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HO41 ...item 1.. ~ by seeker401 on May 2, 2013 ...item 2.. Sex 'superbug' feared to be 'more infectious than AIDS' -- it could become untreatable by 2015 (6 May 2013) ...
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This gonorrhea strain, HO41, was discovered in Japan two years ago in a 31-year-old female sex worker who had been screened in 2009. The bacteria has since been found in Hawaii, California and Norway.
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An antibiotic-resistant strain of gonorrhea—now considered a superbug—has some analysts saying that the bacteria’s effects could match those of AIDS.

“This might be a lot worse than AIDS in the short run because the bacteria is more aggressive and will affect more people quickly,” said Alan Christianson, a doctor of naturopathic medicine.

Even though nearly 30 million people have died from AIDS related causes worldwide, Christianson believes the effect of the gonorrhea bacteria is more direct.

“Getting gonorrhea from this strain might put someone into septic shock and death in a matter of days,” Christianson said. “This is very dangerous.”

“It’s an emergency situation,” said William Smith, executive director of the National Coalition of STD Directors. “As time moves on, it’s getting more hazardous.”

This gonorrhea strain, HO41, was discovered in Japan two years ago in a 31-year-old female sex worker who had been screened in 2009. The bacteria has since been found in Hawaii, California and Norway.

Because it resists current antibiotic treatment, the strain has been placed in the superbug category with other resistant bacteria, such as MRSA and CRE. These superbugs kill about half the people they attack, and nearly one in 20 hospital patients become infected with one, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Though no deaths from HO41 have been reported, efforts to combat it must continue, Smith said.

“We have to keep beating the drum on this,” he said. “The potential for disaster is great.”

Gonorrhea is transmitted through unprotected sexual contact. Untreated, the disease can cause a number of health complications in women, including infertility. In men, the disease can be very painful and lead to sterility. It can also trigger other life-threatening illnesses, including heart infections.

Gonorrhea can be hard to detect. It often shows no symptoms in about half of women and in about 5 percent of men. Gonorrhea infection rates were at historic lows until two years ago, according to the CDC.

“That’s what’s kind of scary about this,” Smith said. “We are at lows in terms of infections, but this strain is a very tricky bug and we don’t have anything medically to fight it right now.”

Avoiding the disease completely is the best course, experts said.

“People need to practice safe sex, like always,” Christianson said. “Anyone beginning a new relationship should get tested along with their partner. The way gonorrhea works, not everyone knows they have it. And with this new strain it’s even more important than ever to find out. “

All superbugs must be dealt with before it’s too late, he said.

“This is a disaster just waiting to happen,” Christianson said. “It’s time to do something about it before it explodes. “These superbugs, including the gonorrhea strain, are a health threat. We need to move now before it gets out of hand.”

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“antibiotic-resistant strain of gonorrhea—now considered a superbug”

“this strain might put someone into septic shock and death in a matter of days,”

the fuck..dead in a few days??

“the disease can cause a number of health complications in women, including infertility. In men, the disease can be very painful and lead to sterility.”

use a condom?

401

~ by seeker401 on May 2, 2013.

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.....item 2).... Sex 'superbug' feared to be 'more infectious than AIDS' discovered in Hawaii ...

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By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 10:58 EST, 5 May 2013 | UPDATED: 03:38 EST, 6 May 2013

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Health officials are warning that two cases of a so-called 'sex superbug' have been confirmed in Hawaii.

Hawaii News Now reports that the 'sex superbug' is a resistant strain of gonorrhea.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has asked Congress for million to find a new antibiotic to treat the drug-resistant strain of the disease. The first case in the nation was identified in a young woman in Hawaii in May 2011.
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Health officials are warning that two cases of a so-called 'sex superbug' have been confirmed in Hawaii

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The 'sex superbug' called H041 was first discovered in Japan in 2011. It spread to Hawaii, and has now surfaced in California and Norway.

Peter Whiticir with the State Department of Health says advisories have been sent to physicians and health care providers around Hawaii to be on the lookout for the resistant strain of gonorrhea.

Doctors are warning that an antibiotic-resistant strain of gonorrhoea, now considered a superbug, has the potential to be as deadly as the AIDS virus.

Gonorrhea is the second most commonly reported sexually transmitted infection in North America.

‘This might be a lot worse than AIDS in the short run because the bacteria is more aggressive and will affect more people quickly,’ Alan Christianson, a doctor of naturopathic medicine told CNBC.

Nearly 30 million people have died from AIDS related causes worldwide, but Christianson believes the effect of the gonorrhea bacteria is more direct.

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‘Getting gonorrhea from this strain might put someone into septic shock and death in a matter of days,’ Christianson said. ‘This is very dangerous.’

In a briefing on Capitol Hill last week, William Smith, executive director of the National Coalition for STD Directors, urged Congress to target nearly million in immediate funding to help find an antibiotic for HO41 and to conduct an education and public awareness campaign.
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The 'superbug' was first discovered in Japan and some health officials have said it could rival AIDS

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Although no deaths from HO41 have been reported as yet, experts say avoiding the disease completely is the best course of action.

‘People need to practice safe sex, like always,’ Christianson said. ‘Anyone beginning a new relationship should get tested along with their partner.

'The way gonorrhea works, not everyone knows they have it. And with this new strain it's even more important than ever to find out.’

Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease that has been known since medieval times. Sometimes known as ‘the clap,’ the infection can result in painful sores and genital discharge, and is associated with ectopic pregnancies and sterility in both men and women.

Left untreated, gonorrhea can lead to a host of complications including pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, and blood stream infections.

It also raises the risk for HIV because the lesions permit the AIDS-causing virus easier access to the bloodstream.

Gonorrhea is especially common among people between the ages of 15 and 24.

The disease became curable in the 1940s when penicillin and other antibiotics were introduced. Since then, the medical world has created more new drugs that killed the ever-mutating gonorrhea bacteria.
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Health officials said there is the very real prospect that all types of gonorrhea will soon become untreatable

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On a state-by-state basis, pockets of the U.S. are seeing giant spikes in the disease. Utah saw a 74 percent rise in gonorrhea cases in 2012, with the trend continuing into the first few months of this year.

In Minnesota, cases rose 35 percent in 2012, according to the state's department of health, and according to the latest statistics from the CDC, ‘During 2010–2011, 61% (31/51) of states, plus the District of Columbia, reported an increase in gonorrhea rates.’

Cephalosporin, the last available class of antibiotics recommended for the treatment of gonorrhea, has been failing worldwide and there is the very real prospect that all types of gonorrhea will soon become untreatable.

Professor Cathy Ison, head of the National Reference Laboratory for Gonorrhoea in the U.K. told the BBC last week: ‘There is a possibility that if we don't do something then it could become untreatable by 2015.’

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Chilling Effect
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London Permaculture photo used on site "The Chilling Effect" which has the aim of being "an online resource and pipeline for the latest news, research, polling and buzz about climate change for those seeking assess climate change issues from all legitimate angles."


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Loose Endz 2
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Online Photography Magazine with:

Mario Fortea
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Find the wheelbarrow
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I edited this photo of my son using BeFunky online editing tool.

In the foreground right is a fire in the firepit and behind it, to the left, you can see my son smashing a pumpkin with a stick. On the left hand side you can see the wheelbarrow.

The picture is from November 2007.

Does a paint job like this make me an Impressionist?

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Poster 03 - Authentic Learning and Creative Problem Solving: An Online Honors Newsletter Publishing Experience #heweb10
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Authentic Learning and Creative Problem Solving: An Online Honors Newsletter Publishing Experience
PST Poster Sessions Track
Tuesday,
3:30

5:00
PM

We'll describe our experience as students and teacher-mentors creating and delivering an online honors newsletter as part of HON 308, a junior honors elective to promote the EKU honors program and build community. Students in HON 308 were from diverse majors and backgrounds. We discuss everything from the nuts and bolts to the innovative pedagogy and teamwork elicited by the design and content creation processes. We describe how and what we learned along the way, including: how we learned just enough about Web page editing, image and video preparation, Web services, surveys, writing, and interviewing to deliver an effective online newsletter, and how we leveraged social media to further engage current honors students, draw in prospective honors students and honors alumni.

Presenter
Ron Yoder
Director of Web Communications, Eastern Kentucky University

Ron is the Director of Web Communications at Eastern Kentucky University and has been connected to www.eku.edu since 1997. In previous lives, he has been a curriculum writer at the NASA Classroom of the Future, an education instruction specialist at IBM, a high school math teacher and academic coach, and a youth soccer coach and referee. Ron is bicultural from his formative years in Honduras, has an M.A. in mathematics from the University of South Florida, and additional studies in computer science, French, English, and business at EKU.

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The Golden Road
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After uploading the photos, I saw two big boo-boos. I had forgotten to obscure two license plates, including the one in this photo. I used Picnik to edit the images online and obscure the numbers. Now that's cool.

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From Timber Home Living, August 2008
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The house that Chris built with two other partners is the Editor's pick for the featured "Home of the Month" inside the current issue (August 2008) of Timber Home Living magazine.

Much better seen larger, of course!

On the newsstand now, or a slightly shorter version online here.

Feel free to take yourself on a tour: www.flickr.com/photos/87255087@N00/sets/72157605680212668/

Bamboo cabinetry, concrete countertops, hand made bamboo and maple butcherblock. glass tile mosaic backsplash. Woven bamboo ceiling with reclaimed barnwood trim.

Chris Neill Designs/North Country Woodworks

Design: Chris Neill with Jacques Berten
Timber framing: Northwest Log Homes

Photos: Living Images Photography
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Picnik Let's Us Really Play With Photos
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Fresa and Kasha are rather excited about the new features in picnik, the free online photo editor that lets you modify images from flickr, facebook, photobucket, your desktop, and then save back to these sites.

The new tools allow text and shape overlays, new color effects, and more. Some of these are tools that are going to be part of their premium package (US.95 per year), but this week, for the launch, they are all free.

So if it were me, I'd play a lot this week with picnik, more fun and creative than chasing cats,


January 15th: Santiago Stelley: The Wonderful Horrible Life of VICE
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VICE's Santiago Stelley in attendance for discussion along with Thomas Morton and Hamilton Morris.

VICE Magazine, now headquartered nearby in Williamsburg, has grown from a fringe counter culture zine to a global youth brand. Their online television network is one of the most frequented destinations in online video. Focusing on short and medium form journalism, they report on popular and counter culture, often bringing to light fantastic and under told stories from around the world. They navigate terrain from traditional journalism, hosted serial programs, and branded content.
Much of the network’s success is a result of the provocative documentaries produced by Santiago Stelley. He has covered Somali refugees in Kenya, transvestite mosques in Thailand, bestiality in Colombia, and hallucinogenic frogs in the Amazon, to name a few.
Stelley will be presenting highlights of his work in company with collaborators for a discussion on chasing the white whale and the ever evolving world of Vice Media.
Curated with Matt Yoka.

Program runtime: 80 minutes
We will be screening the following videos:
Balls Deep – Sewers of Bogota
Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia – The Icelandic Skin-Disease Mushroom Fashion Fiasco
Vice Meets – Issei Sagawa
Santiago Stelley was born in Madrid and studied Latin American Studies and Comparative Literature at SUNY Buffalo and the University of Havana. After contributing for years as a correspondent for COLORS Magazine he moved to Venice where he spent 4 years as a full time Editor and Associate Creative Director. In 2004, Mr Stelley left COLORS to head up the Editorial Department of La Fabrica in Madrid and to curate exhibitions for PhotoEspana. During this time he also worked as a Creative Director for LVMH fashion campaigns and catalogues. In 2006 Santiago moved back to NY to work with the Vice Magazine team in developing it’s on-line television network. He is currently the Creative Director for VICE.com.

Thomas Morton is a scrawny nerdlinger from Atlanta who moved to New York to convince the fagbashers he grew up around that he’d “made it.” He’s worked for Vice Magazine since 2004, first as a gofer and drug-mule, then editorial assistant, then assistant editor, then back down to associate editor, then someone had the idea of making him host documentary videos and he’s been living out this cruel prank ever since. As an “on-air personality” he has helped make films in a number of countries around the world, about such subjects as Kyrgyz bride kidnapping, the depredation of the Amazon rainforest, the gay New York leather scene, pollution in the Pacific, witch doctors who give West African email scammers magic powers, and music. Thomas spent the first two years of high school as a goth and is getting a little fat in the stomach area.

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Direct Effect 5.5.12-45
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Direct Effect rock a super fun House Show/Cinco De Mayo Party, Tampa, FL - May 5, 2012.

Note: Please share, download and use these photos for non-commercial purposes but be sure to abide by the creative commons license by crediting the photos to Nicole Kibert / www.elawgrrl.com and if using online, add a link back to this page or to www.elawgrrl.com. This license does not permit commercial use. Thanks.


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Concentración por Tindaya. 27 de abril 2013. Muelle Deportivo de Gran Tarajal
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El Monumento ya existe


El caso Tindaya. Algunas notas. febrero 2013 :: Tindaya case. Some notes. february 2013

ESPAÑOL
La Montaña de Tindaya es uno de los espacios con mayores niveles de protección legal del Archipiélago, por sus valores naturales y culturales. Es Monumento Natural (F- 6) por la Ley 12/94 de 19 de diciembre, de Espacios Naturales de Canarias. Es Bien de Interés Cultural según el art. 62.2. (a) de la Ley 4/99 de 15 de marzo, del Patrimonio Histórico de Canarias, al existir una de las estaciones de grabados rupestres más importantes de las antiguas culturas del Archipiélago. Es Área de Sensibilidad Ecológica por la Ley 11/90 de 13 de julio, de Prevención de Impacto Ecológico. En dicha montaña se encuentra la cuernúa (Caralluma burchardii), una planta protegida por normativa regional (y en amenaza de extinción), y los llanos que la rodean son Zona de Especial Protección para las Aves.

Proyecto de la familia Chillida

Pero Tindaya, desgraciadamente, se ha hecho famosa a nivel nacional por motivos totalmente ajeno a sus valores naturales y patrimoniales; otros intereses y otras situaciones han convertido la montaña mágica en un símbolo de la discordia, de la corrupción económica y, también, del “arte”. La propuesta del artista vasco Eduardo Chillida de horadar la montaña para hacer un cubo en su interior de 50 metros de lado, y dos grandes orificios que permitan ver al sol y la luna desde su interior, ha sido el motivo que ha hecho saltar la polémica. Dejando al margen los problemas de corrupción política y económica que han acompañado desde sus inicios a este proyecto, el debate sigue estando (aunque se hayan gastado unos 25.000.000€ "sin mover una piedra") en qué debe prevalecer, si el respeto a la integridad de la montaña o por el contrario la idea concebida en una noche de insomnio del genial artista. Son muchos los que consideran que la obra de Chillida aportará a Fuerteventura un lugar de honor en el mundo del arte y que ello justifica la realización del proyecto monumental de Montaña Tindaya. Por el contrario, un amplio sector de la sociedad canaria opina que el valor de su patrimonio es lo que convierte a esta montaña en un auténtico monumento natural digno de ser conservado para las generaciones futuras.

“Que Eduardo Chillida realice una gran obra escultórica en Fuerteventura me parece una cosa excelente, pero me resulta difícil aceptar que para ello haya que sacrificar un conjunto arqueológico singular, obviando además toda la protección jurídica al respecto”. Escribía estas palabras en 1996 el catedrático de la universidad de La Laguna Antonio Tejera Gaspar, pero los partidarios del proyecto artístico han rehuido el fondo del debate y dan por supuesto que una obra de arte del escultor más famoso de España justifica, sin más explicaciones o debates, el vaciado de la montaña. A los opositores se les descalifica por su incapacidad para apreciar la trascendencia de la obra artística. Tampoco han respondido a otros argumentos pues, según sus partidarios, a los grandes artistas no se les puede limitar con normas legales o consideraciones “ecologistas”. Chillida quiere ser el genio de la montaña, el hombre que transforma en patrimonio artístico lo que hasta ahora era una montaña que “sólo” destacaba por sus valores naturalísticos, etnográficos y arqueológicos.

Eduardo Chillida murió en 2002, tras unos últimos años en que sufrió Alzheimer. Ahora su familia continúa impulsando el proyecto, tras el cierre (por motivos económicos) de la casa-museo de Chillida (Chillida-Leku) en 2010.

Numerosos especialistas en derecho, urbanismo, arqueología, geografía, geología e, incluso, del mundo del arte, consideran que el proyecto de Chillida no es compatible con los niveles de protección que posee la Montaña y con sus auténticos valores, los cuales podrían quedar seriamente afectados o desvirtuados. Prueba de ello es que los promotores del proyecto (Gobierno de Canarias y Cabildo de Fuerteventura) ya han dejado de proteger y documentar dichos valores, en los cuales no se ha invertido un solo euro, ni se han favorecido los estudios científicos que profundicen en el conocimiento y la difusión de los valores patrimoniales de la montaña. Por el contrario, son muy evidentes el abandono y expolio de los restos arqueológicos, la negativa a delimitar el BIC, la indefensión de algunas especies como la propia Caralluma, como reconoce el propio proyecto monumental. En estos últimos años sólo se ha promocionado la obra escultórica de Chillida, con un escandaloso gasto o desaparición de 25 millones de euros. (El Gobierno admite un gasto de 25,7 millones en Tindaya)

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En julio de 2011, miembros de la comunidad científica presentaron a los medios un Manifiesto, firmado por artistas, historiadores, arqueólogos, geógrafos, biólogos, ingenieros, historiadores, antropólogos, directores de museos y bibliotecas, etc. 173 firmas en total.

Entre otras consideraciones, decían:

Porque consideramos que el proyecto actual ya no tiene que ver con la idea original de Chillida, pues el propio escultor ideó un proyecto limpio y respetuoso con el medio, y libre de sospechas de corrupción o negocios ilícitos, algo que, desgraciadamente, la realidad se ha encargado de contradecir.

Porque se sigue engañando a la sociedad con la viabilidad del Proyecto Monumental, mientras se sigue derrochando dinero público en un momento de grave crisis para el conjunto de la sociedad canaria. La realidad es que su viabilidad está cuestionada por graves dificultades de tipo legal, administrativo, económico y técnico, muchas no resueltas y otras imposibles de superar. Entre otras, cabe destacar:

a. El propio estudio de viabilidad reconoce textualmente que aún existen ciertas incertidumbres geotécnicas propias de la complejidad de todo proyecto de obra subterránea. Muchas de estas incertidumbres no podrán ser resueltas de manera satisfactoria hasta que se realice una galería piloto (Fase IV), o incluso hasta la construcción de la escultura.

b. El primer estudio de Impacto, dice explícitamente, que sin una actuación global de recuperación del entorno de la montaña, la obra de Chillida en sí, sería ambientalmente insostenible. Hay que recordar que dicho proyecto global ha sido eliminado en el segundo proyecto.

c. Desde el punto de vista económico, el proyecto señala que se deberá valorar la introducción de una componente variable respecto al presupuesto final de realización de la escultura, debido al carácter artístico y a la incertidumbre asociada a toda obra subterránea, para que el posible acuerdo con un futuro concesionario-gestor permita asumir un aumento del presupuesto por estos motivos artísticos. A esa incertidumbre, expresada por el propio proyecto hay que unirle la derivada de la aguda crisis actual. Es difícil pensar que alguien invierta 76 millones de euros a cambio del compromiso de la gestión del monumento, con el fin de amortizar el gasto y obtener beneficios en unos 15 años. Poco después del acuerdo con la familia Chillida, el consejero Domingo Berriel, ya apunta otras posibles fórmulas de financiación, en caso de inviabilidad económica y habla de un estudio económico financiero que nadie conoce. La situación de estos megaproyectos culturales es tan delicada, que la familia del escultor acaba de cerrar el emblemático museo Chillida Leku, por quiebra económica. Así y todo, el gobierno de Canarias les otorga el 50% de la representación de la futura fundación de gestión de la obra.

d. Existen muchas incertidumbres legales, aún no resueltas y pendiente de sentencia, como la que recurre los primeros actos administrativos que inician el expediente de Tindaya, en uno de los cuales participó el propio Domingo Berriel, actual consejero de Medio Ambiente del Gobierno y promotor de la obra de Chillida. Otras de las incertidumbres legales, son el recurso de FCC contra ciertos actos del gobierno y, más recientemente, el recurso contra las Normas de Conservación, por ser perversamente contrarias al fundamento de protección de la montaña.

e. Por último, hay que recordar que la aprobación del Proyecto Monumental y la Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental que aprueba la COTMAC, establece más de 25 condicionantes, muchos de ellos complejos estudios técnicos, que se tendrán que llevar a cabo antes del inicio de las obras y que, en algunos casos, podrán condicionar el propio proyecto. Debería informar el gobierno si el dinero para pagar esos estudios técnicos, algunos muy costosos, también será sufragado por la empresa privada que financie la ejecución de la obra. Frente a la decisión del Gobierno de Canarias de crear una fundación para explotar el monumento en la montaña de Tindaya, un proyecto que ya ha provocado un grave daño económico a la sociedad canaria, que se ha convertido en uno de los mayores escándalos políticos de las islas y ha recibido un rechazo social mayoritario, instamos al Gobierno de Canarias, al Parlamento autonómico, al Cabildo de Fuerteventura y a las fuerzas políticas a que lo retiren y trabajen en un Nuevo Proyecto de Recuperación y Potenciación de los verdaderos valores de ese emblema de nuestro patrimonio natural y cultural, que genere de una vez por todas beneficios culturales y económicos a los habitantes de la isla y no falsas promesas. Llamamos a la ciudadanía a movilizarse, a extender la información sobre el proyecto y a impulsar un debate público sobre el futuro de Tindaya.

YouTube (14:54) : Rueda de prensa de miembros de la comunidad científica presentando un Manifiesto contra la destrucción de Tindaya. 1 de julio 2011

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Tindaya: la montaña de los Chillida. Jesús Giráldez Macía. 30 enero 2012

… tras este proyecto se oculta el mayor caso de corrupción de la época democrática del Archipiélago y que, aunque los cálculos son complejos, se estiman en más de 30 millones de euros los gastados en un proyecto en el que no se ha movido una piedra. El agujero de Chillida es un disparate artístico y un atentado contra la cultura y la naturaleza y, además, es imposible. Y ellos lo saben. Cualquier especialista en geología o cualquier persona con un mínimo de sentido común sabe que es imposible realizar un cubo de cincuenta metros de lado en el interior de una montaña cuyo techo (obviamente plano) deberá sostener cientos de toneladas de peso de piedra deleznable y fracturada. El estudio geotécnico que encargó el Gobierno de Canarias para confirmar -no para investigar- su viabilidad estuvo amañado. Se otorgó sin concurso público a Estudios Guadiana al frente del cual está Lorenzo Fernández Ordóñez, amigo íntimo de los Chillida e hijo del ingeniero que trabajaba con el escultor. Aun así las propias conclusiones del estudio geotécnico sentencian que se levantan numerosas incertidumbres que no podrán ser resueltas hasta que se empiece a taladrar la Montaña. Por cierto que Estudios Guadiana cobró un millón y medio de euros por realizar un informe con estas surrealistas e inconsistentes conclusiones. Desconocemos, sin embargo, el dinero que cobró el catedrático de ecología y presidente honorífico de ADENA, Francisco Díaz Pineda, para firmar la declaración de impacto ambiental que sostiene que agujerear la Montaña es medioambientalmente favorable pero, gracias a esa herejía científica al servicio del poder, se le designó como coordinador de los equipos que llevan dos años trabajando para el futuro Parque Natural de Fuerteventura y en el que, misteriosamente, Tindaya queda fuera de sus límites.

Pero volvamos a los Chillida. Esta familia anda lanzando a los cuatro vientos que su decisión de permitir -como herederos de la obra de su padre- el vaciado de la Montaña no está movida por intereses económicos. Hace ahora dos años acudimos a Euskalherría a presentar en varias ciudades nuestro libro Tindaya: el poder contra el mito. Ingenuos, explicábamos en las presentaciones que una de las razones de nuestra presencia en el País Vasco y Navarra era la de despertar la sensibilidad de la familia del escultor y lograr que se desmarcara, definitivamente, del proyecto. En los debates que se suscitaron en aquella gira se repitieron intervenciones del público siempre en el mismo sentido: si había dinero y negocio allí estarían los Chillida. Ahora, que su museo ha cerrado, Tindaya se les vuelve a aparecer como tabla salvavidas. Si no, ¿cómo explicar que continúen apoyando un proyecto irrealizable, con una gran oposición ciudadana y de la comunidad científica, con el artista muerto y con la corrupción salpicando todo lo que toca? Es probable que la fe no mueva montañas pero el dinero sí permite agujerearlas.

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Un libro Tindaya, el poder contra el mito. Jesús Giráldez Macía
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ENGLISH
The Tindaya Mountain is one of the areas with higher levels of legal protection of the archipelago, because of its natural and cultural values. Is Natural Monument (F-6) by Law 12/94 of Natural Places of Canary Islands. Is a ien de Interés Cultural (Cultural Value Estate) according to art. 62.2. (A) of Law 4/99 of March 15, about Heritage of the Canary Islands, to be one of the most important rock carvings sites of the ancient cultures of the archipelago. It is an environmentally sensitive area by Law 11/90 of 13 July, Ecological Impact Prevention. In this mountain lives the cuernúa (Caralluma burchardii), a plant protected by regional standards (and extinction endangered), and the surrounding plains are Special Protection Area for Birds.

Chillida Family Project

But Tindaya Mountain, unfortunately, has become nationally famous for reasons totally unrelated to their natural and heritage values, other interests and other situations have become the magic mountain a symbol of discord, of economic corruption and also about "art". The proposal by the Basque artist Eduardo Chillida to pierce the mountain to make a hollow cube inside of 50 feet square, and two large holes that let you see the sun and the moon from within, is the reason that the controversy has blown. Leaving aside the problems of political and economic corruption that have accompanied this project from the beginning, the debate continues (but about 25.000.000€ have been spent, "no stone turned") in what must prevail, if respect for the integrity of the mountain or on the contrary the idea conceived in a sleepless night of brilliant artist. Many people believe that the work of Chillida will bring Fuerteventura to a place of honor in the world of art and that this justifies the monumental project Tindaya Mountain. By contrast, a large part of Canarian society believes that the value of its assets is what makes this mountain a natural monument worthy of preservation for future generations.

"Eduardo Chillida creation of a great sculpture piece in Fuerteventura is an excellent thing, I think, but I find it hard to accept that this means sacrificing a unique archaeological site, also ignoring all legal protection in this regard". Professor of archeology of University of La Laguna Antonio Tejera Gaspar wrote these words in 1996 , but supporters of the project have avoided the artistic merits of the debate and assume that a work of art of Spain's most famous sculptor justified, without further explanation or debates, the emptying of the mountain. Opponents are disqualified for failing to appreciate the significance of the artwork. Nor have they responded to other arguments, according to its supporters, the great artists can not be limited by laws or "environmentalists" considerations. Chillida wants to be the genius of the mountain, the man who will become artistic heritage what until now was a mountain "only" noted for its natural, ethnographic and archaeological values.

Eduardo Chillida died in 2002, after a years he suffered Alzheimer. Now his family continues to drive the project, on shutdown (for economic reasons) of the house-museum of Chillida (Chillida-Leku) in 2010

Many specialists in law, urban planning, archeology, geography, geology and even the art world, consider that the Chillida project not support security levels and true values of the Mountain, which could be seriously affected or misleading. Proof of this is that the promoters of the project, (Canary Islands Government and Fuerteventura Cabildo) have failed to protect these values ​​and document, in which no one has invested euro, nor scientific studies have helped to deepen the knowledge and dissemination of the heritage values ​​of the Mountain. On the contrary, they are very obvious neglect and looting of archaeological remains, the refusal to define the BIC, the helplessness of some species such as Caralluma itself, as acknowledged by the monumental project. In recent years only Chillida sculpture project has been promoted, with an outrageous expense or loss of 25 million euros (The Government supports a cost of 25.7 million in Tindaya).
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In July 2011, members of the scientific community, presented the media a manifesto, signed by artists, historians, archaeologists, geographers, biologists, engineers, historians, anthropologists, museum and libraries directors and, etc. 173 signatures in total.


Among other considerations, they said:

Because we believe that the current draft does not have to do with the original idea of ​​Chillida, as the sculptor himself devised a project clean and environmentally aware, and free of corruption or suspicion of illegal business, something that, unfortunately, the reality reality has contradicted.

Because society is still been fooled with Monumental project viability, while still wasting public money at a time of deep economic crisis for the whole Canarian society. The reality is that this viability is questioned by serious difficulties: legal, administrative, economic and technical, some unresolved and other unresolvable. Among others, include:

a. The feasibility study itself acknowledges that there are still literally geotechnical uncertainties inherent in the complexity of any proposed underground works. Many of these uncertainties can not be satisfactorily resolved until the excavation of a pilot gallery (Phase IV), or even the construction of the sculpture.

b. The first impact study, explicitly says that without global action to restore the environment of the mountain, Chillida's work itself would be environmentally unsustainable. Remember that this overall project has been eliminated in the second project.

c. From the economic standpoint, the project points out the need of the introduction of a variable component on the budget end of completion of the sculpture, due to its artistic feature and to the uncertainty associated with any underground works, so the possible agreement with a dealer-manager will allow future assumption of a budget increase for these artistic motifs. To this uncertainty, expressed by the project itself we must unite the derivative of the acute crisis. It's hard to think that someone will invest 76 million euros in exchange for monument management commitment to amortize the cost and obtain benefits in about 15 years. Shortly after the agreement with the Chillida family, politician Domingo Berriel, talks about alternative potential funding formulas in case of economic infeasibility and speaks of a financial economic study that nobody knows. The situation of these cultural megaprojects is so delicate, that the family of the sculptor has just closed the iconic Museum Chillida-Leku because of economic bankruptcy. Still, the Canary government granted them 50% of the representation of the future Foundation that will manage the works.

d. There are many legal uncertainties still unresolved and awaiting sentence, as the one that appeal against the first initiating administrative actions of Tindaya record, in one of which was involved himself Domingo Berriel, current Councillor of the Environment of the Government and promoter of Chillida's work. Other legal uncertainties, are the FCC (construction and projects company) appeal against certain acts of government and, more recently, the appeal against conservation standards, being perversely contrary to the basis of protecting the Mountain.

e. Finally, remember that monumental project and environmental impact assessment approved by the COTMAC (Planning Commission of Territory and Environment of Canary Islands) provides over 25 conditions, many complex technical studies, which will be carried out before the start of work and in some cases, may condition the project itself. Government should inform if the money to pay these technical studies, some very expensive, will also be borne by the private sector that will finance the execution of the work. Faced with the decision of the Canary Islands to create a foundation to exploit the Tindaya Mountain monument, a project that has already caused serious economic damage to the islands' society, which has become one of the biggest political scandals of the islands and has received a major social rejection, we urge the Government of the Canary Islands, the regional Parliament, the Cabildo of Fuerteventura and political forces to withdraw it and work on a new project of restoring and enhancing the true values ​​of that emblem of our natural and cultural heritage, to generate once and for all cultural and economic benefits to the inhabitants of the island and no false promises. We call on citizens to mobilize, to spread information about the project and to encourage public debate on the future of Tindaya.

YouTube (14:54): Press conference of members of the scientific community by presenting a manifesto against the destruction of Tindaya. July 1st, 2011
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Tindaya mountain of Chillida. Jesus Giráldez Macía. January 30, 2012
Hidden behind this project is the biggest corruption case in the democratic era of the archipelago and that although the calculations are complex, are estimated at over 30 million Euros spent on a project that has not moved a stone. Chillida hole is artistic nonsense and an attack on culture and nature and furthermore is impossible. And they know it. Any specialist in geology or anyone with an ounce of common sense knows that it is impossible to make a cube of fifty yards side inside a mountain whose roof (flat, of course) will hold hundreds of tons of stone brittle and fractured. The geotechnical study commissioned by the Canary Islands Government to confirm -not to investigate- its feasibility was rigged. Was awarded without tender to the Estudios Guadiana, led by Lorenzo Fernández Ordóñez, a close friend of the Chillida family and son of the engineer that working with the sculptor for years. Yet the study's own findings showed many geotechnical uncertainties that can not be settled until they start drilling the Mountain. Certainly Estudios Guadiana claimed a million and a half euros for making a report with these surreal and inconsistent conclusions. Unknown, however, the money gained by professor of ecology and honorary president of ADENA, Francisco Diaz Pineda, to sign the environmental impact statement which holds that pierce the mountain is environmentally friendly but, thanks to this scientific heresy in the service of power, was appointed as the coordinator of the teams that has been working on the future Fuerteventura Natural Park, where mysteriously Tindaya is off limits.

But back to the Chillida. This family goes shooting from the rooftops that its decision to allow -as heirs of their father's work- emptying the Mountain is not driven by economic interests. Two years ago we went to Euskalherría to present our book "Tindaya, el poder contra el mito" (Tindaya: myth against power)in several cities. Naive, at presentations we explained that one of the reasons for our presence in the Basque Country and Navarre was to raise awareness for the family of the sculptor and get them to definitely disengage from the project. In the discussions that arose in that tour were repeated public interventions always in the same direction: there will be money and business, there will be the Chillida. Now that their museum has closed, Tindaya reappears as safety net. If not, explain how to continue to support an unfeasible project, with strong opposition from the public and scientific community, with the artist died and corruption splashing everything it touches? It is likely that faith moves no mountains but money does allow to hollow them.
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