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Monday, September 27, 2004

Sideblog lives!

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I am so glad as I really love and use sideblog to post links to my fotozen blog as you can see on the left, it is really neat and the only one that can do this, Viva Sideblog.


Sideblog will live on! We'll be moving to a new server over the next few weeks and it looks like we'll be picking up a helping hand for development, so Sideblog will get even better. Stay tuned for more info as things develop. Also, although we'll obviously try to manage a smooth transition, there may be some service interruption. If there is, don't panic. We'll have things up and running as soon as possible.

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Au revoir tristesse

I loved her books which I read whilst at school, she had a great passion for life.


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Francoise Sagan
Francoise Sagan, the rebellious French writer who achieved fame as a teenager with her first novel, "Bonjour Tristesse," a precocious tale of sexual disillusionment, but whose international reputation dimmed as literary tastes changed, died yesterday in Honfleur, in northern France. She was 69. By Eric Pace via...NYT

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Saturday, September 25, 2004

Baby Potirron

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Friday, September 24, 2004

Orkaput?

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Tuesday, September 21, 2004

Man Booker Shortlist Announced

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THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2004

Achmat Dangor, Sarah Hall, Alan Hollinghurst, David Mitchell, Colm Toibin and Gerard Woodward are the six authors shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2004, the UK's best known literary award. The shortlist was announced by the chair of judges, Rt. Hon Chris Smith MP, at a press conference at the Man Group offices in London today (Tuesday 21 September).

The six shortlisted books were chosen from a longlist of 22 and are:

Achmat Dangor - Bitter Fruit - Atlantic Books
Sarah Hall - The Electric Michelangelo - Faber + Faber
Alan Hollinghurst - The Line of Beauty - Picador
David Mitchell - Cloud - Atlas Sceptre
Colm Toibin - The Master - Picador
Gerard Woodward - I'll go to Bed at Noon - Chatto + Windus
http://www.themanbookerprize.com

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The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

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The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography


The Oxford DNB is a collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of men and women who have shaped all aspects of the British past, from the earliest times to the end of the year 2000. The stories of these lives told in substantial, authoritative, and readable articles will be published simultaneously in sixty print volumes and online in September 2004.


Get biographies by email

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William Luciw, Photographer

Extraordinary viewpoint


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William Luciw Photographer


William Luciw, Photographer Co-Founder of Fovea Studios, "Art at the Speed of Light"


William is Managing Director at Viewpoint West Partners LLC, a technology advisory company and bespoke consultantcy. Viewpoint West Partners LLC is currently launching Media Mob TV, Inc. and Bill is managing this process.

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Monday, September 20, 2004

The National Museum of the American Indian

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The National Museum of the American Indian


The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian celebrates its Grand
Opening on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, September 21, 2004. It's free.


Our Universes: Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our World


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Eddie Adams

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The Famous Photojournalist Eddie Adams died at 71


Eddie Adams is a man to whom Clint Eastwood said, "Good shot;" Fidel Castro said, "Let's go duck hunting;" and the Pope said, "You've got three minutes."


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Sunday, September 19, 2004

Plums

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Plums - photo by Zen


One sure sign that summer is passing, other than the yellowing and falling of the first leaves, is the passing of the plums. Now when we walk beneath the plum tree that just a week ago dropped a score of succulent plums into the rich thick grass overnight, we find only seven or eight plums, some of which have already falen prey to the yellow jackets and African honey bees, so be careful which ones you pick up. I have been stung, and my finger swelled up and hurt as if I had hit it with a hammer. The geese have been stung, so prefer to wait on the terrace for me to find the good plums, which I then feed to them, saving a few for myself. A visitng friend, wary of the grass and bees and things unseen, picked her plums right off the tree, though we rarely do. When they are ripe, they will fall, and now they have almost all fallen.


Esmerelda eating a plum

Here in Molene, things happen quickly, dramatically, and then are over, usually within about two weeks. Three weeks ago, with pecks of plums hanging from the boughs, you had to be careful that the plums were ripe, yet I think we will have no plums at all a week from today..

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Bird shadow

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Visit the Red Cross Open Gardens Programme

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The British Red Cross Open Gardens programme, established over 70 years ago, offers a rare opportunity to explore the secrets of hidden and private gardens not usually open to the public.


The programme has a most impressive list of beautiful gardens of all shapes and sizes throughout the UK. From hills and vales to inner cities, you can find some rare gems in the most unexpected places.


Open your garden
Would you like to open your garden?


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RIM blackberry keyboard, yes please

What one needs even before christmas, birthday or anything else


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September 16, 2004 - RIM Introduces Breakthrough Keyboard Technology for Smaller Handsets - blackberry7100

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London Open House 2004

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London Open House 2004


Saturday, 18 to Sunday, 19 September 2004 Open House Weekend 2004 The annual highlight of London Open House


Have you ever wondered about the hidden interiors of the buildings you pass every day? Every September the annual Open House London event takes place and this year the dates are 18th + 19th September. Over 500 buildings are opening their doors to everyone and turning the capital into a living architectural exhibition. And it's absolutely free!


Free online search facility To find out about individual buildings by name, architect, area, etc., use the Buildings Search page.


The RSA will be open on Sunday 19th September, opening times 10 to 5pm (last entry 4.30pm).

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A special Prince's Trust event in The City:

Bridging the Gap
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Nelson


While The City is home to some of the richest concentrations of businesses in the world, its fringes include some of the most underprivileged boroughs in England.


On Tuesday 19th October at St Paul's Cathedral, The Prince's Trust is holding a special City event that will address this polarisation. Sponsored by Coutts and Co, Bridging the Gap will bring together CEO's and board level Executives of major Blue Chip corporations, key industry leaders and public sector organisations.


Sir David Garrard, Chairman of Minerva Plc and Sponsor of the renowned Business Academy in Bexley, has kindly agreed to address the audience as key speaker on the fundamental wealth/deprivation divide, and will be exploring ways in which City stakeholders can help Bridge The Gap in conjunction with The Prince's Trust.


The evening will begin with an exclusive champagne reception surrounding Nelson's Tomb, and will be followed by a private recital, tour of the cathedral and superb three course dinner.


Booking your place

Tickets for Bridging the Gap are £300 per head. All proceeds will go directly to The Prince's Trust. Through your support we hope to raise a sum that will help us make a significant impact to the skills and employment prospects of disadvantaged young people across London.


To secure your ticket: download the booking form. Print, complete and send it to the address provided no later than October 6th or call Naomi Edler on 020 7382 5137


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Saturday, September 18, 2004

A9 paying you to search

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This is what they say "Why use A9.com
The web is easy to use, but using it well is not easy. We are inventing new ways to take search one step farther and make it more effective. We provide a unique set of powerful features to find information, organize it, and remember it—all in one place. A9.com is a powerful search engine, using web search and image search results enhanced by Google, Search Inside the Book results from Amazon.com, reference results from GuruNet, movies results from IMDb, and more.

A9.com remembers your information. You can keep your own notes about any web page and search them; it is a new way to store and organize your bookmarks; it even recommends new sites and favorite old sites specifically for you to visit. With the A9 Toolbar all your web browsing history will be stored, allowing you (and only you!) to retrieve it at any time and even search it; it will tell you if you have any new search results, or the last time you visited a page."

A9


John Battelle's review of Amazon's new revamped search engine A9 in Business2....Update...Amazon Gives A9 Users a Discount


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Sunday, September 12, 2004

Marc Canter Micro-content dinner

Marc Canter Micro-content dinner Not to be missed in London - Sept. 13th 7p.m.


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"So after some research into Fish & Chips places - we've chosen the
Sea Shell on Lisson Grove as the lcoation of our micro-content
dinner
in London. It's in Marylebone. Map.


There's a private room downstairs - which will hold 40 people.


The topics under discussion will include:




- Open-Media.org

- FOAFnet.org

- OpenEvents.org

- OpenReviews.org


and other potential efforts around new kinds of micro-content. I've been working hard to help promulgate these new standards and would appreciate some help!"


Sign-up
on Wiki
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Tate Britain - Write Your Own Label

See below the painting I chose to write a label for, they are actually my relatives. Take part in the hunt for missing family portraits


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Would you like to see your
ideas
about art on the walls of Tate Britain? We're asking visitors to write
about any work of art on display at Tate Britain which especially interests
them. We'll pick about thirty of the most interesting comments and use them
as captions in the gallery.


They will be on view at Tate Britain from 20 September 2004, the start of British
Art Week.


Write Your
Own Label


The Cholmondeley Ladies circa 1600-10


The Cholmondeley Ladies
circa 1600-10 painting Presented anonymously 1955


According to the inscription (bottom left), this painting shows 'Two Ladies
of the Cholmondeley Family, Who were born the same day, Married the same day,
And brought to Bed [gave birth] the same day'. To mark this dynastic event,
they are formally presented in bed, their babies wrapped in scarlet fabric.
Identical at a superficial glance, the lace, jewellery and eye colours of the
ladies and infants are in fact carefully differentiated. The format echoes tomb
sculpture of the period. The ladies, whose precise identities are unclear, were
probably painted by an artist based in Chester, near the Cholmondeley estates.
(From the display caption February 2004)


Note > I am also searching for several valuable family portraits which have dissapeared (they are mine, it's a long story), possibly sold by a dealer to an unsuspecting person or put up for auction with a false provenance. If you have any info I can send photos and a more detailed description. If this leads to anything I shall give you a reward.


One of them is of this chap, although not this actual picture.


Montague Cholmeley
Montague Cholmeley (1743-1852)

Also Katharine Cholmeley, full length in a red and blue dress by Lely or Kneller.


A lady with a white feather head ornament.


A lady with a lace collar.

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Musee du Quai Branly

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Musee du Quai Branly


Musee du Quai Branly, dedicated to arts and civilisations from Africa, Asia, Oceanea and the Americas, will open in 2006.


For now you can see live updates on the webcam


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dinnerpoint

This is a splendid idea


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We at dinnerpoint have done something that we think is pretty unique and groundbreaking. We organize and list online 100s of dinner meetups in cities around the world - for 'in the know' people.

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British Library puts Shakespeare online

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Painting Reproduced Courtesy of the Folger Shakespeare Library


Painting Reproduced Courtesy of the Folger Shakespeare Library


The British Library is putting online 93 high-resolution digitised copies of 21 of Shakespeare's plays.via...BBC


British Library - On this site you will find the British Library's 93 copies of the 21 plays by Shakespeare printed in quarto before the theatres were closed in 1642.


Shakespeare Oxford Society - The theory that he was in fact the Earl of Oxford


Project Gutenberg - Download - The Complete Works of William Shakespeare


The Globe Theater


The Royal Shakespeare Company


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Friday, September 10, 2004

POM Wonderful

It is reviewed on Newsday,
I hope I can find some, but shan't be giving up red wine yet.


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DRINK TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT™ The delicious, refreshing, intriguing POM Wonderful Pomegranate Juice is here. It’s all-natural and has more antioxidant power than any other drink. Yes, more than red wine, green tea, blueberry juice, cranberry juice, orange juice and Noni juice.

Antioxidants are extremely important because they guard your body
against free radicals. These aren’t hippies from the sixties on the loose inside your body. They're molecules that can cause premature aging, heart disease, Alzheimer's, even cancer. So try some POM Wonderful and drink to your heart's content.™


Do visit the History
section of the site it is very informative, with about 5 pages.

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RSA - Royal Albert Hall Conference

This will be a super event do go if you can.

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On 11 October 2004 an international conference on the theme of 'human progress' will take place at the Royal Albert Hall.


The RSA has unveiled the programme for its international conference, ‘A Day of Inspiration', which will deal with the significant challenges set out in its new manifesto.


The debate will feature a number of high-profile speakers including RSA Fellows and medallists.


Click here to find out more.

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Monday, September 06, 2004

Animal Cruelty Film at the Toronto Film Festival

I found this message from a Cat forum member, I hesitated about copying it here thinking that in doing so it would benefit the perpetrators, but felt I had to. I have 7 cats they are my babies. Saint Francis was always right!


The film is called "Casuistry: The Art of Killing a Cat".


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I suppose this is Kensington


The Toronto Film Festival


is planning to show a truly horrible film on September 14th in its "REAL TO REEL" section.

In 2001 three young men took 17 minutes to skin alive a sweet friendly stray cat named Kensington - and videotaped it. The cat was conscious, and in horrible pain while they performed this savage act with a dull knife.

A young female friend of theirs called the police. Policemen who watched the videotape broke down in tears and had to turn it off.

Now the Toronto Film Festival thinks it is "art" to show a documentary made about this sadistic act, though mercifully none of the actual cat killing footage is included in the documentary.

The film festival apparently thinks this is a topic worthy of debate. What's to debate? There's no gray area here. These three men are not celebrities, they're sadistic punks. Why glorify them, or give other young savages the idea that they can become famous if they do something repulsive enough?

If you'd like to protest - PLEASE PLEASE DO:

FAX the press office at: 1-416-581-0214.

You can address your faxes to: Michele Maheux, Managing Director,Toronto Film Festival or CALL: 1-416-934-3200

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Sunday, September 05, 2004

Badger cruelty hotline launch

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A phone line is to be launched that will award £1,000 to whistleblowers whose tip-offs lead to prosecutions for cruelty against badgers. Police forces across Scotland are backing the confidential hotline, which is funded and manned by animal welfare groups. The number - 0870 240 4832 - will be advertised in a poster campaign and displayed on beer mats in pubs across the country upon
its launch tomorrow...via The
Scotsman


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BadgerBadgerBadger

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International Coastal Cleanup

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The International Coastal Cleanup on September 18, 2004


Join us Saturday, September 18 taking action to improve the health of our oceans and waterways—anyone can participate. The International Coastal Cleanup is the world's largest one-day volunteer effort on behalf of the marine environment.

In 2003 more than 450,000 people from all 55 U.S. states and territories and over 90 countries around the world participated in the cleanup collecting over 7.55 million pounds of marine debris. Volunteers also found 237 entangled animals last year, emphasizing the dangers that marine debris plays in the coastal environment.


Register Today! There are only 12 days left to sign up for this year's International Coastal Cleanup.

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Jack Vettriano is a Buy

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I am so pleased that the art world finally appreciates this super artist. It has been embarassing the way in which his work has been scathed at by certain art "experts" over the years. David Ogilvy once said "The consumer isn't stupid she's your wife".


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The largest collection of works by the artist Jack Vettriano to go under the hammer has fetched almost £2.7 million. Following fierce bidding, the total of 40 paintings fetched £2.653m at auction. The highest bid was for Mad Dogs, one of his early works, which become the second most expensive Vettriano ever sold...more...via the Scotsman


See the catalogue of Sotheby's annual Scottish sale at Gleneagles in Perthshire.

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Wednesday, September 01, 2004

2004 Sotheby's Staff Exhibition

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If you find yourself in Bond Street do go and see this, there are some quite affordable items. Also you can have a snack at the Sotheby's Cafe, it is small and chic and very good, perfect to collapse in after too much shopping.

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"I am delighted to introduce our 2004 Sotheby's Staff Exhibition and to invite you to spend some time viewing the eclectic compilation of works contributed by Sotheby’s employees.

Given the environment in which they work it is hardly surprising that so many of our staff are inspired to be creative themselves. What continues to amaze me is how the breadth of the Exhibition keeps growing year-on-year. 2004 is no exception, with possibly the most diverse collection that we have so far seen." Robin Woodhead
Chief Executive, Sotheby's Europe and Asia

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Bond in Paris

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IAN FLEMING, CREATOR OF JAMES BOND -- FORTY YEARS LATER
Wednesday, September 15, 2004, 8:00 pm
Free and open to the public.

American Library in Paris
10 rue du Général Camou
75007 Paris

Info- 01 53 59 12 60 alparis@noos.fr

"The name is Bond… James Bond." Spoken in clipped British tones by the darkly handsome screen star, these words have echoed across the world as movie audiences tense for the newest adventure of Ian Fleming's legendary hero.

To commemorate the anniversary of Ian Fleming's death in 1964 -- Vincent Chenille, a collector of print materials on Bond and Fleming for nearly 20 years, will present an evening devoted to the discovery of the rather flamboyant creator of Bond, his background in the British Secret Service and in journalism, and how Fleming’s own background influenced British spy 007's universe.

Chenille's exhibit, which is now on display at the Library, showcases both original editions and reprints of Fleming's work in a variety of languages and formats, together with photos, articles, and biographical materials. The background is designed by Armelle Aymonin.

Complementing Chenille's discussion will be a second presentation by Pierre Rodiac of Club 007 France, who will describe the evolution of Bond from the pages of the bestselling paperback novels to the big screen and thence to a hero of mythic stature. His discussion will also encompass works of other writers who, in the past 50 years, capitalized on the Bond persona, including Kingsley Amis, John Gardner, and Raymond Benson.

Presentations will be in English; questions accepted in either French or English. Wine reception to follow.

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