tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56709752649057227532024-03-13T02:21:37.966+00:00UK through my eyesGloria Urechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06088157526439681758noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670975264905722753.post-70489782903534517402013-01-04T10:03:00.002+00:002013-01-04T10:08:23.828+00:00* 2 0 1 3 * Here we are<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="userContent">It has been an intense December month preparing Christmas and finishing a great design project. The fact that life was going to end by Dec 21st, for me was more an energetic change and entering a new cycle. As all the changes, it takes time to reasure and to establish the new pattern. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="userContent">Here we are, now already in 2013, sending best wishes to all family and friends around the world to made ourselves present in their houses and in their hearts.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="userContent">I feel 2013 is going to bring us good things, however is the attitude that we have towards life what makes us live healthier or not. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="userContent">Yesterday I created a 2013 planner, free to print and use, for help people to plan ahead ;-) </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="userContent">Today I found a list of <a href="http://zenhabits.net/12rules/" target="_blank">12 Rules to live by</a>... from the zenhabits blog I follow. Hope these will be inspirational for you too.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="userContent">And also this "Nourishing habits" designed from Jessica Swift. You can find a <a href="http://www.jessicaswift.com/_blog/treasuring" target="_blank">free copy to print</a> also and to fill with your 2013 habits ;-)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="userContent">*** Wishing all a * 2 0 1 3 * full of aspirations and successful projects ***</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Aquí estamos,</span> <span class="hps">ahora</span> <span class="hps">ya</span> <span class="hps">en el año 2013</span>, enviando los<span class="hps"> mejores deseos a</span> <span class="hps">todos los familiares y</span> <span class="hps">amigos en todo el</span> <span class="hps">mundo para que</span> <span class="hps">nos tengan</span> <span class="hps">presentes en</span> <span class="hps">sus casas y en</span> <span class="hps">sus corazones.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"></span><br /><span class="hps">Siento</span> <span class="hps">que el 2013</span> <span class="hps">nos va a</span> <span class="hps">traer</span> <span class="hps">cosas buenas,</span> <span class="hps">sin embargo, es</span> <span class="hps">la actitud</span> <span class="hps">que tenemos</span> <span class="hps">frente a la vida</span> <span class="hps">lo que nos hace</span> <span class="hps">vivir más sano</span> <span class="hps">o no. Nuestros pensamientos son los que nos guían hacia cosas buenas u otros destinos.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Ayer</span> <span class="hps">creé</span> <span class="hps">un 2013 Planning</span><span class="hps">,</span> <span class="hps">para imprimir</span> <span class="hps">y usar.</span><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="hps">(Si estáis interesados</span><span class="hps"> en</span> el<span class="hps"> PDF</span> <span class="hps">para imprimir,</span> <span class="hps">por favor</span>, enviarme un<span class="hps"> correo electrónico</span>: <span class="hps">urech_gloria@hotmail.com</span><span class="">)</span></span></i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Hoy he encontrado</span> <span class="hps">una lista de <a href="http://zenhabits.net/12rules/" target="_blank">12</a></span><a href="http://zenhabits.net/12rules/" target="_blank"> <span class="hps">reglas para vivir</span></a><span class="hps">... (en inglés)</span> <span class="hps">de</span> <span class="hps">zenhabits, un</span> <span class="hps">blog</span> <span class="hps">que sigo.</span> <span class="hps">Espero que</span> <span class="hps">esto</span> <span class="hps">será fuente de inspiración</span> <span class="hps">para vosotros también.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Y también</span> <span class="hps atn">estos "</span>hábitos" <span class="hps">diseñado</span> por<span class="hps"> Jessica</span> <span class="hps">Swift.</span> (En inglés), podéis encontrar <a href="http://www.jessicaswift.com/img/page%20images/TREASURE%20CHEST%20DOWNLOADS/2013%20intentions_blank_highres.jpg" target="_blank">la plantilla aqui</a> y rellenarla con vuestros hábitos para el 2013.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"></span></span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Hoy es un gran día y aunque el post de hoy no tenga que ver con la cultura inglesa, debo de hacer este homenaje a mi abuelo y extraordinario fotoperiodista, Manuel Urech.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Hoy se presenta en Madrid, en la calle Larra 14, un libro del trabajo de mi abuelo con 200 inéditas fotografias que mi tio Miguel Ángel Urech ha digitalizado del archivo fotográfico de más de 100,000 imágenes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Este libro significa mucho para mí, pues yo soy el origen del mismo. Resulta que el año pasado dejé un mensaje en un <a href="http://www.edicioneslalibreria.es/la-foto-de-la-semana-estanque-del-retiro-1960/" target="_blank">blog de La Librería</a> que publicó una foto de mi abuelo. Ediciones <a href="http://www.temporae.es/" target="_blank">Temporae</a>, se puso en contacto conmigo y me pidió que, a su vez, les pusiera en contacto con mi tio Miguel Ángel, que es el que custodia el archivo fotográfico. Y de ahí, todo se ha ido hilando para crear un calendario 2013 y un precioso libro.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Felicidades a todo el equipo! Bien hecho :-)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Today is</span> <span class="hps">a great day</span> <span class="hps">and although</span> <span class="hps">today's post</span> <span class="hps">has nothing to do</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">the English culture</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">I do</span> <span class="hps">this tribute to</span> <span class="hps">my grandfather</span> <span class="hps">and extraordinary</span> <span class="hps">photojournalist</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">Manuel</span> <span class="hps">Urech.</span><span></span><br /><br /><span class="hps">A book of my </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">grandfather's</span> <span class="hps">work</span> <span class="hps">with 200</span> <span class="hps">unpublished</span> <span class="hps">photographs</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">my uncle</span> <span class="hps">Miguel</span> <span class="hps">Angel</span> <span class="hps">Miguel Urech</span></span></span></span></span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">has digitized</span> from <span class="hps">the photographic archive</span> <span class="hps">of over 100,000</span> <span class="hps">images</span><span>, </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"></span></span></span></span>will be presented today</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">Madrid at 13h</span><span>, on Calle</span> <span class="hps">Larra</span> <span class="hps">14, 28004.</span><span class="hps"></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span class="hps">This book</span> <span class="hps">means a lot to</span> <span class="hps">me, because I</span> <span class="hps">am the</span> <span class="hps">origin :-)</span> <span class="hps">It turns out that</span> <span class="hps">last year I</span> <span class="hps">left a message on</span> <span class="hps">a <a href="http://www.edicioneslalibreria.es/la-foto-de-la-semana-estanque-del-retiro-1960/" target="_blank">blog</a></span> which <span class="hps">published a photo from</span> <span class="hps">my grandfather</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Then <a href="http://www.temporae.es/madrid-a-pie-de-calle/" target="_blank">Temporae</a></span> publisher<span>,</span> <span class="hps">contacted</span> <span class="hps">me</span> <span class="hps">and asked me</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">in turn</span><span>,</span> to put them in<span class="hps"> touch with</span> <span class="hps">my uncle</span> <span class="hps">Miguel</span> <span class="hps">Angel, who</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">the guardian of the</span> <span class="hps">photographic archive</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">And from there</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">everything went</span> <span class="hps">spinning</span> <span class="hps">to create</span> <span class="hps">a calendar</span> <span class="hps">2013 and</span> <span class="hps">a beautiful</span> <span class="hps">book.</span><br /><br /><span class="hps">Congratulations</span> <span class="hps">to the whole team</span><span>!</span> <span class="hps">Well done</span> <span class="hps">:-)</span></span></span></span><br />Gloria Urechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06088157526439681758noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670975264905722753.post-6606928519874676172012-11-13T19:32:00.003+00:002012-11-13T19:33:05.719+00:00Happy New Diwali !<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In 2003, I was living in UK and I was invited to a <u>Diwali festival</u>. I will remember it with a warm heart because was an extraordinary experience in my life, even if I am not practice Hinduism myself. People get on together to celebrate, pray and eat (the food was delicious!). Also offer food to the <i>Lakshmí</i> deity who is the main figure of this festival.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Since this occasion, I really respect this time and it means something to me too.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tonight we are celebrating "my diwali" at home and the feeling is great!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><b><span class="hps">Diwali</span></b> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">a religious festival</span> <span class="hps">known as</span> <span class="hps atn">the "</span><span>festival</span> <span class="hps">of lights"</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">celebrating</span> <span class="hps">members</span> <span class="hps">of various religions</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">India</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">such as Hinduism</span><span>, Sikhism</span> <span class="hps">and Jainism</span><span>.</span><br /><br /><span class="hps">During</span> <span class="hps">Diwali</span><span class="">, held</span> <span class="hps">once a year</span><span>, people</span> <span class="hps">debuts</span> <span class="hps">new clothes</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">share sweets and</span> <span class="hps">explodes</span> <span class="hps">firecrackers</span> <span class="hps">and fireworks</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">It is</span> <span class="hps">the turn of the</span> <span class="hps">Hindu year</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">and one of the</span> <span class="hps">most significant</span> <span class="hps">and joyous</span> <span class="hps">nights</span> <span class="hps">of the year.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">The</span> <span class="hps">presiding</span> <span class="hps">deity</span> <span class="hps">this festival is</span> <span class="hps"><i>Lakshmi</i>,</span> <span class="hps">the consort of Lord</span> <span class="hps">Vishnu</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">She</span> <span class="hps">is the award</span> <span class="hps">of prosperity and</span> <span class="hps">wealth.</span> <span class="hps">Also</span> <span class="hps">venerate</span> <span class="hps">the god</span> <i><span class="hps">Ganesha</span></i> <span class="hps">and Goddess</span> <i><span class="hps">Kali</span></i><span class="">.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mRWcKES1TUU/UKKcjXux5EI/AAAAAAAAA8M/srlhSz-fEtY/s1600/425px-Ravi_Varma-Lakshmi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mRWcKES1TUU/UKKcjXux5EI/AAAAAAAAA8M/srlhSz-fEtY/s320/425px-Ravi_Varma-Lakshmi.jpg" width="226" /></a><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class=""><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">The</span> <span class="hps">festival takes place</span> <span class="hps">between</span> <span class="hps">October 21st and</span> <span class="hps">November 18th</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">can last four</span> <span class="hps">or five</span> <span class="hps">days.</span> <span class="hps">It commemorates the</span> <span class="hps">death of the</span> <span class="hps">demon</span> <i><span class="hps">Narakasura</span></i> <span class="hps">at the hands</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <i><span class="hps">Krishna</span></i> <span class="hps">and the release</span> <span class="hps">of sixteen thousand</span> <span class="hps">maidens</span> <span class="hps">he</span> <span class="hps">had</span> <span class="hps">imprisoned</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Also welcomes</span> <span class="hps">the return</span> <span class="hps">to the city</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">Prince Rama</span> <span class="hps">of <u>Ayodhya</u></span> <span class="hps">after his victory over</span> <span class="hps"><i>Ravana</i>,</span> <span class="hps">the demon king</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">According to legend</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">the inhabitants of</span> <span class="hps">the city</span> <span class="hps">filled</span> <span class="hps">the walls</span> <span class="hps">and roofs</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">lamps</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <i><span class="hps">Rāma</span></i> <span class="hps">could</span> <span class="hps">easily find your way</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Thus</span> <span class="hps">began</span> <span class="hps">the tradition of lighting</span> <span class="hps">a multitude of</span> <span class="hps">lights at night</span><span>.</span><br /><br /><span class="hps">The houses</span> <span class="hps">are cleaned</span> <span class="hps">and decorated with</span> <span class="hps">special</span> <span class="hps">various reasons</span> <span class="hps">and oil lamps</span> <span class="hps">or</span> <span class="hps">candles that are lit</span> <span class="hps">at sunset</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">It is</span> <span class="hps">usual</span> <span class="hps">to hold a</span> <span class="hps">meal of</span> <span class="hps">savory</span> <span class="hps">and sweet</span> <span class="hps">dishes</span><span class="">, giving gifts</span> <span class="hps">to people nearby</span> <span class="hps">and family</span><span>, fireworks</span> <span class="hps">and games.</span> <span class="hps">It is time</span> <span class="hps">to renew</span> <span class="hps">the books</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">do</span> <span class="hps">general cleaning</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">replace some</span> <span class="hps">household items and</span> <span class="hps">paint and decorate</span> <span class="hps">for the coming year</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Traditionally,</span> <span class="hps">the goddess</span> <span class="hps">favor</span> <span class="hps">specially</span> <span class="hps">who are</span> <span class="hps">reconciled to</span> <span class="hps">their enemies</span><span class="">.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class=""><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">We recommend installing</span> <span class="hps">an altar</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">a special place</span> <span class="hps">where</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">house</span> <span class="hps">of Lakshmi</span> <span class="hps">present</span> <span class="hps">an image</span> <span class="hps">which</span> <span class="hps">will be offered</span> <span class="hps">flowers</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">incense</span> <span class="hps">and coins</span> <span class="hps">while repeating</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">mantra</span><span>:</span><br /><br /> <i><span class="hps">Sri Maha</span><span class="atn">-</span><span>om</span> <span class="hps">namah</span> <span class="hps">Lakṣmīyai</span></i><br /> <span>Om</span><span>!</span> <span class="hps">A</span> <span class="hps">Great</span> <span class="hps">Lady</span><span class="atn">-</span><span>Fortune</span> <span class="hps">give</span> <span class="hps">obeisances</span><span>.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class=""><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">At nightfall</span> <span class="hps">open</span> <span class="hps">all windows and</span> <span class="hps">doors of houses</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">in each of</span> <span class="hps">them</span> <span class="hps">is made</span> <span class="hps">an offer of</span> <span class="hps">light with</span> <span class="hps">an oil lamp</span> <span class="hps">or candle</span><span>, repeating</span> <span class="hps">the same</span> <span class="hps">mantra</span><span>, that</span> <span class="hps">Lakshmi</span> <span class="hps">among</span> <span class="hps">the rest of the</span> <span class="hps">year.</span> <span class="hps">Also</span> <span class="hps">throw</span> <span class="hps">paper boats</span> <span class="hps">or</span> <span class="hps">lamps</span> <span class="hps">lighted</span> <span class="hps">the sacred rivers</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">the farther</span> <span class="hps">they go,</span> <span class="hps">the greater the</span> <span class="hps">happiness</span> <span class="hps">in the coming year</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">some designs</span> <span class="hps">are developed</span> <span class="hps">called</span> <i><span class="hps">Manora</span></i><span>, which are some</span> <span class="hps">drawings on</span> <span class="hps">the walls</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">are decorated</span> <span class="hps">for</span> <span class="hps">the festival</span> <span class="hps">.</span> <span class="hps">A</span> <span class="hps">sunrise</span> <span class="hps">ritual</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">washing the head</span><span>, which</span> <span class="hps">has</span> <span class="hps">the same merit as</span> <span class="hps">bathing</span> <span class="hps">in the sacred</span> <span class="hps">Ganges</span> <span class="hps">River</span><span class="">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class=""><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class=""><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">The symbolism</span> <span class="hps">of the festival</span> <span class="hps">is to</span> <span class="hps">man's need</span> <span class="hps">to move towards</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">light of truth</span> <span class="hps">from ignorance</span> <span class="hps">and unhappiness</span><span>,</span><span class="hps"> obtaining</span> <span class="hps">the victory</span> <span class="hps">of <i>Dharma</i></span> <span class="hps">(virtue</span><span>)</span> <span class="hps">over</span> <i><span class="hps">adharma</span></i> <span class="hps atn">(</span><span class="">lack of virtue</span><span>)</span><span class="">.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class=""><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class=""><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">En 2003</span><span class="">, yo estaba viviendo</span> <span class="hps">en el Reino Unido</span> <span class="hps">y me invitaron</span> <span class="hps">a un festival de</span> <span class="hps">Diwali.</span> <span class="hps">Lo recordaré</span> siempre <span class="hps">con un corazón cálido</span> <span class="hps">porque</span> <span class="hps">fue una experiencia maravillosa en mi vida</span><span>, incluso</span> <span class="hps">si no practico</span> <span class="hps">el hinduismo</span><span class="hps">.</span> <span class="hps">Las personas se reúnen</span> <span class="hps">para celebrar,</span> <span class="hps">orar</span> <span class="hps atn">y comer (</span><span class="">la comida estaba deliciosa</span><span>!)</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">También</span> se ofrece<span class="hps"> comida</span> <span class="hps">a la diosa</span> <u><span class="hps">Lakshmi</span></u><span>, que</span> <span class="hps">es la figura</span> <span class="hps">principal de este</span> <span class="hps">festival.</span><br /><br /><span class="hps">Desde</span> <span class="hps">esa ocasión</span><span>, realmente</span> respeto<span class="hps"> este festival</span><span class="hps"> y</span> <span class="hps">significa algo para</span> <span class="hps">mí también.</span><span class="hps"> Esta noche</span> <span class="hps">estamos celebrando</span> <span class="hps">"mi</span> <span class="hps">diwali</span><span>" en casa y</span> <span class="hps">la sensación</span> <span class="hps">es genial!</span><br /><br /><span class="hps">Aquí hay os dejo un</span> <span class="hps">poco de la historia</span> <span class="hps">que encontré online</span><span>, por si</span> <span class="hps">tenéis curiosidad por</span> <span class="hps">saber más.</span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>Diwali</b> es una fiesta religiosa conocida también como el «festival de las
luces», que celebran miembros de varias religiones en India, como el hinduismo, el sijismo y el jainismo.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Durante el Diwali, celebrado una vez al año, la gente estrena nuevas
ropas, comparte dulces y hace explotar petardos y fuegos artificiales.
Es la entrada del nuevo año hindú, y una de las noches más
significativas y alegres del año.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">La divinidad que preside esta festividad es <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshm%C4%AB" title="Lakshmī">Lakshmí</a>, consorte del dios <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishn%C3%BA" title="Vishnú">Vishnú</a>. Ella es quien otorga la prosperidad y la riqueza. También se veneran al dios <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesha" title="Ganesha">Ganesha</a> y a la diosa <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali" title="Kali">Kali</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">La fiesta tiene lugar entre el 21 de octubre y el 18 de noviembre, y puede durar cuatro o cinco días. Conmemora la muerte del demonio Narakasura a manos de Krishna y la liberación de dieciséis mil doncellas que éste tenía prisioneras. Celebra también el regreso a la ciudad de <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayodhya" title="Ayodhya">Ayodhyā</a> del príncipe Rāma tras su victoria sobre Rāvaṇa,
rey de los demonios. Según la leyenda, los habitantes de la ciudad
llenaron las murallas y los tejados con lámparas para que Rāma pudiera
encontrar fácilmente el camino. De ahí comenzó la tradición de encender
multitud de luces durante la noche.</span></span><br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qORJhvBiFPY/UKKfqK_FDAI/AAAAAAAAA9A/PbLr45Rrv3o/s1600/large_diwali1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qORJhvBiFPY/UKKfqK_FDAI/AAAAAAAAA9A/PbLr45Rrv3o/s320/large_diwali1.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Las casas se limpian de forma especial y se adornan con diversos
motivos y lámparas de aceite o velas que se encienden al atardecer. Es
usual celebrar una comida compuesta de sabrosos platos y dulces, hacer
regalos a las personas cercanas y familiares, los fuegos artificiales y
los juegos. Es el momento para renovar los libros de cuentas, hacer
limpieza general, reemplazar algunos enseres del hogar y pintarlo y
decorarlo para el año entrante. Es tradición que la diosa favorecerá de
forma especial a quienes se reconcilien con sus enemigos.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Se aconseja instalar un altar en un lugar preferente de las casas
donde este presente una imagen de Lakshmí a la que se le ofrecerán
flores, incienso y monedas mientras se repite el <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantra" title="Mantra">mantra</a>:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">oṃ Śrī <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahalakshmi" title="Mahalakshmi">Mahā-Lakṣmīyai</a> namah<i><br /></i> ¡<a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Om" title="Om">Om</a>! A la Señora Gran-Fortuna le doy reverencias.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Al anochecer se abren todas las ventanas y puertas de las casas y en
cada una de ellas se realiza un ofrecimiento de luz con una lámpara de
aceite o una vela, repitiendo el mismo mantra, para que <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshm%C3%AD" title="Lakshmí">Lakshmí</a>
entre para el resto del año. También se lanzan barcos de papel o
lamparillas encendidas a los ríos sagrados, cuanto más lejos vayan,
mayor será la felicidad en el año venidero y se elaboran unos diseños
llamados <i>manorā</i>, que son unos dibujos hechos en las paredes y que
se adornan durante el festival. A la salida del sol es de ritual
lavarse la cabeza, lo que tiene el mismo mérito que bañarse en el
sagrado río el Ganges.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">El simbolismo de la fiesta consiste en la necesidad del hombre de
avanzar hacia la luz de la Verdad desde la ignorancia y la infelicidad,
es decir, obtener la victoria del <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma" title="Dharma">dharma</a> (la virtud) sobre <a class="new" href="http://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adharma&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Adharma (aún no redactado)">adharma</a> (falta de virtud).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">I want to share something precious today because tomorrow will be two years since I landed in UK for my second time... </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Just opposite the house we live now, there used to be a great Knitting Company. The factory started in 1926 and it was supplying local shops in North Hertfordshire. Then gradually became a good trader to Lillywhites, Harrods and Mark & Spencer. I think they close down for various reasons last year...such a pity!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">In this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CdBP0B5qzGE#!" target="_blank">video</a>, it is explain how they used to work manually and mechanically. A great jump into time and arts & crafts as it used to be. There is also a <a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.182936888398063.43098.180232098668542" target="_blank">facebook page</a> with some photos from inside the factory. Love it!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">And another data, before the factory, it used to be a day nursery (i just found a photo)! WOW!! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Hoy quiero compartir</span> <span class="hps">algo precioso</span><span class="hps"> porque mañana hará dos años desde que aterricé en UK por segunda vez...</span><br /><br /><span class="hps">Justo enfrente de la</span> <span class="hps">casa en la que vivimos</span> <span class="hps">ahora,</span> <span class="hps">solía haber</span> <span class="hps">una</span> <span class="hps">gran empresa</span> <span class="hps">que hacía punto</span>. <span class="hps">La fábrica</span> <span class="hps">comenzó en</span> <span class="hps">1926 y</span><span class="hps"> abastecía</span> <span class="hps">las tiendas locales</span> <span class="hps">en el Norte de</span> <span class="hps">Hertfordshire.</span> <span class="hps">Luego, gradualmente</span> <span class="hps">se convirtió en un</span> <span class="hps">buen comercio y distribuidor par</span><span class="hps">a</span> empresas como <span class="hps">Lillywhites</span>, <span class="hps">Harrods y</span> <span class="hps">Mark &</span> <span class="hps">Spencer.</span> <span class="hps">Creo que</span> <span class="hps">cerraron</span> <span class="hps">por diversos motivos</span> <span class="hps">el año pasado ...</span> <span class="hps">una pena</span>!<br /><br /><span class="hps"> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6bkETCqH6go/UJ6ZYG124HI/AAAAAAAAA7c/zqjYYomPG44/s1600/DSC_0023s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6bkETCqH6go/UJ6ZYG124HI/AAAAAAAAA7c/zqjYYomPG44/s400/DSC_0023s.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">En este</span> <span class="hps"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CdBP0B5qzGE#!" target="_blank">vídeo</a> (en inglés), se</span> <span class="hps">explica</span> <span class="hps">la forma en la que</span> <span class="hps">se solía trabajar</span> <span class="hps">de forma manual y</span> <span class="hps">mecánica.</span> <span class="hps">Un</span> <span class="hps">gran salto</span> <span class="hps">en el tiempo</span> <span class="hps">y en la forma artesanal</span>, como <span class="hps">solía ser.</span> <span class="hps">También hay</span> <span class="hps">una <a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.182936888398063.43098.180232098668542" target="_blank">página de</a></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.182936888398063.43098.180232098668542" target="_blank"> <span class="hps">facebook</span></a> <span class="hps">con algunas fotos</span> <span class="hps">del interior de la</span> <span class="hps">fábrica.</span> <span class="hps">¡Me encanta!</span><br /><br /><span class="hps"> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Y</span> <span class="hps">otro dato</span>, antes de <span class="hps">la fábrica,</span> había<span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">una guardería</span> <span class="hps atn">(a</span>cabo de encontrar <span class="hps">una foto - en el medio). WOW!</span><span class=""></span> <span class=""></span></span></span></span>Gloria Urechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06088157526439681758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670975264905722753.post-90127230019564498242012-10-29T12:16:00.002+00:002012-10-29T12:17:11.797+00:00The art of Preserving<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With the glimpses of Autumn and the produce of our allotment, this weekend I felt inspiring by a book that Mark bought me recently: "The complete book of Preserving". Has lots of ideas and recipes, so far the best I could find around.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, with some of delicious home grown tomatoes and the rest of the ingredients I managed to produce my first lovely and yammmy tomato chutney! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here it is the recipe for you to try. I believe, the taste will be slightly different from home grown tomatoes, so try to find a good variety in the supermarket or your local vegetable shop to do not dismiss the beauty of it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For those who don´t know what is <b>"chutney"</b> as I did not myself neither... Chutney is a condiment made with a mixture of fruits and/or vegetables which are preserved by the addition of vinegar, salt and spices. Although they are now a popular and accepted preserve all over the world they actually originated in India - the name being derived from the Hindu word <i>chatni.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chutneys are very versatile: almost any combination of fruit or vegetable can be made into this delicious condiment. Long slow cooking, plenty of vinegar, sugar and spices, are all that is needed for one of the easiest ways of preserving fruit and vegetables.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Another tip: you need to sterilize the glass containers before putting any preserve in it or you will ruin the mix and will not last. Normally I boil them in a big pan for around 15 minutes and then I fill them with the mixture, close it with the tap and turn them upside down for 10 minutes, so the containers seal well. Later place them in a dry, dark space such a cupboard or in a pantry.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Enjoy the art of Preserving!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Con los</span> <span class="hps">destellos del</span> <span class="hps">Otoño</span> <span class="hps">y los productos de</span> <span class="hps">nuestra</span> huerta<span class="hps">,</span> <span class="hps">este fin de semana</span> <span class="hps">me sentí</span> <span class="hps">inspirada</span> por <span class="hps">un libro que</span> <span class="hps">Mark me</span> <span class="hps">compró</span> <span class="hps">hace poco</span><span>: "El</span> <span class="hps">libro completo</span> <span class="hps">de</span> <span class="hps">las Conservas</span><span>".</span> Tiene <span class="hps">un montón de ideas</span> <span class="hps">y recetas</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">lo mejor que he podido encontrar hasta ahora</span><span class="hps">.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Así que, con</span> <span class="hps">un poco</span> <span class="hps">de</span> ricos<span class="hps"> tomates</span> <span class="hps">cultivados</span> <span class="hps">en nuestra huerta</span> <span class="hps">y el resto de</span> <span class="hps">los ingredientes logré</span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">producir mi</span> <span class="hps">primera</span> <span class="hps">chutney de</span> <span class="hps">tomate</span>... <span class="hps">deliciosa y</span> <span class="hps">yammmy</span><span class="">!</span><br /><br />Os adjunto <span class="hps">la receta para</span> <span class="hps">que probéis a hacerla.</span> <span class="hps">Creo que</span> <span class="hps">el sabor</span> <span class="hps">será un poco diferente</span> si<span class="hps"> los tomates</span> <span class="hps">son de cosecha propia</span><span>, así que tratar </span><span class="hps">de encontrar una</span> <span class="hps">buena variedad</span> <span class="hps">en</span> <span class="hps">el supermercado o en</span> <span class="hps">una tienda</span> <span class="hps">de verduras</span> <span class="hps">locales</span>, para no arruinar<span class="hps"> su</span> <span class="hps">belleza.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Chutney de Tomate Rojos:</span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">1.75kg de tomates maduros, pelados y troceados</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">450gr manzanas de postre, peladas y troceadas sin pepitas</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">450gr de cebollas, peladas y troceadas</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">350gr de sultanas</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">350gr pasas</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">1 </span></span></span></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">cucharadita</span> <span class="hps">de mostaza en polvo</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">2 cucharadita de pimienta de jamaica molida</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">1 </span></span></span></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">cucharada de</span> <span class="hps">sal</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">1 </span></span></span></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">cucharada de</span> <span class="hps">pimienta de cayena</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">675gr </span></span></span></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">azúcar morena suave</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">900ml </span></span></span></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">vinagre de</span> <span class="hps">malta</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Colocar todos</span> <span class="hps">los ingredientes en</span> <span class="hps">una cacerola</span><span class="hps"> y</span> <span class="hps">llevar a ebullición</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">Bajar el fuego</span> <span class="hps">y</span> <span class="hps">cocinar a fuego lento</span><span class="">, removiendo de vez en cuando</span><span class="">, hasta que el</span> <span class="hps">chutney</span> <span class="hps">se espese.</span> Emb<span class="hps">otellar,</span> <span class="hps">sellar</span> <span class="hps">y etiquetar.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">(en la foto del libro viene tmabién la receta para la chutney de tomates verdes, en inglés). </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Para áquellos</span> <span class="hps">que no saben</span> <span class="hps atn">lo que es <b>"</b></span><b><span>chutney</span><span>"</span></b><span>, ya que yo tampoco lo sabía</span><span class="hps">...</span> <span class="hps">Chutney</span> <span class="hps">es un condimento</span> <span class="hps">hecho con</span> <span class="hps">una mezcla de frutas</span> <span class="hps">y/ o verduras</span> <span class="hps">que se conservan</span> <span class="hps">mediante la adición de</span> <span class="hps">vinagre</span><span>, sal y especias</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Aunque</span> <span class="hps">ahora</span> <span class="hps">son más populares, </span><span class="hps">se originó</span> <span class="hps">en la India -</span> <span class="hps">el nombre que se</span> <span class="hps">deriva de la palabra</span> <span class="hps">hindú</span> <i><span class="hps">chatni</span></i><span class="">.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Los chutneys</span> <span class="hps">son muy versátiles</span><span>: casi</span> <span class="hps">cualquier combinación de</span> <span class="hps">fruta</span> <span class="hps">o verdura</span> <span class="hps">se puede hacer en</span> <span class="hps">este delicioso condimento</span><span class="hps">.</span> <span class="hps">Con una larga </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">y lenta</span></span></span></span> cocción</span><span>, un montón de</span> <span class="hps">vinagre</span><span>, azúcar</span> <span class="hps">y especias,</span> <span class="hps">son todo lo que</span> <span class="hps">se necesita</span> <span class="hps">para una de las</span> <span class="hps">maneras más fáciles de</span> <span class="hps">conservar</span> <span class="hps">frutas</span> <span class="hps">y verduras.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class=""><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Otro consejo</span><span>: Hay que</span> <span class="hps">esterilizar los</span> <span class="hps">envases de vidrio</span> <span class="hps">antes de llenarlos </span><span class="hps">porque</span> <span class="hps">arruinará</span> <span class="hps">la mezcla y</span> <span class="hps">no</span> <span class="hps">va durará.</span> <span class="hps">Normalmente</span> se esterilizan <span class="hps">en una olla</span> <span class="hps">grande</span> <span class="hps">durante unos 15 minutos</span> <span class="hps">y luego</span> se rellenan <span class="hps">con la mezcla,</span> <span class="hps">cerrar</span> <span class="hps">con</span> <span class="hps">la tapa</span> <span class="hps">y ponerlos boca abajo</span> <span class="hps">durante 10 minutos,</span> para que se selle bien el envase<span>.</span> <span class="hps">Más tarde,</span> <span class="hps">colocarlos en</span> <span class="hps">un lugar seco</span> <span class="hps">y oscuro</span> <span class="hps">tal</span> como <span class="hps">un armario o</span> <span class="hps">en una despensa</span><span class="">.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Today I am inspired by this image and</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the <a href="http://www.designooze.com/2012/10/7/a-little-splash-of-color-to-brighten-up-your-day" target="_blank">website</a> where I found it :-) Happy to share.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Because they are following me in twitter !</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">would you join me too?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/GukuukiStudio" target="_blank">@gukuukistudio</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">¿Necesita</span>s <span class="hps">un impulso de</span> <span class="hps">COLOR</span><span>?</span></span><br /><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Hoy me</span> <span class="hps">siento inspirada por</span> <span class="hps">esta imagen y</span></span><br /><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">la <a href="http://www.designooze.com/2012/10/7/a-little-splash-of-color-to-brighten-up-your-day" target="_blank">web</a> dónde</span> <span class="hps">la encontré</span> <span class="hps">:-)</span> Me gusta compartir estas cosas<span class="hps">.</span></span><br /><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Lo encontré porque ellos</span> <span class="hps">me siguen</span> <span class="hps">en</span> <span class="hps">twitter!</span></span><br /><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es">quieres unirte <span class="hps">también?</span></span><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/GukuukiStudio" target="_blank"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">@</span><span class="hps">gukuukistudio</span></span></a> </span></span></div>
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<br />Gloria Urechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06088157526439681758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670975264905722753.post-23545217813460453832012-10-10T19:24:00.004+01:002012-10-10T19:25:25.678+01:00The Big Chair project<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">First time I landed in UK I fall in love of the chef Jamie Oliver´s food program and his charismatic personality. I also read his autobiography and follow his moves ever since.</span></span><br />
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that uses the magic of food to give young people a chance to have a
better future. Ten years on, hundreds of apprentices have graduated from
the programme, which trains unemployed youngsters to become
professional chefs. With 2012 marking the 10th anniversary, it was time
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here are some of the chairs that will be on the auction. Good luck!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">La primera vez que</span> <span class="hps">aterricé</span> <span class="hps">en el Reino Unido</span> <span class="hps">me enamoré</span> <span class="hps">del programa de</span> <span class="hps">comida</span> <span class="hps">del chef</span> <span class="hps">Jamie</span> <span class="hps">Oliver y</span> <span class="hps">su</span> <span class="hps">personalidad</span> <span class="hps">carismática.</span> <span class="hps">También leí</span> <span class="hps">su autobiografía y</span> sigo<span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">sus movimientos</span> <span class="hps">desde entonces.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Esta vez</span> <span class="hps">está detrás del proyecto</span> <a href="http://www.jamieoliver.com/thebigchairproject/" target="_blank"><b>La Silla Grande</b></a> <span class="hps">que es la</span><span class="hps"> Fundación</span> <span class="hps">Better</span> <span class="hps">Food</span><span>, y la organización benéfica</span> <span class="hps">fundada por</span> <span class="hps">él mismo.</span> <span class="hps">En 2002</span><span>, Jamie</span> <span class="hps">estableció un grupo de</span> <span class="hps">restaurante</span> <span class="hps">único y pionero</span> <span class="hps">llamado</span> <i>Fifteen</i><span class="hps">,</span> <span class="hps">que utiliza</span> <span class="hps">la magia</span> <span class="hps">de los alimentos para</span> <span class="hps">dar a los jóvenes</span> <span class="hps">la oportunidad de tener</span> <span class="hps">un futuro mejor.</span> <span class="hps">Diez años después,</span> <span class="hps">cientos de</span> <span class="hps">aprendices</span> <span class="hps">se han graduado del</span> <span class="hps">programa</span><span>, que forma a</span> <span class="hps">jóvenes desempleados</span> <span class="hps">para convertirse en</span> <span class="hps">chefs</span> <span class="hps">profesionales.</span> <span class="hps">Con 2012</span> <span class="hps">marca el</span> <span class="hps">10º aniversario,</span> y<span class="hps"> era hora de</span> <span class="hps">hacer algo un</span> <span class="hps">poco</span> <span class="hps">festivo</span> <span class="hps">para recaudar</span> <span class="hps">los fondos tan necesarios</span> <span class="hps">para los próximos 10</span> <span class="hps">años.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">However, being always inspired cultures, all cultures and specially the Japanese one, it is hard not to mention some of the beauties and artists that this Eastern culture holds.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Today, a sample of beauty, art and tradition, reunite in the art work of <a href="http://www.motoi.biz/english/e_top/e_top.html" target="_blank">Motoi Yamamoto</a>.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I would like to share the video I just watched entitled: <a href="http://vimeo.com/42177795#" target="_blank">"Returned to the Sea"</a> .</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You can delight yourself through his website as well, if your curiosity wants to trace other areas of Yamamoto´s amazing work.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="ja"><span class="">私は</span><span class="">イギリスの文化</span><span>、イベント、</span><span>風習</span><span>など</span><span>について書きたいと</span><span>このブログを始め</span><span>..</span><br /><span class="">しかし、常に</span><span class="">文化、</span><span>すべての文化</span><span>が、特別に</span><span>日本の</span><span>ものを</span><span>触発されて</span><span>、</span><span>それが</span><span>この</span><span class="">東洋文化</span><span class="">が保持している</span><span>美しさ</span><span>や芸術家</span><span>のいくつかを</span><span>言及しないように</span><span>一生懸命</span><span>です。</span><br /><br /><span class="">今日では、</span><span>美しさ、</span><span class="">芸術</span><span>と伝統の</span><span>サンプルは</span><span>、</span><span>元井</span><span>山本</span><span>の</span><span>芸術作品</span><span>で</span><span>再会する</span><span>。</span><br /><span class="atn">"</span><span class="">海に戻さ</span><span>":私</span><span class="">は私がちょうど</span><span>見</span><span>題する</span><span>ビデオ</span><span>を共有したいと思います。</span><br /><span class="">あなたの好奇心</span><span>は、</span><span>山本さんの</span><span>素晴らしい作品</span><span>の他の領域</span><span>をトレース</span><span>したい</span><span>場合は</span><span>、</span><span class="">同様に</span><span class="">彼のウェブサイト</span><span>を介して自分自身を</span><span>喜ばせる</span><span>ことができます。</span><br /><br /><span class="">それをお楽しみください!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Empecé este</span> <span class="hps">blog para escribir</span> <span class="hps">sobre la cultura Británica</span><span>, los acontecimientos</span><span class="">, las costumbres,</span> <span class="hps">etc</span> <span class="hps">..</span>.<br /> <span class="hps">Sin embargo,</span> <span class="hps">siempre</span> me han inspirado las <span class="hps">culturas,</span> <span class="hps">todas las culturas</span><span>, y</span> <span class="hps">especialmente</span> <span class="hps">la Japonesa,</span> <span class="hps">asi que es difícil</span> <span class="hps">no hablar de</span> <span class="hps">algunas de las bellezas</span> <span class="hps">y artistas que</span> <span class="hps">esta</span> <span class="hps">cultura oriental</span> <span class="hps">posee.</span><br /><br /> <span class="hps">Hoy encontré</span><span>, una muestra</span> <span class="hps">de la belleza,</span> <span class="hps">el arte y la</span> <span class="hps">tradición</span><span>, reunidas en</span> <span class="hps">la obra de arte</span> <span class="hps">de</span> <a href="http://www.motoi.biz/english/e_top/e_top.html" target="_blank"><span class="hps">Motoi</span> </a><span class="hps"><a href="http://www.motoi.biz/english/e_top/e_top.html" target="_blank">Yamamoto</a>.</span><br /> <span class="hps">Me gustaría</span> <span class="hps">compartir el video</span> <span class="hps">que acabo de ver</span> con <span class="hps">el título:</span> <a href="http://vimeo.com/42177795#" target="_blank"><span class="hps">"Volviendo a</span> <span class="hps">la</span> </a><span class="hps"><a href="http://vimeo.com/42177795#" target="_blank">Mar"</a>.</span><br /> Podéis <span class="hps">deleitaros</span> <span class="hps">a través de su</span> <span class="hps">sitio web, para deleitaros con </span><span>vuestra</span> <span class="hps">curiosidad</span> y admirar <span class="hps">otras áreas de increíble trabajo</span> <span class="hps">de Yamamoto.</span><br /><br /> <span class="hps">Que lo disfrutéis</span><span class="">!</span></span></span></span><br />
Gloria Urechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06088157526439681758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670975264905722753.post-38638692553752806472012-09-18T14:36:00.000+01:002012-09-18T14:46:45.080+01:00A feast of Colour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Some weeks ago <a href="http://www.incolourconsultancy.com/blog/" target="_blank">Bernay Laity</a>, a colour consultant, write to me because she found my work and she wanted to feature it in the Home Heart magazine. And today <a href="http://hearthomemag.co.uk/blog/gloria-urech-textiles-a-feast-of-colour/" target="_blank">"A feast of Colour"</a> has been published :-) I am so happy! And I believe that this event will help to promote Gukuuki and find good work opportunities.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Hace algunas semanas</span> <span class="hps"><a href="http://www.incolourconsultancy.com/blog/" target="_blank">Bernay Laity</a>,</span> <span class="hps">una</span> <span class="hps">consultora de color</span>, me escribió porque encontró mi trabajo y quería escribir sobre ello en la revista de Home Heart magazine. <span class="hps">Y hoy,</span> <a href="http://hearthomemag.co.uk/blog/gloria-urech-textiles-a-feast-of-colour/" target="_blank"><span class="hps">"Una fiesta</span> <span class="hps">de</span> <span class="hps">color"</span></a> <span class="hps">ha sido publicado</span> <span class="hps">:-)</span> <span class="hps">Estoy muy</span> <span class="hps">feliz!</span> <span class="hps">Y creo</span> <span class="hps">que este evento</span> <span class="hps">ayudará a promover</span> <span class="hps">Gukuuki</span><span class=""> y encontrar buenas oportunidades de trabajo.</span></span></span></span> </span></span><br />
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<br />Gloria Urechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06088157526439681758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670975264905722753.post-55781855059437865162012-09-11T10:21:00.004+01:002012-09-11T10:22:03.892+01:00Allotment Annual 2012 Show<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kC3umvzMZlY/UE8CA07xIEI/AAAAAAAAA3E/g_pGRVGKeO4/s1600/DSC_0506.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kC3umvzMZlY/UE8CA07xIEI/AAAAAAAAA3E/g_pGRVGKeO4/s320/DSC_0506.jpg" width="202" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iUhQkGUjwYM/UE8B-ktx0VI/AAAAAAAAA28/NiHUtoyGKTM/s1600/DSC_0504.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iUhQkGUjwYM/UE8B-ktx0VI/AAAAAAAAA28/NiHUtoyGKTM/s320/DSC_0504.jpg" width="212" /></a><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This weekend has been really frantic and full of events. One that I want to share here is the prize that we won at the Allotment Annual 2012 Show where we entered four categories and we were reward with some prizes, an engraved shield and some money. We were so happy and rewarded after all the hard work that we had put in our almost first year allotment. Here are some memories of the event. Enjoy them :-)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Este fin de semana</span> <span class="hps">ha sido de locura</span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">y lleno de</span> <span class="hps">acontecimientos.</span> <span class="hps">Uno que</span> <span class="hps">quiero compartir</span> <span class="hps">aquí</span> <span class="hps">es el premio que</span> <span class="hps">ganamos en</span> <span class="hps">la Muestra Anual de la Asociación del cultivo</span><span class="hps"></span>, <span class="hps">dónde</span> participamos<span class="hps"> en</span> <span class="hps">cuatro categorías</span> <span class="hps">y nos</span> <span class="hps">recompensaron</span> <span class="hps">con</span> unos<span class="hps"> premios</span><span>, un</span> <span class="hps">escudo</span> <span class="hps">grabado</span> <span class="hps">y algo de dinero</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Estábamos tan</span> <span class="hps">felices y</span> fue una bonita recompensa <span class="hps">después de todo</span> <span class="hps">el duro trabajo que</span> hemos<span class="hps"> puesto</span> con nuestro huerto en el casi primer año. <span class="hps">Estas son algunas de</span> <span class="hps">las fotos del evento</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Disfrutarlos</span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">:-)</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Have you realised that it is "raining doodles"? Everywhere you go they is a doodle print, even in Fashion walks as <a href="http://www.highheelconfidential.com/lakme-fashion-week-winterfestive-2012-aarti-vijay-gupta/" target="_blank">Aarti Vijay Gupta</a> did for her winter/festive 2012<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A <b><i>doodle</i></b> is an unfocused drawing
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Os habéis dado cuenta</span> <span class="hps atn">de que están "lloviendo</span> <span class="hps">doodles</span>"? <span class="hps">Dondequiera que</span> vas<span class="hps">,</span> hay un "doodle"<span class="hps">,</span> <span class="hps">incluso en</span> pasarelas <span class="hps">de moda</span> <span class="hps">como</span> en la de <a href="http://www.highheelconfidential.com/lakme-fashion-week-winterfestive-2012-aarti-vijay-gupta/" target="_blank"><span class="hps">Aarti</span> <span class="hps">Vijay</span> <span class="hps">Gupta</span></a> <span class="hps">para el</span><span class="hps"> invierno</span> <span class="hps">festivo</span> <span class="hps">de 2012.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Ésto podría</span> <span class="hps">ser una nueva tendencia</span> <span class="hps">importante</span> <span class="hps">para los diseñadores</span> <span class="hps">de impresión</span> <span class="hps">textil.</span> <span class="hps">Revisar vuestros</span> <span class="hps">libros</span> <span class="hps">de notas</span> <span class="hps">y ver</span> <span class="hps">si se puede hacer</span> <span class="hps">un "patrón textil</span><span class="hps"></span><span class="">" de sus dibujos.</span> <span class="hps">Y</span> a <span class="hps">seguir disfrutando del</span> <span class="hps">movimiento</span> doodle<span class="">!</span></span></span></span><br />
<br />Gloria Urechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06088157526439681758noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670975264905722753.post-23579937614277719582012-09-03T15:36:00.001+01:002012-09-03T15:36:39.744+01:00I am a certified Altruist<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bVo4WailQ10/UES-D7q1Z5I/AAAAAAAAA00/sx6SfWuWWvA/s1600/donor_card_sm_red.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bVo4WailQ10/UES-D7q1Z5I/AAAAAAAAA00/sx6SfWuWWvA/s1600/donor_card_sm_red.gif" /></a><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Today I received my "Blood Donor" card (as the one on the left) so I am officially recognized as a <b><i>certified Altruist</i></b>. This made me smile big and feel proud of myself thinking in how many lives I will be able to salve from now on. Just with a bit of determination and with true love. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You can buy it in here: <a href="http://www.trendbookshop.co.uk/African-Textiles-p627.html" target="_blank">Trend book shop</a> or check in your local library. It is extraordinary!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Have a good day x </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Hoy he recibido</span> <span class="hps atn">mi tarjeta de "</span><span class="">Donante de sangre</span><span>"</span><span class="hps"></span><span class="">, así que estoy</span> <span class="hps">oficialmente</span> <span class="hps">reconocida como <b><i>una</i></b></span><b><i> <span class="hps">altruista</span></i></b><span class="hps">.</span> <span class="hps">Me ha encantado la noticia y recibir la tarjeta y me siento muy orgullosa de mi misma, al saber que con mi ayuda podré salvar muchas vidas a partir de ahora. </span><span class="hps">Sólo</span> <span class="hps">con un poco de</span> <span class="hps">determinación y</span> <span class="hps"> amor </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">verdadero</span></span></span></span>.</span><br /><br /> <span class="hps">Para celebrarlo</span><span> y como hace un día precioso, me fui</span> <span class="hps">a comer con</span> <span class="hps">mi novio y</span> <span class="hps">luego a la</span> <span class="hps">biblioteca</span> <span class="hps">local para obtener un</span> <span class="hps">buen libro en</span> <span class="hps">textiles africanos.</span><br /><br /> <span class="hps">Lo puedes comprar</span> <span class="hps">en</span> <span class="hps">esta</span> <span class="hps">tienda</span> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1632107080"><span class="hps">Tendencia</span> </a><span class="hps"><a href="http://www.trendbookshop.co.uk/African-Textiles-p627.html" target="_blank">libro</a> o</span> <span class="hps">consultar</span> <span class="hps">en</span> tu<span class="hps"> biblioteca local.</span> <span class="hps">Es increible</span><span class="hps"></span><span>!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span>Que tengas un buen día x </span></span></span></span>Gloria Urechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06088157526439681758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670975264905722753.post-64420475054126244102012-08-30T12:45:00.001+01:002012-08-30T12:46:05.550+01:00Heatherwick Studio<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After watching the Olympics Opening ceremony 2012 and being stunned by the beauty of the "Collective Torch" called the <a href="http://www.ilikearchitecture.net/2012/07/london-2012-olympic-cauldron-heatherwick-studio/" target="_blank">"Olympic cauldron"</a>, I have wondered who was the mind behind such an extraordinary idea.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is the link that takes you to <a href="http://www.heatherwick.com/" target="_blank">Heatherwick Studio</a> and a video in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KAvRGIb8D9U" target="_blank">Designing the Extraordinary</a>. Both full of inspiration. Enjoy them!</span></span><br />
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Gloria Urechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06088157526439681758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670975264905722753.post-37166564651353863192012-08-29T14:40:00.002+01:002012-08-29T14:41:11.186+01:00Learning to See<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Learning to See</i> as Inge Druckrey teaches us in <a href="http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670615/a-40-minute-crash-course-in-design-thinking" target="_blank">this 38-minute video</a> is one of the most extraordinary gifts a Designer (specially Graphic Designer) can have, with the contrast Black and White, the evolution of a typography or the simplicity of an image. </span><i><a href="http://www.teachingtosee.org/film/TeachingToSee.html" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" target="_blank">Inge Druckrey: Teaching to See</a></i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> remarks on the benefits of an education in art and design. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This video applies to Graphic Designers however, in my experience as a Graphic Print Designer and Photographer, "Learning to See" is a great lesson that can be applied for an observant mind without closing boundaries of any type.</span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="es" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="hps">Espero que puedas disfrutar de la</span> <span class="hps">lección tanto como yo!</span> <span class="hps">Gracias a</span> <span class="hps">mi</span> <span class="hps">prima</span> <span class="hps">Yolanda</span> <span class="hps">que me puso</span> <span class="hps">en el camino correcto</span> <span class="hps">:-)</span></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span>Gloria Urechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06088157526439681758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670975264905722753.post-47787619421062415542012-08-29T12:01:00.000+01:002012-08-29T12:01:41.612+01:00Beautiful Minds<div style="color: #0b5394;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A friend just sent me this video and it truly amazed me the power of the autistic minds which can develop such a "perfect" work of Art. This video is about Stephen Wiltshire from London and his beautiful mind. Here is a <a href="http://www.stephenwiltshire.co.uk/videos/beautiful_minds/Stephen_Wiltshire_Beautiful_Minds.mp4" target="_blank">sample</a> of its Art, to enjoy and share it! x</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Una amiga acaba de enviarme este video y me ha fascinado el poder de algunas mentes autistas las cuales pueden desarrollar una pieza de arte "perfecta". Este video es acerca de Stephen Wiltshire de Londres y su mente maravillosa. Os dejo un </span><a href="http://www.stephenwiltshire.co.uk/videos/beautiful_minds/Stephen_Wiltshire_Beautiful_Minds.mp4" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;" target="_blank">video</a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> sobre su arte, para disfrutar y compartirlo! x</span>Gloria Urechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06088157526439681758noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670975264905722753.post-83433256041204552072012-08-28T10:49:00.002+01:002012-08-28T10:50:13.561+01:00MOYO Magazine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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quite often, she posted this new new online and very special magazine
about <b>Surface Pattern Design</b>! </span></span></span><br />
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interesting information and Jessica has collaborated with them. And free! Thank you! </span></span></span><br />
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Nueva revista online sobre Estampados! Rachel Taylor y Beth Nicolls
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un montón de información interesante. Además, de acceso libre. GRACIAS!</span></span></div>
Gloria Urechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06088157526439681758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670975264905722753.post-54856229355285159482012-08-22T22:43:00.002+01:002012-08-22T22:44:00.706+01:00Arlekina_Print<div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">I have created a new print for <b> TRINA TURK + </b></span><b><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=34145704527" href="http://www.facebook.com/threadless" style="color: #134f5c;">Threadless</a></b><span style="color: #134f5c;">
contest, which is going on this week.</span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Please, if you fancy the print, go to the <a href="http://www.threadless.com/submission/449051/Arlekina" target="_blank">link</a> and score it! THANK YOU :-)</span><br />
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Porfi, ayudarme
con puntos para este estampado que he hecho para el concurso de <b>TRINA TURK +
Threadless</b>. Ir al <a href="http://www.threadless.com/submission/449051/Arlekina" target="_blank">enlace</a> y puntuar. MUCHAS GRACIAS!</div>
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Today, for first time in my life, I donate some blood to save lives. <span class="userContent">I think is something really altruist and full of love.
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<span class="userContent">The story begins when I started my relationship five years ago with Mark, my partner, although I always feel the need to give some because, maybe, one day we might need it too. Mark donates always that he can, because if you are ill or under medication you are not allow. We did talk several times about it when he did it and I felt so proud of him. </span></div>
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<span class="userContent">However, I used to have a great fear about needles or punching my body with needles... Strange, as yesterday when I was cleaning the house, and moving some books, a card of donating blood, felt on the floor and as I picked it, I thought to myself <i>"I think is time for me to give some".</i></span></div>
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<span class="userContent">And this morning, as Mark left to work, he came back and told me that the NHS Blood organization was just 5 minutes away from home. He smiled to me and say, <i>"try it"</i>. </span></div>
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<span class="userContent">I felt grateful in a way but still scare in another so, I decided to do a half and hour meditation and breathing techniques and when I felt ready, I went with no hesitation. I say to myself <i>"Today is the day that you will overcome your big fears with needles"</i>.</span></div>
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<span class="userContent">When I arrived to the place, I saw lots of people and activity which made me feel good. I introduced myself as I beginner donor and assuring that everything was ok, even I asked if they were different size of needles, I will prefer a small one, but they said to me <i>"we have only one size"</i> and I panic for a moment! After filling the </span>Donor Health Check (DHC) questionnaire<span class="userContent">, and while having a pint of water (500ml), I</span> had a confidential discussion with a nurse and I felt a bit emotional, as in March, we lose our baby-to-be, and the discussion brought it back for some minutes.</div>
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We continue with the test as a tiny drop of blood was taken from my fingertip. This allowed them to check my <a href="http://www.blood.co.uk/video-audio-leaflets/information-leaflets/haemoglobin-and-iron/" title="Haemoglobin levels">haemoglobin levels</a> and ensure that giving blood won't make me anaemic. After the results, they said all it is okay, so I am able to donate blood. The quantity to donate is about
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Everybody was treating me very well and smiling and taking real care of me, which made me feel in good hands. Then, the moment of truth came along, I sat in the chair, Theresa pumped my left arm to find a suitable vein and I asked Wendy, the nurse that attended me, to talk to me. She was very good because she was telling me something funny and as I was laughing she put the needle through. I felt the jab although was a matter of seconds and then everything was alright. She gave me a leaflet to read with some exercises to do while I was donating, which I did, and the time went fast.</div>
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After giving the right amount of blood, the took off the big needle and I stay still for some minutes. Later they invited me to drink something (cold drinks) and eat some biscuits. I stay there for some minutes and then came back home, so happy! Not only I donate some blood today in a altruist way, I also overcome my big fears with needles! I feel so grateful and bless. I called Mark and we celebrated with a meal at lunch time in one of our fab-café and he feels so proud of me too.</div>
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And for you, I wanted to share it here as a way of encouragement and happiness.</div>
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If you would like to know more, check your local donor sites. For those in UK, here it is the <a href="http://www.blood.co.uk/" target="_blank">link</a>. Now I need to wait 16 weeks before I donate again :-) because it takes several weeks for all the red cells to be replaced.</div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Drinking plenty of water is making my body feeling so good. I AM HAPPY with myself! Have a nice weekend :-)</span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Hoy, por</span> <span class="hps">primera vez en mi</span> <span class="hps">vida,</span> doné<span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">un poco de sangre</span> <span class="hps">para salvar vidas.</span> <span class="hps">Creo que</span> <span class="hps">es algo</span> <span class="hps">realmente</span> <span class="hps">altruista</span> <span class="hps">y lleno de</span> <span class="hps">amor.</span> <span class="hps">Me siento tan</span> <span class="hps">bendecida.</span><br /><br /> <span class="hps">La historia comienza</span> <span class="hps">cuando empecé</span> <span class="hps">mi relación</span><span class="hps"> </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">hace cinco años </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">con</span> <span class="hps">Mark,</span> <span class="hps">mi compañero y amigo,</span> <span class="hps">aunque yo siempre</span> sentí<span class="hps"> la necesidad de</span> <span class="hps">donar</span> <span class="hps">porque,</span> <span class="hps">tal vez</span><span>, algún día</span> <span class="hps">lo podríamos</span> <span class="hps">necesitar</span> nosotros<span class="hps">.</span> <span class="hps">Mark</span> <span class="hps">dona</span> <span class="hps">siempre</span> <span class="hps">que</span> <span class="hps">puede,</span> <span class="hps">porque si</span><span class="hps"> estás enfermo o</span> <span class="hps">bajo medicación</span> <span class="hps">no te dejan</span><span class="hps">.</span> Hemos hablado <span class="hps">varias veces</span> <span class="hps">sobre el tema</span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">y siempre me he sentido muy</span> <span class="hps">orgullosa de él.</span></span></div>
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="es" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="hps">Seguimos con</span> <span class="hps">la prueba y me tomaron una</span> <span class="hps">pequeña gota de</span> <span class="hps">sangre</span> <span class="hps">de mi</span> <span class="hps">dedo.</span> <span class="hps">Ésto les permitió</span> <span class="hps">comprobar mis</span> <span class="hps">niveles de hemoglobina</span> <span class="hps">y asegurarse de que</span> <span class="hps">la donación de sangre</span> <span class="hps">no me dejara</span> <span class="hps">anémica.</span> <span class="hps">Después de los resultados</span><span>, dijeron</span> <span class="hps">que todo estaba</span><span class="hps"> bien,</span> <span class="hps">así que</span> <u><span class="hps">podía</span> <span class="hps">donar</span> </u><span class="hps"><u>sangre</u>.</span> <span class="hps">La cantidad a</span> <span class="hps">donar</span> <span class="hps">es de aproximadamente</span> <span class="hps">470ml</span> <span class="hps">de sangre -</span> <span class="hps">que</span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">es rápidamente reemplazada</span> <span class="hps">por nuestros cuerpos.</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="hps"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="es" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="hps">Todo el mundo</span> <span class="hps">me trató</span> <span class="hps">muy bien</span> <span class="hps">y me cuidaron</span><span class="hps">, lo cual</span> <span class="hps">me hizo sentir</span> <span class="hps">en buenas manos.</span> <span class="hps">Entonces, el</span> <span class="hps">momento de la verdad</span> <span class="hps">llegó,</span> <span class="hps">me senté</span> <span class="hps">en la silla,</span> <span class="hps">una enfermera Theresa, bombeó mi brazo izquiero para encontrar </span><span class="hps">una vena adecuada</span> <span class="hps">y después</span> <span class="hps">Wendy,</span> otra<span class="hps"> enfermera,</span> <span class="hps">me atendió</span><span class="hps">.</span> <span class="hps">Le pedí que me hablara para distraerme un poco. Ella me dijo</span> <span class="hps">algo que me hizo</span> <span class="hps">reír y</span> mientras me<span class="hps"> reía</span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">, ella aprovechó a ponerme la aguja</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Sentí el</span> <span class="hps">pinchazo</span> <span class="hps">aunque</span> fué<span class="hps"> cuestión de</span> <span class="hps">segundos y luego</span> <span class="hps">todo volvió a la normalidad.</span> Me dieron un<span class="hps"> folleto</span><span class="hps"> con</span> <span class="hps">algunos ejercicios para hacer</span> <span class="hps">mientras</span> <span class="hps">donaba</span><span>, lo que </span><span class="hps">hizo que el tiempo pasar muy rápido.</span><span class="hps"></span><br /><br /> <span class="hps">Después de dar</span> <span class="hps">la cantidad correcta de</span> <span class="hps">sangre, me quitaron todo el atuendo y me dejaron reposar por unos minutos.</span> <span class="hps">Más tarde</span> <span class="hps">me invitaron a tomar</span> <span class="hps atn">algo (</span><span>bebidas frías</span><span>) y comer</span> <span class="hps">algunas</span> <span class="hps">galletas.</span> <span class="hps">Me quedé allí por</span> <span class="hps">algunos</span> <span class="hps">minutos y luego</span> <span class="hps">regresé a casa</span><span>, tan feliz</span><span>!</span> <span class="hps">No sólo</span> fue<span class="hps"> importante donar</span> <span class="hps">un poco de sangre</span> <span class="hps">hoy </span><span class="hps">de una manera</span> <span class="hps">altruista</span><span class="">, también</span> vencí<span class="hps"> mis</span> <span class="hps">miedos</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">con las agujas!</span> <span class="hps">Me siento muy</span> <span class="hps">agradecida</span><span class="hps">.</span> <span class="hps">Luego llamé a Mark</span><span class="hps"> y</span> <span class="hps">lo celebramos</span> <span class="hps">con una comida y me dijo que se</span><span class="hps"> siente</span> <span class="hps">muy orgulloso de</span> <span class="hps">mí.</span><br /><br /> <span class="hps">Así que</span> <span class="hps">quería compartirlo</span> <span class="hps">aquí</span> <span class="hps">como una forma</span> <span class="hps">de estímulo y</span> <span class="hps">felicidad.</span><br /><br /> <span class="hps">Si quieres</span> <span class="hps">saber más,</span> <span class="hps">busca tu centro local de donación y pregunta la información</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Para áquellos</span> <span class="hps">en el Reino Unido</span><span>, aquí está</span> <span class="hps">el <a href="http://www.blood.co.uk/" target="_blank">enlace</a>.</span> <span class="hps">Ahora tengo que</span> <span class="hps">esperar 16</span> <span class="hps">semanas antes de</span> <span class="hps">donar de nuevo</span> <span class="hps">:-)</span> <span class="hps">porque lleva</span> <span class="hps">varias semanas para que</span> <span class="hps">todos</span> <span class="hps">los glóbulos rojos</span> <span class="hps">se sustituyan</span><span>.</span><br /><br /> <span class="hps">Beber mucha</span> <span class="hps">agua es</span> <span class="hps">lo que</span> a <span class="hps">mi</span> <span class="hps">cuerpo</span> le hace sentir<span class="hps"> tan bien.</span> <span class="hps">ESTOY FELIZ conmigo misma!</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="hps"> Feliz fin de semana :-)</span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><i><span class=""> </span></i></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Today,</span> V<span class="hps">intage</span> <span class="hps">clothes</span> <span class="hps">are somewhat</span> <span class="hps">highly coveted</span> <span class="hps">in the UK</span> <span class="hps">and in</span> <span class="hps">alternative</span> <span class="hps">neighborhoods</span> <span class="hps">across the country</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">find a</span> <span class="hps">retro</span> <span class="hps">movement</span> <span class="hps">that recalls</span> <span class="hps">famous</span> <span class="hps">British past</span> <span class="hps">times</span><span>.</span><br /><br /> <span class="hps">The</span> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_859596596"><span class="hps">Grassmarket</span> </a><span class="hps"><a href="http://www.edinburgh.org/about/about-edinburgh/areas/royal-mile-grassmarket" target="_blank">in Edinburgh</a> is</span> <span class="hps">a colorful</span> <span class="hps">and creative</span> <span class="hps">historic</span> <span class="hps">area</span> <span class="hps">of town.</span> <span class="hps">Famous and</span> <span class="hps">adored by his</span> <span class="hps">boutique</span> <span class="hps">vintage,</span> <span class="hps">is the ideal place</span> <span class="hps">to find</span> <span class="hps">hard to find parts</span><span class="">.</span></span></div>
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en día, las prendas vintage son algo muy codiciado en UK y,
en los barrios alternativos de todo el país, encontrarás un movimiento
retro que rememora épocas famosas del pasado británico.</div>
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El <a href="http://www.edinburgh.org/about/about-edinburgh/areas/royal-mile-grassmarket" target="_blank">Grassmarket de Edimburgo</a>
es una pintoresca y creativa zona del casco histórico de la ciudad.
Famoso y adorado por sus boutiques vintage, es el lugar ideal para
hallar piezas difíciles de encontrar.<br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Heading</span> <span class="hps">South, the</span> <span class="hps">magnetism of the</span> <span class="hps">bohemian</span> <a href="http://www.visitmanchester.com/what-to-do/shop/MAN-25851_northernquarter" target="_blank"><span class="hps">Northern Quarter</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">Manchester</span></a> <span class="hps">will attract</span> <span class="hps">fans of</span> <span class="hps">vintage fashion</span> <span class="hps">to the</span> <span class="hps">great selection of</span> <span class="hps">vintage</span> <span class="hps">shops</span><span>, where you can</span> <span class="hps">catch</span> <span class="hps">the great atmosphere</span> <span class="hps">of the cafes</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">concert halls</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Meanwhile, in</span> <a href="http://www.oneandother.com/articles/guide-to-vintage-york/" target="_blank"><span class="hps">York</span></a> <span class="hps">cobbled</span> <span class="hps">medieval lanes</span> <span class="hps">find</span> <span class="hps">full of</span> <span class="hps">trendy shops</span><span>, especially</span> <span class="hps">in areas of</span> <span class="hps">Fossgate</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">Fishergate</span><span class="">.</span></span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f8rX9h8rDh4/UCuwiVIqmtI/AAAAAAAAAw0/bAh_qguSjF0/s1600/Picture-211-620x330-york.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="170" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f8rX9h8rDh4/UCuwiVIqmtI/AAAAAAAAAw0/bAh_qguSjF0/s320/Picture-211-620x330-york.png" width="320" /></a>Rumbo al sur, el magnetismo del bohemio barrio <a href="http://www.visitmanchester.com/discover/shop/MAN-25851_northernquarter.aspx">Northern Quarter</a>
de Manchester atraerá a los aficionados a la moda vintage a la gran
selección de tiendas vintage, donde podrán contagiarse del gran ambiente
de las cafeterías y las salas de conciertos.<br />
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Mientras tanto, en <a href="http://www.oneandother.com/articles/guide-to-vintage-york/" target="_blank">York</a> encontrarás callejuelas medievales empedradas repletas de tiendas de moda, sobre todo en las zonas de Fossgate y Fishergate.</div>
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en" style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="hps">Norwich</span> <span class="hps">in the east,</span> <span class="hps">is a hotbed of</span> <span class="hps">vintage clothing</span> <span class="hps">shops</span> <span class="hps">and vintage</span> <span class="hps">markets</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">located</span> <span class="hps">in historic buildings</span><span>, along</span> <span class="hps">with elegant</span> <span class="hps">cafes and</span> <span class="hps">art deco</span> <span class="hps">tea rooms</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Most</span> <span class="hps">people will tell you</span> <span class="hps">that Norwich</span> <span class="hps">is a kind of</span> <span class="hps">hub of</span> <span class="hps">vintage fashion</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">with specialty shops and</span> <span class="hps">regular</span> <span class="hps">thematic events</span> <span class="hps">on the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_859596625">streets of</a></span><a href="http://www.visitnorwich.co.uk/shopping.aspx" target="_blank"> <span class="hps">Norwich</span> <span class="hps">known as</span> <span class="hps">Lanes</span></a> <span class="hps">and surrounding areas.</span></span> <br />
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<a href="http://www.visitnorwich.co.uk/shopping.aspx">Norwich</a>,
al este, es un hervidero de tiendas de ropa retro y vintage y
mercadillos situados en edificios históricos, junto con elegantes
cafeterías y salones de té art decó. La mayoría de la gente te dirá que
Norwich es una especie de centro neurálgico de la moda vintage, con
tiendas especializadas y acontecimientos temáticos periódicos en las
calles de Norwich conocidas como Lanes y sus alrededores.<br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en" style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://vintagebrighton.com/vintage-shop-directory/" target="_blank"><span class="hps">Brighton</span></a> <span class="hps">is a seaside town</span> <span class="hps">kitsch</span> <span class="hps">with two</span> <span class="hps">crowded</span> <span class="hps">shopping areas</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">vintage</span> <span class="hps">clothes</span><span class="">:</span> <span class="hps">The Lanes</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">North</span> <span class="hps">Laine.</span> <span class="hps">At the end</span> <span class="hps">you can enjoy</span> <span class="hps">ice cream and</span> <span class="hps">a swim in</span> <span class="hps">the sea, or</span> <span class="hps">show off your</span> <span class="hps">newly acquired</span> <span class="hps">vintage</span> <span class="hps">set</span> <span class="hps">in its</span> <span class="hps">famous pier</span><span>.</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.visitbrighton.com/shopping/the-lanes">Brighton</a>
es una ciudad costera kitsch con dos abarrotadas zonas de tiendas con
prendas vintage: The Lanes y North Laine. Al acabar puedes disfrutar de
un helado y un baño en el mar, o lucir tu recién adquirido conjunto
vintage en su famoso muelle.<br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en" style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="hps">In</span> <a href="http://www.ceriselle.org/blog/2011/04/charity-second-hand-vintage/" target="_blank"><span class="hps">Bristol</span></a> <span class="hps">Park</span> <span class="hps">Street</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">find</span> <span class="hps">the neighborhood</span> <span class="hps">Christmas</span> <span class="hps">Steps</span> <span class="hps">Arts</span> <span class="hps">Quarter</span> <span class="hps">if</span> <span class="hps">you fancy</span> <span class="hps">retro</span> <span class="hps">sets</span><span class="">, art</span> <span class="hps">and all kinds of</span> <span class="hps">independent stores.</span></span> <br />
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En <a href="http://www.ceriselle.org/blog/2011/04/charity-second-hand-vintage/" target="_blank">Bristol</a>
encontrarás Park Street y el barrio Christmas Steps Arts Quarter si te
apetecen conjuntos retro, arte y todo tipo de tiendas independientes.<br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en" style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="hps">Last but</span> <span class="hps">not</span> <span class="hps">least</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">hot springs</span> <span class="hps">are</span> <a href="http://www.visitlondon.com/attractions/shopping/vintage-fashions" target="_blank"><span class="hps">vintage</span> <span class="hps">London</span></a> <span class="hps">area</span> <span class="hps">Portobello</span> <span class="hps">west</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">east</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">Brick</span> <span class="hps">Lane</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">In both areas</span> <span class="hps">you will find</span> <span class="hps">huge</span> <span class="hps">mounted</span> <span class="hps">street markets</span> <span class="hps">each</span> <span class="hps">weekend with</span> <span class="hps">stalls full of</span> <span class="hps">vintage clothing,</span> <span class="hps">while</span> <span class="hps">the surrounding streets</span> <span class="hps">are home to</span> <span class="hps">independent</span> <span class="hps">shops</span> <span class="hps">in the same</span> <span class="hps">colorful</span> <span class="hps">style</span><span class="">.</span></span> <br />
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Por último, aunque no por ello menos importante, <a href="http://www.visitlondon.com/attractions/shopping/vintage-fashions">los hervideros vintage londinenses</a>
se encuentran en la zona de Portobello al oeste y la de Brick Lane al
este. En ambas zonas encontrarás enormes mercados callejeros montados
cada fin de semana con puestos llenos de ropa vintage, mientras que las
calles circundantes albergan tiendecitas independientes del mismo estilo
llenas de colorido.</div>
Gloria Urechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06088157526439681758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670975264905722753.post-52119733356897499652012-08-14T09:37:00.000+01:002012-08-14T09:37:39.486+01:00Moments of Inspiration<div style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
Hello all,</div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PQWqP--2BTo/UCoJtNsLpaI/AAAAAAAAAvU/R95S65Y8PdY/s1600/logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PQWqP--2BTo/UCoJtNsLpaI/AAAAAAAAAvU/R95S65Y8PdY/s1600/logo.jpg" /></a>Last Saturday I was in <a href="http://www.oldspitalfieldsmarket.com/home/old-spitalfields-market.html" target="_blank">Old Spitafields Market</a> with my sister and we
really enjoyed. I like to go there time to time to look at the stalls and the shops around as there are full of inspiration. However, one of the things I miss from the market is "the real spirit of the market" that now turn into a commercial emplacement. First time I came to England in 2001 was a real "street market with stalls here and there". I bet this is kind of evolution, which in this case, killed the real atmosphere of the place.</div>
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In fact, the emplacement was a Roman cemetery<b> </b>in AD 300/400. And in 1197 ‘The priory of St. Mary of the
Spittle’, a medieval hospital, is founded: the first part of the name
<u><i>‘Spitalfields’</i></u> derives from the word ‘hospital’, which to the medieval
mind was understood as ‘hospitality’, a place of rest as well as
medicine. Later in 1666 following the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London" target="_blank">Great Fire of London</a>, thousands of displaced people camp on the Spital Fields. </div>
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Anyway, if you are curious to know and happy to read, here is the link for you to have:</div>
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Hola a todos,</span><br /><br /> <span class="hps">El pasado sábado estuve en el mercado de Spitafileds con mi hermana y nos encantó. </span><span class="hps">Me gusta</span> <span class="hps">ir allí</span> <span class="hps">cada cierto tiempo para</span> <span class="hps">mirar</span> <span class="hps">los </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">diferentes </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">puestos y tiendas</span> <span class="hps">de los</span> <span class="hps">alrededores</span><span>, ya que</span> <span class="hps">están llenos de</span> <span class="hps">inspiración.</span> <span class="hps">Sin embargo,</span> <span class="hps">una de las cosas</span> <span class="hps">que echo de menos</span> <span class="hps">en el mercado</span> <span class="hps">es</span> <span class="hps atn">"</span><span>el su verdadero espíritu</span><span>"</span> porque ahora lo han convertido <span class="hps">en</span> <span class="hps">un emplazamiento</span> <span class="hps">comercial.</span> <span class="hps">La primera vez que</span> <span class="hps">llegué a Inglaterra en</span> <span class="hps">2001 fue</span> <span class="hps atn">un verdadero "</span><span>mercado de la calle</span> <span class="hps">con puestos</span> <span class="hps">aquí y allá</span><span>"</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Apuesto a que ésto</span> <span class="hps">es una</span> <span class="hps">evolución,</span> <span class="hps">que en este caso</span><span>, destruyeron la</span><span class="hps"> atmósfera real</span> <span class="hps">del lugar.</span><br /><br /> <span class="hps">De hecho, el</span> <span class="hps">emplazamiento fué </span><span class="hps">un cementerio</span> <span class="hps">romano en el año</span> <span class="hps">300/400</span><span> AD.</span> <span class="hps">Y</span> <span class="hps">en 1197</span> se fundó <span class="hps atn">"</span><span>El priorato</span> <span class="hps">de Santa María de</span> <span class="hps">la saliva</span><span>, un hospital</span> <span class="hps">medieval</span><span class="hps"></span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">El nombre de</span> <span class="hps atn">'</span><span>Spitalfields</span><span>'</span><span class="hps"> deriva de la palabra</span> <span class="hps">'hospital'</span><span class="hps"></span><span>, que para</span> <span class="hps">la mentalidad medieval</span> <span class="hps">se entendía como</span><span class="atn"> "hospitalidad"</span><span class="hps">,</span> <span class="hps">un lugar de descanso</span><span>, así como</span> <span class="hps">la medicina</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Más tarde</span><span class="">, en 1666,</span> <span class="hps">tras el</span> <span class="hps">gran incendio de Londres</span><span class="">, miles</span><span class="hps"> de</span> <span class="hps">personas desplazadas</span>, montaron un campamento <span class="hps">en los</span> <span class="hps">campos de</span> <span class="hps">Spital</span><span>.</span><br /><br /> <span class="hps">De todos modos</span><span>, si</span> <span class="hps">tienes curiosidad por</span> <span class="hps">conocer y</span> <span class="hps">feliz de leer</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">aquí está el enlace</span><span>:</span><br /> <span class="hps"><a href="http://www.oldspitalfieldsmarket.com/explore/old-spitalfields-market-history.html" target="_blank">http://www.oldspitalfieldsmarket.com/explore/old-spitalfields-market-history.html</a></span></span></div>
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Coming back to my post and to the market visit, I created a MoodBoard with some high trends in the
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This morning I also found this inspirational <a href="http://vimeo.com/47006826" target="_blank">link</a> for Interiors at the moment, from Zara home fall/winter 2012 collection.</div>
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Más</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">ideas, </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"></span><span class="hps" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">inspiración</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">y estampados están </span><span class="hps" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">disponibles en</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">mi nueva página</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">en Facebook,</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"></span><span class="hps" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> únete a</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> GUKUUKI</span><span class="hps" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> :-)</span><br /><span class="hps"></span><span class=""></span></span>Gloria Urechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06088157526439681758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670975264905722753.post-83292098282363509292012-08-13T13:15:00.000+01:002012-08-13T13:43:17.984+01:00Olympic Ceremonies - London 2012<div style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
Last night, London celebrates the closing ceremony of the Olympic London 2012 with a fantastic party full of colour, flashing lights over the whole stadium and a great celebration of British music. Here is the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01m1l2q/Olympic_Ceremonies_London_2012_Closing_Ceremony/" target="_blank">video</a> to watch it or some of the highlights of a fantastic night.<br />
I cannot stop listening into this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiwK5JcQbtM" target="_blank">song</a> from Emeli Sande, what a fantastic voice... </div>
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Anoche fue la clausura de los Juegos Olimpicos 2012 en Londres con una gran fiesta llena de luz y color y una gran celebración a la música británica. Os dejo el <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01m1l2q/Olympic_Ceremonies_London_2012_Closing_Ceremony/" target="_blank">video</a> (en inglés). Tampoco puedo dejar de escuchar esta <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiwK5JcQbtM" target="_blank">canción</a> de Emeli Sande que tiene una voz fantástica...Disfrutarlo! </div>
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This week started with the arrival of my new iMac which I am truly enjoying so far. </div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Esta semana empezó genial con la llegada de mi nuevo iMac, qué ilusión!!</span> </div>
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My life has change for the better. Since it arrived everything flow easily so I manage to launch my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/GukuukiStudio" target="_blank">Print Studio</a> online in Facebook, which is having a very good welcome and I promise will be full of colour, prints and inspiration.</div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Mi vida ha cambiado a mejor. Y desde que ha llegado el trabajo fluye fácilmente, tanto que también he lanzado mi Estudio Gráfico Textil en Facebook, el cual está tenidndo muy buena acogida y prometo que estará lleno de color, estampados e inspiración.</span></div>
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Today is a beautiful day (sunshine and warmth) and one of my sisters is around, so let´s go to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/oldspitalfieldsmarket" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/oldspitalfieldsmarket</a> to enjoy and some inspiration ;-)</div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Hoy es un bonito día y una de mis hermanas está por aquí, así que disfrutaremos de la capital Londinense y quizás vayamos al Mercado de Spitafields, que siempre tiene eventos, mercados, tiendas y restaurantes. Una zona muy cool!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Y esta noche estaremos en la Arena viendo las Olimpiadas para Taekwondo, qué emocionante!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Yesterday, a friend posted this video in her blog. If you like gymnastics, watch this <a href="http://vimeo.com/47115934" target="_blank">video</a> it is truly amazing!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Ayer una amiga puso este <a href="http://vimeo.com/47115934" target="_blank">video</a> en su blog. Si te gusta la gimnasia, tienes que verlo, es impresionante!</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Happy weekend everyone :-) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Feliz finde a todos :-)</span><br />
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<span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text">I am not English but I felt
proud of the British for such and impressive </span>£27m opening ceremony<span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text"> last Friday evening. The colours, the music, the drummers, the British humor, the scenography and the sculpture of the Olympic flame it made me feel so engage with this country. Also thanks to all the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWLxgd2_3Vk" target="_blank">volunteer people who made this possible</a> and the managers and producers behinds the scenes.</span></div>
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="es" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span class="hps">No soy Inglesa</span><span class="hps">, pero</span> <span class="hps">me sentí orgullosa de</span> <span class="hps">los Británicos por</span> la<span class="hps"> impresionante</span> <span class="hps">ceremonia de apertura</span> <span class="hps">de 27m</span> <span class="hps">de libras</span> <span class="hps">la noche del pasado</span> <span class="hps">viernes.</span> <span class="hps">Los colores</span><span class="">, la música,</span> <span class="hps">tamborileros</span><span>, el humor</span> <span class="hps">británico,</span> <span class="hps">la</span> <span class="hps">escenografía</span> <span class="hps">y la escultura de</span> <span class="hps">la llama olímpica</span> <span class="hps">que</span> <span class="hps">me hizo sentir tan</span> <span class="hps">comprometida con</span> <span class="hps">este país.</span> <span class="hps">Gracias también a</span> <span class="hps">todas las</span> <span class="hps">personas voluntarias</span> <span class="hps">que hicieron esto posible</span> <span class="hps">y los directivos</span> <span class="hps">y productores</span> detrás <span class="hps">de las escenas.</span></span><span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text"> </span><br />
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<i><b><span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text">However, do you really know what is the meaning behind the five Olympic rings?</span></b></i></div>
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The emblem of the Olympic Games is composed of
five interlocking rings (blue, yellow, black, green, and red
respectively) on a white field. This was originally designed in 1913 by
Baron Pierred de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games. <u>These five rings stand for passion, faith, victory, work ethic and sportsmanship</u>. </div>
<dl><dd><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><i><b><span class="hps">Sin embargo</span><span>, ¿Sabes realmente</span> <span class="hps">saben </span><span class="hps">el significado detrás de</span><span class="hps">los cinco anillos olímpicos</span><span>?</span></b></i> <br /><br /> <span class="hps">El emblema</span> <span class="hps">de los Juegos Olímpicos</span> <span class="hps">está compuesto por cinco</span> <span class="hps">aros entrelazados</span> <span class="hps atn">(</span><span>azul, amarillo</span><span>, negro, verde</span> <span class="hps">y rojo, respectivamente</span><span>)</span> <span class="hps">sobre</span> <span class="hps">un campo blanco</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Este</span> símbolo <span class="hps">fué diseñado originalmente</span> <span class="hps">en 1913</span> <span class="hps">por el Barón</span> <span class="hps">de Coubertin</span> <span class="hps">Pierred</span><span>, el fundador de</span> <span class="hps">los Juegos Olímpicos modernos</span><span>.</span> <u><span class="hps">Estos</span><span class="hps">cinco anillos</span> <span class="hps">representan</span> <span class="hps">la pasión</span><span>, la fe</span><span>, la victoria</span> <span class="hps">ética de trabajo</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">y el espíritu deportivo</span><span>.</span></u> </span><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></dd></dl>
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<b><i><span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text">I am happy to share here the best hightlights moments:</span></i></b></div>
<span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Me hace feliz de</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">compartir aquí</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> mis</span><span class="hps" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> mejores momentos</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"></span><span class="hps" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">:</span></span><br />
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A digital 10-second countdown flashed on to the crowd, with balloons
popping on each number, and the ceremony began. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19021659" target="_blank">The five Olympic rings</a> were released and floated up into the sky.</div>
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Then the familiar sound of the James Bond theme blasted out, while
bright lights turned the banks of spectators in to panels of red, white
and blue. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW5abat5NEU" target="_blank">Watch video</a></div>
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">El t</span><span class="hps">ema</span> <span class="hps">de James Bond</span> <span class="hps">retumbó en todo el estadio</span><span class="hps"></span><span class="">, mientras</span><span class="hps"> luces brillantes</span> se reflejaban en los <span class="hps">bancos</span> <span class="hps">de</span> <span class="hps">espectadores en</span> los colores<span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">rojo, blanco y</span> <span class="hps">azul.</span>(ver video en el enlace de arriba).<span class="hps"></span></span></div>
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A vigorously upbeat tone greeted hundreds of dancing nurses and their
young patients on 320 luminous hospital beds in a celebration of the
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The London Symphony Orchestra played a tribute to the British film
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Oscar-winning film based on the Olympic story of British athletes Eric
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">La</span> <span class="hps">Orquesta Sinfónica de Londres</span> <span class="hps">desempeñó un</span> <span class="hps">homenaje a</span> <span class="hps">la industria cinematográfica Británica</span> <span class="hps">con el tema</span> <span class="hps">de los</span> <span class="hps">Carros de</span> <span class="hps">Fuego</span><span class="hps"></span><span>, la</span> <span class="hps">película ganadora del Oscar</span> <span class="hps">1981</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">basada en la historia</span> <span class="hps">olímpica de</span> <span class="hps">los atletas</span> <span class="hps">británicos</span> <span class="hps">Liddell</span> <span class="hps">Eric y</span> <span class="hps">Harold</span> <span class="hps">Abrahams</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">que también contó con</span> <span class="hps">una aparición como invitado</span> <span class="hps">del </span><span class="hps">comediante</span> <span class="hps">Rowan</span> <span class="hps">Atkinson</span><span class=""> (Mr Bean).</span></span></div>
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One day my cousin <a href="http://twitter.com/yolamartin" target="_blank">Yolanda</a> took me into the magical world of <a href="http://www.material-lab.co.uk/" target="_blank">Material Lab</a>, where I go time to time as a place for inspiration. </div>
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On top of that, they have an entire shelf full of Interior Design magazine and Trend Books mainly for Home Design, although it is an inspirational place in many ways.</div>
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They have an area in the studio to sit and check the different material. As well as a serie of tile shelves with awesome finishes and particular textures.</div>
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Un día</span> <span class="hps">mi prima</span><span class="hps"></span> <a href="http://twitter.com/yolamartin" target="_blank">Yolanda</a> <span class="hps">me llevó</span> <span class="hps">al mágico mundo</span> <span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"><a href="http://www.material-lab.co.uk/" target="_blank">Material Lab</a> </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"></span><span class=""> dónde voy</span> <span class="hps">cada cierto tiempo</span> a inspirarme.</span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Este lugar</span> <span class="hps">se ha convertido en</span> <span class="hps">un estudio de diseño</span> <span class="hps">de recursos</span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">, donde</span> <span class="hps">las personas pueden</span> <span class="hps">explorar e inspirarse</span><span class="hps"> gracias a</span> <span class="hps">una gran variedad de</span> <span class="hps">materiales</span>, como <span class="hps">cerámica, vidrio</span>, papel pintado<span class="">, madera,</span> <span class="hps">baldosas de moqueta</span><span class="atn">, eco-</span>resinas <span class="hps">y tejidos.</span></span></div>
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Además de eso</span>, tienen <span class="hps">toda una estanteria llena de </span><span class="hps">revistas sobre Diseño de Interiores, y libros de tendencias,</span> es <span class="hps">un</span> <span class="hps">lugar de inspiración</span> <span class="hps">de muchas maneras.</span></span></div>
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Tienen</span> <span class="hps">una zona </span><span class="hps">para sentarse y</span> <span class="hps">ver</span> <span class="hps">los diferentes materiales</span>. <span class="hps">Como también una serie de estanterías de baldosas con</span><span class="hps"> acabados</span> <span class="hps">impresionantes</span> <span class="hps">y</span> <span class="hps">particulares texturas.</span></span></div>
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps">Es</span> <span class="hps">una parada obligatoria</span> <span class="hps">para diseñadores </span><span class="hps">y en especial</span> <span class="hps">para Áquellos que trabajan</span> <span class="hps">en Diseño de Interiores</span><span class="">.</span><br /><br /> <span class="hps">También tienen</span> <span class="hps">un <a href="http://www.material-lab.co.uk/blog/" target="_blank">BLOG</a> que</span> destaca <span class="hps">varias áreas.</span><br /><br /> <span class="hps">Que lo disfruten</span> <span class="hps">y</span> <span class="hps">feliz fin de semana</span>! <span class="hps">x</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>Gloria Urechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06088157526439681758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670975264905722753.post-66266238096976135202012-07-09T21:56:00.000+01:002012-07-09T21:56:40.750+01:00The Future Of Silkscreen printing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today, reading designtaxi.com I found a <a href="http://designtaxi.com/news/352974/The-Future-Of-Silkscreen-Print-On-Fabric-Using-Sunlight-And-An-iPhone/" target="_blank">great article</a> in where you can learn how to print photos using your iPhone, the sunlight and an innovative system launched by a company called <a href="http://lumi.co/" target="_blank">LUMI</a>...Amazing! </div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Happy Lumi Photo printing!</span><br />
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Hoy, leyendo la web designtaxi.com encontré este <a href="http://designtaxi.com/news/352974/The-Future-Of-Silkscreen-Print-On-Fabric-Using-Sunlight-And-An-iPhone/" target="_blank">fantástico artículo</a> en dónde encontrarás cómo puedes estampar fotos usando tu iPhone, la luz del sol y un sistema innovador de impresión lanzado por una compañía llamada <a href="http://lumi.co/" target="_blank">LUMI</a>...Increible! </div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Feliz impresión con Lumi!</span>Gloria Urechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06088157526439681758noreply@blogger.com0