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I have never believed that abortion was anything other than a violation of God's command against murder. Even though I grew up in a pseudo-Christian cult (Jehovah's Witnesses) I recognized that, and so, when I finally became a Protestant Christian, there was little to change in my understanding on that subject. But when I became Catholic, it was another story. Before I was "against abortion" but in becoming Catholic, I became truly pro-life.
The were two main ways that being pro-life as a Catholic differed from being "against abortion" as a Protestant: comprehending that artificial birth control perverted marriage and having the Blessed Virgin to contemplate.
As I was undergoing my conversion to the Catholic faith, Mary's maternal interest in me personally became apparent to me, and the historic images of her in art and iconography became quite interesting to me. One sees through the ages that Catholic artists have drawn their Blessed Mother close to them and close to their times with art. Unique among all images of Mary is the icon of Our Lady of Guadeloupe, painted by no human hand, but also unusual in depicting Mary as pregnant. Contemplating these representations of the Blessed Virgin in an age that has declared war upon its own unborn, it occurred to me that an image not merely depicting Mary as pregnant, but instead also showing the Divine Christ Child in her womb would be particularly fitting for our day. This impression was very strong upon me, but I am not an artist.
Nellie Edwards is an artist. When I saw her painting, "Light of Life," the very strong impression that I felt years ago was renewed and fulfilled. Here was what I had pondered in my heart a decade earlier, only strikingly more beautiful: Our Lord, fully God and fully man — fully God and fully unborn infant — is cradled in the womb of the Blessed Mother. The story of how this marvelous and startling portrait of Our Lady came to be interested me greatly, so I was eager to learn about it from the artist herself.
MK: Nellie, your pro-life activism has a long history. Tell me how you became such an activist.
Nellie Edwards: I was born January 10, 1955 and raised in Yakima Washington, the sixth of 10 children. I made my first pro-life statement, of sorts, when I was 5 days old. Being born on the 100th anniversary of the Yakima YWCA, I was the tiny guest of honor at their celebration banquet. When one woman heard that I was the 6th child for my parents, she gasped, saying loudly, "Don't they know what causes that?!" My dad responded by saying, "Yes, I think it's called love!" That story was repeated to me almost every year on my birthday, for the first 10 years of my life.
I was educated in the parochial school system and the nuns (Dominicans to the 3rd grade and The Missionary Daughters of the Most Pure Virgin Mary to the 8th grade) inculcated in me the desire to use my talents and abilities to help others, and especially to help them to know Jesus Christ.
I have strong memories of my mother, kneeling at her bedside each morning and again every night. From her I learned the importance of prayer and sacrificial love in marriage. She and Dad both prayed the Rosary with all of us for many of my childhood years. My favorite part was always, "and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus."
As a young newlywed, married Aug. 30, 1975 to Chrys Edwards, who had immigrated from Wales, I read Humanae Vitae. I quickly realized it was a truly prophetic document. I could see how the contraceptive mentality would open Pandora's Box and corrupt the moral fabric of society and thankfully, had little trouble convincing my husband of this. (At the time, he had not yet converted from the Church of England.) Through our discussions, he became convinced of the immorality of abortion and later supported my pro-life apostolate.
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MK: So, in a way, this picture you have painted is actually a fruit of Humanae Vitae, being something that speaks, not merely to the evil of abortion, but also to the immorality of the contraception mentality. You see that the two things cannot be separated.
Nellie Edwards: Yes. Ever since reading Humanae Vitae, I realized that, to stop the killing of babies in their mother's wombs, the pro-life movement would have to convince society of the evil that is artificial birth control. With most of the mainline denominations caving in on the issue of contraception, it would mean that we have to set ourselves to building Christian unity — by which I mean that we Catholics would need to speak to the consciences of our separated brethren — so I began to initiate the topic at every opportunity.
The Lord gave me fundamentalist friends. One evening I was invited to attend a "Prayer Rally for Life" planning meeting at the home of some new friends. I was the only Catholic in a group of about 30 Protestants. To start with, they prayed spontaneously, "Jesus, you are Lord…We trust in you…etc., etc." Afterwards, I said, "I have to tell you that Jesus is not going to bless the efforts of the Pro-life movement until Christian couples stop contracepting…We cannot say Jesus is Lord of our lives, while going against his natural order, separating the unitive and procreative elements of the sexual act. Is that any different than homosexual sex? Sterile sex is what they have too." All eyes seemed to get as big as mayo lids!
Soon — and I mean soon — couples began to make excuses as to why they had to leave, though the meeting was far from over, until myself and the host couple were the only ones left. They stood there, looking at me with incredulous faces… and I was prepared to be shown the door, so it was a great joy for me when they hugged me, saying, "Your words had the ring of Truth! We always knew, deep down, that it was wrong to use birth control." Then we prayed for the other couples, that they too would see the light of this vital truth.
MK: Nellie, while you were still a young mother, your family suffered the loss of an infant. How did that experience further shape your pro-life consciousness?
Nellie Edwards: It is God's grace that allows us to see the value in every human life — even those who, as our own baby, die before birth. In 1980, we lost a child just 2 weeks before her due date. It had been a normal pregnancy, so I was full of anticipation, looking forward to our first embrace. The night before I found out she died, I had put our two little girls (our 1st and 2nd children) to bed and sat on the sofa, praying. Suddenly, Romans 8:28 flashed in my mind: "All things work together for good…." At the time, I remember thinking, "Well, that's always a good one to remember." I finished my prayers but not before there was a flurry of stronger than usual kicking within my womb. I was taken aback and felt relief when it subsided. Within about an hour, a strong queasiness came over me and I thought, "Well, tomorrow is my regular exam; I'll tell the doctor."
As I lay on the examination table the next morning, my doctor repeatedly searched for the baby's heartbeat and finally, in a grave voice informed me, "I'm sorry, Mrs. Edwards, your baby seems to be in demise." These were the saddest words I ever had to hear, since it meant that our precious Chrystine (a name I had chosen to honor her daddy) would not be joining our little family after-all. I realized that all the overt activity the night before had been her last efforts to remain alive. Almost immediately, I recalled the neon-like scripture and literally cried out, "Okay Lord, I'm claiming this for my husband's conversion." I refused to allow a D & C, which the doctor said was necessary to remove our child from my womb due to concerns that I could become ill from the bacteria of her decomposing body — but I knew the Lord would not allow that. Her lifeless body remained within me for 10 days, until I delivered her naturally. During that time, I also offered up the loss of our child for her little unborn peers who would die by abortion, because their mothers were being manipulated and lied to.
Chrys had never known his own father, since his mother divorced while pregnant with him. He was allowed no contact, though, as an adult, my husband found out from relatives that his father was actually a good man. Through the outpouring of concern and sympathy from the husbands of my good Catholic friends, I believe Chrys was able to connect, for the first time, with God as a loving father. Within a year he had joined me in the Catholic Church. I realized that the death of our daughter was the means of new life for her father and I came to understand more than ever before that the Holy Scriptures are indeed the living word of God. This sustained me through all my subsequent pregnancies and the host of difficulties inherent in raising a large family.
MK: Raising a large family was becoming a counter-cultural move during the late '70s and '80s, when it seems that we were at the height of the "population bomb" hysteria. I was having my children at this time also, and people could not seem to understand why anyone would have more than two when it was "so easy" to prevent it. I wasn't Catholic at the time, but I have since learned that the rejection of Humanae Vitae among Catholics meant that they were contracepting in nearly the same numbers as the general population. Did you observe this?
Nellie Edwards: Sad to say, but, yes. I knew quite a few Catholic couples who contracepted, and some would talk about their tubal ligations casually, as if they had just had dental work done. I even discovered that many of my own relatives had taken that unfortunate path. Beginning in 1981, when I was pregnant for the third time, I started getting rude comments — even from strangers — about the size of my family. They would say things like, "Are you done?" I would reply, "What am I, a cake?" Then there was the classic "Don't you know what causes that?" One time a man who I knew attended our parish said something similar to that, so I indignantly said, "No, can you explain it to me?" He turned beet red, mumbled something, and walked quickly away. The point is, I was getting the signal that children were being seen, not as a gift from God but in fact, annoyances — an infringement on the air space of others — so I realized I should get more deeply involved in the war to end abortion. As the mother of little ones, I thought the least I could do would be to write letters to the editor and help with pro-life campaigns.
This was my level of involvement in 1982, but even though I did have my hands full with a baby and his 4 and 6 year old sisters, I felt I should be doing something more, though I didn't have a clue as to what. Some time later, I had a series of dreams, which were very frightening. They were nearly identical each time: I was hiding from the Nazis in open places, such as wheat fields or meadows. I was completely vulnerable. After about the 5th such dream within a 2 week time period, I sat up on the edge of my bed and was stunned to realize that God was telling me to act like defenseless babies were really dying, by going to an abortuary just 2 blocks from our parish church and showing I cared. Unbeknownst to me, 4 other Catholic women were coming to the same conclusion, though not by dreams.
The Holy Spirit arranged for us to meet at a parish function and discover that we had the same zeal for the protection of innocent life. We started an affiliate of Catholics United for Life and began praying at the abortion clinic on the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, August 15, 1983. That first day, one young woman rejected our offer of assistance, seemingly determined to have an abortion… but came out 2 or 3 minutes later, saying something like, "Thank you for being here; I realize this isn't the answer." The abortionist hired off duty policemen right after we started, but we were able to convince them, one at a time, to quit doing "guard duty," by showing them abortion pictures. They accepted pro-life lapel pins from us and actually showed up at our first trial, wearing them.
MK: You went to trial? How did that come about?
Nellie Edwards: We followed the guidelines of CUL to pray the Rosary and peacefully disseminate pro-life literature, as well as quietly talk to young mothers, offering assistance, as we had the opportunity. The facility was housed in a professional medical center owned by a Catholic doctor who passed himself off as pro-life and was even an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion at our church. We wanted our pastor to pressure him to oust the abortion clinic from his premises, but the pastor would take no action. So we went to our bishop, who was no more interested in confronting this man than the pastor had been, and to our dismay kept referring to "people that bomb abortion clinics!" Of course, we assured the bishop that we didn't advocate violence toward anyone, but the bottom line was that he would take no action nor would he ask our priest to do so.
The owner of the complex called the police, which led to our going to trial for trespassing. We confined ourselves to the sidewalk, most of the time, although I did go into the abortuary once, in order to reach one young mother, whom the "guards" had rushed into the building — physically taking her by the arm and shouting, so as to drown out our voices, as we invited her to come hear us out. (So much for choice.)
Our first trial was in 1984 and the second in 1985. We actually welcomed the situation to establish our 1st Amendment right to gather and protest. Since we had placed our apostolate under the protection of Our Lady, the Rosary was our first order of business each time we gathered at the abortuary. At the first trial, we naturally reached for our rosaries, praying inaudibly as we sat in the defendant's box. We were elated when, at the onset of the first trial the judge stated, "For the record, I believe that life begins at the moment of conception…. Anyone, with a degree of intelligence, must have an opinion on this matter." Then he quickly added, "I will try this case based on established law but if anyone wishes me to step down, I will do so." We were prepared to see the abortionist and his company of paid witnesses raise their hands with faces gloating, but instead, their hands remained down as if restrained by the angels and on their faces were frowns of consternation. This, for us, was another illustration of the power and vital importance of the Holy Rosary in the fight for life.
We were vindicated both times and resumed our efforts to save babies and their mothers from abortion. At times, I brought my children along, as a living advertisement for life. One day, a woman in her 70s angrily approached us and said she never wanted kids and wouldn't want anyone to tell her she had to. Our Andrew was about 4 at the time and looking up at her with a scrunched up face, cocked to one side, he said loudly, "Hey, Lady, you some kind 'a nut!?" He knew it wasn't sane to see children in that way.
At one point, we borrowed a flatbed farm truck from a friend and placed a 20 foot billboard with a photo of an aborted baby on it — that really stirred up the hornet's nest. The abortionist's staff tried to bully us into removing it, behaving like a horde of banshees.
A 60-year-old woman got out of car and pulled a gun from her purse. From what I can only conclude was amazing grace, we were quite calm and proceeded to try to talk to her. She shrieked the most vile vulgarities at us and wanted to know, "By what right do you interfere with the choices of others?" I asked her, "Have you had an abortion yourself?" She was too old to have had it after Roe v. Wade but I just had the sense that she too was a victim of "the killing solution." As soon as the question passed over my lips, the floodgates opened and she began to weep uncontrollably as we reached out to her and embraced her. When she finally regained her composure, she recounted how she had become pregnant at the age of 17. Her boyfriend threatened to walk out on her if she didn't "get rid of it." Her best friend exhorted her to do as he wanted and her own mother agreed.
She related more, saying, "It was almost right away that I began to feel terrible guilt… I couldn't sleep and no one would let me talk about it. My boyfriend flew into a rage each time I tried to bring it up. Before long, he broke up with me and I became severely depressed… wanting to kill myself." She then told us, "I had to stuff it and try to justify it… even telling myself that I had the right to have or not have a child." She eventually aligned herself with N.O.W. and other pro-abortion groups, in order to survive mentally and emotionally, becoming, as she said, "as tough as any street-brawling sailor." When she was about to leave us, she turned around and said, "I think I need to take as much pro-life literature as I can, and start doing something to stop abortion."
What a tremendous blessing that was! We loaded her up and she hugged us gratefully before returning to her car. She waved until she rounded the corner.
We saw, time and again, that the young mothers we encountered were there, not by their 'choice' but because of someone else's — even the baby's own grandmothers, who would say such things as, "I raised my kids, I'm not raising theirs!"
We continued our sidewalk vigil, twice a week, for four years, until, in 1987, the abortionist closed up shop and retired. It was a tremendous blessing to know for sure, that at least a dozen babies were spared death. Many of the abortionist's customers drove away once they saw us but we had no way of knowing whether they went somewhere else to have an abortion. I did feel a sense of relief, because I no longer had to face the graphic reality of abortion in my own back yard, but knew I had to ask, "What do you want me to do now Lord?"
He wanted me to be the mother of eight children, for one thing!
MK: Well, having eight children is itself a witness to life, but God seems to have given you a gift for boldness in speaking about this subject.
Nellie Edwards: I have always been cognizant of the importance for our children to witness us engaging others in discussions of life issues. One hot summer afternoon, we were on our way home and had to stop for road construction. Almost immediately I began a conversation with the flagger, a young man of about 20 years of age. He told us he was planning to return to "Bible College" and that he wanted to work with youth. Of course, I saw my opportunity. The kids were amazed at my comfort level when discussing sexuality with a total stranger. I explained to them, "That is why a healthy prayer life is essential: prayer and the sacraments supply the oil for our spiritual engine. The Holy Spirit supplies the fuel, which keeps us on the road of His holy will."
I had a Catholic doctor, whom I knew prescribed birth control, and I politely but firmly, challenged him about it, to which he said, "If they don't come to me, they'll go to the next guy." I told him, "Strange, that's exactly what the abortionist told us!" I had nearly the same conversation with our Catholic pharmacist. I have put my doctors and pharmacists on pro-life mailing lists and encourage others to do the same. You never know, it may be the catalyst for their return to grace.
MK: How did you add promoting the right to life through your art along with speaking out?
Nellie Edwards: After a series of events in the summer of 1996, it seemed to be God's will that we move our family to North Dakota. We had been asking God if we might relocate our family to a more wholesome environment — away from the violent crime and pop culture which plagued our small city… but I never imagined such a remote setting! I remember wondering, "What can I do there, to help build the Culture of Life?" Of course, I knew that prayer is vital but I truly believed I was supposed to do something more.
We first settled in a small town with less than 200 population. While still in Washington, I had begun a small hobby-level business designing, sculpting and hand casting, ornaments, jewelry and magnets. My kids assisted with hand-painting the product. Shortly after our move we were able to purchase a building, which became a workshop, allowing us to expand to a full-fledged family business. Soon, our product was in stores across the country. (Two of our best known regular customers were Biltmore Estate and Chateau Elan of Brastleton, GA.)
From the beginning, I knew that I should promote our faith and the Catholic view of the family with my artistic ability, so I designed pro-life pins and religious ornaments, conveying "The Real Christmas." But I desired strongly to do something on a wider scale, to help convert people to the side of life.
I decided to call the business "Mother of Eight Designs" in order to evangelize. As word got out, I began to get invitations to speak. The first came from the Minot Air Force Base Officer's Wives Club. I was apprehensive but realized it must be God's will and decided to use the opportunity to plant seeds of the Catholic Faith. After the talk, one young woman came up to me and related that she and her husband had been "going back and forth about having more children." They had two. She winked at me and said, "I'm going home to tell my husband, that we're keeping the baby clothes!"
I never dreamed my talk would have that kind of impact! Many more invitations came: from the Christian Women's Club, Basin Electric annual manager's wives luncheon, and the Farm Credit Services annual banquet. I spoke at the Dickinson State University entrepreneur conference, where I told students, especially the women, to start home businesses if they had children so as not to abdicate their parental responsibility. At the YWCA Annual Women of Distinction Awards, I congratulated the coordinator on being so intuitive as to ask me to be their keynote speaker, and then told them that I had been named "Miss YWCA" due to being born on that significant day.
I tell audiences that my hero, John Paul II, was personally handed some of our religious ornaments by Bishop James Sullivan on his last Ad Liminae visit. That was truly the most incredible feeling for me, to know that our beloved "Papa" held an extension of myself and my family in his sacred hands and actually pronounced a blessing on "The Edwards Family." And I really do believe it reached us!
In the spring of 2005, I was on my way to Bismarck to give a talk to a group of 300 women, who were meeting for an annual business banquet. En route, I prayed for a sign, in terms of God's will for me as an artist. I had been getting the idea that I should do religious designs on a larger scale . I requested to meet an accomplished sculptor as confirmation that this was truly God's will. After my well-received address, I took my assigned seat at the banquet table. The woman seated to the right of me handed me her business card, asking, "You'll come visit me in my studio, won't you?" On the face of the card was a photo of an exquisite sculpture she had done — a mother gazing at her newborn baby! With her encouragement I began to work toward doing larger-scale sculpting, starting with a series of 'bas relief' wall plaques. After 4 months, I had sculpted 5 inspirational designs, and was looking forward to working on statuary in the round. A few weeks later, our sizable shop was in a charred pile, burned to the ground.
MK: That must have been a hard loss to take, especially right when you thought God was wanting you to start doing larger scale works.
Nellie Edwards: I first thought, "Did I miss something Lord?" I had to trust once again, that this actually fit in God's plan, which so often flies in the face of human reason. As a habit by now, I relied on God's Word: Romans 8:28, Phil. 4:13, and Matt. 6:33, which exhorts, "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all the rest shall be added unto you."
In early 2006, my sons asked me to help prepare some design patterns they needed in order to do decorative tile inlays for the floor tiling business they had started. To create the inlay patterns, I used a basic PC program. But it was difficult to use the mouse to do much of the work freehand so in January of this year, I turned to a PC Tablet with a stylus, to use like a pen. After using it for a few simple graphic designs, I was stunned to suddenly realize that I could use the tablet and stylus like a painter uses a canvas and brush.
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I was astonished, since I had always worked with clay, not having a formal fine-art painting background. I soon discerned an inspiration to "paint" a new depiction of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha. Deliberately, as a test, to determine if indeed this was a true inspiration, I used no preliminary drawing, nor visual aids. Without a preconceived composition, I prayed and proceeded. Soon, the background and person of Kateri was formed and I instinctively placed the lilies in the foreground on either side of her. (She is normally shown holding them.) It was like watching someone else work. The composition came about almost organically — the colors, the garments, the background — all came without forethought, as if flowing through the brush. I called it "Holding on to Faith."
MK: What was the significance of Kateri? Why do you think you were being led to paint her?
Nellie Edwards: Since purity, humility, charity and perseverance are essential virtues for all, especially youth, Kateri, who exhibited them heroically, is a more relevant role model today than ever before. Blessed Kateri was very devoted to Our Lady and the Holy Rosary. This is vital if we are to defeat Satan and restore the ethic of the sanctity of human life. I also believe that the American Indian will realize a vital role in restoring respect for God's creation — including the unborn — since they are oriented that way culturally.
While I was painting Blessed Kateri, Fr. Steve Kranz called me to invite me to be a speaker at an annual Catholic Indian Conference sponsored by his parish, on June 2nd. I had never before spoken at an American Indian event and the priest had no way of knowing that I was painting Kateri. I spoke on the contraception-abortion connection and the imperative of becoming involved in the effort to save the unborn and I used Blessed Kateri as an example of going beyond our comfort zone to live for Christ. By the time of the conference, my painting was done and I was able to offer prints of "Holding on to Faith". My talk and the prints were well received. This, for me, was a wonderful confirmation that these images I am creating have a mission – one I hope will inspire prayerful action on behalf of the unborn.
I was thrilled when Sister Kateri Mitchell, the Executive Director of the National Tekakwitha Conference, saw it and said, "Congratulations! She is beautiful!" She actually ordered the art prints for their annual event in Baltimore.
Within a couple of weeks of painting Blessed Kateri, I received an inspiration to paint an unborn child in the womb. A bit later, I pondered painting Our Lady but dismissed the idea of attempting Mary as too big a task. Within a half hour of this, I was showing the Blessed Kateri image to someone who said she loved it and then quickly added, "You need to paint the Blessed Mother!" I realized that the unborn baby would be Jesus, the "Lord of the Unborn."
Once again, without a drawing or visual aid, I prayed and began. When I finished, I checked to see if the anatomy of the Unborn Christ was accurate by comparing it with internet photos of pre-born babies. It was so close there was nothing I could change. I had hoped that Jesus in-utero would have the look of 4 or 5 months gestation, the age most are aborted. I was not disappointed.
MK: Nellie, this image is beautiful and certainly thought-provoking. I wish our readers coud see the actual print as our image viewer cannot fully convey the detail and luminosity of this when printed full-size. It inspires contemplation about the mystery of the Incarnation. What kind of response have you received so far and do you have any idea what may be in store for the future?
Nellie Edwards: This is the first wide-scale exposure for "The Light of Life." Meantime, I have been using it to evangelize at every opportunity. I am especially grateful that all the Protestants to see it thus far have been enthusiastic in their approval, even asking for copies for their homes. One Protestant business associate said, "I have never heard these things, but I see it's the truth!" I can't help but wonder if Mary has found a way into Protestant hearts and homes, which would help facilitate Christian unity, so vital to restoring the Culture of Life. If the print is prominently displayed in homes where lax family members and visitors cannot help but see, I believe it will aid in bringing them back into the Faith. Many will find, as I do, that it will be a powerful visual aid when praying the Holy Rosary. I do plan to continue speaking and using the images to evangelize, as is, I believe, their purpose.
Eventually, we want to make banners available to parishes for indoor and outdoor use and we are interested in hearing from pro-life groups who might like to partner with us in using or distributing these banners. Click here to contact us by email about the banners. (To order prints see the Special Announcement below.)
My heartfelt prayer to the Lord of the Unborn is that those who have heretofore been inclined to leave it to others to end the scourge of abortion and related depravities, will realize the critical urgency of doing whatever they can, in their circumstance, to restore the Culture of Life.
Special Announcement: For a limited time, the "Light of Life" print is available through exclusive arrangement with Catholic Exchange for just $30.00. This is a high-quality 11"X 14" art print suitable for framing. Click here to order. You may also combine your order of the Light of Life print with the print of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, "Holding on to Faith," or receive two "Light of Life" prints for $55.00. Discount bulk orders also accepted here.
[For prayerful meditation on the Light of Life, click here for The Helper's Litany to Jesus in the Womb of Mary.]


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Even contemporary art, a realm filled with much hipper mediums such as installation and conceptual art, is dominated by the quaint, geriatric form of painting. Why? Supply and demand, cynics would say. Collectors like to hang paintings on their walls, so artists oblige.
But painting's appeal goes much deeper than that. At times it comes to incorporate an artist's intellectual, philosophical and even spiritual pursuits while still reflecting a wide variety of cultural and social factors. So perhaps it's appropriate that this year's art pre-season be launched with an important exhibit dedicated to a thoroughly modern look at the prehistoric art of painting: Nine Painters + One, currently on display at the Emmanuel Gallery on the Auraria campus.
At first glance, the exhibit appears to be tightly organized around the theme of ten artists (the show's name is unnecessarily obtuse) interested in contemporary takes on representational imagery. But it's not. That all the artists included here are working in broadly related approaches was purely accidental, if happily so. What makes the cogency of Nine Painters + One so amazing is the fact that it wasn't really curated at all. "Each of the art departments at the three schools on campus--Metropolitan State College, the Community College of Denver and the University of Colorado at Denver--were asked to select three artists," says gallery director Carol Keller. "Then I chose one--so nine plus one."
Make no mistake: This is not a faculty show, nor are the artists selected by the three schools affiliated with them. Metro chose Richard Baker, William Haney and Gillian Theobald. CCD picked Chuck Forsman, Sandra Kaplan and Clark Richert. UCD settled on Jim Colbert, John Fudge and Kristen Peterson. And finally, Keller added Cameron Jones. "All the others are well-established artists with long careers behind them," she explains. "I added Cameron late in the game because I felt there should be an emerging artist in the show."
Keller wisely decided to ignore the internal divisions of the show when arranging the hanging, choosing instead to follow an instinctual plan. "The only real input I had in the show was to limit the size and number of pieces included so the work would fit the space," Keller says. But the space itself is less than ideal: The exhibit fills the main room beautifully but overflows into the small upstairs loft. Keller has learned to deal with the layout but says she'd "love to see an addition off the back of the building to provide for another gallery. Exhibition space is scarce on campus, especially considering that we serve three separate institutions."
The first painting the viewer encounters in Emmanuel's main space is Boulder artist Kristen Peterson's "Summer's Center," a horizontal easel painting depicting an idealized and conventionalized view of an imaginary landscape. In this roughly symmetrical scene, a round pond in a green meadow in the mid-ground is glimpsed through a bower of leaves overhead in the foreground; in the back, a glowing white semi-circular gap in the dark gray clouds takes the center of the picture. The painting's surface is extremely smooth and seamless, but the dramatic lighting conjures up an ominous mood that offsets the simple sweetness of the leaves and the idyllic setting of the pond.
This painting, as well as Peterson's "East to West" (which is marooned upstairs), is brand-new and shows further development in her work. True, both have her signature dreaminess--the result of her use of rich, dark shadows against gleaming, luminous lighted passages--but they are more abstract than her previous paintings. In "East to West," there's even a shift in perspective. And how about those thick vertical lines?
Across from "Summer's Center" hangs another painting that's so new it's still wet. "Anatomy Lesson" is by Chuck Forsman, another Boulder painter with a national reputation and, like Peterson, one more concerned with landscapes of the mind than with actual scenery. "Anatomy Lesson," which features an unnamed Western mountainside, lays out Forsman's established artistic agenda: to create paintings based on the worst things humanity does to the earth. Although the profile of the hill and the heroic storm clouds above are not unlike those seen in traditional Manifest Destiny landscapes from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Forsman focuses the viewer's attention on the strip mining that has scarred the mountain. Layers of the rock from which the mountain is made have been exposed, as though an autopsy has been performed for an anatomy lesson. And the devastation extends clear down to the viewer's feet, since Forsman includes a black, fallen dead tree at the right of the painting's curved bottom.
Although she is painting figures instead of landscapes, Denver's Cameron Jones also is concerned with using her imagination rather than external reality as a guide. Two large, untitled vertical paintings, which hang directly across from Forsman's piece, reveal Jones's great gifts for composition and color-mixing. The painting on the left, a gorgeous pink monochrome, pictures a pair of mature nudes. A man facing the viewer leans to one side, counterbalancing, Old Master-style, the crouching woman with her back to us. On the right is a closely related, if less successful, blue-green monochrome. In this piece, a young couple, their backs to us, are seen carrying buckets into the distance. Jones takes a distinctively sketchy and almost-unfinished approach--in contrast to Peterson's and Forsman's careful detailing--that even allows her underpainting to show through at the margins. And she makes the most of the physical properties of the paint, the way it smears and flows.


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The two programmers who discovered the so-called software glitch have brought it to Apple's attention, however, Apple yet to respond. Nor did Apple respond to the NY Times's request for comment. One of the biggest questions that is unanswered right now is whether this issue is merely an unintended consequence of some other function in the iOS, or whether Apple knew exactly what it was doing when it planted a 24-hour tracking system into millions and millions of their popular mobile devices.
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Today in Italy live almost half of all inhabitants with surname Fonda, 56% of thereof is in Trieste (world telephone directories): see appendix. In Italian, word "Fonda" means "money-bag". By oral transmission Fondas was realy known as tradesmen. Between abt.1290-1360 lived tradesman "Latcho de Corgnale", from Trieste. He is mentioned in years 1328, 1335 and 1347 as tradesman with corn on, so called, "Karsten road", one of the most important European trade route in 14th century. Corgnale is today a villiage (with name Lokev - 500 inhabitant) in Slovenia (18 km near Trieste-Italy) . In the middle ages this villiage was very important, because throughit passed one of the most frequently trade route from Venezia,Trieste (Italy) through Ljubljana and Celje (Slovenia) to Buda/Pest (Hungary) and Wien (Austria) and back. Today near Celje is also small village named "Latkova Vas" (Latchos village) where also live few Fonda families. Almost certain, Fonda originate in Trieste and, maybe, "Latcho de Corgnale", was the first person who got title Fonda because of his bag, which is probably carring with. My goal is to tie "Latcho de Corgnale", "Latkova vas" and "Fonda". The first trials promises well, although there aren't a lot of data from that time. On the other hand, probably the first Fonda came to USA (Albany, NY) from Netherlands (Agum, Friesland). When his parents, father Douw FONDA (born 1580) - his family origin is Genova, Italy, and mother Hilletgen CLAESDR (born abt.1595) died, Jellis Douwese FONDA (1616-1662/66) with his wife Hester Douwese JANS and children Douw Jellisse FONDA (Nov 24 1641-Nov 24 1700), Greetien Jellise FONDA (born Sep 22 1643) and Sara FONDA (born Jun 18 1645) arrived to USA where he was first mentioned in Oct 15 1651. (internet browse) How and when his father (or forfather) arrived to Netherlands from Genova, Italy is unknown. Today nobody with surname Fonda lives in Netherlands (world telphone directories).
In Italy - by towns: Trieste (230), Venezia (18), Milano (10), Monfalcone (9), Grado,Rome (8), Genova (6), Muggia,Udine (5), ... In USA - by states: NewYork (128), CAlifornia (58), Florida (38), PennsylvAnia (19), Washington(17), Colorado (15), Connecticut,NewJersey (14), ILlinois (10), ... In Slovenia - by towns: Portorož (9), Piran,Ljubljana,Celje (5), Latkova vas near Celje (100 inhab.),Prebold near Celje (4), Lokev near Trieste (500 inhab.),Koper (4), ... ALL: 909 families - in Trieste (25,3 % of all in the world). Just a few Fonda families live in other countries or states in the world.


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Modularity has other benefits, too. Since each 25-kw SunCatcher has its own Stirling engine producing electricity, there's no single point of failure. "If something goes wrong with one dish, it doesn't matter," Osborn says. In contrast, the thousands of mirrors in a parabolic trough plant all feed a central turbine, so when the turbine is down for maintenance, power production stops. The SunCatcher design also shortens the wait for power during construction: Electricity will flow once the first 40 are builta "solar group" that can churn out 1 Mw.
The breakthrough efficiency of the dish results from focusing the sun's rays on a single spot instead of on a long pipe, which allows temperatures to reach 1450 F, compared to 750 F for parabolic troughs. In addition, the Stirling engine has a relatively flat efficiency curve: It produces close to maximum output even when the sun is obscured or low in the sky. So while the record 1-hour efficiency achieved earlier this year was 31.25 percent, the SunCatcher's full-year, sunrise-to-sunset efficiency is still a respectable 24 to 25 percent, roughly double that of parabolic trough systems.
Another twist on CST designs confronts the challenge that dogs every solar power scheme: "When the sun sets, that's it for the day," as Tisdale puts it. "But in Arizona in midsummer, it's hot as hades, so people have their a/c cranked until 9 or 10 in the evening." A hot liquid can be stored more efficiently than electricity; the analogy used by one industry executive is that a $5 thermos can hold as much energy in the form of heat as a $150 laptop battery can store electrochemically. Two 50-Mw plants that should begin operations by the end of this year in Spain will operate on this principle, using what amounts to a giant thermos filled with molten salt.
In the U.S., a thermal storage facility is scheduled for completion in Gila Bend, Ariz., in 2011. The 280-Mw Solana plant, being built by Spanish company Abengoa Solar, will use a parabolic trough design, but will incorporate a thermal storage tank that can keep the plant running for 6 hours with no sun. "We could design a plant that runs 24 hours a day," says Fred Morse, an adviser for Abengoa who was formerly the Department of Energy's solar czar, "but that would make no economic sense." Instead, the plant is designed to cover Arizona's peak energy-use periods, when power is most expensive.
The enormous scale of the Abengoa and Stirling Energy plants provides an answer to skeptics who doubt whether a few rooftop panels here and there can ever play a meaningful role in the world's energy portfolio. But size also creates its own set of problems. For one thing, the power has to be transmitted to where it's needed, and the empty deserts best suited for sprawling CST plants tend to be in the middle of nowhere. The site of Stirling Energy's future plant for the San Diego market currently has enough transmission capacity for 300 Mw, or 12,000 dishes. The remaining 24,000 dishes will be built only if San Diego Gas & Electric is able to complete a proposed 150-mile transmission line between the plant and the city.
Water use is another issue. CST plants with steam turbines can require hundreds of millions of gallons of water to cool their condensersa challenge in regions where water is already at a premium. In this respect, Stirling Energy's hydrogen-based system has a significant advantage, since it only uses water to rinse the mirrors every few weeks. Osborn estimates that the San Diego plant, when producing power for 500,000 households, would use the same amount of water as 33 average homes.
Utility-scale solar power also requires enormous capital, which keeps it out of reach of people in the developing world, where such solutions are desperately needed. That's a challenge RawSolar, an MIT spinoff, is trying to meet with a dish that is just 12 ft. wide, and simple and cheap enough to make for stand-alone operation. The nonprofit Solar Turbine Group, another MIT spinoff, built an even more bare-bones mini-CST system in Lesotho last summer, using spare car parts for the heat engine.
The most natural fit for small-scale solar, though, is the good old photovoltaic cell. It takes in sunlight and spits out electricity with no moving parts, requires no water and can be situated wherever electricity is needed, to avoid transmission losses. PV panels can generate useful amounts of electricity even in the weaker sunlight of northern states where big CST plants aren't practical. Also, they're ideal for homeowners, since they are simple to install and maintainin fact, integrated building materials like PV roof tiles will make new homes even easier to connect.
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So glad you are okay John!! God was your co-pilot!!
Bummer about the plane, that's not going to be cheap. But hey, any landing you can walk from right?
If you are going to say "God was your copilot" then you HAVE to think "Why did God allow this to happen"? Oh, I know...it is not for us to ask.
Absolutely right supernatural, you got it in one. Though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, God is with us. John will be the first to tell you, the Lord caught him.
I am so glad my uncle came out of this alive! Praise God!!!
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Jan 7th 2011 5:11PM Xot, as someone who has played healers on and off since vanilla (when similar stuff happened) I would say your option is basically to blackmail the group into doing it.
If they won't CC tell them not to blame you when they die, as they were the ones who chose not to prevent the damage that killed them.
And if they wont let you drink, sit down and drink anyways, make a macro letting them know that if they pull while you're drinking that you're not going to heal them. And the most important part of that, is don't bluff, you must mean it.
If they pull and you're drinking, sit there and continue drinking until you are at full mana, then and only then (and if they don't look like they're going to wipe anyways) start healing. If they complain you can always use the "it's just more mana efficient to rez you" quip.


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In 1821, the Supreme Court amended its rules by adding a requirement that the parties submit briefs. Published in volume 19 U.S. Reports (6 Wheat.), the rule stated that "no cause . . . will be heard by the Court, until the parties shall have furnished the Court with a printed brief . . . containing the substance of all the material pleadings, facts, and documents, on which the parties rely, and the points of law and fact intended to be presented at the argument." Thus began a practice that is a significant part of Supreme Court litigation.
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Other relevant rules:
Rule 29 on filing and service of documents.
Rule 32 on models, diagrams, exhibits.
Rule 39 on proceedings in forma pauperis.
A typical set of documents pertaining to a particular case includes:
1. Documents filed when seeking review by the Court (Petition Stage): Petition for certiorari, brief in opposition, petitioner's reply brief, supplemental briefs filed by any party, and amicus briefs filed at the petition stage. See Rules 12, 14, 15, 33, 34, 37.
2. Documents filed after review is granted (Merits Stage): The joint appendix, petitioner and respondent merits briefs, petitioner reply brief, supplemental briefs, amicus briefs on the merits. See Rules 24, 25, 26, 33, 34, 37.
The documents are submitted in booklet format as required by Rule 33. (See Rule 39 for exceptions applying to parties proceeding in forma pauperis). Booklets have different colors depending upon the type of document and documents are of varying lengths. Booklet colors and page limits are stated in Rule 33(g). Rule 33(f) requires that forty copies of each document be filed, several of which are then distributed to Supreme Court briefs depositories. Cornell Law Library is one of these depositories. Thus, the library has a significant print collection of Supreme Court records and briefs. In addition, the library has a microform collection that supplements the print collection. Researchers should also be aware that other libraries have print and microform collections and there are numerous online sources for briefs. These are detailed below.
The collection is available in microfilm, microfiche, and print formats depending upon the year with some overlap between the formats. Ask at the Reference or Circulation desks (Reading Room, 3rd floor) to see items from the print collection.
Key points to remember:
1. Collection begins 1832 ( 31 U.S. (6 Pet.)).
2. Print collection begins 1928 (Gonzalez v. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila, 280 U.S. 1 (1929)).
3. The clerk of the Court places petitions for certiorari on the docket shortly after they are received and reviewed for acceptability. The docket number is in term year-number format. Remember that cases granted review are not necessarily heard in the same year in which they were docketed.
4. The most recent documents in microform are received approximately six months after filed at the Court. Print dockets from the Court's prior Term are received at Cornell Law Library in the late Fall. The most recent print documents on the shelf have filing dates 1 - 2 years back. It may take up to three years to complete the document collection for a particular case.
5. The collection is organized by U.S. Reports citation from 1881 (volume 104) through 1976 (volume 428). Print documents in this part of the collection are bound by U.S. Reports citation. The earliest time period, 1832-1871, is organized by year. Material from 1872 to 1880 is organized by nominal reporter citation.
6. In the mid-1970s, it became standard practice to organize the documents by Supreme Court docket number. For documents organized this way in microform, the earliest docket number is 74-635. The print collection organized by docket number, which is unbound, includes documents docketed in the 1972, 1973, and 1974 Terms. However, a continuous chronology of documents begins with items docketed in the 1975 Term.
7. The collection is supplemented with the multi-volume Landmark Briefs and Arguments of the Supreme Court of the United States, KF101.8 .K97. The Law Library holds the first 80 volumes, years 1793 to 1974. This is a selective set containing documents from well-known cases. The earliest cases, in the first two volumes, contain only oral argument summaries. There are briefs available dating from 1856.
Collection Details
Years: | 1832 - 1888/89 |
U.S. Reports volumes: | 31 - 132 |
Format: | Microfilm |
Location: | Law Library 3rd floor, microform drawers 23G - 23K |
Years: | 1888/89 - 1915 |
U.S. Reports volumes: | 132 - 241 |
Format: | Microfilm |
Location: | Law Library 3rd floor, microform drawers 9A - 9J |
Years: | 1915 - 1930 |
U.S. Reports volumes: | 239 - 283 |
Format: | Microfiche |
Location: | Law Library 3rd floor, microform drawers 10A - 10F |
Years: | 1928 - current |
U.S. Reports volumes: | 280 (1928) - 428 (1976), for documents organized by U.S. Reports citation |
Docket numbers: | From October Terms 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 (various) - current, for documents organized by docket number. |
Format: | |
Location: | Please ask at Reference or the Circulation Desk for assistance. |
Years: | 1975 - current |
Docket numbers: | 74-635 - current |
Format: | Microfiche |
Location: | Law Library 3rd floor, microform drawers 10F - 12H. |
ABA Supreme Court Preview. Current briefs. A source for the latest documents, this site provides access to petitioner and respondent merits briefs. Briefs are accessed by case name or argument date. This is the site the Supreme Court references with its link On-line MERITS BRIEFS.
Briefserve. Recent and archived briefs. This fee-based site provides access to briefs from 1984 to present. The coverage is comprehensive and documents are delivered electronically in pdf. The cost is $25 per document.
Findlaw. Current, recent and archived briefs. Another very current source, the Findlaw Supreme Court site includes briefs from the October 1999 Term to the present. Access to briefs is by term of oral argument and then alphabetically by case name.
Lexis. Recent and archived briefs. From January 1979 through the October 1992 Term Lexis provides briefs for cases granted cert, joint appendices and selected special masters. For the October 1993 Term to current Lexis provides merits briefs for cases granted cert, special masters, and appendices to specific briefs. It can take up to 6 weeks for documents to become available. Lexis file name is Briefs. Follow this path to access: Legal --> Federal Legal-U.S. --> Supreme Court Cases & Materials --> U.S. Supreme Court Briefs.
Making of Modern Law Collection. The collection provides pdf copies of Supreme Court records and briefs covering years 1832-1978. For each case, a hyperlinked document list is provided. Amicus briefs and appendices are included. Be aware, however, that not all cases from the covered time period are available. Also, there are several cases in the collection for which one or more documents are not provided.
Office of the Solicitor General. Recent and archived briefs. This site provides access to briefs filed by the Solicitor General. The coverage includes briefs filed in the 1997 Term to the current. The briefs can be searched or browsed by keyword, type or subject. Html and pdf versions are available.
SCOTUSwiki Petitions to Watch. Part of the SCOTUSblog, users will find petition-stage documents for cases selected by the SCOTUSblog publisher that he believes have a chance to be granted cert. It currently covers from the October, 2006 Term forward. This can be a useful source for difficult-to-find cert petitions.
Westlaw. Recent and archived briefs. Westlaw provides various coverage of Supreme Court records and briefs divided into four main databases. The SCT-BRIEF database provides merits and amicus briefs for cases granted cert. Coverage of merits briefs begins with the October Term 1990 and amicus briefs begins with the October Term 1995. The SCT-PETITION database provides selective access to petitions for writ of cert and related documents. Coverage of granted petitions begins 1990, denied petitions begins 1995. The SCT-BRIEF-ALL database offers selective coverage dating from 1870. Joint appendices for current, selected cases can be found in the SCT-JA database. As well, users will notice links to briefs when viewing a Supreme Court case. The link is on the upper-left corner of the case display.
Various political, advocacy and other organizations make their amicus briefs available on the web. Use a search engine to find relevant sites or consult InSITE to help you identify useful sites. Also, American Law Sources On-line makes selected amicus briefs available on their site.
Researchers may also want to consult the Where to Find Briefs of the Supreme Court of the U.S., available at the Supreme Court web site, for additional information on accessing briefs. Also at the Court-s site is the Guide for Counsel in Cases to be Argued Before the Supreme Court of the United States, which has sections devoted to briefs and the joint appendix.
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Welcome to Riu Negril Resort
ClubHotel Riu Negril, Jamaica - All Inclusive 24 hours
The ClubHotel Riu Negril (All Inclusive 24h) is located straight at the beach of Negril, Jamaica, with turquoise water and fine sand. It is a perfect place to spend some unforgettable vacations with your family, couples and friends.
If you are looking for a place to relax this hotel is exactly what you need. It has two swimming pools with fresh water, a Jacuzzi, sauna, a gym, a solarium terrace and the wellness center "Renova Spa" with different kinds of treatments and massages. Everything is prepared for you to have some relaxing and enjoyable vacations in tropical atmosphere.
The ones who visit Jamaica always keep in mind the delicious recipes of this destination. For that the chefs put on your plate the best ingredients and menus of the restaurant's buffet and the thematic restaurants: A variety to satisfy every palate.
The ClubHotel Riu Negril has a big fan of activities and sports to let you have a good time during the whole day. You can do table tennis, volleyball, windsurf, sailing, kayak, catamaran, diving, snorkeling, there is a sports center and several aquatic activities at the beach. Your children will also have a great time with the playground and entertainment program. At night the "Pacha" discotheque will make you dance to the best rhythms of Jamaica.
Jamaica keeps several secrets and marvelous places. You just can not miss the excursions of the thermal springs of Rhodes, Hall Plantation, the crowded beach of Seven Mile Beach, The Great Morass, where you can see endemic birds and American crocodiles or Roaring River, a cave where you can have a bath and see some harmless bats. If you like to play Golf the Negrill Hills court is perfect to practice it. In Negril you can also do cycling through the hills where you reach to take the best pictures.
A wonderful beach, diversion, relaxing atmosphere and the best gastronomy: Everything in the ClubHotel Riu Negril.
- All Inclusive 24 hours
- Located on the beachfront
- 80 km / 48 miles from Montego Bay airport
- Two swimming pools, one with jacuzzi
- Buffet style and themed restaurants
- "Renova" Spa with different beauty treatments
- "Green Island" non-smoking restaurant with terrace
- "Sir Andrew" gourmet restaurant (non-smoking)
- "Luigi" Italian restaurant (non-smoking) with terrace
- "Shadows" poolside restaurant /grill and steakhouse with non-smoking section
- "Welcome" lobby bar
- "Coliseum" lounge bar with terrace
- "Plaza" poolside bar
- Swim-up bar
- Beach bar
- Two swimming pools (445 and 377 sq metres), one with jacuzzi
- Children's swimming pool (7 sq metres)
- Complimentary sun loungers, parasols and towels by the pool
- Sun terrace
- "RiuLand" kids' club
- Children's playground
- "Renova" Spa with different beauty treatments, massages, etc. (additional charge)
- Complimentary gym, sauna and jacuzzi
- Use of the gym, jacuzzi and sauna is restricted to guests over 18 years old. Sports shoes are compulsory when using the gym.
- "Pacha" night club
- Games room with slot machines
- Kiosk/gift shops
- Internet-room (additional charge)
- Free WiFi in the lobby for 90 consecutive minutes per day
- WiFi in rooms at a charge
All Inclusive Details
- Full American breakfast buffet and on the spot cooking stations
- Continental breakfast/snack
- Hot and cold buffet and on the spot cooking stations
- Pizzas, pasta, salads and assorted desserts
- Jerk (traditional Jamaican buffet) station (six times a week)
- Buffets and on the spot cooking stations
- Special evenings: Theme buffet twice a week
Optional dining (reservations required in advance):
- "Sir Andrew" gourmet restaurant (à la carte)
- "Shadows" grill and steakhouse (à la carte)
- "Luigi" Italian restaurant
Snacks 24 hours a day
- Unlimited local and imported beverages 24 hours a day
- Regularly restocked mini-bar and liquor dispenser
In-room safe
Sports and activities:
- Gym, table tennis, volleyball
- Sauna, jacuzzi
- 2 floodlit hard surface tennis courts
- Multipurpose sports pitch
- Windsurfing, sailing, kayaking, catamaran
- Snorkelling equipment, 1 introductory scuba diving lesson in the pool
Entertainment programme:
- Daytime entertainment programme for children ages 4 to 7 and ages 8 to 12 at RiuLand (daily)
- Daytime entertainment programme for adults (daily)
- Shows, Riu evening programme or live music (daily)
Complimentary entrance to "Pacha" night club and drinks (open six nights a week)
All accommodations, taxes and gratuities
All hotel guests are required to wear an "all inclusive" wristband for identification purposes


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Gear Guide 2014: Basecamp
Whether your digs are a sleeping bag under the stars or a shiny new Sprinter, here are 31 of the best new things to improve any climbing trip.
Whether your digs are a sleeping bag under the stars or a shiny new Sprinter, here are 31 of the best new things to improve any climbing trip.
6 products to get your caffeine fix when you're out in the wilderness, miles from the nearest coffee shop.
Innovative, smart, lust-worthy, and just plain cool: 10 new must-have products that topped our testers' lists.
Integrated cook systems like the JetBoil or MSR Reactor do a great job of deflecting wind and maintaining quick boil times, but you can't use multiple pots or frying pans. Meanwhile, many pocket stoves suffer in the face of a stiff breeze.
Climbers are serious about coffee. And this tricked-out travel mug is a seriously cool addition to the scene. With a large and easy-to-push button on the top side, you can effortlessly press the button down.
Take the comfort of your bed at home with you on car-camping trips. That's what two testers did for the last six months, and the result was many fights about who got to sleep on this bit of heaven. "This is the most comfy pad I've ever slept on," one tester said.
When you're car camping next to the crag, weight is less of a concern than luxury, which is where this 14-pound beast comes in. Two two-person tents are connected by a floorless storage area that's large enough for a six-person game of Twister—trust us, we played the game—and makes a great covered "porch" when weather comes in.
This solar recharger has been around for a few years, but it got a sizeable downgrade (in a good way) this year, now weighing just 1.1 lbs. The whole kit (recharger, Nomad 13 solar panels, AC inverter) can charge anything from a smartphone to a laptop.
We've given this tent a lot of ink (and our sister pub Backpacker gave it an Editors' Choice Snow award), and for good reason. From Everest to Peru, testers raved about the ideal combo of mountain-worthy features and livability that's rare in four-season tents.
The only thing easier than this UV purifier would be to drink straight from the creek. And what climber doesn't relish an occasional swig of glacial melt? But this device gives serious peace of mind: Ultraviolet light neutralizes all water-borne nasties.
"I could churn out hot water at a fast clip, but dial the heat back to simmer sauce," said our resident camp chef. A standard screw-on canister attaches to the stove via a flexible hose, so the squat, 7-inch-diameter burner sits only two inches off the ground, making it stable on uneven surfaces and under fat pots.
Cheers to Nemo for making two of our favorite bags of the year. The Stratoloft 25 (right) is a down comforter that pairs with an insulated air pad (sold separately); the combo is the perfect setup for car camping and weekenders. "The pad with integrated pillow and lofty down bag with elastic in the seams made for a better night's sleep than I get at home," said one tester.


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Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator, Professor of Genetics
Tel: +44 (0)1223 333834 (office) 333844 (lab), Fax: +44 (0)1223 333840,
E-mail: email@example.com
Anne is a member of the
Centre for Trophoblast Research.
Reseach Summary
Our lab focuses on the molecular events governing pre- and post-natal
mammalian development. Our research is directed towards investigating
the developmental role of imprinted genes and the epigenetic mechanism(s)
controlling their parental-origin specific expression and applying this
information to understanding epigenetic control and the regulation of
developmental processes in a wider context.
Genomic imprinting and parental-orgin effects
Genomic imprinting is a remarkable normal process that causes some genes to be expressed solely from maternally inherited chromosomes and others from paternally inherited chromosomes. This means that the egg and sperm contribute unequal functions to the developing conceptus through the parental-origin specific expression of imprinted genes. In mouse and man, disorders can arise when the dosage of imprinted genes is altered through imbalances in the parental-origin of particular chromosomes, by mutations in the single active allele or by mutations affecting the imprint process. Over the years we and others have contributed to understanding aspects of genomic imprinting including the epigenetic mechanisms that programme functional differences between the two parental chromosomes and generate a heritable memory of parental origin. In addition we have explored the function of imprinted genes in development and disease and the evolution of imprinting and its epigenetic control. Much of our work has focused on the Dlk1-Dio3 imprinted domain on mouse chromosome 12 which contains paternally expressed protein coding genes and multiple non-coding RNAs expressed specifically from the maternally inherited chromosome (Fig. 1).
Current research themes
More recently we have been using genomic imprinting as a paradigm for understanding aspects of genome function and its epigenetic control in a wider context. Our current programme is divided into three integrated research themes.
1. Stem cells and the epigenetic programme in vitro and in vivo
2. Functional genomics and epigenomics
3. Development, environment and disease
1. Stem cells and the epigenetic programme in vitro and in vivo
In this area, we explore the factors required for the establishment and maintenance of epigenetic states in embryonic stem cells, in iPSCs in culture and in progenitor cells and developing organ systems in vivo. We study developmental contexts in which genomic imprinting can be used as a developmental switch to control gene dosage and the consequences for the stem cell niche when this process goes wrong (Fig. 2).
2. Functional genomics and epigenomics
Here we study the function, epigenetic regulation
and evolution of genomic features including repetitive sequences, regulatory
elements and non-coding RNAs and their contribution to the regulation
of genome function. This involves the use of genome-wide next generation
sequencing technologies to functionally characterise epigenomes combined
with more detailed targeted approaches investigating functional genomics.
We are particularly interested in genotype-epigenotype interactions
and their impact on phenotype.
3. Development, environment and disease
It is often assumed that epigenetic states mediate signalling between the environment and the genome. If true, this has major implications for health and disease. The role of dynamic changes in the epigenetic programme that influence intrinsic developmental processes is well-recognised, but genomic mechanisms by which external environmental signals can influence changes in developmental or adaptive processes are not fully understood. We are exploring the epigenetic control of gene dosage and its influence on developmental and adult phenotypes in a range of genetic and environmentally perturbed model systems. In addition, we are addressing the function of imprinted coding genes and of large and small imprinted non-coding RNAs, including microRNAs. These studies are providing insights into the role of imprinted genes in the regulation of normal development and in postnatal adaptations such as the transition to independent life (Fig. 3).
Technical approaches include: transgenic/knockout mice, developmental and phenotypic characterisation including morphometrics, stereology and histology, whole genome epigenomics, comparative in silico genomics and bioinformatics including for the analysis of genome-epigenome interactions, assays for DNA and chromatin modification including chromatin immunoprecipitation, chromatin conformation studies, classic and molecular genetics, metabolic physiology and neurodevelopmental studies.
Research Team
Research Associates
Mitsu Ito PhD
Angela Noon PhD
Lizzie Radford MB PhD
Ruslan Strogantsev PhD
Nozomi Takahashi PhD
Carol Edwards PhD (in silico genomics)
Nic Walker PhD (bioinformatics)
Hui Shi PhD (bioinformatics)
Dionne Gray (Lab Manager)
Graduate Students
Sarah Allen
Mary Cleaton
Norah Fogarty (joint with Prof Burton, CTR)
Ben Shaw
Björn þór Aðalsteinsson
Research Assistant staff
Jennifer Corish
Fran Dearden
Affiliated members
Erica Watson PhD (Next Generation Research Fellow – Centre for Trophoblast Research)
Marcela Sjoberg PhD (Research Associate)
Nisha Padmanabhan (PhD student)
Maria Andrenia Bruni (Vargas Scholar)
Current funding sources: Wellcome Trust, MRC, Technology Strategy Board, EU-FP7 EpigeneSys, EU-FP7 BLUEPRINT, EU-FP7-EpiHealth and CTR.
Selected Publications
Selected recent publications (full publication list)
Charalambous M, Teixeira da Rocha S, Rowland T, Ferron S, Ito M, Radford E, Schuster Gossler K, Hernandez A, Ferguson-Smith AC. Imprinted gene dosage is critical for the transition to independent life.
Cell Metabolism 15(2) 209-221 (2012).
Radford EJ, Isganaitis E, Jiminez-Chillaron J, Schroeder J, Andrews S, Didier N, Charalambous M, McEwen K, Marazzi G, Sassoon D, Patti MR, Ferguson-Smith AC. An unbiased assessment of the role of imprinted genes in an intergeneration model of developmental programming.
PLoS Genetics 8(4) e1002605 (2012).
Messerschmidt D, DeVries W, Ito M, Solter D, Ferguson-Smith AC, Knowles BB. Trim28 is required for epigenetic stability during oocyte to embryo transition.
Science 335(6075) 1499-1452 (2012)
Ferron S, Charalambous M, Radford E, McEwen K, Wildner H, Hind E, Morante-Redolat J, Laborda J, Guillemot F, Bauer S, Farinas I. Ferguson-Smith AC. Postnatal loss of Dlk1 imprinting in stem cells and niche-astrocytes regulates neurogenesis.
Nature 475: 381-385 (2011).
Rens W, Wallduck M, Lovell F, Ferguson-Smith MA, Ferguson-Smith AC. Epigenetic modifications on X chromosomes in marsupial and monotreme mammals and their implications for the evolution of dosage compensation.
Proc Natl Acad Sci (USA) Oct 12;107(41):17657-17662 (2010)
Li X, Ito M, Zhou F, Youngson N, Zuo X, Leder P, Ferguson-Smith AC. A maternal-zygotic effect gene Zfp57 maintains both maternal and paternal imprints.
Developmental Cell 15: 547-557(2008)
Edwards C, Mungall A, Matthews L, Ryder E, Gray DJ, Pask AJ, Shaw G, Graves JAM, Rogers J, Dunham I, Renfree MB, Ferguson-Smith AC. The evolution of the imprinted Dlk1-Dio3 domain in mammals.
PLoS Biology 6(6):e135 (2008)
Reviews and commentaries
Grossniklaus U, Kelly B, Ferguson-Smith AC, Pembrey
M, Lindquist
S (2013) Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance:
how important is it?
Reviews Genetics 14:228-235.
AC. Genomic imprinting: the emergence of an
epigenetic paradigm.
Nature Reviews Genetics 12(8)
565-575 (2011).
Ferguson-Smith AC and Patti ME. You are what your dad ate.
Cell Metabolism 13: 115-117 (2011).
Teixeira Da Rocha S, Edwards C, Ito M, Ogata T, Ferguson-Smith AC. Genomic imprinting at the mammalian Dlk1-Dio3 domain. Trends in Genetics 24:(6) 306-316 (2008).
Charalambous M, Teixeira da Rocha S, Ferguson-Smith A. Genomic imprinting, growth control and the allocation of nutritional resources implications for post-natal life.
Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity, 14(1) 3-12 (2007).
Edwards CA, Ferguson-Smith AC. Mechanisms regulating imprinted genes
in clusters.
Current Opinion in Cell Biology 19(3) April 26 (2007).
Updated 14th September 2012


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An A380 visited Air France at the weekend for the first time to try out the airline's new hangar in Paris. That's the good news.
Unfortunately, according to the French press, the airline is now crossing its fingers that it will actually get its own A380 by the end of next year.
Which means that you-know-who is going to be on stand-by for a while. So here's another gratuitous Unusual Attitude picture of her.