tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79991202681819622332024-03-13T04:07:50.653-07:00Benefiet voor een Komende NatuurrampMargothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12903773204826415483noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999120268181962233.post-315409131283077572011-02-20T01:25:00.000-08:002011-02-20T01:25:34.807-08:00laatste voorstelling op Kulturama simultaan te beluisteren op radio scorpio<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Deze namiddag om 15u verwelkomen Mara en Sandra voor een laatste keer publiek op hun zolder.<br />
Wie er niet geraakt, kan de uitzending simultaan beluisteren op radio scorpio. Luisteren via internet kan op <a href="http://www.radioscorpio.be/node">http://www.radioscorpio.be/node</a>. Maar Mara en Sandra verwelkomen jullie uiteraard het liefst live in hun publiek straks.<br />
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</div>Margothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12903773204826415483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999120268181962233.post-67014223408469734292011-02-17T03:56:00.000-08:002011-02-17T03:56:24.983-08:00première<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Na een week eenzame opsluiting zetten Mara en Sandra vanavond voor het eerst de deuren open en gaan ze radio maken met live publiek op de zolder. U bent uiteraard welkom. Er werd al enthousiast gereserveerd, maar er zijn waarschijnlijk nog wel een paar plaatsjes beschikbaar voor de late beslissers.<br />
En voor wie toch nog twijfelt: er is cake. En een wel heel bijzondere veiling. En een optreden van een bekende muziekgroep uit Antwerpen (waarvan de naam voorlopig nog geheim blijft).<br />
Dus u weet waar u vanavond verwacht wordt: 20u30 op de zolder van de Romaanse Poort/30cc in de Brusselsestraat in Leuven.</div>Margothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12903773204826415483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999120268181962233.post-7642448481670375952011-02-12T01:12:00.000-08:002011-02-12T01:12:37.203-08:00in eenzame opsluiting<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Afgelopen donderdag zijn Mara en Sandra begonnen aan twee weken eenzame opsluiting op de zolder van de Romaanse Poort. Veertien dagen lang zullen zij enkel conserven eten en geen zonlicht zien. Van op deze zolder zullen zij heel kulturama lang radio maken.<br />
Volgende week bent u uitgenodigd om de uitzending in levende lijve mee te maken. U bent welkom op 17, 18 en 19 december om 20u30 en op 20 december 15u op de zolder van de Romaanse Poort.<br />
De plaatsen zijn echter beperkt, dus reserveren op 016/300900 wordt van harte aanbevolen. </div>Margothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12903773204826415483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999120268181962233.post-28139335928999317602011-01-25T03:31:00.000-08:002011-01-25T03:31:41.309-08:00de videoclip van de benefietsingle<iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lfILb47y_EQ?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Margothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12903773204826415483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999120268181962233.post-27643221772647862152011-01-23T05:46:00.000-08:002011-01-23T05:46:24.171-08:00De enige echte Patrick Geryl... een rolmodel als u het ons vraagt<iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/POk8An52J8o?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Margothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12903773204826415483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999120268181962233.post-55065860908039393212011-01-17T01:25:00.000-08:002011-01-17T01:25:46.543-08:00aftellen...binnenkort is het eindelijk zover...<br />
Mara De Smet en Sandra Peeters zullen zich twee weken opsluiten op de zolder van de Romaanse Poort/30cc om van daaruit radio te maken. Die hele periode lang zullen zij enkel conservenvoedsel eten.<br />
Het wordt ongetwijfeld zwaar, maar Mara en Sandra willen hiervoor gaan. Omdat het voor het goede doel is.<br />
17, 18, 19 en 20 februari zetten ze hun deuren open en kan u de uitzending bijwonen. Het wordt de moeite. Er komen interessante gasten langs. Er worden originele geldinzamelacties op touw gezet. We organiseren een veiling met wel zeer bijzondere voorwerpen. En een bekende Antwerpse supergroep heeft zijn komst reeds bevestigd.<br />
Dus reserveer uw kaartje en kom met een goed gevulde portefeuille naar onze benefiet.<br />
De mensheid zal u dankbaar zijnMargothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12903773204826415483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999120268181962233.post-79289947075004236902011-01-16T00:53:00.000-08:002011-01-16T00:53:44.344-08:00Mara in actie<iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7ygBrxosPHc?fs=1" frameborder="0"></iframe>Margothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12903773204826415483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999120268181962233.post-15363778124412031302011-01-11T02:07:00.000-08:002011-01-11T02:07:45.235-08:00Sandra Peeters spreekt<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">Beste lezer van deze blog,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">geachte geïnteresseerde,</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">Ik zal mezelf eerst even kort aan u introduceren. Mijn naam is Sandra Peeters en binnenkort presenteer ik samen met Mara de Benefiet voor een Komende Natuurramp tijdens Kulturama in Leuven.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">Ik zou me in de eerste plaats willen excuseren voor de naïeve berichten die mijn collega de wereld instuurt. Voel u vrij de bijenpetitie te ondertekenen (het is tenslotte maar een kleine moeite), maar bedenk misschien ook meteen eens wat u gaat doen als de aarde helemaal om zeep zal zijn. Het einde der tijden is nabij, maar wij kunnen onszelf nog redden. Dus kom naar onze benefiet op Kulturama, stort voor het goede doel en misschien kunt u zo uw leven redden. Als dat geen mooie belofte is.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">En als u mij niet gelooft, neem dan eens een kijkje op onderstaande link.</span></span><br />
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alvast hartelijk dank voor jullie respons op mijn oproep om de bijen te steunen. Vandaag kreeg ik onderstaand mailtje binnen:<br />
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"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Wow! Over the weekend half a million of us have signed up to save the world's bees. Let's get to a million and get the ban now -- send this on to everyone</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> "</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Dus moedig al jullie kennissen aan om de bijen te steunen. Ze zullen jullie dankbaar zijn.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">De betere groet,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Mara</span>Margothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12903773204826415483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999120268181962233.post-78549377370186432542011-01-09T07:03:00.000-08:002011-01-09T07:03:18.112-08:00Waarom vallen vogels massaal dood uit de lucht?<a href="http://www.deredactie.be/permalink/1.938379">Waarom vallen vogels massaal dood uit de lucht?</a><div><br /></div><div>In <i>De zevende dag</i> waagde men zich aan een antwoord (terug te vinden via bovenstaande link).</div><div>Mara en Sandra weten echter beter. Over een maand doen zij hun visie uit de doeken tijdens Kulturama...</div>Margothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12903773204826415483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999120268181962233.post-35742698861771220282011-01-07T03:19:00.000-08:002011-01-07T03:19:47.881-08:00het uitsterven van de bijen<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Beste lezers van deze blog, hierbij een persoonlijke boodschap van mij, Mara De Smet, presentatrice van de komende benefiet: de bijen zijn met uitsterven bedreigd en u kan hen helpen door onderstaande petitie te teken.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">De betere groet,</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Dear friends,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
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<b>Bees are dying off worldwide and our entire food chain is in peril</b>. Scientists blame toxic pesticides and four European governments have already banned them. If we get <b>the US and the EU to join the ban</b>, other governments across the world could follow, and <b>save bees from extinction</b>. <b>Sign the petition and forward this urgent appeal</b>:<br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Silently, billions of bees are dying off and our entire food chain is in danger</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">. Bees don't just make honey, they are a giant, humble workforce, pollinating 90% of the plants we grow.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Multiple</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>scientific studies blame one group of toxic pesticides for their rapid demise,</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">and bee populations have soared in four European countries that have banned these chemicals. But powerful chemical companies are lobbying hard to keep selling this poison. Our best chance to save bees now is to</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>push the US and EU to join the ban</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">-- their action is critical and will have a ripple effect on the rest of the world.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>We have no time to lose</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">-- the debate is raging about what to do. This is not just about saving bumble bees, this is about survival. Let’s build a giant global buzz calling for the EU and US to outlaw these killer chemicals and save our bees and our food.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Sign the emergency petition now, and send it on to everyone</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">and we’ll deliver it to key decision makers:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Bees are vital to life on earth</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">-- every year pollinating plants and crops with an</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b> estimated $40bn value</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">, over one third of the food supply in many countries.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Without immediate action to save bees we could end up with no fruit, no vegetables, no nuts, no oils and no cotton</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Recent years have seen a steep and disturbing global decline in bee populations --</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>some bee species are now extinct and others are at just 4% of their previous numbers.</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Scientists have been scrambling for answers. Some studies claim the decline may be due to a combination of factors including disease, habitat loss and toxic chemicals. But new leading independent research has produced</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>strong evidence blaming neonicotinoid pesticides</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">. France, Italy, Slovenia and even Germany, where the main manufacturer Bayer is based, have banned one of these bee killers. But, Bayer continues to export its poison across the world</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">This</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b> issue is now coming to the boil</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">as major new studies have confirmed the scale of this problem. If</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>we can get European and US decision-makers to take action, others will follow</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">. It won’t be easy. A leaked document shows that the US Environmental Protection Agency knew about the pesticide’s dangers, but ignored them. The document says Bayer’s "highly toxic" product is a "major risk concern to non target insects [honey bees]".</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">We need to make</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>our voices heard to counter Bayer’s very strong influence on policy makers and scientists</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">in both the US and the EU where they fund the studies and sit on policy bodies. The real experts -- the beekeepers and farmers -- want these deadly pesticides prohibited until and unless we have solid, independent studies that show they are safe. Let's support them now.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Sign the petition below, then forward this email: </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">We can no longer leave our delicate food chain in the hands of research run by the chemical companies and the regulators that are in their pockets. Banning this pesticide will move us closer to a world safe for ourselves and the other species we care about and depend on.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Alex, Alice, Iain, David and all at Avaaz</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span>Margothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12903773204826415483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999120268181962233.post-7266391652647265612011-01-04T04:30:00.000-08:002011-01-04T04:30:14.213-08:00Sesame Street - Bein' Green (1969)<iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RIOiwg2iHio?fs=1" frameborder="0"></iframe>Margothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12903773204826415483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999120268181962233.post-44300471595035182072011-01-03T10:22:00.000-08:002011-01-03T10:22:40.813-08:00Neandertalers werden slachtoffer van extreme klimaatsveranderingen - artikel uit De Morgen 3/12<div class="intro" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Het zou dus niet de eerste keer zijn...</div><div class="intro" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b><br />
</b></div><div class="intro" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b>De Neandertaler is volgens een studie van een team rond Gerd-Christian Weniger van de Universiteit van Keulen uitgestorven vanwege extreme klimaatsveranderingen.</b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">In het tijdschrift Quaternary International hebben de wetenschappers gegevens uit meerdere disciplines samengevoegd en vroegere studies bevestigd die zeiden dat klimaatsveranderingen wellicht tot het uitsterven van dit soort oermens heeft geleid.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Het team gaat er in zijn model van uit dat de neandertalers in Europa de meeste klimaatsveranderingen naar een ijstijd hebben overleefd doordat dit type mensen zich ten noorden van de Middellandse Zee als een jojo bewoog tussen de 53ste en de 45ste breedtegraad. Klimaatsveranderingen over 1.000 jaar zijn echter door zes zogenaamde Heinrich-Events versterkt.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Tijdens dergelijke koude periodes hebben grote brokken ijs van Noord-Amerika de oceaan overgestoken en hebben naast een verdere terugval van de temperatuur ook voor extreme droogtefases gezorgd.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Die droogte heeft de basiscondities van de neandertaler in de gebieden waar hij een onderkomen had gezorgd vernietigd. Het team rond Weniger gaat ervan uit dat onze voorvader tijdens het vierde Heinrich-Event is uitgestorven.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">De eerste anatomisch moderne mensen zijn uit West-Azië naar Europa gekomen en zowat 30.000 jaar geleden ook uitgestorven. Met grote waarschijnlijkheid hebben de moderne mensen en de neandertaler zich in West-Azië vermengd. In Europa kon dat niet meer, want daar leefden er op dat moment geen neandertalers meer. (belga/gb)</span>Margothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12903773204826415483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999120268181962233.post-25768427127899295312011-01-03T10:18:00.000-08:002011-01-03T10:18:29.711-08:00Het dorp dat aliens zullen redden - uit Het Nieuwsblad 24/12/10<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"></span><br />
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Een inmiddels overleden zonderling knoopte hieraan de legende dat onderin de berg een 'garage' zit voor vliegende schotels. De grondlegger van de Bugarach-mythe beweerde zelfs dat hij diep in de berg de motoren van de ufo's hoorde zoemen. Tal van andere legendes entten zich op zijn verhaal. Zo wordt nu algemeen geloofd dat de laat-middeleeuwse ziener Nostradamus er inspiratie voor zijn profetieën kwam opdoen.<br />
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Sinds enkele jaren duikt wereldwijd een nieuw verhaal op: de kalender van de Midden-Amerikaanse Mayabeschaving loopt af op 21 december 2012, en dan moet de wereld vergaan. Alleen uitverkorenen die bescherming zoeken op enkele uitgelezen plekken zullen worden gered.<br />
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Sindsdien stromen de doemdenkers toe naar Bugarach. Ze geloven dat op het moment van de catastrofe de buitenaardsen in hun vliegende schotels zullen opstijgen uit de berg, en dat ze dan de uitverkorenen zullen meenemen.<br />
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De dorpelingen schrikken zich een hoedje van de warhoofden die ze nu dagelijks tegenkomen. Onlangs, op een zondagmiddag, botste de burgemeester op een naakte man die op een bergpad lag te bidden tot de buitenaardsen. Amerikanen kopen tegen waanzinnige prijzen bouwvallige huizen op in Le Linas, een gehucht vlakbij. Zelfbenoemde goeroe's organiseren in het dorp 'reddingscursussen'. Vraagprijs: 800 euro per week.<br />
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Sigrid Bernard beheert het <i style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Maison de la Nature </i>in het dorp. 'Vroeger waren drie op de vier gasten langeafstandswandelaars. Nu is twee op de drie een aanhanger van een of andere esoterische sekte.'<br />
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Burgemeester Jean-Pierre Delord maakt zich zorgen: 'De toeloop neemt toe naarmate 21 december 2012 nadert. Ons dorp van nog geen tweehonderd inwoners kan de stormloop van straks misschien tienduizend buitenissige mensen niet aan. Ik neem me voor om een beroep te doen op het leger, dat het dorp moet afgrendelen.' "</div></div>Margothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12903773204826415483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999120268181962233.post-65070436081521856562010-12-05T06:33:00.000-08:002010-12-05T06:33:52.499-08:00een voorproefje<iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Qgcy-V6YIuI?fs=1" frameborder="0"></iframe>Margothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12903773204826415483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999120268181962233.post-80583068088628809962010-11-23T14:33:00.000-08:002010-11-23T14:33:43.016-08:00Benefiet voor een Komende Natuurrampde aardbeving in haïti was slechts een voorproefje<br />
de overstroming in pakistan nog maar het begin<br />
wat ons nu te wachten staat<br />
is veel erger dan dat<br />
en niemand zal gespaard blijven<br />
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om deze komende natuurramp het hoofd te bieden, organiseren twee radiopresentatrices nu alvast een benefietMargothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12903773204826415483noreply@blogger.com1