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Yesterday, on Otter Creek on a hot July afternoon, I came across this little guy cooling off in a swimming hole…he was using his shoe as a boat.

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The longest word in English (and in the world) contains 3,609,750 letters and means the current day or date between real and imaginable today. It was coined by writer, director, artist and linguistic provocateur Nigel Tomm in his book The Blah Story, Volume 19. The word occupies 812 pages (read more).

Here's an excerpt of the word:

somewhenotodayoundressomecologicalinenumerousexyeslowillingnesshotstr-angereactioneglectabulationumberightonightomorrowidoweremembersufficien-togethernessobviousoomphilariousayourselforeasonablexplorerideseriouservan-twinklechoingoosevenowomeneedoorbellikelectricalamplantingoverockslightly-ellowelluminousportuitionevereoccupiesilentouringadderoastsalmonearlyowlec-habitationationalizespecialegornamentitartanomineejectwolivesubjectwentiet-hypertextransformereappearstaticrazyoungsterunearbyachtoo...eddingown

Cover image of The Blah Story, Volume 19:

The word was coined using simple algorithm:

Apparently Tomm's neological method (or is it madness?) is to string together words where the last letter of one word is the same as the first letter of another. So "somewhennotoday" comes from "somewhen", "not", and "today" (with the common first and last letters reduced to one character). (read more)

Moreover, the word contains all previously known longest words (page numbers where these words can be found in The Blah Story, Volume 19 book are given):

• lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphio-paraomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryo-noptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon (4 page);
• taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu (53 page);
• pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (103 page);
• pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (153 page);
• floccinaucinihilipilification (203 page);
• antidisestablishmentarianism (253 page);
• honorificabilitudinitatibus (303 page);
• aldiborontiphoscophornio (353 page);
• chrononhotonthologos (353 page);
• bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonn-thunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk (503 page);
• supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (803 page).

Want to hear this 3.6 million letters word live? Then listen to the robot: 

P.S. All The Blah Story, Volume 19 can be downloaded for free from Nigel Tomm's Amazon page.

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Dorysthenes granulosus（Thomson 1861）

I had the opportunity to sit down with Siaka (pronounced: Seeaka) this Wednesday to talk about his life, work, and the Shinners. Siaka is the man behind the initial design of the Shinners’ ornament work currently focusing on the use of “found objects” - most notably fish bones. Siaka, like so many of the kids he works with, lost both his parents in childhood.  Get the interview after the jump.

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I made artist Julio Aguilera happy yesterday. No, not that way sicko. I was able to get two articles on him picked up. Right now, he has two large projects in the works.

The first project involves cigars. Julio has partnered with De La Concha, Prometheus and Feunte to sculpt a God of Fire statue based on the Prometheus legend. The sculpture will be auctioned at charity events in Los Angeles and New York this fall. Many thanks to art patron Nik Renieris for making this project possible. Read more >>

The second is "Ladies of San Fernando Valley" (NSFW). It celebrates the centennial of "Ladies of Avignon" by Pablo Picasso. One hundred years ago, Picasso used the day's prevailing sexual entertainers: prostitutes. For a new century, Aguilera decided that a refreshed look at the sexual entertainer should be taken. So, he is using porn stars. Well, his first public exhibition will be held on August 2, 2008 in Philadelphia. Read more (NSFW) >>

Both articles ran photos of Julio, though Cigar Report ran two: the one shown here and another of the artist with his masterpiece.

By Samson Dada, Y9

"Last week a group of four other Y9 students and I were selected to participate in the 'Small Steps to Sustainable Living' Community Arts Project held at the Zion Arts Centre.

The aim was to design posters that would be displayed on the insides of buses. This would be in the hope that it would persuade people to limit the amount of non renewable energy sources used and use renewable sources of energy.

We were given a warm welcome by the people in charge, who then kicked off proceedings with a brief talk on CO2 emissions.

Thirty minutes later everyone had come up with real positive, individual and encouraging poster ideas. After a discussion we were raring to go and spread out all different shades and colours of wax crayons, paints and paint brushes. We were determined to make a poster we would be proud of and would be better than all of the other groups. But they probably thought the same thing. Well I suppose competitiveness never did any harm, did it?

With our deadline fast approaching the pressure began to mount as the whole group upped the speed on their paint brushes and wax crayons to cross the finish line. As expected we pasted this with flying colours, and at the end we had an outstanding poster set to appear on buses throughout the city of Manchester. It had our motto "Walk this way", beautifully written by Guy, surrounding the greenery, sun and bikes which were meant to represent a alternative means of transportation as opposed to driving a car to work.

I was very fortunate to work with several very good artists, especially Guy McKinley who, as a professional freelance artist "wowed" us with his amazing free hand sketches and stunning graphic work.

I got a great deal from the afternoon; Team work, communication skills and learning that on the day everyone's personal ideas opinions and views were equally valid.

My key highlights of the day were probably meeting and working with Guy McKinley and getting a drawn, signed portrait of him. I was also interviewed and won the quiz.

I was selected for the trip, but enough though it centred on Art; it was not for my Art skills. I am literally a shambolic drawer! No fishing for compliments. I am!

But most of my entire highlight was eating the mouth watering, delicious vegetarian buffet. I wouldn't mind going to the Zion Arts Centre everyday for lunch, although a certain somebody would have something to say about that!

(Editor; who on earth can he mean?)

This report was written by me in Year 9. Some parts of the text have been edited, as my writing has improved since then.

To check the validity of the author, log on to: http://old.trinityhigh.com/inform/news/newsletters_05_06/news_07_apr_06.pdf (See Page 2).

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US demand to increase 2% annually through 2012. US demand for pallets is forecast to grow about two percent annually through 2012 to 670 million pallets. Pallets made from wood -- primarily lumber -- will continue to account for a  dominant share of the US market, while plastic pallets will experience the fastest gains in demand.

Plastic pallet demand to exceed 50 million in 2012

Demand for plastic pallets is projected to rise nearly five percent per year to more than 50 million pallets in 2012. Pallet  users are opting for plastic pallets due totheir durability. Plastic  pallets are easy to clean, and meet US and international phytosanitary requirements for shipping, making them ideal for product shippers with neither the time nor resources to  continually sterilize pallets. Plastic pallets can last a long time without requiring  time-consuming repairs, and can be easily recycled once they have reached the end  of their product lifespan. Additionally,  plastic pallets can possess sufficient strength despite a weight much less than that made from other materials, an important consideration to value-conscious long-distance shippers.  Wood pallets are forecast to account for almost 90 percent of the market in 2012. However, demand for wood pallets is projected to rise at a rate just below that of the market average, however. Demand  gains will be restrained by the growth of  pallet refurbishing services, which repair distressed pallets by removing damaged deckboards, blocks and stringers and replacing them with new components.  These services prolong the lifespans of existing pallets, reducing demand for new units. Environmental concerns about the waste generated by pallets will also drive  continued use of pallet refurbishing, as users seek to reduce the environmental impact of pallet consumption by trying reuse and refit pallets, rather than disposing of them at the earliest opportunity.

Warehousing, storage uses demand fastest growing

In terms of end use, manufacturers will continue to account for the largest share of demand for new pallets, totaling 77 percent of the market in 2012. However, providers of warehousing  and other storage services will post the most rapid gains in pallet demand, rising about six  percent per year through 2012. These companies, which manage pallets and coordinate the shipping and handling of materials from original manufacturer to end user, will need new pallets to expand  their operations and more effectively serve existing customers. These firms serve as third-party storage and shipping agents for manufactured goods, rely on  the prompt and efficient delivery of pallets to maximize their profits, and will  need large stocks of them to meet demand for their services.

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Global demand to rise 4%annually through 2011. World rubber consumption is forecast to increase 4.0 percent annually to 26.5 million metric tons in 2011. Gains will  directly benefit from solid growth in world motor vehicle production, as well as a strong global economy. The US, China and Japan dominate global rubber consumption, and will continue to do so,
collectively accounting for more than half of the market in 2011. China has become the leading consumer of rubber worldwide, following more than a decade of
strong growth in motor vehicle production and industrial goods manufacturing. The country overtook Japan as the second largest rubber market in the late 1990s
and by 2001 had essentially caught up to the US as the world’s leading consumer. While China will continue to extend that lead, the US and Japan will remain
leading markets worldwide, because of their extensive motor vehicle and tire industries.

Chinese market to slow yet remain fastest growing   

The strongest gains are forecast for China, though the double digit annual gains that characterized China’s rubber market from 2001 to 2006 are forecast to
slow significantly as its domestic market matures and motor vehicle production decelerates. The Chinese market will be sustained primarily by expanding demand
for industrial rubber products such as  hoses, belts and gaskets, offsetting slower, though still solid, growth for tire  rubber. Above-average gains also are forecast for most of the rest of the Asia/ Pacific, excluding Japan, which will benefit from strong economic growth and rising motor vehicle production. Inaddition, the growing tire industries in these nations will support demand for rubber. Among the major developed regions, the large North American, West European
and Japanese markets will all see gains below the global average. Each of these regions will suffer from a weak outlook for the regional motor vehicle industry
and competition from nations with lower labor or raw material costs. Non-tire rubber demand to outpace tire rubber Non-tire rubber will outpace tire rubber
demand through 2011, based on a favorable outlook for mid-range elastomers (e.g., ethylene-propylene, nitrile and polychloroprene) used in components such as hoses, belts, gaskets and weatherstripping. Tire rubber demand will benefit from the popularity of performance tires, which use more rubber than all seasonradials
and also have shorter service lives, thus stimulating replacement demand. Natural, synthetic rubber to both expand at strong pace Demand for both natural and synthetic rubber will expand at a strong pace, but the division of the market will remain essentially unchanged through 2011, with synthetic rubber continuing to hold
approximately 55 percent of demand and natural rubber holding the remaining 45  percent. General-purpose synthetic commodity elastomers -- typically
defined as SBR (styrene-butadiene rubber), BR (polybutadiene rubber) and IR (polyisoprene rubber) -- account for the vast majority of synthetic rubber
demand.

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Demand in China to grow 13.1% annually through 2011. Demand for insulated wire and cable in China is forecast to increase 13.1 percent annually through 2011 to ¥335 billion. Gains will be fueled by strong gross fixed investment in power grid, telecommunication and building construction, as well as by further increases in production of products that incorporate insulated wire and cable. In order to accommodate the  needs of the rapidly expanding industrial sector and to provide a solid foundation for continued economic development, the Chinese government is focusing on expanding and  modernizing the country’s utility facilities, including power grids and telecommunication networks. This is providing significant opportunities for power, electronic and telephone wire, and  fiber optic cable suppliers. A favorable outlook for construction  expenditures will also help stimulate advances in building wire and cable.  Increasing shipments of key end-use products such as electrical, electronic and  transportation equipment will fuel demand for apparatus, electronic and  automobile wire and cable.

Power wire & cable to stay largest product segment

Power wire and cable is expected to remain the largest product segment and post the fastest growth through 2011. Government efforts to improve China’s  power grid will be the principal driver of demand for power wire and cable. For  example, China plans to have established a backbone network of ultra-high voltage power transmission by 2020. Fiber optic  cable and electronic wire will also see favorable opportunities through 2011 as the country increases its telecommunications, computer networking and data communication capabilities.

Electric utilities, electronic/ electrical markets to see favorable growth prospects

The electric utilities market for insulated wire and cable is expected to post the  fastest rate of growth, reflecting increasing electricity production and the need to upgrade the country’s transmission and  distribution network. Favorable gains will also come in electronic and electrical equipment markets, where demand is  supported by an expanding communication network and a growing electrical sector. Market gains for wire and cable in  building construction, industrial equipment and transportation applications will  be healthy, bolstered by further increases in construction expenditures and industrial  and transportation equipment shipments.

Opportunities in China vary by geographic region

As with gross fixed investment activity, the size, growth and composition of wire and cable demand in China differ  substantially from region to region. The Central-East will remain the largest  regional wire and cable market, accounting for more than two-fifths of overall  demand in 2011. However, the fastest rate of growth is anticipated in the Northwest. Market gains will primarily benefit from  the government’s Go West strategy, but also reflect the relatively small base from which advances are derived. Wire and cable demand growth in the Central- ast and Central-North regions will also exceed the national average, benefiting  from favorable business conditions.

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