Takis

Panagiotis "Takis" Vassilakis (Greek: Παναγιώτης (Τάκις) Βασιλάκης; born October 25, 1925, in Athens) is a Greek artist popular in France. His works can be found in many public locations in and around Paris.

In the exhibition brochure for The Fourth Dimension at the Menil Collection, Houston, Texas. Toby Kamps writes:

Takis is a world-renowned for his investigations of the gap between art and science. Since the early 1950s, he has explored new aesthetic territories, creating three-dimensional works of art that incorporate invisible energies as a fourth, active element. Takis, who describes himself as an "instinctive scientist," employs powerful, elemental forces to generate the forms, movements, and musical sounds of both his static and kinetic works.

Takis's family and early life were extarted by the German occupation during the Second World War and the Greek Civil War that followed it, and he received no formal education in art. Instead, living and working in Paris, New York and Athens, he synthesized a broad range of ideas and experiences - from intensive scientific research to ancient philosophy and Zen Buddhism to encounters with other artists and writers - to forge a unique, category-defying vision that continues to evolve today. Time, space, energy and even political activism are primary materials for Takis.

Takis (Wild Cards)

Takis is a fictional planet in the Wild Cards book series. It is the homeworld of Dr. Tachyon and the source of the Wild Card virus. The culture of Takis has been alluded to in many Wild Cards stories, but was fleshed out more fully in the Wild Cards novel Double Solitaire by Melinda M. Snodgrass.

According to Double Solitaire, Takis is a planet some twenty-five light years from Earth. It has large polar ice caps, and slightly lower gravity than Earth (Tachyon often refers to Earth as a "hot, heavy planet"). The inhabitants of Takis are genetically identical to humans, with the exceptions that they are bred for longer lifespans, and that the Takisian ruling class possess telepathy and other, more limited psionic powers.

The rulers of Takis, known as the Psi Lords, are divided into Houses of greater and lesser status. These houses are highly competitive and often in conflict with each other; various complex rituals and social behaviors have evolved to minimize violence and collateral damage from these events. This society has similarities to that of Renaissance Italy, although Jay Ackroyd has cynically compared it to the "Families" of the Mafia.

Barcel

Barcel is a maker of tortilla, potato chips and other confectionery and snack foods. It is a unit of Grupo Bimbo created in 1950. It is based in Lerma, Mexico. A different company with the same name, operating in Chile, was acquired by PepsiCo in 1998.

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