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Donna Karan isn't a movie star. But she dresses them on TV ... and in the movies ... and at the
The doyenne of design has gone so far as to spend in excess of $1 million on a 128-page advertising supplement to the current issue of
to curry favor with Hollywood. That's not small change considering
Donna Karan International
is expected to rack up its second consecutive year of fat losses -- quite a performance for a company that's been public for only three years.
Despite the designer's penchant for glamor, investors are pushing DK shares to discount prices. Since July, the stock has slipped 63.1% to 5 3/4, where it closed Monday.
That's quite a dressing down for a woman who was included in
November issue saluting America's 200 most successful women. But then, the bottom line is rarely a criterion used to measure fashion clout.
"To say you can take creativity and make a business out of it, that's almost an oxymoron," says Elliott Ettenberg, chairman and chief executive of
, a marketing company.
That hasn't kept investors from getting starstruck over Donna Karan. Just last summer, the shares traded as high as 16 on the belief that John Idol, DK's chief nipper and tucker whom Karan wooed from
Polo Ralph Lauren
, was tailoring a seamless turnaround.
Idol took the CEO reins in July 1997 from Karan, who is now chairman and chief designer. He soon set in play a cost-cutting plan that, coupled with lucrative licensing agreements, was intended to place DK in the black for the most recent year.
But a thread popped in December when a planned licensing agreement -- expected to add $5 million to the company's coffers in the fourth quarter -- unraveled. As a result, the
1998 consensus fell to a loss of 13 cents per share from a profit of 32 cents per share. The company will report March 23.
Then, Idol's absence from the
Seventh on Sixth
fashion shows in February fueled talk that he was looking for a new job, which he denies. Says Idol, "I have a five-year contract with
the company. I love working with Donna. I'm not going anywhere."
Not as much can be said for general counsel David Bressman, who recently resigned "for personal reasons," a company spokeswoman says. Bressman couldn't be reached for comment.
Despite these recent hiccups, Idol says his plan to turn the company around is on track. To his credit, Idol has stemmed DK's operating loss from an astounding $91.3 million last year. And he accomplished this at a time when many apparel manufacturers stumbled. Anemic traffic at department stores relative to specialty stores has left some manufacturers with bloated inventory. And department stores, in a defensive move, have been relying on fewer marquee names to guarantee sales.
"I feel very strongly that, over the next 24 months, we'll have the kind of returns that will get people excited about this company," Idol says.
So far his plans have drawn mild success and much criticism. They include stimulating demand for
, a label which falls just below the company's collection lines, in department stores by cutting prices; building brand awareness by opening specialty stores; and signing more licensing deals.
Price cutting is a tricky approach because it could tarnish the brand's appeal. So far the strategy appears to be working, according to several retailers, who say they are enthused by the spring 1999 DKNY men's line, which is selling at a 35% discount to previous prices. Women's DKNY will follow at a 17% reduction.
Idol says he's able to keep quality and margins constant despite the lower prices because the company is using fewer factories, which, in turn, are giving the company volume discounts.
Perhaps Idol's most ambitious and controversial project to date is to expand DK's specialty store presence. The company most recently bought back three stores in the United Kingdom from licensees. And Karan is getting behind the push by agreeing to finance a flagship store on New York's Madison Avenue herself.
The strategy has drawn criticism from some fashion insiders, who point out that flagship stores, while useful for brand building, are typically money pits.
Not his stores, says Idol, insisting they will be models (albeit supermodels) of fiscal responsibility. He says the DKNY flagship store in London is profitable, although he admits the
Donna Karan Collection
store in the U.K. is running at a loss.
"We won't be opening any future stores that aren't profitable," he says.
Finally, there are the all-important licensing agreements. The company has licensed everything from fragrance and jeans to hosiery and eyewear. Analysts applaud the strategy, because it lets DK expand into new product categories while avoiding start-up costs. In that way, most of the revenue, typically about 5% of sales on licensing deals, drops straight to the bottom line.
The strategy works best for areas outside a company's core expertise. For instance, DK lost roughly $100 million in an attempt to develop a beauty brand in-house before agreeing to license its name to
But in licensing jeans and activewear to
, critics say that DK gave away its future growth vehicle. They point to
, which recently boosted its earnings growth by buying back its jeans licensee.
DKNY Jeans, which launched last year, and DKNY Activewear, which is scheduled to hit stores this spring, are bright spots for Liz Claiborne. Jennifer Black, an analyst with
Black & Co.
, says the jeans business generated roughly $70 million in U.S. sales its first year and expects growth of 70% this year. Black doesn't follow Donna Karan.
"I know people are concerned that it's cannibalizing our existing business," Idol says. He adds that, in reality, the overlap is limited. For instance, the company's own DKNY merchandise is in only three
stores, while Liz Clairborne's DKNY Jeans will be in 50 stores. Macy's East is a
Federated Department Stores
No matter how much attention Idol pays to the bottom line, the company will still be subject to the whims of its founder. Take the
insert -- the largest advertising supplement ever purchased in a U.S. consumer magazine -- which comes at a time when investors are finding holes in their DK pockets.
"It opens a Pandora's box in how they spend money," says a person familiar with the company.
And that's not likely to sit well with investors, who, unlike movie stars, have to pay for their piece of the Donna Karan name.

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Title: Père-Lachaise crematorium, main elevation.
Author : FORMIGE Jean Camille (1845 - 1936)
Creation date : 1886
Dimensions: Height 0 - Width 0
Technique and other indications: Watercolor drawing.
Storage location: Orsay Museum website
Contact copyright: © Photo RMN-Grand Palais - H. Lewandowski
Picture reference: 93-006083-01 / ARO1992-34
Père-Lachaise crematorium, main elevation.
© Photo RMN-Grand Palais - H. Lewandowski
Publication date: April 2007
A long postponed decision
The construction of this building, Bosphorus dream on the right bank of the Seine, is the end point of an erratic process. His model was the pyramid of Caius Sextius in Rome, an obligatory ancient reference in this era marked by neoclassicism.
At that time, innovation had come up against the weight of mentalities. Later, Étienne Godde had the chapel reserved for Catholic worship built there.
With the slow cycles that characterize the history of mentalities having done their work, the need for a place to burn bodies was finally expressed even before legal authorization was given. It was not completed until 1908.
A Byzantine sanctuary
Jean-Camille Formigé built the crematorium in the center of the plateau occupied by the necropolis to the east. First intended for the incineration of waste from hospitals, it is then dedicated to the cremation of bodies. Several ceremonial rooms are set up there to accompany the mortal remains. The relatives of the deceased sometimes disperse the ashes in the garden of remembrance a little further to the east, others have them kept in small stoves set up in the wall of the columbarium which surrounds the crematorium and whose own son Formigé is the author.
Eclectic then marked by historicism under the notable influence of Viollet-le-Duc, French architecture multiplies borrowings from the past. Among the references in vogue, that of Byzantium, the second Rome, then flourished. The great religious buildings in particular are marked by the Neobyzantine influence - such as the Lyon basilica of Fourvière, the Marseille Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde or the Parisian Saint-Pierre-de-Montmartre.
In his project, Jean-Camille Formigé thus revives the central plan, the dome and the half-domes, and makes this secular building a sanctuary resembling an ancient mausoleum. His 1886 watercolor shows the rear facade, facing south-east. Made of black and white stones arranged in successive horizontal bands, the building rests on a base pierced with doors and double doors. It has a central nave and two aisles. The central chapel and the two chapels are capped with semi-domes, the two lateral ones being part of triangular pediments. Under the cornice made up of a drip edge and mutulae runs a frieze (urns, ribbons, braziers and wreaths) which has not been made. From the terrace emerges the main dome, a vast dome of brick and sandstone placed on a cylinder pierced by eight arched bays. Since the 1920s, they have been adorned with works by the glassmakers Maumejean. On this terrace also stand the chimneys corresponding to the crematoriums and two braziers which are no longer in place.
In an age of secularization of society, the successes of a new attitude towards death
For a long time, the Church opposed any funeral legislation that might call into question the natural laws of the putrefaction of bodies. The conflicts between the religious and civil spheres that French society has known since the end of the 18th centurye century subsides with the First World War. The proponents of cremation, of "ustion" as they were called then, rationalists and pragmatists, act in favor of its authorization. Among them, some are motivated by their fight against the power of the Catholic Church, others by the problem of the lack of space for the bodies of the deceased. During the 1870s, several experiments took place in Europe, demonstrating the reliability of the new processes. From 1874, reports the cemeteries office of the city of Paris, the city council, sensitive to the debate on cremation, opened a competition on the best conditions to consider for its implementation. It is specified that any dissemination of infectious elements into the atmosphere, as well as any noxious odor, must be avoided. The law of November 15, 1887 put an end to the debate: relating to the freedom of funerals, it allowed citizens to choose a method of burial other than burial. The legislation of IIIe République shows itself once again fundamentally attached to individual liberty by allowing everyone to decide the fate of their mortal remains. Sensitivities have therefore changed, and even though it seemed totally unthinkable fifty years earlier, the practice of cremation is spreading. But the worship given to the dead - the maintenance of the memory of the loved one who then gained mentalities - also animates the crematists: even reduced to ashes, the deceased is located, and his relatives can meditate either in the garden of remembrance. , or in front of the plaque that houses the urn in the columbarium. Burial remains very largely dominant in the following decades, but incineration has experienced continuous growth since the end of the 19th century.e century. It was not until the aggiornamento of the 1960s that the Catholic Church recognized it.
- Father Lachaise
GANNAL (Doctor), Burial and cremation, memoir addressed to the Paris City Council, Paris, Muzard et Fils, 1876 Danielle TARTAKOWSKY, We will go singing on your tombs, Père-Lachaise, XIXth-XXth century, Paris, Aubier, 1999 .Jean TULARD (dir.), Dictionnaire Napoléon, article “cemeteries of Paris”, Marcel Le Clere, Paris, Fayard, 1987.Michel VOVELLE, Death and the West from 1300 to the present day, Paris, Gallimard, 1983.
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Dear aspiring artist,
Nothing can set an artist apart like skillful use of color. You could build a whole art career around being good with color. Many have—just look at all the top Impressionists.
There’s also nothing quite like the feeling when you place a color on the canvas and it just works. Magical things can happen when you place the right colors together. You’ll know what I mean if you’ve ever witnessed the work of Velázquez, Monet, or van Gogh in person.
But it’s not easy. The world of color is remarkably complex and filled with tricks and illusions. Not to mention we are all flooded with information, much of which is misleading, confusing or downright wrong.
Introducing Color Masterclass
Color Masterclass is a deep-dive on color and how you can use it to create better art. Over the next several weeks, we will explore what color is and why it works the way it does, how to mix and manipulate it, how to make good color decisions, and what the most effective color techniques are and how to perform them.
We have taken all the complexity and confusion of color and distilled it into something clear, concise, and practical for you as an artist.
By the end of the course:
- You’ll have a better understanding and appreciation of color.
- You’ll be able to mix and manipulate color with control.
- Your paintings will be more impressive and you’ll be able to make the colors really “pop”.
- You’ll be able to look at your favorite paintings and know what makes the colors tick.
- You’ll have a better appreciation of color in general.
- You’ll be a better observer of the world around you and you’ll be able to notice subtle relationships and nuances that will stay hidden to others.
Hi, I’m Dan Scott
I’m the artist behind Draw Paint Academy, which I run with my wife Chontele. For the last seven years, we have dedicated our lives to helping aspiring artists.
Color is fascinating, but it’s also frustratingly complex. I created this course to share what I’ve learned about color so that you can progress faster and more efficiently. I also want you to avoid the mistakes I have made along the way. In my early years, I tried to learn color through trial and error. I would make a few dabs on the surface, see if it worked, then go from there. This will only get you so far. I could have saved myself time and frustration by learning the theory behind color and why it works the way it does.
I also want you to have more fun doing it. Color is one of those areas where the more you learn, the more enjoyable it becomes as you gain control and understanding. You go from guesswork and confusion to gaining control over what you’re doing and understanding why it works.
I’m passionate about this stuff and I hope that I can share some of it with you. It really is an exciting area to throw yourself into.
Course Structure and Highlights
In terms of course structure, here’s what you can expect:
- This is an online learning experience with five core modules: Color Basics, Light and Color, Observation, Advanced Saturation, and Color Techniques, plus the Resource Hub.
- The lessons are mostly text and image-based, with videos and links to other resources to supplement as needed.
- At the end of each module, there’s a comprehensive exercise to help you put what you learn into practice. The only exception is Module 1, which will have a 10-part quiz to test your understanding of the fundamentals. There are also numerous mini-exercises throughout the course.
- You’ll get a chance to share your attempt at the exercises with other students (or you can keep it to yourself if you prefer). You’ll also get to see how I went.
- We will start with the basics and get progressively more complex from there. The first module will bring everyone up to speed and make sure we’re all on the same page. Then we will explore more challenging areas together.
- All exercises are optional but encouraged. It is also a judgment-free zone, apart from constructive and helpful criticism. So no need to feel embarrassed about sharing your work!
- Each lesson will have a comment section for you to chat with other students and share your thoughts or questions. We will also be monitoring the comments and responding as needed.
- I suggest a week or two for each module, but you can go through as fast or slow as you like. You have lifetime access to all the content, so no rush.
Module 1: Color Basics
Module 2: Light and Color
This module is a deep dive into light and how it determines the colors we see. You’ll learn:
- What light is and why it’s inseparable from color. Most people take light for granted and have never stopped to ponder what it truly is. After this module, you’ll be one of the few who know the answer.
- What the color temperature of light means and why it’s one of the most influential factors in painting. If you’re unaware of color temperature, this lesson will have a profound impact on you as an artist.
- How to capture the subtle effects of secondary light sources and reflected light. You’ll also learn how to do this without compromising the major lights and shadows.
- The three key factors that influence our perception of reflected light.
For the module exercise, we will paint a still life illuminated by different types of light. This will be a fun and challenging exercise to put what you learn about light and color into practice.
Module 3: Observation
This module is all about seeing clearly and noticing what’s around you. Too many artists overlook this, despite it playing such a pivotal role. Every painting starts with observation and if you want to be a great painter, you must be a great observer. You’ll learn:
- How to be a better observer. If you can master observation, you’ll never be short of inspiration.
- What we artists can learn from children.
- Why color is not always as it seems. The world is filled with color tricks and illusions.
- Why our brain’s perception system can sometimes work against us as artists.
- When you should ignore what your eyes are telling you and trust your initial thoughts.
- Why every painting looks wrong at some point in the process, even when you made all the right steps.
- Why you don’t need to invent your own color themes and who you should turn to for inspiration.
- My observation rules of thumb for common subjects.
- How to use color studies to capture and document your observations. Your observations are fleeting and there’s no better way to capture them than through color studies.
In the module exercise, we will venture into nature and document our observations using color studies. This exercise is best done plein air (outdoors) but I’ll also provide you with reference photos if you would rather paint in your studio.
Module 4: Advanced Saturation
This module will cover some of the more advanced aspects of saturation. If you want to make your colors “pop”, you’ll enjoy this one. Here’s what you’ll learn:
- Why it’s helpful to break saturation down into categories.
- The difference between saturation and chroma.
- What the Munsell Color System is and the key findings you should know.
- That colors are not all equal. Some colors are naturally more brilliant than others.
- Why it’s so difficult to translate vivid and highly saturated colors into value and what you can do about it.
- Why more color isn’t always better and how you can do less with more.
- Why grays and browns are the unsung heroes of painting and how to use them effectively.
- Why there’s no such thing as beautiful or ugly colors.
In the module exercise, we will create a painting that showcases saturation contrast. You’ll be able to follow my lead or choose your own subject to paint.
Module 5: Color Techniques
The final module will give you practical techniques to get the most out of your colors. This is all about taking the theory you learned from the earlier modules and learning how to apply it in your paintings. You’ll learn:
- Multicolored strokes, broken color, and pointillism. These are some of my favorite techniques. With just a few strokes, you’ll be able to convey a lot of information about the subject.
- That you don’t need to cover the entire surface with color and why it can be more effective to leave parts of the white surface exposed.
- How to seamlessly transition from one color to another without using hard edges.
- How to create subtle color links between different parts of your painting. This will give your work a sense of harmony and coherence.
- What it means to paint within a compressed value range and why it’s so effective.
- How to inject life and variance into your work without compromising its fundamental value structure.
In the final exercise, you’ll get a chance to test one or more of these techniques out in a painting.
The Resource Hub
We have curated some of the most helpful websites, readings, and other external resources to support your learning. There’s no shortage of information out there about color, but good and reliable information is hard to come by. Our resource hub will point you in the right direction.
There’s also a gallery of master paintings that demonstrate particularly stunning use of color, a list of master artists to explore, and a list of quotes by famous artists providing their thoughts on color.
What to Expect Once You Enroll
Once you enroll, you’ll get an email welcoming you to the course and providing you with the next steps. If you’re new here, we will set you up with an account and you’ll receive a separate email prompting you to set a password.
You’ll be able to access the course from your student dashboard. This is an online portal that you can access from any device, as long as you have an internet connection.
You’ll have immediate and lifetime access to all the course content. We will also use email to guide you through the course and provide additional information as needed.
If at any point you have questions or need help, we will be happy to help.
Enroll for a One-Time Payment of $197 USD
(Or two payments of $99 USD)
This Will Be for You If...
- The colors in your painting appear flat, muddy, or uninspired.
- You want to know why color works the way it does rather than trying to trial and error your way through.
- You want to be able to look at your favorite paintings and explain why they work and why they appeal to you.
- You want to gain a better appreciation of color in art and in general.
- You want to learn how to make your colors "pop" in your paintings.
- You want to learn control and restraint with your use of color.
- You want to learn the beautiful dance of color mixing.
Suitable for All Traditional Mediums That Use Color
I use oils, but the course is suitable for any medium that uses color (acrylic, watercolor, gouache, pastel, colored pencil, etc.).
As this is a new product, you have a chance to be one of the first students to go through. We will then invite your feedback. Until then, here are some testimonials from our other trainings and resources:
“It showed me a new aspect, how other artists put things together. There were so many beautiful pieces of work I had never seen before. Artists I didn’t know and color approaches I had never thought about. Color theory is an onion with so many layers. I feel I learned a lot, thank you.” Noreen Myers
“Thank you for all the thoughts, encouragement and instruction. Your attention to having a well rounded art has encouraged me and helped me to focus my efforts on things other than just pumping out paintings doing the same thing over and over. I’m getting better because I’m back to doing life long learning – in my painting life – not just in my academic realm. I see being an artist as part of my whole person now – instead of a section of me. Thank you!” Terri Thompson
“Dan, I just completed my first “intensive” and have wrapped myself into each element of the guidance you have shared! The cementing of the ideas with reference to actual paintings is an inspired teaching technique. Thanks so much. Right now I feel like I have been drinking out of a fire hose… As I move into practicing and applying these thoughts I will undoubtedly be reading and absorbing time and again.” Dwight Richardson
“Thanks for being so generous with your knowledge. By the way, I recently responded on Facebook to a question.. “If you could have any artist come to your home for a day and teach you who would it be?” I posted, “Dan Scott, the best teacher I’ve sat under in decades.” True words. Annette Emens
“Hi Dan, I so appreciate your detailed and comprehensive explanations of light and shadow, and even more so of painting under different kinds of light. Your use of appropriate vocabulary and also of examples that demonstrate the concepts are allowing me to understand these complex aspects of painting. You are providing essential knowledge to the artist who truly wishes to grow and achieve mastery in landscape painting. Many thanks to you and to Chontele, who I believe plays an important part in the instructional programs that you so generously offer.” Irit Luria
“Dear Dan, I can’t thank you enough for your art course. It has been invaluable to me and given me the theoretical tools to change the way I approach my work. I’ve still to put into practice the lessons I have learned. It won’t be easy but I look forward to the journey. With my heartfelt gratitude.” Lucy Harington
Thank you for sharing this with all of us. It sure put a smile on my face, and I’m also sure I wasn’t the only one feeling happy for you. I wish you both all the best and many more happy years together. And many thanks to both of you for making Draw Paint Academy a pleasure. It’s not only informative, but it’s also a “family” place that provides encouragement and a love for painting.” Agnes Daemen
“Hi Dan, I just wanted to let you know how important and impactful your emails, lessons, articles and the artwork you use to demonstrate have impacted me. It has opened up so many streams of thoughts and desires, and I am hoping with time, I will be able to realize my goal of becoming a good painter.” Ileana Forment
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John Yau reviews works by Stanley Whitney at Karma Gallery, New York, on view through July 26, 2015.
Yau writes: "Drawing and mark making are what all of the artist’s works, whatever their size, share... Working within the self-imposed restraint of a loosely defined structure, Whitney draws different colored lines within a rounded abstract shape. In the two earliest paintings in the exhibition — 'Radical Openness' (1992) and 'My Whatever Means Necessary' (1992) — Whitney insets a series of rounded shapes on shelf-like bands against a uniformly colored ground. Within each shape he drew an energetic line in paint, a flurry, that wants to burst beyond the shape’s boundaries, but doesn’t. Sometimes he draws another line over the first. He places one color on top of, as well as beside another. There is a dissonance within the structure, but there is also air and space. The paintings are gritty, urban and brisk."

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Book launch: My Reflection, by the poet Mijoma
Launch of the book "My Reflection" by the poet Mijoma, and presentation of the book "Revenge of Jesus Christ" by Osvaldo das Neves, both signed by Kuvaninga cart d'arte. The Kuvaninga card d'arte (formerly Livaningo) will celebrate its five years, since its existence in May 10, 2012, in an event on November 23, at 18h00, at Centro Cultural Brasil-Moçambique.
The celebration will count on the launch of two works: the collection of poetry of Mijoma, with the work "My Reflection", and the second edition of the collection of short stories "The Revenge of Jesus Christ" by writer and university professor Osvaldo das Neves.
The recital of the work "My Reflection" will be in charge of the Black declaimer. and the representation of the text that gives the title to the book "The Revenge of Jesus Christ" is by the Katchoro-Kuphaluxa theater group. In addition, there will be a documentary that crosses voices and moments that retrospect the five years of Kuvaninga, as well as a musical band headed by San Lo.
"My Reflection", by Mijoma.
It is an unpublished collection of 54 poems, in which the poet proposes a reflection on several "strange" things that happen in everyday life. As Osvaldo das Neves maintains in his preface to the book, characterizing Mijoma as a prophet, the one who says much, but still "hiding in the verses of evils that are yet to come. Listening to it a little more will lead us to other ways of reinventing life. "
"The Revenge of Jesus Christ", by Osvaldo das Neves
Is a collection of short stories published for the first time in September of 2015. He returns, two years later, also with the return of the publisher, for being the most sold book and that until now is much sought after. According to Suleiman Cassamo, in his notes on the work, "The Revenge of Jesus Christ" does jus to the title of the work. It is the longest tale of all, with nine pages, but its duration does not bore the reader. It is even scarce, because it is well written. An old man is with his grandson seated by the fire as they recount the death of Christ.
Mijoma is a pseudonym of Miguel Maputso, the first of two brothers, very passionate about literature, focusing on Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa, José Craveirinha, Paulina Chiziane, Mia Couto and a range of Mozambican artists. He completed his high school in 2007. In 2008, he completed the teacher training course at the Teacher Training Institute of Munhuana. He is currently an English teacher at the SOS Hermann Gmeiner Secondary School in Maputo, and a 2nd year student in International Relations and Diplomacy at the Higher Institute of International Relations.
Osvaldo das Neves was born on May 5, 1987, in Angoche, Nampula province. He collaborated with Semanário Sol, with criticism and literary review, in 2012, and the following year, he was a Bookseller at Minerva Central. He is a member of the Literary Organization of Writers and Artistic Principles (OLEPA), of Nampula, and has a degree in Linguistics and Literature from UEM, where he teaches the disciplines: Introduction to Literary Studies I and II, Brazilian Literature and African Literatures of Portuguese Language.
Kuvaninga card d'arte (previously Livaningo) is a non-profit Mozambican publisher, created on May 10, 2012 by the then students of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of the UEM, namely, Elcídio Bila, José dos Remédios and Jossias Guambe. The publisher produces books with recycled card covers. It seeks to foster a taste for reading, making books affordable and allowing the publication of books to emerging authors.
Date and Time: Thursday, November 23 2017 at 18h00
Address: Centro Cultural Brasil Moçambique (CCBM), Av. 25 de Setembro no. 1728, Maputo


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This Saturday, TOON Books was thrilled to participate in the kick-off to Children’s Book Week in Bryant Park. Hosted by majestic Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Jon Scieszka, the event included a stirring telling of “The Stinky Cheese Man,” a pop quiz on the life cycle of butterflies, and official (and delicious) Children’s Book Week cookies.
When it was TOON Books’ turn, Geoffrey drew a pirate ship (“No, it’s a box!” “It’s a ship!”) to set the scene, and Leigh got to wear her princess hat and read in a squeaky mouse voice, two of her favorite things. Everyone loved the story of the monster next door, and Geoffrey did drawings by special request following the reading. See images from the event below!

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We have moved to the Seattle Children’s Research Institute as of May 1st, 2023 where we are a part of the University of Washington School of Medicine, and the department of Genome Sciences. We are hiring at all levels.
We are interested in the design of probabilistic machine learning methods and statistical models that incorporate known biochemical principles to facilitate decision-making from limited data and to allow for asking smarter questions. We have a major focus on quantitative analysis of regulatory variation in the human genome from large scale functional genomics data and its application to rare diseases and precision medicine.
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Pejman is a computational biologist with a background primarily in statistical machine learning and Bayesian data modeling. His current research interests span over practical and theoretical issues that arise in genomics and personalized medicine, focusing on quantitative analysis of regulatory variation in the genome and its application to rare diseases.
Pejman jointed UW as an Associate Professor in 2023. Prior to that he was at Scripps Research in San Diego as a tenure track Assistant Professor in 2018, later as an Associate Professor from 2021. He holds a Ph.D. in Computational Biology from ETH Zurich and carried out postdoctoral work at the NY Genome Center and Columbia University from 2015 to 2017.
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Daniel joined the lab in 2020 and has a joint position in the Palmer Lab at UC San Diego. He is developing methods to identify regulatory variation in outbred rats with applications in psychiatry, as well as tools for extracting biological features from RNA-Seq. He did his PhD in Quantitative and Computational Biology at Princeton University with Mona Singh. Personal website
Robert joined the lab as a postdoc in 2021. He is interested in developing and applying computational methods for uncovering novel biological insights from genomic and transcriptomic data. Prior to joining the lab, he worked on developing and applying nonlinear dynamic and statistical models for understanding cellular response variability observed in single-cell measurements and in binary classification tasks. He holds a Ph.D. in Physiology, Biophysics, and Systems Biology from the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences and completed postdoctoral work at IBM Research and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Mehdi joined the lab in 2023. He is a computational and quantitative biologist and applies statistical methods to detect genomic variations underlying disease/traits. Mehdi also has wide experience in whole-genome prediction using statistical approaches. At the PejLab, Mehdi's work focuses on applying bioinformatics and computational methods to conduct GWAS and eQTL/single-cell eQTL analyses to identify genes and pathways in the cochlear-vestibular system related to balance in older adults. Mehdi is interested in multi-omics analyses using different layers of genomic data that can lead to a better connection between genotype and phenotype and a better systematic understanding of the information flow across different omics layers. "By the way, our ultimate goal is improving human health :)".
Kaushik Ram Ganapathy
Kaushik joined the lab in 2021 and is a second-year graduate student. His thesis project involves developing methods for rare variant outlier detection. He is interested in using data science to help improve human health. Before joining Scripps, he co-founded and led GeoACT, a project to model COVID-19 spread in schools working at the San Diego Supercomputer Center with Dr. Ilya Zaslavsky. Kaushik holds a B.S. in Data Science from the Halicioglu Data Science Institute, UC San Diego. Google Scholar | LinkedIn
Sarah is a fourth-year medical student at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and current PhD student with the Rutgers-NIH graduate partnership program. She joined the lab of Carsten G Bönnemann MD at the NNDCS/NIH and David Adams MD PhD at the Undiagnosed Diseased Program/NIH in 2020. Her thesis project focuses on using whole transcriptomic sequencing to improve molecular diagnosis in genome and exome negative rare disease patients. Upon graduation, she plans on pursuing clinical training in pediatric neurology with a focus in neurogenetics.
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A brilliant performance, a fascinating text, and yet…Robert Reid on Scaramouche Jones
A rope on poles is stretched across the stage of the Fairfax, struck at a jaunty angle to suggest a circus tent. Astroturf covers the floor and a festoon of bare light globes reaches out over the audience, beneath which sits a small wooden table, a chair and a candle. A clown enters: floppy shoes, white face, red nose, oversized overcoat. This is Scaramouche Jones.
Written by Justin Butcher and originally performed in London in 2001 by Pete Postlethwaite, Colin Friels reunites with director Alkinos Tsilimidos to take on the 80 minute monologue. Friels and Tsilimidos last worked together on Red at the Melbourne Theatre Company in 2012.
Jones, fresh from his final performance, sits down and checks the newspaper to find that the acrobat has been at the crossword again. He mutters to himself, some prefatory, expositional remarks. He can see us, he tells the audience. He lifts his eyes from his internal monologue and looks out at the ghosts of past, present and future, bridging the logical gap between solo performer and audience without breaking the illusion of the fourth wall. Jones remains in character and in his world, but attempts to draw us into his fiction. But we can’t join him: instead the gulf between the real and the imagined is highlighted.
Scaramouche Jones was born in Trinidad in 1900 to a sex worker and an Englishman, from whom he inherits his much-remarked-upon white skin. Born on the first day of the 20th century as the fireworks and celebrations begin, he is determined to die on this hour, the last of that same century. “It’s enough,” he says. But before he goes, he will tell us his story: a Boys Own Adventure-style tour of the first half of the colonial 20th century.
Alone on stage for 80 minutes, Friels holds the attention of the audience completely. It’s an accomplished performance by a master performer. With only fifteen minutes left in the show, a longish sequence occurs in complete silence, as Jones acts out his comic routine from the concentration camps for the Nuremberg trials. The Fairfax is filled with breathless silence: I haven’t heard an audience so completely hushed by the command of a single performer for a long time.
Friels takes us on a tour of the accents and dialects of the decaying British empire that is bewildering in its compass. I’m given to understand that this is part of the fun, but I have trouble seeing past the appropriation. It’s troubling that a white European is “doing the accents” of the colonised peoples of the old empire. Accents bother me: I generally struggle to see why it might be too hard to engage with a work set in the US or Britain without affecting the accompanying accents. Is it so disconcerting to hear an Australian accent on an Australian stage?
I spend the first ten minutes or so of Scaramouche Jones cringing but by the end, I’m almost convinced. It’s a seductively colonising work. Butcher described these stories, among other things, as “the fate of the lost race known as the English.” I don’t know he meant it ironically: although Jones proudly insists that he is an Englishman, his story is that of a refugee from the collapsing Empire, buffeted on the raging waters of the first half of the last century.
Jones tells us that his story is about learning to wear a series of masks: the seven white masks of Scaramouche Jones. He removes his costume as he tells us the story of how he acquired them: his skin colour from his English father, grease paint from his circus training, lime dust from mass graves at the concentration camps.
The language, in the way of monodramas, is liberally adorned with description. While its musicality is beautiful, the style results in some very long run-on sentences (and this is me talking, the king of the run-on sentence). By the end of some of Jones’s stories, I’ve forgotten how they started. Butcher’s characters are detailed and Friels makes each one unique, allowing each their individual humanity. There’s nothing in this performance of the Colin Friels we know from tv or movies: he disappears behind the mask(s). It’s a captivating performance and an engaging story.
But I’m conflicted by Scaramouche Jones. There is a lot to be conflicted by – in the text, in its performance and in the history it presents. I’m reminded of Frantz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks: “In the world through which I travel, I am constantly creating myself.” Jones recreates himself again and again to survive in a world that sees him a something less than human, a black man with a white face. But I also think of Fanon’s caveat: “… the white man, however intelligent he may be, is incapable of understanding Louis Armstrong or songs from the Congo.”
I think too of Roland Barthes’ analysis of a cover of Paris Match magazine, in which he considers an image of a proud young African boy giving the French salute in the uniform of the French military academy. Barthes says it tells its viewers that the colonised are happy in their colonisation. It tells us that life is better for the colonised after the intervention of the empire. Likewise, the characters in the slums and slave pits of Scaramouche Jones teach Virgil and quote Shakespeare and consider that, all in all, they’ve not done too badly. For all its critique, the play valorises the fallen British Empire and risks renormalising the elements of colonisation in contemporary society.
These are charming stories and characters. In their retelling, I think it’s important to keep in mind what that charm serves. After all, propaganda often masquerades as nostalgia.
Scaramouche Jones, by Justin Butcher, directed by Alkinos Tsilimidos. Design by Richard Roberts, lighting by Matt Scott, sound design by Tristan Meredith. Performed by Colin Friels. At Arts Centre Melbourne. Closed Saturday.


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Some car manufacturers have soft-close doors that don’t need to be slammed. Others have doors that open or close, and this is the space that Jaguar Land Rover is currently exploring.
Jaguar Land Rover is currently testing automatic car doors to provide an extra touch of mobility for those who may need it. The doors are able to open on their own when a key is some distance from the car. Not only can this help people with mobility issues, it can also help a person who is trying to carry something large, like a car seat, in a vehicle.
Closing the doors is as simple as pressing a button on the ceiling in the vehicle, without the need to reach. The infotainment system can also display the status of each door and, if necessary, open or close them at will without any additional intervention. The doors can also close when the owner leaves the vehicle after parking.
Doors that open on their own run the risk of hitting objects, so JLR has added technology to prevent this. Ultrasonic sensors on the doors can detect objects and stop the movement of the door to protect against dents and paint chips. Tesla already has this system in production on the Model X, which uses the same type of sensors to prevent its automatic doors from opening on objects.
To test its automatic doors, Jaguar Land Rover called on Mark Ormrod, a former Royal Marine and triple amputee with a gold medal at the Invictus Games. Ormrod will provide essential feedback as Jaguar Land Rover considers how to extend this technology. The automaker says “see[s] technology as relevant to all future vehicles, ”so these doors may appear on a production model before you know it.


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Gout pain is triggered by a disease called hyperuricemia, in which there is too much uric acid in the body. The kidneys make extreme uric acids in the blood, which are then deposited in the bones, tendons and other joints. Along with the large toe, typical joints that are regularly impacted are the arm joint, ankle joint, and even the wrist. This condition is much more typical among guys than women, yet it can take place at any kind of age. The main danger variables for gout are excessive weight, alcoholic abuse, smoking cigarettes, high blood pressure, inadequate diet regimen as well as consuming behaviors and also a family history of the illness. Polyarticular Gout Wiki
Gout pain as well as joint inflammation are connected due to the fact that several lifestyle variables, such as excess weight, hypertension, poor diet regimen as well as lack of exercise, can result in the development of the joint condition. Hence a gout client need to change his/her lifestyle so as to stay clear of the threat variables, while at the same time trying to decrease the signs and symptoms and difficulties of the joint inflammation. For this purpose the gout pain victim have to take on a positive mental attitude. These self-managing methods include a routine and energetic exercise routine that promotes the formation of healthy joints and aids the clients to end up being active, while maintaining a healthy and balanced weight.
While trying to control the signs, it is also essential to take the appropriate medicine that is especially made for the therapy of gout arthritis. The use of NSAIDS or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications such as aspirin, advil, naproxen, and so on, is suggested in order to manage the swelling in the joint. An additional choice is to take the prescription lotion or the oral tablet computer of the suggested dosage of the medicine. While taking on these self-management strategies it is very important to keep in mind that the gout pain assault can return if the drug is stopped abruptly; so it is best to step slowly and carefully with these medicines.
One more option to manage the strike is by quiting the intake of all drugs other than the NSAIDS. You need to see your medical professional to start taking the NSAIDS on a daily basis. Nonetheless you should not stop taking your various other medicines suddenly, as this might likewise lead to withdrawal signs and increase the danger of an attack returning. In addition you need to consult your medical professional concerning the feasible withdrawal adverse effects, like nausea, throwing up, indigestion, sleepiness, migraine and also lightheadedness. He might likewise recommend a different treatment for your ailment besides NSAIDS.
Gout and also NSAIDS as well as their partnership are something that you must review extensively with your doctor. There are several herbs that may decrease uric acid degrees in the blood stream as well as reduce the danger of gout strikes. One such natural herb that is frequently advised by homeopathic doctors as well as nutritional experts is Milk Thistle. Milk Thistle can be absorbed supplement kind or as a tea. It has actually been shown to stop the development of uric acids by battling the enzymes that trigger purine metabolic rate. Research studies have actually also shown that by taking Milk Thistle daily the risk of gout arthritis and its symptoms are lowered by virtually half.
To help reduce swelling and also relieve pain related to gout, clients are encouraged to take a cup of ginger juice daily. Ginger will raise pain thresholds and will certainly aid to reduce inflammation. By consuming 1 or 2 ginger beverages a day, together with Milk Thistle and other natural herbs, gout pain victims can enjoy efficient discomfort alleviation as well as reduce the opportunity of a recurrence of gout arthritis.

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1.26 +/- Acres at the Intersection of Hwy 42 and Carbonton Rd., Sanford NC. Potential for commercial use with rezoning. Property currently has 3 mobile homes on it that are not owned by the property owner. Property owner is in process of legally evicting all of the tennants. Property is Currently zoned R1. Mobile homes can not be put back onto the property. Valero Convenience store is on the opposite corner. Contact the City of Sanford and Lee County for all zoning related questions.


In photovoltaic (PV) devices, a transparent conducting oxide (TCO) film is used as a transparent electrode which permits sun rays to reach to the photoactive semiconducting layers and also to collect the photo-generated electrons. Due to their electrical and optical properties zinc oxide (ZnO) based thin films and nanostructures are considered as an abundant and safer option for TCOs. In this study, undoped and thulium (Tm)-doped ZnO nanorods (NRs) were produced on glass substrates via spin coating and hydrothermal methods. The ZnO samples were described by X-ray diffractometry (XRD). Morphological features of the ZnO samples were investigated with scanning electron microscopy (SEM). It is observed that the all ZnO samples have nanorod shape. The average rods diameter is between 75 and 100 nm. Also, the rods length is found to be between 0.96 and 1.62 mm. Electrical properties of the ZnO samples were performed via four probe method. The conductivity increases with measurement temperature and Tm doping. Optical spectra of the ZnO samples were measured in UV-Vis range and the band gap (E-g) is found to be 3.35 eV. (C) 2018 Chinese Society of Rare Earths. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


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is what i call Blue Ribbon Designs - With all my Heart now it's all made up. It is so beautiful and as always the pic doesn't do it justice at all, this one is MINE !! LOL
As promised a WIP of Elizabeth Designs 'Spring'. Fabric is 28ct monacco in cream and threads are all DMC. It looks huge in this pic, but actually will only be 3.5" x 9" when finished.
I spent an hour this morning kitting up a couple of smaller projects to do this month too. The March colouring book at TS, and their designer of the month is Debbie Draper and i've had one of her freebies making its way up the 'to do' pile for a while so i'm hoping to get that done too. As soon as the JA monthly challenge is announced i'll sort out fabby and threads for that, and of course there's the Papillon SAL Part 3 out soon too, and i have a couple of surprise things planned for Easter - thats this month too, doesn't the Easter bunny know i have a busy month LOL


Nature lovers flock to bird festivals
OUTDO – Organized outings and access to experts are among the benefits of visiting festivals celebrating the arrival of migrating birds. Two notables in this region include:
Tundra Swan Day in Usk, March 20, starting 10 a.m. at Kalispel Camas Center, coinciding with the annual migration of swans through Stevens and Pend Oreille counties. Preregister for bus shuttle to view swans. Cost: $10 adults, $5 youths under 13, includes lunch.
Info: www.porta-us.com; (509) 447-5286.
Sandhill Crane Festival in Othello, March 26-28, with a wide range of birding and nature tours, wildlife programs, bicycle tours, a banquet and speakers coinciding with arrival of roughly 25,000 sandhill cranes. Note several pre-festival crane and burrowing owl “scouting tours” offered on March 20-21.
Preregister for activities: (866) 726-3445 or www.othellosandhillcrane festival.org.
Grim welcome for tundra swans
OUTCRY – Thousands of tundra swans migrating through the region in March will make a pit stop at wetlands along the “chain lakes” of the lower Coeur d’Alene River.
At least 150 of them are not likely to survive the visit.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service surveys indicate that migrating swans die each spring, as they have for decades, while feeding on aquatic plants’ rooted toxic mining waste.
Efforts to clean up the Silver Valley’s century of mining waste are slow and expensive. Meantime, state and federal wildlife agencies are trying to provide a few safer alternatives for waterfowl, such as flooding uncontaminated hay fields for their stopovers.
The peak number swans visit the Chain Lakes over just a few days in mid- to late-March.
The Coeur d’Alene Audubon Society is leading a full-day waterfowl watching trip in the chain lakes area on Saturday.
Info: (208) 664-1085.
Spokane conference tackles river issues
What: Spokane River Forum.
When: March 22-23.
Where: Centerplace Regional Event Center 2426 N. Discovery Place in Spokane Valley.
Who: Scientists, policy makers and advocates will engage in updates and panel discussions of wide range of river topics and issues, primarily for agencies and groups of special interest.
Locals who don’t have an employer or sponsor to pay the $75 conference fee can apply for a scholarship.
The final afternoon is devoted to developing ideas on a Spokane River water trail.
Info: www.spokane river.net/conf
Friends needed for Centennial Trail
OUTBID –With goals of building a safer Mission Street crossing and completing a route west of Riverfront Park, the Friends of the Centennial Trail are holding a fundraising banquet and auction on March 19 at Northern Quest Resort and Casino in Airway Heights.
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Blue Dragon Challenge
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by Aurora Rose Lynn
Category: Erotica/Erotic Romance/Fantasy
Description: One blue dragon, a challenge and a one week deadline are enough to make an anxious prince sweep sexy women off their feet or he might lose everything... Scott is a prince who is used to having everything and getting everything that he wants, until his fairy godmother arrives with a challenge of a lifetime. He has one week to find the woman who he is destined to be with, otherwise he will lose his crown and everything that he has ever taken for granted. Justine is his trusted friend and confidant, and quite frankly is sick of it! She wants Scott to see her for oh so much more than that. But will Scott realise before it's too late just what kind of magic could sizzle between them?
eBook Publisher: Total-e-bound, 2007 2007
eBookwise Release Date: July 2007
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Reading time: 63-89 min.
She wouldn't have to fake it with Scott. If he'd take her to bed.
With his cock deep inside her, an orgasm would be a delicious, mind-blowing experience. Was he even aware of her need for him as he sat on the floor, his legs crossed Indian style, talking to her about an absurd topic like godmothers?
Scott, the heir apparent to the Vandarian throne, overwhelmed her bachelor flat with his intimidating presence. Her room was almost larger than the small principality that few had heard of but meant everything to him. He'd dropped in an hour earlier to visit but his countenance was melancholy, an unusual state of affairs for the normally cheerful prince.
"So what do you think? Is there such a person as a godmother?" he asked, tilting his handsome face upwards to look into her eyes.
Justine couldn't help herself. She spiralled forward into those inquisitive blue eyes, the colour of a shimmering sapphire. Her breath caught. If only he would see her as he saw his other fly-by-night women, attractive, desirable, a female who would do anything for one hot, hot night in bed with him. She'd strip naked for him, spread her legs wide apart so he could feast his eyes on her weeping pussy. Her nipples puckered into tight buds just thinking about the ways she could lure Scott into her fantasy sex world.
"Want a beer?" she asked in an attempt to break the tenacity of her lurid thoughts.
Quickly, she rose and headed for the fridge where she would be alone for a second or two. How could he ignore her blatantly aroused behaviour? What would nudge him into noticing her as a female, hot and ready for her prince?
She handed him the beer. As her fingers brushed his, sparks flashed. "Did you feel that?" she asked, hoping he had not only felt the sparks but had seen them arcing from their hands like brilliant garnets and translucent diamonds.
"Felt what?" he asked absently.
"Never mind." If Scott hadn't experienced the arcing himself, there was no point in explaining the phenomenon. She'd return to admiring his fantastic physique. The man was drop dead gorgeous. All the time he spent in the gym had paid off too. A white golf shirt encased his broad chest but the sleeves couldn't hide the rippling muscles of his biceps. Neither could his dark jeans hide the massive size of his cock. Justine sucked in a breath. Heat seared her cheeks, forcing her to rub them with her palms. She sighed. He was so overpoweringly sexy.
"Justine? Justine?" she heard him call her name from far, far away. She ran her tongue over her lower lip and sighed again. She had to snap out of her mooning after him. "Yes?" she said, wondering what he'd been discussing so intently. If only she weren't so damned attracted to him, maybe she could get on with her life instead of waiting for him to make a move.
"You're usually right with me, word for word." Scott's eyes shone with humour. "Penny for your thoughts?"
You had me with 'usually right with me'. Under your strong, muscled body. Justine cleared her throat. "I was thinking about the girl you're going to marry," she blurted. Her cheeks flamed hotter. What business of hers was it who he married? If he wanted her, Justine, wouldn't he have said or done something? Scott was such a forward man. He left nothing to chance, even when he inched up the face of a sheer mountainside, just for the sheer thrill.
His thick eyebrows squirreled together. "What does that have to do with godmothers?"
Flustered, she waved a hand in the air. "I don't know." Should she dare admit the truth to him? That she was in love with him? Had been for the last five years since she first set eyes on him that fateful day in University?
"Are you coming down with a cold or something?" Effortlessly, he rose and sat beside her, wrapping his muscled arms around her waist. Definitely not a lover's hold.
"I think I might be." She felt protected and safe in his embrace, as if she belonged. Why couldn't he see how they fit together so perfectly even if she wasn't of noble blood?
He nuzzled her forehead with his chin, his shadow beard scraping against her tender skin. Justine thought of how those tiny, sharp hairs would feel against the inside of her thighs as his warm lips travelled towards her demanding pussy.
Scott held a palm to her forehead, presumably checking her temperature. "You're hot. You need to lie down."
She drew in a slight breath. His nearness made her want him more, like a smouldering fire searching for more fuel, she thought forlornly. She changed the subject. "What was this about godmothers?"
His intent gaze met hers. "I asked if you believe in them. Is there the possibility that a fairy godmother could wave her magic wand and all of a sudden, presto! I'd be transformed into a handsome prince and Cinderella would find me with no effort." He turned away but not before Justine caught the devastating sadness in his eyes.
Was it possible that he was lonelier than he let on? "What's going on?" she asked, cupping his chin in her hand and forcing him to look at her again.
"I don't know if I should tell you this. Maybe you'll think I'm crazy." He tipped his head forward. Their lips were mere inches apart.
"Try me." Justine caught the scent of mint on his breath and his particular musky essence. Despite the fact he wasn't thirty yet, he had a few wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. His life as a prominent figure couldn't be easy. Against every impulse, she ran her fingers through the silky strands of his honey blonde hair. He was her best friend. He could tell her anything, and who was she to judge him?
"I met a woman." He swallowed. His Adam's apple bobbed up and down.
Justine wanted to flick her tongue along his throat, up his chin and then plunder his mouth with butterfly kisses. "Yes?" she forced herself to say.
"She told me she was my godmother."
Scott nodded. "Yeah. She said I had one week to find my true love, the woman who will be my princess."
"One week?" She squinted up at him. "Were you dreaming this?"
"No, it happened last night. I was getting ready for bed. All of a sudden, there's this stout woman in an orange muu muu standing in front of me. I'm not ashamed of what I was born with, but I was naked as the day I was born."
"Oh." Some woman in an orange getup got to see him naked, but the woman who loved him the most in all the world, didn't have that privilege. Go figure.
She could only imagine observing Scott undress. Slip the golf shirt over his head and muss the blonde strands, each muscle in his arms and neck bulging. His chest with a few fine hairs was the kind that begged to be touched. His nipples were a dusky brown and as he lowered his hands to the waistband of his trousers, she'd see an arrow of hair shimmying its way down towards his pubic area.
A tiny sigh escaped her lips. If she dared imagine any more, she'd end up jumping him right there and then. "Yeah?" she ground out. Which wasn't such a bad idea but would she be forcing herself on him? She wanted him to really want her, not because she was a female but because he yearned to have her in his arms. "Then what happened?"
Scott didn't notice her tumult. "She gave me an ultimatum. A challenge, if I've ever had one."


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The Summer Intensive runs Monday-Friday 12pm-5pm from July 11th to August 5th. An audition for the Red Clay Dance Youth Ensemble takes place on the last Thursday of the intensive, and a culminating event to share artistic projects created during the intensive will take place on the last day.


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This new, six-story, 200,000 square foot multi-family residential apartment building is situated in Seattle’s Eastlake neighborhood which borders Lake Union. The project team is pursuing Seattle’s Living Building Pilot Program (LBPP) which allows certain design concessions, such as additional floor area and height, for projects incorporating sustainable design strategies. Under the LBPP Liza is pursuing energy petal certification, going beyond net-zero energy, it is targeting net-positive energy which requires the building to generate more energy than it uses. The project is also pursuing the City of Seattle’s water requirement of no potable water use for irrigation, toilet flushing, and a few other uses, as well as the Living Building Challenge Beauty and Place Petals.
The site includes approximately 207 units, 2,500 square feet of shell and core retail space in the ground floor podium, and up to 67,500 square feet of underground parking, providing approximately 200,000 square feet of the gross project area. The project is also pursuing LEED v4 for Homes Multifamily Midrise Certification at the Gold level. Rushing’s full suite of services is behind this integrative effort, providing mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering as well as sustainability consulting, energy and commissioning services, and lighting design.


When a band names themselves The LarryFish Experiment you know two things. Firstly, they are definitely going to be and ska punk band and, secondly, it's probably going to be a bit silly. Back in March, the Bristol based three-piece released their debut album titled Better Late Than Never. It's taken me far too long to get around to reviewing it (worldwide pandemics can be distracting) but, when I did, I realised it was something I desperately needed during the current climate.
When I first saw the title of the fourth track, I really hoped it was a Lady Gaga cover. That would have been great fun. However the song Pokerfaces is not a cover. It's actually a positively messaged song about being who you want to be and feeling the need to fit in with people who think you're different. I enjoyed how the band switch from the upbeat ska sound on the verses to a harder punk sound on the chorus. This really helps hammer home the point of the song and gives it an empowering edge. Skankfish is an older LarryFish Experiment song. This is a reggae/ska summertime smasher that will get your knees up and put a massive smile on your face. It's not going to change the world of music but you will have a bloody good time whenever you hear the song. I'm all for having bloody good times so I'm all about Skankfish. Big Dan's is where the super silly side of The LarryFish Experiment comes out. Yes, there's a song sillier than Skankfish. It's about a night out with a down on their luck friend and the escapades that entail. I'll leave you to listen to the song and find out what they are. Musically, the song will get you skanking along and there are some great "wahoo" moments that you can easily shout along with.
The seventh song, Party Political Broadcast, is technically an interlude where the band get a bit electronical for a warning that the next song is a political track. That track is titled BNP so I'm sure you can have a bit of a guess as to what it's about. Long story short, the overall message is fuck the BNP – spread love, not hate. It's great to see The LarryFish experiment step away from songs about dancing and nights out and tackle politics. It gives the band a whole new dimension and makes them seem more than just a party band. Musically, they don't step away from their own style which I think makes the political song a lot more accessible for everyone. Up next is the song RKO. This is a short song that talks about the band’s love for professional wrestling. Despite only being forty-three seconds long, there are two very separate parts to the song. The first part of the song sees the band go all hardcore on us, before the second half delivers the most upbeat ska fun you're likely to hear. The penultimate song is Skankfish Strikes Again. Continuing the theme of the original Skankfish, it's about having a dance. This song has more of a punk edge to it, perhaps encouraging a rowdier skank. The final track on Better Late Than Never is titled Tweetie Pie. Good Gandalf this is a long song – it's nearly seven minutes long! It starts out in a ska punk style switching to a big rock sound that builds to an incredible three-part harmony section that I can't wait to see live at some point. It then jumps to what I guess would be described as a death metal howling section that will have you headbanging like your life depends on it to finish the song and the album.
Life is very trying at the moment and Better Late Than Never came along at just the right time. It's a great pick me up. Yes, it's very silly, but that offers a great form of escapism that is desperately needed at the moment. Turn off the news, stick Better Late Than Never on, have a skank and forget about everything for half an hour. Have fun!
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This review was written by Colin Clark.


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Hit-A-Thon - February 26, 2010
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University Softball Team would like to invite you to participate in sponsoring a softball player for our annual Hit-A-Thon during winter practices on February 26, 2010. For every $10 raised, your sponsored athlete will earn one at-bat. The winner will be determined by the total number of bases tallied in the batting cage. The individual with the largest donation will receive a Bluffton Softball sweatshirt.
If you would like to sponsor a softball player for February 26, 2010, please fill out the form below. Upon receiving payment, the finance department will mail you a tax receipt for the donated amount. Please make checks payable to: Bluffton University (memo - Softball Hit-A-Thon), 1 University Drive, Bluffton, Ohio 45817. Attn. Heather Bruder.
Thanks you for your support of Bluffton Softball.


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I’m a stay at home mommy to a wonderful toddler and jewelry making has been a hobby of mine for about 8 years now. I first took a try at etsy in August 2010, but I was working fulltime as a corporate compensation analyst, and quickly realized having a shop on etsy is a fulltime job and I didn’t have the time to do my best at both. After the birth of my first daughter, I took a break from both jewelry and the corporate world. In August 2012, I decided to get back into my love of jewelry making and I’m also re-doing a lot on my website.
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Happy Memorial Day!
I’ve spent a some time in the last few days remembering and cleaning up a lot of old stuff around the site. Now all the styles should be pointing at the same style sheet for a least a modicum of consistency. Also, I have dusted off the page where I list all the writing I did before (and some after) I started the blog: Paracelsus Writes.
I started the Star Chamber website with three other guys in April of 1996, and between the four of us, we had something new up on the site once every week, more or less. This was, of course, before blogs were invented, so we were kind of making it up as we went. We wrote longer pieces and we posted them less often than your typical blog. If we were starting the same thing today, it would probably be a group blog. But hey! We kept it up for four years before we lost steam as a group. Now I’m the last one standing on the site, and it has largely been co-opted by my blog. But all the old files are still there. If you want to know more about the other members of the Star Chamber and what they wrote, look at the About the Star Chamber page. And if you’re really interested in getting a taste of the old site, a collection of Star Chamber writing is available via Peanut Press for convenient reading on your PDA or handheld computer. Check it out:
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Tarantino has always been a controversial filmmaker. His directorial debut Reservoir Dogs (1992) was of course critical in the rise of indie filmmaking in the United States but also so violent and so crude that many people walked out when it debuted at the Cannes Film festival in 1992.
Tarantino welcomed the controversy saying: “For some people the violence, or the rudeness of the language, is a mountain they can’t climb. That’s OK. It’s not their cup of tea. But I am affecting them. I wanted… to be disturbing.”
Chacko’s argument, then, is not new but the crux of it shines a light on Tarantino’s recurring themes of violence toward women and the place of his films in popular culture. Chacko notes:
The Kill Bill films were a cinematic orgy of on-screen violence, most of it directed at Thurman: her character is severely beaten throughout and buried alive. Daryl Hannah’s character Elle Driver doesn’t fare much better – she has both her eyes pulled out. Things reached a peak with Tarantino’s 2015 western The Hateful Eight: Jennifer Jason Leigh’s character is handcuffed to a corpse and beaten and tortured throughout the film.
Is Chacko right? To Tarantino fans you just have to read between the lines to see that the films make important ethical statements. After all, how many directors vow to only make 10 films in their lifetime and dedicate two consecutive films to a kickass female protagonist? Here are what fans say.
Matt Cates argues Tarantino’s movies have feminist themes.
If people demand equal rights, then it is hypocritical to complain if a female fictional character gets treated as bad as a male fictional character. Did I mention fictional character? Apart from all this equal treatment, Tarantino actually has the most utterly badass female characters in the history of cinema. He LOVES to put his heroes through the ringer to show how fucking tough they are.
Have you seen Death Proof? The baddest stunt women on Earth! They beat the shit out of some ballsack jerkoff who was killing women, after turning the tables on him. If he hates women, why do so many want to be in his movies? Most of the time, if a female is present, she is in a position of strength. Even if she if a prisoner (Hateful Eight) or a criminal’s wife (Pulp Fiction). Have you seen Inglourious Basterds? The heroine is a French woman! Have you seen Jackie Brown? The protagonist is a woman!
Delia Binder doesn’t want to cancel the filmmaker, but expresses disdain for Tarantino.
As somebody who is far from a Tarantino fan, I’d strongly say, “No – if you find his work so fucking offensive, don’t go see it!”
Part of why I dislike most of his movies so much is that he doesn’t write people, he writes characters based on characters he’s already seen in movies. He seems fundamentally incapable of seeing that the people behind his trope-bending works often feel belittled or vulnerable to real threat.
I acquit him of being actively Evil or Misogynistic or Racist, but not of being deliberately obtuse and frequently thoughtless. Live in your own head long enough, with nobody on the outside long-term to remind you the Universe consists of Other People not just absurdly-overblown stereotypes, and you start to see the world that way….
Another argument stands on the grounds of a “don’t hate the player, hate the game” mentality. And if blood, bullets and blades do not suit your fancy, some believe you should know better than to subject yourself to a Tarantino flick.
Tarantino is one of the boldest and freshest voices in Hollywood! To “cancel” him would be to cancel the reason why movies exist: to entertain us and enlighten us with one’s unique perspective. Tarantino even said that movies are essentially an escape from reality. Yes, there are themes and whatnot to go with the story, but we go to the movies to engage in a sort of fantasy.
Whether we admit it or not, we all have violent fantasies sometimes when someone has done us wrong. In other words, if someone fucks with us, we want to kick their ass!! Is this right virtuous and ethical? Probably not, but there is nothing wrong with standing up for ourselves when we are wronged. Tarantino takes this element of revenge fantasy and puts it on steroids and, just like in war, if we aren’t violent in our self defense, they will be violent towards us. Most of the time, the main characters turn to violence because they have been victims of it–like in Kill Bill.
Again, his movies aren’t for everyone, if it bothers you, you have the freedom not to see it. But, I believe people are bothered simply for the fact that they cannot understand and, just like children, they have a problem differentiating reality from fantasy.Mark Anthony
This fan makes the argument that everything can’t be fuzzy bunnies.
It’s absurd to suggest that Quentin Tarantino should be ‘canceled’. So no, I certainly do not think that Quentin Tarantino should be ‘canceled’, or compelled to only make peaceful documentaries about fuzzy bunny rabbits, just because some people don’t like the violence in his movies. Those people should stick to watching a movie depicting flowers blowing in the wind, to and fro!Aditya Simha
Whether you are a Tarantino fan or not, Jason Reynold’s argument boils down to the idea of cancel culture in general.
It’s time to cancel “cancel culture.” There are lots of real issues that divide people such as abortion, gay marriage, etc. that people have to live with even if they despise them. They justify each by saying if you don’t want an abortion or gay marriage you don’t need to get one.
Cancel culture essentially says if you don’t like something you have the right to force nobody to be able to have them. Unlike an abortion, a “problematic” media experience doesn’t impact a third party that has no say in the matter.Jason Reynolds
As a superhero once said, with great power comes great responsibility. With a platform as influential as Tarantino’s, is it his responsibility to deliver a compelling cinematic experience to his devoted audience, or fix the world’s problems through his lens? Audiences line up around the block to see what he has to say, and maybe the brains who gravitate to gory violence develop their own respect for human life through the characters and storylines that Tarantino provides.
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