World Events ( festivals, protests, etc.)

2012 Travel Photography Scholarship to Oman - APPLY NOW!

nobody@flickr.com (WorldNomads.com) — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:02:55 -0800

Ever wondered what it would be like on assignment as a National Geographic photographer?

WorldNomads.com & National Geographic Channel are giving one aspiring photographer the opportunity to go on assignment to Oman and be mentored by renowned Nat Geo photographer Jason Edwards! The winner will also receive a Canon EOS 6D prize pack to use on assignment!

Find out more and apply now!
journals.worldnomads.com/scholarships/story/90364/Worldwi...

Applications close Jan. 14, 2013.

American gardens attacked by Monsanto

nobody@flickr.com (DawnOne) — Tue, 10 May 2011 09:42:08 -0700

DawnOne posted a new topic:

Something for Americans to look at NOW- your home gardens may be at risk, thanks to Monsanto... blog.friendseat.com/rosa-delauro-hates-small-farms1

happy new year

nobody@flickr.com (frank schacht / photojournal-worldwide-exklusiv) — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:03:08 -0800

frank schacht / photojournal-worldwide-exklusiv posted a new topic:

happy new year 2011 to everyone of you, good health and happiness

Stop the Con-dem cuts

nobody@flickr.com (njbarnett) — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 06:34:40 -0800

njbarnett posted a new topic:

Sorry for the shameless plug for a group, but I thought it would be a good idea to have one place for photos of what looks to become a growing nationwide movement in the UK.

www.flickr.com/groups/1527839@N25/

Please feel free to join in with photos of organisation and actions against the coalition's malicious program.

World Festival photo contest @ TheExpeditioner.com group!

nobody@flickr.com (jonwick04) — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 06:09:34 -0700

jonwick04 posted a new topic:

Hey all! I'm the admin over at the flickr group called TheExpeditioner.com. We're a travel website for the young and avid traveler. I just wanted to invite any and all to come join the group, get posting, and have a chance to win our monthly photo contest. August's contest is, fittingly, "World Festivals!"

The winner gets a friday feature post on our site, named one of the top 50 travel sites on the web, with links back to their photostream and picture. You'll have the possibility of being viewed by over 20,000 of our monthly readers.

Come join us at www.flickr.com/groups/theexpeditioner/, and get posting.

Happy Travels!

neue gruppe--Weltausstellungen / EXPOS--------new group---Expositions / World's Fairs

nobody@flickr.com (frank schacht / photojournal-worldwide-exklusiv) — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:46:57 -0700

frank schacht / photojournal-worldwide-exklusiv posted a new topic:

www.flickr.com/groups/1445322@N21/

Über Weltausstellungen / EXPOS-exklusiv-Expositions / World's Fairs
Weltausstellungen von 1851 bis heute
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Hier sind Fotos und Videos zu sehen vom Beginn der Idee einer
Weltausstellung 1851 in London bis heute 2010 in Shanghai.

2012 in Suedkorea, 2015 in Italien.....

Diese einmalige Idee das eigene Land der ganzen Welt zu praesentieren und gleichzeitig , die ganze Welt auf einigen
Quadratkilometern zu besuchen, ist einzigartig und zu bewundern.

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weltausstellung
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Expositions / World's Fairs
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here you can be seen photographic pictures from all expositions
and world's fairs. from 1851 in london till today 2010 in shanghai.

this unique idea, to show your own country to the whole world and
at the same time you can visit the world on few square kilometers,
that is great and wonderful.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_fair

2012 in south korea, 2015 in italy....

expo group

nobody@flickr.com (frank schacht / photojournal-worldwide-exklusiv) — Sun, 09 May 2010 08:39:18 -0700

frank schacht / photojournal-worldwide-exklusiv posted a new topic:

die groesste EXPO-GRUPPE bei flickr
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the biggest EXPO GROUP on flickr
www.flickr.com/groups/1253656@N25/

"Sarah Palin's Alaska." is to be aired on DISCOVERY channel...

nobody@flickr.com (DawnOne) — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:44:35 -0700

DawnOne posted a new topic:

NEWS
"Sarah Palin's Alaska." is to be aired on "VERGE- Planet Green's all-new primetime programming destination" 

WRITE DISCOVERY CHANNEL AN EMAIL about it!

For example, I wrote-
 You seriously intend giving Sarah Palin money to host a show on VERGE- Planet Green? So she can further her plan to influence American public opinion with her inane but ultimately dangerous views on ecology?   Please... reconsider airing "Sarah Palin's Alaska." Be assured I WILL NOT WATCH IT, and will urge all my friends to do likewise. I will also be less likely to turn on your channel in the future if this is the kind of programming you intend to pursue in your new line-up.   Sincerely, (ME)  

3 contacts to Send to directly - 

Contact 1- Chris Finnegan Planet Green VP, Communications chris_finnegan@discovery.com 240.662.7589  

Contact 2- Discovery's Investor Relations department, please call (212) 548-5882 or toll-free (877) 324-5850, or email investor_relations@discovery.com  

Contact 3- Peter Liguori Chief Operating Officer  COO@discovery.com  

WHO WAS (big surprise...) Peter Liguori was previously FOX network senior vice president, marketing  
AND SAID THIS!  
The eight-episode travelogue will “reveal Alaska’s powerful beauty as it has never been filmed, and as told by one of the state’s proudest daughters,” Peter Liguori, Discovery’s chief operating officer, said in a statement. 

mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/tlc-acquires-sa...

Liguori, Chief Operating Officer Discovery Communications 

Peter Liguori is a key member of Discovery Communications' senior executive team, providing leadership and vision for the company's operational organizations, including Marketing, Discovery Studios, Corporate Communications and Corporate Affairs, Business Affairs, and Media Technology, Production and Operations, as well as playing a key role in corporate budget and business decisions. In addition to his operational role, Liguori chairs Discovery's Content Committee comprised of U.S. Networks general managers with a focus on maximizing the value of the company's marketing resources, network portfolio and overall corporate assets. Liguori joined Fox / Liberty Networks in 1996 as senior vice president, marketing, for a new joint venture, which now includes Fox Sports Net, FX, Fox Sports World, SPEED and National Geographic Channel. Prior to joining Fox, Liguori was vice president, consumer marketing, at HBO. Prior to HBO, he worked in advertising at Ogilvy & Mather and Saatchi & Saatchi. He is a graduate cum laude of Yale University.

mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/peter-liguori-t...

World Amazing News

nobody@flickr.com (Dinesh117) — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 03:11:05 -0700

Dinesh117 posted a new topic:

World Amazing News, World Records By www.amazingworldrecords.com

Doel: TimeOut in Gh☼stT☼wn: Michelangelo Pistoletto's Letter to the Flemish Government

nobody@flickr.com (slö) — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:42:01 -0700

slö posted a new topic:

Doel: TimeOut in Gh☼stT☼wn: Michelangelo Pistoletto's Letter to the Flemish Government

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Biella, the 13th of July 2009

Right Honourable Minister President of the Flemish Government,
Dear Mister Peeters,

On Thurday, 30 April I paid a visit to the village of Doel at the invitation of KunstDoel vzw, an organization that is twinned to Cittadellarte's Love Difference movement.

Minister President, I was deeply struck by the esthetical power of this place. Watching over the surrounding landscape from the riverbank, I felt as if I was standing on a metaphysical axis where different time ages intersect: Right before me, the quiet village with the picturesque dock; behind me the river and the bustling port of Antwerp; to the right, the ancient windmill overshadowed by the two colossal cooling towers of the nuclear power plant; and to the right the gigantic cranes of the Deurganck Dock.

Minister President, I have visited many places throughout the world, but this spot is really unique. My KunstDoel hosts told me that existing plans for a second container terminal may not materialize in the near future due to the changed economic context. If this is indeed true, I would urgently appeal on you to conserve this place for future generations to enjoy, as an authentic remnant that links the present and the past, nature and culture, agriculture and industry, water and land…

The value of this immemorial place is immeasurable and I am sure it could become a prestigious artistic and tourist venue with international fame, and also a pleasant, tranquil place for businessmen and port people to stay and relax…

Its closeness to the city of Antwerp and accessibility via the river would make it a perfect and easily reachable destination for day trippers, possibly in combination with the rustic village of Lillo at the right bank and the Liefkenshoek Citadel located beyond the Deurganckdock.

With some relatively small investments, the village could become an ideal and highly original venue to stage fabulous open-air productions and international art exhibits, which would generate employment opportunities for remaining locals and people from surrounding villages. Granting Doel a new, cultural destiny within a huge port would also generate much goodwill among the people toward the Antwerp Port Authority. It could become an example of a successful and novel reconciliation of industrial, social, cultural and political interests, a prefiguration of a new and warmer society….

Right Honourable Minister President, the case of Doel offers an unprecedented opportunity to implement new economic values - warm and reconciliatory values that the people are longing for in these harsh economic times. I am sure the entire socio-cultural community would be enormously grateful if this place were granted a new and inspiring future…

Fully trusting that your government will elaborate the best possible solution for the village of Doel,

I remain,
Yours truly,

Michelangelo Pistoletto

Pistoletto Writes Letter to Flemish Government | KunstDoel

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Biella, 13 juli 2009

Hooggeachte Minister President van de Vlaamse Regering,
Beste Meneer Peeters,

Donderdag 30 april bracht ik een bezoek aan het dorp Doel op uitnodiging van KunstDoel vzw, een partnerorganisatie van Cittadellarte's Love Difference beweging.

Minister President, ik was diep getroffen door de esthetische kracht van deze plek. Toen ik vanaf de Scheldeoever het omliggende landschap aanschouwde, was het alsof ik op een metafysische as stond waar verschillende tijdsgewrichten elkaar kruisen: Voor mij zag ik het rustige dorp met het pittoreske haventje; achter mij de rivier en de druisende Antwerpse haven; rechts van mij het oude windmolentje in de schaduw van de twee machtige torens van de kerncentrale; en links van mij de reusachtige kranen van het Deurganckdok.

Minister President, ik heb al vele plaatsen bezocht over heel de wereld, maar dit is werkelijk een unieke plek. Mijn gastvrouwen van KunstDoel vertelden me dat de bestaande plannen voor de bouw van een tweede containerdok misschien niet in de nabije toekomst zullen gerealiseerd worden wegens de gewijzigde economische context. Als dit inderdaad het geval is, roep ik u dringend op deze plek te bewaren voor latere generaties, als een authentiek stukje erfgoed dat heden en verleden, natuur en cultuur, landbouw en industrie, water en land met elkaar verbindt.

Deze eeuwenoude plek is van een onschatbare waarde en ik ben ervan overtuigd dat het een prestigieuze artistieke en toeristische trekpleister met internationale uitstraling zou kunnen worden. Daarnaast zou het een aangenaam en rustig oord kunnen zijn voor zakenlui en havenmensen om even te verpozen en ontspannen…

Wegens de nabijheid van de stad Antwerpen en de bereikbaarheid via de rivier is het tevens een uitgelezen en gemakkelijk toegankelijke bestemming voor dagjestoeristen, eventueel in combinatie met het rustieke dorpje Lillo op rechteroever en het Liefkenshoekfort voorbij het Deurganckdok.

Mits een relatief kleine investering zou het dorp een ideale en hoogst originele locatie kunnen zijn voor fabuleuze openluchtvoorstellingen en internationale kunsttentoonstellingen, die werk zouden kunnen verschaffen aan de resterende dorpsbewoners en aan mensen uit omliggende gemeentes. Doel een nieuwe, culturele bestemming schenken binnen de reusachtige haven zou ook goodwill creëren onder de bevolking ten aanzien van het Antwerps Havenbestuur. Het zou een voorbeeld kunnen zijn van een succesvolle en vernieuwende verzoening van industriële, sociale, culturele en politieke belangen, een voorafspiegeling van een nieuwe en warmere samenleving…

Hooggeachte Minister President, het Doeldossier biedt een ongekende kans om nieuwe economische waarden een praktische invulling te geven -- warme en verzoeningsgerichte waarden waarnaar de bevolking in deze barre economische tijden zozeer verlangt. Ik ben zeker dat de socio-culturele sector u enorm dankbaar zou wezen als deze plek een nieuwe en inspirerende toekomst zou gegund worden…

In het volste vertrouwen dat uw Regering de best mogelijke oplossing zal uitwerken voor het dorp Doel,
verblijf ik,
met de meeste hoogachting,
Michelangelo Pistoletto

Pistoletto schrijft brief naar Kris Peeters | KunstDoel

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