Display At Your Own Risk: The Metadata

This book contains the Exif, XMP, and IPTC metadata extract ed from the 100 digital surrogates featured in Display At Your Own Risk, an online exhibition experiment. In some cases, the metadata is extensive, almost overwhelming; in others, little to no metadata was embedded in the digital surrogate's file at all. Preparing this book to accompany the Display At Your Own Risk exhibition made us realise that metadata can be beautiful. We hope you find beauty here too.

American or British English? : Attitudes towards English dialects among Swedish pupils

The two major varieties of English are American and British English. In Swedish compulsory school both varieties are taught. This essay examines the preferences and attitudes of pupils in 9th grades towards the two varieties, and if there are any gender differences. Previous research has shown that pupils are becoming more and more positive towards American English than they have been in earlier studies. This essay is based on a quantitative study carried out through questionnaires handed-out to 84 9th graders. The results show that the pupils prefer American English in speaking and for educational purposes. However, British English is viewed as more intelligent, professional, beautiful and correct. These findings mostly correspond to previous research but also show some contrasting features such as pupils wanting to speak British English rather than American English.

Thermobonded Fabrics

In 2009 Avella created a series of innovative fabrics for the Yves St Laurent (YSL) collection, deploying techniques from vehicle engineering to generate new materials for a range of garments. Studying the bonding of layers of material in ceramic plate thermobonding technology, Avella conducted a series of experiments with textiles such as flannel, silk and synthetics, and material such as leather, layered with polyamide foam and textile substrate to create new, textured and insulating fabrics with beautiful surfaces and interesting forms. The lightweight properties of the foam enabled the maximum insulation/weight ratio, and the panel moulding technology brought new forms of draping prêt-a-porter fashion design. Exclusive to YSL, this technique was patented and then shown at the Premiere Vision textiles trade fair in 2010. Much documented in specialist journals this innovation also breached the trade-culture barrier and was reported and documented in mainstream newspapers (New York Herald Tribune). Avella’s background in textile workshop studio experimentation at the RCA brought to YSL textiles research for manufacture, the innovative collaboration between fashion couture and engineering laboratory experiments from vehicle design.

Achieving forms of sustainable and competitive tourism in coastal areas: the case of Baixo Vouga

Tourism has become the world’s largest industry, and has overcome economic sectors such as oil production and car manufacturing. It is foreseen that tourism will continue to expand in the future and will spread all around the world. In Europe, the tourism sector is made of 440 million international arrivals that are responsible for accounting about 10% of European GDP and generating 20 million jobs. Coastal destinations are major tourist destinations. This is due to their physical attractiveness, beautiful landscapes, and fine open space for leisure activities. Nevertheless, sun-sea-sand tourism depends very much on the environment. In this way, coastal destination ought to be properly planned so they do not exceed the limits of acceptable change (LAC) of the ecosystems, and keep their attractiveness. Being an economic activity, it is essential that coastal tourism is competitive, and show capacity to attracting new and enlarged markets. Coastal destinations should diversify its products and services, smooth seasonality and become more competitive. Diversification should create more growth and employment, and also reduce environmental, economic and social impact caused by the concentration of tourism activity in a few months of the year and the use of only the beach resource. This paper aims at analyzing the application of the competitiveness concept to tourism in coastal areas (Ria de Aveiro region, Central Portugal), and draws attention to the principle of environmental, economical and social sustainability.

La fortuna de la "Artificiosa memoria sive Phoenix" de Pedro de Rávena: entre el éxito y la retractatio

La Artificiosa memoria siue Phoenix de Pedro de Rávena tuvo una amplia difusión en la Europa del siglo XVI. Dos son las claves de su éxito: la fama de ilustre memorioso que consiguió forjarse con sus exhibiciones de memoria y el uso de las emociones en la formulación de reglas mnemotécnicas basadas en el humor y el erotismo. Sin embargo, poco antes de morir, en 1508, publicó unas breves Additiones quaedam ad artificiosam memoriam en las que añade algunas reglas nuevas y, sobre todo, renuncia a la norma que aconseja usar la imagen de jóvenes hermosas para elaborar escenas mnemotécnicas. Esta suerte de retractatio se explica en el contexto de la polémica mantenida con algunos teólogos de Colonia

Negros misturados: um estudo de caso sobre identidades negras em Mossoró-RN

With more or less 213.000 habitants, Mossoró is the second more developed city from the Rio Grande do Norte. The town is proclamated like the land of freedom. To so far, exist four moments in your history related with the defence of freedom that is point like truthful from so proclamation. Suchlike happenings are the first female vote on Brazil, the resistance against the Lampião s band, the worman s mutiny and the slave release in 1883, five year before the Áurea law sanction. These happenings are commemorate yearly on setember with one big theatrical event called by the freedom high. Inside this contexto of exaltation to freedom, there is one black movement by name black and beautiful. Is the present dissertation, talked about the building of black identities between the black militants of Mossoró and the dwellers from the Santo Antônio district. With such approach, we intend to think about possibles differences or likeness, how the militants and dwellers from the refered district self-calleds like blacks or not. We are understanding black identity like one process to self-affirmation done by specificities of the social context and the individual particularity. This way, the identity change into one dynamic and contextual reality, gone always by one business process against the interaction of the social actors. So we search to discuss the specificities that involve the process to building of black identities in the city of freedom

El turismo rural: una alternativa de desarrollo para el cantón de Vázquez de Coronado

El cantón de Vázquez de Coronado cuenta con una serie de ventajas competitivas tanto en sus recursos naturales y paisajísticos como en la coordinación entre diversos actores organizacionales comunales, lo cual brinda las condiciones para el desarrollo de actividades de turismo rural; esto acompañado por capacitación y asesoramiento técnico a los empresarios con el propósito de ayudarles a cambiar sus esquemas de gestión familiar y de brindarles una serie de conocimientos estratégicos y de idioma, es la base para impulsar un desempeño importante en la economía de la zona, facilitando una adecuada distribución del ingreso y una mejor calidad de vida de sus habitantes; situación que siempre debe tener como eje orientador el respeto al medio ambiente y a la cultura tradicional del cantón. Abstract The Canton of Vázquez of having Crowned has a many competitive advantages not only in its natural resources and but also in its beautiful landscapes. The advantages joined to the efforts of community forces provide the businessmen of the town receive training on how to manage their enterprises in accordance the environment. Also, in order to promote the economic development of the town, businessmen receive language training facilitating an appropriate distribution of the entrance and a better quality of their inhabitants’ life; this situation that should always be the regulating axis to respect to the environment and the traditional culture of the canton.

Human traces in urban places.

Over the last two centuries many major cities have undergone large-scale modernisation that has led to the growing sense of homogenisation associated with such locales across the globe. The fractal logic that is at the heart of so many urban settings, where the whole system is made up of parts that are identical to the whole, seems to serve in making anonymous everyday experiences. Public transport and its corresponding street furniture, if thoughtfully designed and planned, has the potential to form an integral element in the promotion of a sense of identity, interconnectedness and flow within a city. Furthermore, bus stops, benches, litter bins, curb-sides, posts and pavements, to mention a few, offer interesting cases to consider how people truly engage with contemporary urban spaces. These objects—part of routine and made familiar—are elements of daily lives that are ingredients towards visual and multi-modal experiences. In addition, these are places where individuals encounter sociality and materiality in ordinary and sometimes extraordinary ways. This paper uses a visual ethnographic approach towards exploring the human traces of routine activities that have an impact on the cityscape. An Investigation of these details found within the urban landscape lead us towards understanding how we engage with and navigate cities. This is essentially an urban archaeological study that looks to reveal how non-designed phenomenon in urban places can contribute to our image of a city, providing a reflection on homogeneity within the built environment. Our visual ethnography focuses on six major cities: two each in Britain, Europe and North America. The findings of this work illustrate through visual analyses three key characteristics: first, how urban spaces are transformed intentionally and unintentionally; second, how transformations are practical, functional, beautiful and sometimes ridiculous; third, how transformations reveal values around visual and multi-modal experiences inherent to people.

Análise dos elementos que contribuem para a harmonia e estética do sorriso no contexto da face

A construção de um sorriso saudável e estético na atualidade, tem o seu sucesso associado à sinergia de todas as especialidades na área da Medicina Dentária. Este trabalho tem como objetivo determinar quais os aspetos que contribuem para a harmonia do sorriso com base na análise dos elementos faciais. Os components faciais e musculares são particulares de cada individuo e intervém diretamente no tipo de sorriso. Fatores como a raça, a idade e o género são variáveis a ter em consideração na construção de um sorriso harmónico. O presente estudo bibliográfico, faz uma abordagem sobre a estética e harmónica do sorriso analisando os aspetos tegumentares faciais, gengivais e as proporções dentárias adequadas à contrução de um sorriso belo e saudável. A aparência do sorriso tem um grande impato na vida dos indivíduos, podendo afetar desde o convívio social até mesmo as relações profissionais. Este é um dos principais motivos pelo qual pacientes recorrem a ajuda de especialistas da área. O estudo efetuado revelou que a análise da face é fundamental no estudo do sorriso. Ela identifica as caraterísticas menos favoráveis e mais favoráveis de cada pessoa com o intúito de obter um equilíbrio entre a face e o sorriso.

Para uma antropologia visual do turismo: O uso crítico de metodologias e materiais visuais

Discute-se o uso de meios visuais para uma antropologia que estuda o turismo. O texto reflecte sobre a proliferação de meios e ferramentas de registo, edição e difusão de imagens visuais tecnologizadas e propõe-se a uma abordagem que considera condições de produção, os significados das imagens e suas diferentes recepções. A ‘era do digital’ é também discutida, nomeadamente no potencial transformador sobre recepção, produção e difusão, associado a novas formas de autoria, à velocidade de circulação dos conteúdos e à revisão das fronteiras entre real e irreal, documentário e ficção, ciência e arte. O pano de fundo é o de um mundo que, facilitando e estimulando o lazer, as mobilidades e a contemplação e consumo do diferente e do belo (paisagístico, patrimonial, monumental) não deixa de reproduzir um ‘divide’ imagético (digital); i.e. acessos desiguais às ferramentas de representação visual dos ‘outros’, de si mesmos e do mundo.

Grand Pavilion of Cedar Point

This picture, taken from the lake side, shows the Grand Pavilion, the boardwalk, and the band shell. The Grand Pavilion was the center of activity on the peninsula for many seasons. Beautiful floral displays were located on the grounds.

Piękny czy dobry? Moralny wymiar upiększania ciała

The main purpose of the article is to point outsome relations between beauty and good in contemporary reality. The main question that arises here is as follows: is the relationship of beauty and moral good still relevant? The concept presented in the thesis refers to the ancient idea of kalokagathia. It stated that beauty is inseparable from moral good. As far as this ancient perspective is concerned, it can be treated as the background for contemporary considerations about the main issue of beauty and good. The article refers to the concept of aestheticization by Wolfgang Welsch. He defines aesthetics as the primary guiding value, where as experience and entertainment have become the guidelines for contemporary culture. Moreover, the thesis mentions the concept of the consumer society and new ethics of the relation to the body as it is described by Jean Budrillard. Then the narration of the article focuses on the following problem: in what sense can we talk nowadays about moral motivation for beauty treatments of body? One assumption leads to the case of looking after one’s body. Another point of view mentions the need of harmony which manifests itself in beautiful body. Eventually, the central question emerges whether contemporary practice of beautifying the body can be a part of the concept of the good life or not.

Tissue and cell's trafficking: a byproduct of transplant activity's trash. The future is now. A Public Health problem

Transplantation is one of the most beautiful achievements for humanity in the last century and became the last hope to many patients. As other beautiful achievements, it has been used by criminals. The future of transplantation will be focused on tissue and cells transplantation. Trafficking of human beings to organ removal and trafficking of human organs are an early stage of trafficking on tissues and cells comparable with slaves trafficking in the 17th and 18th century. As 400 years ago, the motive for the crime is development, economy and profit. Transplant surgery is the modern “cotton gin” to this new commerce. Poverty exploitation, unprotected people, are always the victims. Even so, there are some differences since then. The paying buyers are the patients themselves and the “cotton” transplanted is not so harmless. Unsafe tissues and cells inappropriately collected and allocated can be so dangerous to the recipient and his family, that the dreamed transplant/implant becomes a nightmare. Beyond the trafficking crime, there is a most dangerous associated crime that is the crime of spreading dangerous infectious diseases.

Arquitetura da água - Cais palafítico da Carrasqueira

Permitindo uma forma de habitar lugares de grande relação com a água, erguem-se um pouco por todo o mundo, sobre as águas de rios, barragens e lagos estruturas palafíticas. Em Portugal, em 1964 na aldeia da Carrasqueira, extremo sul do estuário do Sado, um cais palafítico começava a ser construído por pescadores-agricultores, que ali viviam, para combater mudanças de maré e aceder tanto a água como a terra. O barco, o abrigo e o caminho são os três elementos fundamentais da arquitetura palafítica aqui encontrada, em que a qualidade da água e da terra são determinantes para o assentamento da estrutura neste local. O rio Sado define-se como o limite geográfico e paisagístico da ocupação, é gerador de características únicas que permitem o desenvolvimento de um novo tipo de habitar que surge sobretudo de uma aproximação ao local e aos materiais que dele provêm. A Carrasqueira traduz o paradigma de uma cultura em adaptação contínua às circunstâncias adversas do meio ambiente. A pouca informação sobre o cais e a unicidade construtiva encontrado na estrutura, faz com que seja de elevada pertinência o estudo, sob o ponto de vista construtivo, da arquitetura palafítica da vila piscatória da Carrasqueira, enquanto matéria mutável sensível às mudanças ambientais e espontâneas. Pretende-se clarificar e identificar as singularidades da arquitetura de expressão espontânea da Carrasqueira, intrinsecamente ligada tanto à água do rio Sado, como à terra que a limita e corporiza. Para o estudo construtivo serão elaborados:  Mapas de desenvolvimento do cais;  Um registo fotográfico das estruturas;  Desenhos, realizados originalmente no decorrer desta investigação no local, de forma a criar um maior entendimento da forma de construção entre as diferentes peças e partes de cada uma das estruturas.  Construção de uma estrutura palafítica.  Vídeo, enquanto registo das fases do trabalho prático mostra parte do trabalho desenvolvido no processo construtivo. A produção dos documentos mencionados testemunha um tipo de vida invulgar na História da Arquitetura Portuguesa. O contacto com locais, pescadores, trabalhadores e gentes da terra também ajudará a entender os sistemas construtivos utilizados, pelo conhecimento construtivo por experiência própria, e proximidade das matérias-primas; ABSTRACT: Allowing life in floodplain areas, palaffitic structures take advantage from water, and appear a bit all over the world. The stilts portray a way of living changing and giving identity to the places and population. In Portugal, 1964 year, in Carrasqueira village, located on the southwest Sado’s river, facing the river side and land, a palaffitic piers was built, to fight the tide changing and allowed the population to get as close as they could to water and reach the land easier when they were coming from the fishing activity. The continuously adaptation of lifestyle in order to follow and adjust themselves to nature shows how strong and unique this culture and people are. The boat, the shelter and the paths are the three fundamental elements used in Carrasqueira’s palaffitic architecture. Water and land, construction and nature, this beautiful balance is only possible because of the river and its qualities. Also the time roles an important paper in the process, it changes with the growing of the main materials. This investigation has the goal to study the palaffitic piers of Carrasqueira by the constructivist point of view, as a spontaneous structure that began with the available materials and was continuously changing and adjusting to fit the land, the lifestyle and the needs of the population that was living there. Clarifying and identifying the singularities of this construction is what the study wants to achieve. Maps, photography’s and intensive drawings will be making on the process. A palaffitic structure will be build and the part of the building process will be available for watch on a short-video, filmed by then. The contact with locals will probably assume the biggest part of the work in main to understand their way of thinking and the process of their work.

Negros misturados: um estudo de caso sobre identidades negras em Mossoró-RN

With more or less 213.000 habitants, Mossoró is the second more developed city from the Rio Grande do Norte. The town is proclamated like the land of freedom. To so far, exist four moments in your history related with the defence of freedom that is point like truthful from so proclamation. Suchlike happenings are the first female vote on Brazil, the resistance against the Lampião s band, the worman s mutiny and the slave release in 1883, five year before the Áurea law sanction. These happenings are commemorate yearly on setember with one big theatrical event called by the freedom high. Inside this contexto of exaltation to freedom, there is one black movement by name black and beautiful. Is the present dissertation, talked about the building of black identities between the black militants of Mossoró and the dwellers from the Santo Antônio district. With such approach, we intend to think about possibles differences or likeness, how the militants and dwellers from the refered district self-calleds like blacks or not. We are understanding black identity like one process to self-affirmation done by specificities of the social context and the individual particularity. This way, the identity change into one dynamic and contextual reality, gone always by one business process against the interaction of the social actors. So we search to discuss the specificities that involve the process to building of black identities in the city of freedom