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cathkaesque · 3 years

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May 1st marks International Workers’ Day. The origins of May Day lie in the Haymarket Affair of 1886. On May 4th, trade unionists gathered in Chicago to demand the 8 hour day, a city in which the average working week was 60 hours long. The rally was attacked by police, and several organisers were framed and hanged for the use of explosives against the police. May Day has since been marked internationally as a day where the labour movement celebrates past and future struggles against exploitation and for dignity at work.

To mark this year’s International Workers Day, this article will explore the work of the Sindicato Obrero de Campo – Sindicato Andaluz de Trabajadores (SOC-SAT), a union of agricultural workers based in Andalucía, Spain. The Landworkers’ Alliance is working in solidarity with SOC-SAT through its international affiliation to La Via Campesina. The structure of the modern agricultural supply chain is global, with most of the region’s produce primarily exported for sale in supermarkets in France, Germany, and the UK. This means that to be successful, workers’ unions must also operate internationally, supporting each other at different points of the supply chain. To this end, the LWA has been increasing its cooperation with SOC-SAT, meeting regularly to discuss ways and methods of supporting the struggle of the workers who supply the British supermarket system.

Almeria is a 30 square mile province of Andalucia. It is known as the “sea of plastic” for the number of polytunnels that cover the landscape. The region produces 20% of Europe’s fresh produce for export to supermarkets in Northern Europe. Conditions in Almeria represent much of what is wrong with modern agriculture, based on severe exploitation of both land and people. Around 100,000 workers are employed there, mostly undocumented migrants from Morocco. These workers are employed under extremely precarious conditions. Many are employed on temporary day labourer contracts which offer no security of hours and are regularly not paid the legal minimum wage. Many workers live in shanties on the outskirts of farms, which receive no services from local government. In one shanty, drinking water supplies are maintained directly by SAT. Some of these workers have tried to tackle their exploitation at the hands of landowners and multinationals by organising themselves in SOC-SAT.

While the system of private ownership and production for corporate profit remain, companies have both the power and incentive to attack workers’ conditions. According to SOC-SAT, for a permanent end to this struggle, the current system of private ownership must be replaced by a system based on cooperative ownership of the land and means of production, based on the idea that the land should belong to those that work it.

I wrote a short piece for May Day on the work of SOC-SAT. a Spanish trade union I’ve been working with through the LWA.

#socialism #SOC-SAT #almeria #Spain #Landworkers Alliance #La Via Campesina

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justanoutlawfic · 4 years

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We Fight Together: Outlaw Queen Ficlet

Summary: Resurrected remix. What if Regina told Robin about Jefferson's threats?

Someone on CuriousCat prompted: "Here's a prompt for you: OQ moves to a different country". And while I'm sure this wasn't what they had in mind, this is all I could think of. A remix to Resurrected, where Regina tells Robin what's going on. It diverges from "Bang", when Jefferson pretends to shoot them. However, if you haven't read Resurrected, I would recommend reading the first chapter because it gives the backstory of why Zelena wants to hurt Regina.

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Robin’s hand clasped through Regina’s as they stood on the doorstep of Jefferson’s mansion. After the gunshot the night before, Regina came clean about Jefferson’s offer. Robin’s first instinct had been to punch him in the face but she talked him down. As much as they hated it, they were going to need Jefferson’s help to get through this. Together.

The door opened and Jefferson stood on the other side, dressed dapper as always. He smiled at the sight of Regina, which made her stomach turn. As the man turned to Robin, however, he frowned.

“You told him,” he said with disgust.

“You nearly killed us last night,” Robin said, gruffly. “I had a right to know what was going on.”

Jefferson rolled his eyes and this time, Regina wanted to smack him. “Come in. The both of you, I guess.”

Regina and Robin followed Jefferson into his living room. It was meticulously decorated, but there were signs that a child lived there. Grace’s drawings were framed on the wall. Harry Potter books sat beside Jefferson’s copies of John Grisham. For a minute, Regina was reminded that he was a parent. It almost made him seem human. The way he interacted with Grace at school function was an entirely different man than the one that stood before them today. Grace, hopefully, would never know that her father was a hitman.

“For the record,” Jefferson said. “I didn’t try to kill you. I’m an expert at what I do. If I wanted you dead, we wouldn’t be having this conversation right now.”

Robin growled. “Get to the point, Chapeau.”

“That was a taste of what could happen.” Jefferson grabbed some scotch from the drink cart that sat next to the off-white couch and poured himself a glass. He offered the bottle to the couple before him, but they shook their heads. “Zelena asked me because I’m one of the best, but I’m not the only hitman in a 100-mile radius.”

Regina watched Robin look away and she squeezed his hand tighter. Despite being married to a lawyer, there were times he was learning just how corrupt Storybrooke could be.

“So, I don’t do it, because you two are the parents of my daughter’s classmate. Someone else who doesn’t know you, easily will.” Jefferson swirled his glass. “And trust me, Regina. It’s not just you she’s after.”

Regina stiffened. “What do you mean?”

“That beautiful family of yours. She wants to destroy it.”

Regina was going to be sick. What in the hell had Zelena gone through to make her want to target innocent children? Go after her, sure. Henry, Roland and Margot had nothing to do with it. They didn’t even fully understand what their mother’s job was.

“We won’t let her,” Robin said. “We can get out of this town.”

“Sure. You could start over.” Jefferson shrugged. “But she’ll know as soon as you do. She’s got eyes everywhere. As soon as you open a new bank account or use a credit card to buy gas, she’ll find you.”

Regina cleared her throat. She didn’t want to break down in front of this man. “So, what are our options?”

“You die.”

Robin’s eyes narrowed. “I thought the whole point of this was you protecting Regina?”

“Relax, Locksley. I don’t mean literally. As far as Zelena knows, however, Regina will die in a car crash. You’ll be the grieving widow with three kids. With Regina gone and not trying to convict her, Miss Greene will move on.”

Regina shook her head. “I’m not going to abandon my family. Not when they need me the most.”

Margot wasn’t even a year old yet. Henry would be going through his pre-teen years soon enough. Roland was her partner in crime, he wanted to do everything with her. Not to mention, her husband of 9 years. She wasn’t about to leave Robin. How could she go on without him?

Robin nodded in agreement. “There has to be another way.”

“I’m afraid not,” Jefferson said. “This is the one way to get her off your backs.”

“What if we all…died?”

Regina looked at Robin, a bit caught off guard. He hadn’t wanted to deal with Jefferson at all. He would be willing to give up everything they knew and just leave? How would that impact the kids?

Probably better than a dead mother would.

“That’s dangerous,” Jefferson said. “Regina dying, that can look like an accident. Zelena may even view it as fate. All five of you dying? She’ll know something is up.”

“But you’re a smart man. You could make it hard.”

Regina leaned into her husband. “You’d really do this?”

“I’d do anything to protect you and the kids.”

Jefferson sighed and finished the rest of his scotch. He looked between the two of them, clearly hoping one of them would break. Regina’s hand stayed firmly within Robin’s. This was all happening so quickly but she knew one thing: if she was going to leave this town, she wasn’t doing it without him.

“You’d have to leave the United States,” Jefferson said. “She could have spies anywhere around here. I’d say England is risky too. Not only is she from there, but Robin is as well. She’ll suspect you’ve gone to stay with family.”

“So…where?” Regina asked.

“I’ll need time to think about it. Right now, I only had plans for you to go to Seattle, Washington. I wasn’t expecting you to show up with him.”

Robin didn’t look phased. “We’ll give you a day before we find someone else that can help us.”

Jefferson cocked an eyebrow. “I’m the one helping you, you can’t be too choosey.”

Regina took a step forward. “You’re the one that said we’re at risk here. And you know just as well as I do that we can’t go to the cops, she’s got support everywhere. So, find a new plan that includes my whole family or we’re going to have a problem.”

He blinked a couple of times before regaining his composure. “We’ve got a deal.”

As promised, Jefferson had a new plan within the span of 20 hours. As far as Storybrooke was concerned, the Locksley-Mills family would be killed in a house fire. Jefferson had connections to make it look like an accident. By the time anyone got word, the family would be on a plane to Andalucía. Regina had taught the boys Spanish as a second language as they were growing up and their private school required it be taught to them. Robin knew the language somewhat from Regina, but she could teach him more. With connections, Jefferson found them a farm that needed to be taken over. Robin had grown up on one in England prior to his father’s passing, so his lessons for Regina would be with agriculture and farm life.

What to tell the kids was a challenge. Margot wouldn’t remember anything about Storybrooke, but the boys would questioned being pulled out of school just after the year started. According to Jefferson, they could never talk to their old friends or family ever again. Not even Regina’s father and Henry’s namesake. They finally decided the best way to go about it was to lie. It wasn’t something they liked doing, but it was necessary in this situation. They’d tell the kids the morning of that they were going on a surprise trip to Spain. Once they were there, they’d find a way to break the news. The boys were still so young. As well meaning as they could be, Robin and Regina couldn’t risk them accidentally telling someone they were leaving.

Regina packed the things she knew her kids wouldn’t live without. Robin was in charge of sneaking momentous from over the years, such as their wedding album and baby pictures of the boys. Regina wondered if they would ever forgive them for this. She wondered if her father would, if he ever found out. She tried to put herself in his shoes. Potentially losing her kids was why she was doing this. And if she found out they had to do it to protect them, their family…she hoped she would be able to take in grace.

Sometimes it was easier to ask for forgiveness, than to ask for permission.

October 17th, the family took off on a private jet arranged by Mr. Gold, who had worked with Jefferson to plan all of it. By the time they landed, Sidney Glass would have an article out about the fire, despite no details being present. Everyone would think they were dead.

Regina’s hand went over Robin’s. The boys were asleep and Margot sat on her father’s lap, playing with a stuffed fox.

“We’re doing the right thing, aren’t we?” she asked.

Robin was quiet for a moment, staring forward stoically. Finally, he spoke. “We’re doing what we have to.”

Regina nodded and leaned into him. His arm wrapped tightly around her and they stared forward towards the cockpit. There was no going back now.

#resurrected verse #outlaw queen #outlaw queen au #regina mills #robin hood #ouat #once upon a time

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livmoose · 5 years

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Romance of the Sleepwalker

Federico Garcia Lorca

Green, as I love you, greenly. Green the wind, and green the branches. The dark ship on the sea and the horse on the mountain. With her waist that’s made of shadow dreaming on the high veranda, green the flesh, and green the tresses, with eyes of frozen silver. Green, as I love you, greenly. Beneath the moon of the gypsies silent things are looking at her things she cannot see.

Green, as I love you, greenly. Great stars of white hoarfrost come with the fish of shadow opening the road of morning. The fig tree’s rubbing on the dawn wind with the rasping of its branches, and the mountain cunning cat, bristles with its sour agaves. Who is coming? And from where...? She waits on the high veranda, green the flesh and green the tresses, dreaming of the bitter ocean.

- 'Brother, friend, I want to barter your house for my stallion, sell my saddle for your mirror, change my dagger for your blanket. Brother mine, I come here bleeding from the mountain pass of Cabra.’ - ‘If I could, my young friend, then maybe we’d strike a bargain, but I am no longer I, nor is this house, of mine, mine.’ - ‘Brother, friend, I want to die now, in the fitness of my own bed, made of iron, if it can be, with its sheets of finest cambric. Can you see the wound I carry from my throat to my heart?’ - ‘Three hundred red roses your white shirt now carries. Your blood stinks and oozes, all around your scarlet sashes. But I am no longer I, nor is this house of mine, mine.’ - ‘Let me then, at least, climb up there, up towards the high verandas. Let me climb, let me climb there, up towards the green verandas. High verandas of the moonlight, where I hear the sound of waters.’

Now they climb, the two companions, up there to the high veranda, letting fall a trail of blood drops, letting fall a trail of tears. On the morning rooftops, trembled, the small tin lanterns. A thousand tambourines of crystal wounded the light of daybreak.

Green, as I love you, greenly. Green the wind, and green the branches. They climbed up, the two companions. In the mouth, the dark breezes left there a strange flavour, of gall, and mint, and sweet basil. - ‘Brother, friend! Where is she, tell me, where is she, your bitter beauty? How often, she waited for you! How often, she would have waited, cool the face, and dark the tresses, on this green veranda!’

Over the cistern’s surface the gypsy girl was rocking. Green the bed is, green the tresses, with eyes of frozen silver. An ice-ray made of moonlight holding her above the water. How intimate the night became, like a little, hidden plaza. Drunken Civil Guards were beating, beating, beating on the door frame. Green, as I love you, greenly. Green the wind, and green the branches. The dark ship on the sea, and the horse on the mountain.

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Note: Cabra is a municipality in the province of Córdoba (Andalucía)

#poetry #lorca #i am no longer i nor is this house of mine - mine #long-ish #barter your house for my stallion #great metaphors galore #bitter and beautiful #strange flavour of gall and mint and sweet basil #re: Scarborough Fair

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playasdelduque79-blog · 5 years

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Playas Del Duque - Puerto Banus Apartments, Marbella

This well-equipped accommodation with a solarium, a lift and a safe is a good place to stay in Marbella. Guests can rest on a terrace. The property provides airport transfer service and cleaning service. In Marbella, the successful Puerto Banús and Puente Romano stand out. This study developed part of the first blockes of houses R to Z. After the creation of Houses 1 and 3 and the Social Club known today as "Ocean Club", the management of the entire Supermanzana Center Sector A was developed of the Nueva Andalucía Urbanization. The first phase was carried out jointly with José Serrano Suñer, arriving at the complete development of the well-known avenue of Puerto Banús formed by the Granada, Cordoba, Seville and Malaga buildings. Throughout this building, the contrast generated between the white-fronted facades, the sloping roofs of old Arabic tile, the use in latticework and rough brick cornices forming traditional drawings stands out; and the prefabricated high-tech finishes used for the resolution of breastplates, arches, pergolas and other elements. The property is a 20-minute drive from Bonsai Museum. It takes 20 minutes to get to Plaza de Los Naranjos. It takes 5 minutes on foot to reach Top Thai and Pravda SL .. The rooms feature hardwood floors along with air conditioning, a laptop safe and a desk. Certain rooms have a balcony. All units include beds with orthopaedic mattresses and down pillows. A marble bathroom offers a bathtub, a shower and a bidet along with free toiletries, bathrobes and a hairdryer. Malaga-Costa del Sol Airport can be reached approximately 55 minutes by car from the property. The Playas del Duque apartments for sale emerged in the early eighties framed in the new stream of traditional Andalusian Vernacular Architecture that was born in response to the hermetic Modern Movement. Likewise, it has informed of the plan for the modernization of the interconnections between the municipal offices, within the framework of the process of implementing electronic administration. “We had to increase the flow of information and data that could be shared between the different strategic municipal headquarters: the Local Police Headquarters, the Cantarranas Building, the San Pedro Alcántara Mayor's Office and the central building of the Plaza de Los Naranjos ", He has indicated." It is about changing the wiring and modernizing it so that voice and data can circulate, ensuring that there are no network drops and generating significant savings in telephony. "What has had a budget of 133,020 Euros

#PLAYAS DEL DUQUE APARTMENTS

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nothing-but-luxxeandbeauty · 3 years

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Villa Vela by ARK Architects - Reserva Club Sotogrande from ARK Architects on Vimeo.

Arranged over three floors around a circular central terrace, the five-bedroom Villa Vela exemplifies El Mirador: a modern, muted architectural style that brings together the property’s interiors and exteriors, and extensive landscaped gardens that frame the panoramic views to Andalucía, the Rock of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean.

Date of Delivery Winter 2020

Price: €9.200.000

Interior 1,494 sq m / 16,081 sq ft Terrace 493 sq m / 5,306 sq ft Site 5,976 sq m / 1.48 acres

Master suite 1 Guest suites 4 Bathrooms / WCs 10 Staff bedroom 1 Covered parking Uncovered parking – 4 Views S / SE / E

Outdoor swimming pool Indoor swimming pool Gym

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sabrinaenespana · 7 years

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I’m backkkkkk!

*record scratch*

*freeze frame*

Yup, that’s me…you’re probably wondering how I ended up in this situation…I mean, didn’t I literally just leave Spain and return to the U.S. after 7 months abroad???

*rewind*

Well I returned to the U.S., finished my degree at the University of Georgia, all the while wondering, “What is my post grad life gonna look like?”

Well it took lots (& LOTS) of effort, but I am now 100% prepared for my return to the country so dear to my heart, Spain! It has been a long, difficult year arranging this return, and, yes, it has been (more or less) in the works since the moment the wheels of my airplane hit the landing strip at Hartsfield-Jackson airport back in July of last year.

In an effort to revive this blog for my return, in this post, I will give a brief overview of what’s happened throughout my last year back home. Plus a timeline of sorts, detailing the things I’ve had to go through to get back to Spain.

August-November 2016: Return to school; senior year = YAY! but also mixed with horrible reverse culture shock and post-study/live abroad depression = BOO. Yearning to go back to Spain is on the rise.

December 2016: A thought pops into my head, courtesy of my study abroad group message, which was still going strong at the time. Someone asks if anyone is thinking about returning to Spain after the school year ends to teach English for the year, and I think, “Um…YES!”

January 2017: (1) Applications open for Auxiliares in Spain (a Spanish government-run program that doesn’t pay much, but it’s cheap to live in Spain, so it’ll be plenty). (2) Student teaching and EdTPA begin, severely limiting the time I can dedicate to preparing for Spain, but *~*priorities*~* (3) Convince one of my best friends, Justin (https://beyondbordersaaa.tumblr.com/) to come join me in Spain!

February 2017: Successfully finish the application process, which requires little more than filling out some paperwork, obtaining a letter of recommendation, and writing up why I’d like to do the program (easy enough).

March-April 2017: Wait to hear back from the program and focus on finishing EdTPA for school.

May 2017, a BIG month: (1) Mildly freak out as I finish up student teaching/EdTPA and have nothing to occupy my mind, as I anxiously await my regional placement; even consider switching to CIEE / any other teaching abroad program (even a teaching position in Thailand). (2) Find out I’m placed in Andalucía, and scream of joy!! I got my top choice!!! (3) Return to work after student teaching to start saving for Spain. (4) Schedule my visa appointment at the Spanish Consulate in Miami, the closest one to me and already booked for months. (5) GRADUATE SUMMA CUM LAUDE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA <3

June-July 2017: (1) Find out my city/school placement when I receive my carta one night at 4 in the morning; subsequently spend the rest of the night looking up everything there is to know about my small, seaside city, Motril in the province of Granada! (2) Have several mental breakdowns as I gather everything I need for my visa appointment. (Seriously, it’s insane how difficult and expensive this process is, but once you’re done, there’s an immense feeling of accomplishment! Although I could do without the whole spend-hundreds-and-hundreds-of-dollars part. For a list of everything required by my consulate at least, go to http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/MIAMI/en/InformacionParaExtranjeros/Pages/Visa%20Requirements/Student-Visa.aspx) (3) Check the visa website every ~0.00002 seconds for new appointment openings (since it was initially completely booked until September) until I finally settle for one in early August. (4) Move out of my apartment and onto my best friend Caroline’s couch fo’ freeeeee. (5) Continue working, as well as enjoying my last summer in Athens with all my friends!

August: (1) Turn my required visa trip down to Miami into a fun mini-vacation/road trip with Caroline and Justin; also take this opportunity to begin my travel vlog (https://youtu.be/B_ftY4178zA). (2) Take a few unexpected trips up to Boston, as my sweet abuela passes away </3. (3) Receive my visa through the mail two weeks later after a horrific scare that it had gotten lost in the mail. (4) Continue living on Caroline’s couch for the month, working, and living it up in Athens.

September, another HUGE month: (1) Quit my job of over 4 years (with several months’ notice of course) after saving a good bit of money. (2) Say goodbye to Athens and so many of my good friends. (3) Return to my mom’s apartment to spend my last week at home in the company of my family <3. (4) Unpack, pack, repeat. Seriously, I tried so hard to get my checked bag under the 50 lb limit, but packing for 8 months / 4 seasons made this impossible, and I ended up having to pay the $100 fee. (5) FLY TO SPAIN. This was a horrible, what was supposed to be 12-hour trip turned into 40 full hours of tears, sweat, and broken sleep. To be more specific: my first flight being delayed caused me to miss my connecting flight, have to sleep on the cold airport floor in a crowd of people in similar situations, add a connection in Madrid, and finally arrive in Motril after 4 airports, 3 flights, 2 train rides, and 1 bus ride. (6) Move into my apartment immediately upon arrival to my city and finally meet my roommate, Tori, in person after having met on the program’s Facebook group and only skyping once.

Present time (still September, but I figured I’d break it up anyway): It’s now September 25. I’ve been in Spain for several days now and have exactly one week before I begin teaching. I’ve completely unpacked, taken a couple relaxing trips to the beach, spent several hours out and about and exploring my new home-away-from-home, met some Spanish friends, bonded with my roommate, and even had a night out on the town! This city is small enough that everything is basically within walking distance, even the beach! Also, I’ve only once before been to a part of Spain where they still do the whole “order a drink and get a free tapa with it” thing, so that’s been really cool! I’ve also been able to go food shopping twice now, and it’s blown my mind both times how inexpensive it is to live here! My roommate also helped me open a bank account here, which was a BIG stress-reliever. The people here seem so nice, even though they still stare, but I knew that was going to be a thing coming in, being a foreigner in a small city. And the Spanish have NO shame whatsoever about staring, which is something I learned last year in Sant Cugat hahahaha. Anyways, a few other things I have on my plate for the next few weeks are obtain my TIE (basically the ID card I have to get that says I can legally live here), apply for income-based loans (definitely cannot swing $200/month in payments with the amount I’ll be getting paid through this program), meet the teachers at my school (which I’ll be doing this Thursday), plan my birthday trip to San Sebastian with Justin and my other friend here, Martha (I have lots of friends that decided to come back to Spain/Europe to teach English/study), and continuing exploring my new city. Welcome back to Spain @me! <333

P.S. I’m planning my next blog to take a deeper look into my city and apartment. I’m gonna try to keep up with this blog at least once or twice a week with updates on what I’m doing, as well as links to any travel vlogs I make! However, I have no idea what my workload will be / how many private classes I will take on to earn a lil’ extra money on the side, so let’s see how this goes!

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caveartfair · 5 years

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The Whimsical, Inflatable Designs of Bubbletecture

Kurt Perschke, RedBall Project, 2001–present. Photo by Kurt Perschke. Courtesy of Phaidon.

Victorine Müller, Le Moment Végétatif, 2007. Photo by François Charrière. Courtesy of Phaidon.

Bubbles and balloons often evoke nostalgia, recalling the whimsy of childhood parties and bouncy castles. But inflatable design has a much longer history (yes, even longer than your blow-up chair from 1997), particularly in aviation.

The first inflatable was the hot-air balloon in Enlightenment-era France. At the turn of the 20th century, the first Zeppelin was launched, and manned helium-balloon flights followed. In the late 1940s and ’50s, inflatable structures shielded military radar antennae from the elements. By the 1960s, inflatable materials had caught the eye of radical young visionaries looking to upend architecture and design.

A new volume published by Phaidon, Bubbletecture: Inflatable Architecture and Design (2019), surveys these lively and surreal inflatables in architecture, design, fashion, and art, from the 1960s to today. They are often ephemeral in nature, such as Leopold Banchini and Daniel Zamarbide’s black PVC nightclub, or the site-specific “pillow interventions” that Geraldo Zamproni

has staged around the world. And—like Anna Maria Cornelia’s Life Dress (2012), a garment that envelops wearers in a literal bubble of personal space—they can be quite tongue-in-cheek, too.

All are representative of the avant-garde of their time, according to the book’s author, architect Sharon Francis. “By their very nature, [inflatable designs] are an expression of advancement; a reimagining of traditional forms,” she writes.

Below, Francis describes 11 key examples of Bubbletecture from the last two decades.

Project Name: Volatile Structures

Artist: Geraldo Zamproni

Location: Grenada, Spain

Date: 2012

Geraldo Zamproni, Volatile Structures, 2012. Photo by Geraldo Zamproni. Courtesy of Phaidon.

Brazilian artist Geraldo Zamproni’s massive pillow interventions have been exhibited across the globe. Each site placement established a tension between the puffed-up inflatables and the built environment in which they were located. The 6-by-6-meter (20-by-20-foot) pillows, custom-made to encase existing columns, created the impression that they were supporting the weight of the structure overhead, establishing a surprising and delightful dialogue with the surrounding architecture. Here they are pictured at the Andalucía Museum of Memory as part of the 2012 Grenada Millennium Biennale in Spain.

Project Name: Anda

Designer: Tehila Guy

Location: Tel Aviv, Israel

Date: 2014

Tehila Guy, Anda, 2014. Photo by Tehila Guy. Courtesy of Phaidon.

Israeli designer Tehila Guy wanted to design a chair that was lightweight and easily assembled at home, achieving the convenience of standard flat-pack furniture, but imbued with style. The resulting piece is made from a minimal wooden frame encased in transparent, inflatable cushions, with the playful appearance of invisibility. The cushions apply pressure to the branch-like rods, which keeps all the components together while, conversely, the frame helps support the form of the bubble-like cushions. Inspired by the blow-up furniture of the 1960s, Guy’s chair calls to mind traditional poolside outdoor furniture, with a twist.

Project Name: Skum

Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)

Location: Roskilde, Denmark

Date: 2016

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), Skum, 2016. Photo by Rasmus Hjortshoj. Courtesy of Phaidon.

The multiple bubble forms of this structure create an arc that is both shelter and beacon. Called Skum, the Danish word for foam, the inflatable pavilion was designed to be both permanent and transportable and was used for installations at various events across Denmark. Made of the same material as bouncy castles, the architect’s intention was to create a whimsical structure reminiscent of the playgrounds of visitors’ childhoods. The pavilion can be inflated in just seven minutes, and illuminated by LEDs in a rotating spectrum of colors.

Project Name: Summer Igloo

Artist: Virginia Melnyk

Location: Beijing, China

Date: 2014

Virginia Melnyk, Summer Igloo, 2014. Photo by Virginia Melnyk. Courtesy of Phaidon.

This vibrant, lightweight geodesic dome was built from off-the-shelf inflatable beach rings—symbols of summertime fun. The multi-colored pavilion was constructed as part of the C!here Art Crawl in Beijing, forming an intimate space within a public area; in this instance, it sat within a large housing development in the city. Artist Virginia Melnyk hoped that being inside the colourful pavilion would provide visitors with a new perspective of their urban surroundings. After the event, the inflatable pool toys were donated to a charity for local children to enjoy.

Project Name: Ark Nova

Architect/Artist: Arata Isozaki and Anish Kapoor

Location: Matsushima, Japan (or elsewhere)

Date: 2013

Arata Isozaki and Anish Kapoor, Ark Nova, 2013. Courtesy of Phaidon.

Created two years after a major earthquake and tsunami hit Japan in 2011, Ark Nova was intended to bring culture and spirit to communities still rebuilding after the devastation. Conceived by the architect and artist team of Arata Isozaki and Anish Kapoor as a traveling concert hall, the 30-meter (110-foot) diameter, 18-meter (60-foot) high, eggplant-hued, air-filled membrane could be transported to a venue, inflated, then deflated and folded, ready to travel to the next location. The uninterrupted internal space could accommodate five hundred people, and held events such as jazz concerts, performing arts shows and exhibitions.

Project Name: Pointed

Artist: Steve Messam

Location: Gordon, Scotland, U.K.

Date: 2017

Steve Messam, Pointed, 2017. Photo © Guy l’Heureux. Courtesy of Phaidon.

Pointed was created as part of a trio of works, called “XXX,” intended to disrupt and transform visitors’ perceptions of its eighteenth-century setting at Mellerstain House in Gordon, Scotland, U.K. The environmental artist Steve Messam sought to establish a playful dialogue between the old and the new with this surprising and delightful intervention. Evoking the outline of a stylized explosion or starburst, the white inflatable cones emerged from the pitched roofline of a centuries-old stone building. The twenty-eight elongated peaks rose more than 3 meters (10 feet) into the air, providing a bold, sculptural presence within the picturesque park.

Project Name: Drift

Designer: Snarkitecture

Location: Miami, Florida, U.S.

Date: 2012

Snarkitecture, Drift, 2012. Photo by Markus Haugg. Courtesy of Phaidon.

Creating a dreamy entry to the main pavilion for Design Miami in Florida, United States, this installation by Snarkitecture played with the vernacular of the vinyl event tent, reconfiguring the material to form a transitional zone that encouraged guests to linger and mingle. Slivers of soft light permeated the space through crevices and voids in the overhead canopy. The tube formation undulated to resemble a topographical landscape—a mountain range above and a cavern of stalactites below—with the sheer scale of the installation being countered by the lightness of the inflated tubes.

Project Name: Eden Project

Architect: Grimshaw Architects

Location: Bodelva, Cornwall, U.K.

Date: 2000

Grimshaw Architects, Eden Project, 2000. Photo © Hufton + Crow. Courtesy of Phaidon/

The “biomes” of the Eden Project, situated in Cornwall, in the southwest of England, were designed to be built upon the unstable ground of a former clay pit. Eight interlinked transparent geodesic domes cover over 2 hectares (5.5 acres) and contain thousands of plant species within simulated humid tropical and warm temperate climates. The extremely efficient, completely self-supporting structure of each dome is a hex-tri-hex space frame with triple-layer pillows of air-filled, environmentally efficient ETFE (ethylene tetrafluoroethylene) cladding panels. The panels vary in size up to 9 meters (29.5 feet) across, with the largest at the top of the structure.

Project Name: Life Dress

Designer: Anna Maria Cornelia

Location: Belgium

Date: 2012

Anna Maria Cornelia, Life Dress, 2012. Photo © Anna Maria Cornelia. Courtesy of Phaidon.

Tapping into a desire for instant personal space in an often busy, crowded world, Anna Maria Cornelia created the Life Dress. The skirt section is zipped on before an air cartridge rapidly inflates it into a bubble that rises upwards, encasing the torso and head—it’s advised that the wearer is sitting down for this bit. Ironically, while the dress allows the wearer to feel invisible to the outside world, its voluminous form and the bright yellow of the cocoon are quite an attention-grabbing sight.

Project Name: Blowing Balloon Collection

Designer: Seung Jin Yang

Location: South Korea

Date: 2015

Seung Jin Yang, Blowing Balloon Collection, 2015. Photo Seungjin Yang. Courtesy of Phaidon.

Using colorful, sausage-shaped party balloons, designer Seung Jin Yang had the intention to “turn a simple making process based on personal childhood memories into an industrial fabrication furniture-making process.” His resulting collection features chairs and stools made by applying eight layers of clear epoxy resin over the modelled balloons. Each layer takes half a day to complete, with successive resin layers gradually added on top. Thus, the process of creating a single stool takes around one week. Despite their fragile appearance, the seats have a glossy, rigid outer surface that is able to support the weight of a person.

Project Name: Shelter

Architect: Leopold Banchini with Daniel Zamarbide

Location: Geneva, Switzerland

Date: 2016

Leopold Banchini with Daniel Zamarbide, Shelter, 2016. Photo by Dylan Perrenoud. Courtesy of Phaidon.

This transportable nightclub, made from a black PVC membrane, was commissioned by the Federation of Swiss Architects (FSA), also known as the Bund Schweizer Architekten, to host their annual summer party. The blow-up structure contained a bar and dance floor, as well as an assortment of inflatable furniture including seating, tables and a DJ booth. The work explored philosophical and spatial aspects of “the underground,” as examined by theorists including Gaston Bachelard, Paul Virilio and Beatriz Colomina. With its pitch black interior, Shelter was designed to create a deliberately disorientating experience.

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International Garden Photographer of the Year Winners

'Fireworks' by Jill Welham | IGPOTY

The winning photographs from the International Garden Photographer of the Year Competition 12 have been announced, with the top prize going to photographer Jill Welham of North Yorkshire, England for the above photograph titled 'Fireworks' that was submitted under the Abstract category.

Passionate about the cyanotype print process, 'Fireworks' showcases the details of three Allium heads created using a wet cyanotype process.

'This image of three Allium heads was created using a technique known as wet cyanotype. Two chemicals, ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide, are mixed together to create a photosensitive solution which is painted onto the surface of watercolour paper and left to dry,' says Welham in the image's description. 'This process needs to be conducted away from UV light, and once dry the paper must be kept in a light-proof bag until it is used.'

In addition to Welham's photograph, we've rounded up the remaining dozen winners from each of the remaining twelve categories. The winning photographs were narrowed down from more than 19,000 entries from over 50 countries.

The IGPOTY Competition 13 contest is already taking submissions. You can find out more information and submit your work on the IGPOTY website.

International Garden Photographer of the Year Winners

'Bressingham Gardens in Autumn' by Richard Bloom | IGPOTY

1st Place in Beautiful Gardens

Norfolk, England, UK

Glorious early morning sun bathed TheSummer Garden at Bressingham in rich, warming light. Ornamental grasses are featured with swathes of Aster and Rudbeckia.

Gear/Settings: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Canon 16-35mm lens, 1/4sec at f/16, ISO 100. Tripod, cable release, polarising filter, neutral density graduated filter.

Post-capture: basic image management.

International Garden Photographer of the Year Winners

'Farewell' by Andrea Pozzi | IGPOTY

1st Place in Breathing Spaces

Torres del Paine National Park,Patagonia,Chile

The sun had already risen and the dawn had been incredible. Wandering through the vegetation, however, I realised that the essence of the territory was only revealing itself in that moment. The extraordinary colours of the sunrise had dissolved, leaving behind a unique intimate feeling amongst one of the most beautiful mountain ranges on Earth.

Gear/Settings: Canon EOS 6D, Canon 24-70mm lens, 1.3sec at f/13, ISO 200. Tripod, neutral density graduated filter, polarising filter.

Post-capture: basic image management.

International Garden Photographer of the Year Winners

'Lost in the Lush Beauty' by Vincenzo Di Nuzzo | IGPOTY

1st Place in Captured at Kew

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, England, UK

Opening the door of the Palm House at Kew is like entering a hidden paradise. It never fails to amaze me how fascinated and stunned I become in the presence of such natural beauty. I took this photograph whilst my friend was having a similar reaction to the sheer scale and abundance of lush tropical plants.

Gear/Settings: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon 24-105mm lens, 1/60sec at f/8, ISO 400. Post-capture: basic image management

International Garden Photographer of the Year Winners

'Cork Oak' by Scott Simpson | IGPOTY

1st Place in European Garden Photography Award

Gazebo Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain

There cannot be too many gardens in Europe that combinecork oaks (Quercus suber) with manicured gardens. I was commissioned to photograph such a place at a luxury real estate property in Andalucía. The garden had the added bonus of a raised gazebo, which was nestled amongst the mature cork oaks.

Gear/Settings: Canon EOS 7D, Canon 70-200mm lens, 1/30sec at f/13, ISO 100. Tripod.

Post-capture: basic image management.

International Garden Photographer of the Year Winners

'Greenbelt' by Halu Chow | IGPOTY

1st Place in Greening the City

Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

I used infrared to precisely define the exact locations of plant life around the city, highlighting the scale and proximity of their presence. It is easy to forget the intimacy and importance of this relationship.

Gear/Settings: Canon IXUS860 IS, Canon 28-105mmlens, 1/100sec at f/2.8, ISO 100.Infrared converted camera.

Post-capture: basic image management.

International Garden Photographer of the Year Winners

'Tropical Wonderland' by Jocelyn Horsfall | IGPOTY

1st Place: Portfolios, Abstract Views

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, England, UK

The magical, dreamlike effect of infrared was the perfect way to express the mystery and exotic intrigue of the Palm House at Kew Gardens. I captured a selection of different plants and foliage to feature across the portfolio in order to show the subtle variety of textures and forms within this tropical paradise. Together the images vividly demonstrate the sense of lushness and tranquillity that the space provides.

Gear/Settings: Fujifilm X-E1, Fujifilm 14mm lens + Fujifilm 18-55mm lens + Fujifilm 18-135mm lens, 1/750sec to 1/125sec at f/7.1 to f/13, ISO 500 to ISO 800. Infrared converted camera.

Post-capture: colour tones matched across portfolio, Topaz filter, basic image management.

International Garden Photographer of the Year Winners

'Lotus Tango' by Kathleen Furey | IGPOTY

1st Place in The Beauty of Plants

Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens, Washington D.C., USA

There are many stages of lotus growth on display at theAquatic Gardens, but to come across two twisted dancing stems of Nelumbo nuciferawas unexpected and quite magical.

Gear/Settings: Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II, Olympus 14-150mm lens, 1/320sec at f/5.3, ISO 200.

Post-capture: basic image management

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'Colourful Fields' by Suwandi Chandra | IGPOTY

1st Place in The Bountiful Earth

Sembalun Lawang, Lombok, Indonesia

I hiked to the top of Pergasingan Hill early in the morning to catch the sunrise. The view was amazing as it overlooked the rolling hills opposite and Sembalun village below. Since most of the people here are farmers, they transform the valley floor into a patchwork of agriculture, growing rice, vegetables and even strawberries.

Gear/Settings: Pentax K-3, Pentax 16-50mm lens, 1/2sec at f/8, ISO 100. Tripod, neutral density graduated filter.

Post-capture: basic image management.

International Garden Photographer of the Year Winners

'View Over Trauttmansdorff' by Harry Tremp | IGPOTY

1st Place in The Spirit of Trauttmansdorff, a special award that celebrates the unique character and beauty of The Gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castlein Merano, South Tyrol, Italy.

The golden hour was just approaching when I captured this view of Trauttmansdorff in October, the green of the deciduous trees just starting to begin their autumn transformation.

Gear/Settings: Sony α7R Mark III, Sony 24-105mm lens, 1/50sec at f/13, ISO 400.

Post-capture: basic image management

International Garden Photographer of the Year Winners

'Misty Bayou' by Roberto Marchegiani | IGPOTY

1st Place in Trees, Woods & Forests

Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana, USA

The Louisiana wetlands are a giant tangle of canals, swamps and forests of palm and cypress trees that encompass the great Mississippi estuary. Populated by numerous snakes, alligators, birds and venomous spiders, the often-hostile environment is capable of stunning beauty. Every day at dawn and dusk we motored out on a small swamp boat –the only way to get around the bayou –looking for the best light and conditions. A fog finally descended around a singular majestic cypress (Taxodium), framed by the other trees and adorned with Spanish moss.

Gear/Settings: Nikon D850, Nikon 70-200mm lens,1/50sec at f/7.1, ISO 64.

Post-capture: basic image management.

International Garden Photographer of the Year Winners

'Mount Rainier in the Mist' by Robert Gibbons | IGPOTY

1st Place in Wildflower Landscapes

Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA

I came across a spectacular array of summer alpine flowers on Mazama Ridge, including Castilleja, Lupinusand Anemone occidentalis, all adding character and texture to the scene as if by design.

Gear/Settings: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon 24mm tilt-shift lens, 1/13sec at f/20, ISO 200. Tripod.

Post-capture: basic image management

International Garden Photographer of the Year Winners

'Starlings' by Jonathan Need | IGPOTY

1st Place in Wildlife in the Garden

Snowdonia National Park, Wales, UK

A heavy snowfall brought a lot of hungry birds to my garden feeder. This old nearby tap provided a convenient resting place for this trio of starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) while they waited for their turn to feed.

Gear/Settings: Nikon D3S, Sigma 500mm lens, 1/500sec at f/5, ISO 800. Tripod.

Post-capture: basic image management.

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'Ladies of the Meadow' by Jake Kneale | IGPOTY

1st Place in Young Garden Photographer of the Year

Wiltshire, England, UK

The rising sun backlit this group of lady’s smock (Cardamine pratensis) in a Wiltshire meadow.I used the aperture to turn the water droplets into beautiful bokeh and created a smooth, clean and glistening background.

Gear/Settings: Canon EOS 7D, Canon 70-200mm lens, 1/160sec at f/7.1, ISO 100.

Post-capture: basic image management.

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Advantages of relocating to Spain

Sure, Spain has all your requirement for a dream outing – hello sun, sangriaand sea– but what’s it actually like to pack up and change there in search of la vidaloca?

With a recuperating economy, an excellent laid-back existence and a real enthusiasm for life, Spain is appealing to a mounting number of American colonials – especially as many will have learned Spanish in school. It’s a nation with a long antiquity and spectacular natural beauty, from the long excellent beaches of the Costa Brava to the foothills of Andalucía. Spain also home to some of Europe’s most vivacious cities, counting Madrid, Bilbao and Barcelona. Families are comfy universally, making it a popular destination for American children. And with outstanding colleges and that stunning sunshine weather, it’s also a winner with pupils and senior residents.

Whether you want to permission the big smolder late and hold rural Spanish living or dive into the ethos of Spain’s historic cities, you will find there’s so much more to life in Spain than sunshine and siestas.

Popular Spanish cities vs US cities

San Diego vs. Bilbao – No amazements here with San Diego’s strong Spanish inheritance, but the Spanish construction, the tranquilteashops and the esplanadeposition backed by lovely foothills make these two cities brothers from another mother.

Washington vs. Madrid – With their outstanding structures, pluralistic atmosphere, wide boulevards, and erudite bars and cafeterias Washington and Madrid have a lot in shared. Not to mention that elusive scent of power in the air…

San Francisco vs. Barcelona – If you’re looking for a Spanish city with the alternative culture, arty vibe, and vibrant food scene of San Francisco then it has to be edgy Barcelona. And the comparations don’t end there, you have also got a varied population, excessive public conveyance and breathtaking crest viewpoints.

Becoming a citizen of Spain

Americans can Relocation Spain for up to 3 months without needing a visa. If you plan to live, study or work in Spain however, you will need to apply for a visa from the Spanish Embassy in your home state before arrival in Spain. When in Spain, you have 3 months to smear for your consistent license from the Spanish Bureau of Interior.

After you have existed in Spain for five years, you can smear for the right to enduring EC residence. This will allow you to live and work in Spain, and the rest of the EU, for as long as you like.

If, subsequently ten years of Relocating to Spain, you legitimately want to call it home, you can smear for Spanish nationality. You will then have all of the same rights as Spanish citizens, including the right to vote. In some cases, this can happen within a shorter time frame – for example, if you marry a Spanish citizen. Requests cost $65-110 and will typically mean you must relinquish your American nationality (at an extra cost of $2,350).

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Andalusia Always wanted to do this movie. Always wanted film the light of Andalucía, la Alhambra, los Arrayanes, la Mezquita, with this this song, a song of my youth, of a different time, a time of poets. A generation. My tribute to Andalusia in Spain. ----------------------------------------------- Based on poem "Balada para los poetas andaluces de hoy" de Rafael Alberti, in "Ora marítima", 1953. Voices: Alberti and Rosa León. ------------------------------------------------- Filmed in Cordoba Mosque in Cordoba and Alhambra, Generalife, in Granada, Spain. ------------------------------------------------- Andaluzia A minha homenagem à Andaluzia em Espanha. Sempre quis fazer este filme. Sempre quis filmar a luz da Andaluzia, la Alhambra, los Arrayanes, la Mezquita, com esta música presente, uma música da minha juventude, dum tempo diferente, um tempo dos poetas. Duma geração. ------------------------------------------------ Baseado no poema “Balada para los poetas andaluces de hoy” de Rafael Alberti, in “Ora marítima”, 1953. Vozes de Alberti y Rosa León. ------------------------------------------------- Filmado em Alhambra, Generalife, Granada e na Mesquita de Córdova em Córdova, Espanha. ------------------------------------------------- Music credit to: Aguaviva – “Poetas Andaluces”; “Frederico”. facebook.com/AGUAVIVA-OFFICIAL-SITE-196960533671783/timeline?ref=page_internal zafara.com/aguaviva/entrada/index.htm Frame of movie: la Alhambra, Spain. Thank you for watching ---------------------------------------------------

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Moreish and Moorish: a foodie tour of Andalucía

In the back streets of Seville, out of the solar, faraway from the crowds queuing for the Alcazar and cathedral, my lady friend and I were placed to paintings in a kitchen. It’s now not absolutely everyone’s concept of a holiday, perhaps, but we had been right here for a behind-the-scenes tour of travel Andalucía’s cuisine.

Chop any such,” said David Ciudad, our guide-cum-culinary-trainer

Handing me a bulb of garlic. He turned into displaying us how to make salmorejo, the gazpacho-like Andalucían bloodless soup of tomatoes, garlic, salt, and olive oil; and espinacas con garbanzos, a stew of chickpeas, garlic, cumin, and spinach – Indian flavours which might be a legacy of thgitanos who settled here from Rajasthan in the 7th century and have had a lasting have an impact on the tradition. Both dishes are simple, tasty and cheap.

The kitchen David makes use of for instructions doubles as an artwork gallery, which when we visited had an exhibition of acerbic newspaper cartoons.

For pudding, David took us to look his buddy Marta, a Sevillian singer who now once in a while welcomes travelers to her domestic to devour. She served us a dish of chocolate ice-cream with orange-flavoured olive oil, her personal introduction.

This insider’s view of the place’s culinary delights is a part of a brand new food excursion organized by means of Pura Aventura. The tailormade trips include everything from cooking training to farm visits, assembly connoisseurs along the way. The excursions are targeted at the meals, however, there are alternatives to getting lively too, including a visit to the Doñana countrywide park, an expanse of wetlands and woodland wherein uncommon species which include the Iberian lynx and imperial eagle are determined.

Our cooking lesson complete, we raided a few tapas bars earlier

Than leaving Seville and riding an hour west into Huelva province. We drove up into the hills of the Sierra de Aracena y Los Picos de Aroche herbal park to the Finca La Fronda inn. Set in a cork all right and chestnut forest, and cooled via an upland breeze, the lodge has a satisfactory view over the village of Alájar and strives to be eco-friendly with recycled water, solar strength and a reliance on local food materials. It’s run by way of a family descended from William Wordsworth, and a big portrait of the poet sits inside the living room.

U2’s Joshua Tree Tour Could Inspire Similar Band Reunions For Albums Turning Thirty This Year

Since their iconic album The Joshua Tree turns thirty this 12 months, Bono and U2 are doing an excursion to celebrate the anniversary. They plan to carry out in several towns in North America and Europe, starting in Vancouver on May 12 and finishing in Brussels on August 1.

Fans will possibly experience listening to the band play the songs from that album, consisting of the big hits With or Without You and I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For. Perhaps the celebratory excursion will inspire different British alt-rock bands to reunite to perform in honor of the thirtieth anniversary of comparable amazing albums.

Among the ones unforgettable albums is Louder Than Bombs by means of the Smiths

But a reunion of Johnny Marr and Morrissey could appear extremely not going. Roddy Frame and Aztec Camera would please quite a few fanatics with the aid of traveling to commemorate their album Love, which additionally turns thirty.

Better than any of those, however lesser well-known, changed into The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death by using the Housemartins. Released in 1987, this album showed off the capabilities of the front man P. D. Heaton.

Heaton’s songs are politically charged, despite the fact that his messages are wrapped in a delicious coating of sweet melodies and catchy choruses. The maximum direct political track is the identity tune itself, an obvious condemnation of British those who supported the management at that time.

“The those who grinned themselves to demise, they smiled a lot they did not take a breath,” Heaton sings. “And even if their kids we ravenous all of them idea the Queen turned into charming.”

We’re Not Going Back, song three at the record warns towards the longing for the Britain of the past.

“Do you don’t forget the good vintage days?” Heaton asks rhetorically. “An empty stomach and a tear-stained face. Don’t flip lower back the clocks, it is now not because it changed into.”

The spotlight of the album might be Me and the Farmer, on which the noun within the identity serves as a metaphor for each exploitative boss or government. It is a subject so nicely documented within the lyrics of Woody Guthrie in the United States of 40 years earlier than.

“He’s chopped down sheep, ripped up fields, bullied flocks,

Heaton claims. “And worked his workers proper across the clock. Though God loves his wife a bit, He hates the farmer through and thru.”

You Better Be Doubtful, all, however, closing out the report, gives a caution to the ones in rate. It foresees a rise up against the mistreatment and inequality Heaton perceives within the England of the late eighties.

“The rich up within the citadel have not completed consuming yet, they may throw you a bone or a spat out the stone, however knowing them that is all you will get,” the primary verse reads.

Moorish Spain by means of Richard Fletcher

In Moorish Spain Richard Fletcher achieves a large feat. In a brief book he not most effective chronicles the bones of nearly a millennium of history, but also offers a great deal that provides to our know-how of the social context, both of his chosen generation mainly and of history in preferred.

Moorish Spain does now not aspire to scholarly excellence.

Richard Fletcher’s stated aim is to provide a fuller and greater accurate account of Islamic rule within the Iberian peninsula than the cursory bills supplied in tour books. He also aspires to a remedy of the difficulty that is more correct than the romanticised function of 19th century travelers, money owed that served to create after which perpetuate fantasy.

And paramount in this myth is the obtained opinion that during Moorish al-Andalus all things social were both sweetness and light and pure harmony. Not so, says Fletcher, as he chronicles electricity struggles, intrigues and repeated war. He describes the one-of-a-kind hobbies that ensured that struggle, both small-scale and local or larger-scale and spread across a much broader front, changed into in no way very far away. When competing events felt that they could all advantage from interaction and trade, it changed into, he shows, in large part pragmatism that saved the peace.

His story begins in the early eighth century whilst the primary invasion of what we now call Spain arrived from Morocco. It ends with the expulsion of the Mozarabes within the sixteenth century. In among, in a quite short and accessible e-book, he illustrates how moving alliances and opportunity for brief-time period gain blend with broader perspectives and humanitarian worries to give a patchwork of records. And this patchwork is characterised, exceptionally, through our incapacity to generalise. Throughout, it is the particular that is critical.

In contrast he gives a number of generalised overviews and illustrates how none of them is extra than partially accurate.

In a quick however telling very last bankruptcy he offers a generalisation of his personal to demonstrate how dominant modern ideas can filter records to be able to enhance its very own credibility. Tellingly, he additionally reminds us of the way lots chronicled records relates handiest to the recorded evaluations and lives of a wealthy, sometimes knowledgeable elite. How a great deal element of lifestyles inside the twentieth century USA may be gleaned half a millennium from now if the most effective source turned into a telephone ballot of Hollywood celebrities?

Richard Fletcher’s book consequently transcends its very own problem rely. It affords a rounded, cautiously reconstructed image of a massive swathe of records. In this kind of quick account, of path, he can only gift a especially small amount of detail, however what is there is going an extended manner past what the average reader may ever discover from a shallow vacationer guide. The style is easy however never racy and the content material has a feeling of reliability that shows a 2nd visit might be profitable.

Travel Garment Steamer: Portable Clothes Steamer Buying Guide

A tour garment steamer is a brilliant travel companion for casting off wrinkles from clothing, freshening and sanitizing linens, and plenty more. If you’re a common vacationer, you recognize the ache of inn irons. I was a a hundred% enterprise traveler for decades and I found out quickly that a transportable journey garment steamer became the handiest dependable desire for getting rid of wrinkles from my commercial enterprise apparel.

If you journey a lot, you understand what I’m talking about. Do any of these conditions sound acquainted?

O No iron within the motel room and a whole lot of trouble getting one delivered to the room

o No ironing board with even extra trouble getting one introduced to the room

o An iron that does not get hot with apparent corrosion popping out of the holes due faucet water utilization

o White mineral construct-up coming out of the holes getting all over your dark apparel

o An iron that glaringly ironed a few fabric that melted to it and now is prepared to switch itself on your apparel

Road warriors can leave that all that behind by using getting a easy tour garment steamer.

What have to you search for in a tour handheld garment steamer?

Portability

It appears easy, but whilst you study some of the handheld garb steamer designs, it makes you wonder if they’re certainly designed for portability. Your travel steamer desires to healthy into your suitcase, backpack, or convey-on with room for all your other essentials. Fortunately, most of the famous journey steamers are properly-designed to absorb as little space as possible for your journey baggage.

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Places to see in ( Las Negras - Spain ) Las Negras is a village Spanish in Almeria province and the autonomous community of Andalusia in the municipality of Nijar . Las Negras is located within the Natural Park of Cabo de Gata-Níjar about 50 km from the provincial capital, Almería . Las Negras has beautiful beaches in its surroundings, such as Cala de San Pedro , which has a spring that has made it an oasis around the arid lands of the park. There are numerous visits to its natural mud grotto, to give a cleaning treatment, allowing the applied mask to dry in the sun, and then cleared in the clear waters of the Mediterranean . This was the primitive settlement of Las Negras, dominated by the guarding castle, at one time, headquarters of the Civil Guard . The elders tell how each day they had to go rowing or donkey on the steep trails to what today is known as Blacks in search of food or communication with the rest of the world. Las Negras flora is subtropical. In addition it counts on a small hippie community and squat that inhabits the old abandoned houses of the primitive black inhabitants (such his gentilicio ) and tents. In all the natural park is prohibited the camping. Its access is by foot or by boat . The rules of coexistence are based on respect. To access the San Pedro Cove , it is on foot (roughly an hour and a half from Las Negras) or by boat (about 6 euros per trip), in 2011 the Ministry of Environment of the Junta de Andalucía opened A file to the owner of this area for the charge to access by vehicle and no longer exists that option because the vehicle can not access the Cala. The settlement of Las Negras is framed between the Cape known as "El Puntón" and the cliff called "Cerro Negro". The two coves that form the coastline of this town are protected by a natural barrier of rocks, which is called "Las Esperillas", so that the strong storms of the east are slightly softened by the presence of the barrier . This formation is only exposed at low tide. In the skirt of Cerro Negro there are other virgin coves and caves, where diving is more than recommended: "Cala Hernández" or "Piedra Colorá". Walking towards the southernmost limits we find the Rock of the Gypsy and the Cove of the crow, this last place of the site of Camping Náutico La Caleta, located in full rambla with the consequent danger of flood. ( Las Negras - Spain ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Las Negras . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Las Negras - Spain Join us for more : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLP2J3yzHO9rZDyzie5Y5Og http://ift.tt/2drFR54 http://ift.tt/2cZihu3 http://ift.tt/2drG48C https://twitter.com/Placestoseein1 http://ift.tt/2cZizAU http://ift.tt/2duaBPE

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