Blog Action Day Wrap Up

The Wrap Up

The very first Blog Action Day was an unprecedented success and
we've got the final wrap up where the site used to be at
http://blogactionday.org complete with statistics, sample posts,
details of the huge amount of press coverage we had all over
the world, quotes and more.

It's a must see.  Please feel free to spread the word around as
it's great for people to really see what we achieved together.


******
Thanks

And if I could just say a huge thank you to every single one of
you, all 20,603 registered bloggers who took the plunge even if
it meant going off their regularly scheduled programming and
stood up to be counted.

Also thank you to everyone who helped out with the effort, in
particular Leo Babauta whose contacts, writing and enthusiasm
pushed the enterprise forward, my wife - Cyan Ta'eed who braved
the media and fronted up to interviews around the globe, John
Brougher who put together the superb video, Ryan Allen who
performed the elite coding to keep the site up despite barrages
of traffic and most importantly my Dad - Fuad Ta'eed who valiantly
looked through thousands of blogs to give the tick of approval,
every single day for two months.



So until next year when we get back together for
Blog Action Day 2008,

This is Collis signing off,
on behalf of the Blog Action Day team
http://blogactionday.org




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from: www.CorrieredelWeb.it

Today news: 10/15/07

DRESDNER KLEINWORT SECURITIES LTD - EPT DISCLOSURE
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46492



JIGLU DEBUTS INTELLIGENT TAGGING TOOL
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46496



ATMEL AND AST ANNOUNCE COLLABORATION FOR SYSTEMS-O
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46497



RUGBY MANIA SPREADS TO VIDEO GAMES
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46498



EXPERTS RECOMMEND 'HEALTH WARNING' FOR THE INTERNA
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46499



STARTECH ENVIRONMENTAL CORP REPORTS STRONG THIRD Q
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46500




SYNOSIA THERAPEUTICS ESTABLISHES SCIENTIFIC ADVISO
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46503



WATER VISIONS
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46487




BALLAST NEDAM: PARTNERSHIP CONTRACT WITH THE DANIS
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46488




CONCEPT MOULDINGS SEEKS CLARITY ON DETAILS OF LEGA
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46489



EMI GROUP PLC - POSSIBLE REDEMPTION OF OUTSTANDING
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46490




DRESDNER KLEINWORT SECURITIES LTD - EPT DISCLOSURE
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46491



FANNIE MAE REDEMPTION
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46504



ATERAS PARTNERS WITH IBM GLOBAL SERVICES FOR THE 3
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46505



PRINCE HARRY JOINS WELLCHILD IN CELEBRATING BRAVE
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46506



STARTECH ENVIRONMENTAL CORP RENDE NOTI GLI OTTIMI
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46507



NISSAN QASHQAI TRAVELS LENGTH OF UK ON A TANK OF F
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46508



SYMETRICS BY DORNBRACHT
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46530



LIQUIDITYHUB ADDS SIXTEENTH OWNER BANK AHEAD OF LA
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46521




MISYS PLC - TREASURY STOCK
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46522




AGENDIA ACQUIRES RIGHTS TO THE DISCOVERY OF A MAJO
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46525




HERCULES OFFSHORE, INC. ANNOUNCES THIRD-QUARTER 20
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46526




MULTI-MEDIA WEBSITE DEDICATED TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46527




TORCHMARK CORPORATION - NOTICE OF RESULTS
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46528

BACKGAMMON MASTERS FREE DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE AVAILABL
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46510



BACKGAMMON MASTERS LAUNCHES REAL MONEY ONLINE BLAC
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46511



DRESDNER KLEINWORT SECURITIES LTD - EPT DISCLOSURE
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46512



AVERY BIOMEDICAL DEVICES, INC. APPOINTS ELEFTERIAD
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46509




ASHTEAD GROUP PLC - BLOCK LISTING OF SHARES
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46514



{DISARMED} GILBERT & GEORGE AT CASTELLO DI RIVOLI
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46516



RGB COMMUNICATIONS TO DISTRIBUTE MINICOM TO THE UK
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46519



ROYAL CARIBBEAN TO HOLD CONFERENCE CALL ON THIRD Q
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46520

Environment: Italian WEEE System, ready to go!

WEEE Coordination Centre

with the sponsorship of
Minister of the Environment and Land Protection and ANCI

 
WEEE System
ready to go

 

CONVENTION
Thursday 8 November, 10 a.m.
Ecomondo, Rimini - Sala Neri

With the publication of the first implementing decrees, the system for the management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment is finally taking off in Italy too, as envisaged by Legislative Decree 151/05 incorporating the European Directives on the matter. The collection systems created to guarantee the recycling of electronic waste, coming together in the Coordination Centre, are for the first time promoting a national convention to present the new “WEEE System” which will become operative in January next year, when the regulations come fully into force.
 
 
Program

10.00 a.m. Opening of convention
 
Moderator: Antonio Cianciullo, journalist from La Repubblica
 
Introductory comments:
 
Valerio Angelelli, Ministry of the Environment, Chairman of the WEEE Compliance and Control Committee
 
Giorgio Arienti, Chairman of the WEEE Coordination Centre
 
Discussants:
 
Pierluigi Bernasconi, Deputy Chairman AIRES
Giuseppe Bosso, Chairman AssoRAEE
Daniele Fortini, Chairman Federambiente
Paolo Giacomelli, State-Regions Conference, member of the WEEE Compliance and Control Committee
Nicola Nascosti, member of ANCI,
Albino Sonato, Chairman AIRES
 
Conclusions:
 
Roberto Taranto, Director General ANIE
Hon. Ermete Realacci, Chairman of the Environment Commission of the Chamber of Deputies
 
 
Minister of the Environment and Land Protection, Hon. Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio is invited to the convention.

 
To gain free entry to Ecomondo ask an invitation to:
Secretariat and Press Office: Hill & Knowlton Gaia
Ph.: +39 06441640300 - Fax: +39 064404604 - Email raee@hkgaia.com


 

Today news: 15/10/07

BASIC CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS DEPLOYS ORTEC'S OIL, GAS,
ORTEC AND BASIC CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46470

AEGON: PROGRESS ON SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM
AEGON N.V.
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46457

NOMADSLAND UNVEILS REVENUE SHARING PLATFORM FOR IS
NOMADSLAND LLC
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46482

SONY'S NEW BRAVIA LCD TV FACTORY IN NITRA, SLOVAKI
SONY EUROPE
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46464

FRUTAROM ACQUIRES GEWURZMULLER, A COMPANY SPECIALI
FRUTAROM INDUSTRIES LTD
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46466

Today news: 14/10/07

CARBON MONOXIDE IGNORANCE STILL PUTTING LIVES AT R
by: KIDDE SAFETY
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46448

by: E-FLUX
Luogo:
http://www.windpress.it/scheda.php?id=46450

Apietrarota: tomorow is the " Blog Action Day"

On October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind - the environment. Every blogger will post about the environment in their own way and relating to their own topic. Our aim is to get everyone talking towards a better future. Blog Action Day is about MASS participation. That means we need you! Here are 3 ways to participate: Post on your blog relating to the environment on Blog Action Day Donate your day’s earnings to an environmental charity Promote Blog Action Day around the web www.corrieredelweb.org

Press releases: 15 th sept 2007

EVRY, France, September 14 /PRNewswire/ --  - Not for Distribution in the United States, Canada or Japan

    Novagali Pharma, an emerging ophthalmic pharmaceutical company, announces that the update of its document de base was filed on September 12th , 2007 to the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF).

    This update concerns half-yearly IFRS accounts ended on June 30th, 2007. The document de base also announces that the product candidate Vekacia(R) was filed on July 27, 2007 with the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Product (EMEA), for marketing approval for the treatment of Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis ("VKC").

    The document de base, registered on July 18, 2007 under number I.07-132 and its update are available free of charge from Novagali Pharma, 1 rue Pierre Fontaine, Bâtiment Genavenir IV, 91000 Evry, France, on the AMF website ( http://www.amf-france.org) and on the Novagali Pharma website (http://www.novagali.com).

    The public attention is drawn to the chapter 4 of the document de base, entitled << Risk Factors >>.

    This press release, the information contained herein, the registration document and the actualization of the registration document which is referred to, do not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for shares in Novagali Pharma in any country. No offer to sell shares in Novagali Pharma has been made, nor will be made, prior to the official approval by the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) of a prospectus comprising the registration document, its actualization which is the subject of this press release, and an offering prospectus which will be submitted to the AMF at a future date.

    Shares of Novagali Pharma may not be sold in the United States of America (as defined under Regulation S of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended) without registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. There will be no registration of all or part of the offering referred to in this press release in the United States nor any public offering of Novagali Pharma securities in the United States. This press release may not be distributed, either directly or indirectly, in the United States and does not constitute an offer to sell securities in the United States.

    There is no offer in the United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom, this information is directed only at investment professionals within the meaning of Article 19(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 of the United Kingdom (the Order) or persons who fall within Article 49(1) of the Order, or any other person to whom Novagali Pharma may legally transmit an invitation or solicitation to invest under the Order.

    About Novagali Pharma : http://www.novagali.com

    Novagali Pharma is an emerging ophthalmic pharmaceutical company based in the Génopôle biocluster in Evry (France), that develops innovative products for all segments of the eye. Thanks to its proprietary technology platforms Novasorb(R) and Eyeject(R), the company has developed a broad pipeline of 8 innovative products addressing main ocular conditions as well as orphan diseases. Most advanced products include Vekacia(R), an orphan product for treatment of vernal keratoconjunctivitis, Cationorm(R), a CE mark product for dry eye relief, and Nova22007, a product for the treatment of moderate-to-severe dry eye syndrome. Founded in 2000, Novagali Pharma has raised a total amount of Euro 44 million in 3 series of financing.

Press contacts: Novagali Pharma, Geneviève Garrigos, +33-1-69-87-40-20, +33-6-65-54-60-19, genevieve.garrigos@novagali.com; Euro RSCG, Estelle Griffe, +33-1-58-47-95-25, +33-6-23-75-09-23, estelle.griffe@eurorscg.fr


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 FRANKFURT, Germany and SEOUL, Korea, September 14 /PRNewswire/ --     Reloaded Studios, a recently formed Korean game development company, today announce that they have entered into a licensing agreement with Crytek, the German developers of the highly anticipated upcoming release, Crysis, for use of the award winning CryENGINE 2 middleware to develop their new Action Strategy MMORPG.

    "Our technology team carefully reviewed and analyzed both the features and limitations of all of the major game engines and middleware solutions which are currently available to license, before making our choice." says Ki-Yong Cho, Chief Executive Officer of Reloaded Studios. "No other engine came close to offering the dynamic features, developer friendly tools, or provided anything near the visual quality of the CryENGINE 2. We felt it was extremely important when our game is eventually released that it will still be able to stand apart from all other titles, either currently existing or presently in development, in what is now already a very competitive market. We felt only the CryENGINE 2 could support the dynamic content and massive landscapes we intend to build, let alone do justice to the unique art style we plan on bringing to our MMO. Licensing the CryENGINE 2 was an obvious and unanimous choice."

    "We are really looking forward to working together with Reloaded Studios on this exciting new game development." said Faruk Yerli, managing director of Crytek, "The experienced team that Reloaded Studios has brought together will ensure they have the talent and resources to create a blockbuster hit with this title. When we saw the stunning concept visuals and exciting game design ideas they shared with us we immediately knew that what they have planned will be a true next-generation MMORPG, and become the kind of game which will set the visual and game play standards against which future MMO's will be judged."

    About Crytek GmbH

    Crytek GmbH ("Crytek") creators of the multiple award winning next- generation first person shooter Far Cry(R), and the soon to be released blockbuster hit Crysis(R), awarded as best PC Game of both E3 2007 and the 2007 Leipzig Games Convention, is an interactive entertainment development company with its headquarters located in Frankfurt Main, Germany and additional studios in Kiev, Ukraine and Budapest, Hungary. Crytek is dedicated to creating exceptionally high quality video games for the PC and next-generation consoles, powered by their proprietary cutting edge 3D-Game-Technology CryENGINE 2(R). For more information about Crytek, please visit http://www.crytek.com. Developers who are interested in obtaining a commercial license for the CryENGINE 2(R) middleware should mail their inquiries to cryengine@crytek.com

    About Reloaded Studios, Inc.

    Reloaded Studios, Inc. ("Reloaded Studios") was founded in Seoul, Korea in 2007 by one of the Korea's online game pioneers, Ki-Yong Cho, Co-Founder of Webzen (NASDAQ: WZEN) and Creator of the MMORPG "MU" which became a phenomenal success across Asia with more than 50 million subscribers; Chris Lee, former head of Worldwide Studio group who managed nine studios worldwide; and Jino Lee, former senior publishing producer for APB and Red 5 Studio's unnamed project and development producer for "Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders". The other key members of Reloaded Studios consist of MMO industry veterans with a tremendous amount of previous networked games experience between them. Reloaded Studios is currently developing innovative and challenging action next-generation MMO which will open up new markets. For more information about Reloaded Studios, please visit http://www.reloadedstudios.com.


Pressekontakt: Harald Seeley, Engine Business Manager, Crytek GmbH, Tel +49-69-219776669


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ZOETERMEER, The Netherlands, September 14 /PRNewswire/ --     Tailor Made International Property B.V., the Dutch market leader in Carefree Living projects, is the proud recipient of awards in two categories at this year's International Property Awards. These prestigious awards were presented ed in London on 14 September 2007.

    Now in their 13th year, the International Property Awards aim to distinguish the highest level of achievement in a range of property related fields. The organisation is part of the American CNBC network. Awards are presented per country in sixteen categories. Tailor Made, the organisation from Zoetermeer in the Netherlands, specialises in unique housing concepts for the over-50 target age group and has been short listed for two awards in the categories 'Best Estate Agent in the Netherlands' and 'Best Development in France'.

    Tailor Made are honoured that the Internationals property awards recognitions Tailor Made as a professional real estate agency. The recognition of its development- in France underlines the success of Le Castèl as a housing project. Le Castèl is located in le Gers, in the Midi-Pyrenees. The quality of design and build and level the services and facilities provided is extremely high, (as they are in Carefree Living projects in four
other countries across Europe).

    Le Castèl is being developed on the south flank of two hills near the village of Castelnau d'Auzan. Detached villas with private gardens and spacious apartments with balconies or terraces will be built on the plots. Le Castèl is conveniently situated between Bordeaux and Toulouse. Available to buy off-plan now, the project will be completed by end 2009.

    Tailor Made is an pioneer in the field of Carefree Living projects driven by research on over 50's demographics, lifestyle, marketing and healthcare requirements. Carefree Living encapsulates a stress free life in a luxury home situated in a peaceful part of a favourite European country. Aimed at ensuring that the over 50's communities are given complete comfort and security within a state of the art residential environment, supported by a complete package of services and amenities. All properties are 'lifecycle proof' which means that any physical or logistical obstacles that could arise as individuals become older and less mobile are 'designed out'. Carefree Living also guarantees on site medical facilities with English speaking staff including a doctor.

 For more information please contact: Veronica Newson, +44-(0)-7801-231312, vnewson@tailormadebv.com

PLEASE CORRECT EVENT HORIZON DATES

The Press Release had inaccurate info about the dates.  this is revised and corrected. please update on your website.

thanks!

Ben

Ben Kerrick

Art Spaces Associate

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council

125 Maiden Lane, 2nd Floor

New York, NY 10038-4912

(212) 219-9401, ext. 105

www.lmcc.net

Contact:

contemporaryartpress@gmail.com

www.carlobernardini.it

EVENT HORIZON

 by CARLO BERNARDINI

supported by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Swing Space Program

5 Hanover Square, New York, NY

from Wednesday, September 19 to Sunday, September 30

Opening Reception Wednesday, September 19  6pm

Italian artist Carlo Bernardini inaugurates a new Swing Space at 5

Hanover Square with his installation "Event Horizon".  Working with a

unique system of fiber optics, Bernardini creates a shifting, illusory

network of illuminated lines that traverse the space in weblike

formations.  Viewers' processes of perception are challenged and

overturned as they enter the created environment, experiencing it from

within and without.

The title of this exhibit "Event Horizon" is inspired by the

astronomer's definition of the black holes' boundary line in the

cosmic space. Based on Bernardini's previous exhibits up to now, the

"permeable spaces" and their inner void, the viewer's processes of

perception of the black cosmic space and the "black holes" as "no

place", a "point of no return" become part of an experimental visual

challenge.

This life size installation consists of steel spheres of different

diameter, variously arranged and linked together by optic fibers. The

interaction of the spheres and optic fibers allow the light to become

the premier element for the visual language of this created

environment.

His is a form of creativity that works on the basis of a code of

modifications in space reflecting variants produced by light. So much

is confirmed by the present research of Carlo Bernardini, who handles

light and shade like materials and substances, using

electro-luminescent surfaces and optical fibers with internal lighting

in a context of total darkness.

In these works with interior and exterior environmental light

installations, the optical superimposition of lines traversing a space

and lines running along the planes of the same space, viewed from a

certain position, can produce two-dimensional visual conditions.

Closing one eye, transforming it into a single lens, the image becomes

two-dimensional; as soon as the viewpoint shifts volumetric changes

come about, generating mirror image-forms.

The first impression is not of the optical fibers themselves, but

rather of transparent plates of glass lit up along the sides.

The optical fibers only reveal the empty space they enclose in a

subsequent phase of perception.

The observer can enter into a sort of illusory space, experiencing the

installation from within and without.

CARLO BERNARDINI was born in Viterbo in 1966 and obtained his diploma

at the Fine Arts Academy in Rome in 1987. In 1997 he wrote the

theoretical essay on "The division of visual unity", which was

published by Stampa Alternativa. In 2000 and 2005 he received a grant

"Overseas Grantee" from the Pollock - Krasner Foundation of  New York,

and in 2002 the prize Targetti Art Light Collection "White Sculpture".

 He has created and installed permanent public sculptures in stainless

steel and optic fibres in various Italian cities. He currently teaches

at the Fine Arts Academy of "Brera" in Milan. He lives and works both

in Rome and Milan.

Among Bernardini's major exhibits of the past ten years, let us mention:

Solo exhibitions:

1998 Galleria Nazionale della Pilotta, Parma; 1999 Galleria

Spaziotemporaneo, Milan; Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea

Università "La Sapienza" Rome; "Light" Galeria Arsenal, Bialystok

(Poland); 2000 Galleria L'Isola, Trento; 2001 Galleria Fioretto,

Padova; 2003 Galleria del Naviglio, Milan; Galleria Spaziotemporaneo,

Milan; 2004 Museo Paso Imperial, Rio De Janeiro; Galleria Milano,

Milan; Galleria Bruna Soletti, Milan; Galleria Spazia, Bologna; 2005,

Galleria Les Chances de l'Art, Bolzano; Il Sole Arte Contemporanea,

Rome; Velan Centro Arte Contemporanea, Turin; 2006 Galleria Milly

Pozzi, Como.

Environmental light installations in outside of big dimensions:

1999 Reggio Emilia, S.Domenico Cloisters, "Permeable  Space"; Reggio

Emilia, Tower of Civic Museum, "Permeable Space". 2000 Padova, Palace

of Reason - via Fiume, "Light Accords". 2001 Mojàcar, Almerìa,

Fundaciòn Valparaìso, "Permeable Space"; Ancona, Cavour Square,

"Ancona Lights".

2003   Rome, Campidoglio Square, "Line of Light".

Group exhibitions:

1996 and 2003 XII and XIV National Quadriennial of Rome, Palazzo delle

Esposizioni, Rome and Palazzo Reale, Naples; 1997 "Arte a Roma"

Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome; 1998 "Nuove

Contaminazioni" Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Udine; 1999 "Translacje"

Collection De La Fin Du Siecle, Piotrkow Trybunalsky (Poland); 2000

"2000 Anni Luce" Galleria Parmiggiani, Reggio Emilia; "Thai - Italian

Art Space 2000" Art Gallery Silpakorn University, Bangkok;

2001"Oriente d'Occidente" Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome;

"Glimmers" Inner Spaces Multimedia, Poznan (Poland); "InPressione"

Bovisa, Officine del gas AEM, Milan; 2002 Sculpture Space, Utica, New

York; "Light Accords-East of West" Nacional Gallery of Contemporary

Art, Bangkok; XX Triennial of Milan, "Le città In/visibili", Palazzo

della Triennale, Milan; 2003 "Targetti Art Light Collection" Centre

for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Varsavia, Chelsea Art Museum,

New York; 2004 Barbara Behan Gallery, London; 2005 "FiloLuce" Museo

della Permanente, Milan; Sculpture Now, "Sculpture in the Public Arena

2005/06", Main Street, Great Barrington, (Massachusetts USA); 2006

"Filophilo", Hotel de ville de Montrouge, Paris; "Targetti Art Light

Collection", "White Sculpture", MUAR, Museo Nazionale di Architettura

Schusev, Moscow; "Light On", Artiscope, Bruxelles; 2007 "Come Along to

the Future", Vychodoslovenská Galéria, Kosice (Slovakia).

Event Horizon is made possible by Swing Space, a program of Lower

Manhattan Cultural Council,

generously supported by the September 11th Fund. Space is donated by

Swig Equities.

ABOUT LOWER MANHATTAN CULTURAL COUNCIL

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) is the leading voice for arts

and culture in downtown New York City, producing cultural events and

promoting the arts through grants, services, advocacy, and cultural

development programs. www.lmcc.net

Carlo Bernardini - Event Horizon 2007, environmental installation,

optic fibers, steel spheres.

Since 1st March 2006, according to new laws, informative e-mails can

be sent only with the receiver's authorization. You have received this

newsletter because: you have subscribed yourself to our mailing list,

to get news and updates about our exhibitions and other new contents

published on our website, we have received your address with the

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your own communications, so that we therefore assume, that you wish an

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EVENT HORIZON by Carlo Bernardini - opening

Contact:

contemporaryartpress@gmail.com
www.carlobernardini.it

EVENT HORIZON
  by CARLO BERNARDINI
supported by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Swing Space Program

5 Hanover Square, New York, NY
from Thursday, September 19 to Wednesday, September 30
Opening Reception Thursday, September 20  6pm

Italian artist Carlo Bernardini inaugurates a new Swing Space at 5
Hanover Square with his installation "Event Horizon". Working with a
unique system of fiber optics, Bernardini creates a shifting, illusory
network of illuminated lines that traverse the space in weblike
formations. Viewers' processes of perception are challenged and
overturned as they enter the created environment, experiencing it from
within and without.
The title of this exhibit "Event Horizon" is inspired by the
astronomer's definition of the black holes' boundary line in the cosmic
space. Based on Bernardini's previous exhibits up to now, the
"permeable spaces" and their inner void, the viewer's processes of
perception of the black cosmic space and the "black holes" as "no
place", a "point of no return" become part of an experimental visual
challenge.
This life size installation consists of steel spheres of different
diameter, variously arranged and linked together by optic fibers. The
interaction of the spheres and optic fibers allow the light to become
the premier element for the visual language of this created
environment.
His is a form of creativity that works on the basis of a code of
modifications in space reflecting variants produced by light. So much
is confirmed by the present research of Carlo Bernardini, who handles
light and shade like materials and substances, using
electro-luminescent surfaces and optical fibers with internal lighting
in a context of total darkness.
In these works with interior and exterior environmental light
installations, the optical superimposition of lines traversing a space
and lines running along the planes of the same space, viewed from a
certain position, can produce two-dimensional visual conditions.
Closing one eye, transforming it into a single lens, the image becomes
two-dimensional; as soon as the viewpoint shifts volumetric changes
come about, generating mirror image-forms.
The first impression is not of the optical fibers themselves, but
rather of transparent plates of glass lit up along the sides.
The optical fibers only reveal the empty space they enclose in a
subsequent phase of perception.
The observer can enter into a sort of illusory space, experiencing the
installation from within and without.

CARLO BERNARDINI was born in Viterbo in 1966 and obtained his diploma
at the Fine Arts Academy in Rome in 1987. In 1997 he wrote the
theoretical essay on "The division of visual unity", which was
published by Stampa Alternativa. In 2000 and 2005 he received a grant
"Overseas Grantee" from the Pollock - Krasner Foundation of  New York,
and in 2002 the prize Targetti Art Light Collection "White Sculpture".
He has created and installed permanent public sculptures in stainless
steel and optic fibres in various Italian cities. He currently teaches
at the Fine Arts Academy of "Brera" in Milan. He lives and works both
in Rome and Milan.
Among Bernardini's major exhibits of the past ten years, let us mention:

Solo exhibitions:
1998 Galleria Nazionale della Pilotta, Parma; 1999 Galleria
Spaziotemporaneo, Milan; Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea
Università "La Sapienza" Rome; "Light" Galeria Arsenal, Bialystok
(Poland); 2000 Galleria L'Isola, Trento; 2001 Galleria Fioretto,
Padova; 2003 Galleria del Naviglio, Milan; Galleria Spaziotemporaneo,
Milan; 2004 Museo Paso Imperial, Rio De Janeiro; Galleria Milano,
Milan; Galleria Bruna Soletti, Milan; Galleria Spazia, Bologna; 2005,
Galleria Les Chances de l'Art, Bolzano; Il Sole Arte Contemporanea,
Rome; Velan Centro Arte Contemporanea, Turin; 2006 Galleria Milly
Pozzi, Como.

Environmental light installations in outside of big dimensions:

1999 Reggio Emilia, S.Domenico Cloisters, "Permeable  Space"; Reggio
Emilia, Tower of Civic Museum, "Permeable Space". 2000 Padova, Palace
of Reason - via Fiume, "Light Accords". 2001 Mojàcar, Almerìa,
Fundaciòn Valparaìso, "Permeable Space"; Ancona, Cavour Square, "Ancona
Lights".
2003   Rome, Campidoglio Square, "Line of Light".

Group exhibitions:
1996 and 2003 XII and XIV National Quadriennial of Rome, Palazzo delle
Esposizioni, Rome and Palazzo Reale, Naples; 1997 "Arte a Roma"
Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome; 1998 "Nuove
Contaminazioni" Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Udine; 1999 "Translacje"
Collection De La Fin Du Siecle, Piotrkow Trybunalsky (Poland); 2000
"2000 Anni Luce" Galleria Parmiggiani, Reggio Emilia; "Thai - Italian
Art Space 2000" Art Gallery Silpakorn University, Bangkok; 2001"Oriente
d'Occidente" Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome; "Glimmers" Inner
Spaces Multimedia, Poznan (Poland); "InPressione" Bovisa, Officine del
gas AEM, Milan; 2002 Sculpture Space, Utica, New York; "Light
Accords-East of West" Nacional Gallery of Contemporary Art, Bangkok; XX
Triennial of Milan, "Le città In/visibili", Palazzo della Triennale,
Milan; 2003 "Targetti Art Light Collection" Centre for Contemporary Art
Ujazdowski Castle, Varsavia, Chelsea Art Museum, New York; 2004 Barbara
Behan Gallery, London; 2005 "FiloLuce" Museo della Permanente, Milan;
Sculpture Now, "Sculpture in the Public Arena 2005/06", Main Street,
Great Barrington, (Massachusetts USA); 2006 "Filophilo", Hotel de ville
de Montrouge, Paris; "Targetti Art Light Collection", "White
Sculpture", MUAR, Museo Nazionale di Architettura Schusev, Moscow;
"Light On", Artiscope, Bruxelles; 2007 "Come Along to the Future",
Vychodoslovenská Galéria, Kosice (Slovakia).


Event Horizon is made possible by Swing Space, a program of Lower
Manhattan Cultural Council,
generously supported by the September 11th Fund. Space is donated by
Swig Equities.

ABOUT LOWER MANHATTAN CULTURAL COUNCIL
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Carlo Bernardini - Event Horizon 2007, environmental installation,
optic fibers, steel spheres.



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The United Nations Plaza Radio Network

25/06/2007

The United Nations Plaza Radio Network


WUNP – 95.2 FM
The United Nations Plaza Radio Network

http://www.unitednationsplaza.org/radio.html

Inaugural Broadcast – LIVE
June 30th 9-11pm CEST (Berlin)

followed by an after-party at Salon Aleman

unitednationsplaza
Platz der Vereinten Nationen 14a
Berlin 10249 GermanyUNP
T. +49 (0)30 700 89 0 90
F. +49 (0)30 700 89 0 85
http://unitednationsplaza.org



WUNP – 95.2 FM
Internet stream: http://www.unitednationsplaza.org/radio.html

Local broadcast times: 9-11am Honolulu / 11am-1pm Anchorage / 12-2pm Los Angeles, Vancouver / 1-3pm San Salvador / 2-4pm Bogotá, Mexico City / 3-5pm Montréal, New York / 4-6pm Buenos Aires, São Paulo / 4:30-6:30pm St. John's / 7-9pm Casablanca, Reykjavik / 8-10pm Algiers, Dublin, London / 9-11pm Berlin, Rome, Zagreb / 10pm-12am Beirut, Istanbul, Nairobi, Ramallah / 11pm-1am Baghdad / 11:30pm-1:30am Tehran / +1 day -- 12-2am Islamabad, Moscow / 1-3am Dhaka / 1:30-3:30am Mumbai, New Delhi / 2-4am Chiang Mai, Hanoi / 3-5am Beijing / 4-6am Seoul, Taipei, Tokyo / 5-7am Sydney / 6-8am Vladivostok / 7-9am Auckland / 8-10am Anadyr / 9-11am Christmas Island /

Framework
WUNP is a radio station produced by neuroTransmitter [Valerie Tevere + Angel Nevarez] for United Nations Plaza. WUNP is a portal for broadcasting audio works and conceptual radio projects. Over the course of the summer and fall of 2007 WUNP will be on air across Berlin (95.2 FM) and beyond through internet stream: http://www.unitednationsplaza.org/radio.html

Inauguration
We will initiate our broadcast schedule on June 30th from 9-11pm with special in-studio contributions and conversations with: Fia Backström, Regine Basha and Julieta Aranda, Uta Meta Bauer and Piotr Nathan, Karl Holmqvist, Stefan Saffer, and Tirdad Zolghadr.

WUNP radio programs will be available for continuing use in cassette form and are accompanied by a script or blurb to radio broadcasters.

United Nations Plaza is organized by Anton Vidokle in collaboration with Liam Gillick, Boris Groys, Martha Rosler, Walid Raad, Jalal Toufic, Nikolaus Hirsch, Natascha Sadr Haghighian and Tirdad Zolghadr.

For further information, please contact:

Ms. Magdalena Magiera
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Coca Cola: Dangerous Diet Coke?

Behind the Label: Diet Coke  Far from being the healthy drink implied by its sports sponsorships, Diet Coke is a worrying cocktail of neurotoxic and potentially carcinogenic chemicals
		Author:Pat Thomas
Diet Coke was first introduced in the US in July 1982 and today it is the fourth most commonly consumed carbonated beverage in the world.    Apart from being the beverage of choice for sugar-phobic individuals the world over, Coca-Cola is one of the longest standing 'corporate partners' (since 1974) of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). In 1998 the company signed an unprecedented eight-year agreement to sponsor FIFA events – not just the prestigious World Cup, but also the Women's World Cup, the Confederation Cup, various youth championships and the upcoming World Cup Trophy Trip, a roadshow that will take the FIFA World Cup Trophy on tour to cities throughout the world.    Last year Coca-Cola extended its FIFA sponsorship commitment until 2022, a move that prompted the preposterous statement by company Chairman and CEO, E. Neville Isdell, that Coke's recommitment to the  world's most popular sport 'affords us a new opportunity to bring people closer together through football'.    It also helps them shift a lot of cans and bottles. A recent study by marketing information company ACNeilsen revealed that the Coca-Cola brand is the global leader among beverages, generating well over $15 billion in sales globally each year. Coke and Diet Coke each generate more than a billion dollars in sales yearly.    Five countries – the US, the UK, Germany, Canada and Brazil – guzzle more of this supposedly healthy, sugar-free alternative to regular Coke than anywhere else in the world.    Aggressive marketing like the FIFA sponsorship and clever jingles like 'Always Coca-Cola' keep Coke in our consciousness, but before you 'grab a Coke and a smile' at this year's main event, consider just what you are putting into your body. Although Diet Coke has a strong association with sport and health, it is actually a worrying mixture of neurotoxic and potentially carcinogenic high intensity sweeteners (aspartame and acesulfame K), tooth and bone destroying acids (phosphoric acid) and DNA damaging colourings (sulphite ammonia caramel), as well as psychoaddictive caffeine and other undisclosed 'fl avourings'.    It also contains sodium benzoate, which can be broken down into the listed carcinogen benzene in the presence of strong acids, such as the citric acid found in this product.    Soda manufacturers have been aware of this synergistic possibility since the 1990s, but without pressure from regulatory authorities to change their formula to prevent the formation of benzene, have continued to mix benzoates and acids.    Ironically, the high fructose syrups used in regular drinks seem to slow this reaction down, and the formation of benzene appears to be most problematic in diet drinks.  Ingredients Purpose Adverse Effects    Aspartame Sweetener Breaks down easily in heat and during storage to its neurotoxic components phenylalanine, aspartic  acid and methyl alcohol. According to the FDA aspartame is associated with headaches, dizziness,  loss of balance, mood swings, nausea, memory loss, muscle weakness, blurred vision, fatigue,  weakness, skin rashes, joint and musculoskeletal pain. (For a full report on aspartame toxicity see the  Ecologist September 2005). The most recent evidence shows that aspartame ingested at levels that  are currently found in daily soft drink consumption raises the risk of otherwise rare brain tumours  known as lymphomas.   Acesulfame K Sweetener Causes cancer in animals. Acetoacetamide, a breakdown product, has been shown to affect the  thyroid gland in rats, rabbits, and dogs. Although it is commonly blended with aspartame to cover its bitter taste, there are no studies to show if the combination is safe or whether it produces other toxic by-products.  Phosphoric acid  Acidifier Can contribute to erosion of tooth enamel; leaches calcium from bones. Children with high intake of phosphoric acid suffer from brittle bones and a higher risk of fractures that follow them throughout life. Children consuming at least six glasses (1.5 litres) of phosphoric acid-containing soft drinks daily have more than five times the risk of developing low blood levels of calcium, compared to children who don't drink sodas.   Citric acid Preservative,  acidifier On its own relatively harmless, though it can be harsh on tooth enamel. When mixed with potassium  or sodium benzoate (see below) during storage, and especially at raised temperatures, it can aid the  formation of carcinogenic benzene.   Caffeine  Flavouring A stimulant, psychoactive compound that can provoke mood changes, lethargy and headache.  Caffeine is addictive and ingestion of high levels can cause miscarriage as well as contribute to peptic ulcers and heart ailments. At the levels added to soft drinks caffeine adds virtually no flavour but does, if consumed regularly, trigger caffeine addiction. Children consuming caffeine have higher incidences of illness, headaches, sleep problems and iron depletion. A 330ml bottle of cola contains  about half the caffeine of a cup of coffee.  Sodium Benzoate (E211) Preservatives People who suffer from asthma, rhinitis or urticaria may find their symptoms get worse following the consumption of benzoates. In acidic solutions (such as sodas), benzoates can break down into benzene, a known carcinogen. Surveys have shown that levels in soft drinks can be up to 40 times  higher than recognised 'safe' doses.  Sulphite ammonia  caramel (E150d) Colouring Made by heating sugar, ammonia and sulphite-containing compounds, the sugar can sometimes come from GM maize. Ammonia is toxic by all routes of exposure, and caramels made by an  ammonia process may damage genes, slow down growth, cause enlargement of the intestines and kidneys and may destroy vitamin B. This colouring has never been fully evaluated for its potential carcinogenicity or reproductive toxicity.

PARIS HILTON TELLS ATTORNEYS NOT TO APPEAL

10/06/2007

LOS ANGELES, June 10 /PRNewswire/ --

Paris Hilton today issued the following statement:

Today, I told my attorneys not to appeal the judge's decision. While I
greatly appreciate the Sheriff's concern for my health and welfare, I intend
to serve my time at L.A. County Jail.

Being in jail is by far the hardest thing I have ever done. During the
past several days, I have had a lot of time to think and I believe that I am
learning and growing from this experience. I have also had time to read the
mail from my fans. I very much appreciate all of their good wishes and hope
they will keep their letters coming. Thank you as well to my family who has
always stood by me. I love you and miss you so much!

I must also say that I was shocked to see all of the attention devoted to
the amount of time I would spend in jail for what I had done by the media,
public and city officials. I would hope going forward that the public and the
media will focus on more important things like the men and women serving our
country in Iraq and other places around the world.

Paris Hilton

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Turkey at the 52nd International Art Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia

13/05/2007

Turkish Pavilion






Don't Complain
Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin

Turkey at the 52nd International Art Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia


Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin represents Turkey at the 52nd International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia with an installation titled Don't Complain.

Turkey's participation will take place in the Artiglierie section of the Arsenale. Sponsored by Garanti Bank, under the auspices of Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the contribution of Promotion Fund of the Turkish Prime Ministry, and supported by the Venice Biennial/Friends of the Turkish Pavilion, the exhibition is curated by Vasif Kortun and organised by Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV), the organising body of the Istanbul Biennial.


Exhibition:
10 June–21 November 2007

Press Preview:
7-9 June 2007

Press Conference:
8 June, 16.00, Teatro Piccolo - Arsenale

Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin
Alptekin's installation for Turkey's participation in the Venice Biennial is named "Don't Complain." This tautological title underscores an objection, and sets off suspicions about the probable meanings of such a grievance. Who is complaining when saying "don't complain?" Is it about the artist, the country, or the viewer?

The installation consists of a series of specific single-cell spaces in a semi-arched form. The inspiration for these comes out of a particular type of public dining in West Asia where restaurants may be tightly divided into separate cabins assembled around an open courtyard. Hence, each group of guests keeps to their privacy, and their unique mental setting.

In each cabin of the installation there will be a series image sequences on LCD screens. These are made of a layering of hundreds of single images, recordings of random and nonessential moments, anonymous myths that do not make it to history, and of fleeting acts that normally elude our attention. Alptekin calls them the "Incidents." In the "The Bombay Incident" on Juhu Tara Beach and The "Rio de Janeiro Incident" on Ipanema Beach differences are folded in to silhouettes of commonalty. In another incident, Alptekin traces a mute, black man over four seasons from the same vantage point; it is a register of the man's place on the corner of a street around a rubbish bin next to an abandoned car. He organizes the garbage in liaison with the street cleaners and inhabitants of the districts within the context of an informal economy, tolerated illegality, and auto-ecology. The deeply empathic assignation to the invisible under-belly of globalization, the cosmos of authorless, displa
ced presences, has as well to do with Alptekin's peripatetic livelihood, the "escape" from home and local context. His unabated rummaging around of other mental places provides him a specific knowledge and a working model.

The installation was prepared in Vaasa, Finland as part of the artist's Platform Vaasa residency with support from "Cheap Finnish Labour" project and BRG: Barn Research Group [Johan Ångerman, Peter Båsk, Camila Rocha, Cemali Marino, Hüseyin Alptekin].

Hüseyin Alptekin has participated in numerous exhibitions including the 4th (1995) and 9th (2005) International Istanbul Biennials; 24th São Paulo Biennial (1998); 4th Cetinje Biennial, Montenegro, (2004); Manifesta V; 47th October Salon: Art, Life and Confusion, Belgrade, 2006; and How Latitudes Become Forms, Walker Art Center (2003). Vasif Kortun is the director of Platform Garanti Art Center in Istanbul.

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Best Art Practices - International award for young curators

12/05/2007

Best Art Practices

Best Art Practices
International award for young curators

First edition theme
projects in non-conventional spaces

Announced by
Italian Cultural Office of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol

Curated by
Denis Isaia

http://www.bestartpractices.it/


The Award

The Italian Cultural Office of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, next host of the European Biennal Manifesta, is announcing the first edition of the international competition Best Art Practices – International award for young curators.

Best Art Practices will assign prizes to the best curator practices of contemporary art of the last five years. The theme of the first edition will focus on projects in non-conventional spaces.

The Award accepts only projects that have been completed in the last five years and therefore inaugurated after 1 March 2002. Itinerant events or events taking place over a period of time will be accepted as long as all the phases are concluded by 1 March 2007. The Award is open to all curators of all nationalities born on or after 2 March 1967.

Entries must arrive by 12 midday of Monday 3rd September 2007 by post, courier or hand delivery at the Award secretary's office. The postmark will not be considered as proof for the date of arrival of the entry and data sent by email or other means of transmission different from those indicated above will not be accepted.

Prizes
First prize &#8364; 10,000
Second prize &#8364; 3,000
Third prize &#8364; 2,000

Official languages
English, Italiano, Deutsch, Español,

Composition of the Jury
The international Jury is composed of a Jury President and five commissioners.

President: Carlos Basualdo, curator - Philadelphia Museum of Art
Commissioner: Marion Piffer Damiani, independent curator; Bolzano
Commissioner: Letizia Ragaglia curator – Museion; Bolzano
Commissioner: Montse Romaní, independent curator; Barcelona
Commissioner: Anton Vidokle, artist; New York and Berlin
Commissioner: Andrea Viliani, curator – Mambo; Bologna

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WIELS : OPENING AND INAUGURAL EXHIBITION

12/05/2007

WIELS




WIELS : Opening
First stage on the 26th – 28th of May

Inaugural exhibition: "Expats/Clandestines"
26th of May – 5th of August 2007

Wiels Contemporary Arts Centre
Avenue Van Volxemlaan 354 – B-1190 Brussels
t/f (32)(0)2 347 30 33
http://www.wiels.org
wiels@wiels.org


WIELS : Opening
First stage on the 26th – 28th of May

Wiels, the new Contemporary Arts Centre of Brussels, opens its doors on the weekend of the 26th–28th of May, 2007. Following its restoration, the remarkable corner building of the former Wielemans-Ceuppens breweries built by the modernist architect Adrien Blomme, now houses Wiels Contemporary Arts Centre. The first stage of this renovation concerns one exhibition floor and the brew hall.

The creation of Wiels meets an old need: a center with an international vocation specializing in contemporary art finally opens in Brussels!

Thanks to a broad range of activities and services, Wiels will create an open and dynamic context, ideal for the discovery and understanding of contemporary art. The three exhibition floors of a total surface of 1.800 m2 will accommodate six annual large scale exhibitions. The back wing will house nine artists in residence as well as education, training and community-based programs. Social commitment, essential to share the stakes of contemporary art with every public, will be carried through an innovative program of mediation, training and professional development.

A large program of complementary activities will complete the activities of Wiels: a cinema, conferences, festivals and concerts. The brewery hall, will serve as a convivial lobby, which will host a café-restaurant and a bookshop. Finally, the panoramic rooftop terrace will offer a unique viewpoint over Brussels.

The renovation was financed by the Brussels-Capital Region ("Monuments and Sites" and special investment credits), the European structural funds Urban II and the District of Forest/Vorst, along with private sponsors and donors. For its operations, Wiels is supported by the Flemish Community structural subsidies and the French Community punctual subsidies, the VGC and the COCOF, as well as the Bernheim Foundation, the Evens Foundation, Puilaetco Private Bankers, Leon Eeckman SA and Duvel Moortgat.


Inaugural exhibition: Expats/Clandestines
26th of May – 5th of August 2007

This exhibition, scheduled for the opening of Wiels, will explore the question of plural identities, which are formed beyond national borders and lines of demarcation, whether they are real or imaginary. Addressing the obvious duality between expats and clandestines as a starting point, this exhibition will focus on the phenomena of complex biographies and on the tremendous cultural mix, visibility and anonymity, presence and absence, and on the work of contemporary artists in the swirl of migration.
With Francis Alÿs, Saâdane Afif, André Cadere, Nairy Baghramian, Gabriel Kuri, Moshekwa Langa, Chen Zhen

Marcel Berlanger, Tore

On the second floor of Wiels, Marcel Berlanger presents a "theatrical" installation of 7 large paintings modulated by a light show designed by Julie Petit-Etienne. A unique visual and fascinating experience.

Short films commissioned for the opening of Wiels

Ann Veronica Janssens, Eclipse

Hiraki Sawa, Hako

Paulina Olowska/Bonnie Camplin, A like Akarova

Opening hours

Saturday – Sunday: 12 – 24:00
Monday: 12 – 20:00

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RORY STEWART - IRAQ EXPERT AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW

04/05/2007


LONDON, May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Rory Stewart, award-winning author of Occupational Hazards: My Time
Governing in Iraq will be available for interview Monday 7th- Friday 11th
May.


Rory was posted to Iraq in 2003 at the age of 30 having previously worked
in Indonesia and Montenegro. He was Coalition Provisional Authority Deputy
Governate Coordinator of key provinces of Maysan and later Dhi Qar. He
instigated an employment scheme for thousands, had a budget of US$10m / month
(delivered in cash), negotiated the release of hostage Gary Michael Teeley
and was the last man standing in the CPA compound as it was mortar bombed by
insurgents and the Italian army withdrew across the bridge.


Rory now lives in Kabul.


"A book that goes further than anything else I've seen to explain the
roots of the disaster and the black-comic incoherence of British and American
strategy."


Francis Spufford



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COMSCORE: Germans Represent a Substantial Proportion of Second Life Residents

LONDON, May 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- Germans Represent a Substantial Proportion of Second Life Residents


comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a
comprehensive worldwide analysis of the active users of Second Life, the 3-D
virtual world that is entirely built and owned by its "residents." The study
revealed that approximately 1.3 million people ran the official software and
logged-in to Second Life in March 2007. This represents an increase of 46
percent in the number of active residents from January 2007.


In March, 61 percent of active Second Life residents were from Europe,
compared to 19 percent from North America, and 13 percent from Asia Pacific.
In addition, 61 percent of residents were male while 39 percent were female.


Geographical Location of Second Life Residents Who Logged-in During
January and March 2007
Unique People, Age 15+

Total Worldwide Audience - Home and Work Locations(i)
Source: comScore World Metrix

Percent of Increase In
Mar-07 Total Active
(000) Active Residents
Residents Mar-07 vs. Jan-07

Worldwide 1,283(ii) 100%(ii) 46 %
Europe 777 61 % 32 %
German 209 16 % 70 %
France 104 8 % 53 %
UK 72 6 % 24 %
North America 243 19 % 103 %
USA 207 16 % 92 %
Asia Pacific 167 13 % N/A(iii)
Latin America 77 6 % 26 %
Middle East & Africa 20 2 % N/A(iii)


(i) Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or
access from mobile phones or PDAs.
(ii) Sum of components may equal more than total due to rounding
(iii) N/A - Residents in January below minimum reporting standard

"The phenomenal growth of Second Life continues, and its presence is
being felt around the world," said Bob Ivins, Managing Director of comScore
Europe. "With nearly 800,000 active residents in Europe, Second Life is
proving to be popular on an international scale. It's especially fascinating
to note that the number of active German residents exceeds the number of
active residents in the entire U.S. It is little wonder that bricks and
mortar businesses are seeing Second Life as a virtual-world way of accessing
a global, real-world customer base."


In addition to the resident activity cited above, comScore found that the
Secondlife.com website was visited by 3.6 million worldwide visitors aged 15
and older during March, up 17 percent from February and an increase of 46
percent over January. The strong visitor growth to Secondlife.com indicates
continuing and potential future growth in Second Life residents, since the
software application used to access the Second Life world is only available
from this site.


About comScore


comScore, Inc. is a global leader in measuring the digital world. This
capability is based on a massive, global cross-section of more than 2 million
consumers who have given comScore permission to confidentially capture their
browsing and transaction behavior, including online and offline purchasing.
comScore panelists also participate in survey research that captures and
integrates their attitudes and intentions. Through its proprietary
technology, comScore measures what matters across a broad spectrum of
behavior and attitudes. comScore consultants apply this deep knowledge of
customers and competitors to help clients design powerful marketing
strategies and tactics that deliver superior ROI. comScore services are used
by more than 700 clients, including global leaders such as AOL, Microsoft,
Yahoo!, Verizon, Best Buy, The Newspaper Association of America, Tribune
Interactive, ESPN, Fox Sports, Nestle, MBNA, Starcom USA, Universal McCann,
the United States Postal Service, Merck and Expedia. For more information,
please visit http://www.comscore.com.


Web site: http://www.comscore.com


comScore

SUCCESSFUL HUMAN CLINICAL TRIAL OF CHRONO THERAPEUTICS

04/05/2007


BASEL, Switzerland and TRENTON, New Jersey, May 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- Trial Convincingly Proves Functionality in Humans of CTI's
Programmable, Pulsatile, Passive Transdermal Drug Delivery Device -
ChronoDose(TM)


Chrono Therapeutics Inc. (CTI) announced today the successful completion
of its first phase human clinical trial of its programmable, pulsatile,
passive transdermal drug/device combination product: ChronoDose(TM). CTI
intends to publish this clinical data in leading scientific and medical
journals by year end.


CLINICAL STUDY DESIGN


The trial was conducted between February and April 2007 at the University
Hospital Basel, Switzerland, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and
Toxicology. Georgios Imanidis, PhD, of the University of Basel was the
Principal Investigator on behalf of CTI.


This study was an open, randomized, three period, single-center,
dose-escalation study. Thirty-six independent human transdermal tests were
conducted on male volunteers using wristwatch-like ChronoDose(TM) devices.
The trial successfully proved the efficacy of the device on human subjects
using its model drug compound. The dose escalation trial showed statistically
significant modulation and control of the dosing profiles. Using low, medium
and high concentrations, for 16 hours, the model drug permeated each
subject's skin on multiple occasions, resulting in clear and distinct peaks
and troughs of therapeutically effective and well-targeted blood plasma
concentration levels. A non-compartmental and compartmental model based
analysis of pharmacokinetics will be utilized. Local and systemic
tolerability of the model drug after its transdermal administration was
better than planned.


Dr. Georgios Imanidis commented, "CTI has for the first time in
transdermal drug delivery history successfully completed a significant human
trial with a passive, automated and programmable multiple dosing transdermal
device system. We are extremely pleased with the excellent results".


Guy DiPierro, CEO and President of CTI noted, "This solid and convincing
clinical data along with initial human data generated last summer will help
us to rapidly commercialize our initial drug product. We are particularly
pleased that ChronoDose(TM) produced targeted blood plasma concentrations as
accurately as it did and at the intended time periods."


ABOUT CHRONO THERAPEUTICS INC.
-- Chrono Therapeutics Inc. (CTI) was founded in late 2003 to become the
global leader in Chrono-Pharmacologically based prescription and OTC
drug delivery.
-- Today CTI is a specialty pharmaceutical company that developing,
manufacturing and commercializing Chrono-Pharmacologically based drug
products.
-- CTI has created and patented the world's first automated and
programmable, passive transdermal drug delivery device-ChronoDose(TM)
-- ChronoDose
-- Dramatically improves therapies
-- Significantly decreases symptoms and side effects
-- Ensures less built-up tolerance to the drug

PATIENT NON-COMPLIANCE


Annually, over 20% of hospital admissions result from patient
non-compliance, costing the healthcare industry over US$100 billion/year.
ChronoDose(TM) offers a revolutionary step forward in guaranteed patient
compliance, especially for the elderly, hospitalized, or the mentally ill.


Contact:
Chrono Therapeutics Inc.
Guy DiPierro, President and Chief Executive Officer
Phone: +1-609-838-2572
Email: Info@ChronoDose.com
Website: ChronoDose.com

Web site: http://www.chronodose.com


Chrono Therapeutics Inc.

ANASTASIA KHOROSHILOVA, ISLANDERS 2003-2006

22/04/2007

Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci




ANASTASIA KHOROSHILOVA,
ISLANDERS 2003-2006

Prato, 24 March – 20 May 2007
Opening 24 March, 5 pm

Exhibition curated by Stefano Pezzato

Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci
Viale della Repubblica 277 – Prato Italy
Open daily 10am-7pm, closed Tuesday
Entrance: free
For information: tel. +39 0574 5317
http://www.centropecci.it


The Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci is pleased to present Islanders 2003-2006, the first solo show in Italy of the Russian photographer Anastasia Khoroshilova.

A selection of 27 works, from four different series, will be displayed as a special project in the Theatre Room.

The young Russians photographed by Khoroshilova in their surroundings (rooms, corridors, gyms) or against neutral backgrounds (anonymous interiors, gardens) are automatically transposed to a general level of abstraction. The 'meetings' Khoroshilova set up, on her trips to Russia during and after her years studying at Duisburg/Essen University, have a documentary objectivity: the essential characteristics of samples of subjects in spontaneous poses that are never pre-established, facing the camera.

Khoroshilova's portraits are immediately recognisable on account of the uniform: trainee dancers at the State Academy of Choreography (2003), young fighters at the gym Sambo 70 (2005) or young women in military uniform of 9.5% Plus (2005). They are members of institutions/symbols that echo a recent past of glorious achievement, success and power, now reduced to the role of Islanders, whose individual life begins where their collective identity ends; their identity is inexhorably fixed, as in photography, in the present. Not knowing anything about their personal lives, nor what their future holds, they appear to us to be clinging to the certainty of belonging, to the protection of the group and of history.

In the portraits of the last series Toys (2006) uniform is flanked by the presence of toys or games which reveal the simple child-like side of the subjects. The playful dimension on which the portraits draw, without the photographer suggesting as much, is the only possibility that the subjects possess to construct an identity, to be themselves.

In the private relationship with her subject, Khoroshilova records the person in front of her lens without passing judgment of any kind or resorting to lyricism or sentimentality. It is rather that her photographs tend to reveal the paradox that the subject of her portraits coincides with the 'function' or the place in which they are set, but behind this lies hidden great humanity suffused with emotions, needs, desires, fears, suffering and hope. There is no evidence of all this in the photography, only a latent evocation.

The exhibition is accompanied by a bilingual catalogue (Italian/English) with essay by the curator, Stefano Pezzato. Published by Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci.

Anastasia Khoroshilova, born in 1978 in Moscow, actually lives in Cologne.
Member in "The Russian Union of Art Photographers" since 1997, she graduated at the Photographic Department - University Duisburg/Essen.
She had solo shows at Ernst Hilger Gallery, Vienna; Fucares Gallery, Madrid; Museum Sacharov-Center, Moscow; Bumpodo Gallery, Tokyo; Klementinum, Prague; Corkin Shopland Gallery, Toronto; The State Russian Museum (Marble Palace), St. Petersburg.


Exhibition tour
Kunsthalle Lingen, 22 July – 23 September 2007




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SUNRISE IN FRANKFURT (ODER)

13/04/2007


FRANKFURT, Germany, April 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Frankfurt's First Solar-Cell Plant due to Start Production on 19
April


On 19 April 2007, Odersun AG will be opening "Sun One", its
first solar-cell plant in Frankfurt (Oder). Wolfgang Tiefensee, Federal
Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Affairs and Government
Commissioner for the New Federal States, will be opening the "Sun One" plant
at Im Technologiepark 7 together with Brandenburg's Minister President,
Matthias Platzeck, at 3.30 pm in the presence of invited guests, before
taking a tour of the plant and learning about the production of thin film
solar modules.


Up to 60 employees will soon be working in four shifts to
produce around 6,000 kilometres of solar tapes annually at the "Sun One"
plant. This corresponds to the distance Brandenburg - New York. The thin film
solar modules on copper tape can be produced for use in cells of all sizes
and quality for façades and roofs, solar power stations and designer bags
with an integrated "power socket" without requiring special complicated and
expensive silicon technology.


Odersun AG's thin film solar technology has been developed
entirely in Frankfurt (Oder) over the past 14 years. "We are a real
Brandenburg success story", Ramin Lavae Mokhtari, CCE of Odersun AG boasts.
"With our patented, globally innovative technology and our flexible
production process we offer tailor-made, economic solutions."


Up to now, Odersun AG has invested 8.5 million euros in the
project. The main equity providers are Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures
from London and AT&M - Advanced Technology and Materials from Peking. The
state of Brandenburg is assisting Odersun AG with 3.5 million euros financial
aid.


For Further information:


Odersun AG

Steffen Schwarzer

Project manager

Im Technologiepark 7

D-15236 Frankfurt (Oder)

Tel.: +49-335/56-33-120

Mobile: +49-172/23-80-104

Steffen.schwarzer@odersun.de


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