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Tracey Emin, in full Tracey Karima Emin, (born July 3, 1963, Croyden, Greater London, England), British artist noted for using a wide range of media—including drawing, video, and installation art, as well as sculpture and painting—and her own life as the subject of her art. Her works were confessional, provocative, and transgressive, often portraying sexual acts and reproductive organs. Critics were seldom lukewarm in their response to her. Like Damien Hirst and Sarah Lucas, she was considered one of the YBAs (Young British Artists; also known as the BritArtists) who came to prominence in the 1990s.
Emin and her twin brother, Paul, were born to an unwed mother. Their father, who was married to someone other than their mother, was a Turkish Cypriot. Emin grew up in the seaside resort town of Margate. She dropped out of school at age 13 and moved to London at 15. Two years later she attended Medway College of Design (now part of the University for the Creative Arts), Rochester, where she studied fashion. She was accepted without a secondary-school certificate at nearby Maidstone College of Art (also now part of UCA) and earned a fine-arts degree in 1986. Thereafter she obtained a master's degree in painting (1989) from the Royal College of Art in London.
In 1993, in the former London borough of Bethnal Green, Emin and fellow artist Lucas opened a store where they sold their own handmade items. One of Emin's earliest exhibitions took place in 1993–94 at the influential White Cube gallery on Duke Street (1993–2002). That show, ironically titled "My Major Retrospective," gave a hint of things to come. It displayed personally significant artifacts from Emin's life, such as a hospital bracelet and personal correspondence, in addition to a quilt on which she had stitched the names of family members and notes to them. In 1994 Emin undertook a U.S. tour of performance art for which, sitting in her grandmother's chair, she read from "Exploration of the Soul," a handwritten autobiographical book (subsequently published in 2003) chiefly about her childhood. For a mostly YBA group show called "Minky Manky" (1995) at South London Gallery, she produced Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995 (1995; now destroyed), a tent embroidered with the names of everyone she had (literally) slept with, including her twin brother, her mother, and her two aborted fetuses, as well as assorted lovers.
In 1999 she became a finalist for the Turner Prize with the installation My Bed (1998), which displayed not only the artist's actual bed but also rumpled bedclothes and what one critic called "uncomfortably personal debris," including soiled underwear, empty liquor bottles, and used condoms. That work, like many others made by YBAs, was purchased by advertising mogul and art collector Charles Saatchi, and it was among some 200 works of art he would donate to the creation of the Museum of Contemporary Art London in 2012.
Throughout the following decade, Emin explored a variety of media. She represented Great Britain in 2007 at the Venice Biennale with the show "Borrowed Light," which included some neon pieces and embroidery as well as a series of watercolours and sculptures. She joined the ranks of Zaha Hadid, Anish Kapoor, David Hockney, and many others when she was elected a Royal Academician ("among the greatest names in contemporary British art") that same year. In addition, Emin was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2013. Strangeland (2005) is a collection of her writings.


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Thursday, 3 May 2012
36 comments:
- Zoompad said...
MI Morons are right in the spotlight at the moment, and I hope that they are not allowed to get away with murdering any more people.
The desperation of those idiots to cover up their black deeds is laughable. A reasonable person would expect that after 20 attempts to try to zip and padlock yourself into a sports bag and shuffle your bottom over the key would be enough to demonstrate that Gareth Williams didn't murder himself, but they ended up making 500 attempts altogether.
Just wait until the newspapers start printing all the other stuff this bunch of overpaid jerks have been getting up to.
- 3 May 2012 at 07:02
- Zoompad said...
And I really think the BBC had no rights to inflict Malcolm Rifkind onto our televisiual screens without issuing a Government health warning beforehand, it put me right off my tea. If he's that bothered about state secrets being aired in UK courts then he should rein in his MI Idiots and tell them and their pet corrupt lawyers to stop harrassing mothers and children in the secret family torture chamber kangaroo courts. If they want to play thier silly James Bond 007 boys games they ought to leave us mums and kids out of it.
- 3 May 2012 at 07:10
- Anon said...
Malcolm Rifkind is presumably part of the Kosher Nostra.
NB, computer experts recommend having passwords such as nq8ec9j, rather than something like mary123.
- Aangirfan
- 3 May 2012 at 13:19
- Zoompad said...
If the MI Morons want to hack a person you could have the square root of pi as your password, but they would still do it.
Malcolm Rifkind has allowed some bad stuff to happen to children in his Kensington patch and, like John Hemming (re the Colin Tucker affair) he doesn't seem to want to talk about it. If he opened his mouth a bit more on important matters like child protection I might find him a bit less creepy. No use John Hemming saying anything now though, because after that 2 long years of constant harassment on the MFJ forum nothing will persuade me that he is anything other than a really nasty man.
- 4 May 2012 at 00:35
- Zoompad said...
Two councillors in Kensington and Chelsea tender their resignations
Breaking news from Kensington and Chelsea where it has been confirmed that two Conservative councillors have resigned.
Council Leader Merrick Cockell informed the rest of the Conservative group in the Royal Borough yesterday afternoon that he had accepted the resignations of Cllr Barry Phelps from Earl's Court ward and Mark Daley from Cremorne ward.
Their decisions follow a complaint to the Standards Committee about an alleged code of conduct breach relating to the use of the council email system.
By-elections are expected to be held on September 16th.
Jonathan Isaby
5.45pm From the Kensington and Chelsea Chronicle: "Former Kensington and Chelsea mayor Councillor Barry Phelps fired off a series of emails to Councillor Mark Daley, displaying black and white images of young boys with sexually suggestive captions added by Mr Phelps... The emails were reported to the council by Justin Downes, leader of the Residents First campaign group, who had been alerted by a concerned resident. "These were innocent images and Councillor Phelps has created sexual overtones to them," Mr Downes said. "I think it's absolutely right for them to go when the council proclaims itself as a council which is absolutely intolerant of child abuse.""
Dirty pigs
- 4 May 2012 at 00:38
- Zoompad said...
I think its good that the Conservative home site have published this though, rather than to pretend it hasn't happened.
- 4 May 2012 at 00:40
- Zoompad said...
I don't see how anyone can defend these. Good councellors would not write about boys like this, they just wouldn't.
- 4 May 2012 at 00:52
- Zoompad said...
- 4 May 2012 at 01:14
- Zoompad said...
- 4 May 2012 at 01:25
I wonder why a rich MP who could afford to sue but didn't got to keep his baby when thousands of families lose theirs ? Did he require psychological testing or his mistress to keep their baby would the council have dropped the case if another mother had done the same thing? Did he ever sit on an adoption panel like his mistress who retained her councillor seat till 2011?
"In a statement, the council said it was "confident of all the actions taken alongside police and health colleagues" and the writ came to nothing."
Let hope he answers these important questions when he speaks at the Birmingham & Midland Institute Conference (child stealing)on 9th June 10 - 4pm
- 4 May 2012 at 06:03
Another 'lucky wealthy'councillor who 'managed' to keep her child – wonder who got her on TV (JH perhaps?) was this a set-up to keep things under control who knows?
Looks like she is promoting the family rights group , didn't they just get massive funding from the government ? – trustee Nigel Priestly Ridley Hall Solicitors have doubled their office spaces and also offer an adoption service.
- 4 May 2012 at 06:19
The family rights group what did they or Nigel Priestley do for unwealthy former councillor Sheena Williams when she went to them and everywhere else for help ?
Why didn't she get her on TV obviously she's not in the JH fan club ?
Why was this video taken down when it had over 3000 hits and then put back up? Wasn't she already in danger when the conservatives hounded her for a second time after she refused to stand for election because she was raising "really awkward questions with her MP Hugh Robertson surrounding childrens services" ?
Sheena speaks at the UK Rally Against Child Abuse 2010
- 4 May 2012 at 06:30
- Zoompad said...
Thanks for that. I did ask John Hemming and Ian Josephs to help me when I was going through what I can only describe as being systematically tortured in the secret family courts. Both of themn refused to help, and I had very abrupt and unsympathetic replies from both of them. Other PAS accused mums told me that they had been treated just as abruptly.
Although I was upset, I assumed that the reason I had been treated like that was because Ian Josephs and John hemming were probably overrun by people begging them to help them. But when I discovered (praise the Lord) about Richard Gardner inventing PAS, and his creepy paedophile friend Ralph Underwager and the False Memory Syndrome Foundation, and tried to tell other people and got treated in such a disgusting way for doing so, I began to suspect that the reason Hemming and Josephs didn't want to help me was nothing to do with them being too busy. I did ask Hemming to make his position clear for everyone to see regarding Gardner and Underwager but he declined to do so.
And now that I realise they are sending unsuspecting victims to Ludwig Lowenstein, the whole thing takes on a much more sinister hue.
So thanks for posting that info. I don't know anything about Nigel Priestly or Sheena Williams, but it sounds very much like the people who go to the family rights group need to find out.
I assumed that the person who was stabbing me in the back when I was going through secret family court hell was Lord Falconer, and also Jack Straw, as they were the ones I was corresponding with at the time, but now I am wondering if other MPs - members of the Secret Service - were contributing directly to my misery. I know that someone was putting pressure on my judge during my case, and I would like to know who it was. What they did to me for all those 7 years was inhuman.
- 4 May 2012 at 06:48
- Zoompad said...
I might be naive thinking this, but I am praying that David Cameron will take a lead in this.
I have posted on my blog about him attending a meeting in 2002 with some really devious characters who were trying to stop the police investigating institutional child abuse.
I think Cameron is definatly against child abuse, and I also think the same about Gordon Brown. But what seems to happen is that the bad people wangle their way into key positions.
I know what they were trying to do to me now. They were trying to get me to say certain things. I know they were trying to make out that all the social workers in Stafford are corrupt, and that just isn't true at all. It's clever what they tried to do, clever and really wicked. They had that banner specially made to match my dress, that they knew I was going to wear. The Lord kept me from falling into their trap!
There is a network of some really wicked people, and the whole thing needs to be taken apart.
I don't know what to do now apart from just praying, and especially for the Government. We Christians are not allowed to be anachists, the Lord said that we are supposed to pray for the people in authority. That is why I keep saying, we need a revival, not a revolution. The justice system is in a great big mess, Jersey doesnt even have anything you can call a justice system, Rico Sorda's amazing journalism has revealed the corruption, and as Jersey is a tax haven for the UK it is really important that the whole sordid mess is sorted out. But it will be a brave man who resolves to do it, it's got to be done though.
- 4 May 2012 at 07:09
- Zoompad said...
"Let hope he answers these important questions when he speaks at the Birmingham & Midland Institute Conference (child stealing)on 9th June 10 - 4pm"
I didn't know about this, perhaps I ought to see if I can get to it. I would like to ask John Hemming a very important question about Colin Tucker.
- 4 May 2012 at 07:11
- Zoompad said...
I think it might be a better idea for someone else to ask Hemming the important Colin Tucker question that needs to be answered. Thanks for that info xx
- 4 May 2012 at 07:13
- bill said...
im glad your not closing your blog down zoompad your a good writer and are saying things that need saying as for all the hassle you have been getting saying the truth can hurt some people thats when they start
hassling you, you know your hitting back harder
- 4 May 2012 at 15:31
- Zoompad said...
Thanks Bill. I'm a lightweight compared to some of the other bloggers, but I am one of the Pindown survivors and I think it's disgusting the way they have tried to isolate us Pindown survivors from each other.
I wouldn't have started blogging again if they had not hacked all my social networking accounts again.
- 4 May 2012 at 17:28
Right just got your message.
Stop coming onto Rico's blog and filling it full of stupid christian rubbish you stupid cow. I am fucking sick of reading your attacks on others who don't agree with you and I thin your a public nuisance. The sooner you have an accident the better.
- 8 May 2012 at 11:08
- Zoompad said...
How low can you go? Pretending to be a victim of church abuse in order to attack one of the Pindown survivors is pretty much rock bottom, I would have though. Cheapo Tesco 4 pack O Clock has come early tonight!
- 8 May 2012 at 11:57
- Zoompad said...
- 9 May 2012 at 00:27
You are nothing but a pain in the arse and need sorting out. You have nothing to do with Sorda's blog and why we have to read your stupid Christian shit all the time is tiresome. You are a deranged women that can't keep her mouth shut and then attacks others who do not agree with your weird view of things. You are a TROLL.
- 9 May 2012 at 01:47
- Zoompad said...
You are a wicked man. The Bible is very clear about the fate of the wicked. You should beg God to forgive you.
- 9 May 2012 at 02:01
- Zoompad said...
- 9 May 2012 at 02:07
I posted the following on the Jersey ex-Health Minister's blog
Unless there is another (more intelligent?) monkey imitating him, the source of those threats can be listened to here.
The audio (directed at Mr.Syvret's landlord) includes:
"we're going to [have sex with*] you" (repeated in the conversation)
"Nurse M is going to kill you and your family"
Who "we" are is unclear, and "have sex with*" replaces another word (but even the literal meaning would not surprise me)
It is worrying that "Worthless" indicated common propose or association with ex-military "nurse M" -presumably that is what "we" meant.
People like Jon (and possibly "nurse M") are useful to the present jersey authorities, just like the blackshirts were useful to the Nazis.
It seems unlikely that this was a one off but it is an occasion on which he was caught and with it being on tape even the authorities had little choice but to act, in spite of the previous co-operative PR enterprise.
Care in the community is perhaps not working -this could be a train crash waiting to happen.
Do you see what we have to contend with in Jersey? As he suggests in the recording Jonathan does have inexplicable protection of the politically controlled Jersey police but even they can't help if you forgot that you had used your own name before launching your attack and death threats
-and it was all on tape PMSL
- 9 May 2012 at 08:09
- Zoompad said...
I didn't realise nurse M was ex military, thanks for that.
Now that explains a lot. MI5/6 are involved in the Pindown/Haut de la Garenne cover up. There was Eagle Associates involvement in bringing Richard Gardner (Ralph Underwager's paedo pal) to the UK. David Abrahams was the chairman of Eagle Associates.
Then there is the David Rose (MI5) involvement. Also, the beeline John Hemming MP (secret service agent) to "help" Stuart. Hemming doesn't help anyone except himself, his involvement in PAIN is a wicked sham. He avoids questions about Richard Gardner, Ralph Underwager and Colin Tucker like the plague.
People like Jon and Nurse M will bring down the present Jersey authorities, because they are defending the undefendable. They are like a sort of Achilles heel.
- 9 May 2012 at 09:08
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- 9 May 2012 at 10:58
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- 9 May 2012 at 14:26
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- 9 May 2012 at 14:43
- Zoompad said...
I've taken three comments down, because I won't publish anonymous rumours, there are too many naughty trolls around at the moment, causing mischief.
If you want to submit information please can you say who you are, and the source of the information, thanks.
- 9 May 2012 at 15:23
- bill said...
hi zoompad thanks for writing have you tried a hosted blog as i dont think they can hack into those are you still going to do your blog best wishes bill
- 10 May 2012 at 13:13
- Zoompad said...
Stafford Police have told me twice to stop blogging, which is quite scary. I think they should go and tell Shy Keenan and Sara Payne to stop campaigning against child abuse, and Esther Ranzen as well, if they are going to pick on me. I think its disgraceful the way I have been treated, but I was scared and was going to give up blogging because of being so scared. However, the malicious vindictive persecution carried on anyway, so I might as well carry on blogging.
- 10 May 2012 at 15:19
nice to hear it zoompad the first thing gutless people do is to try and scare some on their afraid of
- 13 May 2012 at 11:48
All we need now is Bono & Geldoff for the full trinity.....
MP Releases charity song for family miscarriages of justice
John Hemming, a Birmingham MP who chairs the organisation "justice for families" is releasing a charity song called "bring the sunshine in" to fight miscarriages of justice against mothers and fathers.
"The song", he said, "calls for more openness in the Family Courts. Britain has a network of secret courts that lock up mothers, fathers and grandparents for heinous crimes like talking to their children or grand children. These secret courts make lots of money for lawyers and expert witnesses, but the general public is not allowed to know what goes on".
"The verses in the song refer to real situations although some of the names have been changed. If the names had not been changed then people could be sent to jail for playing the song because of the secret courts."
"The money raised will go to the Angela Cannings Foundation and to pay for advisors to help parents fight for justice."
"Not all of the decisions of the Family Courts are wrong, but many are. However, people are not allowed to reveal publicly what goes on in the court without permission. We do need a system to protect children, but it must be accountable. Those who abuse their power need to be held to account."
- 22 June 2012 at 10:14
Explanation of the lyrics:
Lets bring the sunshine in
lets end this awful sin
mums and dads are being convicted
because the truth has been evicted
The chorus is one of the campaign's objectives. We need people to be able to talk about what happens in the Family Courts so that miscarriages of justice can be prevented. At the moment people have their children removed when they have not done anything wrong.
Sarah they said was slow
So her babe she had to go
In court the experts said
They turned the truth right on [upon] its head
This verse refers to a case which has been in the Court of Appeal. The judgment has been made public for the first hearing, but the second judgment is due for publication on Thursday 8th May. The name has been changed. It refers to someone who was told she was too stupid to tell her solicitor what to do. Hence an organisation called the "Official Solicitor" was appointed and they decided not to contest the case so there wasn't a trial. Let me stress the situation this woman's baby has been put up for adoption, but there has never been any trial at which she was allowed to challenge the assertions of the local authority. This fails under "audi alteram partem" aspect of Natural Justice.
Poor Sally's children died
in court the doctors lied
they put poor Sally inside
What have the courts got to hide
This verse refers to Sally Clark's case where the Doctors were thought to have so badly misled the jury that one of them was found guilty (after a number of court hearings) of "misconduct". Although this was a case in the Criminal Division it was infected by the bad practise in the unaccountable Family Courts.
Molly was wanted for a family switch
So they said [that] Fran was a Munchausen's witch
She flew to Sweden to keep her babe
Of course The Doctors they got paid
This verse refers to the case of Fran and Molly Lyon. Fran left to have her baby in Stockholm which she did in January 2008. She is now a refugee from the Family Courts. It refers to the fact that the doctors make a lot of money out of being "expert witnesses". Some experts have admitted that they simply write what they are asked to write by the Local Authority that pays them.
The boys they say that they won't talk to their mom
The judge says foster care is what must be done
Dad says its wrong by writing a book
He's put in jail 'cos somebody looked
This verse refers to a surreal case where two teenagers were placed in care because they refused to talk to their estranged mother. The local authority have continued to misbehave into May 2008.
Danny was eight when was stolen by the state
He ran away at 4 by the gate
Mom ran to France with her new baby's dad
Sending him to jail the judge said he was bad
The middle 8 refers to another "mum on the run" who escaped to France with her 8 year old son (whose name has been changed). Her husband was imprisoned for 16 months for driving her to France. He was released from prison in late April 2008. Whilst in France she was airlifted to hospital to have her new baby.
Lyrics Note: The lyrics are not totally precise a number of things have been changed for legal and artistic reasons.
Production: The tune was written by John AM Hemming MP in collaboration with John A Hemming (no relation). The Lyrics were written by John AM Hemming MP. The song was produced by John A Hemming of Moseley Sounds who performed most of the instruments and sung by John AM Hemming MP.
Distribution: The tune will be available via iTunes, Amazon, Coolmusic, orchard, beatport and eMusic and is a worldwide digital release.
- 22 June 2012 at 10:14
- Zoompad said...
John AM Hemming in collaberation with John A Hemming (no relation)???
Who the dickens is he then?
Strewth, I was not born yesterday!!!
- 23 June 2012 at 02:40

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Enjoy the fun!
First of all, why would you want to take young children to a festival anyway? Surely we're talking loud music, unpredictable weather, drunken cavorting - and what about naps and feeding? For some parents it's a total no-no, others get addicted. More often than not, children love the atmosphere and the sense of freedom (or is it anarchy?) that you only get at a good summer festival. And seeing as kids under four almost always get in for free, everyone's a winner. Right?
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Lollapalooza (31 July - 2 August) in Chicago, USA, began as an alternative rock festival, but has turned into a family friendly event. This year's line-up includes Paul McCartney, FKA Twigs, A$AP Rocky, Flying Lotus and Florence + the Machine. Children get their very own section for rocking out: Kidzapalooza, which has its own stage and different activities like karaoke, photo shoots, arts and crafts.
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Whatever the weather, a festival will always be a messy business. That's part of the fun! Have the right kit with you, even if the weather forecasts look good. Apart from the essential wellies/bottles/torches/favourite teddy/wipes, take earplugs or special noise reducing headphones to protect tender young ears. And any parent who has experienced the horror of losing a toddler in a crowd for even a few seconds will take ID bracelets. Or even easier, just write your number onto little arms in marker pen.
Many families go together to share the load and to get a chance to enjoy at least some of the (grown-up) acts. But stay realistic: It's never going to be quite the same as going on your own…
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Nine of the top women and six of the top men will fly to Burlington, Vt. to race against the University of Vermont and Columbia University on Sunday at the Catamount Family Center in Williston, Vt. The men race 8000 meters at 10 a.m., while the women race 5000 meters at 11 a.m.
Both Columbia (No. 6) and Vermont (No. 15) women's teams are ranked in the Northeast region. Columbia's men (No. 4) are ranked in the Northeast region as well.
"This race will be a challenge for both of our teams," coach Bill Taylor said. "This will be the smallest meet we compete in this year (in terms of numbers of competitors and teams), yet both teams we face are regionally ranked.
The Bisons are only traveling with six men, as one of the varsity men got sick this week and will stay home.
"The challenge is terrific though, and it should be a great experience for us," Taylor said. "I am most interested in seeing the teams work well together and to continue to develop. Wherever we finish is fine right now, as long as we are growing and getting better at the things that will pay off at the end of the season.
"I know we are all excited to see this part of the country and to represent Lipscomb well in the Northeast."
The rest of the men's and women's teams will compete on Friday at the PowerAde Invitational, hosted by the University of Tennessee Chattanooga. The women will race two miles at 3:45 p.m. The men will race 5000 meters at 5:15 p.m. Fifteen Lipscomb women and eleven Lipscomb men are expected to compete in Chattanooga.
Teams scheduled to compete at the PowerAde Invite include host UT-Chattanooga (No. 11-ranked men , No. 14-ranked women in the South Region), Alabama-Huntsville, Austin Peay, Covenant College, Middle Tennessee State, Tennessee State, Alabama, West Georgia, and Atlantic Sun Conference rival Kennesaw State (men ranked No. 1 in A-Sun, No. 8 in South Region, women ranked No. 3 in A-Sun).
"This meet is a perfect second competition for our developing runners," Taylor said. "The shorter courses will serve us well in working on race tactics and improvement. I am excited to see how our athletes respond, especially our freshmen. Although it appears on paper that our top runners aren't competing, we have a lot of talent and depth this year, especially on the women's side, and anyone can be one of our top runners at any time."
Taylor stresses that varsity spots are available and all athletes competing at this meet have a full chance to make the varsity squad.
"We have strong goals for this meet and I expect great performances from our athletes at both meets," Taylor said. "The conference championship roster at the end of the season is totally up for grabs. Every time our athletes compete, and wherever they compete, they are building their case to race at conference.
"I have no idea who our top nine men and women will be by the end of the season. I do know that several of our runners in this race will be on our conference championship roster. Practices keep getting better, more of our athletes step up each day, and we have some great talent that will develop throughout this season."


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Wikitravel talk:Cooperating with Wikipedia
What are the rules for copying from Wikitravel to Wikipedia if I am the sole author? Does it make any difference if the article has been deleted from Wikitravel? Notty
It makes no difference whatsoever. If you are the sole author of an article, you hold full copyright on it, and you can re-license it under the GFDL (Wikipedia's license). However, if anyone has made changes to the article, you can't copy it over. You can, however, look through the page history and find the last version that only you had worked on, and use that. --Evan 11:14, 3 Feb 2004 (EST)
Wikitravel in Wikipedia[edit]
Moved from Wikitravel:travellers' pub by Evan
There is now an article on Wikitravel in Wikipedia, in English and French. You said milestones? ;o) Yann 06:50, 22 Feb 2004 (EST)
Links from Wikipedia[edit]
[Moved from Travellers' pub by Hypatia 18:22, 16 Dec 2004 (EST)]
One simple way to increase Wikitravel's ranking in the web world: if you write a good non-stub Wikitravel article, then link it in from the corresponding Wikipedia page (I use [http://wikitravel.org/en/article/X Wikitravel: X] under "External links"). This is relevant content — travel guides cover the same topic, but serve different audiences — and I've never had a link removed yet, and when the link propagates out to Wikipedia's many mirrors we get excellent linkage. And, as a courtesy, be sure to add a reciprocal [[WikiPedia:X]] to the Wikitravel article as well. Jpatokal 05:15, 4 Oct 2004 (EDT)
I don't follow w:es policies to judge if they're right or wrong but I guess this should work as a warning for us to be more careful about creating those templates and links there. Ricardo (Rmx) 19:12, 27 April 2006 (EDT)
Uniting Wikitravel with Wikipedia, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wiktionary and Wikibooks?[edit]
[Moved from Travellers' pub by Hypatia 17:30, 18 Dec 2004 (EST)]
I think that Wikitravel should be eaten by the Wikimedia foundation, which owns the Wiki projects mentioned above. (I couldn't find an earlier discussion about this.) It seems to me that all Wiki projects, and especially Wikitravel, should benefit from such a strong alliance. Personally I would have heard a lot earlier about Wikitravel if it was already listed under the other Wiki projects. I'm not sure if this is possible by the differences between by-sa and GFDL though. What do you guys think? Georg Muntingh, 2 Aug 2004
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I removed this statement: Wikitravel is not a project of the wikimedia foundation. The reason is explained here. There are a lot of reasons that Wikitravel is not a project of the Wikimedia Foundation, but none of them are explained at that link. --Evan 13:12, 25 May 2005 (EDT)


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Is there a way I can change it so the exposure is always whatever I set it to? I looked in the manual but don't see it.


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fault lines.
sometimes i'll catch your half-smile. out of the corner of my eye. and it'll call to mind, something else--another moment, i think.
and without even realizing it, i begin to swim towards a memory. through the blue, light refracting in water. and it feels just beyond my reach. always beyond my reach.
a tip-of-the-tongue memory i cannot place.
and it is then that i think i must have known you in another life. in many before this one. that we've been tied together so many times. that each separation has confused and muddled the line where you end and i begin. that each separation has seen you carry parts of me away, with you, into other lives and worlds. and i've taken some of you. and in missing you now, i'm missing those parts of myself. those bits you absconded with when last we met.
i'm wondering now if we may not just get it really wrong in this life.
but if we haven't done brilliantly in some before.
or may not do better in many to come.
i may be at a loss. i may be feeling a loss. but i need only unearth and draw upon the parts of you i snuck away with. wholeness. holiness.
perhaps the memory i'm swimming towards is something ancient.
perhaps it hasn't yet been made.
perhaps it'll be another half-smile that'll restore and return me to myself.
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- Kmarie said...
Beautiful! Whole and wise thoughts.
- Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Wow Meg, your writing is wonderful!
The last paragraph is amazing. Just really beautiful.
Please, please never stop feeling, loving and writing!
- Wednesday, April 18, 2012
- look a little closer said...
this gave me goosebumps. gorgeous!
- Wednesday, April 18, 2012
- look a little closer said...
also, i totally think that you will be one of the people pull quotes from someday :)
- Wednesday, April 18, 2012
- wildchild said...
holy cow. breathtaking.
and i agree with the girl above me. all of your stuff is beautiful and i may just even pull quotes from it soon if that's alright by you.
- Wednesday, April 18, 2012
- Grace said...
Meg, this may be one of my favorite things you've written. My heart is yearning for the same things right now. Thanks for writing this.
- Wednesday, April 18, 2012
wow, so completely beautiful.
- Wednesday, April 18, 2012
and I am in love with you and your authencity!! Your words speak to me and I get butterflies.
- Wednesday, April 18, 2012
- Wednesday, April 18, 2012
This is simply beautiful.
We're quite vulnerable...I wrote something yesterday thats feeling is very similar I think.
I hope you get a chance to read it.
Louise xo
- Wednesday, April 18, 2012
- Little Tree Vintage said...
you have such a way with words..it is breathtaking!
- Wednesday, April 18, 2012
i love this. it's amazing. it's perfect.
- Wednesday, April 18, 2012
That was absolutely beautiful!
- Wednesday, April 18, 2012
- colleen said...
loved this. i, too, think of swimming towards ancient or not-yet-made memories.
- Wednesday, April 18, 2012
- Keiko said...
these words remind me of my own heart.
this is my favorite post of yours ever, hands down.
- Thursday, April 19, 2012
- Georgette said...
Wow just Wow.
You are extraordinary Meg.
I marvel at your words.
- Thursday, April 19, 2012
- Captain Serenity said...
This meant a lot to me.
Go to youtube and listen to John Denver sing the Joe Henry song "The Wings that Fly us Home." It is exactly, in many ways, what you are saying. Then, for a laugh, "galileo" by the Indigo Girls. Peacer, John
- Thursday, April 19, 2012
- Danielle Hornyak said...
This is great! I am in the midst of writing an artist statement for my BFA show this weekend and some of your lines remind me of how i feel and am trying to express in my statement, but not as eloquently as you!
- Wednesday, April 25, 2012
- Kate said...
Love love love this
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- jimmylou said...
you kill me with your fantastic writing. i love it!
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btompkins needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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Need a logo for a company that specializes in integrating technology solutions mainly for the transportation and logistics (maritime) industry.
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Need a logo designed for a new company. We're a young, agile company, but are operating in a mostly older industry.
- Would like blue, or blue green logo
- Nautical Themes, elements preferred
- Abstract design elements preferred over realistic
- Would also like Brand Name in logo, using san-serif fonts
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Bunty Sajdeh needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 491 designs submitted by 128 freelance designers.
Specialize in talent representation, event management, sponsorships etc. Although based in India, very international, young and vibrant already exclusively representing top Indian Sports and Entertainment celebrities such as YUVRAJ SINGH and SUSHMITA SEN among others. Our current website is http://www.cornerstone.in for more info on our talent and business in general.
Corporate clients.
Logo must have alphabets CSE since it is short for Cornerstone Sport and Entertainment. Leading management companies across the world have similar logos (and are easily referred to in the same form) such as IMG, CAA and the likes of. Colors too could be used viz. Orange, Grey and White. Please see our current logo and other details on our website http://www.cornerstone.in you can also visit these sites for ideas http://www.kwan.in, http://www.globosportworld.com, http://www.blingglobal.com, http://www.pdmindia.com, http://www.imgworld.com, http://www.caa.com
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Students interested in speech, drama and oral interpretation are often involved with the Evangel Forensics Team. The students participate in intercollegiate competition in categories such as oratory, readers' theatre, dramatic readings, impromptu speaking and others. Students may participate by volunteering or by taking the 1 credit course which provides students opportunities to develop advanced performance skills in speech, drama and oral interpretation of literature.
The Evangel Intercollegiate Forensics Team allows students to use their verbal communication skills through competition with colleges and universities in Missouri, neighboring states, and in national and international tournaments. The team participates in four to six tournaments each year. Students may compete in two or three events in two categories:
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The forensics team consistently excels in state competition sponsored by the Missouri Association of Forensic Activities and at invitational tournaments.
All students are eligible to join the team. After a year of participation, most students qualify to become members of Pi Kappa Delta, the national honor speech fraternity. Performance scholarships are available to students who qualify and audition. Dr. Mark Kelton is the faculty adviser.
"Forensics improves overall self-esteem, allowing participants to use criticism for improvement."
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John Armstrong needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 112 designs submitted by 33 freelance designers.
HotCity Theatre in St. Louis seeks a new logo for a revised branding plan. Something memorable, simple, artsy, catchy, and speaks about the type of contemporary off-beat, raw yet sophisticated, professional shows that we are known to produce.
We would like a design/logo/font that reflects our theatre company's values and style: intelligent, hip, contemporary, raw/edgy, and theatrical. Our theatre company doesn't often produce plays that end in happy endings... Dark comedies, real situations... This is a fluff free theatre company. Life sometimes 'sucks' and we show you why you should laugh or scream about it. Something a little jagged seems to work in our head. In the end, needs to reflect our STYLE much better than current logo.
- Must have an element of the title of the company. (could be an acronym (HCT) however.)
- might be interesting to incorporate in some fashion an abstract skyline to connect the current logo to the new one. (not necessary)
- must have the style of the company: raw, real, hip, contemporary yet professional. Very stylized.
- Must look relatively good in Black and White.
- no flames or fire anywhere in logo please...
- no OBVIOUS references to the St. Louis Arch please. (It's pretty cliche in St. Louis as you might have guessed)
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Tall righty Young lands deal with Mariners
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Looking to improve their starting pitching options, the Mariners signed one-time All-Star Chris Young on Thursday to a Major League deal.
Young, 34, is a 6-foot-10 right-hander who was released by the Nationals earlier this week.
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Looking to improve their starting pitching options, the Mariners signed one-time All-Star Chris Young on Thursday to a Major League deal.
Young, 34, is a 6-foot-10 right-hander who was released by the Nationals earlier this week.
To make room on their 40-man roster, the Mariners designated left-handed reliever Bobby LaFromboise for assignment.
Young, who spent last year with Triple-A Syracuse in the Nats' organization, had surgery in June to repair thoracic outlet syndrome, an issue he believes had been causing shoulder problems that led to two prior surgeries. He posted a 3.48 ERA in four Grapefruit League appearances with Washington this spring, allowing eight hits and four runs with four walks and nine strikeouts in 10 1/3 innings.
Young is a nine-year Major League veteran with a career record of 53-43 and a 3.79 ERA, but he hasn't pitched in the big leagues since 2012 with the Mets, when he was 4-9 with a 4.15 ERA in 20 starts.
Young went 9-8 and ranked fifth in the National League with a 3.12 ERA with the Padres in 30 starts in 2007, but he hasn't pitched a full season since, due to a variety of arm issues. When healthy, the former third-round Draft pick has proven to be a quality starter, but staying on the mound has been his biggest challenge.
The Mariners are looking for pitching depth after releasing veterans Randy Wolf and Scott Baker earlier this week. With All-Star right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma sidelined until at least mid- to late April by a sprained finger tendon, and top young prospect Taijuan Walker just beginning to throw in Minor League outings after a sore shoulder slowed him in camp, Seattle was down to five healthy starting candidates.
Felix Hernandez is scheduled to make his seventh Opening Day start on Monday in Anaheim, and Erasmo Ramirez will follow on Tuesday. Manager Lloyd McClendon has yet to announce his other starters, but young left-hander James Paxton appears to be lined up to pitch the third game and rookie Roenis Elias has pitched well this spring and also is contending for a spot.
If he's ready, Young could compete with Blake Beavan for the fifth spot in the rotation. The Mariners have yet to announce a starter for their final Cactus League game Saturday against the Rockies.
Hernandez and Ramirez have already made their final spring starts. Paxton is pitching in a Minor League game Thursday, since Seattle is off. Elias will start Friday night against the Rockies in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Young passed his physical with the Mariners on Thursday. He started two games this spring with the Nationals, and most recently threw in relief on Saturday, when he tossed 2 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit, no walks and three strikeouts against the Marlins.
Young is tied with Mariners Hall of Famer Randy Johnson for the second-tallest player in Major League history behind the 6-foot-11 Jon Rauch. Young earned a degree in politics from Princeton, where he played baseball and two seasons of basketball and won the Ivy League Rookie of the Year Award in both sports in 1999.
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AMD Radeon HD 5670 Review - DX11 breaches the $100 mark
DX11 continues to shrink
AMD Still Dominates DX11
It has nearly been five months since AMD first introduced its DX11-capable graphics cards starting with the AMD Radeon HD 5870 powerhouse that has been followed by the HD 5850, HD 5770 and HD 5750. And even though there are very few titles available today (or even set for a Q1 launch) that will take advantage of DX11, you can be sure that NVIDIA and its investors are paying attention to how far behind the other GPU giant is falling. With Fermi and GF100 (the consumer card design based on Fermi) set for a March release time frame, that would in theory give AMD a solid 6-7 month lead. What they are able to do with that lead depends greatly on selling as many GPUs as possible between now and then to cement ATI's position as the leading GPU technology for the coming years.
We have taken detailed looks at the Radeon 5000-series GPU in previous articles and explained how the architecture scales both UP and DOWN with cost and performance and size - a move that AMD has benefited from tremendously. The new Radeon HD 5670 graphics card that we are reviewing today is a new silicon spin that shrinks die size quite a bit thus lowering costs to AMD and its partners in order to offer the first sub-$100 graphics card ever.
The RV830 GPU
As I mentioned above, the GPU on the Radeon HD 5670, known by its codename as RV830, is not just the GPU with some sections disable, but is instead a completely new 40nm GPU using fewer transistors and thus will be cheaper to build. You can see the block diagram below:
As we go over in detail in our HD 5870 review, there are some new
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- Support for DirectX 11 and Shader Model 5.0
- Support for OpenCL 1.0 (and likely OpenCL 1.1)
- Angle independent anisotropic filtering (finally!)
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Donald L. Sparks, S. Hallock du Pont Chair in Soil and Environmental Chemistry at the University of Delaware, has been appointed to a three-year term as chair of the U.S. National Committee for Soil Science (USNC/SS).
From 1999 to 2008, he was an ex-officio member of the USNC/SS and has served as a full member of the committee since 2010.
The USNC/SS advises the National Academies on issues related to soil science and is also the formal representative of the U.S. soil science community to the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS). It provides input to the union on behalf of U.S. soil scientists, arranges for scientific meetings in the United States in consonance with the union's objectives, and directs attention to soil science research needs.
"I am honored to serve as chair of the U.S. National Committee for Soil Science," Sparks said. "Soil science is at the center of all the major global challenges we face today including water, land degradation, climate change, contamination and food security. As chair of the committee, I will work with my colleagues to promote the importance of soil and the discipline of soil science to the global community."
"I cannot imagine a better lead representative of the U.S. soil science community than Don Sparks," said Paul Bertsch, the outgoing chair of the USNC/SS and professor of environmental chemistry and toxicology at the University of Kentucky. "He is among the most respected soil scientists worldwide. He brings critical leadership skills along with a deep recognition of the primary international soil science societies as well as the most important issues surrounding this global resource."
The USNC/SS is one of several U.S. national committees focused on specific scientific disciplines within the National Research Council's (NRC) Board on International Scientific Organizations. The national committees as a whole perform the dual function of fostering U.S. participation in international science and fortifying communication linkages between the U.S. and international scientific communities.
In addition to addressing research needs in their respective fields, the national committees are encouraged to work together to identify areas where cross-disciplinary teamwork may be more effective.
In addition to Sparks, the USNC/SS is composed of 10 at-large members, six members representing various allied scientific societies, and several ex officio and staff members representing the National Academies, of which the NRC is one branch. All committee members must be approved by the chair of the NRC.
Sparks has been active in the international soil science community for many years. He served as the president of the IUSS from 2002–06 and past president from 2006–10. In 2010 he received that organization's von Liebig Medal for his outstanding contributions to soil science research and, most recently, was elected an honorary member of IUSS.
Sparks is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Soil Science Society of America, the Geochemical Society, and the European Society of Geochemists. He has also served as president of the Soil Science Society of America.
Sparks has been a faculty member in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources since 1979 and served as chair of the department for 20 years. He was the first recipient of UD's Outstanding Graduate Advising and Mentoring Award. In 1996, he received the Francis Alison Award, the highest academic honor bestowed at UD.
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So, Fall is here, and iKite no longer has forecasts generated by humans. We have some resources here, https://www.bayareakiteboarding.com/winds.htm which are being moved over to the new portal config, but my question is does anyone else have any noteworthy sources they'd like to add to provide us with decent forecast info?
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The sun shines 325 days a year in Arizona, on average, and some here see that as the state's biggest energy asset.
But fledgling efforts to turn Arizona into the solar capital of the world depend on making the initial investment in new energy plants affordable – something that could become much more difficult, perhaps even impossible, if a federal tax credit for solar projects expires at the end of the year as scheduled.
Arizona is by no means the leader in developing renewable energies, but it has made progress. The latest achievement is at the Phoenix Convention Center, where workers are nearly finished installing 732 peel-and-stick photovoltaic solar panels on the two-acre roof of the center's West Building. The $850,000 project is the largest solar application in downtown Phoenix and is expected to generate 150 kilowatts of power yearly.
"We have a tremendous solar energy resource, up to seven or eight solar productive hours a day," says Ardeth Barnhart, associate director of the Arizona Research Institute for Solar Energy (AzRISE) at the University of Arizona in Tucson. "Other states like New Jersey have very progressive policies, but we've got more sun. We could theoretically power the US with a very large stretch of land – about 100 square miles – in Arizona."
But plans for a project that could put Arizona on the map as a solar powerhouse – a huge $1 billion solar energy plant to be built near Gila Bend, Ariz., by 2011 – are likely to be scrapped if the tax credit is allowed to lapse. That's because solar power is still more expensive to produce than is electricity derived from fossil fuel, though some experts expect the gap to close in the next seven to 10 years.
The subsidy in question is the federal Investment Tax Credit. The US government boosted the ITC from 10 percent to 30 percent for solar systems in 2006, meaning that 30 percent of the cost of building and installing a system is returned to the investor in the form of a tax credit. But that rate is set to expire at the end of 2008. That scenario worries many political, business, and academic leaders here, who see their dreams of a solar-energy hub evaporating.
"The extension of the tax credit is critical," says US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) of Arizona in a phone interview. "I've introduced legislation to extend it to 2016."
Representative Giffords is urging that the government pay for the extension by reducing tax credits to oil and gas companies. During "the next five years, [oil and gas companies] are slated to receive about $17 billion. That money instead should be going toward renewable energy," she says. "It is critical, and I believe Democrats and Republicans acknowledge it."
The Arizona Public Service Co., the utility that is the driving force behind plans for the Gila Bend solar plant, already owns smaller solar plants. This yet-to-be-built one, called Solana (Spanish for "sunny place"), would cover three square miles with trough mirrors and receiver pipes and would include two 140-megawatt steam generators. It would provide enough energy to power 70,000 Arizona homes, according to Barbara Lockwood, an APS official.
Arizona law now requires utilities to invest in renewable energy. Currently, 90 percent of the state's electricity is produced by natural gas and coal.
"They have to generate 15 percent of electricity from renewable-energy sources by 2025," says Govindasamy TamizhMani, director of the photovoltaic testing lab at Arizona State University. "So all the utility companies are trying to meet that mandate."
Giffords, who ran for Congress in 2006 on a platform of pursuing solar energy, recently led a group of lawmakers and experts from Arizona on a fact-finding trip to Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, home of North America's largest operational solar photovoltaic system. The $100 million, 14-megawatt plant is an example of what might be done at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base near Tucson, says the freshman lawmaker.
"What's so exciting about solar energy is that it creates an elegant solution to three of the largest challenges that ... face our country today," says Giffords. The first, she says, is US dependence on foreign energy. The second is global warming, and the third is advances in technology.
Those advances in technology, she argues, could help America lead the world in this field.
"I'm very concerned that America is falling behind. Pursuing solar energy, cleaner-burning energy, renewable energy can absolutely lead to economic prosperity," says Gifford.
Many in the solar energy field say the rising price of oil, and the possibility of a future tax on carbon emissions, is likely to make the solar option more competitive – and soon.
"People are looking at some kind of cost parity, some comparable costs in the next seven to 10 years," says Ms. Barnhart of AzRISE.
ASU's Dr. TamizhMani agrees. "At the moment, the industry depends on incentive money, but by 2015 the cost of conventional electricity and solar are expected to be equal."


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James Franco on 12 Years A Slave
James Franco, The Artist, reviewed 12 Years A Slave for VICE this week. I wonder if it's a stipulation for Franco, whenever he writes for anyone, that he will not be edited. Not for content but for the basics. Like the proper title of the movie which is 12 Years A Slave and not Twelve Years A Slave. And The Counselor and not The Councilor. Why would Franco need editing though? He knows more than anyone.
He's also a condescending prick. Right off the top, he gives you some idea of the snark in his piece when he refers to director Steve McQueen as a "video artist". Rude.
In what's become classic Franco style, his piece includes several references to his own work – in this case, Homefront and This Is The End; in that mention, he references the fact that the cast of End also found ways to relax after working long days and nights, and I think what he means to suggest is that some films are harder to let go of than others, which might be a salient point, only it's way too subtle, buried underneath his awesome cleverness.
And that's entirely the problem here. Because Franco's primary position in his criticism is actually interesting. In focusing almost entirely on Michael Fassbender's mesmerising performance, at once glamourising and abhorring his character's profound flaws (Fassbender plays a sociopath slave owner), Franco asserts that we may not have changed enough, and that while slavery might be "officially" abolished, we might not be ready for absolution. Now that is a discussion worth having. Only his ego wouldn't let that happen. It wasn't enough for Franco to throw down one provocative claim and argue it effectively and clearly. Instead, he had to show off several other cards – by critiquing McQueen's Shame, and Fassbender's role in that film too, while offering another contentious opinion about that movie's arguably insulting depiction of the gay lifestyle. That should have been another review altogether. But then again, James Franco is too busy making art to write multiple reviews. Is he busy…or is he lazy?
Maybe he's just jealous.
You remember when Franco reviewed The Place Beyond The Pines and totally fixated on Ryan Gosling? Click here for a refresher. The same thing happens this time with Michael Fassbender. All three are around the same age. All three are acclaimed actors. All three have a certain sex appeal. Is it professional rivalry disguised in flattery? You'll note that in both articles, Franco seems aroused by his subjects. When writing about Gosling, he structured his sentences with masturbatory rhythm. In his appreciation of Fassbender, he's the voyeur in the window, licking his lips below the binoculars, unable to separate his disgust from his desire. Does he ever write like this about women? And how would you feel if he did?
Click here to read Franco's full review of 12 Years A Slave.


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Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds are leading a public hearing this morning in support of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The hearing is being held just a few days before the comment period on EPA's proposal to reduce volume obligation requirements for 2014 in the RFS ends on Tuesday, January 28. The hearing is being held to give Midwesterners a chance to voice their concerns about the EPA proposal. The hearing at the Hall of Laureates, Des Moines, IA, was scheduled after the White House, the EPA and USDA Secretary Vilsack declined the invitation to host a hearing on the RFS in the Midwest, Governor Branstad's office reported.
"We believe it is necessary to host this public hearing for Iowans and other Midwesterners to enable them to more easily provide comments on the EPA's proposal, which could cost nearly 45,000 jobs, have a negative ripple effect through the U.S. economy and hinder consumer choice at the pump," Governor Branstad stated in prepared remarks.
"Too often, agencies in Washington, DC, make decisions that affect the livelihoods of people in the rest of the country without hearing directly from those involved . . . The grass roots ought to be heard here and any time policy changes are under way that have implications on areas from local economies to national energy security," added Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA).
Representatives from several organizations are attending the hearing today, including the National Corn Growers Association and various state corn growers associations; state departments of agriculture (Iowa, Nebraska, Indiana, Minnesota and South Dakota); numerous ethanol producers; and others.
Individuals and organizations are encouraged to submit formal comments to the EPA by the January 28 deadline. The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE), for one, has set up a digital RFS action center where supporters can share their comments about the importance of the RFS. Visit http://capwiz.com/ethanol. ACE reports that more than 10,000 comments already have been submitted to EPA. However, every comment counts. Make your voice heard.
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Midnight's Children
A group of friends and I saw Midnight's Children in its New England premiere as part of the Telluride at Dartmouth program at Dartmouth College. (I saw a bunch of the films last year, but don't have time this year and, in any case, am not as enthusiastic about the selection as I was last year.)
The group of us had very different reactions to the movie, with some people extremely enthusiastic about it. For me, it was unfulfilling, and seems a perfect illustration of two general rules: 1.) novelists should not adapt their own books for the screen; 2.) Great books don't make great movies.
A surprising amount of the plot of Salman Rushdie's original novel is retained in the film, and this seemed to me the heart of its problem. A novel of 500+ pages has the room to let its incidents spread out and breathe; a 148-minute film can only include the majority of those incidents if it spends very little time on any of them. And that's what happens. The movie zips along, but it's in such a hurry that nothing much feels like it matters. A story like Midnight's Children, which takes place over many decades and various locations, is especially unsuited to such crammed rushing. It flattens characterizations, making everyone seem like a caricature, and accentuates the many coincidences and contrivances that feel less ridiculous in a large novel. The effect is to make the world of the movie feel absurdly small, and, by the end, to leave it no recourse other than a thin sentimentality. The film sacrifices everything to get as much of the book's plot in as possible, and thus ends up less like an adaptation of the novel than of its SparkNotes summary.
One of my pet peeves with adaptations of complex works of literature is that they rarely seek to find a cinematic equivalent to the literary style. Midnight's Children is interesting as much for its language and structure as for its events, but neither Rushdie in his linear and unimaginative screenplay or Deepa Mehta in her direction find any sort of analogue for that. Rushdie himself gives an ever-present narration in voiceover, further making the film seem like an illustration of the book — we get to look at pictures while somebody reads at us! Last year, I had mixed feelings about We Need to Talk About Kevin, but one of the things I most admired was its determination to be a movie unto itself and not merely an illustration of the novel. The book exists as a work of art in its own right; the movie should, too.
I was often annoyed by the film's colors, which are frequently saturated and sometimes desaturated — manipulation that renders all the whites glowing, blank, and depthless, giving the whole movie an unreal quality that was certainly intentional but to my eyes screamed of kitsch. The same is true for some digital effects in the last third or so of the film, where it sometimes looks like lost outtakes from 300. Occasionally, such as scenes in a Delhi slum, the saturation of colors provides beautiful greens, reds, blues, and yellows, but on the whole the effect was distracting, and especially disappointing given that I thought Mehta's earlier film, Water, was visually powerful and affecting.


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Investors who are interviewing potential advisors are doing so with an increasingly impressive knowledge of the difference between fee-only vs. fee-based advisors.
As many investors now know, a fee-only advisor accepts no commissions of any kind, from any source. A fee-based advisor or stockbroker can accept a commission for placing a client�s assets in a particular fund. For instance, a fee-based advisor can place client assets in a parent-company mutual fund and receive a sales commission, in addition to his/her management fee.
Another basic difference between the two is that fee-only advisors do not sell products of any kind. A fee-based advisor or stockbroker may sell annuities, life insurance policies or other financial products that generate additional commissions.
Most investors are familiar with the term fiduciary. Fee-only advisors, like physicians, CPAs and attorneys, serve as a fiduciary to their clients. Fee-based advisors and stockbrokers do not. Savvy investors who are interviewing potential advisors often begin with the question, �Are you a fiduciary?�
Stockbrokers and fee-based advisors can technically act as a fiduciary if they separate their practices into a hybrid model, one part fee-based and one part fee-only. How clients determine when the advisor is acting as a fee-only fiduciary and when the advisor is acting as a fee-based non-fiduciary is a confusing aspect of this model. In fact, the SEC is scrutinizing this approach, and has suggested that �this business model presents multiple conflicts.�
Fee-only advisors occasionally also face conflicts of interest, such as telling a client whether it is in their best interests to pay off a mortgage, which may mean fewer assets under management for the advisor. But the fee-only advisor, acting as a fiduciary, is charged with a legal, moral and ethical obligation to act in the client�s best interests, regardless of the financial implications for the advisor.
�Today, in effect, individual investors must be their own investment professionals,� says Phyllis Borzi of the Department of Labor, �and most of them don�t have the training necessary to make the best decisions regarding important investment decisions � That means investors are increasingly reliant on the advice they receive, and while an investor may assume his advisors are putting his interests first, we know that�s not always the case.
�� We know that there are many good, honest advisors who provide excellent advice,� Borsi says, �but we also know that today�s investors are more reliant on that advice than ever before, and the old laws don�t provide adequate protection in the current investment marketplace. Our agency�s goal is, first and foremost, to ensure that America�s workers and their families can enjoy the retirement they worked and saved for.
�Assuming that all things are equal,� says Borzi, �I think the average person would prefer to work with people who are legally required to provide unbiased investment advice and put the client�s interests first.�
Margaret R. McDowell, ChFC, AIF, a syndicated economic columnist, chartered financial consultant and accredited investment fiduciary, is the founder of Arbor Wealth Management, LLC, (850-608-6121� www.arborwealth.net), a fee-only registered investment advisory firm near Sandestin.


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Here are some answers to some of the more common questions people ask about uterine cancer.
Q: What is the uterus?
A: The uterus is a hollow, pear-shaped organ, also known as the womb. It is located in a woman's pelvis between the bladder and rectum. Fallopian tubes on both sides of the uterus connect it to each ovary. The bottom part of the uterus is called the cervix. The cervix connects the uterus with the vagina. The middle round part of the uterus is called the corpus. The round part at the top of the uterus is called the fundus. The uterus is part of a woman's reproductive system. It holds a developing fetus during pregnancy.
The walls of the uterus are made up of three layers:
Endometrium. This is the inner layer or lining of the uterus.
Myometrium. This is the middle layer. It's the thick muscle layer.
Serosa. This is the outer layer of tissue coating the uterus.
Q: What causes uterine cancer?
A: All the causes of uterine cancer are not known. Doctors believe that hormones that are out of balance often cause the type of uterine cancer called endometrial carcinoma. The ovaries make most of the female hormones estrogen and progesterone. If the uterus is exposed to too much estrogen over a long period of time, cancer cells may develop.
Q: What are the types of uterine cancer?
A: There are two main kinds of uterine cancer. They are named based on where they occur in the uterus:
Endometrial carcinoma. This is by far the most common form of uterine cancer. Cancer that starts in tissues that form linings throughout the body is called carcinoma. Endometrial carcinoma is cancer that starts in the inner lining of the uterus called the endometrium. The endometrium is the tissue in the uterus that thickens every month so that it will be ready to receive a fertilized egg. If the egg is not fertilized, it passes through the uterus and the endometrium sheds through the vagina. This is menstruation or monthly periods.
Uterine sarcoma. Cancer may also occur in the other tissues of the uterus besides the endometrium, such as in the muscle (myometrium). The myometrium works mainly during labor to help push the baby through the cervix and vagina. Other areas in which cancer can start are in the connective tissues or in the outer layer. Cancer in any of these tissues of the uterus is called sarcoma. This is a much less common form of uterine cancer.
Q: What are the symptoms of uterine cancer?
A: These are the most common symptoms of uterine cancer:
Unusual bleeding, spotting, or discharge from the vagina
Any bleeding from the vagina after menopause
A mass or tumor in the lower abdomen (belly) that can be felt
Pain in the pelvic area or lower abdomen (belly)
Unexplained weight loss
These symptoms may be caused by uterine cancer or several other less serious health problems. If you notice any of them, talk with your doctor right away.
Q: What are the risk factors for uterine cancer?
A: Certain factors can make you more likely to get uterine cancer. These are called risk factors. But just because you have one or more risk factors does not mean you will definitely get uterine cancer. In fact, you can have all the risk factors and still not develop the disease. Or you can have no risk factors and still get uterine cancer. Here are the main risk factors for uterine cancer. Many of these risk factors are for endometrial carcinoma. These risks involve having too much exposure to the hormone estrogen:
Tamoxifen use. Tamoxifen is a drug used to treat women who have breast cancer and is used to help prevent breast cancer in women at high risk. Women who take tamoxifen have a higher risk of getting uterine (endometrial) cancer.
Estrogen therapy. Women who use estrogen therapy without also using progesterone have a higher chance of getting uterine (endometrial) cancer.
Endometrial hyperplasia. Women who have endometrial hyperplasia have a higher risk of getting uterine (endometrial) cancer. Endometrial hyperplasia means that there are more cells than there should be in the lining of the uterus. This is called a precancerous condition because it might turn into cancer. Women with endometrial hyperplasia may have unusual bleeding.
Obesity. Women who are obese get uterine (endometrial) cancer 3 times more often than women who are not obese. Obesity is a leading risk factor for endometrial cancer. Health conditions linked to obesity, such as diabetes, also increase your risk.
Early menstruation. Women who had their first period before they were 12 have a higher risk for uterine (endometrial) cancer.
Late menopause. Women who reach menopause after age 50 have a higher risk for uterine (endometrial) cancer.
Older age. Most women who get uterine (endometrial) cancer are older than age 50.
Family history of uterine (endometrial) cancer. Women with family members who have had uterine or colon cancer are more likely to get it.
Race. African-American women have a higher chance of getting uterine cancer (sarcoma) than white or Asian women.
No pregnancies. Women who have never been pregnant have a higher chance of uterine (endometrial) cancer.
Previous radiation therapy to the pelvis. If you have had pelvic radiation in the past, your risk for developing uterine cancer (sarcoma and endometrial) is increased.
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Women with PCOS have abnormal hormone levels. These imbalances can increase the risk of uterine (endometrial) cancer.
Other cancers. Women who have had ovarian, colon, rectal, or breast cancer have a higher chance of getting uterine (endometrial) cancer.
Q: Why does obesity increase the risk for uterine cancer?
A: When you're obese, you have more fatty tissue in your body. Fatty tissue can change other hormones into estrogen. And the more estrogen your uterus is exposed to, the greater your risk is of developing endometrial carcinoma.
Q: How can I reduce my risk for uterine cancer?
A: You can reduce your risk for uterine cancer by avoiding as many risk factors as possible. For example, eating well and exercising regularly may help you stay at a healthy weight. Many other steps can help lower your risk for endometrial carcinoma. Talk with your health care team about your risk for uterine cancer and steps you can take to help lower your risk.
Q: What screening tests are available for uterine cancer?
A: There is no standard screening test to find uterine cancer. A Pap smear, a test routinely used to find cervical cancer, is not very useful in finding uterine cancer. If you're at high risk for endometrial carcinoma, talk with your doctor about screening tests that might be used.
Q: How is a diagnosis of uterine cancer made?
A: The symptoms linked to uterine cancer can also be caused by less serious problems. To find the cause of any of these symptoms, the doctor asks you about your health history and your family medical history. He or she does a careful physical exam. This includes a pelvic exam and Pap test. This test does not show if a woman has uterine cancer because it checks cells in the cervix, not the uterus. But it can help make sure you don't have another problem with similar symptoms.
The doctor may order a biopsy to help make a diagnosis. During a biopsy, the doctor removes some tissue from the inner uterine lining called the endometrium. This can usually be done in the doctor's office with no or little anesthetic. Another type of biopsy is dilation and curettage (D&C). This involves scraping tissue from different parts of the lining of the uterus. A D&C is usually done in a surgery center or hospital.
Imaging tests, such as ultrasound or MRI, are used to look at pictures of the uterus and see if there's a tumor or mass present, and whether it's in the lining or muscle wall.
Q: If I have uterine cancer, will I need a hysterectomy?
A: Surgery to take out the uterus, called a hysterectomy, is the main way to treat most types of uterine cancer. Sometimes, a hysterectomy can get rid of all the cancer in your body. This is especially true for early stages of endometrial carcinoma. While removing your uterus, your surgeon will usually take out your fallopian tubes and ovaries to stop the production of estrogen. This helps slow or stop the spread of uterine cancer. Typically, lymph nodes are also removed, to check for the possibility that the cancer has spread. You may have other treatments before or after surgery. These include radiation, hormone therapy, or chemotherapy.
Q: What is staging of uterine cancer?
A: Staging is a way to describe how large the cancer is and how far the cancer has spread. Finding the stage of uterine cancer helps your doctor determine the best treatment for you. For uterine cancer, these are the four stages:
Stage I. Stage I uterine cancer is only in the uterus. It is not in the cervix.
Stage II. Stage II cancer means that there are also cancer cells in the cervix, but the cancer has not spread to lymph nodes or other organs.
Stage III. Stage III cancer has spread outside of the uterus to nearby areas, such as the ovaries and the vagina, but it is still only in the pelvic area.
Stage IV. This means that the cancer has spread beyond the pelvis to other parts of the body, such as lungs, liver, bone, or brain.
Q: What are the treatments for uterine cancer?
A: Treatments for uterine cancer include surgery, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, and chemotherapy:
Surgery is the most common treatment for women with uterine cancer. Your doctor will likely take out your uterus and will usually take out the fallopian tubes, ovaries, and nearby lymph nodes. How much is removed depends on the size of the tumor, what the cancer cells look like, and how the cancer has spread.
Radiation is another way to treat uterine cancer. For this treatment, X-rays are used to kill cancer cells. Radiation is often used after surgery to kill any cancer cells that may have been left behind.
Hormone therapy is when medicines are used to keep the cancer cells from getting the hormones they need to grow. The medicines are given by mouth or by injection. They travel through the body in the blood. The medicines control the cancer cells that are both inside and outside the uterus. Hormone therapy may be used to be sure that cancer cells don't spread. It may also help to ease symptoms when cancer is advanced (has spread).
Chemotherapy is the use of anticancer medicine to kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy may be used to be sure all the cancer cells have been killed. Or when cancer is advanced, chemotherapy can help ease symptoms. The medicine may be given by mouth or by injection. Either way, the medicine travels throughout the body in the bloodstream.
Q: Should everyone get a second opinion for a diagnosis of uterine cancer?
A: Many people with cancer get a second opinion from another doctor. There are many reasons to get a second opinion. Here are some of those reasons:
You don't feel comfortable with the treatment decision.
The type of cancer is rare, such as with uterine sarcoma.
There are different ways to treat the cancer.
You aren't able to see a cancer expert.
Q: How can someone get a second opinion?
A: There are many ways to get a second opinion:
Get treated by a gynecologic oncologist. This subspecialist has advanced training in the diagnosis and treatment of gynecologic cancers.
Ask your primary doctor. Your doctor may be able to recommend a specialist. This may be a gynecological oncologist, surgeon, medical oncologist, or radiation oncologist. Sometimes these doctors work together at cancer centers or hospitals. Do not be afraid to ask your doctor about a second opinion.
Call the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service. The number is 800-4-CANCER (800-422-6237). They have information about treatment facilities. These include cancer centers and other programs supported by the National Cancer Institute.
Seek other options. Check with a local medical society, a nearby hospital or medical school, or a local cancer advocacy group to get names of doctors who can give you a second opinion. Or ask other people who have had cancer to refer you to someone.
Q: What kind of checkups will I need after being treated for uterine cancer?
A: After treatment for uterine cancer, you'll most likely visit the doctor every three months for the first year after treatment. Then you may need checkups every six months for the next five years. After that, you may need yearly checkups. Checkups may include pelvic exams, Pap tests, and other tests, such as blood and urine tests. You may need imaging studies, such as CT scans, ultrasounds, and X-rays. Tell your doctor if you have any pain, leg swelling, and vaginal bleeding. Be sure to mention any other changes you notice in your health.
Q: Are there support groups for women with uterine cancer?
A: Yes. Support groups for women dealing with uterine cancer are held all over the United States. Having someone to talk with who is going through similar experiences is often helpful. Support groups also offer you information on treatment options, prognosis, and follow-up care. Your doctor can recommend one in your area.
Q. What are clinical trials?
A: Clinical trials are studies of new kinds of cancer treatments. Doctors use clinical trials to learn how well new treatments work and what their side effects are. Promising treatments are ones that work better or have fewer side effects than the current treatments. People who participate in these studies get to use treatments before the FDA approves them. People who join trials also help researchers learn more about cancer and help people who may develop cancer in the future.


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2-3 beets, peeled and cubed
4-6 medium to large onions, sliced
32 black peppercorns
red wine vinegar
white vinegar
4 pint jars
Place 8 peppercorns in each jar. Fill the jar with sliced onions, leaving about 1/2 inch on the top. Add about 4-5 cubes of beets. Over a sink or a bowl, fill the jar about 1/2 way with red wine vinegar and then the rest of the way with white vinegar. Seal and refrigerate 1-3 days before serving.


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Redskins shut out Elida in WBL match
From staff reports
The Wapakoneta Redskins shut out the Elida Bulldogs, 5-0, in a Western Buckeye League varsity girls tennis match Thursday in Elida.
Wapak won four of the five matches in three sets, while Kaitlin Snider rallied from a dropped first set to beat C'era Savage in first singles, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0.
Allie Zofkie won second singles for Wapak over Meredith Lize, 6-3, 6-0.
In third singles, Rachel Roberts won all 12 sets against Haley Hurst to notch a 6-0, 6-0 win.
Kiersten Wellons and Chelsea Myers handled first doubles for Wapak, topping Elizabeth White and Ashley Fay, 6-4, 6-1.
At second doubles, Carly Buzzard and Mackenzie Kaverman beat Summer Slusher and Jenna Mekolites, 6-1, 6-4.
Wapak's win Thursday gave the team a 4-0 overall record and a 2-0 start in the WBL this season.
The Redskins will return the courts starting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday in the Lima City Invitational at the Collett Street Courts in Lima.
Follow high school tennis coverage from the Wapakoneta Daily News on Twitter using the hashtag #wdnTEN


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flyrockies necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 69 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
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We are a small company that has several small pet industry brands in our portfolio. We rely on talented freelance graphic designers to create our logos and our websites.
This will be strictly an online company targeting individual consumers in a very competitive pet industry. We are creating this company to help consumers search for pet products that are favorites of a given dog breed (i.e. favorite toy, favorite food, favorite treat). A consumer will search for pet products by their type of breed, i.e german shepherd, rather than the type of product, toys.
We need a logo that is simple, unique and recognizable. We want our customers to immediately associate this logo with our brand and nobody else.
We have always liked the Starbucks logo, and similar logos that incorporate their name in shapes.
We are open to all color combinations and don't want to limit your creativity in this area.
We require vector art. We prefer .PNG and .AI as well as the RGB color codes used for the logo, since they will most likely be incorporated into a website.
The logo should never include any clip art, and be unique enough that it is not used by anybody else. Our logo and company name is currently going through trademark registration and will be copyrighted. We will need two versions of the logo, one with a trademark and another with a registered symbol following the logo in the upper right hand side:
#1 Trademark - include a small ™ and
#2 Registered - include a small ®.
We have a tentative tagline that can be incorporated into the logo, but it is not a requirement. Tagline: ...the right products for your dog.
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Retro Style Bikini
Added Jul 23, 2012
By burdastyle
New York, New Yo...
We thought the Satin panties and bustier pattern from 01/2012 would make an excellent bikini and this is the result. We love the retro feel of this bikini and it was really easy to make.
We made a few minor changes to the pattern, mainly the back of the bikini top as this piece is quite wide on the original pattern. Check out the instructions for details of the pattern changes. We also gathered the center front on the top.
The pattern has a great fit and we love the high waist retro bottoms!
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- Women
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- Swimwear
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- Beach
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Jul 25, 2012, 03.28 AMby uniquelyme
Like the suit! I would need more support up top. I've often thought about taking a well-fitting bra and covering it with fabric to make a bathing suit top. It would require more handwork, but I don't think it would be too hard. It would have to be a sturdy bra of course.
Jul 24, 2012, 06.00 AMby nouvellegamine
love it! it would be amazing in polka dots.
Jul 23, 2012, 08.44 PMby hellagabrielle
Man, the cut of those high-waisted bottoms is the best I've seen. If I were to make this, I'd probably opt for something more supportive up top. Also, that material is so perfect. Love it.
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