Author: Simon Rich Publisher: Random House ISBN: 0307493962 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 162
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In Ant Farm, former Harvard Lampoon president Simon Rich finds humor in some very surprising places. Armed with a sharp eye for the absurd and an overwhelming sense of doom, Rich explores the ridiculousness of our everyday lives. The world, he concludes, is a hopelessly terrifying place–with endless comic potential. –If your girlfriend gives you some “love coupons” and then breaks up with you, are the coupons still valid? –What kind of performance pressure does an endangered male panda feel when his captors bring the last remaining female panda to his cage? –If murderers can get into heaven by accepting Jesus, just how awkward is it when they run into their victims? Join Simon Rich as he explores the extraordinary and hilarious desperation that resides in ordinary life, from cradle to grave. "Hilarious." –Jon Stewart
Author: Angela Hayes Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781986553391 Category : Languages : en Pages : 176
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Your step-by-step guide to keeping and raising ants. Discover how to maintain a thriving ant colony containing thousands of worker ants starting from just one queen ant. Keeping ants can be one of the most rewarding experiences. Observe their incredible industriousness up close. See how they build structures, search for food, defend their societies and manage waste. All this achieved without an overall center of control - mesmerizing. This handbook has been carefully designed for ant keepers. It provides a thorough insight into the fascinating world of ants. With this in-depth understanding of ants, you will be able to appreciate the complexity of their world and provide them with a stimulating environment. This is an easy to understand yet detailed step by step guide, full of practical tips. It will get you started in ant keeping and will serve as a valuable point of reference. Including; Ants under the Microscope Exploration of Ant Behavior Ways to Source Ants Setting up your First Formicarium Caring for a Fledgling Colony Establishing and Maintaining a Thriving Colony Achieving Optimum Conditions Different Species and what to chooseAnd plenty more.
Author: Constance Lewallen Publisher: University of California Press ISBN: 0520240294 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 232
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This richly illustrated book, created to accompany the traveling exhibition of the same name, provides a fascinating critical overview of Ant Farm, the radical architecture collective that brought us Cadillac Ranch, Media Burn, and The Eternal Frame. Established by several young renegade architects in 1968, Ant Farm was a collaborative art and design group eager to bring to its practice a revolutionary spirit more consistent with the times. Its vision encompassed creations for a nomadic lifestyle, including inflatable structures and radical environments that culminated in projects such as the organically appointed House of the Century and the unrealized aquatic edifice The Dolphin Embassy. Ant Farm 1968-1978 explores the sweeping career of this inspired and inspiring visionary collective as its architectural projects broadened to embrace a range of undertakings that challenged the visual architecture of image, icon, and power. Constance Lewallen provides an in-depth, anecdotally rich interview with founding members Chip Lord, Doug Michels, and Curtis Schreier. An essay by Michael Sorkin gives the multivalent cultural context for Ant Farm's radical architecture. Steve Seid takes a comprehensive look at Ant Farm's influential videotapes. Caroline Maniaque's "Searching for Energy" details the group's inflatable structures in relationship to contemporaneous architects working in a similar vein. The catalog also includes a substantial excerpt from Chip Lord's 1976 meditation on car culture, with a new epilogue; a graphically playful timeline recounting Ant Farm's essential art projects; and a rich montage of images and ephemera capturing the humor, originality, and prescience of this feisty enterprise. A joint publication with the Berkeley Art Museum
Author: Stephen Aaron Grey Publisher: Headline Books ISBN: 9781882658114 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 176
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Ruled by the evil White cockroaches, on an oppressive plantation, Anton Indigo, Antrea Violet, and a thousand other ants escape to seek freedom on Ant Farm. When they arrive, although their lives are not utopian, the tiny insects find themselves with much more freedom and prosperity than ever before. Can the ants maintain this positive new lifestyle? Or will some of the more power-hungry bugs prevail, and deteriorate the new society into the same nightmare from which they escaped in the first place? A tribute to a George Orwell classic, and simultaneously a nod to those who pursue liberty across the globe, Stephen Aaron Grey's Ant Farm addresses issues like the current global economic crisis, gun control, drug prohibition, measures towards national security and a host of others in its own unique way that is sure to attract attention as a new classic.
Author: Anastasia Suen Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing ISBN: 1641566760 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 24
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Would you like to watch busy ants at work? Learn how to make an ant farm with two jars and watch nature at work. This Makerspace title supports NGSS From Molecules to Organisms.
Author: Steve Seid Publisher: Inventory Press ISBN: 9781941753354 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 128
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A detailed account of Ant Farm's 1975 Media Burn performance, a legendary act of consumerist critique This book examines the complex set of cultural references and art-making strategies informing Ant Farm's seminal 1975 performance Media Burn in which a customized Cadillac, dubbed the Phantom Dream Car, was driven through a wall of burning television sets. Originally conceived as a conceptual architectural practice, Ant Farm evolved into a full-service art collaborative, culminating in such notable works as House of the Century (1971-73), Cadillac Ranch (1974) and The Eternal Frame (1975). In Media Burn the artists flourished in a rich tumult of ideas that engaged contemporary media theory, an oddly complicated aesthetic spectacle, textual appropriation and an all-encompassing branding effort. Written by Steve Seid (Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive), and drawing upon a rich visual documentation, this book delves into the little-known critical backstory to this influential performance (and video work) involving a massive effort to mount a subversive critique of media hegemony while continually re-imagining the crux of the performance itself.
Author: Heather Macht Publisher: Pelican Publishing ISBN: 9781455624294 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Did you know that worker ants--just like the ones in this story--are always girls? Compelling ant facts like these fill mini sidebars in this enterprising and informative text So roll up your sleeves and put on your pink hardhat as you join these industrious ants for a tale of hard work and perseverance. Explore the inner workings of a lively ant colony as these determined laborers construct their underground home. An unexpected plot twist gives these tenacious terraformers in pink a surprising new direction for their community. Dynamic illustrations with humorous details, including tool-filled belts and stylish shoes, fill the pages of this inspiring tale of girl power
Author: Anastasia Suen Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing ISBN: 1731610645 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 24
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Would you like to watch busy ants at work? Learn how to make an ant farm with two jars and watch nature at work. This Makerspace title supports NGSS From Molecules to Organisms.
Author: Bert Hölldobler Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 0674040759 Category : Ants Languages : en Pages : 784
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From the Arctic to South Africa - one finds them everywhere: Ants. Making up nearly 15% of the entire terrestrial animal biomass, ants are impressive not only in quantitative terms, they also fascinate by their highly organized and complex social system. Their caste system, the division of labor, the origin of altruistic behavior and the complex forms of chemical communication makes them the most interesting group of social organisms and the main subject for sociobiologists. Not least is their ecological importance: Ants are the premier soil turners, channelers of energy and dominatrices of the insect fauna. TOC:The importance of ants.- Classification and origins.- The colony life cycle.- Altruism and the origin of the worker caste.- Colony odor and kin recognition.- Queen numbers and domination.- Communication.- Caste and division of labor.- Social homeostasis and flexibility.- Foraging and territorial strategies.- The organization of species communities.- Symbioses among ant species.- Symbioses with other animals.- Interaction with plants.- The specialized predators.- The army ants.- The fungus growers.- The harvesters.- The weaver ants.- Collecting and culturing ants.- Glossary.- Bibliography.- Index.
Author: Jason Brown Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781718773998 Category : Languages : en Pages : 40
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A Complete Guide to Ant Farming Find our book on PC, Mac, Kindle, tablet, and smartphone. Ants are everywhere in the world. They hide and survive even in the shadiest of corners. Their incredible organization and communication skills allow them to perform effectively as a team. So effectively that they are one of the most successful and common species of our planet. From setting up your own formicarium (ant farm) to feeding and hibernating your ants, you will learn everything you need to know to grow and raise these little creatures at home. whether you want to have an ant farm for decoration purposes, entertainment, or education, you'll find what you need. Setting up a formicarium, Finding queen ants, and much more! Learn to make your own ant farm at home right now!
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