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martes, 28 de abril de 2009
LA POBREZA EN LOS TIEMPOS DE LA INFLUENZA - POVERTY IN THE TIMES OF INFLUENZA
Today on the radio in the United States reported that no deaths have happened like in Mexico ... because early detection and proper treatment are essential. Reportedly died in Mexico because so many people even had the technology to diagnose early. Besides the high cost of medicines.
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Flu spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of thousands annually — millions in pandemic years. Three influenza pandemics occurred in the 20th century and killed tens of millions of people, with each of these pandemics being caused by the appearance of a new strain of the virus in humans. Often, these new strains result from the spread of an existing flu virus to humans from other animal species. An avian strain named H5N1 had until recently posed the greatest risk for a new influenza pandemic since it first killed humans in Asia in the 1990s. Although H5N1 virus has not mutated to a form that spreads easily between people , in April 2009 a novel H1N1 flu strain that combined genes from human, pig, and bird flu, initially dubbed the "swine flu," emerged in Mexico, the United States, and several other nations. By late April, the H1N1 swine flu was suspected of having killed over 150 in Mexico, and prompted Mexico and U.S. travel advisories.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza
EL TURISMO EN LOS TIEMPOS DE LA INFLUENZA / TOURISM IN THE TIMES OF INFLUENZA
El turismo en los tiempos de influenza, originalmente cargada por sarihuella.
While no official figures, it is speculated that the low attendance as a closure in trade, restaurants and meeting places would lead to a decline in revenue from the Federal District, in addition to a possible decline in international tourism to the capital as a other destinations...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza
sábado, 25 de abril de 2009
MICROCOSM - ミクロコスモス
“Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence”
- Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus
jueves, 16 de abril de 2009
GAIA DREAMING THE TREE OF LIFE
Or does the tree of life dream Gaia?
I had an interesting discussion today with a friend. We debated which came first, the Universe or the Idea of the Universe.
If you believe the idea came first then you must consider weather there is a dimension outside our Universe where the idea came from, a Ur-Universe if you will. If you believe the Universe evolved without the idea then you have to consider that our physical world is forming out of nothing. To put it another way, is the base reality of our world thought or concrete matter? And which came first? Before you answer this question for your self, consider that our human minds are thought not matter. Science can look into how the brain works and see all the ion-gates, synapses and neurons...but we have no idea what patterns are flowiing through this 'machine' and how. The contents of our minds is an abstraction, as software is abstraction inside a computer. So, you could say, we are just thoughts. We are Meta. That makes me wonder if we have more in common with our art than our bodies. More in common with dreams than with reality.
So I wrote a poem today which I really liked. And I wanted to do a piece of Art to display it with. I started this piece and it ended up nothing like what I started out to do. As I added each element new potentialities present themselves and before I knew it I was in a very different mode of expression. So I can't show you the poem, Maybe tomorrow.
Oh and one more thing, like the Universe, this piece is not done yet.
cheers
So I wrote a poem today which I really liked. And I wanted to do a piece of Art to display it with. I started this piece and it ended up nothing like what I started out to do. As I added each element new potentialities present themselves and before I knew it I was in a very different mode of expression. So I can't show you the poem, Maybe tomorrow.
Oh and one more thing, like the Universe, this piece is not done yet.
cheers
martes, 14 de abril de 2009
SCARLET MACAW
Scarlet Macaw, originalmente cargada por mrdehoot.
The Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) is a large, colorful Macaw. Some consider the Scarlet to be among the most beautiful birds in the world.
It is native to humid evergreen forests in the American tropics. Range extends from extreme south - eastern Mexico to Amazoniain Peru and Brazil, in lowlands up to 500 m (1,640 ft) (at least formerly) up to 1,000 m (3,281 ft). It has been widely extirpated by habitat destruction and capture for the pet trade. Formerly it ranged north to southern Tamaulipas. It can still be found on the island of Coiba. It is also the Honduran national bird.
It is about 81 to 96 cm (32 to 36 inches) long, of which more than half is the pointed, graduated tail typical of all macaws. The average weight is about a kilogram (2 to 2.5 pounds). The plumage is mostly scarlet, but the rump and tail-covert feathers are light blue, the greater upperwing coverts are yellow, the upper sides of the flight feathers of the wings are dark blue as are the ends of the tail feathers, and the undersides of the wing and tail flight feathers are dark red with metallic gold iridescence. Some individuals may have green on the wings near the yellow band. Three subspecies present varying widths in their yellow wing band. There is bare white skin around the eye and from there to the bill. Tiny white feathers are contained on the face patch. The upper mandible is mostly pale horn in color and the lower is black. Sexes are alike; the only difference between ages is that young birds have dark eyes, and adults have light yellow eyes.
Scarlet Macaws make loud, low-pitched, throaty squawks, squeaks and screams designed to carry many miles.
Two Scarlet Macaws at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska.
Scarlet Macaws originate in the humid lowland subtropical rain forests, open woodlands, river edges, and savannas of Central and South America. The habitat of the Central American Scarlet Macaw runs through the extreme eastern and southern regions of Mexico and Panama, but also through Guatemala and Belize, while the South American population has an extensive range that covers the Amazon basin; extending to Peru east of the Andes, to Bolivia, and Paraguay.While generally infrequent on the mainland, great colonies of Scarlet Macaws can still be found on the islands of Coiba.
Before the Scarlet Macaw's decline in population, its distribution included much of Costa Rica. However, by the 1960s Scarlet Macaws had been decreasing in numbers due to a combination of factors, particularly hunting, poaching, and the destruction of habitat through deforestation. Further, the spraying of pesticides by companies cultivating and selling bananas for export played a significant role in decreasing Scarlet Macaw populations.
The combined factors stressed the population of Scarlet Macaws in Costa Rica, where they had previously occupied approximately 42,500 km² of the country's total national territory of 51,100 km², leaving viable populations in the early 1990s isolated to only two regions on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica; the Carara Biological Reserve and Peninsula de Osa. By 1993 surveys had shown Scarlet macaws occupied only 20% (9,100 km²) of their historic range in Costa Rica.
In flight
The habitat of Scarlet Macaws is considered to be the greatest latitudinal range for any bird in the genus Ara, as the estimated maximum territorial range covers 6,700,000 km². Nevertheless, the Scarlet macaw’s habitat is fragmented, and colonies of the bird are mostly confined to tiny populations scattered throughout Central and South America. However, as they still occur in large numbers in some parts of their territory, where they are described as "common," the World Conservation Union evaluated the species in 2004 as "Least Concern".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_macaw
viernes, 10 de abril de 2009
sábado, 4 de abril de 2009
viernes, 3 de abril de 2009
YANN ARTHUS - BERTRAND
MARKET NEAR XOCHIMILCO DISTRICT, MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (19°20’ N, 99°05’ W)
This mosaic of brightly colored parasols hides a bustling, noisy market, set up for the day in a street of the capital. Shaded from the sun, stalls selling fruit and vegetables, herbal remedies, and spices sit side by side with others that sell cloth and craft artifacts. Mexico’s flourishing markets are a national institution, held daily all over the country. Like their crafts, their traditional clothing, and the façades of buildings, the markets express Mexicans’ love of vivid, bright colors, such as the brilliant pink known as «rosa Mexicana.» Internationally, Mexico was a world champion of commercial growth between 1985 and 1999. Although the national GDP doubled during this period, it is only today that household consumption has begun to rise. This trend may benefit some of the wealthier urban population, but life has not improved for the majority of Mexicans, half of whom live below the poverty line. The social unrest that has troubled the state of Chiapas since 1994 is partly due to this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yann_Arthus-Bertrand
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