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► SCIENCE DAILY May 1, 2013 : Humor Styles and Bullying in Schools: Not a Laughing Matter  — There is a clear link between children's use of humour and their susceptibility to being bullied by their peers, according to a major new study released today by Keele University.

► The AUSTRALIAN 1 May 2013 :  Aussie bank robber who gave to poor, Corey Donaldson, says theft 'justified'

► DAILY MAIL 3 May 2013 : Heading for Peking, duck? 50ft rubber inflatable arrives at Hong Kong harbour as it continues its world tour. Inflatable was designed by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman. The duck has visited 12 cities including Sydney and Osaka, Japan ||  ► CNN 2 May 2013


► REUTERS 28 April 2013 : Factbox: Helen Mirren wins best actress at top UK theatre awards ||  ► REUTERS 29 April 2013:  Helen Mirren crowned top actress at top UK theatre awards

► TODAY in HISTORY

■ May 3, 1937:  Margaret Mitchell wins Pulitzer Prize
■ May 3, 1986:  A bomb explodes on an Air Lanka Tristar at Colombo airport in Sri Lanka.

► Rubber Duck. Inflation of the rubber duck of 12 meters in Hasselt, Belgium. Uploaded on Jun 17, 2009 by Florentijn Hofman 

► Mickey the Pig. From florentijn hofman

► Prosecutor in Bhutto assassination case shot dead: police

► OPINION  - THE GREAT DEBATE : Obama can close Guantanamo

► U.S. within range of nuclear N. Korea: Pentagon
By David Alexander - WASHINGTON - North Korea's continuing development of nuclear technology and long-range ballistic missiles will move it closer to its stated goal of being able to hit the United States with an atomic weapon, a new Pentagon report to Congress said.

* U.S. seeks North Korean amnesty for jailed American

► VIDEO : First woman on FBI terror list
► PHOTOS : Wildfire in California

Le Corbusier show hits Moscow museum. Le Corbusier's "The Poem of the Right Angle", a series of 19 paintings goes on display in Moscow.

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A. Milieu (Environment-Green)

Green is the alchemical symbol of the primal matter of the universe. Le Corbusier uses this zone as a taxonomy of natural cycles.

A.1. Representative of the cyclical nature of the sun

            ...the two rhythms
            which regulate our destiny:
            A sun rises
            A sun sets
            A sun rises again

A.2. Representative of the water cycle, an important part of alchemy and "a matrix for a dualistic universal confrontation."

      The level establishes where
      stops the descent of the wates
      to the sea
      the sea daughter of droplets
      and mother of vapors. And
      the horizontal defines
      the liquid content.

A.3. Introduces earth symbol, cardinal symbols, and man as procreator. It also is the first passage that directly references the right angle, here as a symbol of life, living and "uprightness".

      Upright on the terrestrial plateau
      of things perceptible to you
      contract with nature a pact of solidarity: it is the right angle
              Upright in front of the sea vertical
      there you are on your legs.

A.4. Uses figure-ground and heavy contrast to remark on the role of chaos in the divide between the conscious and unconscious

      The law of the meander is
      active in the thoughts and
      enterprises of men forming their
      ever renewing avatars
             But the trajectory gushes out
      from the mind and is projected by
      the clairvoyants beyond
      confusion

A.5. Very similar to the actual cover of the work, it is split down the middle and the clasped hands signal contradiction and reconciliation of opposites, which Corbusier stated were the only ways to ensure human survival. In a similar painting, the clasped hands symbolize the architect and the engineer working together.

      I have thoughts that two hands
      and their interlocking fingers
      express this right and
      this left unrelentingly
      unified and so necessary
      to reconciliation.
             The only possibility of survival
      offered to life

B. Esprit (Spirit-Blue)

This zone represents the links between nature, architecture and the cosmos.

B.2. "Le Modulor" - Corbusier's Modular Man, an iconic illustration of proportion, is juxtaposed with a shell, which Corbusier regarded as an archetypal female form. The shell form also embodies the same proportional values as the Modulor, based on the Golden section.

      Its value is in
      this: the human body
      chosen as admissible
      support of numbers...
      .....Here is proportion!

B.3. This is an overty architectural frame. Floorplates and a foundation are clearly depicted, and an owl, a classic symbol of wisdom, is clearly visible in the foundation.

      Cleared of obstacles better
      that before the house of
      men mistress of his form
      takes up her abode in nature
             Complete in herself
      making her case on all grounds
      open to the four horizons

B.4. Another architectural frame which illuminates the concept of the brise soleil through the sun above and the "secret world" below.

      The clock and the solar
      calendar brought to
      architecture the "brise-soleil"
      installed in front of the windows of
      modern buildings

C. Chair (Flesh-Violet)

Corbusier's tribute to the flesh consists of more complicated figures representing the animal world and all of its creative capacities.

C.1.

      Some oxen of burden pass
      every day in front of my window.
      Because of being designed and redesigned
      the ox - of pebble and of root
      becomes bull.

C.2.

      They are innumerable who
      sleep but others know
      to open the eye.
             Because the profound refuge is
      in the great cavern of
      sleep that other side of
      life in the night.

C.3. This is the centerpiece of the iconostase, which Corbusier dedicated to his wife.

      Tenderness!
      Shell the Sea has not ceased
      to throw us the wreckage of
      smiling harmony on the shores.
             Hand kneads hand caresses
      hand glides. The hand and the
      sea love one another.

C.4. The center line is quite overt, which may indicate that the image can also be undestood when turned 90°, a practice Le Corbusier was fond of.

      They are but
      half, giving to
      life only one half
             And the second part comes
      to them and fuses
      And good or bad comes to them
      the two
             who met!

C.5. The image of a woman's body with a unicorn's head is a motif that is also seen in the mural of Le Corbusier's Swiss Pavilion at the Paris University Campus (C.I.U.P.), as are 3 other plates from the Poeme.

      The galley sails
      The voices singing on board
      As all becomes strange
      and is transposed
      is transported high
      and is reflected on
      the plan of happiness

D. Fusion (Red)

D.3.

      Do not overwhelm then he
      who wants to take his part of the
      risks of life - Let
      the metals fuse
      tolerate the alchemists who
      besides leave you outside
      the cause

E. Caractère (Character-Clear)

The ascription of the "clear" color frames this zone, which represents light and will reborn in man.

E.2. The complex image of many women and a horse is achieved through phenomenal transparency and separation of color from line.

      The amazons are ready
      to leave to go to come back and
             to leave again and
      to fight combat always
      soldier.
      The amazons are young
      they do not grow old.

E.3. This is the most reproduced image from the series. The motif of the clasped hands seen in A.5. is repeated, along with a crescent face, indicative of the moon.

      Categorical
      right angle of the character
      of the spirit of the heart.
      I mirrored myself in this character
        and found myself
          found at home
            found
      Horizontal vision in front.

E.4. This image recalls some of Le Corbusier's paintings from the 1930s. It is orthogonal, architectural and labrynthine.

      Will appear I sense it
      the splendor of brut concrete
      and the grandeur which it will
      have had to think the marriage
      of lines
             to weight the forms
             To weight...

F. Offre (Offering-Yellow)

F.3. The symbol of the open hand appears as an "offering", and the interior lines and contours reveal traits and hidden characteristics.

      It is open since
      all is present available
      seizable
      Open to receive
      Open also in order that each
      comes there to take

G. Outil (Tool-Purple)

E.3. The presentation of a "tool" is an analogy to the Philosopher's stone, both the solution and the question, thus establishing the cyclical nature of the work.

      one has
      with a piece of coal
      traced the right angle
             the sign
      It is the response and the guide
             the fact
             a response
             a choice

► UN condemns violence against women in India
► Massimo Bottura finishes third at the 50 best restaurants awards
► Tempers run high over proposed Keystone XL pipeline
► Emerging diseases
► Tokyo's leafy Yasukuni shrine stirs raw emotions


► Top of the bill: giant rubber duck sails into HK

Haa .... This delightful duck. Helooo... You finally arrived in Hong Kong. Mwah Mwah Mwah. Glad to see you are everywhere. Do not you feel hungry and bring supplies of food, hm? eehhehehe ....When will you be sailing into American waters? Come to Damascus, Pyongyang, Persian, Moscow, and around the world. Whoa ... , It's great! May I join into your body? Haa...  My ducks My ducks, come come follow me to aunt's garden. There're a lot of your favorite: The Fat Worms. Oh, come ye assault, grab, snatch. How crowded there is. Quack quack quack quack quack quack, Ow let's have fun!

► Japanese PM Shinzo Abe visits Abu Dhabi
► Cold War bunker in Bosnia revived by modern art
► Dimajazz Festival hits high note in Algeria
► Pro-democracy protesters take to streets of Kabul
► Wildfires spread in California
► Final spire pieces top off Freedom Tower
► Grim Greek fate for Syrians fleeing civil war by sea
► House washed away by Hurricane Sandy demolished at sea. More than six months on from Hurricane Sandy, crews were dismantling a house that had been swept into the Barnegat Bay from Mantoloking, New Jersey on Thursday. The home is one of nearly 60 that were washed away from Mantoloking in the storm of October 29, 2012.
► Somali famine toll worse than feared at 258,000: UN

► Hagel: US reconsidering whether to arm Syria rebels

Ridiculous! Let me ask you America, "What is your real concern with the conflict in Syria, hm?" I know you do not want to close the area for two reasons, a very abundant resource - oil and gas - as well as concerns over matters which can jeopardize the security of Zionist regime. When referring to the Islamic Awakening and popular movements in the region since two years ago, at that time the people seeking independence and dropping the dictator from power. You really find out if all the countries in the region gain the independence, the security of the Zionist regime will face serious harm, right? After the change of government in Egypt and the downfall of your ally, Hosni Mubarak, then are you now considering to destabilize Syria to weaken the insurgents? So, creating chaos and tension in Syria, --- by harassing demands of the Syrian people ---  is part of you and your ally's agenda? Why you do not react to the movement of people in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Yemen? It shows you're just trying to make a weak point of resistance and protect the security of the Zionist regime. Do you not realize that your goal is seen so clearly? Dear U.S., your main strategy in Syria is creating a civil war. When you do not succeed to rekindle the civil war, you will try to take advantage of other countries to arm the people to create the conflict there.

To you, Syria, your government and your people must defend the territorial integrity and  your national interests. Remember, your situation now is a full-scale war to an independent state. In a peaceful atmosphere, your people's demands should be filed and your government must perform basic actions towards renewal.

And to you., Turkey, you should be sitting pretty on the edge of this Dramanews, ok? Why are you willing to be the scapegoat for the interests of America and the West in Syria, hm? You better take care of your Kurdish. Sweet greetings - CZ

► International premiere of Star Trek Into Darkness
► Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam appears in court
► Obama talks trade with Pena Nieto on Mexico visit
► Mandela's brand sparks bitter feud

► Food, Skin Allergies Increasing in U.S. Children
► Workers Hoist Spire Atop One World Trade Center
► Raw: Giant Rubber Duck Comes to Hong Kong Harbor ||  ► Raw: Giant Rubber Duck Comes to Hong Kong Harbor || ► Raw: Giant Rubber Duck Comes to Hong Kong Harbor



► Native American Beats Rock Jazz Fest. Native American drums and chants are amping up New Orleans' Jazz Fest this year. Dancers and performers in colorful feathers stomped to native beats as DJ trio A Tribe Called Red mixed the traditional with techno.

► Obama: All Options for Syria Are Being Evaluated

► Mosque Leader Disavows Marathon Bombers || ► Mosque Leader Disavows Marathon Bombing

► Horse Saved From Slaughter, Goes on to Win Big

► Hong Kong's giant rubber ducky. A larger-than-life inflatable rubber duck six stories high by conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman sailed into Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor. Since 2007 the art installation has travelled to 13 different cities in nine countries ranging from Brazil to Australia in its journey around the world.
► SHOPPING : Taste test: Salsa for Cinco de Mayo
► WEATHER : Feds: Many causes for dramatic bee disappearance
► PHOTOS:  Hongkong's Giant Rubber Ducky 
► FINANCE : The Best Places to Fly This Summer

► Dhaka collapse death toll passes 500
The death toll from the collapse of an eight-storey factory building near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka passes 500, officials say.

  * More bodies feared at factory -VIDEO
  *  Can these tragedies be stopped?
   * Survivor's continuing despair
   * Survivor: 'I was waiting for death' 

► Little international support for arming Syria rebels

► MAGAZINE

■ 180 degree television for the home?
■ Brenda Heist: How to come back from the dead

► FUTURE

■ Smart cites: Sustainable solutions for urban living
■ Does eating standing up give you indigestion?

► CULTURE

■ Timur Vermes' Hitler novel: Can the Führer be funny?
■ Amazing arts images from around the world

► TRAVEL

■ Episode 1 - Christopher Columbus' unexpected home
■ In Rome, see how the other half lives

► AUTOS

■  Tackling Namibia in the Amarok
■ Volvo's power play

► PICTURES

■ The Valleys Project
■ Day in pictures: 2 May 2013
■ Conservation award winners announced ||  NEWS : Saluting 'local heroes of conservation'

► Today's African Proverb :"A donkey says thank you with a kick" - A Swahili proverb sent by Ken Tanui in Kenya and Martin Muwonge in Uganda

ahahaha ... I'm not surprised. A Donkey has many privileges as a donkey.

► Hagel: US administration mulls arming Syrian rebels 
► Tsarnaevs planned Independence Day attack, Dzhokhar tells investigators 
► 'We need this hunger strike stopped before somebody dies' – Gitmo detainee's attorney
► UK operates first drone strike from own territory
► Stage is set: Mariinsky Theater II makes debut

► VIDEOS

■ Moon Lab & Hotel? New Russian launch site to widen space frontiers
■ Big Bro Broken: Lavish surveillance shattered by Boston bombings
■ Stuck in Nowhere: UK-rejected refugees in limbo as return home dangerous
■ Keiser Report: Paper Jihad (E439)

■ Mariinsky II: Legendary theater gets high-tech twin. The new $700 million high-tech stage is opening at the Mariinsky Theater in Russia's northern 'cultural' capital, St. Petersburg. The Mariinsky Ballet and Opera have proved immensely popular all over the world for the past two centuries

■ Violent May Day: Police fire flash bangs, pepper spray at protesters in Seattle
■ Force feeding at Gitmo branded 'torture' by UN

■ 'US mulls arming Syrian rebels officially', intervention next? The US is rethinking arming Syrian opposition fighters, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said. Speaking at a Pentagon news conference, he stressed the Obama administration is considering a range of options. 

■ Divide & Ruin: 'Iran main reason West eviscerates Mid East'
■ The Truthseeker: Boston Bombing - What You Aren't Told (E14). Triggers pulled on 4th, 2nd & 1st Amendments distracted by flag waving; clunky FBI propaganda; and unleash the War on Bathtubs. Seek truth from facts with former Marine Corps officer James Fetzer, editor of Storyleak Anthony Gucciardi, the Corbett Report's James Corbett, Questioning the War on Terror author Kevin Barrett, Boston eyewitnesses, and Fmr. Rep. Ron Paul.

► Israel increasingly worried about Syria. Israel's leaders are increasingly worried about Syria. They fear Syria's advanced weapons, possibly including chemical ones, will fall into the hands of Hezbollah or, what they call, Islamists of the opposition. For Israelis, Syria has never been an ally. The government by President Bashar al-Assad supported Palestinians, had close ties with Iran and Hezbollah, and demanded an end to Israel's occupation of the Syrian Golan Heights. Al Jazeera's Simon McGregor Wood reports from Golan Heights.



► Displaced Myanmar Muslims 'denied treatment'. Muslims displaced by religious violence in western Myanmar say they're being denied adequate medical treatment. It's been ten months since the violence started in Rakhine State. Al Jazeera's Wayne Hay reports from the state capital, Sittwe. || ► Myanmar monks campaign for religious segregation. In monasteries around Rakhine State, young monks are taught about Buddhist principles like morality and purity. But increasingly, they're also getting a message about religious intolerance. According to some, there is no room for Buddhists and Muslims to live alongside eachother in the same town. It's the capital of Rakhine State in western Myanmar where more than 200 people were killed last year and more than a hundred thousand left homeless. Most of them were Muslims who were attacked by groups of Buddhists. Al Jazeera's Wayne Hay reports from Sittwe, Rakhine state.



► UN says Somalia famine killed nearly 260,000. More than 250,000 people died in a famine in Somalia that ended in February, 2012, and half of them were children. The figure released by the UN is almost double the previous estimate of deaths.  Aid agencies say thousands of people died needlessly, because the international community was slow to respond.



► Support lacking for mentally ill on US streets
  ► Solar-powered plane set to fly across US. Two scientists will attempt to fly across the US using a solar-powered plane. The Solar Impulse is the brainchild of a pair of Swiss aviators and engineers, Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg. It consists of a giant wingspan the size of a Boeing 747, covered with 12,000 ultra-thin solar cells, a battery for power storage and a tiny cockpit with room for one pilot.  Solar Impulse is about the size of a compact car and has a maximum speed of only 56km per hour (kmph). But it is part of a bid to inspire people to use alternative energy.  Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds reports from Mountain View, California.



► May Day rally celebrates Cuban revolution

► US urges Pyongyang to free Korean-American. The United States is calling on North Korea to immediately release one of its citizens, who was convicted to 15 years of hard labour in the communist state. But the case of Korean-American Kenneth Bae comes amid tensions between the two countries, and a solution may not be easy to reach. Analysts say North Korea could be trying to use Bae to prove to its people that it can gain concessions from Washington DC. Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan reports from Washington DC.
► The Stream - Malaysia's social media election  ||  ► Malaysia politicians fight over youth vote

► The Evil Brain: What Lurks Inside a Killer's Mind :: http://science.time.com/2013/05/03/evil-brain/
 By Jeffrey Kluger

    * Homeland Insecurity: After Boston, Weighing Liberty vs. Security 
    * The Brother Bombers: Did Sibling Psychology Contribute?
    * TIME/CNN Poll: Americans Concerned About Civil Liberties
    * The Role Boxing Played in the Brain of the Suspected Bomber


► PHOTOGRAPHY

■ 2013 Infinity Awards at ICP: Profiles of the Winners. On Wednesday, the International Center of Photography held its annual awards gala in New York, announcing the 2013 recipients of the Center's Infinity Awards. LightBox is proud to present short films of each winner, produced for ICP by MediaStorm
■ LIFE at the Kentucky Derby: Photos From the '55 Run for the Roses
■ Springtime in the Midwest Means a Foot of Snow

► Women opting for surgery to get Michelle Obama's arms
► COLUMN ONE : Migrants find torture, death in the Sinai
► A series of wildfires strike Southland
► Pictures in the News | May 2, 2013 

  Life is really simple. Why do I feel so happy today to see the duck face? Meanwhile, the pig's face looks so shifty in my mind today.

2 PICTURES TODAY


Rubber Duck by Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman floats in front of a hilly skyline at Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour May 2, 2013. The 16.5-meter-high inflatable sculpture, which made its first public appearance in the territory on Thursday, will be shown at the Ocean Terminal for a month. REUTERS/Bobby Yip


Protesters take part in a May Day demonstration on Labour Day in Malaga, southern Spain May 1, 2013. Workers hit by lower living standards and record high unemployment staged May Day protests across Europe on Wednesday. REUTERS/Jon Nazca