohl etwas mit Rechten der Frau zu tun.
Die Stilisierung einer einzelnen Frau zur jungfräulichen Mutter (bis hin zu der Hochstilisierung zur absolut reinen Frau, die nie eine Menstruation hatte) und deren Verehrung in Marienkulten trägt in keinster Weise zur Frauenbefreiung bei, im Gegenteil. Dies als kurze Stellungnahme zu Argumentationen wie "das christentum ist frauenfeindlich (stimmt nur teilweise - s. marienkult, [....]" (wörtl. Zitat Kommentar Fabio Keiner).
Und nun kann man abermals nachdenken über: Männer, egal welcher sexuellen Ausrichtung, für die Marienfeiertage zählen, die aber den Tag für die Rechte der Frau nicht einmal erwähnenswert finden.
Part of: "Rorschach - Not Rorschach: Inkblot Klecksography Faltbild Abklatsch Klecksographie - Spiegel Mirror" kein Mirakel kein Orakel // "res noscenda note notiz sketch skizze material sammlung collection entwurf überlegung gedanke brainstorming musterbogen schnittmuster zwischenbilanz bestandsaufnahme rückschau vorschau" Schmuck Design - 8. März Internationaler Frauentag - die Donau so blau ist nicht blau und Schnee ist weder weiß noch off-white // anti-sakrale Kunst / Esoterik Entlarvung / kein Fetisch
9. März #halbiert #symmetry #symmetrie #asymmetrie #rorschach #menstruation #regel #blutung #periode #monatsblutung #tage #krawatte #tie #mythos #religion #trinity #trinität #dreifaltigkeit #heilig #tabu #taboo #märchen #myth #frau #woman #frauentag #feminismus #emanzipation #fashion #mode #herrenmode #accessoire #dekor #decor #flankerl #flusen #watte #abfall #abschnitt #tampon #sign #zeichen #damenmode #hemd #shirt #chemise #frackhemd #frack #smokinghemd #knopfleiste #baumwolle #cotton #wolle #wool #gefärbt #blut #blood #red #rot #blutrot #weiß #white #blütenweiß #black #schwarz #schmuck #design #schmücken #konzeptkunst #menstruationsneid #vaginaneid #gebärneid #gebärmutterneid #mann #männer #men #circle #kreis #faden #thread #naht #knopf #knopfloch #schneiden #schnitt #geschnitten #zerschnitten #hälfte #halbiert #innenseite #botschaft #nachricht #aussage #statement #inhalt #form #kleidung #kostüm #kleid #gewand #off-white #frau #grey #gray #grauabstufung #grauschattierung #falten #fold #wrinkles
Photographed in South Africa from a safari vehicle
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Many/most Spotted Hyenas I've seen look very unkempt with tangled and muddy fur. This one appeared very clean and spiffy looking...much like someone's pet. I also thought it looked very purposeful as it did a bite check on a small piece of wood.
Thank you for your visit and comments!
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From Wikipedia: The spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), also known as the laughing hyena, is a hyena species, currently classed as the sole extant member of the genus Crocuta, native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is listed as being of least concern by the IUCN on account of its widespread range and large numbers estimated between 27,000 and 47,000 individuals. The species is, however, experiencing declines outside of protected areas due to habitat loss and poaching. The species may have originated in Asia, and once ranged throughout Europe for at least one million years until the end of the Late Pleistocene. The spotted hyena is the largest known member of the Hyaenidae, and is further physically distinguished from other species by its vaguely bear-like build, its rounded ears, its less prominent mane, its spotted pelt, its more dual-purposed dentition, its fewer nipples and the presence of a pseudo-penis in the female. It is the only placental mammalian species where females lack an external vaginal opening, having a pseudo-penis instead.
The skull of the spotted hyena differs from that of the striped hyena by its much greater size and narrower sagittal crest. For its size, the spotted hyena has one of the most powerfully built skulls among the Carnivora. The dentition is more dual purposed than that of other modern hyena species, which are mostly scavengers; the upper and lower third premolars are conical bone-crushers, with a third bone-holding cone jutting from the lower fourth premolar. The spotted hyena also has its carnassials situated behind its bone-crushing premolars, the position of which allows it to crush bone with its premolars without blunting the carnassials. Combined with large jaw muscles and a special vaulting to protect the skull against large forces, these characteristics give the spotted hyena a powerful bite which can exert a pressure of 80 kgf/cm2 (1140 lbf/in²), which is 40% more force than a leopard can generate. The jaws of the spotted hyena outmatch those of the brown bear in bone-crushing ability, and free ranging hyenas have been observed to crack open the long bones of giraffes measuring 7 cm in diameter.
The spotted hyena is the most social of the Carnivora in that it has the largest group sizes and most complex social behaviours. Its social organisation is unlike that of any other carnivore, bearing closer resemblance to that of cercopithecine primates (baboons and macaques) with respect to group size, hierarchical structure, and frequency of social interaction among both kin and unrelated group-mates. However, the social system of the spotted hyena is openly competitive rather than cooperative, with access to kills, mating opportunities and the time of dispersal for males depending on the ability to dominate other clan-members. Females provide only for their own cubs rather than assist each other, and males display no paternal care. Spotted hyena society is matriarchal; females are larger than males, and dominate them.
The spotted hyena is a highly successful animal, being the most common large carnivore in Africa. Its success is due in part to its adaptability and opportunism; it is primarily a hunter but may also scavenge, with the capacity to eat and digest skin, bone and other animal waste. In functional terms, the spotted hyena makes the most efficient use of animal matter of all African carnivores. The spotted hyena displays greater plasticity in its hunting and foraging behaviour than other African carnivores; it hunts alone, in small parties of 2–5 individuals or in large groups. During a hunt, spotted hyenas often run through ungulate herds in order to select an individual to attack. Once selected, their prey is chased over a long distance, often several kilometres, at speeds of up to 60 km/h.
The spotted hyena has a long history of interaction with humanity; depictions of the species exist from the Upper Paleolithic period, with carvings and paintings from the Lascaux and Chauvet Caves. The species has a largely negative reputation in both Western culture and African folklore. In the former, the species is mostly regarded as ugly and cowardly, while in the latter, it is viewed as greedy, gluttonous, stupid, and foolish, yet powerful and potentially dangerous. The majority of Western perceptions on the species can be found in the writings of Aristotle and Pliny the Elder, though in relatively unjudgmental form. Explicit, negative judgments occur in the Physiologus, where the animal is depicted as a hermaphrodite and grave-robber. The IUCN's hyena specialist group identifies the spotted hyena's negative reputation as detrimental to the species' continued survival, both in captivity and the wild.
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Tiva and Tasku met up for a trip to the bluebells.
Tiva continues to have tummy and season issues.
We had a trip to the emergency out of hours vet which was not a good experience.
Tiva limply wagged her tail and I was told she was happily wagging her tail . (clearly he has never met a flatcoat) Eventually he did do a vaginal exam and told me she had a mass.
i went home very upset
I phoned my own vet on Friday morning and was told the vet who had examined her last Saturday was very surprised at this .
Later she went in to see the senior vet who really couldn't feel anything vaginally or rectally. He is confident she does not have a mass but feels that she needs to be spayed as soon as her season finishes
It has been quite a week.
I am exhausted.