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Podríamos esgrimir incontables razones que expliquen la revolución sexual flower power que se produjo en la década de 1960, en la que se separó el placer de la procreación (salvo en casos de seguidores de cultos religiosos que dictan justo lo contrario so pena de castigo divino). Que si la pérdida de valores molares, que si el movimiento hippie contracultural, que si la música, que si los medios de comunicación, que si el desarrollo de nuevos métodos anticonceptivos como la píldora…

Sin embargo, también deberíamos tener en cuenta otra alternativa minúscula (y por tanto pasada por alto por mucha gente): la supresión de la Treponema pallidum. No estamos hablando de una suerte de parásito extraterrestre implantado en nuestro cerebro a fin de reducir nuestros impulsos sexuales, sino de la bacteria espiroqueta que es capaz de contagiarnos, vía sexual, de sífilis.

Según un estudio del economista Andrew Francis, de la Universidad de Emory (EEUU), publicado recientemente en la revista Archives of Sexual Behavior, la revolución sexual no tuvo lugar en los 60, sino en los 50, a raíz del uso generalizado de la penicilina, un antibiótico eficaz contra la sífilis, una enfermedad crónica de transmisión sexual que, hasta entonces, infundía el suficiente miedo en la población como para que ésta se pensase dos veces el comportarse licenciosamente.

Cabe recordar que sólo en estados Unidos, en 1939 (el culmen de los contagios), la sífilis acabó con la vida de 20.000 personas. Al usarse la penicilina contra la sífilis, esa prevención se redujo: la gente podía mantener relaciones sexuales sin tener miedo a morir.

Comúnmente se cree que la revolución sexual empezó con el desarrollo de actitudes permisivas de la década de 1960, derivado de la expansión de nuevos métodos anticonceptivos como la píldora.

Probablemente, en sí misma, estamos ante una explicación en exceso reduccionista, pues los cambios sociales responden a una concatenación de hechos inextricablemente urdidos. Pero la próxima vez que hablemos de la revolución sexual deberemos añadir a la ecuación el papel protagónico de esta diminuta bacteria.

El estudio de Francis también compara el coste de la sífilis en aquellos años con el del sida en la década de 1990 y muestran un asombroso parecido: el ratio de enfermos y muertos es muy similar en el momento cumbre de ambas enfermedades, 1939 y 1995. A juzgar por el autor, este paralelismo debe servir para adelantarse a las posibles implicaciones que el frenazo al VIH puede significar en el presente en las sociedades desarrolladas.

Aunque generalmente se atribuye a Alexander Fleming el descubrimiento de la penicilina, muchas épocas y culturas diferentes llegaron mediante la observación y la experiencia a conocer y emplear las propiedades bactericidas de los mohos. El descubrimiento de la penicilina según Fleming ocurrió en la mañana del viernes 28 de septiembre de 1928, cuando estaba estudiando cultivos bacterianos de Staphylococcus aureus en el sótano del laboratorio del Hospital St. Mary en Londres, situado en el Ala Clarence, ahora parte del Imperial College.

Vía | Yorokobu

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La noticia La revolución sexual del siglo XX la produjo la supresión de la 'Treponema pallidum' fue publicada originalmente en Xatakaciencia por Sergio Parra.

by Megh Wright

In an interesting move, BBC has announced a ban on all-male panels on popular comedy shows like QI, Mock the Week, and Have I Got News for You. The decision comes after frequent complaints from the network and female comedians alike about the male dominance on the series, whose guest panels featured only 5 women out of a total 38 panelists in recent episodes. Director of BBC Television Danny Cohen called the male-to-female ratio "unacceptable" and was very matter-of-fact about the all-male ban: "We're not going to have panel shows on any more with no women on them. You can't do that. It's unacceptable." BBC's entertainment controller Mark Linsey took it a step further: "I'm making it clear to production teams that there's just no excuse for delivering all-male guest lists."

While BBC will air any all-male panel shows recorded before the announcement of the ban, going forward the gender equality will be enforced — and that's expectedly been met with mixed reactions from viewers and comedians alike. In the past, comedian Victoria Wood and TV critic Caitlin Moran have snubbed panel show invites due to their male-dominated lineups; Moran wrote back in 2012: "I think that's a boys' game that works for the boys. It's not like they built it to screw women over, it's just that boys built it so they made it to work for boys. If I go on there as a token women, it's not going to work for me." Some against the ban are calling it "positive discrimination" and argue that it's setting up the very tokenism those women were working against, but BBC seems pretty firm on their decision, so it'll be intriguing to see how the panel shows evolve from this ban.

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So you know that 2003 masterpiece of shit “The Room”? Of course you do. And you know how one of the characters wrote a memoir about his time on the set of Tommy Wiseau’s San Francisco-based romance/drama? Neither did I. But James Franco was apparently well aware, and now the actor-cum-auteur, who has dabbled in directing cult film history dramatizations, has optioned Greg Sestero’s book ‘The Disaster Artist” for the big screen.

Oh hai, James.

Deadline reports that Franco will direct, produce and co-star with brother Dave in the filmic adaptation of “The Disaster Artist” with a script penned by relative newcomer Ryan Moody. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg will co-produce.

This is a great project. You invited all your friends. Good thinking.

The director reviewed Sestero’s book for Vice back in December.

“Because this book, ‘The Disaster Artist’ is about a bad movie,” Franco wrote, “and because Tommy Wiseau could be so easily mocked, one can see how such a book could turn into a thin recounting of all the crazy things that happened, simply to make fun of them. Instead the book is both a great portrayal of hopefuls coming to Los Angeles to pursue their ambitions, and an even greater examination of what it means to be a creative person with a dream, and trying to make it come true in a form that is just as much a business, and an insider social group, as it is an art.”

So, James Franco possibly playing Tommy Wiseau? Or any of the characters, for that matter? What a story.

source: Deadline/image: Courtney Nicholas, Vice

On Monday morning entertainment reporter Sam Rubin of KTLA News in Los Angeles botched his live interview with “RoboCop” star Samuel L. Jackson. Rubin confused him for Lawrence Fishburne.

As it turns out, both Jackson and Fishburne were featured in commercials than ran during the Super Bowl. Fishburne’s, specifically made to air during the game, was for Kia. Jackson’s ad was for “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” a spot which was not specifically made for the Super Bowl despite air time being booked for it.

Basically, Jackson thought Rubin didn’t have his black people list in order and gave him a reaming for it. Rubin apologized to the audience in a subsequent segment and admitted that he was too flabbergasted at the sight of a livid Jackson to even bother trying to clarify himself.

The whole thing makes for good YouTubery at least, and certainly isn’t the worst way to promote the February 12 release of “RoboCop”—even if it’s not the one with exploding penises [link NSFW].

h/t Guyism

The deathspiral of the "like". Australian science vlogger Derek Muller of Veritasium makes a convincing case for why Facebook likes are becoming less and less useful for brands --- and why paying for ads on Facebook locks you into a cycle of dependency which actually makes it harder to reach people who actually care about your content. (SLYT, 9min).

"Rat kings are phenomena said to arise when a number of rats become intertwined at their tails, which become stuck together with blood, dirt, ice, feces or simply knotted. The animals reputedly grow together while joined at the tails. The numbers of rats that are joined together can vary, but rat kings formed naturally from a large number of rats are rarer. Historically, there are various superstitions surrounding rat kings, and they were often seen as a bad omen, particularly associated with plagues."

Empezó como una moda pero se nos está yendo de las manos. Los productores de American Pie, el remake de The Ring y Cabin Fever, con mucho la mejor de las tres, nos llega Zombeavers, la historia que no necesitábamos ver llevaba a la gran pantalla sobre castores zombis. Entre esto y Sharknado creo que ahora sí podemos decir que lo hemos visto todo.

La película está dirigida por… en realidad, ¿a quién leches le importa? Es más, ¿alguien ha seguido leyendo hasta aquí?

A palabra mimo existe en galego mais o seu significado non é tan amplo coma en castelán. Podemos empregar mimo para falarmos dun tipo de teatro no que en troques de palabras se utilizan xestos e movementos. Por extensión, tamén lle chamaremos mimo ao actor que emprega estes recursos expresivos para interpretar, tanto dentro dunha obra de mimo (ou pantomima), como en espectáculos individuais, tamén na rúa. No caso dos artistas de rúa, é correcto definir como mimos os actores caracterizados como diferentes personaxes que manteñen un rictus concreto e só se moven en contadas ocasións.

Cando falemos de mimo como demostración de tenrura: “Thiago trata el balón con mimo”, en galego debemos utilizar agarimo, cariño ou delicadeza. “Thiago trata o balón con agarimo”.

Se mimo equivale a condescendencia excesiva: “Lo que tiene esa niña es mucho mimo” a palabra máis corrente en galego é mecos, así en plural. “O que ten esa nena son moitos mecos”. Son sinónimos bado, bioco, meiro ou meiró. “O que ten esa nena é moito bioco”.

De meco tomamos o derivado para definir unha persoa moi afeccionada ao cariño ou aos melindres: mecosa-o, mequeira-o. Tamén é válido netorreira-o. “Non sexas mecosa e acaba o que tes no prato!”. Con estas palabras podemos traducir os castelanismos mimosa-o e mimado-a.

Meco tamén a debemos utilizar nos casos que definamos caricias ou mostras de cariño. “Tesme aquí suspirando por un meco teu”.

No caso da planta invasora da familia das acacias de follas longas e florciñas amarelas en forma de boliña, o termo en galego é mimosa. Nalgunhas partes de Galicia utilízase a forma acacia, tamén válido. Debemos evitar o vulgarismo alcacia.

 

If you’re a single guy and not living under a rock, then you’ve probably heard of the dating or rather hook up app called Tinder. Tinder is basically an application that lets you like or dislike profiles of people by swiping right for “like” or left for “nope”. Tinder lets users upload pictures from their Facebook profile and also adds a snippet of information from their profile as well.

Although women are on tinder for different reasons, tinder is in my opinion better for one night stands than OKCupid or PlentyofFish because subconsciously, women view Tinder as a “hook-up” app”.

The goals of this guide are simple:

1. Get an attractive girls attention/attraction
2. Get her number as soon as possible
3. GET LAID within 24 hours on tinder. Ideally within 2 hours.NOT get a date, not text a girl endlessly and hope she chooses you and certainly, not to go on multiple dates.

The facts to remember:

1. There are at any given time, a number of girls that are DTF (down to fuck) on tinder.
2. EVERY attractive girl on tinder has multiple guys messaging them and they are interested in multiple guys as well.

Tinder is possibly the most superficial dating app out there and it works so well for precisely that reason.

I signed up to tinder and after a few weeks of tinkering around, I must say I’ve become quite good at it.

Basically, in the last 3 days, I’ve been on four “Tinder Dates” and hooked up with two of the four women. All four were attractive – not as attractive as women I’d approach in person, but attractive enough to hook up with. The week before that, I met five girls from tinder and hooked up with one.

After extensive tweaking and a LOT of messages sent out, I’ve developed a surefire way to get dates and more specifically, hook up with girls from Tinder.

1.  Your Photos

Your tagline on tinder is irrelevant. Only your pictures matter on first impression. Tinder is a superficial app and you literally have a few seconds to a make a first impression-in fact, a lot of times you have less than a second before she swipes to the left.

First Picture: This should be a GOOD picture of your face. By good picture, let me specify: It should show the “best side” of your face. If you are not sure, as a few female friends what they think of you picture, if you were a stranger. If you are a really good looking guy (i.e when you are not smiling, women in general refer to you as “hot”), you don’t necessarily need to smile.

If you are not a traditionally “good looking guy,” get that angle right and smile! In a separate post, I will discuss facial aesthetics and how you can maximize your looks. Every guy can be considered good-looking if he puts in the effort.

Second Picture: This should be one of you in a social situation,with well groomed guys preferably well dressed. Mine has me in a fitted suit. It communicates maturity, sophistication, high status, fashion sense and a thriving social life with males friends of high status.

Third Picture: This should be a picture that shows off your body. If you’ve been working out and taking care of your body, this picture should show you doing something natural- chilling with friend on the beach, lounging at the lake, chopping wood, mid-transformation into your werewolf – whatever. Just make sure its not a selfie of you in your bathroom mirror-UNLESS, you have a phenomenal physique. This guide is about getting laid on tinder, not finding a relationship.

Fourth Picture: Optional. If you’ve got killer pictures for the above three, you are good to go.

2. Profile

I recommend creating a new facebook profile just for tinder. However, this has been known to be glitchy with tinder and end up giving you no matches at all. One of the first things you should do is start liking pages that girls like in general. This increase the interests you have in common. Usually TV shows that girls love will get you there. I dont watch TV as its a waste of valuable time, but a google search let me know what is popular out there.

3. Technique

Swipe right. Let me explain something to you, guys. In the real world, women get to pick and choose who they want to sleep with. Getting laid for men is a numbers game, with the probability of you getting laid increasing as you improve you looks, lifestyle, Game and social status.

With Tinder, you’ve got your looks down and sub-communicated your status. Your next step is to play the numbers game. Don’t fall into the trap of looking for attractive women and discounting those you don’t find attractive.

The reason for this is that it is a WASTE OF TIME. If you were to pause at every third girl you found moderately attractive, check out her pictures and read her tagline, you just wasted a few precious seconds.

Swipe and get as many matches as possible. If you live in a large city of 1 million+ residents and you have followed my above instructions, you WILL get multiple matches.You can filter for the girls you find attractive as the matches line up. I prefer to get 6-10 matches before I start messaging.

4. Messaging

The purpose of messaging is two fold:

1. To Screen the girl and see if she is looking to get laid, or DTF.
2. To Get her number.

Send out messages to all your matches. Remember – you are looking to meet up with women on tinder THAT DAY. As in, within a 24 hour period.

Here’s a sample from one of the girls I hooked up with. I was messaging with a few other girls as well. I’ve included two examples of interactions where I hooked up with chicks: one for travelling men and one for men who don’t travel as much. These are WORD for WORD without any editing.

Non-travelling men: This was a 20-year-old college student at a local college.

On Tinder:

Me: hey hey

Jenna: hey!

Me: What’s up cutie :)

Jenna: At the library working on a group project…what u doin?

Me: At the gym letting out some stress – long day. Tough project or so-so?

Jenna: ugh soso over it though”

Me: Lol – I feel your pain. Text me xxx-xxx-xxxx- easier

Jenna: O.k!

Texting:

Jenna: “Heyyy”

Me: Yo! Can you give me a recommendation for a decent bar in town? BTW, you’re really attractive, Jenna!

Jenna: Thanks! You’re pretty handsome, yourself !What are you into? ___,___,_____- are good.

Me: o.k, I’ll check them out-you should come over for a drink when you are done with your project.

Jenna: Where do you live?

Me: ______ by___________ street

Jenna: I’d love to but, my car got swiped yesterday and is not in the best condition for driving

Jenna: You could always come over to my place for a drink…

Me: K-I’m getting off from the gym now- gonna shower. Text me you address and I’ll let you know before I come over.

Jenna: * Address*

I went over to her place – she told me her roommates were at the library all night (it was finals week last week), so chilled and drank for about 30 mins. I asked her to show me her room and once we were inside, I pulled her to me. Make out, condoms, bang.

The next example is  for men who travel a lot, which I believe is where the beauty of tinder reveals itself, because you can get higher quality(better looking educated,sophisticated,more interesting) women – especially if you travel out of a smaller town with less going on. Again, it’s a real interaction which happened last week.

On Tinder:

Me: Heyy what’s up- dang! You are cute!

Jess: Hey thanks :) you are pretty dang cute yourself

Me: Thank you :) I’m visiting Dallas-making new friends, but the weather is killing me!

Jess: “Visiting from where?”

Jess: And yes, the weather is terrible!

Me: From LA. You look like a sophisticated lady-what bars do you recommend in the downtown area?

Jess: Haha-take me to LA with you.Whats your scene? Theres a party at_____ that my friend is promoting , techno music at______ and a cool dj at _____

I honestly haven’t been out in awhile, but I’ll be going out tonight.

Me: Hey-text me, its much easier xxx-xxx-xxxx

Texting:

At this point she texts me:

Jess: Heyy, Its Jess

Me: O.k – you are quite the resource! I will look them up later and perhaps bar hop.Hopefully find something with a dancefloor.

Hit me up later and if you end up in a really fun place!

Jess: O.k!

Three hours later…

Jess: Did you find somewhere to go?

Me: “Yes! Bar____. Its banging in here!”

Jess: “Haha ok! I’m at_____ . Theres a dancefloor…just sayin,lol.

Me: Theres a bigger dancefloor here- come over, its a 3 min cab ride.What are you drinking?I’ll have one waiting for you.

Jess: I’m in the line-come get me.

And that was that, men. I took her back to my hotel room and tore it up.

5. Breakdown

In both cases, I used the same very basic formula:

1. Get her attention and her number: I always tell them as soon as possible that they are cute / attractive. Because I’ve done a great job on my profile pictures, I usually get a compliment back in return. If she doesn’t respond to my compliment, I will immediately ask her. “Aren’t you going to tell me that I look cute as well?” (Credit Chris at goodlookingloser.com  *possible trigger images*).The next and MOST IMPORTANT step is that I ask her to do something for me! Usually, its recommendation to a bar. Why do I do this? Its called the Benjamin Franklin effect. “The Benjamin Franklin Effect states that once a person has done you a favor they will be more likely to do you another favor.”

In this case, it is not a favor, but we are trying to get her number as soon as possible. Consequently, I give her my number and tell her to text me because its “easier”. Girls are more likely to text you when you give out more number first. They are even more likely to do so when they are invested in you.

2. Meet her that night: Always go for the meet up that night. There are a hundred guys messaging her at the same time. I know because, I had every girl I hooked up with show me their tinder app and I read the messages other guys were sending them. Heck, I even had girl setting up future dates with guys as I was using the bathroom!

The longer you wait for the meet up , the less likely you will have sex with her. If you are in a different town, make sure that you mention that you are new in town. This exponentially increases you chances of meeting up that day.

There you go! Go forth and get laid. Feel free to post any results, comments or questions in the comment box below.

This post originally appeared at Quit Porn Get Girls.

by John Hugar

Considering the ever-expanding role that social media in our lives, it was only a matter of time before there was a television program named after a Twitter account. So when @midnight arrived in late October, it felt like a predictable Sign of the Times. What couldn't have been predicted, however, is how funny the show would be, or quickly it would find an audience. @midnight has only been on the air for eight weeks, and yet it already feels like an integral part of Comedy Central's lineup, having secured a 40-week renewal after strong ratings in its initial four-week run.

For the uninitiated, @midnight is a half-hour game show hosted by Chris Hardwick in which three comedians try to earn points (POINTS!) by competing in various internet-themed games. These games include things like Sad Etsy Boyfriends and OK Cupid or Serial Killer, which is exactly what it sounds like. After three acts, the comedian with the fewest points is eliminated, and the remaining two compete in one final showdown to determine who "wins the internet" for the next 23 and a half hours.

The show could've been much different than how it turned out: on an episode of Bill Simmons' B.S. Report podcast, Anthony Jeselnik mentioned that before he began work on The Jeselnik Offensive, Comedy Central had wanted him to host a four-night-a-week show that would air after The Colbert Report. It's not much of a stretch to think that @midnight is what that show became, and while Jeselnik is often hilarious, it's hard to deny that Hardwick is a much better fit. Jeselnik's deadpan-evil personality is perfect for his standup, but it wouldn't have translated to a game show that carries a such laid-back, friendly vibe. Hardwick combines Jimmy Fallon's charm with Jeselnik's willingness to "go there" and not play things super safe.

Depending on who you follow on Twitter, you may already be well aware of how popular the show is. Night after night, dozens of comedy nerds looking for some brief stardom are sending tweets to the @midnight account. That's because of the popular #HashtagWars segment, which lasts just 60 seconds on the show but goes on for hours and hours on Twitter as thousands of would-be comedians try to get their tweet featured on the next episode, or at least make the top 10 on the show's Tumblr (note: I TOTALLY got robbed for my #KnockoffBands entry, and I haven't completely gotten over it).

Of course, there's a slight danger to all of this. For those who don't watch the show on a nightly basis, the endless stream of punny tweets clogging up their timelines can become a bit much. Sportswriter David Roth (who writes for SB Nation and co-founded The Classical) half-jokingly asked for a special Twitter feature that would prevent people playing the @midnight game from appearing in his timeline. This wish is understandable — not everyone playing each night is a comedian, and there are always gonna be some stinkers. Since the show will likely continue to gain fans over the coming weeks and months, oversaturation could be a problem. When one TV show dominates the Twitterverse night after night, people are bound to get sick of it. Really, though, it shouldn't be a major issue, since the show's strong social media presence is only part of its appeal. After all, they can always ditch or change up #HashtagWars to keep the show fresh.

The show is also wonderfully egalitarian; the three comics on the show are often at varying levels of fame, but they all have the same chance of emerging victorious. In one episode, Kristen Schaal — well known for her work on Bob's Burgers and The Daily Show — was the first contestant eliminated, to which standup Mike Lawrence, who would go on to win that night, remarked "but she's the only celebrity here!" It was a victory for everyone involved. No one thought less of Schaal for going home first (the crowd seemed genuinely sad upon her exit), but it helped Lawrence introduce himself to a larger audience.

It's a model that show can use going forward to even greater effect. As it continues to gain steam, we're likely to see more and more super-famous comedians, to the point where it will be weird if a well-known comic hasn't done the show. So far, the most famous contestant is probably Weird Al Yankovic (who ended up winning that night), but several other big names could be coming in the future. How great would a Stewart-Colbert showdown be? And what if they both lost to a relative unknown with only a few thousand Twitter followers? @midnight could serve as both a launching pad for young comics and a chance for the already-established folks to show they haven't lost their edge.

The guests might not even have to come from the comedy world. On a recent show, musician Neko Case tried her luck against two actual comics, and wound up emerging victorious. For those who follow Case on Twitter, this wasn't much of a surprise, as she's often a lot funnier then the dark themes in her music would suggest. Still, Case's appearance represented yet another avenue for the show to explore, as folks from other parts of show business entering the ring against professional comics could be fascinating to watch. Some will thrive as Case did, while others might crash and burn. Either way, it'll make for entertaining television.

It's only been a few months, but @midnight has the potential to become a late night mainstay. The repartee between Hardwick and the contestants is a riot, and the ability to play along on Twitter makes everyone at home feel like part of the show, too. There's a small chance of @midnight getting too big for its own good and causing a backlash, as we saw with Roth's tweet, but the show's ceiling is ridiculously high. When the show's Twitter-inspired moniker first appeared this fall, it might have seemed like a surefire flash in the pan, but those fears have largely gone out the window. If five years from now, @midnight has become a television institution, and outlasts several of the social media apps it's mocking now, it would hardly be a surprise. Based on every early indication, this show is built to last.

John Hugar is a writer based in Buffalo, NY. His work has appeared on The Classical, Deadspin, and Gothic Ginobili. He's been a comedy nerd since he was 12, and he thinks the world would be a better place if Jay Sherman came back.

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Esta semana un gif animado que alguien dejó en Reddit ha dado la vuelta al mundo hasta el punto de que medios reputados como el blog de la revista Time le han dedicado un artículo, pero parece que nadie se ha molestado mucho en averiguar de dónde procedía el asunto. Nosotros nos hemos quedado un poco a medio camino, pero al menos podemos ponerle contexto: el vídeo parece formar parte de un anuncio y, en efecto, da bastante asquito comprobar como algo tan inocente como un beso cambia tanto según la perspectiva.

Floppy music Youtube channel Gigawipf plays Soft Cell's Tainted Love on 13 floppy disks and one hard drive.


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Previously: The theme from Game of Thrones played by floppy disks

Grandmothers knew it, but commercial technology made it passe... What other substance can burnish your scissors, clean your piano keys, deodorize lunch boxes, footlockers, and car trunks, purge bugs from your pantry, and keep corned beef from shrinking....as well as 145 other things? Not much.

DeviantART member theantilove (Eowyn Smith) constructed a world map indicating where many of the Disney animated films were set. At the map’s DeviantART page (where you can enlarge it), you’ll find a legend an some discussion ion where each was placed. There are 44 full-length Disney animated features plus 13 Pixar movies. Each is placed where the movie implied the setting was, but if the movie was too vague, the original fairy tale was used for placement. There’s a group that takes place in fantasyland or outer space, too! -via Buzzfeed

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The Music Scene is a television series aired by ABC as part of its Fall 1969 lineup. The show featured performances from the top musicians of the week as compiled by "Billboard Magazine" and had a number of hosts, including David Steinberg and Lily Tomlin. Many huge names of the era, including The Beatles, James Brown, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Three Dog Night, Tom Jones on the initial program and Janis Joplin, Bobby Sherman, The Miracles, Sly & the Family Stone, Isaac Hayes, Stevie Wonder, Bo Diddley and Mama Cass Elliot, (who co-hosted as well as performed) among many others, appearing on subsequent shows.

Promos initially used improvisational group The Committee (previously) which featured actor Howard Hesseman (née Don Sturdy), as well as The Rolling Stones. The promos implied that the Stones would be appearing with some regularity on the program. However by the time The Music Sene went on the air, The Committee was nowhere to be seen and the Stones never appeared on the show.

The show was not a ratings success and only ran one season. In an 2013 Inside Comedy interview, Steinberg, and Tomlin point out the biggest problem with the show:

Steinberg: And then Billboard would have the hit music of the week, and we would have to do something satirical about the hit music of the week but no one figured out that some of the dreckiest songs last forever —

Tomlin: In the Top Ten forever! Weeks and weeks and we'd have to do the same song and come up with a way to do it!

Episode Guide with artists (including many I couldn't locate) listed by week.

The Music Scene Opening
Theme From The Music Scene
TV Promos, featuring The Rolling Stones and Howard Hesseman (Don Studley)
Groucho Marx interview with host David Steinberg

• The Archies ~ Sugar, Sugar
• Tony Bennett ~ ~ I Gotta Be Me
• Chuck Berry ~ Roll Over Beethoven & Johnny B Goode'
• James Brown ~ Mother Popcorn, World (Part 1)
• Joe Cocker ~ Delta Lady, Something
• Judy Collins ~ Pretty Polly
• The Cowsills ~ Silver Threads and Golden Needles
• Creedence Clearwater Revival ~ The Nighttime Is The Right Time
• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ~ Down By The River
• Crosby, Still, Nash and Young with Tom Jones ~ Long Time Coming
• The Dells ~ Oh What A Night
• Neil Diamond ~ Holly Holy, Both Sides Now
• Bo Diddley ~ Hey Bo Diddley
• Mama Cass Elliot ~ New World Coming
• Everly Brothers ~ Bowling Green
• The Grass Roots ~ Heaven Knows
• Cast of "Hair" ~ Easy To Be Hard
• Merle Haggard ~ Okie From Muskogee
• Richie Havens ~ Rocky Raccoon
• Isaac Hayes ~ Walk On By
• Mary Hopkin ~ In My Life
• Davy Jones ~ Together
• Tom Jones ~ I'll Never Fall In Love Again
• Janis Joplin ~ Maybe
• B.B. King ~ Just A Little Bit Of Love
• Jerry Lee Lewis ~ What'd I Say & Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On
• Gordon Lightfoot ~ Saturday Clothes, That's What You Get For Lovin' Me
• Lulu ~ Oh Me Oh My
• Mom's Mabely ~ It's Your Thing
• John Mayall ~ The Laws Must Change
• Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 ~ Ye-Me-Le & Witchita Linesman
• Lee Michaels ~ Who Could Want More
• Roger Miller ~ King Of The Road
• Gary Puckett ~ This Girl Is A Woman Now
• The Rascals ~ People Got To Be Free
• Lou Rawls ~ I Can't make It Alone, Your Good Thing Is About To End
• Tommy Roe ~ Dizzy
• John Sebastian ~ She's A Lady
• Buffy Sainte-Marie ~ Universal Soldier
• Pete Seeger ~ Bring Them Home
• Smith ~ Baby It's You
• Sly and the Family Stone ~ Everyday People & Dance to the Music, Hot Fun in the Summertime & Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey
• Dusty Springfield ~ The Look Of Love
• The Temptations ~ I Can't Get next To You
• Stevie Wonder ~ Yester-me, Yester-you, Yester-day
• Three Dog Night ~ Eli's Coming

HBO should be required to send out stress relievers to every fan of Game of Thrones in advance of the fourth season, because, as evidenced by Sunday night’s 15-minute featurette Ice and Fire: A Foreshadowing, we’re in for a wallop. After waiting for months to find out how the aftermath of the infamous Red Wedding would reverberate throughout the Seven Kingdoms, the clip imparts quite quickly that the terrorfest was just the beginning. Winter is still coming, after all, and there are many more problems facing the realm and abroad.

“Some of the most shocking and mind-blowing scenes of the entire series come at the end of this coming season,” explained executive producer/writer/director David Benioff. With clips from upcoming episodes, behind-the-scenes-footage, interviews with cast and crew, and answers to fan questions, Ice and Fire: A Foreshadowing has [almost] everything a viewer of the series could want. With glimpses at the upcoming royal wedding, a storm churning on The Wall, and allusions to some seriously scary dragons, the teaser for the season-to-be promises more action, thrills, and chills than ever before.

Even Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) is impressed: “We pick up the pieces [from the Red Wedding] and top it in many ways.” With trouble a-brewing for almost every character involved on the series, the video will leave you anxious, worried, and begging for April 6th to arrive already.

What did you think of the featurette? Ready for some dragons? Let us know in the comments.

Vou facer miñas as verbas dun amigo mexicano que vive fora do país:

De hace apenas tres años a esta parte se ha puesto de moda el mezcal. Antes lo puedes tomar en todas partes. Y me encanta esta moda. (Las palabras no son exactas, pero intento reflejar la idea de aquella conversación)

Pois a min tamén me encanta esta nova moda.

Eu estiven nen México de turismo hai 10 anos, e lembro que de aquelas, o mezcal era unha bebida pendenciera, e non moi extendida. Agora, nos restaurantes elegantes e bares chulos, en todos ofrecen mezcal.

E moitos dos restaurantes punteiros de México (coma o Quintonil ou o Pitiona) ofrecen sempre un mezcal artesano.

Mezcal de apertivo no Quintonil (Distrito Federal)

Mezcal de aperitivo no Pitiona (Oaxaca)

Non vou contar nada da orixe, a historia e a elaboración do mezcal porque hai un documental moi chulo:



¿Vedes a ese da foto? Sí, Ulises Torrentera, pois con el estiven tomando uns mezcales e falando en Oaxaca, na súa famosa mezcalería In Situ.

las más de 60 variedades de mezcal (artesano) de la Mezcalería In Situ (Oaxaca)

Agora vou a respostar a preguntas ....

• Isto non deixa de ser unha moda: ¿está xustificado este novo prestixio do producto e o seu prezo premium? (Un mezcal artesano costa moito máis ca calqueira tequila de luxo)

Pos a min paréceme que sí está xustificado. En canto ó seu prestixio.... os bós mezcales combina dúas cousas contradictorias: a forza (50º, 60º) e unha gran diversidade de sabores e aromas, subtiles, iso sí, porque en principio non deixa de ser un destilado blanco onde o que predomina é o alcool puro e duro. A razón de toda esta variedade de sabores é aromas é que se fai a partir de moi diversos tipos de agave, con diferentes técnicas de fermentado, con diferentes técnicas de destilación (dende alambiques de cobre ata olas de barro), en moi diferentes lugares e tipos de terreo (dende Durango ata Oaxaca, lugares moi distantes). Unha das cousas interesantes do mezcal é que saben diferente. Exceptuando os mezcales industriales (os que venden no aeroporto sen ir máis lonxe) que todos saben igual.

En canto ó prezo, pois ben podería ser máis barato, porque no seu momento o foi, pero agora coma hai máis demanda de bó mezcal, pois subiron os prezos. Pero non é un destilado de preparación fácil. Só hai que ter en conta que o agave tarda entre 10 ou 20 anos en estar listo para a súa colleita. É unha inversión a longo plazo. Gran parte do prezo de moitos dos mezcales que se venden no DF é lucro do distribuidor, e é moito máis asequible ir a mercar directamente nun palenque, pero bueno, se un non pode ir directamente ou non sabe, pois pagar un pouco máis, merece a pena.

• ¿Añejo ou Joven?

 Temos moi interiorizada esta idea de que o alcohol mellora envellecendo, pero no caso do mezcal hai que ter coidado. O mezcal añejo está ben, pero con este envellecemento vai perdendo os aromas e sabores que é o que o fai especial. O mezcal añejo non deixa de ter un sabor neutro e un pouco aburrido. 

Os sabores do mezcal novo son bastante primitivos, pero nun bó sentido, coma cando un se achega a naturaleza: poden ter uns toques afumados, poden ter uns toques herbaceos, poden ter un aroma doce, ou un pouco especiado, e un dos sabores máis curiosos que poden ter (e que non necesariamente lle parece agradable a moitos) é sabor arxiloso, a terra.

O sabor e aromas teñen que ver ca maneira de preparalo e tamén ca caste de agave que se usou. Moitos mezcales están feitos de varios tipos de agave co que os diferentes carácteres de cada un de estas plantas combinanse no resultado final.

Un par de botellas de Mezcal para ilustrar:


Non tentedes localizar este mezcal, porque coma podedes ver na parte de atrás da etiqueta, esta botella xa era da última caixa (39/40). O Mezcal Farolito é a marca ca que etiqueta Ulises o seu mezcal favorito, que non ten que ser igual cada ano. Neste caso, este ano tratábase dun mezcal feito a partir de agave Karwinskii e Cuixe (dous tipos diferentes de agave). O palenque estaba en San Luis Amatlán (pobo lexendario pola calidade do seu Mezcal) Graduación ... 49º

É dificil explicar que algo tan alcoholico pode ser ó mesmo tempo elegante. Neste caso combina a forza con dozura (relativamente!), e aromas herbaceos.

Del Maguey 2011- Mezcal Minero (Santa Catarina Minas)

 Iste mezcal de marca "Del Maguey" xa é máis fácil de localizar, porque coma podedes ver xa está un pouco máis profesionalizado, e ten amplia distribución (de feito pódese comprar en el DF en La Europea).

Iste é un mezcal dito de tipo minero. Dise así porque esta fabricado nunha comarca de Oaxaca que se coñece coma "de Minas". O mezcal minero ten tanta fama, que é habitual que os de outras zonas tentan facerse pasar por minero.

Coma é? Pois outra vez 49º, neste caso ten un sabor tamén doce (dentro da gama de sabores do mezcal) e aromas a vainilla, entre outros aromas.

“If people called your band ‘the worst band of all time’ for 40 years nothing would faze you,” writes Jesse Krakow in his liner notes to the first solo album from Dot Wiggin, and as lead singer and principal songwriter with the Shaggs, Wiggin knows a lot about having what could politely be called an interesting reputation for her body of work. At 21 years of age on the Shaggs’ infamous debut album Philosophy of the World, Dot Wiggin sounded at once physically and emotionally awkward, but also charming and unfailingly honest about her thoughts and feelings. Over four decades later, most of that holds true on Ready! Get! Go!, the first offering from the Dot Wiggin Band; Wiggin sounds more confident with herself and comfortable with her thoughts, but she’s as unfiltered as ever when…

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…it comes to expressing herself, and these songs (many written during her days with the Shaggs but never recorded) celebrate bicycles, boys, pets, and driving with the same clunky but unguarded joy that marked her work on Philosophy of the World. This time out, instead of being backed by her sisters Helen and Betty, Dot is accompanied by a team of worshipful indie rockers assembled by Krakow, and while they bring a technical skill and confidence to the performances that the Shaggs could never muster, they also follow the lead of the melodic twists and turns that dominate Wiggin’s songs. Even with the band playing the right notes in tune and in time, and with keyboards, percussion, horns, and banjos livening up the arrangements, this music still sounds much like the Shaggs, more approachable but just as eccentric in its unpretentious, plainspoken way. If Dot Wiggin sounded like a naive girl singing about the world around her in 1969, at the age of 64 she sounds like life has taught her a few things, but she’s still in touch with her sense of wonder, and she remains entirely and charmingly herself. The closer, a cover of the Skeeter Davis hit “The End of the World,” sounds like karaoke in the best possible way — Dot misses plenty of notes, but a lifetime of emotional ups and downs is audible in her voice, and it’s fascinating to hear her quietly bare her soul to the world. the Dot Wiggin Band will never be called the worst band of all time like the Shaggs, but Ready! Get! Go! couldn’t have come from anyone else, and she remains one of music’s most fascinating one-offs.

Os investigadores da presunta trama corrupta describen achegas de cartos para proxectos do Concello de Santiago que achegarían como contraprestación á concesión de servizos públicos.

A Universidade Libre de Berlín permite dar nome ás cicloxéneses. Ruth ou Stephanie son persoas reais que pagaron

Bautizar a vindeira borrasca co teu nome custa 199 euros en GCiencia.

En un rincón entre las provincias de Lugo y Orense hay ríos encañonados, bosques frondosos, vino, pulpo y la mayor concentración de monasterios de Galicia. En este caso el orden de los factores no altera el producto, pueden colocarlos como prefieran. Del pulpo empecé a escuchar desde que tuve uso de razón la frase «el mejor pulpo es el del interior». Esta sentencia era el mantra que repetía una amiga de mi madre, «la gallega», mientras estampaba repetidamente un pulpo contra las losas de piedra del jardín. El ritual se repetía con bastante frecuencia y lo supongo culpable de que yo fuera incapaz de de probar el pulpo hasta los veinticinco años. También al románico de la Ribeira llegué tarde, y llegar al pulpo y a la Ribeira tarde es mucho pecado.

Curiosamente el nombre de Ribeira Sacra es uno de esos errores afortunados. Un cronista del siglo XVII confundió roboira con ribeira cuando transcribía un documento por el que Doña Teresa de Portugal hacía donaciones del lugar llamado «Roboira sacrata» al monasterio de Montederramo. De «Robledal sagrado» se pasó así a «Ribera sagrada».

Los orígenes de tanto monasterio y tanta sacramentalidad se remontan al siglo IV. La influencia de Prisciliano, el herético obispo de Ávila pero gallego de nacimiento fue un acicate para que muchos buscaran en la soledad y el ascetismo la santidad deseada. Así, el tramo medio del Miño y el final del Sil debieron llenarse primero de eremitas solitarios y luego de comunidades de eremitas. El clima mediterráneo y los ríos que posibilitaban comunicación y alimento hicieron de esta zona una de las preferidas. La llegada de los musulmanes seguramente hizo que esas comunidades fueran abandonadas. Enfrentarse a las razias de los infieles era un precio que no todos estarían dispuestos a pagar. Sin embargo la llegada de los benedictinos hizo revivir la zona. Entre los siglos X y XIII vivió su máximo esplendor. Se fundaron monasterios sin descanso y se transformó el paisaje: los monjes negros introdujeron los bancales para poder cultivar aquellas colinas abruptas. Después llegarían la desamortización y el abandono, pero de muchos de esos monasterios nos quedan sus iglesias, salvadas en su mayor parte por convertirse en iglesias parroquiales.

Es imposible enumerar todas las iglesias que merece la pena visitar en la Ribeira pero hay tres lugares que creo imprescindibles y cuya visita ayuda a entender la historia de la comarca.

San Pedro de Rocas

Quizá sea este el mejor ejemplo de los primeros tiempos de la Ribeira. En él se encontró una lápida fechada en el 573 (hoy está en el museo arqueológico provincial de Ourense) donde se menciona a cinco ascetas como «herederos» del lugar. Hay discrepancias en cuanto a la interpretación: ¿es fundacional o bien el lugar ya existía? Eso para disfrutar la visita no nos importa mucho, pero es curioso cómo historia y leyenda se entrecruzan. Y digo leyenda porque cuenta la de San Pedro que sobre el siglo X un caballero llamado Gemondus, estando de cacería, encontró el lugar abandonado y allí se quedó, en un arrebato de fe. Pronto otros caballeros se le unieron y Gemondus llegó a ser el primer prior de la comunidad.

San Pedro de Rocas. No pudo tener mejor nombre, cuando entren en la iglesia rupestre lo entenderán. Excavada en la roca madre esa debió de ser la primera iglesia del eremitorio y es la parte más antigua con sus columnas y capiteles tallados. En el siglo XIII delante de su portada triple se construyó la llamada «iglesia nueva», seguramente por falta de espacio. Pero además San Pedro es un lugar sobrecogedor. Todo el suelo de la iglesia está cubierto de tumbas antropomorfas, tantas, que se hace difícil caminar entre ellas. En la capilla de la izquierda, donde la tradición dice que está enterrado el pío Gemondus se conservan los restos de un mapamundi, único vestigio de pintura románica en Galicia.

Santa Cristina de Ribas de Sil

Nuestra segunda parada es el monasterio de Santa Cristina de Ribas de Sil. En el cañón del río un bosque de cuento abriga al monasterio en la terraza donde se alza. El cenobio aparece citado en documentos anteriores al siglo XI pero lo que hoy vemos es de finales del siglo XII – principios del siglo XIII. Asomado tímidamente al Sil conserva una puerta de acceso al antiguo claustro de lo más original. Si bien el claustro en sí es renacentista esta puerta de medio punto dovelada es un ejemplo de románico tardío y abigarrado. En el intradós hay esculpido un tetramorfos delicioso flanqueado en los extremos por dos ángeles. La iglesia es de una nave, con triple cabecera, si bien en el cuerpo de la nave ya aparece la transición al gótico, por lo que se piensa que pudo ser rehecha. Los tres ábsides se encuentran un poco encerrados pero presentan capiteles en las semicolumnas y varios canecillos historiados, incluidos dos con exhibicionistas.

En el siglo XVI comenzó del declive de Santa Cristina, cuando pasó a depender como priorato de Santo Estevo, nuestra próxima parada.

Santo Estevo de Ribas de Sil

De Santo Estevo se tiene constancia documental desde el año 921, cuando Ordoño otorga al abad Franquila autorización para reconstruir las dependencias monacales. Cuando uno lo descubre tras la zigzagueante carretera comprende la importancia que hubo de tener este lugar tiempo atrás. Poco tiene que ver este conjunto con San Pedro o Santa Cristina. Entre los siglos X y XI se retiraron nueve obispos con fama de santos entre sus muros. Esa fama convirtió a Santo Estevo en lugar de peregrinación y su poder aumentó considerablemente. A uno de los claustros, el más antiguo que se conserva, del siglo XIII, se le llama «dos Bispos» en honor de los hombres santos. Y he dicho bien, uno de los claustros, porque el monasterio conserva tres: uno románico, uno renacentista y otro barroco.

La iglesia se consagró en el siglo XII y aún con añadidos posteriores conserva la cabecera románica con algunos capiteles. Aunque la pieza más interesante es un retablo de piedra, labrado por ambas caras y que se cree pudo ser tímpano de alguna portada. En él aparece Cristo rodeado por los apóstoles.

Con la desamortización Santo Estevo quedó abandonado y la ruina se apoderó de todo hasta el 2004, año en el que se inauguró lo que hoy es uno de los mejores paradores de turismo. Así que, para descansar en la Ribeira, qué mejor que un monasterio. Las instalaciones han respetado al máximo el conjunto monumental. Las antiguas caballerizas son ahora el comedor, la cocina monacal se ha conservado y uno puede perderse en sus claustros y salones. Además el parador tiene un spa delicioso en las antiguas bodegas. El jacuzzi en la terraza, frente al bosque de castaños, conseguirá que recuperen fuerzas para seguir serpenteando por las carreteras en busca de iglesias y pueblos maravillosos : Santo Estevo de Atán, San Miguel de Eiré, San Vicente de Pombeiro, Santo Estevo de Ribas de Miño, San Paio de Diomondi, Maceda… y entre iglesia e iglesia coman pulpo, yo lo hago con el afán de compensar tantos años sin él. Muy cerca de Santo Estevo, en la plaza Mayor de Luintra está Casa Olegario. El vermú de los domingos con los platos de pulpo y empanada volando de mano en mano es un espectáculo. Pero es que además llegan las pulpeiras a la plaza y sí, quizá «la gallega» tenía razón y el mejor pulpo es el del interior. Prueben también su celebrada carne al caldeiro y de ahí si pueden, vuelvan al parador para echar una siesta. Tampoco dejen de visitar Monforte de Lemos, al fin y al cabo es la capital de la Ribeira Sacra y con un casco urbano declarado conjunto histórico. Otro parador monumental, en el antiguo palacio de los condes de Lemos, y el restaurante O Grelo, con una carta estupenda en pescados nos esperan para reponer fuerzas. Pero no se agobien, hay demasiada Ribeira que visitar y demasiados rincones que ver. Disfruten de cada uno con tranquilidad, paseen por los bosques, asómense a los miradores y no conviertan la visita en una maratón. La Ribeira se les quedará dentro y no tendrán más remedio que volver. Saudade, creo que lo llaman.

Para dormir:
Parador de Santo Estevo
Monasterio de Santo Estevo, 32162, Ourense.
988 01 01 10

Parador de Monforte de Lemos
Plaza Luis de Góngora y Argote, 27400 Monforte de Lemos, Lugo
982 41 84 84

Para comer:
Restaurante Casa Olegario / (Pulpeira que se pone al lado los domingos)
Pza. Mayor 12, 32160, Luintra, Ourense.
988 20 14 94

Restaurante O Grelo
c/ Campo de la Virgen, s/n, 27400 Monforte de Lemos, Lugo,
982 40 47 01

The Academy Award-nominated short films are playing in theaters, thanks to an enterprising company called Shorts International. As can be predicted, the animated short film category has always been something of a mixed bag, highlighting stories in some films, and mere style in others. This year is sadly a somewhat weak year for the animated short category, featuring a few kind of impressive stylistic exercises, and only one film with an interesting cognitive aesthetic. Nonetheless, I still encourage you to seek out these movies, as the short film form is a fascinating and important cinematic structure, and one that you can learn from, as an audience member, as an Academy voter, and perhaps as an aspiring filmmaker. I am one of those obnoxious critics who constantly clamors for a return to the old days of movies, when shorts, cartoons, and serial were a regular feature of the film experience (how cool if all the Marvel movies, for instance, had 10-minute serials, featuring more obscure heroes, beforehand?).

Here are the animated shorts nominated this year:

Get a Horse! (dir. Lauren McMullen, USA)

This was the one that you have perhaps already seen, as it preceded the overrated Disney mega-hit Frozen earlier in the year. This is a Mickey Mouse cartoon that blends rubbery Ub Iwerks-inspired cel animation with the latest in CGI 3-D tricks, alternating between the two when the characters literally break through the screen. The voices are taken from stock audio of older cartoons, so Walt Disney himself is a featured actor. The film is brisk and slick (as one would expect from a Disney cartoon), and even a bit clever. It’s a fun trifle, and perfect to precede a Disney flick, but not excellent.

Mr. Hublot (dir. Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares, France)

A dialogue-free steampunk sitcom, Mr. Hublot is about a mouthless robot-like man (with an odometer in his forehead) who takes in a robot dog, which eventually grows too large for his tiny, tiny apartment. While the style is creative, and the aesthetic original, there is not enough going on in the cartoon to really make it worthwhile. The mechanics of this universe are also a bit hazy. It’s like a quieter, slightly more soulful version of the noisy feature film Robots from 2005.

Feral (dir. Daniel Sousa, USA)

My favorite of the short films, and the only one not made in CGI, Feral is a dreamy, abstract film about a wood-bound wild child taken to civilization by an adult, and the disastrous consequences therein. The film is told entirely through mood and notion, and eschews traditional story, ending with an eventual dissipation into pure abstraction. It feels like a proper experimental film, using oft-untapped techniques to tell an unconventional story. It most certainly won’t win the Oscar for these very reasons.

Possessions (dir. Shuhei Morita, Japan)

Made in 2 ½-D (i.e. 3-D animation textured to look like hand drawings), this bizarre anime is perhaps the best bet for the Oscar win. It features a tailor and handyman wandering through a medieval Japanese forest, eventually running into an empty mansion full of broken widgets and pieces of clothing that have, over the course of the previous century, acquired embittered souls over having been abandoned for so long. It’s moody and weird the way a lot of anime is, and wholly compelling.

Room on the Broom (dir. Jan Lachauer and Max Lang, England)

From the makers of The Gruffalo from a few years ago, Room on the Broom is another sing-songy fable for kids featuring a bevy of appealing animal characters who speak in rhyme. Gillian Anderson plays a friendly witch who can’t help but add animals to her flying broomstick at every opportunity. It’s sweet and funny, and kids will definitely dig it, but, like Get a Horse!, it feels a bit trifling. It’s not funny or moving enough to be notable, and it doesn’t do new things with the animated form.

Informative article and hilarious videos concerning myths about female virginity.

  

Remolcador Ria de Vigo, Eslora: 69 m, Manga:13,5 m, Trb:1850, Potencia:10 000 cv, Capacidad de tiro:120t

Tipo de barco	General Cargo Ship
Nombre	Abis Calais
Astillero	Dongfeng Shipbuilding Hangzhou, China, 2011
Puerto matrícula, Bandera	Harlingen, Netherlands
Armador, operador	Abis Shipping Harlingen, Netherland
GT	4255 t
DWT	6050 t
Eslora	114,40 m
Manga	14,40 m
Calado	6,3 m
Propulsión	1 x Bergen diesel c25:33l9p
Velocidad	12 nudos
IMO MMSI Distintivo	9547336 246668000 PBXX

Tipo de barco	Remolcador de altura Clase María de Maeztu
Nombre	SAR GAVIA
Astillero, año	Unión Naval de Valencia en Valencia,  2010
Bandera	España
Operador	Sociedad de Salvamento y Seguridad Marítima
Eslora	39,7 m
Manga	12,5 m
Puntal	5,5 m
Calado	4,2 m
Propulsión	2 motores diésel ABC 8DZC-1000-175 1.872 Kw. a 1.000 rpm
Potencia	5090 HP
Propulsores	2 propulsores azimutales de Schottel
Velocidad	13 nudos
Autonomía	6000 mn
Tracción a punto fijo	60 tons
Tripulación	10+2 personas
IMO MMSI Distintivo	9525742 224483000 EAED

Tipo de barco	Buque remolcador de salvamento
Nombre	Sebastián de Ocampo
Astillero, año	Astilleros Cardama, 2005
Bandera	España
Operador	Xunta de Galicia
GT	773 gt
Eslora	41 m
Manga	13m
Puntal	6,10m
Propulsión	2 x Caterpillar 3516
Potencia	2 x 3.676 kW
Propulsores	2 propulsores azimutales
Velocidad	14,8 nudos
Autonomía	4.500 millas (mínimo)
Tracción a punto fijo	55 tons (mínimo)
IMO MMSI	9329021 224111000

Tipo de barco	REMOLCADOR AZIMUTAL DE ESCOLTA PARA PUERTO Y ALTA MAR
Nombre	Ibaizabal 9
Astillero, año	Armon de Vigo, 2010
Bandera	España
Armador	CIA. REMOLCADORES IBAIZABAL S.A
Puerto base	La Coruña.
GT	428 tons
DWT	100 tons
Eslora	31,50
Manga	11,20 m
Puntal	5,40 m
Calado	4,20 m
Sistema Propulsión	2 motores diesel Caterpillar, 2 propulsores azimutales Schottel
Potencia	5.364 H.P.
Tracción punto fijo	80 Tons.
Clasificación FiFi	FiFi nº1 C.I. 300 m3/h water/foam
IMO MMSI	9546667 225407000

Un grupo de pantallas de Xinzo ha agarrado a Alberto Núñez Feijoo y le ha dado una vuelta en volandas