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Ulrich Van Spitael: Alleenvogel

2011-02-16T23:23:00.000+01:00

tyd voor een gedicht is een uitgave van ulrichkunsdoel
verschynt eens in de honderd dagen soms jaren,
dus lees aandachtig indien nodig tien keer !!!

Alleenvogel is een doordenker !!! dit gedicht telt voor alle bedreigde stukjes natuur
dat kan dorp Doel maar ook Lillo of eender waar ter wereld wees.

Alleenvogel,

Aan de oever in het riet woond de kaarekiet en zingt zyn liefdeslied
net als vorig jaar voor het vrouwtje aan die overkant,
toen zat de karrekiet nog lekker in zyn vel
nu wordt het riet geruild voor kaaimure nou staat zyn leven op spel.

En in het laatste stukje riet schuilt de karrekiet ,
maar hy weet dat niet en zingt zyn liefdeslied
en fluit en fluit en fluit fluit fluit en fluit en fluuuiiit,en fluit
maar het vrouwtje antwoord niet.....

Ulrich

geschreven in het vlaams dus niet volgens de nerderlandse taalunie die ons taal verknoeit !!!!!!!!

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D☼n K. P☼st☼: SUPRA REALISTIC THOUGHTS

2011-02-16T23:19:00.000+01:00

J’AI LE KRANT UPSTAIRS

AS VULTURES CIRCLE
A LAND WITH TWO MAJOR TASTY TONGUES
AND SOME MINOR ONES
WAITING TO DEVOUR
WHOEVER IS STUPID ENOUGH
ASSEZ STUPID GENOEG DOM
TO SPLIT THE PLACE IN THREE

WHILE 150 HEAVILY ARMED POLICE
IN AN OVERWHELMING SHOW OF FORCE
AND HELICOPTER BUZZ. BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ
ARE SUMMONED BY THE BURGERMEESTER
DURING THE ICIEST WINTER IN MEMORY
TO EVICT 30 YOUNG SQUATTERS KRAKERS CLOCHARDS
FROM AN ABANDONED OLD POLICE FACILITY
IN THE HEART OF VAN DE VELDE’S ANTWERP
MAYBE IT WAS JUST NOSTALGIA
OR THIS IS THE NEW NOUVEAU SOCIALISM
WHERE SNEEUW WITjE AND THE SEVEN DWARVES
ARE KICKED OUT ON THE STREET

WHILE BELGIUM’S FIRST HEAVYWEIGHT POP POLITICIAN
‘THE FLEMISH WALRUS’ ‘DE WALRUS VAN VLAANDEREN’
WHO IRONICALLY SPEAKS NIET SLECHT FRANCAIS
CLIMBS INTO THE RING AVEC ‘DE DAPPER WAALSE PINGUIN’
WHO SPEAKS MAUVAISMENT VLAAMZE
AND FIGHTS HIM TO A DRAW

THEN ENTERS THE TV STUDIO AND CHARMS A QUIZ AUDIENCE
OF SAD GLASSY ELLENDE EYED GULLIBLE LEMMINGS
WHO UNQUESTIONINGLY SWALLOW HIS EVERY WORD
SNELLER EVEN FASTER
THAN THE ANTI-DEPRESSSSSSIVE PILLS THEY
MUST TAKE TO KEEP FUNCTIONING EVERY DAY IEDERE DAG
MUCH LESS ROCKIN TO THE LANGUAGE BARRICADES
AND THE TAAL ZEE ENTRE LES DEUX OREILLES

WHERE MULTILINGUAL VERSATILITY STRENGTH
BECOMES SOMETHING OF A WEAKNESS
IN A PERVERSE SENSE OF VICTIMIZATION
WHERE THE WALLS SEEM TO BE MOVING IN
AND THERE ARE PRESSURE EYES EVERYWHERE
IN THIS QUICKLY SHRINKING VRIJE FREE WORLD

OR, JUST MAYBE MISCHIEN, PEUT ETRE
THE GOOD PEOPLE HAVE FALLEN
UNDER THE SPELL OF SINTERKLAAS
DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
CAUSE THEY TRULY BELIEVE
THAT THEIR BELASTING WILL GO DOWN
AND HUN BLUES GA WEG WEG GAAN WAY GONE
IF THEY SPLIT FROM THEIR POOR, LAZY
FRENCH SPEAKING PAISONOS
WHO ONCE FORBID THEM
FROM SPEAKING THEIR OWN TAAL
AND, WHO NOW, UNDERSTANDABLY,
THOUGH RATHER LATE, C’EST PAS POSSIBLE!
HAVE DECIDED IT IS NECESSARY TO
SPEAK ANOTHER LANGUAGE IN THIS MODERN WORLD-
SACRE BLEU!!!
AND WOULD RATHER LEARN ENGLISH THAN FLEMISH…
WHAT’S NEXT, SINGING THE BLUES?

MEANWHILE A MUTANT CLASS OF HIGH FLYING
FINANCIAL FALCONS GREEDILY WATCH IT ALL
PERCHED BEHIND THEIR COMPUTER SCREENS
IN THE NEW FREE MARKET WHERE CAPITAL MOVES
ALMOST AS FAST AS LIGHT
BUT PEOPLE, ON THE GROUND, KEEP ON HITTING SOUND BARRIERS,
COLOR BARRIERS, RELIGIOUS BARRIERS, SEXUAL BARRIERS
PASSPORT, WORK PERMIT, MUSICAL EXPERIENCE? NO? GO AWAY!

AH THE JOYS OF AND BENEFITS OF SPECULATION
COCAINE, CAVIAR, CALL GIRLS,
LUXURY CARS AND BOATS AND PLANES
WHILE FOOD PRICES SOAR
AND THE POOR CAN’T AFFORD TO EAT RICE NO MORE

AS THE BIG BANKS GET BAILED OUT
LEAVING THE REST OF US TO DIVIDE AND
FIGHT FOR WHAT’S LEFT AND
QUIBBLING ABOUT WELFARE CHEATS
AND HEAD SCARVES AND WHO OWES MORE MONEY TO WHO
AND NOT INVESTIGATING OR TALKING ABOUT
THE SOCIALIZATION OF RISK, DEVALUATION OF CURRENCIES
DESTABILIZATION OF GOVERNMENTS
BONUSES TO THE FEW, THE NEW CLASS OF PLUNDERERS
–IT WOULD BE MORE HONEST TO INVEST IN SOMALI PIRATES—
AND MAYBE SOME OF THEM DO.

WAITING, HOPING, FOR A WIKI-BOMBSHELL
TO BE PUBLISHED
WHICH WILL EXPLODE THEIR CONTROL
WHILE, THE EDITOR OF WIKILEAKS,
IS, ACCORDING TO THE US GOVERNMENT,
A DANGER MORE DANGEROUS
THAN A TERRORIST GROUP-
FOR PUBLISHING DIPLOMATIC GOSSIP.
MY MY MY THE EMPIRE MUST BE HELD TOGETHER
BY SOOOO LITTLE….

WHILE, MR WIKILEAKS HIMSELF,
IS ACCUSED IN A STRANGE TWIST OF FATE…
IN A CASE OF OVERZEALOUS POLITICALLY CORRECT CHASTENESS
TOPPED BY AN INTERNATIONAL CHASE WARRANT
FOR NOT USING A CONDOM!

ARE YOU SAYING MISS THAT HE RAPED YOU
AND THEN YOU INVITED HIM BACK
THE FOLLOWING WEEK FOR MORE?!!

WHERE HIS ONLY CRIME IS THINKING
THAT THE OUTLAW HERO IS SUPPOSED TO GET THE GIRLS—
THE POLITICAL GROUPIES AND THE WOMEN REALIZED
WHEN THEY TALKED TOGETHER
THAT THEY WERE JUST STAR FUCKERS.

BUT SHHHHHHHH….ENOUGH SAID..
ENJOY THE MOSSELLEN, THE FRITES
THE CHOCOLATES, JENEVER, ALL THE BEERS
THE WHOLE BURGUNDIAN LIFESTYLE THAT IS THREATENED
WHILE POLITICOS CONTINUE TO GET PAID-SINCE THE ELECTION-
-WELL-VERY WELL INDERDAAD!!!
SO NO HURRY-NO WORRY-NO GOVERNMENT-NO MATTER-
THE FEAST GOES ON….THE BEAST GOES ON—

BUT, WHAT ABOUT BRUSSELS?
TO BE CONDEMNED WITH IT’S MILLION INHABITANTS
BECAUSE IT IS NOT INTERESTED IN THE LANGUAGE
BATTLE, THE CULTURAL BATTLE AND THE SUICIDAL
BEHAVIOR OF THE REST OF THE NATION-
THE ONLY REAL CITY IN BELGIUM
AND SO WHAT IT’S DIFFERENT?
NY WAS NEVER AMERICA AND
AMSTERDAM NEVER THE NETHERLANDS
AND PARIS CERTAINLY NOT FRANCE
MAYBE YA WANNA NEGLECT IT LIKE WASHINGTON D.C.
WITHOUT MONEY AND WITHOUT REPRESENTATION ?

YEAH, ONLY THE CHOSEN FEW WILL PROFIT
FROM A SPLIT OF SUCH PROPORTIONS
LICKING THEIR LIPS AND TONGUES
IN ANTICIPATION

ALMOST AS MUCH
AS THE PRIESTS ONCE DID
IN THEIR SMALL KINGDOMS OF GOD
AND THEIR ANSWERED PRAYERS OF
AN ETERNAL POOL OF LITTLE BOYS
THEIR VERSION OF HEAVENS’ VIRGINS
BEHIND THEIR CURTAINS OF CONFESSION
WHICH KEPT EVERYONE IN LINE
IN EVERY COMMUNITY
WIM, REMEMBER WHEN YOU TOLD ME THAT
SCHAAMLOOS VERHAAL SHAMEFUL STORY?
YOU WOULDN’T WANT THAT STORY
TO GET SPREAD AROUND WOULD YOU?
MAYBE YOU COULD DO ME A FAVOR, BROTHER?

AND WHO STILL GET PAID
BY THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM
WHICH ITSELF WAS FORMED
IN A BIZARRE CHAIN OF EVENTS
TO BUFFER BETWEEN ENGLAND, HOLLAND AND FRANCE
NOT SO LONG AFTER THE FRENCH THEMSELVES
HAD BEHEADED THEIR OWN KING AND QUEEN TO SEEK
LIBERTE, FRATERNITE & EGALITE
WHY DON’T THEY JUST COME TOGETHER RIGHT NOW
AND BECOME A REPUBLIC?

THIS PLACE AINT SURREAL NO MORE ITS SUPER REAL
CEST PAS LE SURREALISME CEST LA SUPER REALISME
NIET LANGER SURREAL MAAR SUPRA REAL !!!!!!

BUT IT’S ALL MY FAULT, I READ THE PAPER TODAY.

Ken Post

www.ken-post.com

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23: Newsletter: Longest Table – Axis Mundi – Speaking Right... - schaaflicht

2009-09-29T19:06:00.002+02:00

23: Newsletter: Longest Table – Axis Mundi – Speaking Right... - schaaflicht

ons D☼EL = DOEL ONGEHAVEND*

2009-09-05T11:40:00.003+02:00

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Verdrag van Ruigoord en Doel

Wij, vrij scheppende geesten uit Ruigoord en Doel, verbinden ons tot psychonautische samenwerking met als doel: De Verenigde Staten Van De Geest.

-Partijen verlenen gastvrijheid aan elkaars consulaten en afgezanten.
-Partijen streven naar één wereldcentrum als biotoop voor de Gesammtkunst voor reizigers van de geest, door de wereldas in alle mogelijke richtingen zichtbaar te maken.

Getekend op 09-08-2009 te Ruigoord,
Herman J.Claeys, Rudolph Stokvis, Sabine Gillis (Consul van Doel), Fabiola, Frank Vranckx (slö), Gerben Hellinga, Ulrich Van Spitael, Hans Plomp, Willem A. Plugge, Emerson Riel (afgevaardigde Odjibwe-Canada), Lila Cavaleiro, Frans Vlinderman, Roos Nienhuis (namens Montje Joling en de kinderen van Ruigoord), Dirk de Boeck, Eelco Doorn, Paul Vincent, Peter van den Gracht, Erwin van Massenhove, Maarten van der Horst, Jan Bianchi, Carmen de Canne, Harun Wolf Trepte, Erwin Raeves, Herbie, Banks, Britt Marie Lindgren, Frank van den Steen, David Frank, Olga Pederson, Max Perron, Max van de Jool, Paul van Goudoever, Aja Waalwijk

http://schaaflicht.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/verdrag-van-ruigoord-en-doel-09-08-2009
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blaffeturen open: BELIEF in DOEL!

2009-08-27T12:07:00.001+02:00

blaffeturen open: BELIEF in DOEL!

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bring your z☼nnekes, your friends, your instruments, tents, f☼☼d, your ge-l☼ve and your be-lief (bring some extra to share please) and live a magical weekend in a fairy gh☼stt☼wn!

creative s☼uls are wellek☼mme f0r supp☼rt from friday till…

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Persbericht

Het Amsterdams Ballon Gezelschap heeft, in samenwerking met de kunstenaars uit Ruigoord, besloten zich aan te sluiten bij de bewoners en kunstenaars van Doel en zich in te zetten voor het behoud van het dorp.

Als antwoord op het Doels consulaat in Ruigoord, geopend tijdens het Landjuweel 2009, zal op 29 augustus om 15.00 uur in Doel een Ruigoord consulaat worden geopend. De consulaten scheppen voorwaarden tot uitwisseling en verregaande samenwerking. Gekozen is voor het Parochiehuis, dat tevens als cultureel centrum in ere zal worden hersteld.

Als eerste stap zal in navolging van Christiania (DK) en Ruigoord (NL) in september dit jaar in Doel (B) een Axis Mundi worden opgericht waardoor het aansluit bij een netwerk van vrije culturele ruimtes.

De monomane scheiding tussen leef- en werkruimte leidt tot vernietiging en kaalslag van het dorp zonder dat er concrete plannen aan ten grondslag liggen. Dit terwijl het dorp, nu meer dan ooit levensvatbaar is om cultuur als bestemming te krijgen. Er doet zich een unieke kans voor. Door sloop is er, zoals blijkt, ook ruimte ontstaan voor festivals en andere culturele manifestaties in de open lucht.

Wij dringen er bij de betreffende overheden, instanties en betrokken gemeentes Beveren en Antwerpen op aan nogmaals een afweging te willen maken om beide processen in overeenstemming met elkaar te laten verlopen.

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DOEL: TIMEOUT IN GH0STT0WN

2009-04-17T20:36:00.002+02:00

d0elewappers en bIetekwiete

Doel blijft!

me den BAMBA in de k0p wört dOEl ne kuskesdans:

Doelsong (C F G)

Wij willen Doel niet overleven,
Het moet na ons nog voortbestaan.
Wij zullen zelf nog eerder sneven,
Dan toe te zien op zijn vergaan.

Dorpen verdwijnen door de golven
Van stormvloed, ontij of orkaan.
Maar ’t graf van Doel wordt nu gedolven
Door winstbejag en grootheidswaan.

Uitbreidingswaan van de baronnen,
Die mensen zien als hinderpaal.
Voor hersenspinsels van verzonnen
Voordeel voor een areaal.

Het areaal van polderkankers
Met een hoogmoedig arsenaal
Containers, bulk en supertankers
Als Vlaend’rens hoogste ideaal.

Meer dan een doel is Doel een klacht
Tegen het slaafse landsbeleid
Ten dienste van een bovenmacht
Waar mens noch dier noch plant gedijt.

Het dorp moet ons ooit overleven
Als een symbool van een gevecht
En van een onomkoopbaar streven
Naar onvervreemdbaar woningrecht.

Wij willen Doel niet overleven,
Het moet na ons nog voortbestaan.
Wij zullen zelf nog eerder sneven,
Dan toe te zien op zijn vergaan.

Herman J. Claeys

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Doel met Sabetha: Cannonballhouseblues

2009-03-27T21:16:00.001+01:00

Dark Energy Could Be Einstein's Cosmological Constant

2008-12-17T21:14:00.003+01:00

Dark energy, which forms almost three-quarters of the universe, is the most mysterious stuff known to man. A new set of Chandra X-Ray Observatory data, however, has given scientists good information on what dark energy might actually be.

Turns out, it looks suspiciously like Einstein's cosmological constant, a factor he added to his theory of general relativity. He once considered it his greatest blunder.

Dark Energy Could Be Einstein's Cosmological Constant | Wired Science from Wired.com

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Arendbuizerd gesignaleerd in Doel

2008-10-28T14:46:00.003+01:00

ma 27/10/08 16:10 (UPDATE)
- In Doel is een arendbuizerd gesignaleerd. Dat is heel uitzonderlijk, want de vogel leeft normaal alleen in Afrika en in het Midden-Oosten.

In Europa komt de arendbuizerd eigenlijk niet voor. Het is een aaseter die in principe leeft van karkassen van dode dieren. Waarschijnlijk gaat het om een jong dier dat afgeweken is van zijn trekroute, maar het kan ook om een ontsnapte vogel gaan.

"De vogelbeschermingwereld staat op zijn kop sinds de arendbuizerd in België is”, zegt Jan Rodts, directeur van Vogelbescherming Vlaanderen. "Elke dag staan er in Doel talloze fotografen die al enkele erg mooie beelden van het dier konden maken.”

De arendbuizerd is iets groter dan de inlandse buizerd. De vogel is 65 centimeter groot en heeft een spanwijdte van ongeveer een anderhalve meter. Het is een roofdier, maar het vormt volgens Vogelbescherming Vlaanderen geen gevaar voor andere dieren in de omgeving.

"Ongemoeid laten"
Vogelbescherming Vlaanderen is dan ook van plan de arendbuizerd ongemoeid te laten. "Hij ziet er heel gezond uit en zijn veren zijn niet beschadigd. Er zijn ook geen lederen riempjes te zien, wat erop wijst dat de buizerd mogelijk niet in gevangenschap heeft geleefd.”

Toch is Vogelbescherming Vlaanderen voorzichtig over de herkomst van de vogel. Er heerst immers een hype onder de mensen waarbij privépersonen roofvogels legaal of illegaal in huis houden en hen na verloop van tijd loslaten omdat ze er niet voor kunnen zorgen.

Hoewel het dier al twee weken in Doel rondhangt, werd onlangs pas duidelijk dat het om een arendbuizerd gaat. Vogelspotters gaven daar pas uitsluitsel over nadat ze de foto's van het dier grondig hadden bestudeerd.

deredactie.be - Arendbuizerd gesignaleerd in Doel

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2008-10-04T18:19:00.001+02:00

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here come the crazy ants

2008-05-19T02:27:00.001+02:00

Vreemde insecten saboteren NASA

Kleine mieren vreten in de Amerikaanse staat Texas elektrische kabels en elektronica weg. Het is geen scenario voor een tweede klasse horrorfilm, maar angstige realiteit. Het diertje veroorzaakt kortsluitingen en pannes met hoog oplopende schaderekeningen als gevolg. Deze onbekende mierensoort is al gesignaleerd op een plaatselijke luchthaven én op het ruimtevaartcentrum van NASA, met de nodige (buitenlandse) onrust tot gevolg.

De mierensoort, van het wetenschappelijk geslacht Paratrechina, is circa 3 millimeter groot en gedraagt zich zelden agressief ten opzichte van mensen. Eigenlijk helpt deze mier om te fungeren als natuurlijke vijand voor de vuurmier, een in de jaren 60 van vorige eeuw ingeburgerde (exotische) soort die met behulp van haar venijnige angel het zomerse buitenleven van de Texanen verpest.
De nieuwkomer is vermoedelijk afkomstig uit Latijns-Amerika of de Caraïben en zou 5 jaar geleden per boot in de haven van Houston beland zijn. Deze mierensoort is resistent aan de gangbare bestrijdingsmiddelen en leeft in kolonies met meerdere vruchtbare wijfjes. Door die hoeveelheid aan koninginnen weet de soort zich razendsnel voort te planten.
De insecten blijken met duizenden en duizenden werkelijk overal te verschijnen. In tegenstelling tot de mieren die wij kennen, die op zoek naar voedsel in gedisciplineerde rijtjes lopen, vormt een horde Paratrechina's chaotisch door elkaar lopende troepen die geen genoegen nemen met een paar vierkante meter. De reden waarom deze beestjes bij de Texanen bekend staan als 'crazy ants'.
lees verder: Vreemde insecten saboteren NASA

My crazy ants
15 May 2008
What a coincidence that the Associated Press posted a story yesterday about "crazy ants" taking over Houston, including computers. I'm in Chicago. Are they taking over America this quickly? From the story: ...
jillstanek.com - http://www.jillstanek.com/ - References

Barry Wigmore in Daily Mail on Crazy Ants in Texas. They stuff hi ...
12 hours ago by mydigest
Barry Wigmore reports in Daily Mail today about the Crazy Ants in Texas, cousin to a species in Columbia and no more than 3mm in length, who like to nest in computers and other electronic equipment because of the warmth. ...
My Digest, Cy Quick, Poole Bay City - http://mydigest.wordpress.com

Invasion of the Crazy Ants...
3 hours ago
Nobody knows where they came from ... or even exactly what they are... But, like.
The Round Table - http://forums.ebay.co.uk/forum.jspa?forumID=10
Crazy Ants
15 May 2008
Crazy Ants are invading Houston. They appear to enjoy crawling on electronics and shorting out computer equipment. For all you people who said my windup key was noisy and that I should change to an electrical power system: ...
What Is This Crap? - http://firstlife.isfullofcrap.com/ - References

Crazy Ants Munch Through Houston
15 May 2008
Houston, you have an ant problem. Billions of ravenous ants have invaded the city and are chomping their way through the city's electrical equipment, AP reports. The previously unknown species—dubbed "crazy raspberry ants"—apparently ...
Home from Newser - http://www.newser.com/ - References

The crazy ants are here- run!
15 May 2008 by James Kendrick
One news report showed a typical small ant hill and the researcher said it was home to probably 50 BILLION of the crazy ants. Homeowners in the area are finding them in their homes where they love to eat electronic components and cables ...
jkontherun - http://www.jkontherun.com/ - References

"Houston, We Have a (Crazy Ant) Problem"
16 May 2008 by Casey Kazan Daily Galaxy Editorial Staff
When we say "crazy ants", that's not just journalistic-jazzing up of the facts, that's actually what they're called because of their highly erratic and unpredictable movement (compared to the army-like order of sane ants). ...
The Daily Galaxy: News from Planet Earth... - http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/ - References

Crazy Ants Crazy For Electronics
14 May 2008
In the Houston, Texas area a new horror movie has come to life: 'Crazy raspberry ants' are invading homes and are shorting ...
shortnews RSS feed: All - http://www.shortnews.com - References

‘Crazy’ Ants Swarm Houston Area
15 May 2008 by Papa Mike
Scientists are not sure exactly where the ants came from, but their cousins, commonly called crazy ants, are found in the Southeast and the Caribbean. “At this point, it would be nearly impossible to eradicate the ant because it is so ...
Papa Mike's Blog - http://www.papamiket.com - References

Crazy ants overrun Houston.17 May 2008 by xia
Now, I am scared of moving to Texas because of those crazy ants. Maybe there have more dangerous bugs. Crazy ants overrun Houston. Some crazy ants are making the trek to North Texas--they're tiny and are found in the Houston area. ...
My Life In US - http://xli919.blogspot.com/

"crazy ants" - Google Blog Search

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[ Nieuw: Frankenfood hoax ]

2008-05-13T01:50:00.002+02:00

Grenswetenschap.nl - [ Nieuw: Frankenfood hoax ]

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Ancient Mammals Fill Elephant Family Tree

2008-04-16T13:26:00.002+02:00

Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News

Moeritherium

Elephants and hyraxes might have later been pushed into more terrestrial habitats, while dugongs and manatees might have already become adapted to salt water.

read it here: Discovery News : Discovery Channel

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Viking Fashion

2008-03-19T17:56:00.002+01:00

Photos: Annika Larsson
Vikings dressed with more finesse than we previously gave them credit for, a new study out of Sweden finds; vivid colours, flowing silk ribbons, and glittering bits of mirrors all contributed to their glamorous wardrobe.

The men were particularly vain, while the women dressed provocatively for the times.

DiscoveryChannel.ca - Vikings had more fashion flair than previously thought: study

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Voyage to the bottom of the sea

2008-03-15T15:20:00.001+01:00

Onlangs lekte uit dat China een bemande diepzee-duikboot uit test die zo maar liefst een diepte van 7000 meter aan kan. Het gevaarte zal dienen voor onderzoek en transport naar een onderzeebasis. Fase één moet afgerond zijn tegen 2010. Hiermee opent China de race naar de oceaanbodem.

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"Nog interessanter zijn de onlangs ontdekte gashydraten. Dit is een substantie waarin water en methaan gemengd zitten. Op de juiste diepte - minimaal 1500 meter - en bij welbepaalde druk en temperatuur zitten die gashydraten als ijs in de zeebodem. Een gigantische potentiële energiebron, gelijk aan al wat er op de aarde ooit aan fossiele brandstoffen voorradig was, voor de mens met exploitatie begon."

Grenswetenschap.nl - [ Voyage to the bottom of the sea ]

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de Kleine Waterolifant.

2008-03-06T16:52:00.003+01:00

Wat is een kleine waterolifant en … is hij echt?

Kleine waterolifanten leven een verborgen leven in de vele modderige watertjes die de Thaise jungle rijk is. Ze worden niet groter dan zo’n 12 centimeter en ze zijn giftig. Naar verluidt kunnen de olifantjes met hun giftige slachttanden een volwassen man doden.

Grenswetenschap.nl - [ Het mysterie van de Kleine Waterolifant. ]

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Moses was high as a kite

2008-03-05T22:33:00.002+01:00

Moses was high as a kite

And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. (Exodus 3:2)

Moses was high when he saw that bush. Or so speculates Benny Shanon, a professor of cognitive psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem:

High on Mount Sinai, Moses was on psychedelic drugs when he heard God deliver the Ten Commandments, an Israeli researcher claimed in a study published this week.
Such mind-altering substances formed an integral part of the religious rites of Israelites in biblical times, Benny Shanon, a professor of cognitive psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem wrote in the Time and Mind journal of philosophy.

Pure Pedantry : Moses was high as a kite | Medical,Health News and Articles

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global ♥☺↕↕☼¶ rampage

2008-02-28T20:51:00.003+01:00

By Henri Paget
ninemsn
More than 60,000 people from an online group have pledged to swarm supermarkets and buy out their supply of carrots in one day in a bizarre mission labeled "impossible" by vegetable growers.
The "On May 15th 2008, everybody needs to go out and panic buy CARROTS" Facebook group was created earlier this month in London and now attracts more than 10,000 members a day — many of them Australian.

Facebook users plot global carrot rampage

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♠↕☼• Froggy Crossing

2008-02-28T18:47:00.004+01:00

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iraq pastafarians

2008-02-26T23:55:00.002+01:00

iraq chapter

By henderob

iraq chapter at Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

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How the elephants really do make their trunk calls

2008-02-19T22:23:00.001+01:00

An Irish-American scientist reveals how elephants use their feet and trunks to communicate.
By Christina Park
Sunday February 17 2008

Cailtin O'Connell

Oneworld, €22.20
ELEPHANTS can stand on tiptoe -- they can run on tiptoe and hardly make a sound. And they can use their sensitive feet to hear through the ground. You would think such behaviour would have drawn attention before but, as the writer Henry David Thoreau (quoted in this book) points out, "It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see".
And Irish-American scientist Dr Caitlin O'Connell, author of The Elephant's Secret Sense, has a keen eye.
Employed in 1992 by the Namibian government to study elephant behaviour, with a view to keeping marauding animals away from farmers' crops, O'Connell soon noticed odd goings-on at a waterhole in Etosha National Park. Elephants would often freeze in tandem, face in one direction and lift one front foot to stand on tiptoe. This ritual always preceded the arrival of another animal or herd. It was as if, O'Connell thought, they were listening through their feet.

How the elephants really do make their trunk calls - Books, Entertainment - Independent.ie

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An elephant that can paint elephants

2008-02-08T04:43:00.000+01:00

An elephant that can paint elephants

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Elephantine elephant shrew discovered

2008-02-01T14:27:00.000+01:00

There is an exciting new mammal species in the news this week: the gray-faced sengi (Rhyncocyon udzungwensis). This is a record-setting animal, it is the largest known species of shrew, weighing in at a hefty 700 grams (about 1.5 pounds), 50% more than the next largest species.

Elephant shrews are extremely fascinating animals, and the name of the group is relevant to both a misconception and a surprising taxonomic truth about them. In spite of their small furry body form, they are actually more closely related to true elephants than they are to the North American shrews that we know and love. Elephant shrews, along with tenrecs, manatees, elephants, hyraxes, aardvarks, and golden moles, are members of the superorder Afrotheria, which is a mammalian clade distinct from the one that brought us the soricid shrews.

Pondering Pikaia: Elephantine elephant shrew discovered

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stories from Wuppertal: Tuffi the monorail elephant -><- Alice in the Cities

2008-01-24T20:22:00.000+01:00

Tuffi was a 3-year-old circus elephant. In 1950, her owner decided that it would be great publicity for Tuffi to take a trip on the monorail. Tuffi, on the other hand, wasn't too keen, broke through the window and jumped out of the car, falling five metres into the river below.

(Tuffi was fine, by the way.)

martyn amos: Tuffi the monorail elephant

elephants ↨ Xing ↨ more elephants

Wim Wenders in Wuppertal: Alice in the Cities

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The Size Of Our World

2008-01-24T07:58:00.000+01:00

The Size Of Our World
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World Beard & Moustache Championships 2007 | The Winners

2008-01-23T01:39:00.000+01:00

World Beard & Moustache Championships 2007 | The Winners

The Sound of the Aurora

2008-01-18T23:22:00.000+01:00

By Richard Solensky on Perplexing

If you happen to be reasonably close to one of the Earth's magnetic poles, the next time there’s a particularly intense aurora, go outside. Get as far as you can from sources of noise – traffic, barking dogs, TVs – and listen. Listen carefully.
If conditions are right, you may hear some unusual noises. Earwitnesses have said the sound is like radio static, a small animal rustling through dry grass and leaves, or the crinkling of a cellophane wrapper. Inuit folklore says it's the sound of the spirits of the dead, either playing a game or trying to communicate with the living.
It’s the sound of the aurora itself. And the cause is currently unknown. Understanding the phenomenon is made more difficult by the fact that though there are many anecdotal reports, the sound has yet to be recorded.

Read the article on DamnInteresting.com »

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Water op Mars

2008-01-17T23:49:00.000+01:00

Trots op Mars

By Carlos on Wetenschap

Hoe kan je nou een VOC-mentaliteit hebben zonder zeeën? Dat moet ook de onbekende Nederlandse kartograaf hebben gedacht toen hij/zij bovenstaande kaart van Mars tekende (jaartal onbekend). Terwijl de vraag of er water op Mars zou zijn de wetenschappers decennia heeft beziggehouden schiep deze Nederlander de rode planeet alvast naar een voor Hollanders vertrouwd beeld: zeeën, eilanden en kustlijnen. Op het kaartenblog StrangeMaps spreekt men dan ook over: The Dutch Moisturize Mars [extralink: hi-res versie]

Trots op Mars - Sargasso

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Mysterieuze regelmatige lichamen

2008-01-04T09:43:00.000+01:00

Mysterieuze lichamen zijn door mensen gemaakte regelmatige veelvlakken, waarvan we niet weten waarvoor ze dienden. Regelmatige veelvlakken werden al rond 300 voor Christus beschreven door de Griekse wiskundige Euclides. Hij is de grondlegger van de meetkunde die je in schoolboeken tegenkomt, zijn belangrijkste werk is 'De Elementen'. Dit geeft in maar liefst dertien boeken de oudste systematische verhandeling over de meetkunde. Hierin worden achtereenvolgens de vlakke meetkunde, de rekenkunde en de ruimtelijke meetkunde behandeld. Het laatste, dertiende boek, eindigt met de constructie van vijf regelmatige lichamen. Dat zijn de tetraëder (4 driehoeken), de kubus (6 vierkanten), de octaëder (8 driehoeken), de dodecaëder (12 vijfhoeken) en de icosaëder (20 driehoeken). Dit zijn ook gelijk de enige vijf, want er is inmiddels bewezen dat er geen andere regelmatige lichamen bestaan. Aangenomen wordt dat de eerste drie regelmatige lichamen door de school van Pythagoras ontdekt zijn en dat ze ook bekend waren bij de Egyptenaren. De laatste twee worden gezien als ontdekkingen door Plato's academie.

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Unidentified Gallo-Roman Object.

De UGRO is een bronzen object in de vorm van een dodecaëder en is tussen de vijf en elf centimeter hoog. De dodecaëder is hol van binnen en in elk van de twaalf vlakken zit een gat. Deze gaten zijn van verschillende afmeting. Op elk van de twintig hoekpunten van het object zit een kleine kogel. Ze waren populair in de tijd van 100 na Christus tot 300 na Christus. Inmiddels zijn er zo'n 90 van dergelijke objecten gevonden en is er zelfs een icosaëder gevonden (UGRO2).

Grenswetenschap.nl - [ Mysterieuze regelmatige lichamen ]

The cacophony may not have scared the elephants away for good

2007-12-15T03:31:00.000+01:00

Jorhat wetlands go off bird radar

- Cracker burst to keep jumbos away puts off avian visitors
PULLOCK DUTTA

Jorhat may be missing its winter guests, but the avian visitors have not abandoned their Nagaon home. A flock of ducks take flight at Jamuna wetland on Thursday. Picture by Eastern Projections

Guwahati, Dec. 6: Assam is having a lean season not only in terms of winter tourists but migratory birds, too.

If violence is keeping tourists away this winter, migratory birds are staying away from one of their favourite seasonal habitats in the state because of the man-elephant conflict.

For the past three months, the forest department and residents of villages in Jorhat district have been bursting crackers regularly to keep rampaging elephant herds at bay. The cacophony may not have scared the elephants away for good, but it has certainly kept winged avian visitors from roosting in the wetlands they used to unfailingly visit until last year.

The Telegraph - Calcutta : Northeast

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Underground Etiquette

2007-11-29T00:15:00.000+01:00

Underground Etiquette

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janneke maan

2007-11-11T17:40:00.000+01:00

De Japanse Maansonde Kaguya heeft de eerste hogedefinitie(televisie)beelden gemaakt van het Maanoppervlak

Moving image of the Moon shot by the HDTV camera.

Grenswetenschap.nl - [ Maan in detail ]

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LITM ↨

2007-11-06T02:02:00.000+01:00

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wiki: October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 73 days remaining until the end of the year.

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Halloween in The Castro, San Francisco, 2003

2007-11-01T15:07:00.000+01:00

Halloween in The Castro, San Francisco, 2003

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Way to Beyond

2007-10-31T06:59:00.000+01:00

By Moon River

Naomi Leshem, from her series, "Way to Beyond"

Naomi Leshem, Untitled, #2, 2006, Chromogenic Print, 119.9x119.9 cm. from the series "Way to Beyond"

Way to Beyond.

Neanderthalers beschaafder dan gedacht

2007-10-23T14:39:00.000+02:00

Het was tot nu toe niet bepaald een compliment om "Neanderthaler" te worden genoemd, maar dat zou wel eens snel kunnen veranderen.

vrtnieuws.net - Neanderthalers beschaafder dan gedacht

Elephant Proof Printmakers

2007-10-19T22:10:00.000+02:00

26 Oct—21 Nov 2007
In the Gallery Café

Philippa Merrett, The Pink Elephant – Ajanta, 2007. Hand-coloured etching
Elephant Proof is the name given to a group of artist printmakers from the Saturday printmaking classes at the London College of Communication. This group show includes current students, former students and staff at the college formerly known as The London College of Printing. Many are experienced printmakers who produce work that is diverse in subject matter using techniques such as etching, screen printing and lithography. The London College of Communication has a long tradition of excellence in training students in all methods of print production.

Elephant Proof Printmakers - The Gallery Café - Exhibitions - Royal Academy of Arts

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Doorzichtige kikkers in productie

2007-10-06T01:50:00.000+02:00

Grenswetenschap.nl - [ Doorzichtige kikkers in productie ]

Kudzu-The Vine

2007-09-11T13:51:00.000+02:00

Kudzu is native to Japan and China, however it grows well in the Southeastern United States. Kudzu is a vine that when left uncontrolled will eventually grow over almost any fixed object in its proximity including other vegetation. Kudzu, over a period of several years will kill trees by blocking the sunlight and for this and other reasons many would like to find ways to get rid of it. The flowers which bloom in late summer have a very pleasant fragrance and the shapes and forms created by kudzu vines growing over trees and bushes can be pleasing to the eye during the summer months.

The following statement appeared in an agricultural bulletin in 1928, about 20 years after it was first introduced in Florida as a forage crop. "Kudzu is not without disadvantages. It is slow and expensive in getting established, is exacting in requiring only moderate grazing and mowing, is deceptive about its real yield, especially to those who do not know it well, and sometimes becomes a pest."

Kudzu-The Vine

chickens

2007-09-05T02:42:00.000+02:00

Koen Insectenkampioen

2007-08-30T12:55:00.000+02:00

Ik ben Koen, 9 jaar en mijn grootste hobby is alles wat met insecten te maken heeft. De bedoeling van deze aparte pagina op GW is om te laten zien dat insecten niet eng of vies zijn. Integendeel, het zijn interessante en nuttige diertjes. Je hoeft ook niet ver te gaan want de kleine friemelaars zijn werkelijk overal vinden.

Als entomoloog in spé weet ik veel over insecten, dus als je een vraag hebt kun je mij die stellen. Ook tips of op- en aanmerkingen zijn welkom.

Als het maar friemelt en leven bevat. Dat is ongeveer het criterium voor alles wat de belangstelling van onze jonge entomoloog Koen heeft.

Hieronder staan de blogs die Koen tot op heden heeft geschreven. Het worden er alleen maar meer, kom dus regelmatig terug.

Koen insectenkampioen

Insectomania, de kennismaking.

Rupsen en vlinders.

Malle Sandra

Buitenlanders.

Kevers

Waterbeestjes gezocht.

Monsters in de polder.

Orde der vieze beesten

Anguis Fragilis

666 is het getal van het beest en het beest is hier

150 vliegen, een vinger en een bok.

De vogelspin

Het Vliegend Hert (Lucanus Cervus)

Koen is terug

Trilspin

3 Juni: 1001-soortendag.

UFO onder de insecten.

Zweepspin

Sssssslangen (update)

Kakkerlakken te koop

Camelspider

vakantievangst (update)

Grenswetenschap.nl: "Koen Insectenkampioen"

A psychedelic experience characterized by a tunnel

2007-07-10T19:03:00.000+02:00

BoredStop.com - A psychedelic experience characterized by a tunnel

(Conflict) - Soviet animation

2007-06-28T23:54:00.000+02:00

Nihilist Flavorless Chewing Gum

2007-06-26T19:24:00.000+02:00

Nihilist Flavorless Chewing Gum

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Amplifier House

2007-03-29T00:59:00.000+02:00

BLDGBLOG: Amplifier House: Original Domestic Soundscapes

[Image: The Mix House, exterior view].

This awesome new project by Joel Sanders Architect, Karen Van Lengen/KVL, and Ben Rubin/Ear Studio takes a step beyond "the modernist notion of visual transparency" (i.e. large windows and glass houses) by adding "aural transparency" – acoustic openness.

Buhay Basura

2007-03-13T05:12:00.000+01:00

By CARF Brazil

buhay_basura1, originally uploaded by Edwin_Martinez.

Life in Trash

A place forsaken by men but not by God, a place of waste but also of profit. A place where most would think hope has abandoned....most but not all. Few find this place a paradise to feed their families.

This is from my series of the children whose life evolves in one's trash.

Photo by Edwin Martinez, PHILIPPINES.

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Pororoca: surfing the Amazon

2007-03-13T05:07:00.000+01:00

By aberron

Twice a year, between the months of February and March, the Atlantic Ocean waters roll up the Amazon river, in Brazil, generating the longest wave on the Earth. The phenomenon, known as the Pororoca, is caused by the tides of the Atlantic Ocean wich meet the mouth of the river. This tidal bore generates waves up to 12 feet high which can last for over half an hour.

Pororoca: surfing the Amazon

Making water out of thin air

2007-03-08T01:51:00.000+01:00

Anna Salleh

ABC Science Online

Could a wind turbine that sucks water out of the air supply enough water for the whole world?

A wind-driven device could provide an unlimited water supply by harvesting water from the air, says its Australian inventor.

But critics are asking if it's too good to be true.

Dr Max Whisson, a retired medical specialist turned inventor, says he has designed a highly efficient wind turbine that can run a refrigeration system to cool air and condense moisture from it.

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Turkey Cinemascope

2007-02-05T17:51:00.000+01:00

Nuri Bilge Ceylan's latest fine art photographs, "Turkey Cinemascope"

The official website of Nuri Bilge Ceylan photography

Use Only As Directed

2007-01-28T04:20:00.000+01:00

Before we go any further with this post, listen to this brief radio ad from the '80s...

Music For Maniacs: Use Only As Directed

state of the union

2007-01-24T22:37:00.000+01:00

Watch more PETA videos at PETATV.com.

Mirium dansgroep

2007-01-23T22:09:00.000+01:00

Mirium dansgroep brengt

Bewogen poëzie

tollend in het vangnet aan het einde van ons denken vermoeden we horen we
en tasten maar wat we vinden ontglipt weer in duizend gangen van steeds
wisselende vormen

MIRIUM
choreografische leiding: Marijke Van Heddeghem
dansers: Karen Billiet en Willem Plugge
poëzie-tekst: Marijke van Heddeghem
techniek: Ivan De Coninck

op donderdag 25 januari 2007, in de POËZIE-ESTAFETTE op de Nederlands-Vlaamse GEDICHTENDAG

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Theatrum Machinarum

2007-01-23T11:17:00.000+01:00

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Pruned: Theatrum Machinarum

Diffusion of the theatrum machinarum r.2005.11.07

Het Kruger National Park komt live bij je thuis

2007-01-20T16:14:00.000+01:00

Live op internet, de leeuwenjacht. Foto Andries Oudshoorn CC

Nooit meer voor dag en dauw uit de veren om de leeuwen in Kruger National Park te zien drinken. Als je al geluk hebt. De wildparkliefhebber kan nu veilig vanuit zijn luie stoel via internet een drinkplaats observeren.

OneWorld.nl: Nieuwsoverzicht: Het Kruger National Park komt live bij je thuis

2007-01-20T03:12:00.000+01:00

yhilk yhilk

eBay: Spatula Used to Flip Pancake With Image of Jesus (item 280069120580 end time Jan-17-07 13:51:24 PST)

2007-01-17T04:25:00.000+01:00

This 12" nylon spatula was used to flip a pancake that bore the image of Jesus Christ! The pancake is gone (I was hungry), but this authentic spatula is available for sale.
The lucky winner will receive this "holy spatula" that probably has some divine residue on it from sliding under the Jesus pancake.
Look closely at the middle photo, and you can see that it bears some mysterious symbols, possibly some kind of sacred message. I'm no religious scholar, but I'm sure this had some kind of spiritual significance.
You can see in the third photo that this Jesus spatula is also dishwasher safe.
Is every pancake you cook with this holy utensil going to sport the face of our Savior? Who knows? But it's already flipped one, and that's more than you can say for the vast majority of spatulas you buy anywhere else.
Bid with confidence, and you may become the owner, the caretaker, if you will, of this one-of-a-kind spiritual spatula.
I would be happy to answer any questions you may have about the spatula or the since-digested Jesus pancake. Thank you for looking, and may God bless.
On Jan-16-07 at 11:42:02 PST, seller added the following information:PLEASE NOTE: To see a photo of the pancake (before I ate it), go to www.newwest.net/bobwire.

eBay: Spatula Used to Flip Pancake With Image of Jesus (item 280069120580 end time Jan-17-07 13:51:24 PST)

via Museum of Hoaxes

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Software Wars

2007-01-16T19:46:00.000+01:00

Geostationary Banana Over Texas

2007-01-12T17:56:00.000+01:00

It has a multiplicity of meanings.
Because it is simple. –and that is one reason.
As a message it has been hyper-simplified; it is synthetic.
A Symbol utilizing symbolisms,
An Icon, or.. an expression with an iconography synthesized to the point that might seem meaningless - with no point.
Useless and absurd. –that is what it is.

Geostationary Banana Over Texas

2007-01-11T00:52:00.000+01:00

Neil Innes - Boring

The Official Russian Mystery Card Appreciation Page

2006-12-30T22:15:00.000+01:00

art is a virus / art is a hoax

by Cliff Pickover, Reality Carnival

The mysterious Russian card shown below has caused international debate.

The scene is said to have been painted by a person with a rare mental disorder. One psychiatry professor discovered a feature in this eerie painting that reveals the patient's disorder, but today we are not sure what feature holds the key to solving the mystery.

The Official Russian Mystery Card Appreciation Page

via media underground

alleman een grappig 007 toegewenst

Kerst Niet vreemd, maar anders

2006-12-26T01:48:00.000+01:00

Kerst Niet vreemd, maar anders

LineRider "ELEVATED" - A Line Rider Short by TechDawg

2006-12-19T23:17:00.000+01:00


more: Think In Pictures: Adventures in Visual Education: Notes On Linerider Machinima

furnitures out of bikes

2006-12-13T22:21:00.000+01:00

Cocolico — Making great furnitures out of bikes

Real radish races on the net

2006-11-18T11:42:00.000+01:00

Jardiland invites you to take part to a Real radish races on the net

The (relatively unknown) Tunguska Explosion of 1908

2006-11-10T12:50:00.000+01:00

google earth: 60°55′N 101°57′E

WFMU's Beware of the Blog: The (relatively unknown) Tunguska Explosion of 1908

Lebanon oil spill clean-up

2006-10-27T19:08:00.000+02:00

BBC NEWS | In pictures: Lebanon oil spill clean-up, �

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Orange Ukraine - Kherson

2006-10-25T17:10:00.000+02:00

Orange Ukraine - Travel Pictures - Kherson

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Where the earth is the sky is the earth

2006-10-21T11:22:00.000+02:00

Pruned: Where the earth is the sky is the earth

TRAMPE - THE BICYCLE LIFT

2006-10-20T12:20:00.000+02:00

TRAMPE - THE BICYCLE LIFT

Draw a pig personality test

2006-10-14T23:30:00.000+02:00

Draw a pig personality test

2006-10-14T13:22:00.000+02:00

Fast Film

What You Can Do to Help Solve the Climate Crisis

2006-10-12T22:10:00.000+02:00

By Al Gore

Excerpted from An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It, by Al Gore (Rodale, 2006).

When considering a problem as vast as global warming, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and powerless. But we need to resist that response, because this crisis will get resolved only if we as individuals take responsibility. By educating ourselves and others, by doing our part to minimize our use and waste of resources, by becoming more politically active and demanding change — in these ways and many others, each of us can make a difference.

Below you’ll find a range of practical steps anyone can take to reduce the stress our high-tech lives exert on the natural world. As we incorporate these ideas into our lives, we may find that not only are we contributing to a global solution, we are also making our lives better. Using less electricity and fuel, for example, saves money. More walking and biking improve our health; eating locally grown produce brings enhanced taste and nutrition; breathing cleaner air is energizing and healing; and creating a world of restored natural balance ensures a future for our children and grandchildren.

What You Can Do to Help Solve the Climate Crisis

en ook: Groen Links regelt korting op schone producten

Technorati tags: environment, climate, survival, energy, children, grandchildren, future, planet, earth, globalwarming, al gore

Dolle Mol binnenkort terug open in Brussel

2006-10-12T20:27:00.000+02:00

Dolle Mol binnenkort terug open in Brussel

Like a Peking Duck in the Water

2006-10-12T00:55:00.000+02:00

"On Sept. 25 [2006], 75-year old boatsman Hu Zeshen piloted the dual-use amphibious vehicle that he invented. Mr. Hu lives in Loudi city, Hunan Province, in southern China, and has spent his life working on ships plying China's rivers and canals. He calls his invention "the Happy Boat." The vehicle has a 5 horsepower diesel engine and a 1 horsepower electric engine. He and his wife plan to take the vehicle on holiday during China's National Day vacation, to explore scenic waterways in other parts of his province. Mr. Hu will apply for a patent for his vehicle, too."

Kevin Kelly -- Street Use: Like a Peking Duck in the Water

Recycling Vehicles for Recycling

2006-10-07T15:10:00.000+02:00

An independent documentary called "Pretty Dyana" captures the story of how Roma (gypsies) in Belgrade find old Citroen Dyana cars and modify them into mini-trucks that haul recycled cardboard.

Kevin Kelly -- Street Use: Recycling Vehicles for Recycling

a 1000 cars

2006-10-07T02:17:00.000+02:00

Swarming Car Video: The 1K Project II

By Mike Lupica

Via Octopus Dropkick and Pixelsumo:
"The 1K Project II is created by an artist called Blackshark... using the physics based driving game Track Mania. 1000 replays were recorded, then played back merged together using the reply editor. The result is a polished video of flocking swarming cars."
I found this yesterday afternoon and watched it enough times to have had a dream about it last night. It reminded me of being stuck in the backseat of the family Oldsmobile as a child, with the only escape offered by imagining a physics-defying car speeding alongside us, jumping trash cans, executing controlled skids, and doing flips in the air with hypnotic fluidity and grace. This is a bit like that same mental escape -- copied and pasted into the same part of your brain 1000 times over.
[Stream video] (high quality)
[Download 28 MB video](kind of bit-mappy, but will suffice if the streaming link goes dead)

squats and chats

2006-08-30T01:16:00.001+02:00

landjuweel

www.ruigoord.nl

windmill and nuclear powerplant

doel

Stichting AAP

2006-06-20T20:32:00.000+02:00

Sta niet voor aap op vakantie	AAP doet wat tegen dierenfotografie in vakantielanden.
Berbercampagne	Stichting AAP, IUCN en Postcode Loterij werken aan de bescherming van de berberaap en zijn leefgebied in Marokko.
Circuscampagne	Steun de campagne 'Wilde dieren de tent uit' en teken de petitie!

www.aap.nl

A Timeline of Timelines

2006-06-10T01:00:00.000+02:00

Cabinet Magazine Online - A Timeline of Timelines

Huexotzinco Codex

2006-06-08T16:25:00.000+02:00

"The Huexotzinco Codex was written on amatl paper in 1531 by Nahua Aztec people from just south of Mexico City.

The 8 page manuscript formed part of a submission in a legal suit against representatives of the Spanish colonial government. They had been forcing the Nahua people to make onerous payments of goods and services while Hernando Cortés (who had rights over the Huexotzinco estates) was out of the country.

Cortés joined the Nahua people in challenging the abuses of the administrators when he returned to Mexico. They were successful in their legal case both in Mexico and later in Spain where the King ordered that the majority of the taxed material be returned."

BibliOdyssey: Huexotzinco Codex

tacheles

2006-05-27T05:39:00.000+02:00

berlin

::: straatsalaat == streetsalad !!! :::

2006-05-24T18:16:00.000+02:00

	::: straatsalaat == streetsalad !!! ::: 167 members \| 3,562 photos an open invitation for some street communication daily streetlife rampart melting pot universal routes all connected joyous roots :... ( more )	See more photos

::: straatsalaat == streetsalad !!! :::

167 members | 3,562 photos

an open invitation for some street communication daily streetlife rampart melting pot universal routes all connected joyous roots :... ( more )

See more photos

Technorati tags: streetsalad, straatsalaat, communication, fotogroup, photo, cooperation, project, street, crossings, empathy, invitation, optimism, progressive, anarchy, joyous, roots

hand-in-hand

2006-05-19T21:35:00.000+02:00

wieketolle

2006-05-15T03:22:00.000+02:00

de schaaficodode

2006-05-04T22:25:00.000+02:00

on the roofs of de schaaf

for gangmakers

jimi hendrix: voodoo chile

2006-04-10T14:53:00.000+02:00

voodoo chile

arro and bike

2006-01-30T02:45:00.000+01:00

otherside

the bike and the arrow

Blogged via Fotola.com.

Helix Nebula

2006-01-04T06:52:00.000+01:00

Hubble Space Telescope Photo: The Eye of God - Netlore Archive

communimage project mole

2006-01-03T17:10:00.000+01:00

communimage

guy? in marrakech

2006-01-01T05:34:00.000+01:00

mortier?

Wikipedia survives research test

2005-12-17T22:27:00.000+01:00

The free online resource Wikipedia is about as accurate on science as the Encyclopedia Britannica, a study shows.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Wikipedia survives research test

Overleg:Icosaëder

a web

2005-12-13T17:30:00.000+01:00

Random Good Stuff: Spiderman caught on Google Earth

the Red Pipe Salad Line

2005-11-29T23:27:00.000+01:00

redpipesaladwaves

2005-11-07T21:14:00.000+01:00

pixelfest

2005-11-06T04:22:00.000+01:00

Animation programmed by Jeremy Varo-Haub. The Pixelfest Collaborative Artwork is the brainchild of The Man in Blue.

pixelfest

Terrarist Outbreak

2005-11-03T00:10:00.000+01:00

Manifest of Terrarism

dig the Light and spread it
thanks
you're a terrarist now

shared by : wosky

outbreak

shared by : slö

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DECEPTACON

2005-10-26T14:22:00.000+02:00

The dance featured in the "Deceptacon" video is called "Aerobicon."

Choreography by Miguel Gutierrez
Performed by Miguel Gutierrez and Howie Rigberg

DECEPTACON

Creative Commons Explained

2005-10-22T03:46:00.000+02:00

Maybe you've never seen of it. Maybe you've started catching glimpses of it in the most unexpected of places. Maybe you've even considered using it yourself, but never knew for certain what it really means.

Adbusters : Creative Commons Explained

road with lanterns

2005-10-20T17:49:00.000+02:00

road with lanterns, originally uploaded by schaaflicht.

Undercity.org

2005-10-10T06:05:00.000+02:00

Welcome to Undercity.org!

All content on this site is the work of Steve Duncan, unless otherwise noted.

About me and this site:
I’m a historian, photographer, and writer, based in Brooklyn, NY. I’m also an “urban explorer”-- I try to find the hidden and forgotten spaces and bits of history that exist in every man-made environment, and especially in large cities.

I’m particularly fascinated by underground infrastructure and environments. One of the most interesting things I’ve found is that, especially in cities, going underground means going back in time, and seeing things that have remained unchanged and perhaps unseen since they were first constructed fifty, a hundred, or a hundred and fifty years ago.

I also visit abandoned places-- factories, theaters, asylums, hospitals, etc. Again, what fascinates me is that in places that have been abandoned and untouched for years, there is a direct link to the past.

With my photography, I try to capture both the sense of history that I find in these places, as well as the excitement and adventure that comes of seeing something unique that few others will ever have the chance to see.

When you’re looking at these photos, remind yourself that in addition to the city you see around you, there’s another city that you only see hints of-- a city of interconnected tunnels and inaccessible rooftops, of steam and sewer and water pipes, a city of century-old abandoned subway stations and forgotten foundations of buildings and bright graffiti paintings, all overlaid with the rich stories of the millions of lives that have all added their own threads to the fabric of the city.

Undercity.org

	Koen insectenkampioen

	Insectomania, de kennismaking.

	Rupsen en vlinders.

	Malle Sandra

	Buitenlanders.

	Kevers

	Waterbeestjes gezocht.

	Monsters in de polder.

	Orde der vieze beesten

	Anguis Fragilis

	666 is het getal van het beest en het beest is hier

	150 vliegen, een vinger en een bok.

	De vogelspin

	Het Vliegend Hert (Lucanus Cervus)

	Koen is terug

	Trilspin

	3 Juni: 1001-soortendag.

	UFO onder de insecten.

	Zweepspin

	Sssssslangen (update)

	Kakkerlakken te koop

	Camelspider

	vakantievangst (update)