retox kenek bacok: Juni 2009

Senin, 22 Juni 2009

Krümmel Blockade

AKTUELLE MELDUNG

Krümmel geht wieder an´s Netz!

03. Juli 2009 - 14.00 Uhr - Blockadeaktion!

Auch Bauern aus dem Wendland werden dabei sein!

Ich bitte alle Blogleser zu dieser sehr wichtigen symbolischen Aktion zu kommen.

In der Umgebung von Krümmel besteht das weltweit größte Cluster an Leukämie bei Kindern.

Der Kreistag des Landkreises Lüchow-Dannenberg beschloss auf seiner Sitzung am Montag, den 22, Juni, mit zum Anti-Atom-Protest in Berlin aufzurufen. Am 29. August starten die Bäuerliche Notgemeinschaft und die Bürgerinitiative Umweltschutz Lüchow-Dannenberg e.V. (BI) zum Treck in die Bundeshauptstadt. Höhepunkt wird die bundesweite Großdemonstration am 5. September sein, zu der ein breites Bündnis aus Umwelt- und Anti-Atominitiativen aufrufen.

Unterstützung signalisieren bisher auch Kirchenkreise und die IG Metall. Der Aufruf zum Treck und zur Demo wird nun von der Kreistagsmehrheit unterzeichnet: mit einem eigenen Themenwagen wird sich der Landkreis am Treck beteiligen.

Und noch was zum Schmunzeln:

Oelde (AFP) — Weil sie auf der Straße "Atomkraftwerk" spielen wollten, haben zwei Sechsjährige im westfälischen Oelde einen Einsatz von Polizei und Feuerwehr ausgelöst. Die Jungen hatten sich nach Polizeiangaben einen "Atommeiler" aus einem Computergehäuse gebastelt und auf dessen Seitenteil eine Warnung vor Radioaktivität aufgeklebt. Das Warnzeichen hatten sie zuvor aus dem Internet ausgedruckt. Als die Knirpse ihr Spiel für einen kurzen Aufenthalt zuhause unterbrachen, entdeckte ein Passant den vermeintlich radioaktiven Gegenstand auf dem Gehweg und alarmierte die Feuerwehr.

Polizisten und Feuerwehrleute riegelten daraufhin den Fundort im Ortsteil Stromberg weiträumig ab. Über das Lokalradio wurden Anwohner vorsorglich gebeten, die Häuser nicht zu verlassen. Radioaktive Strahlung konnte die Feuerwehr freilich nicht messen.

Wie sich später herausstellte, hatten die Jungen zwischenzeitlich zu ihrem "Atomkraftwerk" zurückkehren wollen, waren aber an der Absperrung zurückgeschickt worden. Ihre Eltern glaubten zunächst an eine der Großübung der Feuerwehr. Erst später erfuhren sie im Internet vom Hintergrund des Einsatzes und berichteten daraufhin der Polizei vom Spiel ihrer Söhne.

Africa Travel Overview : Kenya

Young Masai girl paricipating in a local festival ritual

Opportunities forgame viewing often present themselves on the Kenya horseback safari

Why Kenya?
African Travelling in kenya has several place.
There are few places other than Kenya, that can claim to have hosted such luminaries as Teddy Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Ernest Hemingway. However, it’s the abundance of animals which draws present day safarists. Here one can witness the breathtaking migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra traversing the famed Masai Mara Reserve from late June through October.

Accommodations:
Large hotels and lodges, intimate tented camps or elegant historic bush homes.

Gameviewing:
Pop top minivans and land cruisers in national parks,open vehicles in private concessions,
day walks or overnight ‘fly camping’ excursions are added options.

Getting Around:
Flying between points is preferable when possible.
No self-drive.

Other Attractions:
The colorful Masai people add another distinction to this destination. Their relatively nomadic life, traditional dress and reverence of their cattle, provide a rare cultural experience.

Kamis, 18 Juni 2009

workshop

work shop

Finalmente torniamo a parlare di miniature, ormai per il poco tempo che ho quello che faccio sono ormai lavori di workshop.
L'ultima volta che noi miniaturiste piemontesi ci siamo incontrate ecco cosa siamo riuscite a fare... tante palline di gelato.
Come tante amiche ci siamo lasciate tentare da queste paste giapponesi dai nomi accattivanti, Grace, Farinetta e Cosmos.
Così grazie ad una socia di Admi, Annalisa che ha partecipato ad un workshop alla fiera di Miniaturitalia abbiamo aperto un panetto di Grace.
E dopo aver aggiunto il colore ed impastato con tanta fatica siamo riuscite ad ottenere le crepe tipiche delle palline di gelato. Peccato che come al solito non ho fatto la foto con il riferimento della monetina e non sono ancora riuscita ad usare la funzione macro della mia digitale, ma questo è il risultato.

Bacioni e notte Irene

Dangers & annoyances at Johanesburg

Dangers & annoyances at Johanesburg

Pay careful attention to your personal security in Jo’burg. Daylight muggings in the city centre and other inner suburbs, notably Hillbrow, are not uncommon and you must be constantly on your guard. You’d be crazy to walk around central Jo’burg at night – if you arrive after dark and don’t have a car, catch a taxi to your final destination.

Crime is a big problem, but it is important to put things in perspective: remember that most travellers come and go without incident and that much of the crime afflicts parts of the city you would have little reason to stray into. It’s when using ATMs that you’re most vulnerable. Seek local advice, listen to it and remain aware of what’s going on around you.

While you're there

Emergency :
AIDS line (0800-012 322)
Fire (10111)
Rape Crisis Line (116 1888)
SA Police Headquarters (10111; Main Rd)

Medical services
Johannesburg General Hospital (011-488 4911; M1/Jubilee Rd, Parktown) Jo’burg’s main public hospital.

Getting around Johanesburg

JIA is located about 25km east of central Johannesburg in Kempton Park. Between 5am and 10pm, buses run every half hour between JIA and Park Station (US$11, 45 minutes). The area immediately around Park Station is confusing and known for muggings. The Airport Link (884 3957) is a reputable airport shuttle. Taxis are expensive at around US$43 one way to the northern suburbs. Most hostels will collect you from the airport.

Metropolitan Bus Services (Metrobus; 375 5555; www.mbus.co.za; Gandhi Sq) runs services covering 108 routes in the Greater Jo’burg area. Fares work on a zone system, ranging from zone one (US$0.50) to zone eight (US$1.40).

If you do take a minibus taxi into central Jo’burg, be sure to get off before it reaches the end of the route and avoid the taxi rank – it’s a mugging zone. US$0.70 will get you around the inner suburbs and the city centre, and US$1.20 will get you almost anywhere.

Taxis operate meters if they work. It’s wise to ask a local the likely price and agree on a fare at the outset. From the taxi rank at Park Station to Rosebank should cost around US$10.

There has been a very serious problem with violent crime on the metro system, mostly on those lines connecting with black townships. The Jo’burg–Pretoria metro line should also be avoided.

Getting Johanerburd & away

Land
Bus

A number of international bus services leave Jo’burg from the Park Station complex for Mozambique, Lesotho, Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.

The main long-distance bus lines (national and international) also depart from and arrive at the Park Station transit centre, in the northwest corner of the site, where you will also find their respective booking offices.

Translux, City to City, Greyhound, SA Roadlink, Greyhound and Intercape service major and minor destinations. With the exception of City to City buses, which commence in Jo’burg, all services that are not heading north commence in Pretoria at the Pretoria station. Some sample fares are Cape Town (US$51 to US$63, 19 hours), Durban (US$17 to US$28, eight hours), Nelspruit (US$11 to US$25, five hours), East London (US$43, 15 hours) via Bloemfontein (US$20, seven hours), and Plettenberg Bay (US$42, 18 hours).

Baz Bus (021-439 2323; www.bazbus.com) now services backpackers from Jo’burg.

Air

South Africa’s major international and domestic airport is Johannesburg International Airport (JIA; 921 6262; www.acsa.co.za).

All regular flights to national and regional destinations can be booked through SAA, which also has offices in the domestic and international terminals of JIA.

Smaller budget airlines, including Comair, Kulula, 1Time and Nationwide, also link Jo’burg with major destinations and often have much cheaper fares.

Introducing Johannesburg for Traveling

Travel Alert: Crime is a serious problem in Johannesburg;
see the Dangers & Annoyances section for details.

Jo’burg, or ‘Jozi’ as it’s more commonly known, is without a doubt the great big beating heart of South Africa, and has long played a Jekyll-and-Hyde role in the global consciousness. Often the stage on which the epic of this extraordinary nation has been played out, the colossus of Jo’burg – with all its thrills and foibles – is today a fascinating, multitudinous city, where all the ups and downs of 21st-century South Africa can be witnessed in three, multicolour dimensions.

In the past, the city’s darker personality proved the most enduring. The Jo’burg of the newsflash was a city where fear and loathing reigned supreme; a city where spiralling gun crime and poverty had manifested itself in a society where one half of the population stagnated, while the other looked on impassively through coils of razor wire.

As ever, there is an element of truth to the stereotypes. Jo’burg does bear scars of South Africa’s turbulent 20th century, and many will take time to heal. Stark inequalities persist, but armed with a new self-confidence – ironically most pronounced in the infamous township of Soweto – Africa’s giant hub is beginning to introduce itself to a healthier diet of urban renewal and social regeneration.