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 More questions answered by The Oracle... (over 1000 questions now answered - submit yours now!)November 19, 2009 - submitted by Julia, United States of America Q. Dear Oracle, Could you ask the Curator if it is difficult to pick a new piece of art to show each day? Also, could you ask how many pieces are sent in each day? Thank you The Oracle replies: I asked... in the 2 weeks since the room opened its virtual doors there have been 2868 submissions so that's a little over 200 per day. And apparently it's very difficult because the standard is very high. It can't be harder than selecting questions here but anyway... I'll take this opportunity to mention that the Curator does their thing and I do mine so I'm wondering why I am getting a lot of questions sent in about it. Folks there really is no point sending me notes telling me that your friend has submitted a great piece of work and you're upset it's not up. Or that you yourself have submitted and want to know if you should assume it's rubbish. I leave all those decisions to the Curator but as I just mentioned if it's getting 1434 entries per week and only 5 are displayed the odds of being chosen are greatly reduced. Similarly to the Oracle section this doesn't mean it won't appear in the future so I guess that's something we do have in common. November 19, 2009 - submitted by Jonathan, United States of America Q. Is the Thin White Duke who remixed Viva La Vida in any way associated with David Bowie? The Oracle replies: Certainly David Bowie used that moniker before Stuart Price (also a.k.a Thin White Duke) began using it for his remixes. That's where their connection with the name ends. FYI David Bowie was the curator/director of the Meltdown Festival back in 2002. In this role he chose Coldplay as one of the performers. November 19, 2009 - submitted by Gabriela, Columbia Q. Dear oracle: Q. All my life I've had great grades at school, and I've always loved to study, basically all my life I have tried to be the best in the academic world, but it seems that from a time on all of these is falling apart and I don't know why, specially because I don't have any big problems that can cause this, I was wondering if maybe you could give some advice so that I can get back on track and stop failing all these grades... :D Thank you! Gab. The Oracle replies: The further you get into studying the harder the subject becomes. It can mean that although you were top of the class at secondary/high school you may slide at college/university. If you say that you don't have any big problems that could be causing your grades to suffer, be cautious that your concern over them doesn't become a problem. All you need to do is relax, stay focused, create a comfortable space for study and give yourself plenty of time to tackle the work. Try not to panic and take some pressure of yourself by not trying to achieve the highest possible grades. If it does continue, maybe have a word with your teacher/tutor for some more guidance. Good luck!  Official photos of Coldplay at Wembley stadium, London, UK (18th & 19th September 2009):           Photos by Penny Howle (courtesy of Coldplay.com) |
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