I'll be leading the WaSP Annual Meeting on Monday at 5 PM, and between now and then, having fun!

Dear all, I am sorry for writing something off topic (good luck in your panel, Samhita!), but this was the only way to contact you that I've found.

I'am a brazilian feminist, living in DC and LOVE your blog!

I thought you would like to know about how our president, Lula, has been mentioning the female sexuality lately. A good example.

Some days ago, he launched a programme against the "feminization" of HIV in Brazil, he has benn always very supportive of women issues. In his speach he said that the brazilian society is machista, that sex is good, almost everyone likes and should be taught how to do it to young people.

Some of this speach is in this article (in English): http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N07235438.htm

But (this was not found in any american news) he also mentioned, talking about girls and the fight against HIV, that these women should not listen to what families or churches say.

I think this is was a VERY strong and brave thing for a president to say! Great Lula!

And more... this is just funny... in his meeting with Bush, yesterday, during the official speach, with Bush at his side, Lula said something like:

"I think we are going strong, looking for a possibility [to build a relationship between Brazil and USA] or to find the 'G spot' to make a deal"... [with a smart smile]

I would love to see Bush's puritan face while Lula was saying this...

Even if he is not perfect, I would say that our brazilian president ROCKS! :-)

No writstband for me, so I'll be bumming around town and enjoying the countryside when I can get away. Enjoy Austin, and I would strongly recommend renting a bike while you're in town--going venue to venue can be draining.

I met your panel leader last night; I'm sure it will go off without a hitch. Of course, you are competing with the Alternate Reality Gaming panel.

i am mega jealous!

please please go see lily allen and tell me everything about it!

I live in Austin, and I always mean to get tickets for SXSW, but I just never do. Have fun!

I'm really enjoying this panel; I'm glad this subject is on the slate, and y'all have really smart & interesting things to say about this. I'm especially enjoying your words & Jason's words...

I'm here currently at the tagging panel. Think I'm going to the css thing next.

Thus, the Arts Committee in its meeting of 6th February 1958 took note of the decisions of the Jury and the remarks of the Committee of the C.O.N.I. and in view of the fact that the twelve most qualified Italian poster artists had already been invited to take part in the second stage of the contest, decided to propose to the author of the winning design, Armando Testa, that certain modifications be made which, while preserving the fundamental inspiration and realization of the work whose originality, impact, and artistic value they recognised, would simplify a number of details of execution.

For this the artist Testa was approached, but the Executive Committee of the C.O.N.I. still did not express itself satisfied. The Executive Committee then decided to establish what they wanted in the poster, namely: a pillar with capital and the Capitoline Wolf as symbols of its Roman character, the five Olympic rings and the prescribed wording. Among the designs presented on this theme the best was, once again, judged to be that of Testa, who produced a modern interpretation of the Belvedere Capital showing a scene of acclamation to a winning athlete of the III century B. C. Testa's final design, having been approved by the Arts Committee and the Executive Committee of the C.O.N.I., was adopted and used for the Official Poster of the Games of the XVII Olympiad. Distribution of the poster was undertaken by the Press Services Section.

The Wolf, which was the badge of the Romans before Marius' second Consulship, is represented in the celebrated bronze in the Museum of Palazzo dei Conservatori on the Capitol in the act of suckling Romulus and Remus; the work bears witness to the conventionalism of Etruscan art in the VI century B. C. inspired by Greco-Ionic models and is attributable most probably to the School of Veio. The suckling twins are, however, more modern, being the work of Guglielmo della Porta and Antonio del Pollaiolo.

The Capitoline Wolf, which inspired the creation of the official symbol, was reproduced and the various models used for the different decorative requirements of the Olympic organisation.