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𝗔𝗶𝗿𝗯𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵 𝗣𝗹𝘂𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶 - 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗮𝘁.

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Inside each Mystery Mini Airbrush Pack, is your very own new furry bestie which children can customise with the airbrush spray tool, 3 colourful markers and 25 stick-on stencils or just go freehand (it comes with clear plastic gloves)

The stencils are easy to use - you just stick on and the spray pen is easy to set up. Top tip - make sure the pen goes all the way to the end of the tube and if it isn't spraying as much just wet the end with a tiny amount of water.

My daughter is 5 and loves the bright design and being able to design her own plushie - assistance is needed setting up the airbrush tool and using it - my 8 year old was able to spray it easily enough. The pen washes off fantastic! Comes off then start again on a new design.

You can also buy from Very plus lots of other online shops. You can buy larger ones from places like Argos and Smyths Toys.

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀:

• 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 12 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩.

• 𝘼𝙜𝙚 𝙍𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚: 6+

• 𝙀𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙊𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚(𝙨)‎ - 𝘿𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮.

• 𝙀𝙖𝙨𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 - 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩.

• 𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙈𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙚: 𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜: 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 3 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙙𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨.

• 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙨 -

𝙒𝙖𝙨𝙝-𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙨 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 & 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣!

• 12 𝙋𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙝 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩

• 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙪𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝘼𝙢𝙖𝙯𝙤𝙣.

[athina-blaine]

while watching nimona, my friends and I got into a huge argument about how they could have scottie terriers with no scotland and jazz with no harlem renaissance so now I too just like to drop explicit references to real world things in my fic that have 0% justification being there in the first place and i feel like the funniest mfer alive

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The Best News of Last Week - November 28, 2023

🐑 - Why did Fiona the sheep become a mountaineer? She was tired of the "baa-d" jokes at sea level!

1. Pope Francis dines with transgender women for Vatican luncheon

Pope Francis hosted a group of transgender women — many of whom are sex workers or migrants from Latin America — to a Vatican luncheon for the Catholic Church's "World Day of the Poor" last week.

The pontiff and the transgender women have formed a close relationship since the pope came to their aid during the COVID-19 pandemic, when they were unable to work. Now, they meet monthly for VIP visits with the pope and receive medicine, money and shampoo any day, according to The Associated Press.

2. New York just installed its first offshore wind turbine

The first wind turbine installation at South Fork Wind, New York State’s first offshore wind farm, is complete.

The 130-megawatt (MW) South Fork Wind will be the US’s first completed utility-scale wind farm in federal waters.

3. Anonymous businessman donates $800k to struggling food bank

But this Thanksgiving, a longtime prayer of food bank leaders was finally answered: an anonymous benefactor donated the full $800,000 they needed to move out of a facility they've long outgrown. That benefactor, however, preferred to stay anonymous.

"Very private company, really don't want attention," said Debbie Christian, executive director of the Auburn Food Bank. "It's a goodhearted person that just wants to see the work here continue, wants to see it expand."

4. Empowering woman saving hopes and mental health of suffering Ukrainian kids

Kenza Hadij-Brahim is at the forefront of promoting Circle of Toys

Hadj-Brahim is helping to launch the Circle of Toys initiative. A project that provides Ukrainian children in need of some normality with preloved toys. This new initiative connects people with old toys they might otherwise throw away, with Ukrainian families in need who want to provide some comfort to their children in this distressing time.

Find Refuge said : “The endeavour is driven by a sincere purpose: spark joy, foster play, and bring a hint of normalcy back to the young lives in Ukraine.”

5. TWO LOST CITIES HIDDEN FOR CENTURIES WERE JUST DISCOVERED IN BOLIVIA

Researchers have found these areas not only housed structures and pyramids but it has been uncovered that there were advanced irrigation systems, earthworks, large towns, causeways, and canals that cover miles.

Dr. Heiko Prümers from the German Archaeological Institute, who was also involved in the study comments that “this indicated a relatively dense settlement in pre-Hispanic times. Our goal was to conduct basic research and trace the settlements and life there. The research sheds light on the sheer magnitude and magnificence of the civic-ceremonial centers found buried in the forest”.

6. Sheep dubbed Fiona rescued from cliff in Scotland where she was stuck for more than 2 years

And at last, some positive climate news:

7. Three positive climate developments

Heating

When the Paris Agreement was adopted, the global reliance on fossil fuels placed the world on a path towards a 3.5C rise in temperature by 2100. Eight years on, country commitments to reduce their carbon footprints have pulled that down slightly, putting the world on a path for a 2.5C to 2.9C by the end of the century.

Peak emissions

Annual greenhouse gas emissions responsible for climate change have risen roughly nine percent since COP21, according to UN data. But the rate of the increase has slowed significantly. Recent estimates by the Climate Analytics institute find global emissions could peak by 2024

Rising renewables

Three technologies—solar, wind and electric vehicles—are largely behind the improved global warming estimates since 2015.

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La France va ouvrir une agence de développement en Ukraine avec une enveloppe globale de 450 millions d'euros et mettre sur pied un fonds distinct de 200 millions d'euros destiné à soutenir des projets d'infrastructures "essentiels".

Toi, tu peux crever pour avoir plus de soignants à l’hôpital.

Canal Natio

[twatkcox]

[#TheFourWeekendPlan: 2024]

Hi everyone, Keihancarl here. It’s that time of the year once again, though it came earlier than expected.

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The Daily Ground Coffee (April 27th)

I decided to wear my typical layered outfit, mostly all-black with a splash of gray (the ninja socks) and beige (Naruto shirt), and spent the afternoon at the DGC (Daily Ground Coffee). I bought a couple of manga books from the toy and comic shop next door. I had a New York Cheesecake and a caramel chip Frappuccino.

Later that afternoon, I had an early dinner of katsu curry donburi at Hayashi (SM Fairview) and stayed for an hour at Fairview Terraces rooftop garden trying to work on the novel I’ve been working on since late last year.

No luck finding the poster for the upcoming Pinoy Otaku Festival 2024: Yume at Robinson's Novaliches, but of course, the event will definitely proceed as planned. They already uploaded the schedule to their Facebook page, but I’ve yet to see the list of exhibitors.

I was starting to get nervous about attending the upcoming POF event, but I knew I could manage. There’s only less than a week left.

Pinoy Otaku Festival 2024: Yume (May 4th-5th)

I’ve documented the entire POF event in a separate post (The Keihancarl Diaries: May 4-5, 2024), so I’ll just feature a summary here.

And the main part of T4WP is here, the Pinoy Otaku Festival 2024: Yume, held at the Trade Hall of Robinsons Novaliches. As usual, I was far too nervous about going there, but I had to muster up my courage or else I’ll regret it later.

I skipped the first day of the event, but I somehow managed to compensate for missing that day by going to the event earlier than usual on both the second and third days. I also stayed at the venue most of the time, only going out to eat and take a quick trip to the restroom. I only managed to take a short stroll at the nearby SM Fairview, checking a few shops and dining at two restaurants (Popeyes and Tamoya Udon, both in SM Fairview). At the end of the second day of the event, I had a cup of ice-blended caramel coffee at The Coffee Bean And Tea Leaf (still in SM Fairview) before going home.

I bought a lot of merch, including some English-language manga and a small figure of Kei Tsukishima (the bespectacled blonde guy from Haikyuu!!). I also had a lot of selfies with some of the cosplayers. I even got to have a selfie with AllYellow Joshua, who is also one of the event hosts.

I really had a lot of fun at the event, even though I missed out on some of the awesome segments, especially the panel discussions. It sure was a really awesome weekend.

A Weekend At The Fort (BGC, McKinley, Mitsukoshi) (May 18th)

Read the TKD post here.

Yeah, I was initially planning to go there the week right after POF 2024: Yume, but I decided to postpone it to the following weekend since it coincides with the Mother's Day celebration. I decided to go red and black for this trip, and I spent the entire afternoon at The Fort (Bonifacio Global City, McKinley Hill, Uptown Bonifacio, Mitsukoshi BGC, and Burgos Circle).

Anyway, the first part of that trip was incredibly chaotic. I managed to get stuck in traffic along North Avenue, forced to walk all the way from North Avenue-Mindanao Avenue junction to the MRT North Avenue Station via Trinoma, and the MRT I rode came to a sudden halt near Shaw Boulevard Station (and we were asked to switch trains afterward). I was so stressed out that I managed to curse while loading my Beep card and dropping my bag simultaneously. Later on, my selfies at the bridge (Venice Grand Canal Mall) turned out to be unsatisfactory, thus I managed to spend more than an hour inside that mall. But despite this, I somehow managed to enjoy most parts of the mall-hopping trip, especially getting a free comic book at Fully Booked (SM Aura) and visiting Mitsukoshi BGC for the first time since it opened in 2022.

Passing by One Ayala Makati after spending the entire afternoon at BGC, I knew that the FanFes was being held at The Spaces at One Ayala, but didn't bother checking it out. I just saw a couple of cosplayers in one of the restrooms.

Overall, the trip somehow went well, but I didn't do well on time management due to stress. Blame it on the traffic and that sudden inconvenience on the train. Well, at least it didn't rain that day, but the sweltering heat sucks.

Cafe Luca, With A Cup Of Spanish Latte Iced Coffee And A Slice Of Blueberry Cheesecake (May 25th)

And I’m finally back at my favorite hangout place. It’s almost been a month since my last visit. I decided on Cafe Luca since I haven’t visited it in quite a while. There was a slight chance of rain, but I made it there without bringing out my umbrella.

I just had a cup of Spanish latte and a slice of blueberry cheesecake, the latter being the first slice of cheesecake I had at that cafe. And then the rain started falling just as I enjoyed my time there. I was not in the mood to write anything so I just focused on taking selfies and uploading them to my Instagram account.

On to my next stop, the three Fairview malls. Starting off with SM Fairview, I only checked a few shops, mainly bookstores and clothing shops. I passed by the supermarket to see if I could buy a box of UCC iced creamy coffee mix (pineapple caramel), but of course, they’re actually pricey. Later on, I bought another Shoyo Hinata shirt at the department store.

Crossing over to Robinsons Novaliches, I had an early dinner at Jollibee (Chickenjoy, rice, and burger steak). I later bought a box of the aforementioned iced coffee mix and a box of peach black tea. And while I’m at it, I also purchased a Magnum ice cream bar, a mango yogurt parfait covered by white Belgian chocolate. I decided to check Daiso first before heading back to SM Fairview.

After passing by SM Fairview and buying the orange Shoyo Hinata shirt, I proceeded to my final stop, Fairview Terraces. I bought a replacement cleaning cloth at Owndays (I thought I lost the one that came with my pair of glasses until I managed to accidentally dig it out of my bag when I got home) and checked a few shops including the newly-opened Lawson at the rooftop garden. I also noticed that Zus Coffee has opened at the rooftop garden as well. I’ll try their coffee drinks very soon.

Nothing special, really. I just wanted to conclude it with a visit to my favorite hangout place and enjoy the afternoon, though I didn’t bother checking the event area where POF 2024: Yume was held two weeks ago (I took a photo of it the week after the event, Mother’s Day).

Postscript

It was really kind of frustrating when things didn’t go as planned. I managed to enjoy this year’s T4WP just the same… well, not the same as the previous ones.

For next year, I’ll try a different approach, and that will only focus on the otaku event and the mall-hopping trip. It won’t be called T4WP for that reason, so I might just call it simply Two Weekends (I don’t feel like using the article “the” for some reason).

Well, I’m somehow glad that my plans had proceeded, but not how I wanted them to be.

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All pictures are uploaded to my Instagram account, @kcox_105.

[denimbex1986]

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Alan Yentob waits in reception at Doctor Who’s new HQ, with a Dalek prop for company. “Look, there’s the greatest evil in the universe,” says Russell T Davies in welcome. “And a Dalek.” I suspect it isn’t the first time Davies has cracked this gag, but delivered with a hearty laugh and a bear hug, Yentob is powerless to resist. After all, as presenter and series editor, he gamely left it in the final cut.

This joyous film profiles the once in a generation talent known as RTD. Well, I say once in a generation. A lovely sequence sees Davies reunite with his old Granada mucker Sally Wainwright, arguably his sole rival as Britain’s top television writer. As they ponder their parallel careers, I’m relieved there isn’t a gas explosion or similar tragedy. Contemporary British TV would have been ruined in one fell swoop.

A whistle stop tour of his TV CV begins with Davies’s roots in children’s programming, including a brief stint as a Play School presenter. Imagine if he hadn’t realised that his destiny lay behind the camera. Doesn’t bear thinking about. We fast forward past underrated gems like Bob & Rose (gay Jonathan Creek!), The Second Coming (young Christopher Eccleston!), Casanova (young David Tennant!), and Cucumber (which makes me cry all over again at that devastating Cyril Nri death scene).

Yentob traces Davies’s evolution as our foremost screen chronicler of the gay male experience. Davies first dipped a toe in with an episode of period soap The Royal, about a closeted barman discovering Manchester’s Canal Street in the 1920s. When producers hesitated, he held his nerve, knowing that budgets were so tight they had no choice but to shoot his script. Having found his voice, Davies was emboldened to create the landmark drama Queer As Folk and its spiritual prequel, the recent masterpiece It’s a Sin.

After channelling his political rage into the dystopian polemic Years and Years, and powered by the death of his beloved husband Andrew Smith, Davies felt ready to tell the story he’d been avoiding for 30 years. He had deliberately ignored HIV and Aids in Queer As Folk to kick against screen stereotypes. Now it was finally time to honour “those brave, beautiful boys” who died during the 80s epidemic. It’s a Sin duly broke streaming records and led to a huge rise in HIV testing.

Davies has always plundered his past for ideas. As he says: “There’s not the writer and then me. There’s just me. All of my life connects to the writing. All of it.” In his home in Mumbles, Swansea, there are toy Daleks on the bookshelves, and “La!” mugs in the kitchen (a nod to an in-joke from It’s a Sin). His teenage memories of the Jeremy Thorpe trial begat A Very English Scandal. His obsession with the wobbly-set soap Crossroads led to Nolly. He cheerfully reveals that stories, scenes and chunks of dialogue sit in his head for decades, waiting for an opportunity. Broadcast-ready scripts then come pouring out all at once, his typing fingers struggling to keep pace. He asks Yentob: “You talk to lots of writers. Aren’t we all like this?” Not really, no. Davies looks slightly disappointed.

Woven throughout, of course, is a certain Time Lord. Watching Doctor Who aged three isn’t just Davies’ first TV memory, it’s his first memory full stop. While other Swansea schoolboys were discovering football and girls, he was glued to the telly, creating remarkably accomplished Who comic strips. He eventually realised he was writing, not drawing. In 2005, Davies masterminded the show’s reboot after 16 years off air, transforming it from a naff joke into a global franchise.

There’s no better custodian of the ultimate show for outsiders and underdogs, hence he is taking the reins again for its 60th anniversary special. He must have been in the Tardis countless times, but Davies still fizzes with glee when he takes Yentob inside that magical blue box. It’s a Sin reinvigorated his taste for shows that spark a national conversation. Now he can pour all his passion and stored-up stories into NuWho MK II, using Disney’s cash to help realise his vision. It bodes well for the show’s future. So do tantalising glimpses of the incoming Doctor, Ncuti Gatwa, who has charisma – or “rizz”, as the dictionary now calls it – to burn.

Sure, this is puff as much as documentary. Yet with its riotous interviews and evocative clips, this is a timey wimey treat – whether you’re a Whovian, a fan of great TV or just someone who appreciates a man with a resealable pack of 1,000 Tetley teabags (Davies is an out and proud bulk buyer). It is glorious to spend an hour in the company of his big, blazing brilliance – and a reminder of how lucky we are to have him.'

[travelbuddysindia]

12 Best Things To Do In Kozhikode, India

If you are a seaside lover, then you will not be able to face up to coming to the easy and untouched seashores of Kozhikode, Kerala, India. It became traditionally a potent seaport in the international where buyers from Arabia, China, and Africa as soon as converged. The maximum well-known explorer in the global, Vasco da Gama landed at the seashores of Kozhikode in 1498 and put it for all time inside the history books. It has the whole lot a traveler center must have, from a great geographical region to pristine clear beaches, ancient websites, herbal wildlife sanctuaries, well-known rivers, and hills. Consider staying at the top Airbnb excursion rentals in town, and read on to discover about the high-quality activities in Kozhikode, India. From Maximum City to Maximum Serenity Kerala tours from Mumbai Await.

1. Check out Pazhassiraja Archaeological Museum

If you’re into archaeology, pay a go to to Pazhassiraja Archaeological Museum on East Hill. This museum and artwork gallery capabilities an extensive series of artifacts from a thousand BC to 2 hundred AD. These shows include gadgets from the Indus Valley Civilization and the megalithic age which encompass toys, stone, and metal sculptures. Aside from those, warfare guns of British infantrymen are displayed at the gallery too. The museum building become constructed in 1812 as East Hill Bungalow and turned into subsequently changed into a museum in 1976.

2. Visit the medieval Mishkal Mosque

 This medieval mosque is one of a type within the nation and is taken into consideration a huge monument. It become built within the 14th century by way of a merchant and shipowner. The constructing in the beginning had five ranges however, for the duration of a Portuguese attack in 1510, the mosque changed into partly burned. After its upkeep within the past due 1570s, most effective four tales have been restored and the top-level still suggests the harm.

3. Learn business history at Indian Business Museum, IIM Kozhikode

If you’re on a museum-hopping journey in Kozhikode, don't forget adding Indian Business Museum for your itinerary. Established in 2013, the museum keeps a unique focus on the records of Indian commercial enterprise by means of amassing and retaining the industry’s wealthy history. Indian Business Museum additionally intends to spark interest in entrepreneurship amongst residents. The museum is taken into consideration the first of its kind inside the us of a. Come and take a ride to the museum, and who knows, a visit right here may additionally just be the begin of your business-savvy!

4. Explore the backwaters of Kozhikode

Kozhikode is well-known for its virgin waters. The backwaters provide traffic a chance to explore the natural beauty of Kerala at its top. It has palm timber dotted all along the water banks and the canal and lakes offer the guests best houseboat cruising. You can take within the natural beauty of the backwaters when sailing on a houseboat. The non violent surroundings and tranquility all round will soothe your spirits. You can also live at the luxurious floating villas all over the beautiful backwaters of Kozhikode. These houseboats at the backwaters are famous, particularly among honeymooners as they offer a really perfect getaway within the picturesque environment and herbal splendor.

5. Kozhikode beach

Kozhikode, the maximum important place of Malabar in yesteryears, changed into the capital of the powerful Zamorins and also a outstanding exchange and commerce center. It became right here at Kappad that Vasco Da Gama landed in his look for the spices of the Orient. Today, the serene seashores, lush inexperienced geographical region and historical web sites all combine to make this a famous traveler vacation spot packed with a heat environment.

Kozhikode Beach is a fave hang-out of sundown visitors and it is also an awesome location for attempting out seafood delicacies like kallumekaya (mussels), available at the numerous stalls lining the promenade. At sunrise, a stroll alongside Dolphin’s Point will reward you with a sight of playful dolphins. Adding to its herbal beauty is the antique world charm retained with the aid of the antique lighthouse and the two crumbling piers that run into the ocean, every extra than a hundred years vintage. Entertainment facilities including the Lions Park for youngsters and the marine water aquarium are introduced attractions. 

6. The historic Thikkodi lighthouse

One of the satisfactory matters to peer in Kozhikode is Thikkodi Lighthouse that's placed in Thikkodi village. It is a historic monument which attracts travelers and visitors around the year. There are rocks across the lighthouse and it gives you a wonderful view of Velliyamkallu that is a rock formation in the Arabian Sea. The Thikkodi lighthouse became constructed in 1847 and is a big shape. Tourists can climb up the steps of the lighthouse to attain the top of it and revel in the excellent view of the surrounding region, but previous permission is required by travelers from government to climb up the lighthouse winding stairs.

7. Visit the quiet Kappad seashore

Kappad seashore, or Kappadavu as it is acknowledged domestically, is a quiet coast shaded via inland palm groves around a small, non violent village not but located with the aid of ‘mainstream’ tourism. There are  resorts close to the seaside, we had been informed by means of a group of boys on arrival, the costly one and the opposite one. We stayed at the other one and enjoyed a number of our quality days on Kerala’s stunning coast. The beach of Kappad has a rocky headland which offers excellent perspectives of the surrounding coast. Walking along the beach either manner ends in miles of deserted, yellow-sand beaches with only the bizarre fishing boat or egret for business enterprise.

8. Trip to the historical and but modern-day 'Big marketplace' Veliyangadi

Veliyangadi or the massive marketplace is positioned on the south facet of the Kozhikode seaside. It become here a few centuries in the past where European and Arab buyers used to sweep shoulders buying and selling their items. Here, you may discover neighborhood items at very reasonable expenses, that's why people here come to store all their necessities. Once right here, you'll get a taste of neighborhood meals and items and additionally see how the locals do their buying here. 

At Veliyangadi there may be a Gujarati road and also a Halwa road. You will also find the Francis Road and the Thangal Road right here which, along side the Halwa Street, form a triangle which results in Bavutty Haji Road at the seashore. There is a Sunni dargah called the ‘Sheikh Makham,’ which is a center of Sunni pilgrimage to Kozhikode. Kerala trip package from Mumbai Where Coastal Bliss Meets Cultural Delights.

9. Visit the ancient pond at Mananchira

Mananchira is a person-made water pond in the middle of Kozhikode in Kerala nation in India. The pond is rectangular in shape. It changed into constructed as a washing pool inside the 14th century. However, within the nineteenth century, its municipal council ruled it for use completely for consuming functions only and prohibited it from the usage of bathing or washing. Visitors coming to Kozhikode frequently come here to look this centuries-old pond as a historical vicinity.

10. Regional Science Center and Planetarium

The Regional Science Center and Planetarium is positioned on Museum Road in Kozhikode. It has a 250 seater Planetarium which offers traffic an extensive insight into the mysterious universe, planets and all the galaxies. This Kozhikode enchantment has a country of the art Zeiss projector which simulates the night sky and is interesting and really informative.

The Regional Science Center has indoor in addition to out of doors technological know-how shows. One of the main things to look here is the entomology segment known as the Giants of Nature. The big aquarium is likewise a popular appeal here. Visitors timing is 10:30 a.M. To six:30 p.M.

11. A Nature Trip to Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary

One of the maximum excellent visitor attractions in Kozhikode is the Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary. It draws pretty a number of nature and photography fanatics because of its picturesque place at the same time as providing a extremely good view of both the Arabian Sea and the Kadalundipuzha River. Bird watchers can take their time to stroll around the vicinity via the boardwalk, get to recognise the unique avian fauna, and take awesome pictures along the manner. With over a span of 3 kilometers, travelers have the option of taking boat rides to revel in the scenery. Aside from the colorful migratory birds that serve as the primary attraction, guests can also glimpse of deep water crocodiles. The first-class time to go to would be around the months of October to April when you consider that it's miles in the course of these months that migratory birds flock inside the place. Bring your digicam and capture all of the surprising shots in this sanctuary!

12. Visit the tranquil SreeKanteswara Temple

Among the numerous temples in Kozhikode, every other one that you may upload to your list is a visit to Sreekanteswara Temple. Unlike different bigger temples, this one has a tranquil ambience that both site visitors and worshippers can see upon arriving. A Shiva temple that is rich in history, it's far said that from a long time ago, this vicinity has emerge as wealthy and nicely-cherished because there has been as soon as a noteworthy yogi who worshipped there, and numerous divine rituals finished in the area in which it stands now. Now doesn’t that sound exciting? After worship, take a stroll round, study the history of the temple, or even take a few images. Both locals and vacationers are welcome to go into so make sure to feature this in your list of locations to visit in Kozhikode!

A melting pot of subculture and records!

Kozhikode in Kerala offers visitors a danger to mixture into its historical and cultural past. From the high-quality spots for biryani to the excellent tourist points of interest, Kozhikode is a treasure chest waiting to be found. Its quiet seashores and backwaters provide calmness and quietness to the ones from busy metropolis lives seeking out a soothing holiday.

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Pleine lune du 03 juillet 2023 en Capricorne - Hélène Lebougault

Tirage de la pleine lune du 03 juillet 2023 en Capricorne : DISCERNEMENT - FOI - AMOUR - LUMIÈRE - COULEURS Les cartes tirées : conclusion Phrase : Soyez de plus en plus nombreux à divulguer ces informations afin de ne pas entrer dans cette peur de se dire : "ce que je suis en train de lire est fou, ce que je suis en train de penser n'est pas explicable, ce que je ressens n'est pas possible..." (Livre Espoir de Aurore Roegiers p271) Aigle : vision globale (esprit animal de Frédéric Calendini) Couleur :  chaque couleur sur le spectre de la lumière possède son propre rayon et sa propre énergie vibratoire qui entre en interaction et agit sur la vibration de notre énergie personnelle. La couleur peut avoir une influence sur notre humeur, notre vitalité et notre bien-être... Faites aujourd'hui l'expérience de l'effet créatif, guérisseur et apaisant qu'apporte une méditation sur la couleur. Asseyez-vous tranquillement et connectez-vous à votre respiration. Imaginez que vous êtes assis sous un arc-en-ciel aux multiples couleurs, céleste, magique, vibrant. Laissez chacune de ces couleurs irisées et translucides couler sur vous et à travers vous : or, argent, cuivre, platine, violet, pourpre, magenta, lilas, indigo, bleu, rose, vert émeraude, jaune, orange, rouge et grenat. Inspirez une à une ces couleurs et restez immergé dans chacune aussi longtemps qu'il le faut. Laissez-les vous traverser et se dissiper dans la lumière qui vous entoure- dans l'unité. A mesure que votre canal de lumière grandit ainsi, ressentez la magie du fourmillement qui circule dans votre corps, qui soigne et qui réconforte au fond de vous... Connectez-vous à votre respiration et retournez à votre journée avec davantage d'énergie, d'équilibre et de créativité. Sachez que le trésor qui est au pied de l'arc-en-ciel se trouve en vous. (Fleur de vie de Denise Jarvie) 21. Le dieu soleil : action, célébration, perspectives positives, rayon doré, les sept principaux chakras, feu, eau, optimisme, lumière, vie, constellation, ascension, tension physique, dépression. (l'oracle de guérison du cœur amérindien de Mélanie Ware) Aie foi en toi : tu es créateur, tu es puissant, tu es un être de lumière venu réaliser sa mission divine sur Terre. C'est le moment de te positionner en tant que leader. Ressens une solide confiance en toi. Conclusion : Cette pleine lune en Capricorne (signe de terre) réveille nos peurs, blessures et insécurités. Ce qui nous demande de prendre de la hauteur sur les drames que nous vivons intérieurement physiquement, mentalement, émotionnellement et énergétiquement. Cela nous permettra également de faire preuve de discernement vis-à-vis de ce qui se passe véritablement à l'extérieur de nous. Le but étant de prendre conscience des vraies couleurs de ce qu'il se passe réellement et ainsi voir la lumière de la vérité derrière les différents masques d'illusion. Il est donc important d'avoir foi en soi, son intuition, sa lumière pour sortir de cette illusion de chaos intérieur et donc extérieur. Ceci est nécessaire pour ascensionner et retrouver les couleurs de notre véritable nature lumineuse et aussi pour faire face à la destruction de l'ancien monde et la création d'un nouveau monde de lumière, d'amour, d'unité, de joie et de paix. Vibrons haut, nos plus resplendissantes couleurs et lumières pour voir nos plus belles visions et intuitions venir créer un nouveau monde rempli d'amour, de joie, de paix et de lumière !!!

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Global Kalyan - Kala Talao

Kala Talao

Kala Talao – Thane district known as lake district. The lakes enhance the beauty of many cities in the district. Whether it is Thane city or Kalyan-Dombivali, the lakes here are the pride of these cities. The historical black lake in Kalyan is the historical glory of this city. A tour of this beautiful, scenic area is a unique experience.

There is a black lake on one side of the road from Shivaji Chowk to Bhiwandi in Kalyan West. The importance of this city was unique in the history of Kalyan city. Kala Talao was formerly the water source of Kalyan city. In time, the lake became barren; But the municipal corporation beautified the lake five years ago and made the area beautiful with this lake.

It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post. However, there is a ‘black mosque’ on one side of the lake. It is believed that the lake got its name from that. The lake was earlier known as Shenale Lake. During the reign of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Peshwa, this lake, which made the city of Kalyan self-sufficient in terms of water, is the historical story of the city. Due to the abundance of water in this lake, it was discharged into the surrounding lakes through underground canals. At that time there were ten lakes in Kalyan city and they were supplied with water only from Kala Talao. At that time, even in summer, all the lakes in Kalyan were filled with water.

Located in the heart of the city, the lake was beautified by the Municipal Corporation as it was an attraction of the city and the lake was crowded with tourists. If you want a relaxing air throughout the unit, this area is very picturesque. The five fountains in the lake attract attention. Often the area around the lake is illuminated at night, at which time the beautiful view of the lake is illuminated and your eyes also light up. Thui Thui dancing fountains in the lake look very beautiful when illuminated. A protective wall has been built around the lake, with a jogging track on its side. An open gym has recently been set up on one side of the lake, which is crowded with youngsters and exercisers in the mornings and evenings.

There is a garden on one side of the lake, with toys for the little ones. In the evening there is a chirping of children’s company in this garden. When crocodiles, herons or other birds come to the lake, it is a great experience to observe or watch them play. The lake also has boating facilities. There is no other place like the Black Pool to get a good night’s sleep.

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serviette de toilette marque savon de marseille

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Pitie en compagnie de toi adresser directement en mairie pour connaitre les tarifs subsequemment que cette tenaceee surs present puis surs subdivision en compagnie de Columbarium.Toi pouvez neanmoins flatter bizarre Mansarde dans un Different agglomeration Suppose que toi-meme nenni trouvez foulee de salle disponible sur votre municipalite.Surnomme la 'Venise verdatre', celui disposition simple Selon Europe ouverture pres a l'egard de 3 000 km en compagnie de buses lequel vous pourrez sillonner au rythme surs choc de pigouille, la perche en compagnie de laquelle les conseiller font clopiner leurs longues bateau.Parmi 2019, bizarre unique caractere a l'egard de negoce est beant sur cette bourgade en meme temps que Prailles, le commerce en Devinette est unique Boucherie, charcuterie.Pour davantage en tenant donnees sur cela climat apres l'ensoleillement en meme temps que Trayes pardon en compagnie de guider le amour celui-ci-dessous. https://www.tempspour-soi.fr/professeur-yoga-paris

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The World Is Not All Bad.

Every Sunday I post my favorite headlines from my favorite good news websites. These are some of the things that were reported on in the last week, November 1 to November 7, 2020.

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Natural Organisms in Soil Can Power Lights With This Bio Battery, Which May Be World’s Most Disruptive Technology

New ‘Wall of Hope’ in Children’s Hospital Neonatal Ward Helps Families Stay Strong

Grad Student Defends Her Dissertation in a Skirt Made From Rejection Letters To Help ‘Normalize Failure’

At This Farm, Children With Special Needs Connect With Injured Animals to Form Healing Friendships 

Paul Rudd Hands Out Cookies to New York City Voters Waiting in the Rain to Cast Their Ballots

Political Foes Vying For Governor in Utah Make a Unity TV Ad Together Calling For Civility: ‘There’s a better way’

‘Madman’ Digs Canal for Decades to Bring Water to Dry Indian Village, Enduring Jeers that Turned to Cheers 

Researchers Discover a Breakthrough With Animal Studies That Has the Potential to Prevent Alzheimer’s

Global Program Dramatically Cuts Childhood Hepatitis B Cases By 80% Worldwide–With Less Than 1% to Go 

Single Foster Dad Adopts 5 Siblings So They Won’t Have to Be Apart Like He Was in His Childhood

New Study Shows Garden Areas Improved the Immune Systems of Daycare Children in Only a Month

Common Weed Stops the Growth of Breast Cancer Cells, Scientists in London Report 

Tech Startup Can Now Brew Up Carbon-Negative Rocket Fuel by Capturing CO2 Emissions From the Air 

We’ve Made Massive Progress Educating Girls Around the World in the Last 25 Years, Says Report

10-Year-Old Donates 619 Toys To Children's Hospital. Now He's Donating 100,000 Meals To The Needy 

3-Year-Old Girl Rescued After 65 Hours Trapped Under Rubble In Turkey Earthquake 

Meet The Hero Who Saved A Little Girl From Being Kidnapped

Tim Tebow Gives Homeless Person The Shoes Off His Feet

Volunteers Help Navy Rescue 120 Beached Whales In Sri Lanka

He Saved A Little Girl From Drowning, Now Her Family Is Raising Money For His Wedding

'Miracle of nature': Record number of endangered turtles hatch in Mexico

New Zealand appoints first Indigenous female foreign minister

New technology may save Venice from future devastating floods

Indonesians collect old phones to help students get online

Howl-O-Ween Puppy Parade raises money for CHKD mental health hospital

From foster care to the governor’s office. Mark Robinson will become North Carolina's first Black lieutenant governor

Cellular immunity to SARS-CoV-2 found at six months in non-hospitalised individuals

Doctors say they have found a potential cure for deadly silicosis disease

Human recombinant soluble ACE2 shows promise for treating severe COVID­19

Horrified by deadly attacks, French Muslims protect church

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This Week in Collapse April 11, 2021

"Give me bacon, or give me death!" ~Shaneka Torres, February 9, 2014

If you believe, as we do, that environmental and social collapse is already well underway, the news of the week provided a cornucopia of data points in confirmation. Next week will mark the sixth anniversary of the conviction and sentencing of Shaneka Torres for storming a Michigan McDonald's upon discovering her baconless burger. The frustration Torres felt is now mirrored in all of us as we consume each day's headlines in similar frustration.

But hostility, like violence, is as American as cherry pie. Did you know that members of the starving Donner party were offered assistance by local natives, only to be shot at for their troubles?

Washoe scouts brought the stranded migrants food — including a deer carcass, fish, and wild potatoes — but were met with hostility. On one occasion, an offering of fish was refused. On at least three others, the Washoe approached the Donner camps with food only to be met by gunshots, leaving one man dead…

When a scout saw the white people cannibalizing their dead, the tribe was said to retreat, afraid they too might be killed and eaten. From then on, the Washoe referred to the migrants as “not people.”

Today this hostility toward others, even those trying to help you, pervades most of American society. Many look back upon their high school years as an American version of "Lord of the Flies." Similar put-downs, one-upsmanship, and attack behavior can also be seen in our popular entertainments. This framing our headlong retreat from the natural world and from one another as we immerse ourselves in our phones. To say nothing of our political divisions, best characterized by objectification (of the other, making them “not people”) and derision, and where any attempt to find common ground is met by the back of the hand of friendship. Little wonder that the rising generations find our current set of arrangements hopeless.

But this week's headlines suggest that for a variety of reasons, that set of arrangements won't last indefinitely.

Who could forget the recent Suez Canal flap with the large container ship stuck like a throat lozenge? Not Egypt, who has said to Ever Given’s Owners: Pay Us $1 Billion Or You Aren't Getting Your Big Boat Back. If you thought the Egyptian government would be thrilled to see it go, think again. Nice boat you have here… be a shame if anything happened to it…

“The vessel will remain here until investigations are complete and compensation is paid,” Osama Rabie, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, told state television in Egypt on Thursday.

“We hope for a speedy agreement,” he said. “The minute they agree to compensation, the vessel will be allowed to move.”

A country filled with people traumatized by the Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020 paid full attention to the threat of supply chain collapse. Why you should expect more Suez-like supply chain disruptions and shortages at your local grocery store  In one short week, the price of oil went up, and companies fretted as hundreds of ships carrying everything from coffee and cattle to toys and furniture were delayed. Just-in-time delivery means low to nonexistent inventories. Experts estimated that every hour traffic remained stuck cost the global economy over US$400 million in lost trade.

The pandemic revealed that even simple supply chains, such as that of toilet paper and hand sanitizer, can easily break in the face of disruptions. The same was true with food, personal protective equipment, pharmaceuticals and ordinary household items, which all suffered from severe shortages that lasted for months into the pandemic.

Pandemic-strained supply chains are now creating a global shortage of semiconductors, a component used in a wide variety of consumer goods, from Samsung smartphones and Apple laptops to Ford Explorers and Sony PlayStations. Virtually every piece of electronics needs a chip, and the supply chain is much more complex than for toilet paper.

All coming to a supply-chain chokepoint near you. Read more in The Conversation.

The weekly economic news is not good, but economic news is never good.  How does a country deal with climate disasters when it’s drowning in debt? Not very well, it turns out. Especially not when a global pandemic clobbers its economy.

Today, the debt that Belize owes its foreign creditors is equal to 85 percent of its entire national economy. The private credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has downgraded its creditworthiness, making it tougher to get loans on the private market. The International Monetary Fund calls its debt levels “unsustainable.”  Many other smaller countries are in a similar bind. It's a house of cards.

Government Admits Zimbabwe Dollar Collapse, Pegs Passport Fees In US$. Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the senior government officials had acknowledged Zimbabwean currency was no longer a viable option for offshore purchases. That's weaselspeak for “our money is officially toilet paper.”

“Foreign currency is required for the off-shore procurement of consumables. However, the current fees payable in the local currency are no longer viable…”

And that is just one domino. Africa offers others.

Collapse often follows insurgencies. Hunger spreads as Mozambique crisis reaches tipping point.

Insurgents from a group known as Al Shebab attacked Palma, a town in Mozambique’s far northern Cabo Delgado province. They launched an attack on the coastal town, firing indiscriminately, setting fire to buildings and killing dozens, according to local officials. Residents there did what people do: scattering in a desperate attempt to reach safety by whatever means possible: on foot, by road and boat fleeing with the clothes they were wearing and a few things for their children. To hide in the bush for the smoke to clear.

Townspeople joined thousands of others sheltering in displacement camps with limited food supplies across Cabo Delgado.

Much of the strife in the Global South stems from the stresses unleashed by climate change. The climate news this week was as ugly as the economic news.

Despite pandemic shutdowns, carbon dioxide and methane surged in 2020

NOAA announced last week that levels of the two most important anthropogenic greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide and methane, continued their unrelenting rise in 2020 despite the Covid-driven economic slowdown. Carbon dioxide levels are now higher than at anytime in the past 3.6 million years. The last time atmospheric CO2 was this high, sea level was about 78 feet higher than today, the average temperature was 7 degrees F higher than in pre-industrial times, and forests occupied areas of the Arctic that are now tundra.

Methane Has Never Risen This Fast in the Atmosphere

There’s more methane in the atmosphere than any other time since record keeping began. Levels really spiked last year, despite the fact that we were all inside for most of the time. Methane shattering records is one of those things that seems to happen every year. But what’s really troubling is that last year’s rise in methane levels was the biggest rise in a single year since record-keeping began. Methane is over 80 times more potent as a warming agent than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period.

Short takes and highlights from the week:

'A biological Fukushima': Brazil COVID-19 deaths on track to pass worst of U.S. wave

Brazil’s coronavirus death toll passes 4,000 a day for first time

Bolsonaro a 'Threat to the Planet,' Says Lula as Brazil's Daily Covid Death Toll Hits All-Time High

New 'Double Mutant' Coronavirus Variant Found In California

Americans' Worry About Catching COVID-19 Drops to Record Low

A record-low 35% of Americans worry about catching COVID-19. At the same time, 77% say the coronavirus situation is improving.

Ecocide: Should Destruction of the Planet Be a Crime?

Atmospheric CO2 Passes 420 PPM for First Time Ever

Scientists: Mass Extinction Is Coming as Organisms Flee the Equator-- Oceanic life is fleeing the increasingly-hot equator for more hospitable water, and a mass extinction event is likely to follow.

The Coming Antibiotic-Resistance Pandemic that Could Make COVID Look Like the Flu

America Never Wanted the Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses

Another Day, Another Far-Right Fantast: Texas Man Tried to Blow Up the Internet-- Federal Investigators allege that a Texas man wanted to use C-4 to blow up around 70% of the internet.

So it’s been a week of extortion for supply chain disruption, CO2 and methane-based catastrophe, immanent ecosystem collapse, unsustainable debt, and worthless currencies. Another week of downward spin as the American Empire unwinds along with late stage capitalism..

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chapter 11 paragraph iv

What I somehow hadn't expected was a city prinked-up for Christmas: fir boughs and tinsel, starburst ornaments in the shop windows and a cold stiff wind coming off the canals and fires and festival stalls and people on bicycles, toys and color and candy, holiday confusion and gleam. Little dogs, little children, gossipers and watchers and package bearers, clowns in top hats and military greatcoats and a little dancing jester in Christmas clothes à la Avercamp. I still wasn’t quite awake and none of it seemed to have any more reality than the fleeting dream of Pippa I’d had on the plane where I’d spotted her in a park with many tall fountains and a Saturn-ringed planet hanging low and majestic in the sky. “Nieuwmarkt,” said Gyuri as we came out on a big circle with a turreted fairytale castle and��around it—an open air market, cut evergreens lightly frosted with snow, mittened vendors stamping, an illustration from a children’s book. “Ho, ho, ho.” “Always a lot of police here,” said Boris gloomily, sliding into the door as Gyuri took the turn hard. For various reasons I was apprehensive about accommodations, and ready to make my excuses in case they involved anything like squatter conditions or sleeping on the floor. Luckily Myriam had booked me a hotel in a canal house in the old part of town. I dropped my bags, locked the cash in the safe, and went back out to the street to meet Boris. Gyuri had gone to park the car. He dropped his cigarette on the cobblestones and dashed it under his heel. “I’ve not been here in a while,” he said, his breath coming out white, as he looked round appraisingly at the soberly clad pedestrians on the street. “My flat in Antwerp—well it is for business reasons I am in Antwerp. Beautiful city too—same sea clouds, same light. Someday we will go there. But I always forget how much I like it here as well. Starving to death, you?” he said, punching me in the arm. “Mind walking a bit?” Down narrow streets we wandered, damp alleys too narrow for cars, foggy little ochreous shops filled with old prints and dusty porcelains. Canal footbridge: brown water, lonely brown duck. Plastic cup half-submerged and bobbing. The wind was raw and wet with blown pinpricks of sleet and the space around us felt close and dank. Didn’t the canals freeze in winter? I asked. “Yes, but—” wiping his nose—“global warming, I suppose.” In his overcoat and suit from the previous night’s party he looked both completely out of place and completely at home. “What a dog’s weather! Shall we duck in here? Do you think?” The dirty canal-side bar, or café, or whatever it was, had dark wood and a maritime theme, oars and life preservers, red candles burning low even in the daytime and a desolate foggy feel. Smoky, muggy light. Water droplets condensed on the inside of the windowpane. No menus. In back was a chalkboard scrawled with foods unintelligible to me: dagsoep, draadjesvlees, kapucijnerschotel, zuurkoolstamppot. “Here, let me order,” said Boris, and proceeded to do so, surprisingly, in Dutch. What arrived was a typically Boris meal of beer, bread, sausages, and potatoes with pork and sauerkraut. Boris—happily gobbling—was reminiscing about his first and only attempt to ride a bicycle in the city (wipeout, disaster) and also how much he enjoyed the new herring in Amsterdam, which fortunately wasn’t in season since apparently you ate it by holding it up by the tail fin and dangling it down into your mouth, but I was too disoriented by my surroundings to listen very closely and with almost painfully heightened senses I stirred at the potato mess with my fork and felt the strangeness of the city pressing in all around me, smells of tobacco and malt and nutmeg, café walls the melancholy brown of an old leather-bound book and then beyond, dark passages and brackish water lapping, low skies and old buildings all leaning against each other with a moody, poetic, edgeof-destruction feel, the cobblestoned loneliness of a city that felt—to me, anyway—like a place where you might come to let the water close over your head.

Before long Gyuri joined us, red-cheeked and breathless. “Parking—bit of a problem here,” he said. “Sorry.” He extended his hand to me. “Glad to see you!” he said, embracing me with a genuine-seeming warmth that startled me, as if we were old friends long separated. “Everything is okay?” Boris, on his second pint by now, was holding forth a bit about Horst. “I do not know why he does not move to Amsterdam,” he said, gnawing happily on a hunk of sausage. “Constantly he complains about New York! Hate hate hate! And all the holy while—” waving a hand at the canal outside the fogged window—“everything he loves is here. Even the language is same as his. If he really wanted to be happy in the world, Horst? To have any kind of joyful or happy life? He should pay twenty grand to go back to his rapid detox place and then come here and smoke Buddha Haze and stand in a museum all day long.” “Horst—?” I said, looking from one to the other. “Sorry?” “Does he know you’re here?” Boris gulped his beer. “Horst? No. He does not. It is going to be much, much easier if Horst learns about all this after. Because—” licking a dab of mustard off his finger—“my suspicions are correct. Fucking Sascha who stole the thing. Ulrika’s brother,” he said urgently. “Which with Ulrika puts Horst in bad position. So—much better if I take care of it on my own, see? I am doing Horst a favor this way—favor he won’t forget.” “What do you mean, ‘take care of it’?” Boris sighed. “It—” he looked around to make sure no one was listening, even though we were the only people in the place—”well, it is complicated, I could talk for three days, but I can also tell you in three lines what has happened.” “Does Ulrika know he took it?” Rolled eyes. “Search me.” A phrase I had taught Boris years ago, horsing around at my house after school. Search me. Cut it out. Smoky desert twilight, shades drawn. Make up your mind. Let’s face it. No way. Same shadows on his face. Gold light glinting off the doors by the pool. “I think Sascha would have to be very stupid to tell Ulrika,” said Gyuri, with a worried expression on his face. “I don’t know what Ulrika knows or does not know. Has no relevance. She has loyalty to her brother over Horst, as she has shown many and many times over. You would think—” grandly signalling the waitress to bring Gyuri a pint —“you would think Sascha had sense to sit on it for a while, at least! But no. He can’t get a loan on it in Hamburg or Frankfurt because of Horst—because Horst would hear of it in one second. So he has brought it here.” “Well look, if you know who has it we should just call the police.” The silence, and blank looks that followed this, were as if I’d produced a can of gasoline and suggested lighting ourselves on fire. “Well, I mean,” I said defensively, after the waitress had arrived with Gyuri’s beer, set it down, left again, and neither Gyuri nor Boris had spoken a word. “Isn’t that the safest? And easiest? If the cops recover it and you have nothing to do with it?” Ding of a bicycle bell, woman clattering by on the sidewalk, rattle of spokes, witchy black cape flying behind. “Because—” glancing between them—“when you think of what this picture has gone through—what it must have gone through—I don’t know if you understand, Boris, how much care has to be taken even to ship a painting? Just to pack it properly? Why take any chances?” “This is my feeling exactly.” “An anonymous call. To the art-crimes people. They’re not like the normal cops—no connections with the normal cops—the picture is all they care about. They’ll know what to do.”

Boris leaned back in his chair. He looked around. Then he looked at me. “No,” he said. “That is not a good idea.” His tone was that of someone addressing a five year old. “And, do you want to know why?” “Think about it. It’s the easiest way. You wouldn’t have to do a thing.” Boris set his beer glass down carefully. “They’d have the best chance of getting it back unharmed. Also, if I do it —if I call them—shit, I could have Hobie call them—” hands to head—“any way you look at it, you wouldn’t be putting yourselves at risk. That is to say”—I was too tired, disoriented; two pairs of Dremel-drill eyes, I couldn’t think—“if I did it, or someone else not a part of your, um, organization—” Boris let out a shout of laughter. “Organization? Well—” shaking his head so vigorously the hair fell in his eyes—“I suppose we count as organization, of sorts, since we are three or more—! But we are not very large or very organized as you can see.” “You should eat something,” said Gyuri to me, in the tense pause that followed, looking at my untouched plate of pork and potato. “He should eat,” he said to Boris. “Tell him to eat.” “Let him starve if he wants. Anyway,” said Boris, grabbing a chunk of pork off my plate and popping it in his mouth— “One call. I’ll do it.” “No,” said Boris, glowering suddenly and pushing back in his chair. “You will not. No, no, fuck you, shut up, you won’t,” he said, lifting his chin aggressively when I tried to talk over him—Gyuri’s hand on my wrist very suddenly, a touch I knew very well, the old forgotten Vegas language of when my dad was in the kitchen ranting about whose house it was? and who paid for what?— “And, and,” said Boris imperiously, taking advantage of a lull in my response he was not expecting, “I want you to stop talking this stupid ‘call’ business right away. ‘Call, call,’ ” he said, when he got no answer from me, waving his hand back and forth ridiculously in the air as if “call” were some absurd kiddie word that meant ‘unicorn’ or ‘fairyland.’ “I know you are trying to help but this is not helpful suggestion on your part. So forget it. No more ‘call.’ Anyway,” he said amiably, pouring part of his own beer into my halfempty glass. “As I was explaining to you. Since Sascha is in so big hurry? Is he thinking clearly? Is he playing more than one, or maybe two moves ahead? No. Sascha is out of towner. His connections here are poisonous to him. He needs money. And he is working so hard to stay clear of Horst that he has wandered smack into me.” I said nothing. It would be easy enough to phone the police myself. There was no reason to involve Boris or Gyuri at all. “Amazing stroke of luck, no? And our friend the Georgian—very rich man, but so far from Horst’s world and so far from art collector, he did not even know of picture by name. Just a bird—little yellow bird. But Cherry believes he is telling the truth that he saw it. Very powerful guy in terms of real estate? Here and in Antwerp? Plenty of paper and father to Cherry almost, but not person of great education if you understand me.” “Where is it now?” Boris rubbed his nose vigorously. “I do not know. They are not going to tell us that, are they? But Vitya has got in touch to say he knows of a buyer. And a meeting has been set up.” “Where?” “Not settled yet. They have already changed the location half a dozen times. Paranoid,” he said, making a screw-loose gesture at the side of his head with his hand. “They may make us wait a day or two. We may know only an hour before.” “Cherry,” I said, and stopped. Vitya was short for Cherry’s Russian name, Viktor—Victor, the Anglicized version—but Cherry was only a nickname and I didn’t know a thing about Sascha: not his age, not his surname, not what he looked like, nothing at all except that he was Ulrika’s brother—and even this was uncertain in the literal sense, given how loosely Boris threw around the word.

Boris sucked a bit of grease off his thumb. “My idea was—set up something at your hotel. You know, you, American, big shot, interested in the picture. They”—he lowered his voice as the waitress switched his empty pint for a full one, Gyuri nodding politely, leaning in—“they would come to your room. That’s how is done usually. All very businesslike. But”—minimal shrug—“they are new at this, and paranoid. They want to call their own location. “Which is?” “Don’t know yet! Didn’t I just say? They keep changing their mind. If they want us to wait—we wait. We have to let them think they are boss. Now, sorry,” he said, stretching and yawning, rubbing a dark-circled eye with a fingertip, “I am tired! Want a nap!” He turned and said something to Gyuri in Ukrainian, and then turned back to me. “Sorry,” he said, leaning in and slinging his arm around my shoulder. “You can find your way back to your hotel?” I tried to disengage myself without seeming to. “Right. Where are you staying?” “Girlfriend’s flat—Zeedijk.” “Near Zeedijk,” said Gyuri, rising purposefully, with a polite and vaguely military air. “Chinese quarter of the old times.” “What’s the address?” “Cannot remember. You know me. I cannot remember addresses in my head and like that. But—” Boris tapped his pocket—“your hotel.” “Right.” Back in Vegas, if we ever got separated—running from the mall cops, pockets full of stolen gift cards—my house was always the rendezvous point. “So—I’ll meet you back there. And you have my phone number, and I have yours. Will call you when I know something more. Now—” slapping me on the back of the head—“stop worrying, Potter! Don’t stand there and look so unhappy! If we lose, we win, and if we win, we win! Everything is good! You know which way to go to get back, don’t you? Just up this way, and left when you get to the Singel. Yes, there. We will speak soon.”

[lounesdarbois]

Morand, Dantec.

Morand est l’auteur de la constriction, de la concentration de cent pages en vingt, il est l’homme d’une littérature du substrat et du résidus à sec après évaporation. Il applique la méthode de l'évangile. Son laconisme narratif excitera à dessein des commentaires prolixes, l'aphorisme appellera l’exégèse, l’ellipse suscitera la glose. L'aperçu d'un terrain suggère le panorama global.  La synthèse contient en germe tous les développements laborieux, laissés à d'autres (lecteurs, critiques, universitaires etc). Morand pratique la frugalité des classiques. Quelques grands concepts président à tous les développements ; il suffit d'énoncer clairement ces concepts. Méthode proche du "pull" en marketing: pour élever le néophyte on nivelle par le haut.

Il fait court car sait avec Hegel que plus on gagne en extension moins on gagne en compréhension. 

Dantec vient du Poulpe, de Giger, de la ligne brouillée. Dantec privé des classiques à l'école gauchiste glose car il a tout à prouver (milieu pauvre, sans réseau). Il progresse péniblement pour s'élever. Morand né dans un monde merveilleux passe facilement sur les lieux et les choses. 

L’ellipse est le luxe des initiés sûrs d'eux mêmes qui trouvent toujours la table mise : ils sont rassasiés à peine ont-ils faim. Soulagés des fardeaux matériels ils peuvent jouir à fond de leur esprit. Ils ont le temps devant eux, et tirent de leur contemplation des maximes mieux aiguisées.

Cruelle séparation des élus et des damnés, qui donne aux premiers le succès parce qu'ils s'en sentent dignes et en privent les seconds parce qu'ils s'en sentent indignes.

La crise de 1917 puis celle de 1929 convainquent Morand d'une période de kairos, de temps accéléré qui rend caduque la mode des pavés de mille pages. Les gros cubes des Zola, Proust, Martin-Dugard de la génération précédente cèdent place à la brochure, à la nouvelle enlevée dont les feuilles servent aussi d'éventail. Quand l'œuvre est brève la lecture est rapide, et l'impression produite est longue.

L'ellipse est chez Morand le moyen de garder inviolé le point de catalyse de sa création littéraire. Céline son cadet s'inscrira dans la même tradition européenne du nord, de la réticence et de la pudeur, en proclamant "on circonscrit, on ne nomme pas", sorte de paraphrase du précepte d'Epicure "Cache le dieu que tu adores". C'est à la substantifique moelle que Morand fait référence quand il dit que la nouvelle est un os. Véritable scrabble en pages, chaque phrase y compte triple, et leur ordonnancement tout autant. Concentration des sucs dont la mémoire garde le goût longtemps, un goût si prononcé et si curieux que l'esprit veut en deviner l'origine comme l’œnologue capable de discerner dans la note de fruit de l'attaque non seulement le sol calcaire mais encore l'ensoleillement sud-est, le vent sec, la pente étagée, l'année etc. Morand toujours correct, lisse comme un fémur, laisse au lecteur le soin de mâcher des déductions parfois très subversives.

Ses remarques sur le vaudou comme le père de toutes les horreurs à venir démasquent une Afrique moins proche de la prétendue terre mère nourricière enseignée aux petits européens dès la maternelle, que de la sorcière, et dont la synagogue est la pointe avancée et la tête de pont jetée comme un corbeau d'abordage sur l'Occident sédentaire et naïf, mais aussi le début de l'Asie. Cette sorcière pratique une magie dangereuse, la « noire », qui s’oppose au monde européen des fées, des livres d’heures et des mines claires, toutes choses tenues en haine absolue par notre époque qui gît au pouvoir du malin, sujet traité à fond par Céline.

Morand cet occidental tout en dedans, mystique, laconique et profond répond aux critiques agacés du ton catégoriques de ces comptes-rendus toutefois exactes que "l'on peut voir rapidement et comprendre bien".

Au tribunal les charges d'accusation pèsent lourd sur Maurice Dantec : petite taille, français, pauvre, élevé en banlieue, né en 1958 donc trop tard pour jouir des trente glorieuses une fois adulte, élevé à Grenoble puis Ivry, trop loin des lycées du quartier latin et des restes de l'école classique mais à temps pour prendre de plein fouet l'aberrant freudo-marxisme des années 60-70. 

Il commit tous les délits : la conversion au Christ, l'expatriation au Canada, jusqu'au crime ultime de réussir à s'extirper de sa condition d'origine qui condamnait des milliers de ses congénères à l’alcoolisme, au désespoir et au suicide sans postérité (plus aucun français n'habite les barres HLM d'Ivry-Choisy-Orly-Vitry, tous morts sans enfants, égorgés ou noyés dans l'alcool comme l'avait prédit Céline). En 1998, à 40 ans, le prolétaire Dantec avait vaincu la fatalité.

L'habitat

Dantec passé par Grenoble et le 94 fut témoin du saccage de son espace par le bâti en parpaing/métal et de sa société par la racaille d'en bas. Le moulin d'Ivry, la banlieue de Céline tournée gauche MJC puis racaille Mafia k1 Fry (Africa is the Future, pochette de Le combat continue).

En creux de cette sortie de la zone de confort : ronron parfait, malgré cent voyages au bout du monde Morand reviendra toujours poser ses bagages à Paris dans le quartier de la Tour Eiffel, pendant 80 ans. Parfaite continuité enfance-âge adulte, fidélité à la même école philosophique "ligne claire" : Schopenhauer élégant et ferme 

Air, espace, lumière. Morand connut dans le quartier de la tour Eiffel ce que la France pouvait bâtir de mieux, mourut à temps pour ignorer son saccage par la racaille d'en haut. Espace ouvert, beaucoup de style qui est la race des immeubles, à l'époque où l'on bâtissait encore des immeubles de 1ère classe à Paris, bien avant le temps du bourrage des parcelles et de la découverte d'une "habitabilité" des caves, de la noblesse dégénérée et de la bourgeoisie oppressée reléguée toujours plus loin, plus sale. "Sympa les quais du canal!" etc ... Chacun se préserve de l'agression comme il le peut. Le pauvre fuit, le riche paie. 

Méthode de travail

Dantec: un grand sensible aux intuitions toujours justes, mais mal aiguillé (mauvaises écoles, etc).

Morand avait lui les bonnes bases : un foyer uni, le jardin du dépôt des marbres, cette certitude des enfants de riche d'être appelé à des privilèges, le sentiment d'un destin. Pensez que le préfacier de son premier livre fut Marcel Proust quand le seul coup de pouce que Dantec reçut jamais vint d'un obscur surveillant de lycée d'Ivry et auteur de polars nommé Jean-Bernard Pouy. Le déterminisme de classe le veut : on ne choisit pas son groupe mais le groupe vous choisit. "Tu traînes avec qui est sympa avec toi" est la seule loi des cours de lycée, lieu où la terreur ultime est d'être rejeté du groupe. 

La sensation : drogue contre sport

Dantec sombra dans la drogue pour continuer d'écrire et mourut abandonné à 58 ans. Morand apôtre du sport tint jusqu'à 88 ans, comblé des trois médailles mondaines : l'argent, les femmes, les honneurs.

Le shit, l'ecsta et le LSD fauchent dès 16 ans les jeunes français soudain sevrés d'une féérie de l'enfance que menace toujours plus tôt les écrans et l'étalement urbain.

Forcé dans l'âge adulte, sevré de l'émotion gratuite qui coule toute proche de la source lorsqu’on est enfant, l’homme adulte est soudain seul avec le néant pour vis-à-vis. La drogue le comble par accès direct à la sensation, sorte d'émotion sans objet. (puis toute la mouvance GoPro, "sensations fortes" etc), mais bientôt le détruit.

Drogues, sucres et mauvaises lectures : la fin terrible de Dantec abandonné, empoisonné. Sport, maîtresses, vitesse : la fin lumineuse de Morand foudroyé en pleine séance de gym au Crillon, à 88 ans. 

Dantec a fait tout ce qu'il ne fallait pas faire: écrire sous psychotropes, appeler à la révolte contre la racaille depuis l'étranger, trop s'expliquer, donner trop d'interviews, et enfin croire aux compliments. L'intuition est sûre mais l'émotion intraduisible, la vertu déficiente comblée par la drogue tourne le génie en excité voire en énergumène. Et pourtant dans son Théâtre des Opérations, quelles intuitions cet homme avait!

 Houellebecq l'avait prévenu dès 2005: “ "Nous vivons l'un et l'autre sur notre énergie nerveuse; cette énergie est grande, mais elle n'est pas illimitée, nous finirons par craquer et renoncer à traiter toute question politique."

 LD