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Sunday, 3 July 2011
Friday, 1 July 2011
fechas/florales para venir de visita (2011 y 2012)
semana santa del 2012 (ira del 9 de Marzo al 24 abril)
Bulb fields - campos de bulbos en flor, esto depende totalmente del tiempo, y es dificil de predecir, normalmente a mediados de April, a veces a principios de Mayo, los primeros en salir son los narcisos, luego salen los tulipanes junto con los jacintos y ya al final los irises (aunque son menos) - (luego de aqui se hacen las cabalgatas florales)
Keukenhof Gardens -
http://www.keukenhof.nl/ -los Jardines botanicos del Keukenhof habren del 22 de Marzo al 20 de Mayo 2012, tiene programado el desfile floral para el 21 de Abril
Keukenhof Gardens -
http://www.keukenhof.nl/ -
Bloemencorso (desfile de flores, cabalgatas de flores, carrozas florales) - por regla general esto se hace solo en los lugares donde se cultivan los bublos (para reciclar/usar los capullos y flores que florecieron en los campos - este año fueron entre el 15 y 17 de abril)
http://www.holland.com/uk/discoverholland/gardens/flower-parades.jsp aqui va una lista http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloemencorso y luego como toda buena excepcion para confirmar la regla, se pueden hacen en todas partes, durante el resto del año (aunque aqui ya no se reciclan las flores de los campos, sino que se donan o son de invernaderos florares que han ido a concurso)
la cabalgata de flores mas grande del mundo es en Zundert (que es donde nacio vincent (van gogh) y siempre se celebra el primer domingo de septiembre - este año sera del 4 al 5 de Septiembre del 2011 http://www.bloemencorsozundert.nl/ y en el 2012 sera el 2 y 3 de Semtiembre
la cabalgata de flores mas grande del mundo es en Zundert (que es donde nacio vincent (van gogh) y siempre se celebra el primer domingo de septiembre - este año sera del 4 al 5 de Septiembre del 2011 http://www.
Giethoorn, la venecia del norte - no tiene cabalgata de flores - pero si tiene un desfile de gondolas (que algunas veces puede tener un tema floral) http://www.gondelvaartgiethoorn.nl/ - esto se celebra todos los años la ultima semana de agosto (del 24 al 28 de Agosto 2011 y en 2012 del 22 al 26 de agosto) muchos turistas lo combinan con la cabalgata de flores de Vollenhove - porque son dos pueblos que quedan cerca http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&pwst=1&q=Vollenhove+githeroon&nfpr=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1280&bih=863&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl y los dos tienen cabalgata el ultimo sabado de Agosto, asi se empiezan las 10 de la mañana- cabalgata floral infantil en Vollenhove y a las 14;00 cabalgata floral, a las 18:00 desfile de gondolas (en Giethoorn) y si todavia quedan fuerzas se vuelve a Vollenhove para ver por ultimo la cabalgata nocturna que empieza las 20:30
Friday, 3 June 2011
Españistán
Españistán - playlis con subtítulos; (en ingles EN, francesFR, en aleman DE, italiano IT, y español ES)
Spainistan- Video with English subtitles (from the original "Españistán, de la Burbuja Inmobiliaria a la Crisis (por Aleix Saló)" Uploaded by aleixsalo on May 25, 2011)
(1) Españistan (Spain+istan) at 0:03, 6:26 & 6:33 the author plays with the root Españ- (Spain) and the suffix -stan "place of" (perhaps from association with Afghanistan) to create a new word (or country) among the underdeveloped countries
(2) Aznar at 0:40 & at 1:38 born José María Alfredo Aznar López, former Prime Minister of Spain from 1996 to 2004. Political party; People's Party (Conservative)
(3) God of the Neoliberalism at 0:48 & Yuppy God at 1:40 refer to a set of economic policies that have become widespread during the last 25 years in the USA (now elsewhere) critics will argue that you can see the effects of neo-liberalism as the rich grow richer and the poor grow poorer
(4) Zapatero at 3:16 & at 5:37 born José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero - Incumbent Prime Minister of Spain since 2004 till 2012 (end of term) - Political party; Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Labour)
(5) Paco el Pocero at 3:35 born Francisco Hernando Contreras one of the richest men in Spain - made his fortune in construction & real estate. He is accused of corruption, several trials are pending.
(6) Waltz Disney at 3:54 based on the urban legend that Waltz Disney body is frozen & waiting for advances on technology will bring him back to life... actually this is false, but nowadays none cares and the expression "being frozen as Waltz Disney" is popular among Spanish-baby-boomers
(7) photo of Pedro Piqueras at 5:04 - he is a Spanish journalist & news anchor, he is well known for his expressions and often uses the adjective "Dantesque" in his comments (derivates from Dante Alighieri (La Divina Commedia) meaning something is nightmarish, awful, catastrophic
(8) Futuristic girl at 5:14 & at 6:14, this is a parody to a TV commercial (of a well known household bleach), the character is a young woman that can move freely from the future to the present via a "portal", helping housewives to use TODAY the bleach of tomorrow...
(9) Zulo at 5:32 this is satire, a zulo is NOT a habitable space, it is a small hiding place, normally sealed or underground to keep illegal things (weapons) and sadly, abducted persons on waiting for ransom (as it was the case of José Antonio Ortega Lara, he spent 532 days in a damp, underground zulo (3 metros by 2,5 by 1,8). In slang, an awful, flat often would be described as zulo, cell, coffin or hole.
(10) Titanic's orchestra at 5:40 in popular culture means "keep acting as if nothing is happening"
All rights to Aleix Saló (to add your comments go to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7P2ExRF3GQ
or http://www.youtube.com/user/aleixsalo)
The story continue in http://estepaissevaalamierda.wordpress.com/ &http://www.burbujainmobiliaria.com
Spainistan- Video with English subtitles (from the original "Españistán, de la Burbuja Inmobiliaria a la Crisis (por Aleix Saló)" Uploaded by aleixsalo on May 25, 2011)
(1) Españistan (Spain+istan) at 0:03, 6:26 & 6:33 the author plays with the root Españ- (Spain) and the suffix -stan "place of" (perhaps from association with Afghanistan) to create a new word (or country) among the underdeveloped countries
(2) Aznar at 0:40 & at 1:38 born José María Alfredo Aznar López, former Prime Minister of Spain from 1996 to 2004. Political party; People's Party (Conservative)
(3) God of the Neoliberalism at 0:48 & Yuppy God at 1:40 refer to a set of economic policies that have become widespread during the last 25 years in the USA (now elsewhere) critics will argue that you can see the effects of neo-liberalism as the rich grow richer and the poor grow poorer
(4) Zapatero at 3:16 & at 5:37 born José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero - Incumbent Prime Minister of Spain since 2004 till 2012 (end of term) - Political party; Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Labour)
(5) Paco el Pocero at 3:35 born Francisco Hernando Contreras one of the richest men in Spain - made his fortune in construction & real estate. He is accused of corruption, several trials are pending.
(6) Waltz Disney at 3:54 based on the urban legend that Waltz Disney body is frozen & waiting for advances on technology will bring him back to life... actually this is false, but nowadays none cares and the expression "being frozen as Waltz Disney" is popular among Spanish-baby-boomers
(7) photo of Pedro Piqueras at 5:04 - he is a Spanish journalist & news anchor, he is well known for his expressions and often uses the adjective "Dantesque" in his comments (derivates from Dante Alighieri (La Divina Commedia) meaning something is nightmarish, awful, catastrophic
(8) Futuristic girl at 5:14 & at 6:14, this is a parody to a TV commercial (of a well known household bleach), the character is a young woman that can move freely from the future to the present via a "portal", helping housewives to use TODAY the bleach of tomorrow...
(9) Zulo at 5:32 this is satire, a zulo is NOT a habitable space, it is a small hiding place, normally sealed or underground to keep illegal things (weapons) and sadly, abducted persons on waiting for ransom (as it was the case of José Antonio Ortega Lara, he spent 532 days in a damp, underground zulo (3 metros by 2,5 by 1,8). In slang, an awful, flat often would be described as zulo, cell, coffin or hole.
(10) Titanic's orchestra at 5:40 in popular culture means "keep acting as if nothing is happening"
All rights to Aleix Saló (to add your comments go to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7P2ExRF3GQ
or http://www.youtube.com/user/aleixsalo)
The story continue in http://estepaissevaalamierda.wordpress.com/ &http://www.burbujainmobiliaria.com
Saturday, 26 March 2011
Muammar Gaddafi Quotes
Muammar Gaddafi, actually, if it wasn't because you are such a "sick creep" you could have just made it as an stand comedian....
“Libyans do not know Denmark, they do not hate Denmark. They know Italy and they hate Italy.”
“There is no state with a democracy except Libya on the whole planet.”
"I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level" Arab League summit, March 2009
"Libya is an African country. May Allah help the Arabs and keep them away from us. We don't want anything to do with them" Libyan TV, March 2007
"There are people who have been in power longer than me, like Queen Elizabeth of Britain, and nothing has happened to her." Libyan TV, 25 February 2011
"People like the Queen of Britain, Elizabeth II, don't have the authority to enact official rules and that's exactly like my situation," Libyan TV, 25 February 2011
"The security forces found a mosque in al-Zawiya. In a mosque! Weapons, alcohol, and their corpses - all mixed up together". Libyan TV, March 2011
Thursday, 24 March 2011
True size of Africa
The traditional Mercator map, which dates from around 1569, is accurate regarding shape instead of size. A mapmaker cannot accurately represent both — if you want an accurate shape for land masses, you have to sacrifice proportionality, i.e., the relative sizes will be distorted. Moreover, the distortion increases as you move away from the equator, becoming severe near the poles. This leads to what is known as "the Greenland Problem." Greenland appears to be the same size as Africa, yet the land mass of Africa is actually 14 times larger:
Mercator
Gerardus Mercator, 1569
Cyllindrical Conformal[Lambert Conformal Conic with standard parallels at or equidistant from the equator]
Conformal: local angles are preserved, and local circles are not deformed — at every point east/west scale is the same as north/south scaleDistortion is constant along any parallel, and any parallel can be defined as standardConstant bearings (rhumb lines / loxodromes) are straight linesMap extends infinitely North and South
Google Maps (note the dynamic scale bar)[navigating a constant bearing]
Gall-Peters(in ArcMap, use Cyllindrical Equal-Area)
James Gall, 1855Arno Peters, 1967 (presented 1973)
Gall OrthographicPeters[Cyllindrical Equal Area with standard parallels at 45° N/S]
Equal-Area
UNESCONATOVaticanWorld Council of Churches
Winkel Tripel
Oswald Winkel, 1921
standard parallels of component Equirectangular at ~50° 27' 35" N/S
[mathematical average of Equirectangular and Aitoff]
Pleasant balance of shape and scale distortionUnlike other Winkel projections, there are no standard parallels on the final mapNo point is distortion-free
The Times AtlasNational Geographic (since 1998)
Israel is the cancer of Palestine and it shows...
This might sound like very strong wording (and I might be running into the risk of never being able to work for one of the many "Jews Multinationals", nor I might be able to ask for a bank loan); but the country that we call Israel keeps "eating" Palestine land... (well as any justification can be accepted in this matter) I came across the following article which illustrates how "the Historical Palestine" (claimed by the PLO) it was (according to the Israel authority) never Palestine land to start with .. I guess this is the kind of excuses that the Jewish community living in 
Thursday, 17 March 2011
the blog is up and running
I am done with the design and update of the blog. I am up and running with the new template and I finally linked the url to my custom domain, so now instead of www.bequi.com/journal - it's like journal.bequi.com
happy reading my friends
happy reading my friends
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
viña Quella
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