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Enchanting, mesmerizing elegance. Crafted from polished rhodium over sterling silver, this pendant features a concave design with interlocking swirls of gemstones in your color choice for a dimensional look. You will see 46 round cut 2mm yellow citrine of peridot in prong settings.
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Sterling silver, also called fine silver, is a beautifully lustrous cool-toned precious metal favored in fine jewelry among other products. The most reflective of all metals (excluding mercury), sterling silver looks stunning by itself and brings out the best hues in an array of colorful gemstones.
Sterling silver can be polished to a higher sheen than platinum. In fact, Ag, the chemical symbol for silver, comes from a word that means "white and shining." The surface of silver can boast that shiny, polished appearance, or can be brushed, satin, matte, sandblasted, antiqued or oxidized (chemically blackened).
In order to be called sterling silver, a metal must be made up of a minimum of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% alloy (meaning other metals), including but not limited to copper and nickel. The alloy is added to pure silver to make the metal more durable, tougher and harder. Sterling silver is designated a fineness of "925." Pieces with sterling silver may be marked "sterling."
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Finishing, or plating, is a common treatment with sterling silver. Popular types of plating are rhodium plating, gold plating and anti-tarnish plating. Plating is used to extend the life and sheen of the jewelry. After sizing or buffing a piece of jewelry with a machine, it must be re-plated to restore the finish.
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Sterling silver becomes tarnished as the result of a natural chemical process that occurs when sterling silver is exposed to chemicals in the air, rubber, wool and latex. Humidity also plays a role in accelerating tarnishing. It's easy to keep your sterling silver sparkling, though, by taking a few steps to prevent tarnish and other wear and tear.
Named from the French word for lemon, "citron," citrine is a variety of quartz available in a range of golden hues from lemon, to straw, to sun yellow, to deep gold, to orange, brown and deep red. Darker colors are more highly valued, including the medium golden-orange and dark-sherry colors, sometimes called Madeira citrines after the color of the wine.
Citrine crystals can form together with amethyst to form ametrine, or with smoky quartz to form bicolored quartz. Citrine is generally less expensive than amethyst, and is also available in a wide range of calibrated sizes and shapes, including very large sizes. Considered an alternative to topaz as the birthstone for November, it is also thought to be the traditional gift for couples celebrating their 13th and 17th wedding anniversaries. Citrine ranks a 7.0 on the Mohs Scale, and because of this durability, it is ideal for jewelry wear.
Almost all citrine on the market is heat-treated amethyst, and generally starts life as either smoky quartz or amethyst geodes. Heat treatments first turn them clear and then give them a permanent color ranging from yellow to brownish-red. In some amethyst deposits, the amethyst has been partially or fully changed to brown citrine by natural means of heating, thereby transforming it into citrine. Natural citrine is pale yellow to orange, and occurs in much lighter hues than the heat-treated material. Citrines whose colors have been produced by artificial means tend to have much more of an orange or reddish caste than those found in nature. Since most citrine was originally amethyst that was heated to turn its color to gold, both citrine and amethyst jewelry should be kept away from prolonged exposure to strong light or heat.
Most citrine is mined in Brazil, but almost all of the Brazilian material is heat-treated amethyst. Supplies are most plentiful in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, particularly from the Serra Mine. The Ira' Mine also produces large quantities of the gem. Citrine can also be found in the Ural Mountains of Russia, in Dauphine, France, and in Madagascar.
In ancient times, citrine was carried as a protection against snake venom and evil thoughts. It was thought to give calmness and mental balance to its wearer. Throughout history, people have confused citrine for topaz. Many citrines were sold as topaz and thus thought to carry the same qualities, such as knowledge and beauty. Today, citrine symbolizes truth and integrity, and is believed to promote creativity and personal clarity.
Peridot features a lively yellow-green color that is transparent with an oily luster. The iron that creates peridot's color is an integral part of its structure, so the gem is only found in various shades of green. It is most prized in lime hues, but Italian peridot is a rich olive color and popular American peridot is a beautiful light yellow-green. The Romans called peridot "evening emerald" because its exquisite green color was said to glow at night. This is perhaps because the stone exhibits double refraction, meaning that when looking through the stone, objects appear double. So when looking into a faceted peridot, the number of bottom facets appears to be double the actual number, creating a glittering sensation.
Pronounced PEAR-A-DOE, the word "peridot" comes from the French word meaning "gem." It is the gem variety of the mineral olivine and ranks a 6.5-7.0 on the Mohs Scale.
Born in cauldrons of fire, peridot is considered the "volcanic gem," since small crystals of it are often found in the rocks created by volcanoes. In fact, Hawaiian legend called peridot the divine tears wept by Pele, goddess of the volcano. The island of Oahu even has beaches made out of olivine grains, but they are much too small to cut into peridot. Samples of the gem also have been discovered in meteorites that have fallen to Earth, many of which are more than a billion years old.
Peridot traces its jewelry roots to 3,500 years ago. The stone was first mined by the ancient Egyptians on the volcanic island of Zebargad in the Red Sea. Known as the "serpent isle," it was infested with poisonous snakes that interfered with mining activity until one Pharaoh had them all driven into the sea. Today, Native Americans mine most peridot on the San Carlos Reservation in Arizona. Interestingly, almost all peridot sold in Hawaii is from Arizona, despite the fact that peridot is produced by Hawaii's volcanoes. The gemstone is also found in Norway, Brazil, China, Egypt, Italy, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. An exciting new deposit was discovered in Pakistan in 1994, yielding some of the finest peridot ever seen, including one stone that weighed more than 300.00ct.
Peridot is among the oldest known stones and has been mined as a gem for thousands of years. As early as 1575 to 1350 B.C., the ancient Egyptians used peridot beads in their ceremonial jewelry. In fact, it is believed the stone was one of the favorite gems of Cleopatra and that some of the "emeralds" she wore were actually peridot.
Ancient Egyptians also carved small drinking vessels out of large chunks of peridot. Priests would drink soma from them in rituals, believing the soma would put them in touch with the nature goddess, Isis. Legend has it that King Soloman traded cedar trees from Lebanon for 12 soma drinking cups and 144 liters of soma. The Egyptians made this trade for ramp logs to build their pyramids at Gisa, while King Soloman was said to have been enlightened by drinking soma from the peridot cups. Today, Mexican hill tribes still drink soma from green glazed cups to put them in touch with nature and their ancestors' spirits. Additionally, some Native American Indians in Arizona use tea made from peyote ground with peridot crystals in their rituals.
Peridot has also been important to other cultures throughout history. Late in the Ottoman Empire (1300 to 1900), peridot was a highly prized gem and Turkish Sultans amassed some of the world's largest collections of the gemstone. It is mentioned in the Bible under the name of "chrysolite," and was used to decorate medieval churches with samples that were most likely carried back to Europe by the Crusaders. Large stones weighing more than 200.00ct adorn the Shrine of the Three Magi at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany.
Throughout the ages, peridot has been believed to hold mystical powers of protection and healing. The ancients regarded the stone as a symbol of the sun and wore it in amulets to prevent nightmares and drive away evil spirits. It was even favored by pirates to protect them against evil. Peridot was said to be useful for calming raging angers, curing nervous afflictions and promoting quiet sleep. It was also used as a medical remedy to treat asthma and ward off fevers. Peridot was also believed to strengthen any medicine drunk from goblets carved from the stone. South American Shamans use peridot to ward off snakebites and the evil spirits who have taken the form of mosquitoes who bring the sleeping sickness. They also say the heating of magic mushroom tea by peridot takes them on trips to the ancestor heavens.
Today, peridot is believed to bring the wearer success, peace and good luck. To be most powerful, it is said that the stone should be mounted in gold and surrounded with small diamonds. With powers that are thought to bring protection and health, modern folklore also says it can be used to attract love and calm anger while soothing nerves and dispelling negative emotions. The gem is believed to protect the wearer from bad dreams when set in gold.
Peridot is considered the birthstone of August. Given as a symbol of fame, dignity and protection, this gem is also traditionally given to couples celebrating their 16th wedding anniversaries.


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Aunsoft SWF Converter is an extremely easy and useful program which enables you to convert Flash file (*.swf) with Action Script or interactive flash to many other popular formats like MP4, WMV, 3GP, MPEG, AVI, VOB, etc. to be enjoyed on various gadgets like iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune, Blackberry, 3G cell phones, etc. Meanwhile, it supports cropping, text/video/image watermark, special effect and batch conversion, which surely brings you better user-experience.
Key Features:
- The brand-new and intuitive interface.
- Support converting SWF to almost all popular video formats, including MPEG-4, H.264, and WMV;
- Allow users to convert SWF to AVI with Alpha;
- Convert SWF flash with Action Script or flash files demanding human interaction;
- Enable users to convert SWF flash to audio only files;
- Allow users to customize output videos through adding water mark, cropping the area, and choosing special effect models of the SWF file.
- Provide two convention modes, the single conversion mode and the batch convention mode, each having a correspondent button;
- Support converting SWF to 1080P, 720P, 480P and other HD video for PS3, Apple TV, Xbox360 and other HD TV;
- Convert SWF to videos with synchronization of video and audio, without frames skipping, audio distortion;
- Provide specific profile for specific video on different device, for example it provides profile for Blackberry AVI video, and you don't need to do the profile settings by yourself;
- Support pictures capture, giving users access to capture certain picture from the playing SWF.
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{for="Ease of Use" value="9″}Point and click for the most part; very easy to use. However there is one very annoying thing: the program window is is fully maximized and user is unable to change the size of it during the actual process of video conversion.
{for="Performance" value="10″}Great output quality.
{for="Usefulness" value="8″}Seeing as SWF/EXE flash videos are not as common as they used to be, some people may not have use for this software. However, I do believe many people will find it useful.
{for="Price" value="6″}While SWF converters are rare, I do feel $69 for this software is way too much. I would only pay a maximum of $30.
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As some people know, and some people don't know, SWF videos are usually not included in from-all-to-all video converting software because SWF videos are harder, and different, to convert than say an AVI, WMV, or MP4. So to convert SWF videos, more often than not you need a specialized SWF converter. AUNsoft SWF Converter is just that; it is a specialized SWF converter allows you to convert SWF and EXE Flash videos into various other video formats. However, AUNsoft SWF Converter does not support only simple SWFs; it converts both simple and interactive (actionscript) SWFs.
This is what the AUNsoft SWF Converter program window looks like:
Using ASC (AUNsoft SWF Converter) is very simple and straightforward. In fact the directions are written right on the program:
As the directions say, clicking on the "Add" button allows you to add the SWF or EXE videos you want to convert; you may also drag + drop them into the program. ASC supports batch processing so feel free to add in as many at one time as you want.
Once the videos have been loaded, you can individually edit each video by selecting it and clicking on the "Edit" button. The edits you can do are:
Once the videos have been edited to your liking or if you decided you don't need to edit, you can select the output format you want from the bottom of the program window:
Clicking on "Settings" allows you to customize the output settings if you please:
The good thing about ASC is it has the ability to keep the size, bitrate, and frame rate of the output video the same as the input video. Additionally, users can either select options from the drop down menus or they can type in their own custom values.
Strictly in terms of output video format, according to the developer ASC can
However, ASC also supports many electronic device "profiles":
Lastly, before you start converting your video, be sure to select what output location you want to place the videos after they have been converted, and select the option to use Alpha or merge all videos into one video if you want those two things:
When you are ready, hit the big round orange button to start converting your video(s):
After you click the orange button, you will be asked if you want to convert in "auto mode" or "manual mode":
Which mode you want to do depends on what type of SWF you are converting. If the SWF is a simple SWF that requires no human interaction (such as clicking), do auto mode. If the SWF is interactive/uses actionscript (i.e. it requires someone to click a button or some other action) do manual mode.
The difference between auto mode and manual mode is in auto mode the video will be converted automatically; you can simply minimize the program window and come back at a later time when it has finished. For manual mode you have control over the beginning/end times, and if the SWF requires any human interaction/uses actionscript, you can incorporate that into the video conversion. Do take note regardless of which mode you chose, the video conversion is done in real time: it takes 1 second to convert 1 second of video. In other words, it would take 30 seconds to convert a 30 second video.
Overall, AUNsoft SWF Converter is an excellent SWF/EXE Flash video converter. I definitely give it thumbs up. However, there is one feature I would like added…
…and one annoying feature I want changed:
This review was conducted on a laptop running Windows 7 Professional 32-bit. The specs of the laptop are as follows: 3GB of RAM, a Radeon HD 2600 512MB graphics card, and an Intel T8300 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo processor.
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In 2008, according to the Georgia State Patrol, the U.S. Army lost more soldiers in motorcycle fatalities than in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.
At Fort Gillem, safety awareness groups and local public safety officials took a stand for safety on Thursday, by hosting the Atlanta Military Motorcycle Safety Rally.
The rally lasted all day in the parking lot of the Fort Gillem Post Exchange, bringing together state patrolmen, Army officials, stunt-bike riders, and police officers from multiple jurisdictions. During the event, motorcycle enthusiasts watched controlled stunt demonstrations and safe-riding displays, tested their driving skills on a traffic simulator, and received safe-driving tips from the Georgia Department of Driver Services and other organizations.
U.S. Army Garrison, Fort McPherson/Fort Gillem Media Relations Officer Peter Chadwick said Thursday was the second time Fort Gillem has hosted the event. He said the purpose is to improve motorcycle safety and awareness among the local military and civilian communities.
"We have a lot of people in the military, who ride motorcycles," Chadwick said. "It's the military's responsibility to make sure that their officers stay safe, not only when they are in combat or training, but also on their off-time. We try to give them as much information as possible, so they can be safe on their bikes and enjoy them."
Throughout the rally, members of the Atlanta Freestyle Stunt Team performed difficult maneuvers, such as "endos" (front-end wheelies) and regular wheelies while standing on the seat or sitting on the handle bars. The stuntmen, however, stressed that stunts should never to performed on the road, or on bikes that haven't been modified to withstand crashes.
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Maj. Mark McDonough, commanding officer of field operations of the Georgia State Patrol, said that between 2008 and 2009, motorcycle deaths in Georgia went down by 19 percent. However, in the first three months of 2010, the state has already seen 16 motorcycle fatalities -- six more deaths than in the first three months of 2009.
"That being said, we [the state] are facing a 60-percent increase [in motorcycle fatalities]," McDonough said. "We [the nation] lost more soldiers on bikes than on the battlefield [in 2008]. That is unacceptable. That is risky behavior that has to be reduced. Anytime you get an opportunity to promote any message ... bringing people face to face makes a difference. It's better than any ad campaign, or anything the media can do."
Today (Friday), the rally will continue with a 130-mile ride from Fort Gillem in Forest Park, to the Andersonville National Historic Site. Also known as Fort Sumter, the site was the largest Confederate military prison in the American Civil War.
Registration for the ride, which will leave from the Fort Gillem Post Exchange at around 10 a.m., is free and open to the public. For more information on the ride, call Peter Chadwick, at (404) 783-3004.
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On Chicago's Magnificent Mile, this boutique hotel is a 5-minute walk from Navy Pier. It features a rooftop bar and provides guest rooms with a 32-inch flat-screen TV and Wi-Fi access.
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Within 2 blocks of Lake Michigan and the Museum of Contemporary Art, this downtown Chicago hotel features free Wi-Fi. Its apartment-style accommodations have a full kitchen.
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An indoor pool in a sun room and free Wi-Fi access highlight Hotel Rush. In the River North neighborhood of Chicago, the hotel is 1 mile from historic Navy Pier.
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My siblings and I were in Chicago because our father was having open heart surgery. Upon returning from the hotel on Tuesday night, the individual (s) below us were smoking pot. The stairway was permeated with the smell. We could also smell it in our room. Upon waking up the next day, all of us had some second hand effects from this.
really nice shuttle driver who takes you into downtown or the medical center but only at two specified times.
they were remodelling when i got there and it did not look very nice from the outside. shower made a weird noise with hot water. room was a little cold and the highway is mildly loud.
Free shuttle to downtown and U Chicago. Free parking. Friendly and helpful staff. Comfy beds and good-sized room.
Wi-Fi and TV
The design of the hotel, carpet and environment.
We had to walk to the other building for meals.
Good bed, everything clean, free parking
Staff could be nicer sometimes, breakfast should be included for that price.
non smoking rooms
newly remodeled,
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Under construction but it is going to be fabulous when work is complete.
Room was clean bed was comfortable.
Hotel was being renovated so there was some construction inconvenience. Machines for sodas etc and snacks were not available. Front desk staff made no apologies for construction mess and noises.
Courtesy coach to downtown and McCormic however,the frequency could have been more.
Not many variety of eating joints in the hotel.
Surprise at the end: they charge 11.9% state tax and more than the stated rate on some days. So I payed about 28% more than the stated "full price"...
The room was large and very new.
Unfortunately, the Hotel is being renovated at this time.
Shuttle service was efficient and drivers were great. Room was newly renovated.
A little far from main attractions but free shuttle service helped.
Staff was very nice, specifically the day employees at the desk. Driver for the van service was delightful. Great service from her
I had to call everyday to have the room cleaned. It was only cleaned half the days when I did call. Wi-fi worked intermittently. Door key worked intermittently also. .
in mist of renovation had to walk through dirty garage to service elevator. Asked for renovated room staff said there were not ready for occupancy. Found out later that day many renovated rooms were available and some were already occupied. I could change but it would be $30/day more.Floors that were not renovated had very shabby hallway rugs and were dirty looking. Sink in bathroom did not have stopper that worked and molding in main room was coming off wall. Staff said they would have maintenance take care of it --no one ever came for 3 days .
I liked the food at the restaurant and hi speed wifi.
I didn't like that I arrived from the chicago marathon extremely tired only to find my key had been deactivated. The receptionist claimed that I had not paid room charges for the 3rd night despite having reserved and paid upon checkin for 3nights. We later realized that the meals we were consuming during our stay was being deducted from our accomodation fees. As is normal practice with many hotels worldwide, the extras consumed are usually charged separately upon check out which was what I expected. Deactivating my room key without prior explanation as if I am a thief is a no! No!. I was extremely dissapointed.
The room was clean, furnishings were solid but outdated. The bathroom had been recently remodelled but was poorly designed. Surprisingly comfortable bed.
Staff were indifferent. The place is being reovated, and it needs to be. The exterior is very shabby.
the lake view
the corridor and room door lock
clear and sleep
a little wifi
location able to walk to museum On site restaurant best steak ever! Very clean!
Pillows not comfortable In process of remodel- did not mention that online Being bought by another co. Did not mention online.
Room was clean. Good discount on the Buffet breakfast at the restaurant next door, pretty good choices of food, fresh fruits.
Outer appearance and lobby was not the best. Access to the hotel from the main road if difficult and confusing even with an up to date GPS device.
The Luxurius King sized bed ! (I have a small European double bed in my apartment in my home in Paris !)
The distance necessary to get to the bus stop & subway. Couldn't stay out late at night (past 11 pm) without having to return to the hotel by taxi... I can't imagine what it must be like in the dead of winter to have to walk at least 15-20 minutes to the bus stop, then take a half-hour bus ride in order to arrive "downtown". Fortunately the weather was splendid during the 5 days i stayed in your establishment so I didn't mind the walk.
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VIERA, Fla. - John Lannan pitched five strong innings and Roger Bernadina hit a two-run homer to lead the Nationals to their second straight Grapefruit League victory, beating the Astros 7-4 at Space Coast Stadium.
Lannan gave up a one-out, solo home run to Astros third baseman Chris Johnson in the second inning and then got himself into a bases loaded, no-out jam in the fifth, giving up only a sac fly to shortstop Marwin Gonzalez.
Lannan was pitch efficient throwing 71 pitches, 48 for strikes. He gave up just two hits and struck out five.
"It felt pretty good to go out there and have a couple of quick innings," Lannan said. "That's what I am going to try and do during the season so to get out there and work quick and get groundballs, that's what I definitely plan on doing."
With Chien-Ming Wang likely to start the season on the disabled list with a strained left hamstring, Lannan will be the club's number 5 starter when season opens in April 5 in Chicago according to manager Davey Johnson.
"I like John, John can pitch," Johnson said. "He led our club last year in wins and I think last year he was number two or three."
For Lannan to be successful it all comes down to him being able to get groundball outs and he knows he has to trust his stuff and today was a carbon copy of that game plan.
"I kind of gave myself a chance," he said. "You know, I trusted it and I wasn't so hard on myself and I just let it work and I just tried to throw as many strikes as I possibly could."
Lannan has been the talk of trade rumors the last few months as the Nats continued their search for a centerfielder. It was already established that Wang was Johnson's guy to be the fifth starter this year.
With Ross Detwiler out of options and Lannan having one option left but scheduled to make $5-million this year, the Nationals were not going to send him down.
"I have never heard anything internally, it's basically all rumors," Lannan said. "I mean, I know what I am and I've had success. That's what I can focus on is what's made me successful and to just get better.
"You have to have confidence in this game. If you doubt yourself and you think you're not good enough, it's going to show. It's a process that you just have to go out there no matter what's said, no matter what rumor or anything, just be yourself and today, I think I tried to do that."
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With John Lannan as the fifth starter, Ross Dewiler will be the long man out of the Nationals bullpen.
Detwiler followed Lannan against the Astros and gave up two runs (one earned) and two hits including a two-run homer to Brandon Barnes in the seventh inning.
Detwiler has given up six runs in 11 innings this spring and he is trying to get used to a routine that has him pitching on four days rest as opposed to five that a starter would.
"Whatever comes to me, I just have to go with it and see how it goes because I have never done this before," Detwiler said. "It's new and whatever I do is going to be new to me unless it's starting."
"I'm a big routine person. That's what's kind of throwing me off right now because I'm not on the same routine I have been on.
It's a day shorter and that's what I have to adjust to so I have to come up with a routine that gets me ready every fourth day now or gets me ready for whenever they call down there and say my name."
Ask if he would rather be a long reliever in the majors or a starter in Triple-A, Detwiler said he could adjust to the pen but he will have to get used to it.
"Everybody's hands are kind of tied there," he said referring to him being out of options. "I'm just used to being a starter so once I get a routine going and get used to being a reliever, yeah, but it's kind of a transition period right now."
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Roger Bernadina went 2-for-3 including his second home run of the spring, a two run homer off Astros minor-league left-handed reliever Kevin Chapman in a three-run Nationals fifth.


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In 1966, Tom Ferran, a.k.a. "Moose", volunteered for the 1st Marine Division Sniper School taught by Sgt Carlos Hathcock and Gy Sgt Mitchell in RVN. Upon completion of the two week course Moose was assigned to M Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines. In a two week period during Operation Desoto, Moose and his teammate were credited with five confirmed kills and were able to call in artillery on twelve more enemy. The Sniper team's effort resulted in meritorious combat promotions by the Task Force Commanding General, Brigadier General F.C. LaHue. During Moose's 13 month tour in Vietnam, he was wounded twice and accumulated a total of forty-one confirmed kills.
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A devastating lesson in mortality
By Peter S. Goodman, Washington Post, Jan 1, 2005
PHUKET, Thailand -- The strangest thing may be how quickly you find yourself getting inured to it all -- the bodies, the grief, the smell. As if your own body comes with a sort of built-in self-preservation mechanism that denies this irrefutable evidence of its own mortality. Confronted with the sight of hundreds of bloated corpses rotting in the tropical sun, your own body says, "Not my flesh.
Those dead bodies are something different entirely from you and your body. You are not dead. You find yourself muttering this. You are not dead.
Strewn across the muck are fragments of holiday villas once filled with tourists, people like you, reading novels on their porches, having their morning coffee. A backgammon set is stuck between splintered bathroom tiles, a flip-flop on top, children's sand toys.
A woman in a flower-print bikini lies on her back, her face under a roof beam, her belly swollen toward the sky, her legs tucked under tree branches. A man lies flat against the earth, clinging to the base of a coconut palm. Not your flesh. These corpses with their contorted faces, their discolored skin, plucked from some other form altogether.
There are people walking around five days after the tsunami hit, visiting hospitals and Buddhist temples now turned into morgues, walking through row upon row of bodies, wondering if one of them was someone they lived with, gave birth to, sang "Happy Birthday" to, fought with over who would pick up the groceries on the way home from work. Some bodies lie uncovered in the sun, some with arms sticking up in the air, grasping in their final instant, now frozen in time by rigor mortis, for something that is still palpably yours: the next breath. You see relatives confused by it all, dazed as much as stricken by grief. What do you do after your wife is washed off the beach in front of your eyes? Who do you tell when you had to run for your life with your back turned and have survived but don't know where your children are? What report do you file after your infant has been pried from your arms by a powerful wave? Where do you go?
Not your flesh
You cannot see this, take this in, watch hundreds of people cope with this day after day and not be deeply moved.
You see it, you hear it, you take it in. You are here, but not here. It isn't happening to you. You see the photos taped to the walls of the departure area at the airport -- the strangest scene: suntanned people in shorts and batik shirts, sunglasses and temporarily corn-rowed hair, slumped over in funereal silence. You see the photos and the phone numbers and the urgent pleas written under them.
You stop and look at the faces. Two French children in a photo next to their mother.
Three Swiss men in suits and ties alongside other people, circles drawn around their faces. A 6-year-old English boy in his school photo. An entire family of Swedes -- mother, father, three children. A round-faced, bearded German. "Have you seen this man? Call this number, please." You imagine the frantic tone that you would hear in this other person's voice, the one who taped up the photo, if you dialed the number. Or maybe not. Maybe you would hear only exhaustion and resignation now, waiting for the information about the right morgue, the right row of bodies to examine. The photos literally cover the walls. These are people's grandchildren up here, people's husbands, uncles, friends. Who would not stop and look? Who would not be moved?
And yet what you really see and feel most viscerally is the living flesh all around, the tanned legs of a boy, his lean muscles flexing as he walks behind his parents; the faded tattoos on the shoulder of a man in a tank top, the back of a woman with long blond hair in a bikini top. It is compelling now, this flesh. You cannot stop yourself from reducing people to living flesh, and you cannot stop looking at living flesh and thinking about dead flesh, and you start to see that it is really all the same stuff. Yet you take comfort in the realization that this is a thought that only living flesh could produce. You laugh greedily, stealing a moment of morbid pleasure. Not dead, not you, not your flesh. It is surely not the end, and this is the point.
Scanning for bodies
You find yourself scanning everywhere for bodies. That rock over there, that tree. There could be a body under there. Even the velvet-covered couch at the airport lounge: Your mind calculates the geometry -- room for someone slender.
You find yourself looking at living people and imagining what they would look like dead. You go to the Sofitel resort, where more than 200 people washed away, many of them small children, and you are discomfited by the lack of bodies. They have been taken away, leaving only a scene flattened by the violent rush of water. The not-seeing is bad: It hides what you are already accustomed to, leaving you with something worse -- your imagination. You are in on a secret you did not particularly want to know. You now know what happens to a body after it's been buried in mud and salt water for four days.
In a Thai village by the sea, it is late afternoon and everyone has come running at word that someone may be alive at the bottom of a pile of rubble. The rescuers are axing boards to pieces, working frantically. A Thai television crew assembles, the cameraman points his lens down for a glimpse. And then a shriek, a high-pitched bone-chilling squeal. Not human. An animal. A piglet. The rescue crew pulls it free and the crowd absorbs it. Some smile. Some laugh. It is defiant laughter. It says: People died here, a lot of people, but not us.
And this is the knowledge that you carry around like some sort of talisman. "I'm not dead," you say to yourself, again and again, the very saying of it proving that it is so.


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By Javier Pes and Helen Stoilas. News, Issue 225, June 2011Published online: 26 May 2011
london/new york. Western artists, museums and galleries were among the first to protest at the arrest of the artist Ai Weiwei by the Chinese authorities on 3 April. But, with no sign of his release or the release of numerous other political prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize-winner Liu Xiaobo, as we went to press, will museums come under pressure to reconsider their policies, especially those organising exhibitions with China?
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Directors including Richard Armstrong of the Guggenheim, Glenn Lowry of the Museum of Modern Art, Michael Govan of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Nicholas Serota of the Tate and Chris Dercon of Tate Modern, joined artists, curators and dealers to issue statements and sign petitions calling for his release from detention. Dercon, speaking at the opening at Somerset House in London of Ai's Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads last month, was particularly trenchant: "To demand [his] release is a matter of life and truth," a major shift in the Tate's previous position. When Ai was briefly put under house arrest in December, a spokeswoman told us: "[The] Tate does not comment on the political opinions or legal activities of artists."Meanwhile, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego staged an overnight sit-in, with participants occupying two traditional Chinese chairs, a reference to an installation by Ai who has created numerous political works and projects. Indeed, some in China argue that the beginning of Ai's serious trouble was his protest against the jerry-built "tofu school buildings" which resulted in the death of more than 5,000 school children in the Sichuan earthquake, three years ago. The artist and 40 volunteers compiled a detailed record of all the child victims—during which period the team was interrogated by police more than 20 times."As his detention lengthens, we grow more concerned for Ai's welfare and want to make a collective gesture in support of his release," said Hugh Davies, the director of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Chief curator Kathryn Kanjo described the artist's detention as a "game changer, important not only in terms of contemporary art but also in terms of political events. Secretary [Hillary] Clinton is identifying Ai Weiwei by name. As civically engaged individuals, and especially for those of us working in cultural institutions, we're compelled to call attention to the situation."But are symbolic protests enough? In Germany, the three state museums of Berlin, Munich and Dresden, which mounted the major "Art of the Enlightenment" show in Beijing (The Art Newspaper, April, p41), have been criticised by the press and public (see related article) for not taking a more critical stance. Museums, artists and gallery owners may well come under public pressure to do more: the radical protest group Avaaz.org has organised an online petition, saying, "We urge you to stop exhibiting your art in China until Ai Weiwei is free." More than 127,000 people had signed up by the end of last month.Nevertheless, most museums with links to China intend to continue with shows and loans. A 1,000 sq. m hall in the National Museum of China is due to host exhibitions drawing on the collections of Italy's museums, part of a co-operation deal signed last year by the then Italian culture minister and his Chinese counterpart. Two of the UK's leading museums are working with the British Council on a major exhibition also at the National Museum of China. The British Museum (BM) and the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) will be lending 150 masterpieces of Chinese ceramics, for a show that is due to open in 2012. The V&A is also sending two other exhibitions to China, including "British Design 1948-2012" at the Shanghai Art Museum. These were announced by the British prime minister David Cameron while on a trade mission to China in November last year, where he was accompanied by the directors of both UK museums. At the time Ai called on Cameron to speak out about China's human rights record. "For anyone doing big business with China not to mention those universal values is putting money and short term profit before very important values. It's shameful," said Ai.Martin Davidson, the chief executive of the British Council, acknowledged that if Ai's detention continues into 2012 it "could create difficulties for the participating organisations". For the time being, he says, "we will continue our range of cultural work in China", while sharing the concerns expressed at the artist's fate. The directors of the V&A and BM declined to be interviewed about the issues raised by Ai's arrest. A spokeswoman for the BM said: "The [BM] stands for cultural dialogue and exchange even when the political situation may be difficult." A spokeswoman for the V&A said: "We remain committed to our international programme." While any institutional soul-searching in Britain is being done behind closed doors, the directors of US museums are more willing to talk—even if they too are favouring "ongoing dialogue", rather than radical action. Kaywin Feldman, the president of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) and the director of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, said: "AAMD can have more impact by continuing to work directly with Chinese colleagues and institutions, and by using those relationships to demonstrate [to the Chinese government] the importance of freedom of speech and the rights of individuals." Christine Starkman, the Asian art curator at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, which hopes to share exhibitions with the Shanghai museum among others, said: "We want to let the Chinese government know this arrest is noticed, they need to understand these artists are ambassadors to the world." The wording of any calls on the Chinese government needs to be diplomatic, she stressed. "We're going back to China saying: 'You're still a great civilisation, show it.'" Others feel a stronger stance might be more productive. Alexandra Munroe, the senior curator of Asian art at the Guggenheim, said that before launching its online petition: "We checked with those close to Ai's extralegal case, including the US department of state, and were encouraged that our action 'couldn't hurt and might help'." The petition expresses "disappointment in China's reluctance to live up to its promise to nurture creativity and independent thought, the keys to 'soft power' and cultural influence." Most are reluctant to protest too vociferously, however. Alex Nyerges, the director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), which just announced a multi-year agreement with China, which includes the international exchange of curators and loan exhibitions planned for 2014, said: "I think the notion of boycotting is not only unacceptable but naïve." He added: "What happens when we do that and then France, Germany, pick any country, does the same because of the US stance on, say, Guantanamo Bay? It would be patently unfair, and completely unproductive to what we support the most, bridging cultural divides."See our June print edition, p64 for a review of a new film on Ai
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Tristram Besterman, the former chairman of the Museums Association's ethics committee, has criticised the British Council's stance.
He is quoted as saying: "Museums should respond [to the detention of Ai Weiwei] on two levels.
"Publicly, they should refrain from endorsing a regime that is repressing artists. But behind that, there should be continued quiet, professional engagement.
"The British Council should think very hard about the exhibition. Although operating at arms-length, it is seen to represent the government.
"If the British Council is seen to be actively engaging like this, the Chinese authorities can manipulate that into an endorsement of their policies. I would be uncomfortable about that."
It is possible to hold museum exhibits to promote work by prominent Chinese artists without directly arranging it with cooperation from the Chinese communist government? An exhibit of Ai Weiwei's work, "Dropping the Urn", presently at the Knoxville Museum of Fine Art, was arranged through Arcadia University Art Gallery in Philadelphia. http://www.knoxart.org/exhibitions/Ai_Weiwei/index.html
The artists of mainland China need to know the outside world supports their freedom of expression, even if their own government does not. How best to do that? I would not send work from the west over there until they prove worthy. Western Institutions, however, are not entirely in step with our own 1st Amendment either, as we've seen venues bow down to pressure from The Catholic League and Confederate Civil War history sanitizers this year. At least we don't imprison the artists, just their work.
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Depending on whom you ask, Michael Jordan is either the greatest basketball player of all time, or the greatest athlete ever to grace the Earth with his presence. But ask anybody about his baseball career, and you're likely to get a "huh?"
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