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An inspiring blend of sculpture, politics and gesture, the art of Michael Rakowitz (born 1973) makes a direct engagement with the larger dilemmas of the present, with ecological solutions and civic interventions. These include projects such as paraSITE, a series of inflatable plastic homeless shelters, each of which was tailored to the occupant's needs, and which was designed to inflate by latching on to heat-exhaust ducts on the sides of buildings. In The invisible enemy should not exist-his most famous project to date-Rakowitz faithfully replicated the objects known to be missing or looted from the Iraqi National Museum during the U.S. invasion, using the cheap paper packaging of Middle Eastern import foods. This handsome volume surveys these and other recent projects. ... Read more

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Volume 4 of this series, includes Sybilla Masters (America's 1st patented inventor), Mary Beatrice Davidson & Mildred Davidson (sisters: toilet paper dispenser), Stephanie Kwolek (Kevlar - bullet-proof vest), and Frances Gabe (self-cleaning house). ... Read more

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This eco-friendly catalog includes writings by Lucy R. Lippard and major writers on environmental art and climate change. It was published by the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (in Colorado) as part of the 2007 exhibit "Weather Report: Art and Climate Change," curated by internationally renowned art critic, historian, and writer Lucy R. Lippard. "Weather Report" underscores art's potential to educate and motivate audiences. Issues regarding desertification, floods, changing watersheds, global warming, renewable energy, carbon profiling, reforestation, species transformation, ozone layer, ocean acidification, and soil subsidence are presented through artists eyes to provoke a tangible, immediate connection with the viewer. The intent of the exhibit was to partner the scientific and art communities to create a visual dialogue surrounding climate change. The artists include: Kim Abeles, Lillian Ball, Subhankar Banerjee, Iain Baxter&, Bobbe Besold, Cape Farewell, Mary Ellen Carroll (Precipice Alliance), CLUI (Center for Land Use Interpretation), Brian Collier, Xavier Cortada, Gayle Crites, Agnes Denes, Steven Deo, Rebecca DiDomenico, Future Farmers (Amy Franceschini and Michael Swaine), Bill Gilbert, Isabella Gonzales, Green Fabrication University of Colorado College of Architecture and Planning (Professor, Rick Sommerfeld), Newton Harrison & Helen Mayer Harrison, Judit Hersko, Lynne Hull, Pierre Huyghe, Basia Irland, Patricia Johanson, Chris Jordan, Marguerite Kahrl, Janet Koenig & Greg Sholette, Eve Andree Laramee, Learning Site (Cecilia Wendt and Rikke Luther), Ellen Levy, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Patrick Marold, Natasha Mayers, Jane McMahan, Mary Miss, Joan Myers, Beverly Naidus, Chrissie Orr, Melanie Walker & George Peters, Andrea Polli, Marjetica Potrc, Aviva Rahmani, Rapid Response, Buster Simpson, Kristine Smock, Joel Sternfeld, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Ruth Wallen, Sherry Wiggins, The Yes Men, and Shai Zakai. ... Read more

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Sinnie has lived a secure, uniquely privileged life in the Seelie Court of Tir na n-Og. For as long as she can remember, her doting father, Sel, son of Selgi, has been the Captain of the Queen's Guard. She cannot imagine the dark warrior prophesied for her future by the meddling goddess Blodeuwedd. Nevertheless, Sinnie's fate is forever sealed the day the goddess whispers the riddle into her child's ear.He would be a warrior born of the dark, raised by the despised, and tempered by the unlikely - and he would be Sinnie's only chance at true love.After spending nearly a thousand years exiled in the world of men, Hueil, son of Caw, has returned to the Dark Court of the unseelie to find much has changed in his homeland. The restoration of his name and his new duties at court should have brought him satisfaction, but the many years of banishment and Jennifer Mackell have changed him.Unable to name the yearning that now plagues him, Hueil travels back to Jen's cottage to seek answers. What he finds is Sinnie, a seelie warrior who is both fire and flame, and a woman who might very well be the death of him - if he is lucky. ... Read more

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Title: Succession planning for family-owned businesses is critical for rural America.(Legal Corner)
Author: Stephanie M. Smith
Publication: Rural Cooperatives (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2010
Publisher: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Business - Cooperative Service
Volume: 77Issue: 4Page: 9(2)

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Title: Co-ops faced numerous challenges in 2009.(Legal Corner)
Author: Stephanie M. Smith
Publication: Rural Cooperatives (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2010
Publisher: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Business - Cooperative Service
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To assist developing countries and countries with economies intransition to meet this obligation, the U.S. Country Studies Programis providing technical and financial support for the development ofclimate change studies in 55 countries. This document presentspreliminary results from the vulnerability and adaptation assessmentresearch of 13 of the countries that were ready to share theirresults. The countries contributing to this document are from theAfrican, Asian--Pacific, Eastern European, and Latin Americanregions, and their assessments address impacts in the agriculture,grasslands, forest, water resources, and coastal resources sectors.This document includes results from many countries for which there wasno prior research on the potential impacts of climate change, or forwhich the research has not previously been widely available. This workwill not only fill gaps in the understanding of the potential impactsof climate change and the effectiveness of adaptation strategies, itwill also help develop a consensus on appropriate methodologies andneeds for refinement to currently available methodologies. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Rural Cooperatives, published by U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Business - Cooperative Service on July 1, 2009. The length of the article is 635 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Capper-Volstead, revisited.(Legal Corner)
Author: Stephanie M. Smith
Publication: Rural Cooperatives (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2009
Publisher: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Business - Cooperative Service
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