LOBO de CRIN o BOROCHI (Chrysocyon brachyurus)

Cánido de las pampas. Los guaraníes lo llaman aguará guasú ("zorro grande")
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A MIS LECTORAS... y al resto

“Amigos lectores que leerán este libro blog, | despójense de toda pasión | y no se escandalicen al leerlo |
no contiene mal ni corrupción; | es verdad que no encontrarán nada de perfección |
salvo en materia de reír; |
mi corazón no puede elegir otro sujeto | a la vista de la pena que los mina y los consume. |
Vale mejor tratar de reír que derramar lágrimas, | porque la risa es lo propio y noble del alma. Sean felices!
--François Rabelais (circa 1534) [english]

jueves, 30 de julio de 2009

El flaco de oro y María Bonita

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“Solamente una vez”. Agustín Lara.
Solamente una vez, amé en la vida
Solamente una vez y nada más.

....Una vez nada más,
se entrega el alma,
con la dulce y total
renunciación.

Y cuando ese milagro realiza
el prodigio de amarse,
hay campanas de fiesta,
que cantan en el corazón.



La simpar María Félix, diva máxima y ejerciente del cine y los corazones mexicanos.
A “La Mexicana" como la llamaban alrededor del mundo, se le consideraba una de las mujeres más bella del mundo en su época. Fue una gran coleccionista. Poseía una infinidad de obras de arte, importantes pinturas, un extenso lote de joyas exclusivas, porcelanas de las más genuinas.
Se casó posteriormente con el importante magnate francés Alex Berger, del cual heredó una inmensa fortuna.
Impuso su estilo en la moda a nivel mundial y creadores como Valentino, Givenchy, Coco Chanel, Yves Sain Laurent y Christian Dior con el cual cultivó una amistad, se encargaban de vestirla. Joyas exclusivas para "La Doña" fueron diseñadas por Cartier. Su círculo de amistades comprendían a Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Leonora Carrington, Jean Genet, Xavier Villaurrutia, Salvador Novo, Renato Leduc, Carlos Monsiváis y, naturalmente, Octavio Paz.
María Bonita. Agustín Lara
Acuérdate de Acapulco, de aquellas noches
María Bonita, María del Alma.
Acuérdate que en la playa con tus manitas las estrellitas las enjuagabas.
Tu cuerpo del mar juguete, nave al garete, venían las olas, lo columpiaban,
y cuando yo te miraba,
lo digo con sentimiento,
mi pensamiento me traicionaba.
Te dije muchas palabras, de esas bonitas con que se rompen los corazones,
pidiendo que me quisieras que convirtieras en realidades mis ilusiones.

……….Amores, habrás tenido, muchos amores Maria Bonita. Maria del Alma

Cuatro años duró el romance entre el acoso de la prensa y las chanzas populares a semejante desacato estético y a la inevitable realidad de aquellos dos enamorados contra natura.
Esa especie de amor entre la Bella y la Bestia, que reflejara Schubert en forma de “lied” (canción) y en su cuarteto “La Muerte y la Doncella”.

La popularidad que ambos artistas consiguieron no fue óbice para que el amor apasionado de Agustín hacia su musa/diosa nos dejara páginas inolvidables para la música.

lunes, 27 de julio de 2009

Rompo los corazones de las más orgullosas

Ich brech` die Herzen der stolzesten Frau`n
[I break the hearts of the haughtiest ladies]
Das Palast Orchester mit seinem Sänger Max Raabe
The Palace Orchestra with its singer Max Raabe
original (Gruppe & Heinz Rühmann)

Liebe ist kein Problem, ich find sie herrlich und angenehm.
Wenn eine huebsch ist, wird sie gekuesst,
seh'n Sie, wie einfach das ist?
Ich brech' die Herzen der stolzesten Frau'n,
Weil ich so stuermisch und so leidenschaftlich bin;
Mir braucht nur eine ins Auge zu schaun,
und schon ist sie hin!
Ich hab bei Frauen so schrecklich viel Glueck
Das ist kein Wunder, denn mein Sternbild ist der Stier.
Mein Blut ist Lava, und das ist der Trick,
das liebt man an mir!
Ich lach sie an, und sage schlau:
"Sind Sie die Richt'ge, gnaedige Frau?"
Komm ich in Glut, dann ist mir jede so gut.
Ich brech' die Herzen der stolzesten Frau'n,
Weil ich so stuermisch und so leidenschaftlich bin;
Mir braucht nur eine ins Auge zu schaun,
und schon ist sie hin!

Kunst [Arte]

Kunst kommt von Können,
käme es von Wollen, würde es Wunst heißen.

Viagra, *1997

[Sildenafil citrate]
Written and sang by Max Raabe. It's from the album
"Ein Freund, ein guter Freund" [Un amigo, un buen amigo]

The virgin gives it to the boy because both then can enjoy
for wives it came in handy who had a droopy spouse.
Thus some life form long believed to be dead is revived by
Viagra
Doctors commit themselves to self-testing,
speculate that it facilitates blood circulation
Thus some life form long believed to be dead is revived by
Viagra
A stand-up reception will turn jolly once it is served as munchies,
every stable shudders when you put it in the animal fodder.
Thus some life form long believed to be dead is revived by
Viagra
Camilla Parker-Bowles always carries in her Rolls' a full roll
(Prince's Roll is a famous roll of cookies)
the back drawer of his desk,
that's where Bill Clinton keeps his stash.
But what effect on the receding brow if mixed with the pill,
it defies every norm rigid as Wellaform (hair spray)
only pointing into one direction
because it's doped and can't help it.
Why do I do this to myself, asks then the man.
I can tell you, between the two of us,
that in this world it depends on women
whether things rise or fall.

Busco una (mimí), sólo para mí

[Busco una, que sólo a mí me pertenezca]
Ich suche eine, die mir allein gehört
Max Raabe & Das Palastorchester - 2006 live
(mit Peter Lohmeyer & Heino Ferch)
Jurmann/Rotter -1932
[La música de mi padre]

Ich suche eine, die mir allein gehört,
die mich verwöhnt und die mich sogar verehrt.
Eine Frau, die zu schön ist, hat keinen Zweck,
denn die nimmt mir ja doch nur ein anderer weg.

Ich such' eine, die mich allein nur liebt.
Wenn ich auch weiß, wie selten es sowas gibt,
darum leg ich nur auf das eine wert,
daß eine Frau mir wirklich allein gehört.

Wer nimmt es wie mit der Treue genau
und für sich behauptet die Frau - die Frau.
Sie ist nichts weiter als nur Infamie,
aber dennoch wir leben für sie - für sie.

Sie hat uns alle verrückt gemacht,
wir träumen alle von ihr.
Ich such' eine, die mir alleine gehört,
die mich verwöhnt und die mich sogar verehrt.

Eine Frau, die zu schön ist, hat keinen Zweck,
denn die schnappt mir doch nur ein anderer weg.
Ich such' eine, die mich allein nur liebt.
Wenn ich auch weiß, wie selten es sowas gibt,
darum leg ich nur auf das eine wert,
daß eine Frau mir wirklich allein gehört.

(Instrumental)

Ich such' eine, die mich allein nur liebt.
Wenn ich auch weiß, wie selten es sowas gibt,
darum leg ich nur auf das eine wert,
daß eine Frau mir wirklich allein gehört.

Amalie va con un caballero de goma

... al baño
Amalie geht mit 'nem Gummikavalier... ins Bad

De qué vive el hombre

... primero viene la comida y luego la moral...
Wovon lebt der Mensch?
... erst kommt das Fressen und dann die Moral...
(from the Dreigroschenoper by Bertholt Brecht/Kurt Weil)
Katharina Thalbach become famous with it...
and on one CD Nina Hagen sing a song from the Dreigroschenoper

... nur wer in Wohlstand lebt, lebt angenehmt...
[Sólo quien en bienestar vive, vive bien...]
acorde al original de 1931: über die Frage Wovon lebt der Mensch

Die Dreigroschenoper - Historic Original Recordings 1928-1931
Ballade vom angenehmen Leben [Balada de la buena vida]
COMPOSER: Kurt Weil und Bert Brecht
LIED: Ballade vom angenehmen Leben
INTERPRET: Harald Paulsen

La balada del cafisio

de "la Opera de 3 céntimos"
Pimp's ballade
Zuhälterballade - Die Dreigroschen Oper
Brecht/Weil
Max Raabe
Brecht Gala - Berliner Ensemble Berlin, 2007

Zuhälter [cafisio, mantenido protector, macro]
In einer Zeit, die längst vergangen ist
Lebten wir schon zusammen, sie und ich
Und zwar von meinem Kopf und ihrem Bauch.
Ich schützte sie und sie ernährte mich.
Es geht auch anders, doch so geht es auch.
Und wenn ein Freier kam, kroch ich aus unserm Bett
Und drückte mich zu 'n Kirsch und war sehr nett
Und wenn er blechte, sprach ich zu ihm:
Herr, wenn sie mal wieder wollen - bitte sehr!
So hielten wir's ein volles halbes Jahr
In dem Bordell, wo unser Haushalt war.
(Zwangs)nutte ["prostituida", p(rostit)uta]
In einer Zeit die jetzt vergangen ist,
war er mein Freund ich ein junges Ding.
Und wenn kein Zaster war, hat er mich angehaucht.
Da hieß es gleich, ich versetzt dir deinen Ring!
Ein Ring ganz gut, doch ohne auch.
Da wurde ich aber tückisch, na ja weißte,
ich fragte ihn manchmal direkt,
was er sich erdreißte,
da hat er mir aber eins ins Zahnfleisch gelangt,
da bin ich manchmal direkt drauf erkrankt.
Das war so schön in diesem halben Jahr,
in dem Bordell, wo unser Haushalt war.
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Sting performs back in 1987 together with Gianna Nanini "Die Zuhälterballade" taken out of the "Three Penny Opera" written by Bertold Brecht and with the music of Kurt Weil in the Berlin of the last 20es

Solo piano

Bésame, bésame mucho

[La canción que más tarareaba y silbaba mi padre]
CONSUELO "CHELA" VELAZQUEZ interpreta la bellisima melodia BESAME MUCHO de su propia inspiración.

This old Mexican song is one of the most beautiful songs ever written. And Tino Rossi's is one of its best (and least known) performances.
Columbia, 1945

Si vous l'aviez compris

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=PL&hl=pl&v=2ECLROT9aTA
Tino Rossi mit Orchester - Si vous l'aviez compris (Denza /Bordese), Columbia, early 1940s (German pressing)
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This Luigi Denza's art song - written for the male voice with piano, was performed by most of the great singers in history - from Caruso to Pavarotti.
Here we have a lovely chamber interpretation of Tino Rossi, accompanied by a small ensamble.
Gustave Caillebotte,
c. 1878. (Collection privée).
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The slideshow, which illustrates this delicate and tender music are the paintings of the little known genius of Impressionism - Gustave Caillebotte.
GUSTAVE CAILLEBOTTE was born on August 19, 1848 to an upper-class Parisian family. His father, Martial Caillebotte (1799-1874), was the inheritor of the family's military textile business and was also a judge at the Seine department's Tribunal de Commerce. Caillebotte earned a law degree in 1868 and a license to practice law in 1870. After the French-Prussian war, when he served in the army, Caillebotte began visiting the studio of painter Léon Bonnat, where he began to seriously study painting. He developed an accomplished style in a relatively short period of time and had his first studio in his parents' home. In 1873, Caillebotte entered into the École des Beaux-Arts, but apparently did not spend much time there. He inherited his father's fortune and around 1874 he met and befriended several artists working outside the official French Academy, including Edgar Degas and Giuseppe de Nittis, and attended (but did not participate in) the first Impressionist exhibition of 1874.
Caillebotte's style belongs to the School of Realism but was strongly influenced by his Impressionist associates. As did his predecessors Jean-Francois Millet and Gustave Courbet, as well his contemporary Degas, Caillebotte aimed to paint reality as it existed and as he saw it, hoping to reduce painting's inherent theatricality. Perhaps because of his close relationship with so many of his peers, his style and technique varies considerably among his works, as if "borrowing" and experimenting, but not really sticking to any one style. At times, he seems very much in the Degas camp of rich-colored realism (especially his interior scenes) and at other times, he shares the Impressionists' commitment to "optical truth" and employs an impressionistic pastel-softness and loose brush strokes most similar to Renoir and Pissarro.
Caillebotte painted many domestic and familial scenes, interiors, and portraits. But he is most well known for his paintings of urban Paris, such as "The Pont de l'Europe" (Le pont de l'Europe) (1876), or "Place de l'Europe In The Rain" (1877). The latter is almost unique among his works for its particularly flat colors and photo-realistic effect which gives the painting its distinctive and modern look, almost akin to American Realists such as Edward Hopper.
Caillebotte's painting career slowed dramatically in the early 1890s, when he stopped making large canvases. He died of pulmonary congestion while working in his garden at Petit-Gennevilliers in 1894 at age 45, and was interred at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
See also:
http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZSADBh...
http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=UWKUkuv...

domingo, 26 de julio de 2009

La canción de la insuficiencia

... del afán humano
DAS LIED VON DER UNZULÄNGLICHKEIT MENSCHLICHEN STREBENS (La Opera de los 3 céntimos)
Tributo a BERTOLD BRECHT
13 august 2006 en el Museo Contemporáneo de Arte de NITERÓI - RIO DE JANEIRO.



Interpretación semejante a la original:

Como un(o|a) se encama, así se yace

Wie man sich bettet, so liegt man - September Lied [Canción de septiembre]
Dos interpretaciones de Bertold Brecht/Kurt Weil por Hildegard Knef (1982)

lunes, 20 de julio de 2009

Democracy for stupids

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WOMEN’S LANGUAGE traslated

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Yes = No
No = Yes
Maybe = No
I’m sorry. = You’ll be sorry.
We need... = I want
It’s your decision = The correct decision should be obvious by now.
Do what you want... = You’ll pay for this later.
We need to talk... = I need to complain.
Sure...go ahead = I don’t want you to.
I’m not upset = Of course I’m upset, you moron!
You’re so manly = You need a shave and you sweat a lot.
You’re certainly attentive tonight = Is sex all you ever think about?
Be romantic, turn out the lights = I have flabby thighs.
This kitchen is so inconvenient = I want a new house.
I want new curtains = ...and carpeting, and furniture, and wallpaper.....
Hang the picture there = NO, I mean hang it there!
I heard a noise = I noticed you were almost asleep.
Do you love me? = I’m going to ask for something expensive.
How much do you love me? = I did something today you’re really not going to like.
I’ll be ready in a minute = Kick off your shoes and find a good game on TV.
Am I fat? = Tell me I’m beautiful.
You have to learn to communicate. = Just agree with me.
Are you listening to me!? = Too late, you’re dead.
Was that the baby? = Why don’t you get out of bed and walk him until he goes to sleep.
I'm not yelling! = Yes I am yelling because I think this is important.
Nothing = Everything
Nothing, really = It’s just that you’re such an idiot!

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What's the definition of a woman?
Life support for a vagina.

Orgía sino-japonesa

3 días: 400 japoneses, 500 prostis --> Orgía en China


TetART or titARTs

Humongous Hooters

Humongous Hooters

Humongous Hooters

Humongous Hooters

domingo, 19 de julio de 2009

sábado, 18 de julio de 2009

Chabad & creationism

or Sha-bad?
Cuentos judíos sobre el universo (según MarkCC):
In the 19th Century it was the prevailing view of scientists and modernists that human reason was infallible in "scientific" deductions and that sciences such as physics, chemistry, mathematics etc., were absolute truth, that is to say, not merely accepted truths but absolute. Speaking in Jewish terms this meant the establishment of a new idolatry, not of wood and stone, but the worship of the contemporary sciences and philosophies.

In fact, in the face of dogmatic and deterministic views of science prevailing at that time, a whole apologetic literature was created by well-meaning religious advocates and certain rabbis who saw no other way of preserving Torah heritage in their "enlightened" communities except through tenuous and spurious reinterpretations of certain passages in the Torah in order to accommodate them to the prevailing world outlook. No doubt they knew inwardly that they were suggesting interpretations in Torah which were at variance with Torat Emet, but at least they felt they had no alternative.

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Fantasy & nightmare


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viernes, 17 de julio de 2009

Unas terroristas... MAS

MASistas, cuidao con su presidente y otros izquierdosos.
Estas gringuitas imperialistas son peligrosísimas!
She loves the big boom, but i love her big boobs!

She Loves A Big Boom - Watch more Insane Military Explosions
Y puede que Rada encuentre a esta nena altamente sospechosa!
Pues usa proyectiles autóctonos, fáciles de conseguir en toda la República Cocalera Bolivariana de Bolivia

Girl in Underwear Fires Potato Gun - Watch more Funny Videos
De cualquier modo, si está nena viene de turista a Santa Cruz de la Tierra NO debe alojarse en hotel Las Américas!

Girl With Very Big Gun Busts Myths - Watch more Funny Videos

2 girls 1 cup

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Miau

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The unfinished poem

Vladimir Mayakovsky
* * * * *
It’s deep into the night. You must have gone to bed.
The Milky Way lit up in celebration.
No need to rush. I have no reasons left
to stir you with the lightning of communications.
So to say, the incident dissolved.*
The love boat smashed against reality.
We’re even. And we should absolve
mutual hurts, grudges and anxieties.
What eerie silence, as if the world went numb.
The sky bequeathed to us its constellations.
In moments like these I’d like to be the one
with centuries, and history and the creation.
1930

*Mayakovsky purposefully used a non-idiomatic expression to point out that "the incident" was not "resolved" by anyone, but rather it was broken down by unfortunate circumstances.
To indicate that he came up with a novel word in Russian (исперчен), which is a blend of “spoiled” (испорчен) and “peppered” (перчен). The English word “dissolved” is used here to render Mayakovsky’s intention albeit partially.

Mayakovsky's suicide note from April 12, 1930 read in part:
So to say -
"the incident dissolved"
the love boat
smashed against reality.
I'm through with live
and [we] should absolve
mutual hurts, grudges and anxieties.
It was written two days before he shot himself on April 14th, 1930.

The 'First Lady of the Internet'

Lenna or Lena
Lena Södeberg (Lenna Sjööblom)
Click on image, if you want more...
[Original Lena Image]

For the full picture click here. Better, click here for an unpublished image.
[Lenna (que debería llamarse en realidad Lena) es un fragmento de fotografía de una playmate reproducida en el número de noviembre (miss noviembre) de 1972 de la revista Playboy. Sirve como imagen de prueba para los algoritmos de compresión de imagen y se ha convertido de facto en un estándar industrial y científico.]
This scan, nonetheless, became one of the most used images in computer history, so much that the mysterious Lenna came to be dubbed the 'First Lady of the Internet'[2] and one of the influential photographs that changed the course of history [3]
The image had a sense of affection to many image processing scientists that one of them even wrote a sonnet about her.[11]

O dear Lena, your beauty is so vast
It is hard sometimes to describe it fast.
I thought the entire world I would impress
If only your portrait I could compress.
Alas! First when I tried to use VQ
I found that your cheeks belong to only you.
Your silky hair contains a thousand lines
Hard to match with sums of discrete cosines.
And for your lips, sensual and tactual
Thirteen Crays found not the proper fractal.
And while these setbacks are all quite severe
I might have fixed them with hacks here or there
But when filters took sparkle from your eyes
I said, "Heck with it. I'll just digitize."
Original scanned image (1973):


Here is a picture of Lenna taken in May 1997 at the IS&T's conference:
[Picture of Lenna at IS&T]For the curious:
'lena' or 'lenna' is a digitized Playboy centerfold, from November 1972.
(Lenna is the spelling in Playboy, Lena is the Swedish spelling of the name.) Lena Soderberg (ne Sjööblom) was last reported living in her native Sweden, happily married with three kids and a job with the state liquor monopoly.
In 1988, she was interviewed by some Swedish computer related publication, and she was pleasantly amused by what had happened to her picture.
That was the first she knew of the use of that picture in the computer business.

jueves, 16 de julio de 2009

To hear or not to hear

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Old Man Jenkins fears his wife isn’t hearing what it used to be and he thinks she might need a hearing aid.
Not quite sure how to approach her, he calls the family doctor to discuss the problem.
The doctor suggests a simple informal test:
“Just stand about 40 feet away from her, and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response.”
That evening, Mrs. Jenkins is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and Mr. Jenkins is in the den.
He says to himself,
“I’m about 40 feet away, let’s see what happens.”
Then in a normal tone he asks,
"Honey, what’s for dinner?"
No response.
So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and repeats,
“Honey, what’s for dinner?”
Still no response.
Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife and asks,
“Honey, what’s for dinner?”
Again he gets no response.
So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away.
“Honey, what’s for dinner?”
Again there is no response.
So he walks right up behind her.
“Honey, what’s for dinner?”
To which Mrs. Jenkin spins around and shouts
“For the fifth time, I said CHICKEN!

miércoles, 15 de julio de 2009

The Four Humors

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The traditionally held "Father of Medicine" was the Greek physician Hippocrates (460-370 BC), who taught medicine on the island of Cos. One of his major precepts was the rule of harmony, the theory that all body systems were in balance and that disease resulted from an imbalance. Galen (130-201 AD) was the physician to Marcus Aurelius and became the heir to Hippocrates and one of the most influential physicians of all times. He taught the importance of maintaining balance between the four bodily fluids, or "humors" (2): blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. Each fluid was associated with a specific personality characteristic. Blood was associated with a sanguine personality, that is laughter, music, and a passionate disposition. Someone with a phlegmatic personality was sluggish and dull, while yellow bile represented an individual quick to anger or choleric (cholera meaning yellow as in yellow fever). Lastly, black bile represented a melancholic or depressed personality, melan meaning black. It was the job of the physician to restore harmony in those four humors by the use of emetics, cathartics, purgatives, and by bloodletting. Bleeding was used to reduce excess circulation, to slow the pulse, and to "reduce irritation", all felt to be the cause of inflammation. Dr. Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was a major figure in colonial American medicine and was an important proponent of bleeding, though unfortunately he mistakenly thought that the body held 12 instead of 6 quarts. Shortly before his death, George Washington was bled 4 ‡ quarts in 24 hours for an infected throat and died not long after (3).
Early transfusion was based on the notion that giving blood would help balance the humors (4,5). On June 15, 1667, Jean Davis replaced part of a patient's blood with sheep's blood though the patient died and Dr. Davis was subsequently accused of murder. Transfusion was set back until the 19th century, well before blood typing was understood.
2) Galen's Four Humors
2) Galen's Four Humors

3) G. Washington After Being Bled
3) G. Washington After Being Bled

4) Bleeding and Transfusion
4) Bleeding and Transfusion

"Justo", el eco-fogón

Fuente
La instalación de una estufa eficiente es una forma de combatir el problema de deforestación, mejorar la salud de las personas que cocinan con leña, disminuir el impacto ambiental de la combustión de la madera y aliviar una parte del trabajo diario que se asocia con la recolección de la leña. La idea de una estufa mejorada ya era conocida en varias partes del mundo pero se ha usado nueva tecnología en diferentes formas. Actualmente el enfoque de trabajo esta más centrado en la utilidad de la estufa, teniendo en cuenta las costumbres de la gente y la cultura en la que se va a implementar la tecnología. Una parte esencial de la implementación de las estufas mejoradas son los materiales que se usan; se va adaptando el diseño de la estufa a los materiales locales existentes.

On the supposed evilness of girls

Source Taken from komplexify.com.
by T. Komplexify, Ph.D. Weizguyy Institute of Smart Axes
Abstract
In this article, we discuss the classic proof that girls are evil. The author will briefly discuss the origins of the problem and review the classic proof. The author then indicates a mathematical flaw in the argument, invalidating the statement. The article concludes with a revised and corrected statement of the result.
I. Introduction
I recently received an email discussing the differences between men and women from various mathematical and engineering points-of-view. Most of it was extremely funny, and sooner or later all shall certainly appear within the mathematico-humorist community, properly researched, and appended with standard references in the literature.
However, one portion of the email included a mathematical “proof” of the fact that girls are evil. This proof is doubtless familiar to many readers, having circulated a few times in mathematicians’ inboxes. However, for those readers unfamiliar with this well-known proof, we present it now.
II. Statement and classical proof of result
Theorem.
Girls are evil.
Proof.
It is axiomic in all cultures that girls require both time and money, and any man with either a deficiency in available “quality time” or “disposable income” knows that this a joint-proportion, whence

Similarly, it is has been proved that “time is money” [1], whence
time = money
Substitution yields

We also know that “money is the root of all evil” [2], whence

Substituting again yields

Squaring on the right-hand side of the equation yields

establishing the result. Q.E.D.

III. Identifying and resolving the flaw
The above “proof,” so-called, is widely known to mathematicians, leading to the widespread belief that girls are evil.
It will therefore come as a surprise to find that the proof above is flawed, and indeed, the result is incorrect. There is a subtle flaw in the above argument that seems to have escaped most diligent readers for quite some time. In the interest of correcting this mis-truth, which has improperly vilified girls as being evil, we present now the correct statement and its proof.

Theorem (Corrected).
Girls are absolute evil.
Proof. Arguing as above allows us to conclude

However, let us more intently examine the consequences of money being the root of all evil.
A moment’s thought shows that it is incorrect to conclude that

To see this, recall that evil is a inherently negative concept [3].
We cannot take square roots of negative quantities in the real world, lest we are will to assume that money is imaginary. (Graduate students in particular may choose to investigate this concept further [4].)
Thus, we are therefore forced to conclude that

Substituting again yields

Squaring on the right-hand side of the equation yields

establishing that girls are absolutely evil. Q.E.D.

IV. Conclusion
We sincerely hope this clears things up.

V. Notes

  1. I. Walker, “Time is money, professor proves,” CNN.com (2002) May 29
  2. The Bible, King James Version (1611), I Timothy, Chapter 6, Verse 10
  3. cf. Q. Smith, “An Atheological Argument from Evil Natural Laws,” (1991) Section 2.
  4. This idea is explored somewhat in K. Marx, Das Kapital (1861).

The research reported in the paper has in part been suppressed by the National Silence Foundation.

Execution

Source: komplexify.com/epsilon
(The electric chair version)

A priest, a lawyer, and an engineer vacationing in Texas, when (for reasons never made clear to them), they are arrested and sentenced to death by electric chair. The day of the execution come, and the three unlucky men are lead up into the execution chamber.
The priest is strapped in first, and for his last words declares “I believe God will intervene on my behalf!” The guards throw the switch and nothing happens, so they assume God has intervened and let the priest go free.
The lawyer is strapped in next, and for his last words declares “I believe in the power of justice to protect the innocent!” The guards throw the switch and nothing happens, so they assume justice has been served and let the lawyer go free.
Finally, the engineer is strapped in, and for his last words declares “Well shoot! You ain’t gonna electrocute nobody if you don’t plug this dang thing in!”

martes, 14 de julio de 2009

Quack Medicine

Source

Victorian Prohibitions

Interest in sexual relationships is nothing new and therapeutic devices, sometimes quite bizarre, have always been available (94). Many athletes refrain from sexual activities prior to competition with the belief that strengths and abilities will otherwise be reduced. Masturbation, or onanism, has been associated with the development of weakness, mental illness, neurologic disorders, blindness, and so on for generations. Many ways to "cure" this habit were available in the 19th century (95-97).

90) Dr. Albert Abrams
Dr. Albert Abrams

90) Dr. Albert Abrams
According to the AMA, Albert Abrams was the "dean of twentieth century charlatans". He wrote numerous books and journals and was responsible for the production of a large number of inventive electrical devices, none of which had any medical activity (as stated by scientists of the time). His medical devices were not sold but only rented to practitioners under the stipulation that they not divulge the secrets of contents.
94) Lawson's Vaginal Washer
This bizarre instrument was to be used for female hygiene and sold in the early 20th century. A large irrigating syringe was to be attached and when the handle was turned, the instrument rotated around, acting like a squeegee.

94) Lawson's Vaginal Washer
94) Lawson's Vaginal Washer

95-97) Preventing Onanism
Victorian attitudes regarding sex were very conservative at the end of the 19th century. Masturbation (onanism, self-abuse) and nocturnal emissions (spermatorrhea) were recognized as causes of retardation, weakness, visual impairment, and neurologic disorders. (Imagine the embarrassment of those suffering from those problems at the time!) Several ingenious techniques were available to prevent these "abuses of nature". Robert E. Revere recommended the use of ice water that was circulated over night in his book "Spermatorrhea; Its Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment" (1870). Through a Sears catalogue, one could purchase a spermatorrhea ring which would employ sharp spikes to discourage the user at the appropriate time during sleep. (By the way, this is the only reproduction in my collection, so if you have an original to sell, please let me know!) Another device, similar to a chastity belt, is seen in the 1900 "Catalogue Illustre des Instruments de Chirurgie", by Aubry. Note the small lock on the waistband.
96) Spermatorrhea Ring
96) Spermatorrhea Ring
98-99) Countercurrent Therapy
Discomfort in one place to ease pain in another is the theory behind John Linden's book "Baunscheidtism, or a New Exanthematic Method of Cure" (1874). The resuscitator shown is fairly common though the accompanying brush and the bottle of "John Linden's improved oleum", are fairly rare.
100-101) The Phonendoscope to Hear Disease
Advertised to pick up the different sounds made by various diseased, the phonendoscope was fairly popular at the end of the 19th century. The one here is complete and was produced by the famous French instrument maker, Aubry.

Miscellaneous Contraptions
Counterirritant therapy for pain relief was exemplified by the Resuscitator, which made use of a medical therapeutic approach popular for centuries. It seems that the production of discomfort in one area of the body can relieve pain elsewhere, perhaps by confusing pain recognition centers in the brain. The Resuscitator is a set of fine needles attached to a spring device designed for that purpose (98,99).

99) Resuscitator
99) Resuscitator

History of Female Contraception

By Victoria Nottingham
In the past, a woman used birth control primarily to avoid pregnancy, especially if she already had many children. Before the advent of modern medicine, pregnancy was a dangerous business and many women died during or after childbirth. Much of the birth control methods that were developed were done so by trial and error, and the secrets that were discovered were quietly passed on from woman to woman.
Dances, Amulets, Rituals, and Myths

The earliest documented forms of birth control were dances, rituals, amulets, and myths. By the 2nd-century CE, Greek gynecologist Soranus knew that women were fertile during ovulation and promoted the rhythm method. (Unfortunately, he was incorrect in his assumption that ovulation occurred during menstruation, rather than prior to it.) He also recommended several, less scientific, ways to prevent conception: holding the breath and drawing the body back during sex so the sperm could not penetrate the mouth of the uterus; dislodging the sperm by jumping backwards seven times after intercourse; and sitting down on bent knees in order to provoke sneezing! Similarly, prostitutes in 1st-century BCE are said to have ground their pelvises in a manner that increased their partner's pleasure, with the assumption that the movement simultaneously diverted the sperm away from the womb.
Ancient Roman women wore a leather pouch containing a cat's liver on their left foot during sex to prevent conception. Another preventative was spitting in the mouth of a frog three times. European women were advised to turn the wheel of a grain mill backwards four times at midnight. Others thought that if they inserted a finger into the vagina and "swished it around" after intercourse, it would dislodge or confuse the sperm. Around the same time period, women in other parts of the world wore birth control necklaces or carried amulets to prevent pregnancy.
And in cultures where the moon was believed to be responsible for fertilizing crops, women slept out of the moonlight, so as not to be impregnated by moonbeams. In a similar vein, Papuan Islanders worried that homosexual males might become pregnant. To ensure that this did not occur, they held ceremonies during which they fed them limes to avoid conception.
A more reliable method used in ancient times was continuous breastfeeding, which can prevent ovulation, often until a child was three years old. And a guaranteed method of birth control? Abstinence. In the Middle Ages, some women in Catholic Europe opted for a life in the church. The decision was encouraged, in part, because the vocation meant that money would be given and/or left to the church, initially in the form of a dowry and later, if there was any, as an inheritance.
Spermicides, IUDs, Pessaries, and Douches
In the ancient medical manuscript the Ebers Papyrus (1550 BCE), women were advised to grind dates, acacia tree bark, and honey together into a paste and apply it with seed wool to the vulva. Modern science has shown that, since acacia ferments into lactic acid, a well-known spermicide, this method may have been effective. Other compounds that were smeared around the vagina included olive oil, pomegranate pulp, ginger, and tobacco juice.
Historians believe the Arabs invented intrauterine devices: they placed pebbles in the uteruses of their camels, so they would remain "unhindered" for long trips through the desert. In 1920, German gynecologist Grafenberg developed the first proper IUD for humans, using silkworm gut and silver wire coiled into a ring.
Pessaries (vaginal suppositories or diaphragms) have been recorded as early as 2nd-century BCE. Substances used include elephant or crocodile dung, leaves, and seaweed. Another so-called pessary, which was developed by a man, was a wooden block, similar in size and shape to a doorstop. This method was condemned in the 1930s as an instrument of torture. Other methods have included placing an apricot pit in the uterus, or a product consisting of cocoa butter, boric acid, and tannic acid.
Throughout history, women have also used objects such as sea sponges or soft wool as a sperm barrier, often in combination with lemon juice or vinegar as a spermicide. Half a lemon might be inserted into the vagina. Oriental women used oiled paper to "cap" the cervix, while European women used beeswax.
Soluble pessaries came into the market in the 1800s – these were quinine or cocoa butter tablets that were inserted into the vagina before intercourse. The first brand, Wife's Friend, was created by W.J. Rendell.
Douches have been used throughout history. Since at least the 1600s, French prostitutes used syringes to douche with an acidic liquid, which was thought to be more effective than water.Oral Contraceptives
Oral contraceptives have been available for more than 4,000 years. Women in ancient China drank mercury to prevent pregnancy. Later, women in India imbibed carrot seeds, and an aboriginal group in Eastern Canada drank a tea brewed with beaver testicles.
In Ancient Greece and Rome, the juice of the silphium plant was a popular and effective form of oral contraceptive, which women took once a month. Unfortunately, the siphium plant only grew in one place in Cyrene was extinct by the 1st century CE. In the 2nd century CE, Soranus advised women to drink the water that blacksmiths used to cool hot metals. Urine and animal parts and poisons such as mercury, arsenic, and strychnine were also used as oral contraceptives.
Abortion
Despite continuous debate over the ethics of abortion, it has been practiced throughout the centuries.
Throughout history, midwives doubled as informal family planning counselors, who would help with childbirth as well as with unwanted births. Emmenagogues (which bring on a period) and abortifacients were known as "women's medicines," which were used like the modern morning after pill. In the early 1900s these products were advertised as "removing obstructions" and "preventing irregularities" in the menstrual cycle.
Much of the information that these "wise women" knew has been lost over time – the information was taboo by most religious standards, and history and medical books were written by men, who were not as interested in "women's problems." But because of this lost information about herbal contraceptives, modern accidents have happened. For instance, pregnant women drinking pennyroyal tea may unwittingly miscarry. In one of Aristophanes' Ancient Greek comedies, Hermes advises the hero to "add a dose of pennyroyal" to keep his mistress out of trouble. Other herbs that have been taken to prevent or abort pregnancy include willow leaves, colocynth, and yarrow.
Despite the great technological and medical advancements of the 21st century, looking back at the history of birth control, we still have to ask: How far have we come, really?
Also read History of Male Contraception and It's a Mad, Mad World .

Tetas chicas? Soluciones!

8 Terrifying Instruments Old-Time Doctors Used on Your Junk
La buena medicina de antaño!
Porqué no chuparlos personalmente?
Foot Operated Breast Enlarger Pump


Photo courtesy of The Museum of Quackery.

Insecure about your lack of enormous boobs, ladies? Husbands, want to modify your wife to suit your needs without expensive surgery? Well back in the day you could always put down some hard-earned money for this set of rubber tubes topped with pink, boob-ish looking suction cups, aka the Foot Operated Breast Enlarger Pump.

All the ladies had to do was slap the cups to their milk silos and repeatedly pump a foot pedal like a person just about to wrap their car around a tree. The suction would elongate the breasts thereby giving the illusion of growth when, in reality, the only physiological response was horrifying bruising that made it look like they had been in a brutal tit fight.


Brutal Tit Fight is also a good band name.

Yeah, those turn of the century folk sure were idiots, thinking they could dupe people in to buying their grossly illogical machines that promised wonder cures for all the genitals they were applied to.

Oh, wait. These were sold in 1976. They sold more than four million of them.

And check out Dr. Swaim's intriguing essays on health issues facing the human race, in Brown Fat: How Evolution Is Saving Us From Our Own Fat Asses and The 5 Most Likely Ways Humans Will Become Obsolete.

6 Sex Myths as Explained by Science

Source
#4. Sex Makes Men Sleepy

The Conventional Wisdom Ladies, you've just had a passionate roll in the hay with your significant other (or drunken mistake). Since you're a girl, all you want to do after sex is cuddle and talk about marriage and missing your period. But when you roll over, he's already snoring into his pillow!
Anyone who's ever seen a female stand-up comedian has heard this story. He just wants to shoot his wad and doze off, probably immediately after leaving the toilet seat up! Am I right ladies? It fits in nicely with the stereotype that men don't care about romance, and that women are emotionally needy. But it's just a cliche, right?

Science Shows... Actually no. There's a scientific reason men fall asleep after sex. It's not their fault.
According to experts, an orgasm literally changes a man's body chemistry. Combine that with the physical exertion of sex and chances are that most dudes will go down like they were hit with a tranquilizer dart.


Deal with it.

So please, ladies, stop treating it like a personality flaw. And don't let him have sex with you if he's also flying a helicopter at the time.

#1. Jocks Get All the Girls

The Conventional Wisdom If we can learn anything from countless classic 80s movies and television shows, it's that rich kids and jocks get all the girls. Oh sure, every once in awhile a nerd from Lambda Lambda Lambda can steal the starting quarterback's woman, but more often than not you're going to end up being the Duckie to some pretty boy's Andrew McCarthy.

Science Shows... Well we've got good news, Poindexter. Despite lacking the social skills and rugged good looks of your athletic counterparts, it turns out that chicks really do dig brains over brawn.


Good news, Cracked writers!

At least, that's what this study has concluded. As it turns out, it doesn't matter if a woman wants a long term relationship or just a little fling. The common denominator (that one's for you, dorks!) in what a woman really wants is a dude with a high IQ. No, seriously.

Using a series of tasks that apparently combined Survivor with Mr. Wizard, researchers filmed 15 different men ranging in intellect and athleticism and then showed those videos to 200 college-aged women. The men would then be judged based on perceived intelligence, creativity and the ability to do physical tasks like catching a Frisbee and kickboxing.


Sex machine.

What the studies showed was that, more often than not, the creativity and overall braininess of these potential Dating Game-style suitors won out over simply being good looking. Now don't get us wrong, the study also showed that women still preferred guys who were the best of both worlds, being smart while still bearing an uncanny resemblance to Zack Morris.
We should also point out the study was carried out by scientists who were almost certainly nerds themselves. So maybe we shouldn't be surprised if the next study is called, "An Analysis of the Prevalence of Enormous Genitalia Among Scientists (and We Do Mean Enormous, Ladies)".

For more scientific explanations of stuff you saw and heard while out drinking this weekend, check out 5 Douchebag Behaviors Explained by Science. Or for examples of how weird shit can get when these myths go untested, check out History's 10 Most Terrifying Contraceptives.

lunes, 13 de julio de 2009

Estudio sobre los cumpleaños

Birthday study

It is proven that the celebration of birthdays is healthy. Statistics show that those people who celebrate the most birthdays become the oldest.
–– S. den Hartog, Ph D. Thesis, Universtity of Groningen.
[Está probado que celebrar cumpleaños es saludable.
Estadísticas demuestran que aquellos que celebran más cumpleaños viven más años.]

domingo, 12 de julio de 2009

sábado, 11 de julio de 2009

Presidential libraries

The rising cost of presidential libraries
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LBJ Library photo
The LBJ Library in Austin

Rising costs of presidential libraries have led to massive fundraising campaigns for the increasingly large edifices. Here is a list of presidential libraries, locations, they year they opened, their initial costs and the cost adjusted for inflation.

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum ,Hyde Park, NY. opened in 1940 at cost of $376,000. In 2007 dollars that would be $5.5 million.
  • Truman Presidential Museum & Library, Independence, Mo. opened in 1957 at a cost of $1.7 million. In 2007 dollars that would be $12.8 million.
  • The Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene,Kas., opened in 1962 at a cost of $3 million. In 2007 dollars that would be $20.5 million.
  • John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum, Boston, Mass., opened in 1979 at a cost of $25 million, which in 2007 dollars would be $78 million.
  • Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Austin, Texas, opened in 1971 at cost of $18 million, which in 2007 dollars would be $95 million.
  • Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Calif. opened in 1990 at a cost of $25 million, which in 2007 dollars would be $41.3 million. The library was brought under National Archive administration last year.
  • Gerald R. Ford Library, Ann Arbor, Mich., and Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Mich., opened in 1981 at a total cost of $15.2 million which in 2007 dollars would be $37.7 million
  • Jimmy Carter Library & Museum, Atlanta, Ga., opened in 1986 at a cost of $25 million, which in 2007 dollars would be $47 million
  • Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, Calif., opened in 1991, at a cost of $70 million, which in 2007 dollars would be $125 million.
  • George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, College Station, Texas opened in 1997 at a cost of $80 million, which in today's dollars would be $104.7 million.
  • William J. Clinton Presidential Library, Little Rock, Ark., opened in 2004 at a cost of $160 million, which in today's dollars would be $180 million.
  • George W. Bush Presidential Library, Dallas Texas, scheduled to open no later than 2016 with a estimated cost of $250 million.

Sources: Benjamin Hufbauer, author of ``Presidential Temples'' the Franklin Rooselt Library website, Gerald R. Ford Library website, and Richard Nixon library website.

-- By Bennett Roth

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Costly libraries increase risk of fundraising scandal

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Bush Library & Museum
George Herbert Walker Bush chose Texas A&M as a home for his library -- at a fraction of the cost of his son's proposed edifice at SMU.

This is an extended version of Bennett Roth's story that first appeared in the Sunday Houston Chronicle.
When Franklin Roosevelt opened the first presidential library in 1940, the price tag for the relatively modest fieldstone structure on his Hyde Park estate came to $376,000 -- the equivalent of about $5.5 million in current dollars.
Today, as George W. Bush forges ahead with ambitious plans for a library, museum, and policy institute to be built in Dallas at his wife's alma mater, Southern Methodist University, the cost to build this homage to his presidency have risen nearly seventy-fold to a whopping $250 million.
As the costs for these complexes have dramatically escalated, so have the fund-raising pressures. With few rules laid down by Congress and no requirement to disclose the identity of donors, there are increasing opportunities for abuse by those soliciting funds and by those who might want favors in exchange for their multimillion-dollar gifts.
The case of Houston businessman Stephen Payne -- who suggested he could arrange access to White House officials in return for donations to Bush's presidential library -- underscores the weakness of a system that allows anonymous donations from Americans and foreigners alike, according to a leading watchdog group.
"This further shows why we need transparency in library contributions, for the same reason we have it in campaign contributions, so the public can see if there is a relationship between contributions and government action," said Melanie Sloan, the executive director of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. CREW has asked the Justice Department to investigate Payne, who was caught on tape suggesting that the family of a deposed president of a Central Asian country seeking to rehabilitate his reputation contribute to the Bush library.
In an interview with the Chronicle on Monday, Payne strongly denied any wrongdoing and said he was being framed by unethical journalists.
Since Roosevelt, presidents have raised funds privately for construction of their libraries to house their papers, which are taken over by the National Archives once they are completed.
Unlike political campaign contributions, there are no legal limits on the size of the individual donations to the private foundations which foot the bill for these presidential libraries. The foundations can also receive contributions from foreign entities, which are barred from giving to U.S. candidates running for office.
The Bush Presidential Library Foundation did not have fund-raising rules in place at the time of the Payne incident and is now finalizing those rules, said library spokesman Dan Bartlett, former Bush White House communications director.

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LBJ Library & Museum
Inside the LBJ Library.

Bartlett said the foundation also is finalizing the list of those who will be helping to raise the money. But he said the said that foundation has already adopted a policy of not accepting donations from foreigners while Bush is in office.
The library has distanced itself from Payne, saying he was not authorized to do any fund-raising for the foundation.
"The president is going to be very adamant about those who are going to be fund-raising for the foundation, very clear that we will follow the law and highest ethical standards when asking for money,'' said Bartlett.
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said that Bush has asked that members of his foundation not tell him the identity of anyone who has written a check or decided not to write a check until after he is no longer president.
She added that "no one is allowed to try to say that there would be official action done under this administration in connection to any contribution that they may or may not make to the library.''
To head his library foundation, the President has tapped Don Evans, his longtime friend from Midland who also served as Commerce Secretary during Bush's first term.
Construction on the library complex is expected to be completed in five years. While the construction costs are estimated to be $250 million, Bartlett said the foundation may need to raise as much as an additional $250 million to cover some operations and an endowment.
But the public may not find out who has written those checks.
The library foundation, as a non-profit, must file a financial statement that includes its donors with the Internal Revenue Service. However, the IRS does not make public the individual contributors, only the overall annual income. The Bush library foundation in 2006, the latest year such filings are available, reported income of $2.7 million and expenses of $60,000. It has not released the sources of that income.
Lawmakers have been trying to increase disclosure of library fund-raising, prompted in part by media reports of foreign donations from Middle Eastern countries, including large contributions by the royal family of Saudi Arabia to the libraries of former President Clinton and George H.W. Bush.
Bill Clinton also came under fire when it was revealed that Denise Rich, ex-wife of a man whom the former president had pardoned, Marc Rich, had given $450,000 toward his $165 million library in Little Rock.
Last year the House approved a measure sponsored by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif,, that would require quarterly disclosures of library contributions of $200 or more. The disclosure would begin while the president is in office and continue until the federal government takes over the library, with a minimum disclosure period of four years after the end of the president's term.
Waxman, the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, recently launched an investigation of Payne's alleged solicitation for the Bush library. In a letter to Payne, Waxman said congressional efforts to force more disclosure of library donations were meant to prevent abuses such as secret donations from companies and foreign interests that seek to influence government action.
While approved overwhelmingly in the House the library disclosure bill has been held up in the Senate, because of the objections from Republican Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska, who said it is unfair to change rules on Bush so close to the end of his term.
"This administration has complied with the existing procedures,'' Stevens said on the Senate floor earlier this year.``Changing them now would put a greater burden on them than any other past administrations which already finished collecting the majority of donations to their library.''
Stevens has proposed that new disclosure rules go into effect with the next president.
During the recent primaries when Hillary Clinton was being attacked for her husband's unwillingness to make public his library supporters, her opponent Barack Obama, now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, called on all presidential libraries to disclose their donors.
The expanded scope and extravagance of these libraries over the years has put more pressure on presidents to run aggressive fund-raising efforts, according to Benjamin Hufbauer, associate professor of art history at the University of Louisville and author of book on presidential libraries entitled ``Presidential Temples.''
"We are talking about massive capital campaigns,'' said Hufbauer, who favors more public disclosure of library donations.
Over the years these library complexes have grown grander, said Hufbauer. He noted that the LBJ Library in Austin, which opened in 1971 at a cost of $18 million included some rich amenities. He said that the former Texas president was "fond of high pressure European showerheads,'' that he included in the library bathrooms that are not on the public tour.
The Reagan library in California recently opened a new pavilion housing a retired Air Force One plane while the Clinton library in Little Rock has private penthouse for the ex-president.
The libraries have also sparked controversy. A number of SMU faculty have protested the creation of a Bush policy institute on campus that they contend would be viewed as partisan and linked to an unpopular president.
George Edwards, a professor of political science at Texas A&M University, said that conflict of interest issues usually arise for presidents who are elected to second terms and start planning for their libraries before they leave office.
The elder Bush's library at Texas A&M, which cost $80 million to build, received large foreign donations from the Saudi family and Kuwait. But Edwards said that Bush was not actively planning for the facility while he was in office because he expected to win a second term.
Edwards, who helped in the effort to bring the Bush library to Texas A&M but was not part of the fund-raising effort, said the foreign donations were more a result of "the huge gratitude towards the president's previous policy,'' which included taking on Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in the first Gulf War.
However, Edwards said that it is "probably wise for all presidents to make it clear publicly that noone giving to a library can expect anything in return.''

viernes, 10 de julio de 2009

Perdóooonala...!



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