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MAVA contempt. M. A. Carretero.

representatives of the Czech

people residing in our

country, no member of the

government team, we could

not see any members of the

opposition groups.

It seems that is not of

interest to the activities

taking place at the Museum.

Possibly a clear reflection of

the lack of interest that the

citizens of Alcorcón, in

general, have to "their"

Museum, the only notable

element resaltable or our

City can fly outward, for

example, makes the City

Mostoles with Dos de Mayo

Center or the City Museum

or the Museum Leganes with

outdoor sculptures, or of

Fuenlabrada with Art Center

Tomas y Valiente, to name a

few villages near ours.

But there's more. Since long

ago the museum is closed

on Saturdays, Sundays and

holidays. When there is

more influx of people.

To this it is now added the

announcement that the

museum also will be closed

from December 18 until

January 11. That is, it is

closed all the Christmas

holidays.

When busiest public can

register the Museum will

close its doors.

When other Museums

organize additional programs

to those dates, our museum

will be closed.

The Prado, for example,

organizes an extensive

program of activities in which

a cycle of Christmas music is

collected; the Sorolla

Museum organizes a guided

tour of the exhibition "The Art

of Light" and a concert for

families; Thyssen organizes

"Family Christmas" program;

Tenerife's museums invite

you to participate in a varied

leisure and educational

opportunities this holiday

season; the Guggenheim in

Bilbao "Family Christmas",

etc. also program

To try to know the cause of

this closure as flashy,

Wednesday 24 November I

sent a message to the much

publicized WhatsApp

number of our Mayor

requesting an explanation of

this closure. As expected, his

answer was no answer.

And always, it seems, with

the same excuse, the lack of

economic resources.

But what resources are

needed? Is that a museum

director, his assistant or

concierge will be discounted

from your payroll day on

which the Museum remains

closed?

That tagline is already

hackneyed, Mr. Mayor.

The problem is that the

resources devoted to

activities organized by

certain civic organizations.

For the XXI Century Cultural

Association, for example, if

there are resources to the

cribs of the Brotherhood of

Santo Domingo and San

Dominguín Association and

San José de Valderas If

resources.

We all know the political

color of such associations.

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Monthly Newsletter

Samples of contempt of the

government team of the

City of Alcorcón to the

Museum of Glass Art of our

city are increasingly

apparent.

A last conversion of the

Museum spaces for other

activities outside their

activity and what this issue

was echoed in previous

years, two new samples of

the absence of interest are

now added that the

government team of our

City has the MAVA.

At the recent opening of the

"Fragile" exhibition of works

by students of the glass

program at the University

Tomas Bata in the Czech

city of Zlín we saw not a

single representative of the

City, even though in the act

some representatives

participated Czech

embassy in Spain.

Moreover, it not even

announced by the Director

of the Museum, in the

presentation of the

exhibition, some sort of

message excusing the

presence of members of

the Corporation

But not only did not attend,

if only it had been in

deference to the

Martin Janecky

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C O N T E N I D O :

Piece of the month 3

Established artists 4

Young artists 4

Meeting in Barcelona 5

Craft fair 6

Assembly AAMAVA 7

Activities Museums 8

Activities on the MAVA 11

Last blowers 12

Roman glass in Museums 13

Identity of Santa Lucia 14

Destructions in Zamora 15

The Roman glass 16

News 17

Culture 2015 17

Market balls 18

Glass Skeletons 18

The glass in museums 19

Recycling 20

Cultural visits 21

Culture 2015 program 21

Apple stores 22

Other trends 23

Daisy and Donald 24

Faster in glass 25

Greener glass 26

Entrepreneurial ideas 27

Bollinger creations 28

How do 29

Recognition 30

Preparation of spheres 31

Resistant glue 32

Handicrafts of the vital 33

Images on glass 34

New emblem NY 35

The Masjid 36

Vidrala 37

Mayan rituals 38

Board Of Directors 39

Important issue: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (XLIX) MAC. Important issue: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (XLIX) MAC. Important issue: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (XLIX) MAC.

Intellectual

Property Law

BOOK III

Protection of the rights recognized in this Act

TITLE VI

Penalties of management entities

4. The resolutions

sanctioning serious

infringements may be

published in the

"Official Gazette" and,

where appropriate, in

the Autonomous

Community, once they

are firm in

administrative

proceedings, and prior

dissociation of the

personal data

containing.

5. For committing minor

offenses to the

infringing entity shall be

imposed a fine totaling

not more than 200,000

euros or 0.5 percent of

its total revenue the

previous corresponding

to the date of imposition

of the fine year.

6. For the graduation of

the sanctions shall

address the criteria set

out in Article 131 of Law

30/1992 of 26

November.

7. When financial

penalties have been

imposed by the Ministry

of Education, Culture

and Sport, the bodies

and procedures for

collection are set out in

the General Regulation

of Collection, approved

by Royal Decree

939/2005 of 29 July, and

other applicable

regulations.

In other cases, they are

set out in the applicable

legislation by the public

authorities that have

been imposed.

8. After starting the

disciplinary proceedings

for committing a very

serious offense and

provided that justified

reasons of urgency or

difficulty objective of

reinstating the

impediment legal

compliance, the

competent authority may

decide reasoned,

following authorization by

the judge to registered

office of the company,

the removal of the

representative bodies of

the entity and its

temporary intervention.

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The glass in the paddle.

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Not many years ago the standard paddle tennis which were more put in place and more were still building the wall tracks.

Gradually, along with the launch of the paddle, the tracks were eating glass

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No response from the Department of Culture.No response from the Department of Culture.No response from the Department of Culture.

17-01-13. Requesting inventory of the components of the

permanent collection of MAVA.

11-06-13. Possibility of receipt by the MAVA documentation on

glass offered by the President of the Spanish Association of

Science.

11-11-13. Requesting information on the agreement with the

Community of Madrid to install social services in the MAVA.

land to the wall to the point that today just tennis wall being built in the new clubs paddle.

Adidas paddle mates have published an interesting article where they talk about the main differences between the paddle glass or wall.

To say that the current trend is to assemble tracks glass but there are still clubs, sports centers and housing estates with tennis wall, even in official competitions continue contesting this type of track.

Leaving aside the economic issue, this trend is based on an aesthetic issue, greater comfort for spectators attending matches and especially due to the current deployment of media and especially television.

SPECIAL INTEREST:

Part of the month

Meeting in Barcelona

Craft fair

Assembly AAMAVA

Activities on the MAVA

News

Our activities

Glass recycling

How does

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Piece of the month. Dalibor Tichy.

"Sunrise" (1977) was

selected for the decisive

international traveling

exhibition organized by

the Corning Museum of

Glass New New York: A

Worldwide Survey.

In the following years he

exhibited at various

exhibitions organized in

the Netherlands, UK,

Japan, USA, etc.

In their study, Tichy'

worked in monumental

architectural glass panels

and small sculptures

made from laminated flat

glass geometric shapes

composing pieces which

were introduced in others,

in order to render the

micro cosmos and macro

cosmos.

In his work, now worked

with hot glass Nature in

all its forms was his main

source of inspiration:

flowers, grass, coral,

birds' wings, etc.

His latest creation won

the second prize in

Coburg.

The August 13, 1985

Dalibor Tichy' died at the

age of 35 without having

had time to develop his

career.

But his work is still

displayed and can be

occasion of a group

exhibition of Czech

authors such as Glass is

live exhibition in 1999 at

the Glasmuseum Ebeltoft,

Denmark or shows Czech

Glass Now:

Contemporary Sculpture,

1970-2004 organized by

the Cornign Museum of

Glass in New York in

2005.

The work is part of the

permanent collection of

MAVA has no specific title,

is made of stretched and

molded glass was

donated by the collector

Takako Sano.

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His first training is

obtained in the middle

school of Kameniky'

Senov happening later to

the Academy of Applied

Arts in Prague where

Lybensky' welcomes him

as a student (1970-

1976).

Until 1980 we found

designer employed as

factory Crystalex in Novy'

Bord.

The last five years of his

life were passed as a

freelance in Prague.

In 1979 his work

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Established artists. Martin Janecky.

important programs of large schools of glass, such as The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Pilchuck Glass School and Penland School of Craft.

Martin Janecký is considered one of the best glass sculptors working today.

He is represented by the Habatat Gallery and has exhibited his work in galleries and museums around the world.

Emerging artists. Dominic Fondé.

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As a tribute to their participation in the glassmaker meeting held last November 22 in Sant Andreu de la Barca (Barcelona), this newsletter dedicated this page to this great artist.

Janecký Martin was born on February 29, 1980 in the Czech Republic and began working with glass in the factory of his father at the age of 13 years.

His secondary school education was concentrated

in the arts of glass in Novy Bor, which was an excellent letter to artists and designers from around the world, who hired him to execute his ideas.

In 2003, Martin made his first trip to the United States.

While working for other artists were able to add to your skill set as well developed, knowledge of the subject.

He has been an artist who has participated in several

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glass.

In 2009 he participated in

"Migrate" show 30th anniversary

of the Society of Scottish glass,

which toured the UK.

His piece for the show entitled

"September feathers" was

auctioned to raise funds for future

projects of the Scottish Society of

Glass.

In 2010 he curated "Birdsong", a

traveling exhibition that visited

Japan, Scotland and Singapore

and in 2011 wrote and performed

a one man show "human tide", a

series of twelve linked stories that

explore the power of perfume.

Dominic Fondé is a glass artist

who has been working with

blown glass art and recorded

since mid-1990.

It has many of his works in public

and private collections in the UK

and Europe.

His public in particular

embodiments include a series of

art glass windows recorded at

Birmingham Botanical Gardens.

In 2006 he moved to Singapore

and founded early 2008 Dominic

Fonde Art Glass.

Dominic was for many years the

only professional glass engraver

who worked in Singapore and

appeared in TV Media Corp "On

The Beat" and "knockout".

In December 2008 he was elected

member of Engravers Guild of

Our web

Our web

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Glazier meeting in Barcelona.

Last November 22 was held in Sant Andreu de la Barca (Barcelona) Glazier an emotional meeting organized by the ACAV in workshops Nat Glass, who gave selflessly of their premises to carry out this event.

The central figure of this day was the artist Martin Janecký, whom the Bulletin devoted its cover and its consideration as "established artist".

He could also enjoy the good work of Rafa Abdon and Xus Redondo, both artists trained in L'Olleria (Valencia).

In this important and unusual event they were attended by about 250 people who enjoyed the refined technique of Czech artist currently based in the United States.

The artist painted the figures of a human skull, a hand and a bull, all with the technique of glass blowing.

It was supported by the collaboration of the blowers also Xus Redondo, L'Ollería and providing professional services to Nat Window; Ferran Collado (ACAV), Igor Obeso, Diego Rodriguez (National Glass Centre Foundation) and the Dutch artist Christiaan D. Maas.

By our Association were present at the event our president, Miguel Angel Carretero, our Secretary, Rosa Garcia and Vocal Diego Martin, Martin-Rojas Study.

The day began at ten o'clock on a bright but cool enough Sunday.

The high temperature of the oven was not enough to heat up the atmosphere ship Nat Glass, but the mood of the attendees were sufficiently heated so that the temperature drops outside an obstacle to enjoy the good work of Czech artist.

Also, the warm greetings between friends turned to look after too long without contact were a clear example of the warmth and affection that radiates the glazier world of our country.

Martin's expertise calmed things down and forcing viewers to focus on your work and enjoy his refined technique.

After making the perfect figure of a skull in which there was no lack detail, as can be seen in the image reproduced on page 41, masterfully executed representation of a human hand.

At lunchtime, the organizers did enjoy the many attendees of a splendid paella.

This relaxation time served to enjoy a good time to talk and remember past experiences, in some cases, or to promote friendship in others.

He also served for the President of a ruling ACAV a word of thanks to Martin and do him delivery of a memory for their collaboration in this meeting.

In the afternoon, according to the program prepared by the organizers, he should have given rest to Martin and some of the glassmakers present realizasen

a piece, but the Czech seems that showed his desire to continue performing another piece and put to work in the execution of the figure of a bull.

The piece had a very complex embodiment but the end result was truly spectacular.

At the end of the day. in the minds of all who participated in this event was the desire that it should not remain an isolated event and it was worth every effort to repeat elsewhere elapse without leaving a space of very lengthy time.

From our Association we have always emphasized the need for a personal understanding between all components of the glazier world of our country and thus put into practice the idea of forming associations through Facebook at regional level so that each glazier is would make present in the corresponding page and they all were under the umbrella of a page Glaziers Federation.

But the idea has not had any success, so we hope that this initiative of meeting held on 22 not remain the exception that proves the rule of fragmentation and disunity that comes to prevail in the world of our country glazier.

We congratulate the organizers of the meeting by the success they have achieved in their call and we echo the magnificent views that have given us our representatives on the spot.

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XXVIII Craft Fair in Madrid.

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The Craft Fair Market Madrid

is the most important act of

promoting regional

handicrafts.

This anticipated event of the

craft for its commercial,

cultural and tourist

importance is considered a

reference being a major

sectoral fairs nationwide.

Ownership of the Community

of Madrid, the fair market

celebrates its XXVIII edition.

Since its inception have

been more than 2,000

workshops have contributed

to the consolidation of this

showcase of authentic

craftsmanship.

By entering into an

agreement the Community of

Madrid has given as in

previous years, your

organization the Chamber of

Commerce, Industry and

Services of Madrid.

The XXVIII edition will take

place in the Plaza of Spain

in Madrid from the day

December 12, 2015 until the

day January 5, 2016 and will

have 168 booths of different

sizes (6m2 and 8m2).

Artisan workshops involved

(individuals and companies)

in Spain, to demonstrate the

development of a craft, they

are discharged from the

business tax and are aware

of their obligations to the

Treasury and Social

Security.

The products displayed for

sale are homemade.

This new edition is

sponsored by Bankia, which

also provide participants with

an offer of commercial

collaboration with various

promotional activities.

Final list of admitted artisans

After reviewing the scores,

the Chamber of Commerce,

Industry and Services of

Madrid has published the

final list of admitted artisans.

This list is available at the

following link, where you also

specify the dates and times

established for awarding the

final stand of each craftsman

admitted.

Among the craftsmen who

have the glass as part of his

works they are Vitreus Ignis,

Alba Martin, Art Glass,

Fulkolor, Lume Glass,

Malvaygris Murano and Ana

Yabar.

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Assembly of our Association.

On Saturday, November 28,

we celebrate the Annual

Assembly of our Association.

After reading by our Secretary

of the text of the minutes of the

Assembly last year, it was

approved unanimously.

Our Treasurer was detailing

revenues and expenditures for

the past year.

Our fiscal year includes

income and expenses incurred

between July 1 and June 30 of

the following year.

With annual revenues of € 350

332 and the expenditure for 74

€ we have managed to put our

funds in € 620.17.

Revenues are represented by

shares of our partners and the

main items of expenditure side

are the 48 € paid in bank

commissions, the 72 € of the

annual membership fee of the

EGF, 80 € of the share in the

Annual Congress of that EGF,

45 € of the cost of the website

domain, 45 € of registration

fees change Statutes and the

42 € of stationery, such as ink

cartridges for the printer,

paper, etc. .

After approving the financial

statements that we can not do

more with less.

Our Chairman read the

detailed activities of our

Association last year,

highlighting the virtual edition

of our monthly newsletters,

concert program "Concerts in

the MAVA" the celebration of

the First Cycle of Guitar

"Castle Valderas" participation

in the Annual Meeting of the

EGF, the campaign to collect

signatures against the

suppression of our museum

spaces, the presence at the

Festival of Glass in

Stourbridge (UK) and various

exhibition openings glaziers

artists and our visits to various

glass workshops of our

country.

Although our Mayor accuses

us of being a "fellow travelers",

implying that we are spending

money in our budget travel we

do, both at national and

international level, only it

needs to analyze the sections

of our aforesaid accounts to

affirm our mayor is very poorly

advised regarding the

functioning of our Association.

This year met the four year

tenure of the Board of our

Association, and statutory

mandate, the renewal of its

membership was necessary. In

the absence of other

nominations, the agreement to

renew the mandate of the

previous Board, bringing its

membership was adopted

unchanged.

As for the activities to develop

in the current year, we will

continue with the release of our

monthly newsletters, with the

policy of visits to different

Spanish glass workshops.

Culture 2015 with space for

visiting cultural sites, with the

campaign to increase the

number of members of the

Association and the realization

of the program "Concerts in the

MAVA."

Since a few days we will

celebrate the holidays,

members of the Board of

Directors of our Association we

want you to all our partners,

our friends and all readers of

this newsletter that you spend

a Party as pleasant as

possible.

Merry Christmas!

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Activities Museums I.

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Activities Museums II.

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Activities Museums III.

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Activities on the MAVA. Frágil.

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On Wednesday November

25 opens at the MAVA

Fragile exposure.

Program glass Tomas Bata

University in Zlín City opened

in 2008 and is the most

recent of these departments

in the Czech Republic.

His studies are based on

multidisciplinary concepts

from the critical and open

dialogue, also between

design and art.

The main focus is set on

freedom of expression

students and rigorous

respect for their creativity.

Fragile exhibition consists of

a selection of works made

throughout 2015.

His works go beyond the

stereotypical view of glass

and opens a new dimension

to reflect on this material and

its role in contemporary art.

The common element in all

the selected works is history,

from personal and

conceptual perspective of

each artist.

Another element that unites

them is the contrast between

the traditional glass

processing and

contemporary concepts.

They are works created with

unexpected combinations

between the current reality

and historical tradition.

We have used various

techniques such as blown

glass rod, the molten glass in

mold, the glass rod flame

worked and cold techniques.

The inauguration was

attended by a representative

of the Czech Embassy and

teachers of the University of

the city of Zlin, but no

representative of the City of

Alcorcón.

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Last blowers lyrics.

glass in the workshop have in

Deusto. Marciano proudly showing

the lion's head symbolizing nobility

and the struggle of players and

Athletic de Bilbao. Hopes that the

crisis is like neon Guadiana, that

comes and goes, but prevails, he

explains, noting that if in the 20s

was a boom in the US and fell into

disuse in the early 50s, the Neon

Art will He returned to life in the

eighties. during those years in

Spain still it worked great also in

architecture and advertising.

But also in the world of the night.

"Clubs of road were good

customers," he recalls fueling

Gallego topic. Hearts with a girl in

the middle and in some cases with

a guy, entered the agenda of orders

at regular intervals. "Once I wanted

to pay half in black and half in

kind," he jokes, after stating that

rejected both. "The neon and neon

lights are history, but can not go

down in history, they can not

disappear in this way with the

artistic load and its actual capacity

to reinvent itself in other

applications. The neon needs help,"

claims Alfonso on Sunday.

They claim the benefits of neon

signs, durability, and the

peculiarities against concepts such

as light pollution. Aware and a

business that has a lot of art but

can not survive only with orders

that make the artists collaborating.

"I handle jobs, they and

supermarkets because they know

that a quality neon letters can last

fifteen years without giving

problems, and can be made large.

Have up to six meters high, "says

Gallego.

Neon letters, "in reality most are

Argon," says Gallego, they are an

icon of growth, development and

advertising, inseparable from the

concept of curiosity, what is

striking, fashion and even morbid. "I

used three to four orders per week,

now just one or two a month,"

family and friends laments in its

industrial pavilion in Vitoria, who

now devotes part, to another of his

favorite hobbies. Inside it has built a

closed kitchen with space for about

forty people in putting into practice

their culinary skills. "Here we blow

in the broadest sense," he jokes.

He has served 40 years of

occupation and do not know if as is

the market will reach the half

century becoming a delicate light

colored glass tubes stored on long

shelves. "In Euskadi are hardly four

or five pipe blowing" he says.

The poster Tangier based in Vitoria,

in Madrid Andalusian father and

mother, his father reminds blowing

since he can remember in the

workshop of the Moroccan city.

Tangier and Tetouan moved after

two years to Ceuta, to finish in a

Basque Country already dawned as

industrial and emerging region.

In Morocco he broke the first glass

tubes amid the anger of his father,

who was patiently teaching him to

blow destination. He taught her to

manipulate the glass tubes with air

and a blowtorch, to get the gas to

pass a ball of mercury up the tube

to turn and look with bright colors,

and finally to shape their patience

to endure hours and concentrated

hours molding glass. After a lifetime

of artisan sees his industry gives

way to other technologies.

Alfonso also learned from his

father, who continues to work the

They have the light breath after

blowing kilometers and kilometers

of neon letters. Many said Jose

Manuel, to join in a phrase his

hometown, Tangier, with the host,

Vitoria. Marciano epic appeals to his

name: "I could get to the moon."

However, despite being a magical

letters that are lit with bright colors

thanks to the noble gases contained

in glass tubes twisted gradually they

are going out. The LEDs, the crisis,

some other municipal regulations

and Madrid and Bilbao, but also in

many other cities that got rid of

thousands of labels in a few days,

and finally the limitations imposed

on the EU to use mercury, have

been reduced to exceptional what

was once common. "Neon

languishes, if thousands of artisans

and businesses of light in Spain, I

think we will be forty or fifty, and

only if there are young people that

follow, that is just" predicts, Juan

Manuel Gallego (Tangiers, 1958),

Electroneón the Vitoria firm.

"This is an SOS call for discipline

does not disappear, it is

incorporated into schools of art,

decoration and architecture, as an

element to be considered in all

phases of the creative process," he

asks. The same claims Alfonso

Domingo (Bilbao, 1972), son of

Marciano (1941), also blower, both

of the company Luminous Bilbao: "It

is art, my father has been blowing

since age 14 and has 75. It would

be necessary to work from

institutions not disappear, to make it

compatible with the historic centers

with high voltage regulations, "he

explains citing the dramatic posters

of Tio Pepe Madrid in the Puerta del

Sol and Schweppes in the Plaza del

Callao.

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Glass Duo with glass cups.

Anna and Arkadiusz Szafraniec, Poland, living charmed by the sound of glass cups become music from the rubbing of fingers and hands over their edges, which caused them to leave their homes in the Symphony Orchestra in Gdansk to form the GlassDuo.

Minutes before offering an extraordinary recital 27 under the Morelia Music Festival "Miguel Bernal Jimenez", Arkadiusz Notimex said in an interview, that this fascination with his harp and glass cups, "we discovered wonderful things, as new sonic universes with which we travel the globe permanently ".

Both musicians traveled to Mexico solely to perform at the festival, which were flattering references before meeting him vividly.

"We like the perfect organization of the festival, to walk the city streets are ads, pictures, people wearing badges as part of the staff or press corps," he said.

Anna and Arkadiusz Szafraniec play the glass harp duo, like next to other musicians. They have, successfully toured and recorded with string quartets and various chamber ensembles.

"We work with most of the orchestras in Poland and the Warsaw National Philharmonic and Sinfonia Varsovia".

They are the only glass music group in Poland and one of the few professional ensembles of its kind in the world.

The instrument is the harp GlassDuo largest professional glass that has ever existed. Its range covers five octaves, their glasses are always professionally tuned and ready to be played.

"Several prominent musicians have composed especially for us, as in the case of Zbigniew Preisner, Mieczyslaw Litwinski, Garry Eister, Zbigniew Pniewski, Piotr Salaber, Tom Smail, Anna Pecherzewska, Aleksander Przeradowski, Jean Chatillon and Daniele Furlati, and with these materials, We have recorded several studio albums and live, "he said.

Music "Glassy" as Arkadiusz Szafraniec flame, also inspires artists in the field of theater. "To date, he has appeared on GlassDuo recorded music in" Eva "," trapped "," Marriage "," Judas "and staging, inside and outside the borders of Warsaw and all Poland; also we are witnessing major music festivals. "

He stressed that GlassDuo has been invited to many festivals of music and culture, local and international in the world, among them the Festival of Arts of Singapore, Altstadtherbst Kulturfestival Duesseldorf Germany,

Internationaal Festival van Vlaanderen Gent in Belgium and the International Festival Music, Humor India Indigo.

Similarly, he added, they were presented at the International Mozart Festival Mozartiana of Poland; Austria International Festival "Chopin Around" Lithuania Klaipeda Music Spring "; "Chopin and beyond," the United States; Festival di Santo Stefano Italy, La Folle Journee of Poland and the International Music Festival of Lithuania.

"People try to compare our sound with conventional instruments such as the flute or trumpet mute; we see the issue in reverse: these instruments compared with ours to find similarities and differences, "he said Arkadiusz who rejects stereotypes while enriching the world of music with subtle and unique sounds.

GlassDuo, ie, Arkadiusz Szafraniec and Anna Szafraniec, is one of the few ensembles in the world who create music with a cocktail glass harp, which gently rub with your fingers. They have performed in several countries, including India, Singapore, United States, and for the first time are in Mexico with his strange harp.

After the interview, they jumped onto the stage of the local City Hall to give a single concert. His repertoire is extensive.

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The identity window St. Lucia.

Some time ago an article titled

'Santa Lucia, history and identity',

where he recounted, among

other things, how King Alfonso XII

granted in 1875 to Thomas

Valarino the title of Count of

Santa Lucia was written.

Both the king and his mother,

Queen Elizabeth II, granted and

sold titles to win political support

among big businessmen and

industrialists.

Additional services were awarded

the monarchy and the nation,

while they got good money for

the coffers of the Kingdom with

the fees to be paid by the

ennobled.

Valarino Thomas Bourgeois, born

in Cartagena in 1801, although

his family came from Genoa,

created the crystal and glass

factory in the district of Santa

Lucia in 1834.

This record must be added the

relief provided when a cholera

epidemic hit the city and its status

as a senator and member of

parliament. So he got high

awards at national level.

The knighthood bestowed

prestige and influence a person

who pioneered the glass industry

in the context of a weak Spanish

industrialization, a few years

before the mining boom,

according to Professor José

Miguel Martinez Carrion,

Professor of Economic History at

the University Murcia.

Alongside earthenware factories

Cartagena gave fame to the

maritime city and four hundred

people work. This gave an

identity around the glass and

crystal many Cartagena, proud

to have ancestors from the guild.

Workshop and exhibition

So he told a Saturday morning at

the Museum of Glass in Saint

Lucia (MUVI) Manuel Gil

Vivancos, son of Manuel Gil

Angosto Riquelme family.

Since 1933, three generations of

carvers lead glass association

craftsmen glassmakers, who

manage the museum, municipal

property.

The building is located next to

the headquarters of the

Federation of Neighborhood

Associations, with an area of 600

square meters spread over two

floors, which house workshop

and exhibition.

Stale factory won Gold Medals in

Madrid Exhibition of the Society

of Friends of the Country in 1841

and the Universal Exhibition of

Barcelona in 1833 and

Honorable Mention Paris Expo

held in 1878.

Other information we read on

their panels are the different

ways to proceed in the

decoration of these beautiful

objects: carved or engraved,

hand painted with a brush,

etched or guilloché technique.

During the visit we contemplate

the evolution of the Asian Cup,

from the first, designed for

drinking vermouth (1908-1934),

the smooth Asian Cup (1934-

1945) and the present, from 1945

to now.

Together with three mold is

owned by Jose Diaz and there is

also a 'botellica' of Licor 43,

another Sovereign, coffee beans

and cinnamon stick.

The closure of the factory was in

1955. Later in 1985 the

Cooperative Society Limited was

established Vidrieros Cartagena.

It's a pleasure to watch the plate

and bottle of Club Taurino (1911),

orange juicers, spittoons, vases,

jars pharmacy, vases, candy and

beckets Mass, among other

objects.

Many of these pieces were

donated by the Narrow García-

Vaso and Riquelme family.

Alongside them are the new

designs created by young

glassmakers, closer to art than

craft, such as screens, lamps,

ashtrays, vases and imagination

flies flies a globero, deep sea fish

made with bottles diving recycled

and umbrella with drops, among

others.

Young artisans

On Thursday and Friday

mornings the museum opens its

doors between 9 and 13.30.

Saturday light the oven so that all

visitors can enjoy and intrepid

young craftsmen as Manuel Gil,

Monica and Carlos Elche

Calabria.

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Forty broken glass, painted

on the viewpoints raised

nails and rust on every

corner.

That is the current status of

the gateway of the Iron

Bridge in Zamora, who

sees infrastructure as the

years pass without

receiving a needed facelift.

The arrival of autumn and

the first rains have returned

to alert neighbors Zamora

each day cross over the

Duero and from the

neighborhood Pinilla: slide

tables.

One problem that arose a

few months of release this

step more than fifteen

years ago.

Since then, nothing has

attempted to solve the

problems of this coverage

to the south of the capital.

The figure is devastating:

one in four glasses Iron

The Iron Bridge suffers damage.

fifteen, has been emerging

in different parts of the

infrastructure.

But more dangerous, say

the neighbors, it is the state

of the firm.

That wooden parquet has

never been liked by the

thousands of residents who

every day have to cross

this walk without being

completely quiet.

And, in this area, the sound

of the Duero on its way to

Portugal is mixed with the

loose planks creak with

every step of pedestrians.

Fruit, say from the district of

Pinilla, that were never well

placed from the start.

This situation is aggravated

in times of rain and frost.

A lottery for who travels

there.

Bridge is broken or

cracked.

The structure designed in

1999, with more than 130

glass panels, maintains 40

of them in poor condition

result of vandalism.

Seen in the area as the

vast majority of these

damaged glasses appear

to either side of the bridge,

which suggests that it is

more the result of the

stones that fortuitous

accidents.

Broken glass, however, are

not the only symptom of

neglect on the footbridge

over the River Douro.

The graffiti is happening in

the different sections of the

Iron Bridge to reach tens

counted.

An unpleasant visual

spectacle that alternates

with the color of rust, over

the years, more than

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Eduardo Alonso Cereza

The information transmitted is the product of collaboration between the stained-glass artist and scribe; an important example is the word that comes from the area mediobabiloniana fall under the reign of Gulkishar, technical information appears in them magical character.

Sarh Brown and David O'Connor, in his introduction to the work: "Medieval Craftsmen: Glaziers," reaffirms the magical content of this item: "A crystal paste, later known as faience, it was widely used in the ancient world to manufacturing accounts and figures. It is not known where or how it appeared the glass made by humans, although more than three thousand years before Christ and somewhere in the Eastern Mediterranean this translucent, light and decorative material was already used and associated with magic. "

In Mesopotamia there were local workshops in different

cities.

Starr defends a local workshop to take place in Nuzi festoons decoration and plant, although the latter less often.

Azur the author claims that two of the groups found glasses belong to the same workshop.

To this adds the appearance of a glass rod that is related marks tweezers used by manufacturers.

The Mesopotamian glass part of a typological and decorative fruit trade unit, and, in all probability, the movements of craftsmen glassmakers one city to another.

The type of glass pieces found consists mainly of:

1. Small bowls.

2. piriformes bottles with neck slightly flared rim, inverted bottom and pointed or rounded base. They are similar to the Maherpra bottle, dated within the realms of Hatshepsut and Tuthmosis III. Azur bottles correspond to the mid-

fifteenth BC slightly early century.

3. Pins glass.

4. molded glass plates of the goddess of fertility.

As for Mesopotamian glass decoration, when compared with Egyptian glass, we notice that the design drop glass found in Alalakh Azur and is virtually unknown in Egypt.

The meandering glass found in Azur, Alalakh and Nuzi, Egypt appears only in the Maherpra bottle.

The pen design is common to Egypt and Mesopotamia, but in Egypt tends to be freer style versus accuracy and severe character of Mesopotamia; here scalloped decoration three strands of glass occurs unlike many festoons threads configured in Egypt.

The base decorated in brown and blue seems to be typical of Mesopotamia.

The Egyptian glass is less conservative and more experimentalist.

The Roman glass in museums in Madrid (XI).

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Culture 2015.

Universes in tiny glass beads.

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skill in carving mineral, made

with closely guarded

methods in an environment

of constant experimentation

close to the ideas of

Leonardo da Vinci.

From the point of view

sculptures they stand out for

their aesthetic and technical

quality, and figurative

representations in them.

As intellectual elaborations, it

consider reflection of

Renaissance thought and

Renaissance tardo-, even to

visually interpret esoteric and

magical affairs.

The main objective of this

exhibition is to present to the

public a concept of art with

which you are unfamiliar, for

what have been selected

fourteen of the most beautiful

parts of the "Treasure of the

Dolphin" (part of the estate of

Philip V Bourbon), which

works by first rank from

Florence and Paris meet.

Last November we visited

the exhibition "Art

transparent. The size of the

crystal in the Milanese

Renaissance ", held at the

Museo del Prado.

Since the mid-sixteenth

century, artists and

workshops of the Italian city

of Milan stressed in size

rock crystal, a natural gem,

creating masterpieces

difficult to overcome, who

enjoyed the common

admiration of his

contemporaries, with an

economic valuation much

higher the great creations of

the painting of his time.

Aimed at large princely

collections are, at once,

sculptures and useful

objects, strange and

wonderful unusual inventions

whose proportions evident in

many cases, a thorough

knowledge of the classical

world, to which is added the

flecks of real gold and

colored glass trails seem

to spin in the Milky Way.

The glass pieces are very

small, in fact everyone can

be a charm.

Glass work Tomizu Atelier

Nova recently won a

Design Award and

appeared in another

festival in Japan focused

on designers working by

hand. The glass artist Satoshi

Tomizu creates small glass

spheres that appear to

contain complete universes.

The planets made of opals,

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Market Christmas balls.

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Skulls and skeletons glass.

stalls, shops and stores.

In the Hüttenplatz square

and along the streets of

the glass, the glass

comes alive and anyone

can see how the balls,

cones and bells become

Lauscha (Germany),

originating in the glass

ornaments fir place,

everything revolves

around the glassware.

The center becomes a

huge pedestrian area with

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small works of art.

We can discover 400

years of history of glass

in the Museum of Glass.

The market will open on 5

and 6 December.

These amazing and horrifying

human skulls and skeletons

are entirely made in glass by

American artist Eric Franklin.

Eric melted and molded glass

with extreme care to create

complete skeletons skulls and

bone joining bone.

Their skeletons and skulls

glass glow in the dark, thanks

to the enlightenment given by

neon blue and red color then

added, giving them more

dramatic.

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The glass in Museums: Bergstrom Mahler.

The Bergstrom-Mahler

Museum of Glass is located

in the US city of Neenah, in

the state of Wisconsin.

It is a regional art museum

focused programming with

glass.

The museum has four

permanent collections of

glass:

the world's most

representative collection

of contemporary and

antique paperweight

glass,

an impressive collection

of German vessels

dating from 1573,

Victorian glass collection

baskets at the time,

and a growing collection

of contemporary glass.

The museum also offers a

program of temporary

exhibitions of glass as well

as classes in the glass studio

for youth and adults.

The museum operates as a

private nonprofit

organization.

It is not managed by the City

of Neenah nor affiliated with

organizations with similar

names.

Since opening in 1959, the

entrance to the museum is

free and depends on private

and corporate donations.

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Recycling. What is valuable used.

Talk of circular economy, one in

which the product goes through

a cycle and nothing is wasted at

all, is actually a tautology.

The economy has always been,

as far as possible, operate: the

linear, the throwaway, has been

and still is an untenable long-

term historical exception.

"To me, when I speak of circular

economy, I think of my

grandmother dulling tomatoes,"

Eduardo de Lecea, general

manager Sigaus, employers

recycling of industrial oils

explains. "We're not inventing

anything".

And speaking of business,

increasingly consolidated, to

recover this cycle of things and

take advantage of what used that

the country brought together

various stakeholders in the

sector, with the sponsorship of

Sigaus, Signus, Ecoembes and

Ecovidrio for a Breakfast in

Madrid.

In 2004 Spain generated 160

million tons of waste, according

to the Ministry of Agriculture,

Food and Environment

(Magrama). In 2012, the figure

had fallen to 118 million, and not

only by the crisis: the figure has

not increased during the period.

Households are responsible for

less than a fifth of that figure, a

small fraction of what they

produce the service sector,

construction or mining.

Domestic recycling, very minor a

quarter century ago is now a

reality engaged in the minds of

the Spaniards. "We all agree that

we can not continue to consume

as we do now," notes Gabriel

Leal, general manager of the

Integrated Management System

Used Tires (Signus).

Indeed, according to Eurostat,

61% of waste is "valued",

compared to 49% of the twenty-

eight; and consequently only

37% ends up in landfills,

compared to 45% of the whole

Union.

That's music to the ears of the

sector, which unanimously

highlights the good situation of

circular economy in Spain over

other countries in the immediate

environment, which, in addition

to awareness, is attributable to

the facilities that have the

Spanish to recycle.

As, for example, the number of

specialized containers: glass are

only 200,000. "One of the

highest rates in Europe

containerization" said Jose

Manuel Nunez-Lagos, general

manager Ecovidrio.

But you can still improve. "The

public demands real steps,"

notes Oscar Martin, CEO of

Ecoembes. "There is no option

b. We can not go back down."

According to the latest data from

INE, 2012, only 18% of

municipal solid waste of Spain

were collected separately.

It is a responsibility and a

business potential that the sector

does not abdicate. "When we

arrived in a crisis, we talked to

the sector and nobody told us:

'We want to reduce

environmental pressures," says

the general director of Quality,

Environmental Assessment and

Natural Environment, Guillermina

Yanguas.

The industry has its expectations

placed on the EU strategy on

circular economy, the European

Commission is to submit before

the end of the year.

In June, more than 700 delegates

participated in Brussels at a

conference on the industry with

the presence of two of the seven

vice presidents of the

Commission.

Among the main demands of the

sector to Brussels, are clear

definitions of what is and what is

not waste and how to count it,

which will not only standardize

products and services, but also at

last make it possible to have

precise statistics on how and how

much recycled Europe.

"It's an opportunity not only

environmental but also economic

and social," said Yanguas.

"Circular economy is one of the

EU strategies for the new

economy," agrees Martin Oscar.

"The Commission states that if

the EU countries reciclásemos

70% of our waste, we could

generate half a million jobs."

While this strategy (and its legal

derivatives) fails, Spain has taken

a first step with the approval of

Waste Management Framework

(Pemar) State Plan, approved

last 15th by the Council of

Ministers.

The objectives of the plan is that

by 2020 50% of household waste

has been prepared for reuse. In

2012, it was 29%.

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Our activities.

In this section we detail the activities which take place this month, corresponding to the cultural visits related to the glass and outputs that we as provided in the program CULTURE 2015.

Cultural visits.

CULTURE 2015 program.

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herald Picasso and anatomical

distortions; inspiring renewal of the

Schools of the nineteenth century,

especially the Spanish.

The exhibition presents a precise

chronological development of the

work of Ingres and caters very

specifically his complex

relationship with portraiture,

constructed through rejection and

admiration, and confronts his

constant ambition to be recognized

in First, as a painter of history.

"I was skillful in handling the brush

when David took over the task of

teaching," noted one of the most

faithful disciples of Ingres. Although

it has been repeated that this was

only a disciple of David, the reality

is more complex. His father, a

painter of provincial fame but with

great aspirations, and addressed

initiate him into the secrets of the

trade -a ten years Ingres painting

and drawing as a real

professionally, and planned their

next steps. So, he accompanied

his son to Toulouse, where the

local Academy polished, in the

revolutionary period that talent

cultivated since childhood.

There, Ingres acquired a solid

education, interested in antiquity,

and showed an exquisite sensitivity

and towered art of Raphael.

In this December we will

visit the Tech Museum of

Glass to see the exhibits

of Tapio Wirkkala and

Octavio Boots.

The first is an exhibition

organized jointly with the

Suomen Lasimuseo in

Riihimäki, Finland,

bringing together a

selection of 200 works of

glass designed by Tapio

Wirkkala for Littala

Kultakeskus and silver.

The second is organized

together with the

Municipality of Marinha

Grande and the Museum

of Glass in that city, which

includes a selection of 75

works of cut glass,

courtesy of the artist and

the Museum of Glass in

Marinha Grande in

Portugal for display the

Tech Museum of Glass.

In this December we will visit

the exhibition of works by

Ingres in the Prado.

Ingres's work, rooted in the

academic only apparently, is

definitely an essential

milestone towards the artistic

revolutions of the late

nineteenth and early

twentieth century.

Descendant of Raphael and

Poussin, his work is both

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How Apple stores glass are made.

elements of glass (curved or

flat) that impact on the

synthesis and formal purity and

transparency of the glass.

As timber

"It is very easy to design but

nothing makes sense if you

can not build," emphasizes O

'Callaghan.

One of the challenges facing

the designers was how to unite

the structural glass panels. The

inspiration came researching

technology timber industry,

particularly the type "finger

joint" unions, commented the

specialist.

For large panels in the first

project for Apple, the designers

devised a system where

laminated glass sheets of 6 m

(the longest available time)

were interspersed without

match in marriage.

The Apple store in Istanbul

Zorlu Center (designed by

Foster & Partners), surpassed

that technique.

It is built? Although it seems a

render, it is a photograph. This

glass prism 18 meters consists

of just 15 panels. It stands at

767 Quina Avenue in New York

and witness the long lines that

technophiles are anxious every

time Apple announces a

release.

Steve Jobs decided to sell

local when trading online grew

strode. In 2006, he opened the

first Apple Store in New York

with a high impact project

where technology for the

manufacture of glass had been

taken to the extreme. Jobs

convened the engineer James

O 'Callaghan, a specialist in

glass structures. "The stores

should reflect innovation and

modernity, just as the products

offered there," O 'Callaghan in

a lecture he gave at the

congress building envelope

technology Sisteccer in La

Rural.

In just over 10 years, the study

headed by O 'Callaghan has

designed about 400 projects

where glass is the protagonist,

of which 70 or 80 are very bold

structures solved with the

material, explains the engineer

of English origin. During that

time, the technology in the

production of float glass sheets

have advanced, while

tempering furnaces increased

their size. You can now tune,

print and laminate sheets up to

18 meters long and 3 meters

wide (in one piece!) In

Germany or China, where a

decade ago the record was 6

meters by 2.

The prism of Fifth Avenue is

one concrete example of this

path of continuous innovation.

In 2006 it was built with

structural glass panels 90 and

was replaced in 2011 by

another made up only 15

plates. "The result is greater

transparency and fewer

fittings, beyond the

controversy has been replaced

by another structure in such a

short time," said O 'Callaghan.

The Apple Store (there are 463

stores in 18 countries) are

characterized by protruding

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Other trends. Tutankamón.

Egyptology seems about to add a

link gold chain of fascinating

discoveries.

Egyptian Antiquities Minister

Mahmoud al-Damaty, likes to

define it as "the find of the century".

And this time, not exaggerated.

Studies recent days with a

"sophisticated radar" target "with

90% certainty" to the existence of a

secret chamber adjacent to the

tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, as

suggested by this summer the

famous British archaeologist

Nicholas Reeves.

If confirmed, it would be the most

important archaeological revelation

from Egypt since Howard Carter

wowed the world to find the tomb of

Tutankhamen, the boy king.

However, Reeves and the Egyptian

authorities disagree on whom

belong the burial chamber. Reeves

is convinced that the best kept up

to date by the architects of ancient

Egypt secretly hides the mummy of

Nefertiti, wife of Akhenaten.

The remains of the queen of

legendary beauty, have never been

found. According to historians,

Nefertiti played an important role in

the revolutionary religious reform

who led the pharaoh Akhenaten to

create an ephemeral monotheistic

creed in the fourteenth century BC.

Instead, the Egyptian experts are

inclined to other candidates, as

Kiya, Akhenaten's second wife and

mother of Tutankhamun, or

Meritatón eldest daughter, from his

marriage to Nefertiti.

"Now we can say that we have

found another tomb or a camera

behind the burial chamber of

Tutankhamun," he declared al-

Damaty in a press conference held

on Saturday in the city of Luxor,

where the breathtaking Valley of

the Kings , real archaeological

jewel of ancient Egypt.

The minister estimated "about

90%" the chances that the

preliminary analysis is correct.

Uncertainty and excitement will still

remain for a few weeks, the time

needed by scientists to study

carefully the results of a scan

started last Thursday.

"The results of a survey with radar

behind the north wall [of the burial

chamber of Tutankhamun] are very

clear ... suggest that there is a clear

distinction between hard rock and

another thing," said Reeves from

Luxor.

"If I have reason and there is a

continuity [through a hall] of the

grave, it will take us to another

burial chamber. I think it is that of

Nefertiti, and all the evidence points

in these direction, "insisted the

British Egyptologist, who last

August presented his revolutionary

theory to conclude that, by its

modest size and anomalous

construction, the memorial of

Tutankhamun It should be attached

to another larger tomb, probably

corresponding to a queen.

If true intuition, the secret tomb

could hold even more wonderful

treasure that accompanied the

Tutankhamen in his death some

3,300 years ago. The trousseau of

the boy pharaoh, compiled into a

lobby, the treasure chamber, the

burial chamber and the annex,

totaling more than 5,000 precious

objects.

Many of them can be witnessed in

the Egyptian Museum. Unlike other

funerary monuments of pharaohs

discovered by archaeologists, the

Tutankhamen remained for

centuries protected from bandits

and treasure hunters.

The results of the scan performed

by the Japanese expert Hirokatsy

Watanabe confirmed the existence

of doors boarded the paintings

would have tried to conceal, as

Reeves had suggested.

In early November and at a

temográfica test was conducted

from infrared rays that fired the

hopes of researchers.

The analysis detected the existence

of cold spots and drafts indicating

the existence of a secret chamber.

However, in the press conference,

Minister al-Damaty showed a point

of caution to remember that, so far,

have only "preliminary results". It

opens a tense wait.

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On the occasion of his 75th

birthday, Daisy, Donald

Duck's girlfriend, has been

immortalized in a collector's

item that only 150 people

can purchase.

A small number given the

expensive and time (110

hours are needed)

procedure that makes them

real.

A masterpiece of 6.4 x 9

ideal for decorate the home

with one of the iconic

characters from childhood

of the little ones

centimeters.

Yet there is no toy, as its

price clearly indicates that

7495 euros to take shelter

in a showcase to be

admired from afar.

Also, your faithful and

tender partner, Donald

Duck, also available to the

public by the same amount

to complete the couple.

Each of the copies made

by hand with the utmost

precision by Pointiage

Daisy and Donald dress with Swarovski glass.

fashion jewelry,

accessories and figurines.

It has even become a

sponsor of big films like

The Phantom of the Opera,

for which he prepared a

blazing chandelier, or the

kings of pop Madonna and

Michael Jackson, who liked

to give the note with their

bright costumes.

Thanks to its many

achievements, the

company has an

international presence and

offers its delicate parts

through a network of

owned boutiques and

minoritas partners.

Such is the success that

launches new collections

every quarter with surprise

that all kinds of customers,

and Disney characters are

always one of the options

Swarovski star.

This time the leg Daisy has

been fortunate to be

transformed into a shower

of color and twinkle.

exclusive technique, a

technology developed by

Swarovski glasses set that

allows free hand without

using glue or other

adhesive.

Thus, 20,000 tiny glasses

are placed standing on a

granite base with an

engraving that indicates

the number of individual

edition.

The king takes shining

glass in the world since

1895, when in Wattens, a

small town in Austria,

Daniel Swarovski decided

to found the firm of luxury

products made with one of

the purest and brittle

materials: glass.

Daniel followed in the

footsteps of his father, who

dedicated his life to the

craft of glass cut and now

owner of the Swarovski

group, distributes

decorative pieces for the

home, decoration couture,

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The sperm swim faster in glass.

Human sperm swim

faster when moving near

a surface, a skill that

could be result of an

evolutionary adaptation

strategy reproductive

system, according to a

study published in the

journal Nature

Communications.

The male gamete

progresses through the

movement of its tail

called a flagellum, -rota in

a helical pattern around

an axis and

simultaneously moving in

the direction of the

Executive.

In aquatic animals, sperm

used that method to

propel unrestricted

through the water, but in

animals with reproductive

systems must deal with

various internal surfaces

that limit their movement.

To analyze their behavior

under these conditions,

David Simon and his

group at the University of

Toronto have filmed

human sperm swimming

at a distance of one

micron (one thousandth

of a millimeter) to a glass

surface and compared

their movement with

other gametes moving

freely in a liquid.

His observations reveal

that the sperm will "slip"

on the glass with a

different from the other

group technique, which

allowed them to move

faster and do more

quickly when the element

in which they are

suspended is a viscous

solution that mimics the

conditions of the

reproductive system.

Scientists made the same

experiment with bovine

sperm, that under natural

conditions moving

through uterine horns

larger than human and,

therefore, have less

interaction with surfaces.

These sperm, unlike

humans swim slower

when they do about a

glass, which for

researchers shows that

human gametes have

adapted to the conditions

of their reproductive

system.

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Inventions that make the glass even greener.

Glass is one of the most sustainable building materials. Its versatility allows the ecological architecture or recycling it can be used directly as an ingredient for the manufacture of tiles and coating materials of different surfaces.

In this article we will look at four innovations that can make a big difference through their transformation.

Continually new initiatives to get more out of glass arise. Some of them are already a reality, and the truth is that they are surprising.

An almost unbreakable glass

Just invent some Japanese researchers. His strength is such that it can be said that is unbreakable. They are waiting commercialize the technology in the near future. Doing so will mean a glass durability than ever before. That is, it would become an even greener option.

Also extend their applications since put that glass would be synonymous to build a wall. More still, actually, because its resistance would exceed that of a conventional wall. It would have many other uses, and in principle they see the future as hardener windshield glass.

The substance that gets the miracle is alumina, an aluminum oxide mixed with silicon dioxide. His great achievement has been to

make it happen, after many failed attempts. For these researchers from the University of Tokyo there were no problems of adhesion to the walls of the container to synthesize the chemicals into the air.

Improving the performance of solar panels

Improve the performance of solar cells is one of the great challenges that science does not leave. Although this time it arose by chance, a team of US scientists has created a new type of glass that could have a thousand and one uses, including improving the efficiency of solar panels.

The finding was a big surprise. Doing experiments with optical glass steam succeeded in creating this revolutionary glass. It was formed by superimposing several thin layers of organic molecules steam.

The third invention was the result of joint work of the company Tecnalia and the University of Cantabria in the Sunglass project, where they have developed a new glass designed to increase the efficiency of photovoltaic systems.

Its aim is to promote renewable energy in the construction sector. Their goal is to exceed 15 percent of the average actual performance of existing panels.

Interestingly, the way to do that is not improving the semiconductor material to take over the solar spectrum. Their approach is based on the "conversion of frequencies" produced in a glass coated with a photoactive compounds.

Its implementation in the glass covering the solar panels get greater ability to absorb high-frequency radiation. Thus, it would issue a more effective ranges, thereby increasing the efficiency by up to 3 percent.

Against heat and radiation

A fourth type of glass, this time designed as a sandwich. Its thickness is due to the strategic placement within polyvinyl butyral (PVB) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) block radiation and solar heat without reducing brightness.

By inserting these compounds is achieved infrared filtering part without preventing the transmission of light.

Recycled glass tiles

When you consider unsuitable for other reuse, it supports a very interesting glass to manufacture tiles or other coating processing.

But it is totally organic? He's in comparative terms. While cement and energy used in its manufacture, it could come from renewable sources.

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Enterprising Ideas.

management.

Maravitia is a platform to

sell local quality products

at home, either from

individuals or businesses,

and has a large network of

small producers committed

to quality nutrition and

traditional values.

Among its objectives it is to

form a community of

buyers and producers for

both domestic and

international trade.

Meanwhile, My Jarden is a

family owned SME working

in the processing of glass

in decorative products and

utilities that designed a pot

autoriego recycled glass

and organic materials and

whose clients are both

local consumers and

tourists.

projects 12 regional

finalists of Castilla La

Mancha, Galicia,

Extremadura, Murcia and

Aragon

For more than a year ago,

both Maravitia dedicated to

online sales of craft

products such as My

Jarden, who has patented

a recycling glass pot with

autoriego, have the advice

and support of the Cide

Network Camera

Commerce of Santa Cruz

de Tenerife and its

Business Accelerator

program Olympo Boxes.

Besides being two of the

3,200 small businesses in

the Canary Islands that

have been recorded in

Aprendeafinanciarte.com,

the only web portal that

exists in Spain Search and

completely free financial

Two small companies

Tenerife, Maravitia and My

Garden, representing the

Canary Islands in the

second contest of

Entrepreneurs of the

Chamber of Commerce of

Spain held in Madrid on

November 25 and is

endowed with a prize of

3,000 euros for the winner .

In a press release the

Chamber of Commerce of

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

explains that the two

entrepreneurs, Santiago

Darnés, representing

Maravitia and Marcelo

Lavandera, My Jarden had

two minutes to defend their

projects to the jury of the

National Forum Learn to

finance your table and

investors.

The two local businesses

concur with entrepreneurial

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Bollinger fail premiere Spectre.

The close relationship

between Bollinger and the

world's most famous secret

agent, James Bond, dating

from the beginning of eta film

franchise in 1979.

And the French champagne

could not pass up the

opportunity to offer fans 007

odd limited edition of its

exclusive sparkling.

Coinciding with the premiere

of the new James Bond film,

Bollinger introduced two

limited editions created

based on the adventures of

the secret agent. As always

a more exclusive than

others.

The first creation of the

Maison Bollinger Bollinger

has been the 007 Crystal

Set.

The gourmet partner firm

has opted for one of the

most prestigious brands

artisan glass of Lorraine.

It is the firm Crystalworks

Saint-Louis, which has the

same values of excellence

and savoir-faire brand of

sparkling.

Saint-Louis Crystalworks

was founded in 1586,

making him have a tradition

of craftsmanship in making

glass unstoppable.

The house is owned by the

Hermès group and this

obviously is a guarantee of

success, luxury and

craftsmanship perfectly

treated.

The master glass blowers of

this brand have managed to

earn a place among the

most successful global

artisans. His works in art

glass cutting.

Crystal design Bollinger

September 007 Berthes

thing Eric, who has tried to

get the full potential of their

collaboration with the artisan

glassware firm, creating a

unique piece that could be

considered art collector.

The sparkling of this set is

the Champagne Bollinger

RD Magnum size. It is a

unique product that has

matured for a very long time

to get that unique aroma.

The complete package

comes in a glass case

created by Saint-Louis

Crystalworks, plus a

champagne bucket on the

basis of which you can

appreciate the genuine gun

barrel of the iconic 007.

At the top of the bottle you

can read the Bollinger 007

mark recorded in tin.

This limited edition will be

only 307 pieces worldwide, of

which 8 are in Spain.

Bollinger Spectre Limited

Edition

Moreover, the French brand

of sparkling presented a

limited edition a bit more

modest, known as Bollinger

Spectre.

This pack consists of a

Millésime2009 prepared by

Bollinger to celebrate the

close relationship that binds

him to the film saga of the

secret agent.

The bottle is located inside a

cooling box which can

maintain the optimum

temperature for several

hours champagne.

The design of this case has

been Basser thing Carré,

created exclusively for the

Bollinger Spectre Limited

Edition.

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How does it.

This month we include some pictures of the technique practiced by Martin Janecky.

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International recognition.

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The building of the Advisory

Council of Castilla and Leon

has become a famous film

director, an actor renowned

or the player who wins all the

awards each year.

International recognition

"BigMat Architecture 2015"

that has been granted in

addition to the countless

awards that the "cube" glass

designed by the architect

Alberto Campo Baeza and

his team has been

accumulating since its

premiere in 2012.

If the magnitude of the

building and use of organs,

one of the Castilla and Leon

have not escaped the

debate, design and

aesthetics of the building

next to the Cathedral of

Zamora it is indisputable.

In this case, the BigMat

International Group, which is

headquartered in

Luxembourg and is present

in seven countries, has

chosen to recognize the

"excellent quality" of the

Advisory.

This was decided by a jury of

renowned professionals

represented by the Spanish

designer Jesus Aparicio.

The magnitude of the award

is best understood by

knowing that in the call for

2015 750 projects which

were selected a hundred

and only 18 reached the

end, three from each country

were presented.

The jury decided the best six

in each country. The

International Grand Prix

went to the hands of Campo

Baeza, who may collect it

with the rest.

Beyond recognition, the

International Architecture

Prize BigMat brand current

trends in the world of

construction with two equally

important pillars: the

buildings as a meeting point

and their relationship with

nature.

In the Advisory, Campo

Baeza designed an open

space of glass to let light

pass, escorted by a

sandstone wall style very

stone which governs the

historical district, in a tone

which continues also to the

Cathedral and its

surroundings . The windows

allow a glimpse of what lies

beyond. Inside, Valladolid

designer made maximum

simplicity. Glass

transparencies bind to white

walls and furniture. The

permanent exhibition which

tells the inside story

archaeological-site-reinforces

this philosophy by adding

materials such as glass, steel

and vinyl.

The full award, for now, the

windows of the Advisory,

which debuted in 2013 with

the International Award

Architecture in Stone from

the Italian city of Verona and

the recognition of the

Spanish Biennial of

Architecture and Planning,

the Ministry of Development.

In 2014, the Joint

Consultative received the

Saint Gobain Glass

Architecture Prize in Madrid

and numerous mentions.

Indeed, the continuing visits

of students of architecture

worldwide, with a must on

the roof from which he

traveled the currency Old-

town have become a

benchmark the Advisory

Design Zamora XXI century,

along with interventions as

Afonso Henriques

Foundation, the Historical

Archives and the

Ethnographic.

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Although the creation of

Christmas spheres

associated with the holiday

season, producers of

Mexican municipality of

Tlalpujahua have been given

the task to innovate items

that can be used throughout

the year, such as the

creation of centers of

compounds crafts table

glass, a product that already

has wide acceptance in

markets such as Jalisco and

the Federal District.

Alejandro Camacho Padilla,

owner of the local Christmas

Eve D 'Glass, refers to the

idea of changing both the

design of the area as its use

was born of his wife, Lucia

Hernandez Torres: "She

imagined using glass to

create flowers and they can

exhibit not only in December

but all year. "

He explained that the

creation of the design was a

long process, as it not only

had to heat the glass tube

had to give shape and

strength so that it can handle

and give continuity to the

process followed in the

fields, "when the glass There

is red to blow, mold only on

one side and create new

segments and heat to give

you the right way. "

Around the painting, he said

that this step must be done

carefully because the risk of

the paint pond in the center

or on the edges, so that the

finish would be imperfect

runs; after replacing the paint

drying is passed and

continue with the assembly

of the piece.

The esferero said that while it

is true that the end product is

expensive compared to the

traditional sphere fortunately

has found a market,

customers who appreciate

quality and not quantity, "is a

well-crafted work that few do

with costs ranging from 400

pesos depending on the

design and number of

pieces. "

Around the time of making a

centerpiece, it ranges from

six to seven days, since it

includes glass blowing,

shape, silver, painting,

cutting leg and of course the

settlement; "I know if the

parts have led to other

places outside of Mexico, but

we have high demand in

Guadalajara and Mexico City,

who constantly visit us."

He invited the people to

continue shopping area,

visiting the stands of the Fair

ZVI Sphere, which will

remain until next December

15.

This text has been published

on the site Cambio de

Michoacán, and in this

direction.

Development of areas Tlalpujahua.

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Very resistant glue.

He is known as hydrogel and

was developed by the

Massachusetts Institute of

Technology.

It emulates the mechanism

used by mussels to adhere to

the cliffs and boat hulls.

The mussels and barnacles

cling to cliffs, boat hulls and

even whales, in the same

way that make tendons and

cartilage to bone.

This is possible by a natural

adhesive known as hydrogel,

a sticky mixture of water and

rubbery materials which

becomes a robust and

flexible substance.

Inspired by this, engineers at

MIT (Massachusetts Institute

of Technology) have

developed a method for

developing a synthetic

equivalent of this natural

adhesive.

Not only that, but that is

stronger: in an endurance

test, the adhesive stuck to a

glass plate and hung a

weight of 25 kilos without

breaking the gel.

The hydrogel developed by

MIT is a transparent material

and in this case is composed

of 90% water.

"It's a pretty tough and

adhesive gel is mostly

water," said Hyunwoo Yuk, a

graduate student in

mechanical engineering and

author of an article about the

work. "Basically, Adhesive

and robust water," he added.

The hydrogel has a strength

of 1,000 joules per square

meter, about the same level

as the tendons and cartilage

bones.

Similar to the rubber can

adhere to surfaces such as

glass, silicon, ceramic,

aluminum and titanium with

comparable to the bond

between the tendon and

cartilage into bone

toughness.

In another experiment, the

researchers applied the

hydrogel to a silicon wafer,

which is then broken with a

hammer. While silicon is

shattered, its pieces were

stuck together.

Because the hydrogel is

biocompatible, it may also be

suitable for a variety of health

-related, such as biomedical

coatings for catheters and

sensors medical applications

introduced into the body.

In fact, the same MIT

highlighted the work of

Argentina Conicent

researcher, Dr. Jimena

Gonzalez, in Mar del Plata

developed a hydrogel which

serves as a healing.

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The crafts and everyday life.

The International Fair of

Havana comes a stage

with multiple players each

year. Internationally

renowned brands and less

known live in an area of

thousands of square

meters in which business

development, investment,

opportunities and contacts

are some of the awards

that leaves one of Latin

America's largest shopping

bags.

Cuban companies for

appointment comes at

favorable context for

consolidating ties with its

partners and the possibility

open after December 17:

the removal of the

blockade imposed by the

United States, a process

slow and barely visible, but

no doubt will change the

scenario of persecution

and application of

sanctions to which the

country has been

subjected for five decades.

The Cuban Company of

Milling and laboratory

glassware VITEC are two

examples of a role often

invisible. With a high

national impact both

reached FIHAV 2015 to

record a consolidated work

and constant renewal.

Penton Miguel Sanchez for

25 years dominating the

art of transforming the

glass. It is including

intelligence work, a dose of

imagination and an

uncanny ability to work a

single material indomitable

view.

The company glassware

Saul Delgado (under the

trade name of VITEC)

ensures the materials

laboratory in the Cuban

public health system and

provides services to other

customers and criminology

departments of the Interior

Ministry and the Cuban

Nickel Company.

Miguel Penton is one of the

more than 40 operators

working in a company that

can produce about 3,000

nebusoles indispensable

devices for the treatment of

asthma daily.

With over 50 years of

operating this type of

business it is unique in the

country.

According to managing

director Muguercia Luis

Mendez, one of the

advantages of being in a

space as FIHAV 2015 lies

in the promotion of its

products and attracting

future customers for its

services in the sector of

construction materials in

the laboratory as craft.

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Images on glass.

The high definition digital print

on glass achieves a

photographic effect and can

work with full color, degrade

and incorporate

transparencies.

All these options extend the

design possibilities regarding

the screen printing method.

The only requirement is that

the glass is crude and

monolithic (without layers).

Vidpia company, based in

Córdoba (Argentina) made a

huge investment to acquire the

machine of Israeli origin and

staff trained for this new task.

"The machine is running since

February, are making and

perfecting the early work,"

says Andrew Marino,

responsible for production of

Artglass.

Printing can be done "to

blood" (not to edge) on a

surface from 40 by 40

centimeters to 3.60 by 2.40

meters. Eligible thicknesses

vary between 4 and 19 mm.

depending on the size of the

cloth.

The machine works on the raw

glass using special inks which

then, through a process of

hardening of the paint, vitrify

and acquire the same

properties as the glass. Thus,

the print does not scratch,

does not wear or fade.

Playback options are varied,

says Marino, as well as

photographs, you can perform

full, vector plots and

transparencies. Until bipunto

impressions where the image

changes depending on which

side you look at it.

Then, the glass can be treated

like any other glass, drilling,

laminating or heat-

strengthened (for safety glass)

and also integrate a DVH. The

adhesives and sealants for

placing glasses are suitable

and do not alter the paint.

A fundamental difference of

this process concerning the

system of printing is digital

printing allows laminar glass

with printed inner side. This

ensures durability.

"Being a manual process in

most cases, the silkscreen

printing delivers lower quality,

which depends on the pressure

applied to a person ink through

the glass. In addition, the inks

are more rustic, "says Marino

and points out that leaves the

screen printing on the glass

makes it impossible to place

the PVB sheet over the paint.

Rather, inks employing

nanoparticles digital printer

generate a paint layer as 10

microns, which allow laminar

on it leaving protected the

printed side.

This new technology is used in

printing frames, signage and

plans in North Metrobus stops

(axis of the Cabildo and Maipú

avenues). "The ink is protected

with durability without erosion,"

says the specialist.

By contrast, glasses Metrobus

stops were printed with the

traditional method of silkscreen

and digital printing was not

available then. In that case, the

paint layer is exposed and can

appreciate its texture by

passing a finger on the glass.

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New emblem NY.

The building built in their place

the Twin Towers, is one of the

safest in the world and has the

highest rating of sustainability.

45,000 tons of steel and 200,000

cubic meters of concrete, cement

is high strength that can

withstand a pressure much

higher than traditional concrete

other buildings were used.

Steel bars of metal serving

network to support the concrete

have a width three times greater

than traditional constructions.

This sleek skyscraper was

designed by David Childs of

SOM architectural firm in

Chicago. Basically the building

structure is made of steel and

glass is fully coated with a light

bluish color, explosion proof

rating.

As to security measures, the

building has the walls 91 cm

thick. reinforced concrete, three

lines of extremely wide stairs, a

line of exclusive stairs to use fire,

elevators, irrigation systems and

chemical and biological filters in

the ventilation ducts.

The Freedom Tower (Freedom

Tower) is the most visible and

representative symbol of the

revitalization of New York after

the 11 S 2001.

The final design of the tower has

a square base as it rises going

up becoming octagonal top, and

again becomes square. Above

the roof of the tower is a

structure containing wind

turbines and the "sky gardens".

In 2006 was the year that gave

the very beginning of this mega

building, which was finally

completed and opened in May

2015.

Or the Freedom Tower Freedom

Tower is the tallest building in the

Western Hemisphere.

The height of the tower with the

antenna included, has its

symbolism, it reaches 541

meters, which is equivalent to

1776 feet which is the year the

United States declared its

independence.

This giant of steel, cement and

glass, is the new emblem that

displays the city and shows the

recovery of the city after the

terrorist attacks of September 11,

2001.

It is the safest office building that

has ever been built by the

company that had the

responsibility to do it, along with

the Port Authority of New York,

which owns the site after the

2001 attacks was known by the

name "ground zero ".

"The lower part of Manhattan is

changing exponentially; there is a

much more diverse workforce

and we are seeing a reversal in

terms of what was seen two

decades ago, "said Tara Staco,

executive vice president of the

company that is in charge of

negotiations for the lease.

Everything about this building is

impressive, and so we know that

measures 541 meters, which has

105 floors and two basements,

with 70 smart elevators that in a

minute reach the top floors, which

occupies the area of an apple,

etc. .

In the top floor is the Mirador

Observatory can be visited from 9

in the morning until 11 at night,

and there will be restaurants in

an informal atmosphere, without

"white tablecloth".

More than 500 meters above the

road, congested streets are

silent. Large ships look like toys,

huge bridges look like a miniature

stylized skyscrapers seem to fit in

the palm of a hand.

One can see from that height 5

large districts, 3 airports, 4

stages, 3 rivers, 7 bridges, New

York Bay, the Atlantic Ocean and,

of course, all the large island of

Manhattan.

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Masjid, mosque glass.

Islam acting as the most

widespread religion in

Malaysia, it is not surprising

that the country is dotted with

mosques, many different sizes

and designs.

However, one stands out from

the rest by its great structure

and beautiful view. We talked

about Masjid or Mosque of

Cristal.

Glass Mosque is located in the

coastal city of Kuala

Terengganu in Terengganu

state.

What is most fascinating about

this mosque? It is made of

steel and glass, emulating a

varnish that creates beautiful

prints during different times of

day.

On an artificial island called

Wan Man, Glass Mosque was

built between 2006 and 2008.

The Sultan Mizan Zainal

Abidin, who was the thirteenth

Yang Pertuan Agon, made the

official opening on February 8,

2008.

Standing on the right bank of

the river Terengganu, quickly it

became a major attraction

throughout Malaysia.

The mosque looks like a mirror

by the use of glass and steel in

its structure.

It looks more impressive due

to the Moorish design that

harmonizes with gothic

elements in a contemporary

style.

The main prayer hall

accommodates a glass

chandelier the focal point of

the room. Beautiful calligraphy

engraved improves the

appearance of the glass

windows and doors.

The soft carpet feels warm and

comfortable under the feet of

the faithful and visitors.

Today, more than 1,500 faithful

can pray in the mosque at the

same time. The mosque

provides robes worshipers.

It also has guided tours for

those who want to take a tour

inside the structure visits.

The Islamic heritage park is

another great attraction in

Terengganu state.

It features replicas of the finest

Islamic structures around the

world, including the Taj

Mahalde India, the Sultan

Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque in

Brunei Darussalam, the Dome

of the Rock of Israel, and the

Minaret Xi'an China.

It also features river cruises,

water gardens, a convention

center, and Crystal Villa, a

guesthouse for tourists,

becoming the first theme park

that combines the concepts of

religion and tourism.

You can roam around on foot

or buggy, and finally leave the

place with a feeling of having

made a small world tour!

The mosque becomes even

more beautiful at night when its

domes and minarets change

their color to blue, yellow,

green and pink, as a result of a

fascinating display of light from

within.

Gray is during the day, but

some parts of the dome and

minarets reflect a golden tint

due to reflected sunlight.

That is the only mosque made

entirely of glass and steel

makes it one of the most

beautiful mosques in the world.

If you like food of the country,

you can not miss Malacca,

Malaysian cooking. It will make

your mouth water!

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Vidrala among the top four in Europe.

The vasque company

Vidrala held in the current

year of 2015 its first 50

years of life publicly traded,

with two important

milestones: maintain its

decision-making center in

their place of origin, the

Alava town of Laudio,

which generates

employment for more than

400 people, and own the

largest manufacturer of

glass containers in Europe

following the acquisition of

the British company

Northern Ireland Encirc

source.

In half a century of life has

been passed around by the

Basque company, but the

bottom line is positive for

both the company and its

shareholders, its

employees and for the

whole of the Basque

economy, as Vidrala has

become one of the four

largest manufacturers of

glass containers in Europe,

together with the American

Owens Illinois (OI), the

French and British Ardagh

Verallia, a milestone for a

company that learned on

the fly to produce glass

bottles and has gone from

to 15 million containers in

Llodio plant pioneer fifty

years ago to manufacture

over 6,000 million

containers.

Vidrala makes all kinds of

bottles and jars for wine,

olive oil, soft drinks,

canned etc and today the

company launched in 1965

by Isidoro Delclaux

Arostegui, grandfather of

the current president, has

eight production plants

across six different

countries Europe.

But the initiative launched

by the Delclaux family has

also had a very difficult

time.

The commissioning of the

plant, with the available

technology origins of 1965,

was not easy.

With an initial investment of

20 million pesetas the first

exercises ended with

losses.

Not to mention the flood of

Euskadi in 1983 that

destroyed the factory, the

1973 oil crisis that triggered

the energy costs and the

company stood at a

crossroads.

But shareholders, in a

context of crisis, pushed for

investing in new

technologies and grow.

The positive fruits of that

entrepreneurial spirit are

now in sight.

Vidrala has closed the first

nine months with a profit of

46 million euros, 15% more

than the same period last

year.

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Mayan rituals.

Five hundred years ago, in a

remote temple in Guatemala,

spilled blood of sacrifices

during ceremonies in which

courts using obsidian

arrowheads were made razor

sharp.

Archaeologists claim that this

ritual was carried out to feed

the "life force" of a human

being to the Mayan gods.

Arrowheads with traces of

human blood discovered in a

temple Zacpetén, north of

Guatemala, researchers have

revealed the ancient ceremony

of bloodshed.

Cuts were made to an

individual with a sharp

arrowhead black obsidian,

possibly on the tongue, ear

lobes or genitals to shed their

blood and thus feed the gods

infusing the "vital force"

present in human blood,

reports LiveScience.

Researchers believe that those

chosen to donate their blood

probably did so voluntarily and

survived the ritual.

The Maya believed that the

blood that was shed was an

offering to the gods.

The co-author of the study

published last month in the

Journal of Archaeological

Science (Journal of

Archaeological Sciences),

Prudence Rice, of Southern

Illinois University says, "The

general consensus (among

specialists) is shedding blood

'fed' the gods with the

essential life force present in

the human being. "

Evidence of this ceremony

came the discovery of 108

arrowheads on five different

sites in the Guatemalan region

of Peten.

These weapons have been

dated between the fifteenth

and eighteenth centuries AD.

Analysis arrowheads by

scientists has revealed that in

25 of the tips had blood of

various animals. Human blood

was found in two of the

arrowheads of obsidian.

In ancient Mesoamerican

societies, rituals drilling or

bloodshed played a key role

from a religious and cultural

point of view.

Used as a tool by the ruling

elites to legitimize their social

or political position, they were

also seen as an important aid

to the welfare of the

community.

It is believed that these

arrowheads bloody newfound

were also used for hunting and

defense, not only for ritual

purposes.

The study's lead author,

Nathan Meissner, researcher at

the Center for Archaeological

Research at the University of

Southern Illinois, said the ritual:

"We know that the Mayans also

carried out bloodshed as part

of the ceremonies of birth or

most age. This practice served

to provide future generations

soul and connect with the life

force of the ancestors. "

In addition to obsidian

arrowheads, other ceremonial

instruments were used to carry

out the bloodshed, as jade tips,

blades, striped stingers, thorns

or shark teeth.

In what probably were a painful

practice, sometimes tongue

piercings or ear lobes with a

rope which had embedded, as

a blade, obsidian shards

pierced.

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Castillo de San José de

Valderas.

Avda. Los Castillos, s/n

28925 ALCORCÓN

MADRID

Our Newsletter is worded

in:

When glass culture

The Association of Friends of MAVA

was incorporated on June 21, 2003 in

accordance with current management.

The purpose of this Association is to

promote, encourage and support many

cultural activities, in the broadest terms,

are related to the mission and activities

of the Museum of Glass Art Alcorcon.

Our goal is to develop and collabora-

te with other public or private entities in

the promotion, protection and dissemi-

nation of art and culture.

Our members may be fees, benefac-

tors, Full and juveniles.

www.amigosmava.org

Presidente honorario

Javier Gómez Gómez

Presidente

Miguel Angel Carretero Gómez

Vicepresidente

Pablo Bravo García

Secretaria

Rosa García Montemayor

Tesorera

Mª Angeles Cañas Santos

Vocales

Evangelina del Poyo

Diego Martín García

Francisco Martín García

José María Gallardo Breña

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Glazier meeting (I).

1 2

3 4

5 6

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1. Entrance to the facility.

2 and 3. Nat Interior Nat Vidriera.

4. Xus Redondo and Igor Obeso.

5. Ferran Collado and Xus Redondo.

6. Address by the President of ACAV.

7. Martin Janecký appreciates the gift.

8. Christiaan Maas collaborating with

Martin.

9. Our Secretariat, our President, our Vo-

cal Diego Martin and his brother David.

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