SlowArt Productions presenta Emerging Artists 2009, la decimoseptima competición anual para exposición colectiva y concurso. Abierto a todos los artistas trabajando en cualquier tipo de medio, este evento esta dedicado al descubrimiento, introducción y promoción de artistas emergentes.

Concurso para artistas emergentes

Premio mayor en dinero es de $1000 y será dado a un solo artista.
Premios en publicaciones: Un artista recibirá como premio la publicación de una página dobleen la edición 2009 de Direct Art Magazine.
Dos artistas recibirán como premio una página sencilla en la edición 2009 de Direct Art Magazine.
Exposición en galeria: un grupo de artsitas ganadores tendrán una exposición en la Limner Gallery, Marzo 7 - 28, 2009.
Exposición en internet: la expo también estará colgada en la página de la Limner Gallery.

Bases del concurso

Eligibilidad: La competición esta abierta a todos los artistas, nacionales e internacionales, trabajando en todo tipo de medios. Podrán participar: pinturas, dibujos, esculturas, fotografías, gráficos, digital e instalación. Los concursoantes deberán ser mayores de 18 años para poder participar.

Restricciones: Los trabajos que habrán de montarse sobre una pared no pueden ser más altos de 96 pulgadas y no más anchos de 120 pulgadas. El trabajo escultoreo deberá pasar atravez de una puerta de altrua standard y ancha 36 pulgadas.

Presentación de las imágenes: el trabajo puede prensentarse en diapositivas de 35mm, impresiones de hasta 8.5x11 pulgadas, o archivos de imagen digitales. Las impresiones pueden tener cualquier formato, fotograficas, de laser e inkjet serán aceptadas. Cada una de las imagenes o diapositias deberá ser númerada y etiquetada con el nombre del artista, titulo de la obra, técnica, y dimensiones del trabajo. Haga una lista con la misma información en la lista de imagenes del formulario de participación.
Especificaciones digitales: El archivo puede enviarse en un cd de plataforma PC, DVD o un zipdisk de 100mb, son aceptados los formatos TIF o JPG. Porfavor mandar archivos que no pensen más de 15 Mb. Incluya una hoja de referencia con impresiones de los archivos que se encuentran dentro del disco. Al lado de cada impresión escriba el nombre del artista, titulo, tecnica, dimensiones y el nombre del archivo. Escriba el nombre del archivo en la correspondiente lista de imagenes. Vea la página de presentación para más detalles.

Retorno del material: Sobre dirigido a ud mismo (SASE) debe ser incluido con las suficientes estampillas para retornar el material enviado. Los artistas que vivan fuera de US pueden incluir cupones de respuesta internacional en vez de estampillas, o pueden incluir el coste del envio de retorno del material a un costo de $1.ooUS por onza de correo. Asegurese que su material cabe facilmente en el sobre de retorno y que tiene suficientes estampillas para volver. Revise la SASE postage rate sheet para más detalles.

Notificación: los artistas serán notificados de la acpetación o no, no despúes del 31 de Dic, 2008 Los resultados serán colgados antes de dicha fecha aquí. Las notificaciones hechas atravez del correo serán hechas con el SASE que el artista mandó. Los artistas que no quieren que sus diapositivas o impresiones vuelvan deberán aún alegar un sobre dirigido a ellos mismos marcado con un font No. 10 (tamaño de la letra) para recibir la notificación por correo. Todos los artistas deberán dar una dirección de correo electrónico funcionante para tambien ser notificados via email. Si el artista no alega ni su correo electrónico ni un sobre autodirigido, será solo notificado si es aceptado. Vaya a la página de notificación para más detalles.

Cuota de participación: Hay una cuota de $35 para hasta 4 diapositivas, impresiones o imagenes digitales; $5 por cada imagen adicional. En el la página de la convocaoria encontrará como pagar. Adjunte su recibo al sobre con su trabajo.

Comisión: Habrá na comisión del 30% sobre cualquier venta que se realice durante la exposición o surante el año de promoción en la página web.

DEADLINE: La última fecha de entrega es Noviembre 30 de 2008. No habrán extensiones del deadline, todos los trabajos participantes deben tener el matasellos para esa fecha. Los ganadores serán notificados en Diciembre 31.



More Info: http://www.slowart.

The best top 10 >>> Read more...

As you know, I get emails from many people passing along jokes, political propaganda and pictures (some I can't post because they are usually naked women in various poses and looking good and annd annnndddd aaahhhhha - whew - sorry! What was I saying? Oh yeah!) So below are a few of them and the peeps who sent them to me - incase you are incensed are offended you can tell THEM. I'm just the messenger. OOOKKKKK!!??!!!

From Cooper:
An elderly couple had dinner at another couple's house, and after eating, the wives left the table and went into the kitchen. The two gentlemen were talking, and one said, "Last night we went out to a new restaurant and it was really great. I would recommend it very highly.

The other man said, "What is the name of the restaurant?"

The first man thought and thought and finally said, "What is the name of that flower you give to someone you love? You know... the one that's red and has thorns."

"Do you mean a rose?"

"Yes, that's the one," replied the man. He then turned towards the kitchen and yelled, "Rose, what's the name of that restaurant we went to last night?"

From Mary:
Ethel and Mabel, two elderly widows, were watching the folks go by from their park bench. Ethel said, "You know, Mabel, I've been reading this 'Sex and Marriage' book and all they talk about is 'mutual orgasm.'

'Mutual orgasm' here and mutual orgasm' there-that's all they talk about.

Tell me, Mabel, when your husband was alive, did you two ever have mutual orgasm?"

Mabel thought for a long while.

Finally, she shook her head and said, "No, I think we had State Farm."

Another one from Mary:

Two old guys, one 80 and one 87, were sitting on their usual park bench one morning.

The 87 year old had just finished his morning jog and wasn't even short of breath. The 80 year old was amazed at his friend's stamina and asked him what he did to have so much energy.

The 87 year old said "Well, I eat rye bread every day. It keeps your energy level high and you'll have great stamina with the ladies."

So, on the way home, the 80 year old stops at the bakery. As he was looking around, the clerk asked if he needed any help. He said, "Do you have any rye bread?" She said, "Yes, there's a whole shelf of it. Would you like some?"

He said, "I want 5 loaves." She said, "My goodness, 5 loaves...by the time you get to the 5th loaf, it'll be hard."

He replied, "I can't believe it, everybody in the world knows about this shit but me."


From My Shipmate, Joe:
Who is your REAL FRIEND?

This really works...!

If you don't believe it, just try this experiment.

Put your dog and your spouse in the trunk of the car for an hour.

When you open the trunk, who is really happy to see you?

Another one from Joe:
Larry gets home late one night and, Linda, his wife says, 'Where in the heck have you been?'
Larry replies, 'I was out getting a tattoo.'
'A tattoo?' she frowned. 'What kind of tattoo did you get?'
'I got a hundred dollar bill on my penis,' he said proudly.
'What the hell were you thinking?' she said, shaking her head in disgust. Why on earth would an accountant get a hundred dollar bill tattooed on his penis?'
'Well, one, I like to watch my money grow. Two, once in a while I like to play with my money. Three, I like how money feels in my hand. And, lastly, instead of your going out shopping, you can stay right here at home and blow a hundred bucks anytime you want.'
Larry is recovering in room 232 at the local hospital.

See more: >>> Read more...

BDL Media Ltd. If you would like to syndicate these articles and posts, please utilize the RSS feed for this online publication, which provides a brief summary of each post with a link back to the original article. Posting of any other part of the articles or posts on this website, in whole or in part, is expressly prohibited without express written permission from BDL Media.

Americano the best top 10 >>> Read more...

The factors such as booming economy, favourable demographics and liberalised foreign direct investment (FDI) regime, the Indian real estate sector has witnessed a revolution. The real estate in India is growing at 35 per cent. This sector is estimated to be worth US$ 15 billion and anticipated to grow at the rate of 30 per cent annually in the coming decade. India has become a new market for foreign investors due to its potential economical growth rate. As a matter of fact, this sector is attracting foreign investments worth US$ 30 billion in number of IT parks, hotels, medical, telecom and residential townships which are being constructed across India.
Real estate in India is the second largest employing sector including construction and facilities management. This sector is linked to about 250 supportive industries such as cement, brick, transport, steel, etc through backward and forward linkages. Accordingly, a unit increase in expenditure has a multiplier effect in this sector, as capacity to generate income is as high as five times.
Rising income levels of a growing middle class is the main reason for growth in the real estate. Apart from the income, other factors such as increase in nuclear families, low interest rates, modern attitudes to home ownership and a change of attitude amongst the young working population are responsible for real estate development. Therefore, it can be said that real estate property have changed the attitude from save and buy to buy and repay to boost housing demand.
As per the information by Housing Skyline of India 2007-08, a research firm Indicus Analytics, it has predicted that there will be demand for over 24.3 million new dwellings for self-living in urban India by 2015. Moreover, rapid growth of the Indian economy has faced a cascading effect on demand for commercial property to meet the needs of business such as modern offices, warehouses, hotels and retail shopping centres.
With the significant investment opportunities emerging in this sector, international real estate players have entered in the country. Effective participation from large local and international industrialists have resulted in potential economical growth of India which is moving towards maturity. Currently, foreign direct investment or FDI inflow into this sector is estimated to be between US$ 5 - 5.50 billion. A unit of Deutsche Bank for instance, aims to invest more than US$ 1 billion over three years in Indian construction and real estate property projects. Russian conglomerate Sistema plans to develop hotel, offices and residential complexes in major cities of India with an initial investment of US$ 100-200 million.
The boom in this industry has attracted large number of realty funds to step into this market. Prominent global players such as Carlyle, Blackstone, Morgan Stanley, Trikona, Warbus Pincus, HSBC Financial Services, Americorp Ventures, Barclays and Citigroup among others have all already checked into the Indian realty market.
Among international players, the many Indian realtors are going global by making their name in the international market through significant investments in foreign markets. Prudential Real Estate Investors for instance, has acquired Round Hill Capital Partners Kabushiki Kaisha, a Japanese asset management firm. Embassy Group has settled a deal with the Serbian government to construct a US$ 600 million IT park in Serbia. Parsvnath Developers in collaboration with the Al-Hasan Group in Oman.
Importantly, government has introduced many innovative reform measures to discover the potential of the sector. 100 per cent FDI is allowed in realty projects through the automatic route, for instance. 51 per cent FDI permitted in single brand retail outlets and 100 per cent in cash and carry through the automatic route. With growing economy in India, the demand for all segments of the real estate sector are likely to continue.

Best sites about >>> Read more...

Guest Passes let you share your photos that aren't public.

Anyone can see your public photos anytime, whether they're a Flickr member or not. But! If you want to share photos marked as friends, family or private, use a Guest Pass.

If you're sharing photos from a set, you can create a Guest Pass that includes any of your photos marked as friends, family, or private. If you're sharing your entire photostream, you can create a Guest Pass that includes photos marked as friends or family (but not your private photos).

Learn more about Guest Passes![.

See more: >>> Read more...

One of the best things about this site is the fact that no one here thinks you weird if you tell how many empty notebooks you have (about twenty), or how many planners you bought this year (three) or that you like to write with fountain pens (one of the five I have). This surprises none of you I guess. In my fist post as a new writer I want to tell you some things about me, and where I stand planner-wise.
I am a girl, 25 years old, a mathematician and living in the Netherlands. And I have always like paper and pens and stationery. I have been using a planner ever since it was first subscribed by our school teacher when I was 10. These planners have been just simple bound books with a week in one view. This was good, but then I discovered the existence of Filofax and Succes, and later Moleskine. Here my obsession began, and I have been switching around an buying too many planners until now.
Of course swithcing around isn't all bad. It does indeed cost a lot of money, and it wastes time. But it is a lot of fun playing around, and browsing in stores and looking at websites. But I find that I want to settle, to make it simple so that I can free up my mind for the things I want to do. So I try to stick with my personal size filofax, and an A4 notebook. We will see how it goes...
So what will I write about? I have some pens and notebooks to review, and a very good productivity book. And I have some ideas about simplifying I might get ready to share with you. Hope you will all enjoy.

See more: >>> Read more...

Americano the best top 10 >>> greeting card

Quick and Easy Design: Why bother going to store spending hours looking for a perfect greeting card and then buying something that you don't like? Use our easy-to-use software to create your perfect greeting card. Choose from readymade greeting, verse and then modify the way you like, select and draw shapes and text; resize, tilt, change color, fill with gradient color or do anything with your design elements to make the right card. And all that in a few minutes.

Use your own clip-arts, logo and photos: We supply you with many graphics that you can use, but don't think that it is all you can use. Get your own picture, family photo, clip-art and design the perfect card you want.

Choose any layout: With is application you can create quarter-fold or half-fold cards. In quarter-fold you also choose create quarter-side-fold or quarter-top-fold cards.

Use templates and graphics: Don't know how to start the layout of your card? Use our card templates, background and clip-arts to start with easily. Simple to use yet so powerful!

Convenient Design tools: Draw rectangle/triangle/circle or use freehand lines and shapes to create callout and lovely designs.

Stunning Background: Use the supplied backgrounds or use your own. Anything is possible and is easy.

Use Color blends: This is a unique feature of this greeting card software. You can now have a color blend the way you want, the control is in your hand. Remember, this is not a static background image, but a filled shape whose color-blend and texture you control completely." Possibilities are endless!

Supports any printing papers: Supports all standard greeting card papers(Half-fold and quarter-fold) from Avery and other suppliers.

greeting card <<< hot news