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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFHXQI-rwVX7sgEm1xtiKshR263_cMcYZimf87OqwkexsWsSBJfhBM4vjGqSQMYbrs_a7-nos8H-KfsU_7gWuSijIiXzFpWN0AzqXAQqySHZFKSctbgdopLohfzcDMQS_Hk6kMmgUQcE0/s1600/Perbedaan-Perbedaan+Antara+Katak+dan+Kodok.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0px; color: #0099cc; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 1em; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.5s; vertical-align: baseline;"><img border="0" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="1080" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFHXQI-rwVX7sgEm1xtiKshR263_cMcYZimf87OqwkexsWsSBJfhBM4vjGqSQMYbrs_a7-nos8H-KfsU_7gWuSijIiXzFpWN0AzqXAQqySHZFKSctbgdopLohfzcDMQS_Hk6kMmgUQcE0/s640/Perbedaan-Perbedaan+Antara+Katak+dan+Kodok.jpg" style="border: 0px none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="640" /></a></div>
<br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Hewan amfibi katak biasanya dapat dengan mudah ditemukan di sungai, sawah, atau danau. Namun sering kali katak dianggap sama dengan kodok karena sekilas bntk tubuh yg sama. Padahal kedua hewan amfibi itu memiliki perbedaan.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Dalam bahasa Inggris, katak disebut dengan frog, sementara kodok diistilahkan toad. Biasanya perbedaan yang paling mencolok dari katak dan kodok terletak pada kulitnya.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Lalu apa saja perbedaan dari katak dan kodok?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Kulit</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Katak: katak memiliki kulit yang halus dan cenderung lembap. Selain itu, kulit katak berlendir. Warna kulit katak lebih bervariasi, mulai hijau zaitun, kuning, abu-abu, hingga cokelat.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Kodok: kulit kodok pada umumnya kasar, berbintil-bintil dan kering. Karena itu, kodok dapat bertahan lebih lama di tempat yang kering. Kulit kodok biasanya berwarna cokelat.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Bentuk telur</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Katak: saat musim kawin, telur katak bergerombol seperti anggur. Biasanya beberapa katak betina membawa telur-telur di punggung dan meninggalkan kecebong setelah lahir.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Kodok: bentuk telur kodok memanjang, mirip rantai, dan diletakkan di tanaman air. Kodok tidak meninggalkan anak-anaknya meski sudah menjadi kecebong.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Bentuk Tubuh</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Katak: memiliki tubuh yang ramping dan cenderung terlihat 'atletis'. Kodok: tubuh kodok lebih berisi dan pendek.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Jari</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Katak: ujung jari berbentuk bulat-kecil, yang digunakan untuk menempel di pohon.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Kodok: jari mirip cakar, digunakan untuk menggali.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Tungkai </b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Katak: memiliki tungkai yang kuat dan terlihat lebih panjang. Tungkai katak juga berselaput.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Kodok: tungkai bagian belakang pendek.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Cara Bergerak</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Katak: melompat dan jarang merangkak. Lompatan katak bisa lebih panjang dari tubuhnya.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Kodok: Biasanya kodok bergerak dengan merangkak. Jika melompat, lompatannya lebih pendek dari panjang tubuhnya.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">7. Racun</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Katak: Tidak beracun</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Kodok: Ada yang beracun. Kelenjar yang menonjol di bagian leher dan pundak memancarkan racun ringan.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">8. Habitat</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Katak: hidup di pohon, sungai, danau, rawa, sawah, dan lain-lain.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Kodok: tepi sungai, sekitar rumah, dan kayu lapuk.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">9. Digunakan Sebagai Makanan</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Katak: dapat dimakan</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Kodok: tidak bisa karena ada sebagian jenis kodok yang beracun.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15627476599533988836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457717558313935914.post-1405260711874592082017-12-05T22:42:00.005-08:002017-12-05T22:42:48.962-08:004 Hewan Pelari Tercepat Di Daratan<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNEHvWxGrelWlhMN_6ICgbE-JkxNKIUFY2WTqjAA0oM1nr2tmhdiArmXENsNLOgDgVCNK0LmZKJboo4__2Gv9oaZfr0uEu5doA1_LtQOxiVRirFcStELkvitNd161AsHgbVIcExSZtlNU/s1600/4+Hewan+Pelari+Tercepat+Di+Daratan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0px; color: #0099cc; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 1em; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.5s; vertical-align: baseline;"><img border="0" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="1080" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNEHvWxGrelWlhMN_6ICgbE-JkxNKIUFY2WTqjAA0oM1nr2tmhdiArmXENsNLOgDgVCNK0LmZKJboo4__2Gv9oaZfr0uEu5doA1_LtQOxiVRirFcStELkvitNd161AsHgbVIcExSZtlNU/s640/4+Hewan+Pelari+Tercepat+Di+Daratan.jpg" style="border: 0px none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="640" /></a></div>
<br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Citah</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Hewan yang bernama Citah ini masih masuk ke dalam keluarga kucing atau felidae,mCitah dapat berlari dengan kecepatan samapi 115 km per jam.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Hewan ini juga sangat pintar, ia hanya akan berburu dan berlari mengejar mangsanya hanya ketika mangsanya itu masih dalam jarak jangkauannya, jadi hewan ini masuk ke dalam pemangsa yang terefisien di dunia. Ia juga dapat melihat mangsanya dan mentargetkan yang paling lemah diantara yang lainnya.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Springbok</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Hewan dengan nama Springbok ini merupaka antelop dengan ukuran menengah dan ada di wilayah sabana (Barat Daya Afrika).</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Hewan ini seperti kambing jika dilihat dari bentuknya dengan tanduk tegak ke atas. Dan hewan ini juga persis kayak hewan kijang, namun hewan ini bukan kijang. Hewan ini masuk ke dalam tipe sapid an famili dari bovidae (hewan yang terancam punah).</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Hewan bernama Springbok ini dapat berlari sampai kecepatan 100 km per jam. Dan ia juga dapat lompat ke atas sampai jarak 4 meter.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Wildebeest</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Wildebeest merupakan salah satu hewan mamalia dan herbivore dengan masih keluarga Bovidae yang ada di savana.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Hewan ini dapat ditemukan di daerah Tanzania dan ia terkenal merupakan salah satu hewan paling cepat karena ia dapat berlari sampai 80,5 km per jam.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Kanguru</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Kanguru ini memiliki 2 kaki belakang yang sangat kuat, ia dapat melompat dengan kecepatan 20-25 km per jam.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Namun jika ia berlari maka kecepatannya dapat bertambah sampai 71 km per jam. Hewan ini mempunyai otot tungkai depan atua bisep yang sangat kuat, dan ini bisa dipakai untuk memikat lawan jenisnya dan dapat untuk mempertahankan diri.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15627476599533988836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457717558313935914.post-56913352487183882102017-12-05T22:42:00.002-08:002017-12-05T22:42:14.764-08:00Napoleon Bonaparte Gugur Dalam Peperangan Karena Tragedi Gunung Tambora<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy38N9_5LJPUypLHVTIj0LTbYdzsa_Bu2dUgY7A1_9SV07s6Z7JijQi_IHiNV6Sczjr_24wx_8wOaczbywF_vCde9HhfgoQpVnE-X-yNsACqmV1KBHdW0MCxbHAikxai6yv6fNWCJQzfw/s1600/Napoleon+Bonaparte+Gugur+Dalam+Peperangan+Karena+Tragedi+Gunung+Tambora.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0px; color: #0099cc; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 1em; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.5s; vertical-align: baseline;"><img border="0" data-original-height="879" data-original-width="1080" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy38N9_5LJPUypLHVTIj0LTbYdzsa_Bu2dUgY7A1_9SV07s6Z7JijQi_IHiNV6Sczjr_24wx_8wOaczbywF_vCde9HhfgoQpVnE-X-yNsACqmV1KBHdW0MCxbHAikxai6yv6fNWCJQzfw/s640/Napoleon+Bonaparte+Gugur+Dalam+Peperangan+Karena+Tragedi+Gunung+Tambora.jpg" style="border: 0px none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="640" /></a></div>
<br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Letusan hebat Gunung Tambora pada April 1815 bukan saja melumat dan meluluhlantakkan tiga kerajaan kecil di Pulau Sumbawa.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Lebih dari itu, nun jauh di daratan Eropa, tepatnya di Belgia, pasukan tentara di bawah komando penguasa Prancis, Jenderal Napoleon Bonaparte harus bertekuk lutut di tangan Inggris dan Prussia.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Ya, tiga bulan setelah Tambora meletus dahsyat, tepatnya pada 18 Juni 1815, pasukan Napolean terjebak musuh. Pasalnya, di sepanjang hari itu cuaca memburuk. Hujan terus mengguyur kawasan tersebut. Padahal, tentara Prancis itu sedang menuju laga pertempuran.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Akibat cuaca buruk, roda kereta penghela meriam terjebak lumpur. Smua kendaraan tak bisa melaju dengan mulus. Tanahnya licin, berselimutkan salju. Maklum, abu tebal dari letusan Gunung Tambora masih bertebaran di atmosfer sehingga menghalangi sinar matahari yang jatuh ke bumi.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Perang Waterloo itu menjadi kisah tragis bagi Napoleon. Kehebatan Napoleon dalam menundukkan musuh-musuhnya berakhir sudah. Ia pun menyerah kalah.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Jenderal itu lalu dibuang ke Pulau Saint Helena, sebuah pulau kecil di selatan Samudra Atlantik. Di pulau terpencil itulah ia menghabiskan waktunya hingga meninggal dunia pada 1821 akibat serangan kanker.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Kenneth Spink, seorang pakar geologi berteori, bahwa cuaca buruk akibat letusan Gunung Tambora menjadi salah satu pemicu kekalahan Napoleon. Pada pertemuan ilmiah tentang Applied Geosciences di Warwick, Inggris (1996), Spink mengatakan bahwa letusan Gunung Tambora tlah berdampak besar terhadap tatanan iklim dunia kala itu, termasuk cuaca buruk di Waterloo pada Juni 1815.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Di Yogyakarta, letusan Tambora mengagetkan Thomas Stamford Raffles. Gubernur Jenderal Britania Raya di Jawa yang berkuasa pada tahun 1811-1816 itu tadinya mengira ledakan itu berasal dari suara tembakan meriam musuh.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Wajar saja demikian karena ketika itu teknologi komunikasi memang belum tercipta sehingga letusan itu tak bisa disampaikan ke berbagai penjuru daerah dalam waktu yang relatif cepat.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Takut diserang musuh, Raffles pun lalu mengirim tentara ke pos-pos jaga di sepanjang pesisir untuk siap siaga. Perahu-perahu pun disiagakan. Apa boleh buat, dugaan Raffles keliru. Tak ada serangan musuh.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15627476599533988836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457717558313935914.post-70780324954236369292017-12-05T22:41:00.004-08:002017-12-05T22:41:47.512-08:00Ritual Sati India, Tradisi Pengorbanan Cinta Istri Yang Ikut Mati Ketika Suami Meninggal Dunia<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBNWTklSCxTzCzaCEIxxbh1vNTABLVrgaMxhuC1IGcmaMbxP8wliPxRKZFBau3_8iDN0Io4GH0K_qw1mEexH8nII6nMqRM_36pLpCH3yxAEMP0liCP5tlR-s-kyY0czIJksq0PBC51Io/s1600/Ritual+Sati+India%252C+Tradisi+Pengorbanan+Cinta+Istri+Yang+Ikut+Mati+Ketika+Suami+Meninggal+Dunia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0px; color: #0099cc; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 1em; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.5s; vertical-align: baseline;"><img border="0" data-original-height="877" data-original-width="1080" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBNWTklSCxTzCzaCEIxxbh1vNTABLVrgaMxhuC1IGcmaMbxP8wliPxRKZFBau3_8iDN0Io4GH0K_qw1mEexH8nII6nMqRM_36pLpCH3yxAEMP0liCP5tlR-s-kyY0czIJksq0PBC51Io/s640/Ritual+Sati+India%252C+Tradisi+Pengorbanan+Cinta+Istri+Yang+Ikut+Mati+Ketika+Suami+Meninggal+Dunia.jpg" style="border: 0px none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="640" /></a></div>
<br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Ritual sati, yaitu ritual Hindu jika ada seorang janda yang ditinggal mati suaminya, maka ia membakar dirinya sendiri saat jenazah sang suami dikremasi. Mulai dilarang oleh pemerintah kolonial Inggris di India.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Sati adalah ritual pengorbanan diri yang dilakukan oleh seorang istri dalam beberapa komunitas India. Seorang istri yang baru ditinggal mati suaminya akan membakar diri dalam api pembakaran jenazah suaminya sebagai simbol kesetiaan. Meskipun dalam beberapa kasus, sati dilakukan karena dasar pemaksaan. Istilah sati berasal dari nama Dewi Sati, yang dikenal juga sebagai Dakshayani ketika mengorbankan dirinya karena tidak mampu menanggung penghinaan ayahnya.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Dalam Epik Mahabharata, sati juga dilakukan oleh Dewi Madrim pada saat pembakaran jenazah suaminya, Pandu. Catatan sejarah, sati dilakukan oleh permaisuri Raja Raviverma pada abad ke-6. Pemerintah Inggris secara resmi melarang sati di India pada 4 desember 1829.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Meskipun demikian, masih banyak terdapat sati sampai abad sekarang. Keinginan seseorang untuk melakukan sati masih ada, termasuk pada tahun 2009 yang terjadi di Rajshtan India.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Di Bali, sati yang dikenal dengan istilah masatya dilakukan di lingkungan bangsawan sampai tahun 1905, sebelum akhirnya dilarang oleh pemerintah Belanda.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15627476599533988836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457717558313935914.post-63801649498216602852017-12-05T22:41:00.001-08:002017-12-05T22:41:16.377-08:00Gadis Kecil 100 Tahun Lalu Yang Meninggal Ikut Foto<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjBZ6DW-efvfeZNU_Q9ICwX_v-Mpx8T8etmI8zL0Fwu9FRjSOnB1XL8e8vMzbJtaJ2hxYOBqP4MPEFPbOavw8i-77aI03NMvqeWUxs1hCnuVhyziQqqlZePbMlqARzv5n49-7LCyx-kE/s1600/Gadis+Kecil+100+Tahun+Lalu+Yang+Meninggal+Ikut+Foto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0px; color: #0099cc; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 1em; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.5s; vertical-align: baseline;"><img border="0" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="1080" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjBZ6DW-efvfeZNU_Q9ICwX_v-Mpx8T8etmI8zL0Fwu9FRjSOnB1XL8e8vMzbJtaJ2hxYOBqP4MPEFPbOavw8i-77aI03NMvqeWUxs1hCnuVhyziQqqlZePbMlqARzv5n49-7LCyx-kE/s640/Gadis+Kecil+100+Tahun+Lalu+Yang+Meninggal+Ikut+Foto.jpg" style="border: 0px none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="640" /></a></div>
<br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Ah, lagi-lagi berbicara soal penampakan hantu. Memang, akan ada banyak sekali orang yang berpendapat jika hantu itu tak ada. Namun bagaimana kalau bukti memperlihatkan ada sosok yang tak seharusnya ada dalam foto justru muncul? Kamu pasti bisa merinding.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Hal itulah yang dialami oleh keluarga Kim Davidson ini. Semua bermula kala keluarga Davidson tengah berlibur ke danau Murphy's Hole, Helidon, Queensland, Australia. Mereka semua menghabiskan waktu bersama pada tahun 2014 silam.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Seperti lazimnya liburan, keluarga Davidson yang terdiri dari empat anak-anak dan dua orang dewasa itu mengambil foto bersama. Salah satu anak mereka pun memotret keluarga mereka yang berada di dalam danau. Namun saat foto itu sudah jadi dan mereka melihat ulang, tampak ada seorang anak lain yang sejatinya tak ikut difoto, seperti dilansir Mirror. "Hanya ada tiga orang anak-anak dan dua orang dewasa di dalam air saat itu. Yang lain ada di pinggiran. Ada yang mengambil foto dengan kamera di HP-nya. Foto itu sudah diperiksa oleh dua orang ahli teknologi informasi. Tak ada penghalang saat foto itu diambil," jelas Jessie Lu.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Saat ditelusuri lebih lanjut, diduga sosok misterius itu adalah sosok hantu seorang gadis berusia 13 tahun yang sudah meninggal dunia karena tenggelam tahun 1915, 100 tahun silam. Yang bikin lebih seram lagi saat ada teman Jessie yang memposting sebuah kliping koran lama yang melaporkan mengenai kematian Doreen O'Sullivan, hantu gadis yang diduga ikut terfoto.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Melalui kliping koran jadul itu, disebutkan bahwa Doreen meninggal karena tenggelam dalam danau Murphy's Hole yang punya kedalaman enam meter. Tak heran jika danau itu juga dianggap berbahaya. Nah lho, bagaimana kalau menurutmu?</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15627476599533988836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457717558313935914.post-81969227199285296632017-12-05T22:40:00.000-08:002017-12-05T22:40:15.253-08:008 Amazing Dress Code Protests<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Awesome Dress Code Protests</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Boss Sends Guy Home For Violating The Male Dress Code, So He Decides To Follow The Female One Instead</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Office dress codes have become a hot-button issue in recent years, especially as hot temperatures outside force people into less-than-modest attire. An employee at a call centre in Buckinghamshire, UK, named Joey Barge recently faced up against his company’s code when he was sent home for wearing a smart pair of shorts on a nearly 30-degree summer day. In rebellion, he took a tip from a fellow Twitter user and came back in a dress.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">“See you soon, twitter. I’ll be sent home soon,” he posted with a photo of himself sporting the neon-pink and black smock. Surprisingly enough, 20-year-old Joey was allowed to remain at work after changing, undoubtedly benefiting from strict UK laws that prohibit companies from discriminating against employees based on their sexuality or gender identity. His boss must have feared a trend of men turning up to the office ‘dressed up’ in solidarity with Joey, and promptly sent out a memo that the dress code had been temporarily amended – a smashing victory on Joey’s part, though we must admit that his dress looked rather fetching.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Teen Calls Out School's 'Sexist' Dress Code With Hilarious Yearbook Quote</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">A New Jersey teen joined a growing movement of students speaking out against sexist dress codes with a cheeky yearbook quote.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Tori DiPaolo, a senior at West Milford High School in New Jersey, dons a black shoulder-bearing top in her yearbook picture. Underneath the small photo, DiPaolo's quote reads, "I'm sorry, did my shoulders distract you from reading this quote?"</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The cheeky barb clearly takes aim at West Milford's dress code which, according to the West Milford public school district's website, forbids "halters, half-shirts, shorts, or sweaters and blouses that expose breasts or stomachs."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">DiPaolo tweeted a photo of her yearbook picture on June 13, writing, "Tori: 1; Dress Code: 0."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. The Amazing Way Teens Are Protesting A New Dress Code Policy</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Teen girls’ bodies are not “A” distraction.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Young women at Charleston County School of the Arts school in North Charleston, SC are wearing scarlet letters to school to protest a new rule stating that girls who violate the dress code must be immediately sent out of class, and cannot return until the dress code issue is resolved.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Reese Fischer, a junior at the school, was one of several students worried that this new policy would disrupt students’ education. She was also concerned by remarks teachers allegedly made regarding the dress code.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">“The teachers at our school insert their own comments like ‘you’re selling yourself in the wrong way’ or ‘you’re asking for it,’” Fischer told The Huffington Post.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Schoolboys creatively protest school dress code</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Everyone is getting introduced to protests at an early age in 2017, but a group of elementary school boys from Exeter may have mastered the practice.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">At Isca Academy in Exeter, England, temperatures have been reaching summer highs of nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and the boys still aren’t allowed to wear shorts.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Thirty-year-old Claire Reeves, whose son attends the academy, told Devon Live on Tuesday:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">“I have called the school several times and they have told me that if I send my son to school in shorts then he will be sent to the isolation room all day and if I keep him off school then it’ll be an unauthorized absence.”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">On the other hand, the dress code favors girls during the hot weather, allowing them the luxury of skirts. So a group of 50 to 70 boys took what the rules were giving them, and showed up in the female attire.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">One boy added: “I’m not in sitting lessons in the boiling weather in trousers.” He also made the argument, an apt one for 2017, on the grounds of gender equality. “Boys and girls should have the same rights anywhere in the world,” he said.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The boys received almost unanimous positive support from onlookers and parents, surely making an impact on the administration for the future.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The head teacher of Isca Academy wasn’t about to change the rule immediately but conceded: “However, with hotter weather becoming more normal, I would be happy to consider a change for the future.”</span><br style="background-color: white; 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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">This office worker is protesting her boss’s discriminatory dress code by wearing cosplay costumes to the office every day – and, don’t worry, they all fit the guidelines. June J. Rivas, believed to be from Chicago, was recently told by her boss that the way she wears her hair in a ponytail and headscarves was ‘unprofessional’. In a Facebook post over the weekend, June explained: ‘Our contract states “No dress code. Just be clean and pressed”‘. She also shared a picture which showed how she usually dresses for the office – and there’s no doubting she is both clean and pressed.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">She then filed an harassment complaint. The boss responded by introducing a new dress code which banned headscarves in the office. ‘To counter, she issued a brand new memo,’ June wrote. ‘We now have a dress code. No any of above plus no straps, hats, sandals, cleavage, back out, lace, and even (and I quote) “cultural head wraps”‘.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">June has since reported the female boss to the EEOC – The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – but, in the meantime, she’s decided to comply with the guidelines. Just not quite in the way her boss probably intended. While all her outfits are within the rules, they also happen to be inspired by her love of cosplay. Well, they didn’t mention wigs, coloured lenses, spandex, or wings.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Swedish handyman responds to sexist dress codes by wearing high heels to work for a day</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Despite the fact that women have had to put up with them for decades, high heels have become a massive hot button issue recently, thanks to stories about women being sent home from work for wearing flats and a photo of one waitress’s feet after working all day in the shoes her workplace required her to wear. It feels like people are finally picking up on the idea that expecting women to wear uncomfortable, unstable shoes at all times is a ridiculously unfair, sexist concept. And helping the idea spread are videos like this one, showing a Swedish handyman named Emil Andersson doing a day’s work in high heels.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">It’s ridiculous. It’s harder for him to get his work done. He’s in pain by the end of the day. The more you watch it, the sillier it seems that any of us would choose to wear heels to work – and the more outrageous it becomes that there are workplaces that have made high heels part of their compulsory dress code. Because if it’s quite clearly absurd for a man to do a full day’s work in heels, why is it considered so normal when women do the same? Andersson’s day included laying a floor in a fourth floor apartment (with no elevator, so he had to take the stairs).</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">‘It was a real challenge,’ he told The Local. ‘But at the same time, I went for that kind of scenario. ‘I dreamed up a situation where it was hard work to have high heels on, where it promised to impact my job.’ But as he points out in the video, translated and edited by The Local, it’s just as insane for a floorlayer to be wearing heels all day as it is for a waitress.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">As anyone blessed with a bra size under a D cup knows, it’s often much, much more comfortable to go braless than strap a structured underwire to your chest. And when you’re more comfortable, you’re more able to focus on getting things done. So why was one student told she had to wear a bra to school – even though it was quite clear she felt better without? Student Kaitlyn Juvik was called into the headteacher’s office for what they called a dress code violation. She was told that by going braless under an opaque black t-shirt, she had made others feel ‘uncomfortable’.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Which is quite clearly ridiculous. As Kaitlyn notes, you’d have to look pretty closely to even notice she wasn’t wearing a bra. Why would her natural body make people uncomfortable? And why was she made to change to accommodate someone else’s dislike of how she looks? In response, Kaitlyn was joined by other supportive students to stage a protest, ditching their bras for one school day.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">8. In protest: French bus drivers wear skirts</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">(Web Desk) - France’s Bus operators wear skirts in protest after being banned from wearing shorts.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Bus drivers working in Nantes started this as a way to get around their bosses’ ban. With the temperatures sky rocketing up to 38 degree Celsius this week, France’s weather authority warned citizens to be “very vigilant” during this heat-wave.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">These workers at Nantes are members of CFDT union (The French Democratic Confederation of Labour). They stated that their uniform was “not appropriate” for summers with high temperatures and they “envy women who wears skirts at moments like this.”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">“We are wearing skirts, because they are the authorized outfits in the company,” one driver told a local French media site. Gabriel Magner, Union official commented:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">"This is a form of discrimination. Women drivers can wear skirts, but not the men.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">"In this heatwave, the temperatures are reaching close to 50C behind our windscreens.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">"And given we have no air conditioning on our buses, it’s unbearable."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Semitan, the bus company, did release a set of lighter summer trousers for bus drivers, as reported, but it appears that they are not going to be allowed to wear shorts at work.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15627476599533988836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457717558313935914.post-33119407325503745542017-12-05T22:39:00.002-08:002017-12-05T22:39:29.617-08:009 Cool Architectural Designs<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Cool Monochromatic Architectural Designs</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Futuristic Pod Home by Jesse Judd Architects, Melbourne, Australia</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">I never thought that a house with red and orange in excess could appeal that much. This futuristic pod home was designed by Judd Lysenko Architects in Melbourne, Australia. With simple lines and an amazing way of using steel, laminated glass and plywood cocoon, the house manages to blend really well with the striking natural scenery by adding to its beauty. Designed by Judd Lysenko Architects, draws its inspiration from American-German architect Mies van der Rohe – considered a pioneer of modern architecture. We think this home would make him proud. The bright orange stain on the curved plywood interior wall makes the house glow like a giant ember in the night. Looks like a warm place in the heart of the woods if you ask me, and a great holiday retreat at the same time. Magical futuristic pod home! Do you like it?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Lechte Corporation Office Fitout by Plus Architecture, Melbourne – Australia</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Plus Architecture have created a sleek, monochromatic workspace that not only reflects the client’s practical needs and aesthetic sensibilities, but also aligns with their branding and corporate image, carving out nine spaces within a limited footprint of 135sqm.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">A rigid structure compromised by the existing services of a surrounding carpark, this site became an exercise in floorplan optimisation. Educated in its allocation of space and arrangement of furnishings, Plus have demonstrated intuitive spatial awareness and restraint.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The design composition is resolute and effortless. The end-user has been brought to the fore and as a result the space flows organically, with the open-plan office space, three private offices, boardroom and kitchen a natural progression from the reception and banquette area. Thus, a fine balance between private and functional work spaces is achieved.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Polished in its presentation, the office exudes industrial sophistication with a refined, monochromatic palette featuring Dulux’s powder coat and acrylic paint ranges.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. APOS² OFFICE IN BANGKOK BY APOSTROPHY’S</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">In order to fulfill the need for additional work space for their increasing number of office members, Bangkok-based design firm Apostrophy’s has recently extended and refurbished their Thailand office. Vivid primary color have been used as a core of design, consisting of 3 pure colors red, blue and yellow have been mark in each level link by a spectrum staircase as well as free hand Typographic and playful Pictogram which illustrate about design philosophy has been placed on the wall.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The retro neon sign has been placed on a hot red wall at the entrance. Then, entering to the first floor area has been design to be a reception hall and cafe for whether officer or guest. There are chairs and long desk along the wall beneath a loft steel cabinet. Red is the most powerful warm tone color so, it has been use to energized, and stimulated a guest to be excite and staff to express their enthusiasm at the first step.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The second floor has been designed for working area called “Aposer Room”, marked by a blue, to make this space is calm, tranquility and stable. It is a open plan office, all working desk have been placed facing each others to allow them to have some discuss. A huge typographic phase “There is no “I” in TEAM but there is in WIN” have been place on the wall dominantly to remind all staff to cut down their self-esteem, then collaborated or have discussion to solve the problem or any conflict.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The third floor is the last level but is not the last of work, this floor has been realized for “Brain Storming Room” and executive room. It marked by a bright yellow to light up the space and may be spark the creative thinking as well as the typographic phase about working development to inform both beginner staff and executive officers.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Monochromatic Private Home in Shanghai Uses Concrete as Color Base</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Wei Yi International Design completed another project in Shanghai using their signature contemporary minimal Zen-like style. Concrete became the base color for the big part of the house, allowing very little color accents.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Keeping the living room monolithically grey, the designers mixed dark tones with white elements in the kitchen/dining area. They also kept bedroom, bath, and home office white.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">There is some serenity in all this greyness. And thanks to high-end furnishings, the interior looks complete. Contrast in textures, again, plays a big role in setting the dynamic for the minimal interior. Polished concrete and grey-painted wooden slats play well with leather and wool of the furnishings.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">In the kitchen the dynamic comes from difference in dark tones as well as an impressive black textured countertop. To really make a statement with lighting Wei Yi went with a yellow built-in light that runs through the ceiling in the living room like a lightning flash.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The rest of space is simple and distraction-free. Bedroom is only for sleeping, while home office’s sole purpose is to provide perfect conditions for work.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Are You Know?</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><a href="http://www.teroes.com/2017/09/8-trains-through-strangest-places.html" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #0099cc; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.5s; vertical-align: baseline;" title="8 Trains Through The Strangest Places">Trains That Pass Through The Weirdest Places</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><a href="http://www.teroes.com/2017/09/7-towns-with-one-resident-population-1.html" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #0099cc; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.5s; vertical-align: baseline;" title="7 Towns With One Resident ( Population : 1 )">7 Population 1: 7 Towns With One Resident</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><a href="http://www.teroes.com/2017/09/9-awesome-glass-bottom-pools.html" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #0099cc; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.5s; vertical-align: baseline;" title="9 Awesome Glass Bottom Pools">9 Amazing Glass Bottom Pools</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Shanghai’s new Zebar lures customers with a hypnotic modern interior</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">A cave-like bar designed with simple materials has created a new, visually stunning modern space in Shanghai.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The Zebar was first conceived in 2006 by a Singaporean movie director and an ex musician from southern China.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Designed by Francesco Gatti of the 3Gatti Architecture Studio, the bar is one hypnotic space after another, with white plasterboard fins stacked along walls to create a mesmerizing effect that draws visitors in.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The design, says the architect, is “a caved space formed from of a digital Boolean subtraction of hundreds of slices from an amorphic blob.” A byproudct of the age of 3-D computer modeling programs, the Zebar is a “digital design created in an analogic world,” Gatti said.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Each plasterboard wall section was cut by hand. Aside from the plasterboard, the only materials used were plywood and black cement, making the project low-cost, and quick to assemble.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The Zebar opened for business this past November, having sat empty for three years after its construction completion. As Gatti tells it, the owners commissioned the bar’s construction without a business plan, so time was needed after the Zebar’s construction to determine how, exactly, it would operate. In addition to drinks, the social gathering spot also features live music.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6. A black and white hotel in Singapore</span></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Singapore's chic new destination, Hotel Mono, is an entirely black and white boutique hotel that needs no filter to cause a stir on your Instagram feed. Each of the hotel's 46 rooms is slightly different, due to the peculiarities of the original floor plan, but nothing about Hotel Mono feels disjointed. The high contrast monochrome theme fills every nook and cranny of the space.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">7. A Monochromatic Home in Moscow, Russia</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Monochromatic colours schemes aren’t common in average home designs, but each time we seen one that has been done particularly well, we wish they’d trend even harder. Establishing a monochromatic decor design throughout an entire home is best done by varying certain pieces every so slightly by shade or tone but keeping things within the same colour family. Nagatinskaya, a residential project located in Moscow, Russia, is a shining example of how to do that perfectly.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">8. World's Oddest Apartment Has Searingly Neon... Everything</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">What happens when you give a bunch of design students free rein to decorate an apartment as they see fit? Apparently, they'll collectively create what has to be the weirdest, most surreal collection of candy-colored, 3D walled rooms possible. At the very least, that's what the artsy pupils of the Geneva University of Art and Design (called HEAD) seemed to have in mind when they constructed Conversation Pieces, an "exploratory apartment" installation resented at this year's Milan Design Week. Made up of a jumbled, monochromatic pink living room, a panic room, a paper-lined snow cave bedroom, and a half-built entry way made entirely of raw wood—to name just a few—the goal of the large-scale project is to explore "how certain objects are able to generate a dialogue and modify interpersonal relationships between others."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">9. Minimalist 'Red Barn' a Sleek Take on Country Classic</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Many minimalist architects are in love with ideal forms, constantly working to distill the essence of a space or object down to its most pure articulation. With this visually striking Connecticut studio, architect Roger Ferris proves no exception.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Though Ferris would vehemently deny having any signature style, the bright red house shares a number of qualities with his other residential projects, including the veneration of clean geometric forms, a monochromatic facade, and the use of horizontally-slatted screen.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Containing an artist studio and wood shop on the ground floor with a bedroom, bathroom, living room and dining room above, this building is clad entirely in a slatted composite rain screen that extends the to roof. The front of the structure boasts an entire wall of windows—still screened by those red slats—framing views of Long Island Sound.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The simply shaped modern building stands in stark contrast to the other, more traditional structures on the estate. But because it was inspired by the shape and color of the classic New England barn, it still manages to feel of-a-piece with the other buildings.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15627476599533988836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457717558313935914.post-72866334805008606122017-12-05T22:38:00.005-08:002017-12-05T22:38:59.025-08:0010 Works Art for Global Warming<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Eye-Catching Works Of Art On Global Warming</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Banksy art tackles global warming</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Graffiti artist Banksy has marked the end of the Copenhagen climate conference with a series of murals, including one on global warming.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The four works appeared along the Regent's Canal in Camden, north London.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">One includes the phrase: "I don't believe in global warming," with letters disappearing below the water.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Banksy has gained an international following for his graffiti and exhibitions, the latest of which drew 300,000 visitors in Bristol.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">His four new works near Camden's Oval Bridge also include a mural of a boy using a fishing rod to pull the name Banksy out of the river.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Another mural shows a rat wearing a top hat and suit, while the fourth depicts a man pasting up wallpaper that resembles graffiti.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">In September, Hackney Council in east London partially covered a Banksy mural with black paint by mistake.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">His spoof image of the Royal Family appeared on the side of a building in Stoke Newington, east London, before it was painted over.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The UN Copenhagen summit ended at the weekend without setting legally binding climate change targets.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Giant hands rise from a canal in Venice to send a powerful message about climate change</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Global warming is a ticking bomb that we need to defuse before it explodes. To raise awareness about this modern issue, Italian artist Lorenzo Quinn (previously here) has built a monumental sculpture for the 2017 Venice Art Biennale.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Quinn is widely known for incorporating elements of the human body parts in his work, and this project is no different. Titled Support, it depicts two massive hands, rising from a canal to support the Ca’ Sagredo Hotel. It is a visual statement, that people need to repond to global warming appropriately before it’s too late. “Venice is a floating art city that has inspired cultures for centuries,” Lorenzo Quinn told Halcyon Gallery. “But to continue to do so it needs the support of our generation and future ones, because it is threatened by climate change and time decay.”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Reflecting on the two sides of humans – the creative and the destructive – Quinn addresses their ability to make a change and re-balance the world around them. Support evokes both hope in trying to hold up the building above the water and fear in highlighting the fragility of the situation. It’s a powerful statement with meticulous execution. “I wanted to sculpt what is considered the hardest and most technically challenging part of the human body,” the artist said. “The hand holds so much power – the power to love, to hate, to create, to destroy.”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. ART THAT MELTS: PUBLIC ICE SCULPTURE BY NELE AZEVEDO</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">In 2009 Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo carved 1,000 'Melting Men' out of ice and placed them in Berlin's Gendarmenmarkt Square to bring awareness to Global Warming. As part of the Festival of Queens in northern Ireland, she created a similar installation to visually remind people of the melting ice caps in Greenland and Antartica. She has installed the 'Melting Men' or 'Monumento Minimo', in cities across the globe and is becoming known internatinally for her climate change art. 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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">With the Paris climate negotiations in full swing, one of the animals whose survival is on the line showed up — or, at least, a sculpture of him did.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">On the left bank of the Seine, a huge metal sculpture of a blue whale has been erected, a reminder to negotiators and world leaders that threatened species are among those who will suffer if the talks don't lead to concrete action on climate change. The blue whale is considered Endangered by the IUCN Red List, and is still recovering from hundreds of years of whaling — as well as the new threat of climate change. The 110-foot sculpture is in the image of a whale named Bluebell, caught by whalers a hundred years ago, according to The New York Times.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Horses with oil-pump heads installed on the Thames to criticize climate change inaction</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">British artist Jason deCaires Taylor is making waves with his bold new installation on the bank of London’s Thames river. Aptly named The Rising Tide, the sculptures are exposed each time the waters recede, evoking the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and hopefully sparking discussion of world powers failing to act in the interest of conservation efforts. It’s no accident that the sculptures are located less than a mile away from the Houses of Parliament, as the artist specifically designed this project to draw attention to the damaging decisions made by its members.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Melting Superman at Singapore Art Museum</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Currently displayed on the front lawn of the Singapore Art Museum is this melting Superman aptly titled, “No One Can Save Us Now.” Created by Mojoko and Eric Foenander as part of the exhibition: The Singapore Show: Future Proof, the larger than life sculpture is there to reminds us that a superhero is not immortal after all nor is it as “super” as it is thought to be. According to Mojoko, “it's a comment on global warming. The fact that the superhero is melting gives us little hope for the future.”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">It is made of polystyrene, Plaster of Paris, and plastic paint and took three people six weeks to create.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">When asked what the public's reaction has been like Mojoko told us this, “People normally react by laughing, then taking photos of themselves in front of it, then they say, ‘It's melting because its too hot in Singapore.' Which is kind of the correct reaction.”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The Singapore Show: Future Proof brings together more than 35 works – including sculptures, paintings, performance art and site-specific installations – from 26 of today's young Singaporean artists who've made a mark either on the streets or in galleries. The show goes on from now until April 15, 2012.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">7. Artist Isaac Cordal’s Incredible Tiny Sculptures Offer a Chilling View of Climate Change</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Climate change and the ills of capitalism are often harped on as two of the biggest threats to society, but many of us have trouble picturing such far-off threats. Artist Issac Cordal offers us a new perspective on these issues through his provocative series of tiny cement sculptures that challenge our views of society. Thoughtfully arranged without the need for exposition, these miniaturized scenes are often arranged as site-specific street art interventions.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">To capture his skepticism of authority, Cordal usually depicts his tiny figurines as politicians and businessmen in the process of needlessly trapping themselves in unpleasant situations. In “Follow the Leaders,” Cordal warns onlookers of the dangers in blindly following the wills of the rich and powerful. Like miniature clones, the identical statues were created in the likeness of middle-aged, white collar, white men, each desperately clutching a briefcase as they huddle together or drown to death in a mindless mass.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">8. ECO ART: Polar Bears Floating Down the Thames!</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Eden TV, a new UK-based natural history TV channel has recently begun broadcasting. To celebrate their launch, the network built a 16-foot-high sculpture of a mother polar bear and her cub stranded on an iceberg. Also meant to increase awareness about the plight of the polar bear and their dwindling habitat as a result of climate change, the sculpture was sent to float down the Thames river. The event took place on January 26th and started at Greenwich, South East London traveling to the Tower Bridge and then to the House of Parliament.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The 1.5-ton sculpture was created by a team of 15 artists, who worked for 2 months to create the 20-feet by 20-feet sculpture. The mamma bear and her cub started their journey at 6:30 am and traveled for 7.5 miles to reach their destination, where they had their photos taken by the press. Eden will highlight the sculpture and the melting of the ice caps this week along with their Fragile Earth series.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Sir David Attenborough, a well-known broadcaster and wildlife conservationist, says: “The melting of the polar bears’ sea ice habitat is one of the most pressing environmental concerns of our time. I commend Eden for highlighting the issue; we need to do what we can to protect the world’s largest land carnivores from extinction.”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">9. The Sea Isn’t Made For Fish And The Water’s Not For Drinking</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">__The Aral Sea, fed by the Amu Darya and Syr Darya Rivers, was Earth’s 4th largest inland body of water. Then Russia built primitive irrigation canals so people could grow cotton, requiring forced labor. Water levels have plummeted; there are now two much smaller bodies of water, a wrecked ecology and much misery.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">__California’s Salton Sea is disappearing, too.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">__Meanwhile some promising news: Multiple dams planned on Ganga and Brahmaputra Rivers are being re-evaluated.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">__China has contaminated about 2/3s of underground and 1/3 of its surface water supplies. Let the clean-up begin.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">__Dioceses in New Mexico are filing for bankruptcy in the wake of legal action by victims of sexual abuse. Some dioceses have been major sources of free drinking water and schools, particularly among the Navajo. But now there are uncertainties about continued supplies of scarce drinkable water.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">__What will Florida do about the impact of fertilizers, pesticides and animal waste in its lakes and streams? Algal blooms, “No Swimming” signs, even microcystin are proliferating.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">__What a mess! There’s some evidence that wastewater treatment is actually creating new antibiotics, thus adding to our resistance.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">10. 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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Around 600 naked people braved the cold late last week to promote Greenpeace's message about the impacts of climate change on the Aletsch Glacier in the Swiss Alps.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The nude volunteers posed for renowned naked installation artist Spencer Tunick, who is collaborating with the environmental organisation.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Greenpeace approached Spencer Tunick about the the idea of juxtaposing the image of nude bodies against the 'melting glacier,' Yves Zenger, a spokesperson for Greenpeace International, told edie.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">"Is there a better symbol for vulnerability than human nakedness? Recognising the vulnerability of people - especially in as much as we are part of nature - is also a major concern of environmental protection.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">"It is about time that we admit how exposed we actually are both in terms of biodiversity and as a component of global ecological systems."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">American artist Spencer Tunick is best known for his photography of nudes around the world - from New York and Montreal to Amsterdam and Mexico City where 18,000 people posed nude in the city's central square.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Tunick's living sculpture on the Aletsch Glacier was created as a symbolic link between people and glaciers, which Greenpeace says are rapidly retreating as a result of climate change.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">"I always feel that the body is a constant medium, and creates a new dialogue for the background," Spencer Tunick told edie.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">"In this case, the vulnerability of the body coincided with the vulnerability of the glacier. The glacier looks strong, but it's not...it's just as vulnerable."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The Aletsch Glacier provided the perfect backdrop to send a message about climate change, says Greenpeace.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Their research shows that if global warming continues at its current rate, most glaciers in Switzerland will completely disappear by 2080.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">"The human body is as vulnerable as the melting glacier," said Markus Allemann, campaign coordinator for Greenpeace Switzerland.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">"These naked people [braved] the cold because they want decision-makers to wake up and take immediate, forceful, and courageous steps to protect the climate. There is still time, but it is running out."</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15627476599533988836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457717558313935914.post-83014964002747531732017-12-05T22:38:00.002-08:002017-12-05T22:38:20.421-08:0010 Strange Ways To Stay Cool<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Crazy Ways To Stay Cool</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<tr style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td class="tr-caption" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.304px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: top;">If you're drinking enough to create a pool this size, it may be time to seek help!</td></tr>
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Last week, two daredevil Canadian climbers, Will Gadd and Sarah Hueniken, attempted the impossible: scaling Niagara’s 51m-high, frozen falls. And it only took them just under an hour to do it.</div>
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Niagara Falls, the collective term for the three waterfalls that dominate the border between New York state and Ontario, Canada, flows at a rate of up to two million litres per second. Because of that immense volume, the falls almost never stop moving. In fact, other than a 30-hour dry spell on 29 March 1848, when an ice jam in the upper river blocked the regular flow of water, it was nearly unheard of until early 2014, when the falls came to a near standstill twice during the extreme North American cold wave. (And while some would argue that the falls froze in the early 1900s, the credibility of that commonly shared photograph has been proven questionable.)</div>
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It’s important to note that even in these three rare instances, the falls never completely froze over, making attempts to climb up the falls extremely dangerous. The water, albeit in smaller volumes, continues to flow, forming unstable layers of snow, slush and ice (see 2:08 when Gadd sinks his hooks into a piece of snow that simply crumbles away). It’s a feat we wouldn’t suggest trying at home. Still, for Gadd and Hueniken, being the first climbers to travel up Niagara Falls is a good way to go down in history. “There's only one Mount Everest, there's only one Niagara Falls and I feel really lucky because that ended a lot of hard work by a lot of people and I got to climb something to me that was really amazing and really beautiful and a whole lot of fun,” Gadd said in an interview with ABC.</div>
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In the winter, videos like the above are one of the only ways to get a sense of the falls’ majesty up close. Visitors have been banned from walking on the bridges formed by the ice since 1912; it’s illegal to climb the falls on either side of the border; and the boat tour on the New York side of the Falls, the Maid of the Mist, shuts down after October because of icy conditions, usually reopening in April or May.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Erendira Wallenda, the wife of famed high wire artist Nik Wallenda, completed her own heart-pounding stunt today, a daring maneuver that involves hanging by her teeth and toes from a hoop dangling out of a helicopter as it flew over Niagara Falls.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The aerialist stunned onlookers as she performed the record-breaking feat, telling people afterwards that the stunt was harder than she expected because of the weather.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">"It felt amazing. It was a little more windy than I expected it to be, but then I just put myself back in my backyard where I train all the time," Wallenda said in a press conference following her stunt. "I felt good enough to where I was able to hang by my teeth a second time."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The stunt comes five years after her daredevil husband became the first person to walk across Niagara Falls on a high wire, a wildly popular achievement that was televised in in 2012.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Nik Wallenda called his wife "a ballerina in the air" during a news conference Thursday detailing the stunt.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Erendira Wallenda assured the public that her training had prepared her for the feat.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">"This is something that we train for, so I'm not just going to go out there and be like, 'Oh I hope for the best," she said.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Rebecca Wydysh, a representative for the Niagara County Legislature, presented Wallenda with a proclamation to commemorate her spectacle and declared June 15 as Erendira Wallenda Day in Niagara County.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">"I'm just so thankful for the opportunity, so hopefully we can do something together in the next five years," Wallenda said, hinting at a future stunt with her husband.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">On February 15, 2012, acrobat, aerialist and daredevil Nik Wallenda received approval from Ontario's Niagara Parks Commission (NPC) to walk a tightrope across Niagara Falls, a dream he had had since he was a child. The plan called for crossing the Niagara River and its 200-foot (61 m) deep gorge from the American side at Goat Island and making his way across the river to the Canadian side near the site of Table Rock. The American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls would be behind him and to his right, while the Canadian Falls would be on his immediate left and behind.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The approval came after nearly two years of lobbying governments in both the United States and Canada. Wallenda's walk also brought in $3.3 million of revenue to the city of Niagara Falls, New York. 38,000 people gathered in that state to watch the action.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">In the summer of 1876, crowds gathered to see an Italian woman challenge Niagara. Maria Spelterini made several successful trips across the gorge on a tightrope, tempting fate by making the crossing while shackled. She walked across with peach baskets on her feet and also made the trip walking backward.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The last legal tightrope walk occurred in July of 1896.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5. ANNIE EDSON TAYLOR</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">On October 24th, 1901 Annie Taylor became the first person and the first woman to go over the falls in a barrel and survive. Ms Taylor, a 63 year old school teacher from Michigan, accompanied by her cat, decided to tempt fate in an effort to gain fame and fortune.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The Pan American Exposition was taking place in Buffalo, New York and Ms. Taylor felt she would be able to attract a huge crowd. On the afternoon of October 24th, 1901 a small boat towed the barrel containing Ms. Taylor and her cat into the main stream of the Niagara River where it was cut loose.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">At approximately 4:30 p.m. the barrel was seen edging over the brink, only to reappear less than a minute laterwhere it was seen floating at the base of the falls. Fifteen minutes later the barrel reappeared close to the Canadian shore, where it was dragged to a rock and the barrel lid removed.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">To everyone's amazement, Annie Taylor emerged from her barrel, dazed but triumphant. Her only injury was a cut on her forehead that she received while being extracted from her barrel.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Mrs. Annie Edson Taylor was the first person to ever go over the Mighty Niagara Falls and survive and she undoubtedly found the fame that she had been seeking.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">For many years after this event she sold mementos of her feat on the streets of Niagara Falls, claiming that she would never attempt another journey over the falls, preferring to walk into the mouth of a cannon. Unfortunately, while Annie Taylor may have found the fame that she desperately sought, she did not find the fortune. She passed away in 1921, poor and destitute.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Niagara Falls finally kills daredevil</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">A Niagara Falls daredevil made a splash in 2003 as the first person to take the plunge with no protection.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">He should have called it quits then.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Kirk Jones tried the stunt again on April 19 — this time in a 10-foot inflatable ball — but was killed the second time around.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The 53-year-old’s body was recovered 12 miles away at the mouth of Lake Ontario on June 2, State Park Police Detective Sgt. Brian Nesbit told the Syracuse Post-Standard.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">His ball was picked up by the Maid of the Mist tour boat.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">“That’s the guy,” Nisbet said when asked whether Jones was the same man who’d survived the falls on Oct. 20, 2003, when he went over wearing only his clothes.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Jones “may have been attempting a stunt by going over Niagara Falls in a large inflatable ball,” Nisbet said.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">In 2003, the man’s family said Jones had planned his unprotected plunge as a daredevil stunt — but he initially said he was trying to kill himself, the paper reported.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">He broke his ribs and bruised his spine in the 180-foot fall into the Horseshoe Falls along the US-Canada border, where water rushes at 150,000 gallons a second.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Canadian authorities banned Jones for life after he pleaded guilty to unlawfully performing a stunt and mischief. He was fined nearly $3,000.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">“I’m feeling very happy to be alive,” Jones said after appearing in court in 2003. “I ask that no one ever try such a terrible stunt again. I understand what I did was wrong. You’ll never see an action in Niagara waters with my name written on it again.”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">He described his experience in an appearance on ABC’s “Good Morning America” a week after the stunt.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">“I felt like and heard a suction — a suction that, like a large vacuum cleaner, you suck up an insect on the counter,” Jones said on the show. “And I was actually sucked inside, immediately, inside the curtain of the falls. Inside it. And enveloped in it, actually.”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Jones and his brother, Keith, planned to write a book, tentatively titled, “You’re Kidding Me: A Knucklehead’s Guide to Surviving Niagara Falls.”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">There’s no evidence the guide was ever published.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Jones later joined a Florida-based circus as a stunt performer and had recently been living in Spring Hill, Fla.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Since his 2003 stunt, three other people have survived unprotected plunges, most recently in 2012.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">7. 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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Niagara Falls has a powerful allure, especially if you're a daredevil. Every year, it attracts people hoping to join the privileged ranks of those who have gone over the falls and survived.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Back in 1995, 39-year-old California stunt man Robert Overacker hoped to join that exclusive club...until tragedy struck on his way down.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">On October 2, 1995, Overacker arrived at Niagara Falls to execute a stunt to raise awareness for the homeless. He planned to Jet Ski over the falls on the Canadian side, deploy a parachute, and land safely.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15627476599533988836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457717558313935914.post-55313259619890873812017-12-05T22:36:00.002-08:002017-12-05T22:36:58.120-08:009 Awesome Instagrammable Desinations<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Amazing Instagram Destinations</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1. This tiny Polish village might be the most Instagrammable spot in Europe</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">A small village in Poland has fewer than 1,000 people, but it’s received international press as one of the most beautiful villages in Europe. That’s because the residents of Zalipie—located northeast of Krakow—have been painting their houses, churches, schools, and even their trees with bouquets of brightly colored flowers.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">According to Travel + Leisure, the paintings first started in the 1800s when women in the village painted floral displays to cover up the soot caused by smoky stoves. The tradition continued and nearly every bare surface in the village has been decorated with colorful, intricate floral patterns. The practice has earned Zalipie the nickname of “The Painted Village.”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The soot-covered walls may be gone, but Zalipie now has both a museum—the farm of Felicja Curylowa—and an annual festival called the Feast of the Corpus Christi to celebrate the flower paintings.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. SINGAPORE’S NEW MONOCHROME HOTEL IS READY TO RULE INSTAGRAM</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Expect all your favourite minimalist Instagrammers to suddenly start holidaying in Singapore. The City in a Garden’s chicest new destination is Hotel Mono, an entirely black and white boutique hotel that needs no filter to cause a stir on your feed.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Set in six historical shop houses on Chinatown’s Mosque Street, Hotel Mono opened its doors in March 2017. Local studio Spacedge Designs opted to mix the striking modern colour palette with the building’s original Rococo windows and characteristic airwells, seamlessly interweaving the culture of traditional Singapore with the city’s urban bustle.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Each of the hotel’s 46 rooms is slightly different, due to the peculiarities of the original floor plan, but nothing about Hotel Mono feels disjointed. The high contrast monochrome theme fills every nook and cranny of the space, down to Eero Arnio’s red-lined ‘Ball’ chair that has been reupholstered in black fabric. A black metal bar loops through each room – one part graphic installation, one part light fixture and coat hanger – further tying the space together.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Are You Know?</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><a href="http://www.teroes.com/2017/04/9-strangest-movie-theaters.html" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #0099cc; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.5s; vertical-align: baseline;" title="9 Strangest Movie Theaters">9 Weird Movie Theaters</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><a href="http://www.teroes.com/2017/04/9-coolest-bus-stops-in-world.html" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #0099cc; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.5s; vertical-align: baseline;" title="9 Coolest Bus Stops In The World">9 More Cool Bus Stops From Around The World</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><a href="http://www.teroes.com/2017/04/11-record-holding-roller-coasters-in.html" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #0099cc; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.5s; vertical-align: baseline;" title="11 Record-Holding Roller Coasters In The World
">11 World's Record For Roller Coaster</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Despite Being Denied a City Permit, the 14th Factory Found a Brilliant Way to Stay Open</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">A metallic grid outlines translucent floor panels and antique, mustard-colored furniture flanks a bed draped in sea-foam green sheets. The clapping of loafers and heels reverberates off the walls of a room that's recognizable to Stanley Kubrick fans as a re-creation of the bedroom in 2001: A Space Odyssey.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">This diorama is just a small portion of the 14th Factory, a 3-acre pop-up art show occupying a warehouse in Lincoln Heights. The room, reimagined by British artist Simon Birch and KplusK Associates, is named “Barmecide Feast,” a nod to the Arabian Nights parable that suggests not everything is as it seems.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The work’s title became sort of ironic when the 14th Factory “opened” on March 11. Visitors appeared to be drifting through a carefully curated art show, but due to a regulatory snafu with the city, they were actually treading through a film production studio.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">After five years of planning, the 14th Factory’s public opening was stonewalled by the city following the Oakland Ghost Ship fire that took 36 lives in December. As a result of the tragedy, the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety halted temporary special event applications in manufacturing warehouses.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">“In some ways, it’s officially not an art exhibition anymore,” Birch explains. “What it actually is is my studio and my production facility. We’re filming the process of it being built, which is ongoing because it’s continuously transforming. And we have a film permit, and we’re filming a documentary within the space about the transformation of the space, about the project. We’re able to operate quite legally because we are a documentary about an art-production facility. We’re not officially a special event.”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The film permit allows visitors to participate in the documentary while taking in the exhibit, but they are required to sign a waiver in order to join the cast. A documentary was always part of the show; however, Birch never intended the filming to be the sole point of entry.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Paul Smith's Pink Boutique Partners With Instagram on Rainbow Stripes for L.A. Pride</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">In collaboration with Instagram, the designer will be giving his store's exterior — a selfie Mecca for stars like Karlie Kloss and Hailee Steinfeld — a colorful makeover in support of the LGBTQ community.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">It has been there since 2005, but the Paul Smith boutique on Melrose has evolved in recent years into a social media mecca, beckoning Instagrammers from around the globe to its sprawling pink exterior. "When I knew I was getting a shop in Los Angeles, I realized I had to do something with impact," says Paul Smith, who was inspired by Mexican architect Luis Barragan, known for his use of bold colors. "It's now one of the most Instagrammed buildings in California." Supermodel Karlie Kloss, YouTube star Cameron Dallas and Hailee Steinfeld are among the notable millennials who have posed there. Now THR has an exclusive peek at plans for the first major makeover of the bubble-gum backdrop.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">In honor of L.A. Pride (June 5 to 11), the store's west-facing facade will be covered in rainbow stripes — a stylish reinterpretation of the rainbow flag, the international LGBTQ symbol. Instagram approached Smith with the idea for the store, which has added a parking lot attendant to manage selfie-snapping crowds, and he was keen to participate. The two companies collaborated on the design, which incorporates pink stripes as a nod to the original. (The color is so popular, it inspired a Paul Smith capsule collection called #MelrosePink, featuring swim trunks, socks and scarves.) The wall also will feature the hashtag #kindcomments, meant to encourage "kindness and compassion," says Marne Levine, COO of Instagram, which plans in the coming months to install rainbow murals in other cities, including Cleveland, London and Madrid.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">As for the L.A. original, the new look was to debut May 31 at an unveiling with Eric Garcetti (referred to around Instagram HQ as "the Mayor of Instagram" for his exceedingly strong Insta-game) on hand. Alas, the look is just a temporary one, as the wall will return to its original pink once L.A. Pride season is over. "I think it will look really outstanding," says Smith. "Make the most of it while it's there!"</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Liyuan Library: Experiencing Beijing’s Most Instagrammable Library</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Libraries have played an integral role throughout human history as a place where knowledge is stored, protected, and passed down from generation to generation. But due to limited access and living in the age of the Internet, these houses of knowledge have mostly become obsolete.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">We say mostly because there is still a certain fondness that exists for the utilitarian functions of a library, and their inherent conduciveness for learning thanks to the quiet ambiance such places possess. That’s why we decided to venture out to the village of Jiaojiehe, in the mountainous region of Huairou north of Beijing, to check out the minimalist architectural wonder known as Liyuan Library.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Built and designed in 2011 by Li Xiaodong, an architecture professor at Tsinghua University, Li saw Liyuan Library as a way to draw visitors to the surrounding forgotten village, and help promote its economic development. Since being constructed, the library has been featured in numerous architectural and international publications, not only because of its unique structural characteristics but also because of its isolated and serene location.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Using the village and its landscape as his inspiration, one of the building’s most distinct features are its use of local fruit tree branches along the roof and exterior to almost camouflage the facade with its surroundings. This decision also gives Liyuan’s interior the perfect amount of ambient lighting during the day and helps keep the glass and steel box structure relatively cool during warmer months by providing just the right amount of shade. This combination of a unique design and remote location has since turned this sleepy village outpost into a travel destination for about 400 people every weekend between mid-April to mid-October. Getting there, however, is no real easy feat.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">At a 50km drive from the city center, which depending on traffic can take you up to three hours to reach, we recommend arriving as early as possible so as to cut the weekend lines, which can get painfully long. We first rode the subway to Houshayu on Line 15 befoe catching a Didi, who took us the rest of the way. It wasn’t easy to find, and we had to turn around at one point because the road Didi directed us to take was closed. It also got even more confusing because there wasn’t much cellular service as you begin to traverse up the mountain. All in all, though, the drive up these summits provided many stunning views. There were a couple of moments where you could even spot unrestored guard towers on the Great Wall that are likely to have been untouched for years due to their hard-to-reach strategic positions.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Upon entering the site, you’ll start to see a couple of signs pointing you in the way of Liyuan Library and pass a couple of small restaurants. If you arrive by car, they ask that you pay a RMB 5 parking fee. Once you get out of the car, there’s a small concession stand that can come in handy as this is your last chance to get some liquids or a quick snack before reaching the library, which is about a five-minute walk down a gravel road.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The scene is immediately impressive. The elongated box structure covered in dead tree limbs is perfectly nestled among mountains and a small pond with a greenish blue hue. The one thing that didn’t look tranquil however was the line of 30 people waiting to get into the minimalist structure. We had arrived at around 1.30pm, the library having just reopened after a two-hour lunch break. We then discovered that the library has a limited capacity of 40 people at all times. Though the restriction makes sense, it's annoying to wait given that the turnover of people leisurely flipping through pages is unlikely to proceed at any rapid pace. That's why in fact we ended up waiting for two hours just to get in. Luckily, the line was mostly in the shade, and there were plenty of places to explore while you or someone else in your party maintains that precious place in line.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Why You Must Go to the Most Instagrammable Place in London</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">What is millennial pink, has a "caviar man," and causes popular bloggers to burst into tears from pure joy? London's Sketch, that's what. After enjoying afternoon tea in the Wes Anderson-esque "pink room," aka the Gallery, I can attest that it is, in fact, worth the hype.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Do it for the 'gram, sure, but also for the experience — it'll literally have you tickled pink!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">A few things to keep in mind before you go: it is expensive but comparable to other fancy high teas. You're paying for much more than tea (as you will see), and it's definitely a full meal. The classic afternoon tea is $72 per person, while the Champagne afternoon tea is $90 per person. Be sure to make a reservation well in advance and specify the Gallery, as there are multiple rooms with different food offerings.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">7. New York’s Next Instagram Obsession Is This Bodega Made of Felt at The Standard</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">“We had a girl come in here this morning with a real red-eye hangover asking for Tylenol,” Lucy Sparrow said with a laugh yesterday as she wore a felt apron and cap. “We don’t have the real thing, but I showed her ours. She didn’t find it as funny as we did.” The 30-year-old London-based artist known for her felt sculptures was on hand to debut 8 Till Late, an installation 9 months in the making and produced in conjunction with the adjacent Standard, High Line hotel. In its first iteration, Sparrow debuted a similar storefront in 2014 located in East London entitled The Cornershop, and after much acclaim, she sought to produce it again across the pond. Now, with over $50,000 in backing from her loyal fans on Kickstarter, 8 Till Late has finally come to pass.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The concept, located just around the corner from the bustling Standard Biergarten, is a convenience store with a twist. Inside, shoppers will find all of the usual sundries stocked at your local bodega like pre-packaged deli meats, Ben & Jerry’s pints, and yes, even Tylenol, except they’re all rendered in felt. Entirely hand-sewn by Sparrow, the 9,000 items were shipped from the United Kingdom over the course of four commercial flights, and include large-scale appliances like a cash wrap and a soda fridge.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">8. The Town That's So Instagrammable, It Banned Social Media To Prevent Holiday Envy</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">When you're slouched over at your desk, snowed under with a mountain of work, and multitasking like there's no tomorrow while the sun teases you through your office window, a quick peak at your social media feed is often the best medicine/form or procrastination you need to get you through the day.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">However, when you scroll through Instagram to find your best friend bathing in the sun, drinking rosé on the beach at lunchtime, and showing off her enviable sun-kissed skin during a last minute 'getaway' to Ibiza, you'll undoubtedly be left with a bitter taste in your mouth.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">This feeling, my friends, can be only defined in two words - holiday envy.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Some say the solution to said jealousy is to go on a digital detox, switch off your social media and vow not to return until it's cold and miserable outside. But, let's be honest, that seems even more depressing than seeing your BFF rinse #wishyouwerehere for all its worth this summer.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">However, one holiday destination that's saving you from such holiday woes is Bergün, a picturesque town in Switzerland that's so beautiful, it banned photography and social media as a precaution.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">No, seriously, it banned it.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Tucked away in the canton of Graubünden, the rolling hills, fairy-tale architecture and cobbled streets of the quiet town look as if they could've been plucked straight out of a Disney film.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">9. 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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">First there were pink walls, and then pink restaurants and hotels. Now a street in a neighbourhood in L.A. has committed to the pink cause—all for the ’gram.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">Three homes in the Pico neighbourhood were recently given all-pink makeovers, including the exterior, interiors, and even some of the surrounding bushes. It’s more of a bright pink than a millennial pink, but either way, you can’t miss it.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">And yes, this temporary project was created just for Instagram purposes by The Mural Agency, “a company by @themostfamousartist that creates and installs ‘Instagrammable’ experiences as a service for brand partners worldwide.”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; text-align: justify;">The houses are due to be demolished in a few weeks’ time, which is why The Mural Agency transformed it into an Instagrammable haven, and it’s already had thousands of visitors come through.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15627476599533988836noreply@blogger.com0