Archive for February, 2012

Strange “fellows” traveller

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Would you like to spend a holiday in an exciting hotel? Here are some “out of the box” ideas for those who want “something new” or something to dream about. For example, in China, at Waterworld, to be built within an abandoned quarry in the Songjang region. In India, in Kerala, there is the  Green [...]

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All cats are Simon’s cat

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A star in the animated version of the web, Simon’s Cat is also tremendous on paper: his three books are distributed in 25 countries and the author, Simon Tofield, publishes his daily coloured strips in the Daily Mirror. And there are already some people imitating the famous feline. A shy cat with green and frisk [...]

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The strange world of Mr. Nobody

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I was in the bookshop, and rather lazily I was looking at a shelf of photo books. I didn’t find anything that was particularly interesting. All of a sudden, I saw it. It was there, small and black, rather anonymous. It definitely intrigued me. I took it, opened it and started to browse it. This [...]

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Life during the times of Genesis (of Peter Gabriel, of course) – chap. 9

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Suite in four parts Fourth part: Ecology Alan Ford’s worlds apart, for intellectualism searched at all costs, while it is il Battiato’s 1972 album Pollution, as well as the name of the happening group and concert. Pollution also talks about ecology. And even if in 1972, that word was not very familiar to people. Indeed, [...]

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Collecchio, fascinating astronomy in three meeting

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Friday’s of astronomy: this is the title of three conferences addressed to all dedicated to astronomy, organized with Ottica Deneb and with the support of Fermoeditore. The event begins on Friday, March 16th at 9 p.m. with 30 years of the Space Shuttle: a tribute to the glorious career of the American shuttle that marked [...]

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One Pixel a week…

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When there’s a cat at home and another cat arrives… the crash is inevitable www.fermoeditore.it

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Wow, a tribute to cartoon cats

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After “88 cani di carta” (88 paper dogs), the exhibit entirely dedicated to dogs, the Wow – Museo del Fumetto di Milano (Comics Museum of Milan) will host, up until March 4th, “Gattoni animati – 44 gatti a cartoni animati in mostra” (44 cartoon cats on exhibit): the idea stems, obviously, from the famous song [...]

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Developing the detective story – 3

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(……) This is how my interest was sparked. By now it wouldn’t matter if the real story turned out to be a hoax or a concise London-like stylistic feature, the question that came to mind was “what are harmless goldfish doing in one of the most violent and harsh thriller mysteries of the 20th century?” [...]

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Women and men beyond conflict

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In Turin, from 16 to 18 March 2012, international conference Indigenous cultures of peace – Women and men beyond conflict. Three days of speeches, workshops and events to bare witness of and exchange views with today’s societies of peace. These societies are living instances of egalitarian communities without any form of violence against women or [...]

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Life during the times of Genesis (of Peter Gabriel, of course) – chap. 8

Feb 15, 2012 No Comments

Suite in four parts Fourth part: Ecology In register No. 44 of Alan Ford called Ecologia (Ecology), in the second cartoon of table 64, an angry Bob Rock says, “But what is this rubbish of ecology? The study of eco?” The joke isn’t as trivial or stupid as it may appear to a reader of [...]

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