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A few minutes ago a friend of mine invited me to a party. Fair enough, what's unusual about that you might ask? Well nothing except the event picture was a picture of a girls crotch and the name of the party was :: SUPERDRY PARTY Ft. DJ ANTONIN (PARIS) BY Skyy Vodka :: .
Now let's start at the beginning. Why would a party advertise itself with an actual picture of someone's crotch? Sex sells yes, but I thought that was supposed to be in a kind of subtle sexy way. No, apparently it means crotch in ones face sells. I don't know about you but I really don't need to see an actual sexual organ to pick up the sexual undertones.
Perhaps people today aren't as perceptive as they used to be, say back in 2004 when a mere 'nip slip' by a leather clad Janet Jackson (or was it Michael, I can never tell the difference), brought the world to a standstill. What Janet Jackson has nipples? She's using them to sell music? Hulk Hogan used his nipples to sell wrestling and no one ever complained!
Crotch aside, I thought to myself: "let me just click on the crotch, maybe it's not as bad as it looks." Sadly it was bad. Oh I couldn't have prepared myself for the horror that was to ensue. Just like a scary movie, when you are shouting and pleading with the sexy mysterious protagonist not to walk into the dark room, a part of my brain was doing just the same. But of course I ignored the 'don't go into the room' feeling and did it.
Shock and disgust, the name of the event had two colons before the actual start of the name. What does that even mean? Now as far as I know a colon is supposed to inform the reader that what follows the mark proves, explains, or lists elements of what preceded the mark (at least according to Wikipedia). But I mean really now, what does that mean and what's more what does a double colon mean, is it meant to be ironic? Or was the person who wrote it overdosing on keratin (I'm not sure if that's even possible) and had a tremor? Could it be simply for decorative purposes? But how would a colon be decorative?
Finally the party's name is Superdry. Apologies for being unable to write that all in caps lock, it's against my beliefs of not being a total douche bag. Now what is a 'superdry' party, does this mean there will be cover in case of bad weather, or that there will be no running water? Or perhaps a guarantee that there will be no rain, "come to our party not only will it be dry but it will be super dry". Or perhaps it is a comment on the type of humour that you have to have to enter the party, in that case I will take my pants of and my crotch and I will waltz right on in there.
Next time I get a whiff of a crotch coming from your direction you are dead, at least Facebook dead to me.


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These Are A Few of My Favorite (Summer) Things…
Hooray for the first official Motivation Monday post of the summer of 2018!
As I am just back from a week hosting the Health Channel, I hope you'll forgive this short and sweet post. But now that my favorite time of year has finally arrived, I thought it was the perfect time great to offer a few things that help me make the most of the season.
Favorite Guilt-Free Treats: Frozen grapes, watermelon, strawberries, pineapple and mangoes. All of these fruits are packed with vitamins, including A and C, along with antioxidants. They also provide a sweet, juicy way to stay hydrated.
Favorite Summer Accessories: The pretty, purple MIRA insulated water bottle one of my besties gave me last Christmas; BFit Rapid Electrolyte Spray; Athleta sports bras and moisture-wick shorts and tanks; "At the Beach" skin products from Bath & Body Works; Organic coconut oil to help repair my sun-kissed hair.
Favorite Summer Songs: Having some motivational music along for a workout can sometimes mean the difference between throwing in the towel or sweating through one or two more steps or reps. If you're looking to mix things up, here are some seasonal classics that continue to add a little spring to my summer steps:
- "Summertime," Will Smith
- "All Summer Long," Kid Rock
- "Cruel Summer," Bananarama
- "Summertime, Summertime," Nocera
- "Summertime Sadness," Lana Del Ray & Cedric Gervais
- "Summer Thing!" Afrojack featuring Mike Taylor
- "Summer Girls," Dino
- "Summer of '69," Bryan Adams
- "Boys of Summer, " Don Henley
- "Summer in the City," The Lovin' Spoonful
Now get out there, and find a few things that make you feel your best so you can savor every second of the summertime opportunities to have fun, be fit and feel fabulous!
Are You Skimping on This Healthy Essential?
This Motivation Monday brings us less than two weeks from the official start of the 2015 holiday season. With all the hustle and bustle ahead, I thought it was the perfect time to address an often overlooked piece of the healthy lifestyle puzzle: sleep. What better time to post about it than halfway through National Sleep Comfort Month? I know, there's a month and a day for everything. However in all seriousness, rest is a necessity for our overworked bodies and overtaxed minds.
My repeat readers already know I am a huge promoter of taking at least one day off from the workout routine each week. That time off allows muscles to recover, repair and rebuild. It can also help you return to the norm with more energy to kick some serious butt. When it comes to sleep, even those who can survive on less shut-eye than others still need to maintain healthy sleep habits to keep the mind alert and stress levels down.
Here are a few of the tricks I use to try to keep my zzzz levels at an even keel:
- Social Media Shut Down: 30 minutes before bed, eliminate all electronic stimulation. If you post a good night on your Facebook, Instagram or Twitter feeds, t's not the end of the world.
- Soothing Tea: At this time of year, I always have a box of "Sleepytime" tea from Celestial Seasonings somewhere in my kitchen. There's something about the caffeine-free blend of chamomile, spearmint and lemongrass that helps me wind down after a long day.
- Soothing Scents: Other supplies in my fall and winter stockpile include the "Sleep" products from Bath & Body Works. I love the combination of lavender and vanilla in everything from body lotion to linen sprays. There's something about a soothing scent that can help block out all the noise from the outside world.
Need more ideas? I'm sharing this handy guide created by the sleep experts with one perfect mattress at Casper. Thanks to their team for reaching out and offering these tips to my readers.
Remember, never underestimate the power of a good night sleep to stay on track with your plans to have fun, be fit and feel fabulous!
Friday Favorites
At the end of a particularly crazy work week, I thought I'd wrap things up on a light note. Along with questions ranging from how to calculate heart rates to how long do I spend on my abs, people often ask me about the products I use. So, here's a list of some of my favorite items that keep me feeling good whether I'm working out or not:
Shower Essentials: Since I take two showers a day (one to wake up, and one to clean up after my post-work workout), I use body wash instead of soap. It keeps my skin hydrated, and that's especially important now as the temperatures drop and the heat comes up. I'm a big fan of the St. Ives line, which can be found at any drug store. To splurge, I'll stock up on some of my favorites at Bath & Body Works. My top picks there are in the "Stress Relief " line. There's something about the smell of eucalyptus while standing in a hot shower that really helps me unwind after a long day.
Must-Have Moisturizer: Since passing the 35th birthday mark a couple of years ago, I admit I'm a sucker for anything that lists "skin firming" as a benefit on the packaging. Right now, I'm using and loving Aveeno's "Positively Ageless Skin Firming Lotion."
Face Faves: I suffered from acne in my teens and 20s. Now in my 30s, thanks to too much sun- worshipping, I have developed Rosacea. Every dermatologist who has treated me has recommended Cetaphil and I have used it for years. I wash my face twice a day with the "Gentle Skin Cleanser" and moisturize morning and night with the "Daily Facial Moisturizer," which contains SPF 15.
Eye Cream: L'Oreal "Revitalift Deep-Set Wrinkle Repair Eye Cream." It's a 24-hour "system" where you use one side of the tube in the morning to protect and the other side at night to repair.
Eye Makeup Remover: Almay "Oil-Free Eye Makeup Remover Pads."
Mane Management: As a blonde who amps up my look with highlights, I look for products that cut down on brassiness. Right now, I am using Aveda "Blue Malva" shampoo. I admit, I mix and match shampoo and conditioners as I use whatever keeps my hair moisturized and as frizz-free as possible. Right now, there's a tube of L'Oreal's "Everpure Sulfate-Free Moisture Conditioner" in my shower rack.
My Must-Have Hair Product: "Hard to Get" texturizing paste from TIGI Bed Head. It adds body and makes my layers move with that tousled look.
Workout Wear: On my body: Under Armour, Nike DRI-Fit or Champion C9. On my feet: New Balance cross trainers.
In My Gym Bag: Fiber One bars; tissues; hand sanitizer, clean socks, ear buds for my iPhone and snag-free ponytail holders.
Post-Workout Mocktail: Crystal Light pink lemonade and seltzer.
If you have some products that help you feel your best everyday, I'd love to hear about them! While diet and exercise are key components to our well-being, never underestimate the power a great-smelling body wash or pampering hand cream can have to help you have fun, be fit and feel fabulous!


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Horse Riding and Jatiluwih Tour
Bali Horse Riding and Jatiluwih Tour is a Bali combination tour packages which duration 10 – 12 hours tour trip. One of the most popular Bali Tours with 2 hours Horse riding and visit popular tourist interesting places such as visit Tanah Lot temple, visit Jatiluwih Rice Terrace, Visit Ulun Danu Temple and Visit Luwak Coffee plantation. This tour has been designed with customer in mind, however we can replace by visit other Bali sightseeing based on guest request if one of our itinerary have been visited before. Our tour guide ready to provide recommendations best place to visit in Bali outside with our program that offered. Please contact us know for best arrangement.
Places of interest will be visited during this tour
Horse riding
2 hours horse riding at Pererenan Village start at 8.30 and then explore Pererenan village such as rice field and Pererenan beach. Finish at 10.30 and then visit next destination.
Visit Tanah Lot temple which is set on the rock and one of popular destination in Bali aspecially at sunset time.
Next destination is visit Jatiluwih rice terrace located in Jatiluwih village. Jatiluwih rice terrace is one UNISCO heritage, on this place you will see beauty of rice terrace view.
Visit Ulun Danu Temple
Popular tourist attraction located in Candikuning village, which offer beautiful of view set on lakeside of Beratan.
Visit Coffee Plantation
Visit Luwak Coffee Plantation is our last stop on this trip. Here you can see and taste many kind of coffee, one of coffee will be serving is Luwak Coffee. Luwak coffee is a seeds taken from civet dropping and then undergoes fermentation naturally then issued in the form of coffee beans and believed have different flavor that have higher quality than arabica coffee.
Tour Itinerary:
- 08:00 ~ Pick up at the hotel
- 09:00 ~ Horse riding
- 11:00 ~ Visit Tanah Lot temple
- 11:30 ~ Visit Jati Luwih rice terrace
- 13:00 ~ Lunch at local restaurant
- 14:00 ~ Visit Ulun Danu temple
- 15:30 ~ Visit Luwak Coffee Plantation
- 17:00 ~ Back to hotel.
Regular Tours Price:
$ 40/ Car – max 6 persons
$ 84 / Car – max 12 persons
- Private car
- English speaking Bali driver
- Petrol
- Flexible stopping Time
Note :
- Duration 10 – 12 hours, extra time $ 5/ hours, private tour.
- Entrance fee, 2 hours horse riding and lunch is not include in the price
Inclusive Tours Price:
$ 95/ person – Minimum 2 person
- Private car
- English speaking Bali driver
- Petrol
- Flexible stopping Time
- Lunch
- Horse Riding
- All Entrance fee
We suggest to bring:
Modest Cloth, hat, camera, money and sunscreen.


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The draw makes it three games without a win for Barcelona.
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Lionel Messi was short of fitness and Barcelona lacked spark as a goalless draw away to Athletic Bilbao on Sunday offered fresh hope to their rivals in the title race. A thigh injury had limited Messi to 27 minutes against Real Madrid on Wednesday and while he played the full match at San Mames, Barca's assistant coach Jon Aspiazu had admitted before kick-off he was not yet 100 per cent. In all likelihood, he stayed on because his team needed him but Messi was not at his best and neither were Barcelona, who would even have lost had it not been for Marc Andre ter Stegen's stunning late save to deny Inaki Williams.
"He saved us," coach Ernesto Valverde said. "It was a great stop."
The draw makes it three games without a win for La Liga's leaders, whose advantage is still six points but now with Real Madrid their closest challengers, after they beat Atletico on Saturday. "We were first last week and we are still first, and if my maths is right, we will be again next week," Valverde said.
But Real's victory at the Wanda Metropolitano was their fifth on the bounce and just as they have gained momentum, Barca appear to be losing theirs, at a crucial juncture, with more stern tests to come. After Real Valladolid at home next weekend, Valverde's side travel to Lyon in the Champions League and Sevilla in the league. They then face two Clasicos in four days, one in the Copa del Rey, and both at the Santiago Bernabeu.
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PURL 3.10 | Performance: Ndala Kasheba, "Kadi ya Njano" (Yellow Card)
About this recording
In his most famous song, Ndala Kasheba sings about returning from Zaïre in the 1980s to the news that he had died—invented, apparently, by a radio announcer during Kasheba's absence. When he returned, he was astonished at the extent the rumor had spread. Kasheba went to a local radio station and told listeners that he was still alive. He then composed "Yellow Card" to discuss rumors spread by an overzealous media.
The lyrics to this song are at times beautiful, but also confront the harsh realities of death. At one point Kasheba sings, "Even if I die, I will not cease living or being a part of this land / I will only go into my grave / Do not worry, your grave is also there." Although Tanzanian lyrics can be confrontational, the explicit way Kasheba evokes the future death of various media personalities is startling. Further, his poetic lyrics and mischievous delivery make the song one of his most exceptional works. Unfortunately, in 2004 Kasheba did die; he is buried in Kinondoni, Dar es Salaam. The fact that Alex Perullo writes about Kasheba's song posthumously would certainly make Kasheba smile, since it supports Kasheba's view that he would live on even after he was buried.
Ndala Kasheba,
"Kadi ya Njano"
Zamani, niliimba "Dunia Msongamano,"
Leo naimba, "dunia maajabu" eeh.
Miaka ya 80 walitangaza nimekufa,
Mwaka 2000, wamesema niko mahututi Kinshasa.
Imekuwa ni kawaida kukicha kusikia,
Wana maarufu wana matatizo, eeh.
Magonjwa yote ya dunia nimepachikwa mimi,
Wafurahi wao, wenye uhakika wa afya njema eeh,
Wataishi milele eeh.
Mtangazaji [Magazeti] hana kosa,
Ameyasikia mitaani kaona bora,
Awafahamisha ndugu, jamaa na marafiki
Habari bila kuthibitisha wapate kujua.
Sababu kimya kimezidi siku nyingi,
Kipenzi chao niko wapi eeh.
Wakishakutana kwenye makonteiner,
Vistoo na kwenye kiti moto, ajenda maisha ya watu.
Wakishakutana chini ya mwarubaini kwenye supu ya utumbo eeh,
Mazungumzo yote utumbo.
Fulani amekwisha si lolote si chochote,
Gari hana, mke kamkimbia kenda zake ulaya eeh,
Yote nakubali, namuachia mungu aliyeniumba yeye,
Anajua mwisho wa maisha yangu,
Kama nimezidi au nimecheza rafu,
Mungu ndiyo mwamuzi, atanipa kadi,
Yellow card, itakuwa ni onyo,
Kama ni nyekundu niondoke duniani,
Yote ni ya mungu eeh.
Jua linawaka nje, nimepiga tie na shati jeupe,
Natembea taratibu eeh,
Naogopa jasho,
Wao wanasema siku hizi siwezi kutembea
Nimechoka, eeh,
Eti jamaa yupo hoi, hamalizi mwaka anaondoka,
Hivyo tumpeleke, tumpeleke eeh.
Wanachangia harusi,
Mamilioni kwa ajili ya sherehe
Wajichane rosta shympeni, whisky na mvinyo iwe zungumzo jijini,
Watoto yatima, walemavu wasiojiweza wanasota mmlo mmoja hawapati
Mwenzao wanaumwa, wao wanacheka,
Eti alikuwa na maringa mwache akome,
Kuzika wanashindana kuchanga pesa,
Tiketi ya ndege inapatikane na haraka,
Wakazike kijijini wabaki mjini,
Sababu wakizika mjini, wataota jinamizi eeh,
Dunia [ni] maajabu,
Hata nikifa, sitamaliza vifo, wala sijazi ardhi,
Nitakwenda kwenye kaburi langu mwenyewe,
Usiwe na wasiwasi na wewe la kwako lipo,
Sababu na wewe pia ni marehemu mtarajiwa, linakusubiri,
Amekufa masia, wamekufa mitume na masultani,
Watawala wenye sifa na nguvu nyingi,
Sembuse mimi na wewe viumbe dhaifu,
Jamani tuhurumiane,
Dunia matatizo.
Ndala Kasheba
"Yellow Card"
Composed by Ndlala Kasheba
In the past, I sang "the World is Crowded,"
Today I sing that the world is strange, eh.
In the 1980s, they announced that I had died,
In 2000, they say that I am critically ill in Kinshasa.
I am already used to this.
It has become common to hear these things,
Famous people have problems, eh.
Every illness in the world has been inserted into me.
They are happy, those with knowledge of good health, eh
They will live forever, eh.
An announcer makes no mistakes,
He is heard throughout the streets as if well [healthy],
He teaches relatives, people, and friends
News without proving how they came to learn about it
The reason for silence grows for many days,
Where is your love, eh.
After they have already met at the containers [places to get food and drink]
Eating pork and discussing peoples lives.
After they have met with the soup of the stomach, eh,
All conversations are in the stomach.
This person has ceased having anything.
He doesn't have a car, his wife ran off to Europe, eh,
"Everything is fine, I left god," he who created him
He knows the end of my life
If I will continue or if I am playing rough,
God is the judge, he will give me a card,
Yellow card, it will be a warning,
If it is red, I will leave this world,
Everything is of god, eeh.
The sun rises outside, I put on a tie and a white shirt
I walk softly, eeh,
I am afraid of sweat,
They say these days that I cannot walk around
[that] I am tired, eeh,
"Isn't this person out of it [incapacitated], he won't finish this year
This is where we send him, send him eeh.
They share expenses for the wedding
Millions [of shillings] for a celebration
The have roasts, Champaign, whisky, and wine so that they can talk in the city
Orphaned, handicapped children search for a single meal and don't receive it
Among them are sick, the others laugh
Listen, he had an ego leave him be.
To bury they compete to contribute money,
My ticket comes quickly,
They bury in the village and remain in town
Because if they bury in the town, they will have nightmare eeh.
The world is strange,
Even if I die, I will not cease living or being a part of this land
I will only go into my grave
Do not worry, your grave is also there
Since you are also expected, it waits for you
Messiahs, prophets and sultans died
Strong and respected leaders
Not to mention you and I, feeble beings
We must sympathize with each other's plight
The world has problems
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Kuṣṭha (leprosy) is a chronic infectious disease which produces various granulomatous lesions in the skin, the mucous membrane, and the peripheral nervous system.
Regional Names
Asam. : KuṣṭhaRoga
Beng. : Kuṣṭha
Dogr. : Koḍa
Guj. : GalitaKoṭha, Ragata Pitta
Hind. : Koḍha
Kan. : Kuṣṭha
Maly. : Kuṣṭham
Mra. : CāmaḍīcāRoga, MahāRoga
Ori. : Baḍaroga
Panj. : Koḍha
Tam. : Perunoy, Tojhunoy
Tel. : Kuṣṭham
Eng. : Leprosy
Signs and Symptoms
Excessive smoothness or roughness and discolouration of skin, excessive or absence of sweat, pain like needling, burning sensation, itching, numbness, patches with loss of sensation, increase in the size of wound in spite of treatment, fatigue and exhaustion are the prodormal symptoms of Kuṣṭha.
Homemade remedies:
Simple Preparations
Compound Preparations
External Applications for local use
Beneficial diet in cases of leprosy are as follows:
TiktaDravya, PurāṇaYava (old oat), Godhūma (wheat). Śāli ( a variety of rice), seeds of Mudga (phaseolus bean), Āḍhakī (pegion pea) and Masūra (Lentil); old ghee, SarṣapaTaila (Mustered oil), TilaTaila (sesame oil), NimbaTaila (neem oil), HingotaTaila, AguruTaila; urine of cow, camel, ass and buffalow; Mṛgamada (Kastūri, musk); fruits of Karkaṭa (cucumber), Trapuśa (a variety of cucumber) and Paṭola (fruit of a variety of small cucumber- snake gourd); VetasŚuga (cane shoot), fruit and leaf of Kākamācī, leaf of Karañja (Pongamia pinnata); bulb of Rasona (garlic); Nāgakeśara,(Mesua ferrea), Keśara (saffron), and fruit of Tāla (palmyra) are the useful articles of diet for the patients of Kuṣṭha (Leprosy).
Apathya (Harmful diets and lifestyle)
The harmful diets are Amla and Guru Dravya; Navīna Anna (freshly harvested grains); Māṣa (black phaseolus bean); Mūlaka (radish); Taila (oil), milk, curd; products of sugarcane, Guḍa (jaggery);
The concept and directions for incompatibility of food items mentioned in Ayurveda should be considered. Madya (wine) are harmful for the patient of Kuṣṭha. Salt restricted diet is preferable.
Exposure to sun, irregular food habits, and suppression of call of nature should be avoided. http://www.nhp.gov.in/general-hygiene-ayurveda-svasthav
Svedana (sudation) is contraindicated for the patient of Kuṣṭha.


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There was a time when I didn't care about the title of my post, or if it even had a title. It was more reflective of the understated life I lead. Over time I seem to have grown too familiar with the attention from strangers, or admiring critics to the point where I've lost touch with myself, or even what the purpose of my bleeding at the keyboard is supposed to be. The purge it used to offer is now just a constipated grumble of a system in a state of angst.
My focus on providing, or at least feeling a need to express my opinion on the issues plaguing others has led to me being distanced from my own. It has always been easier to formulate an opinion on the challenges faced by others because it leaves me feeling somewhat smugly deluded into believing that I have a handle on this life thing that's happening to me. That thing that goes on at an ever more rapid pace than before often leaving me overwhelmed with the realisation of how little I've achieved relative to what I know needs to be done.
I look around these days wondering why the world seems to be so alluring when the reality that has proven itself billions of times before confirms that it's nothing but the blink of an eye when compared to the true nature of our being. The cycles we go through on a daily basis become more contaminated with responsibility and its associated distractions, even though the allotment of time remains the same. We constantly try to master the art of productivity, and in so doing, we're distracted from what we should be doing, yet still believing that in achieving a higher level of productivity it will free up some of that time for the important things. It never does.
The important things are often set aside because of the compelling nature of responsibility. Responsibility compels us to act in a worldly manner, while…while we type away some meaningless post believing that the very effort brings us closer to our true purpose. I used to be able to close my eyes in the middle of writing one of these things, take a long drawn breath that wasn't deep but wasn't shallow either, and without having to apply my mind to it, more thoughts would tumble out of my mind without me summoning them. That doesn't happen any longer. Now when I close my eyes, the movie in my head simply shifts into 3D and the noises from around me, including the cooing of the doves outside my window, serve to distract me from any sense of serenity, even though their morning serenades were often a source of comfort and wonder before.
Perhaps there is a comfort in labels after all. At times like these, when faced with a vacuous sense of purpose or focus, holding on to a label may very well be therapeutic, albeit in a deceptive way. Perhaps all these delusions collude to give us a sense of peace and purpose while we're distracting ourselves from the truth that we're destined not to achieve anything of significance in this world except that by which others may be collectively distracted. When we achieve things that are not communally subscribed to, we assume that it lacks purpose or value. This sense of exclusion that I've felt for most, no, all of my life has led to what currently seems to be my saving grace of delusions. Perhaps my writing, as insignificant and pedestrian as it may seem, will influence a handful of those that have the natural ability to relate to the collective delusions of the world, and in so doing, I would be influential beyond my immediate sphere of influence without being celebrated, while being pleasantly surprised on the day of reckoning to be presented with a record of beneficence that would be completely unattested to by my mediocre life.
Perhaps these ramblings have finally evolved into the delusions of a madman, and thereby becoming what it was always intended to be.


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We asked Volkan Özçelik when and why he started coding. Here´s the answer we got.
Why did Volkan Özçelik start to code
We asked 25 leading programmers - when did you start coding and why. The answer from Volkan was so long so we thought it deserved a post of its own. Here's his answer to why he started to code.
Volkan Özçelik
"The "when" part is pretty boring and common:
The "why" part is more interesting/internal/personal I think:
As a kid I was always different from the rest of the pack. — For instance, while others were picking up 20-30 page children' story books to read on a summer holiday my choice of "light reading" was the Republic by Plato.
Even as a child I had two things that never left me even now: 1) an ravenous (and sometimes dangerous) level of curiosity and 2) an unstoppable desire to force myself to the limits, intellectually.
"I started coding at the age of 12 which makes 1991; it was a Commodore 64 that my uncle had given me as a present."
- Volkan Özçelik (tweet this)
I also was extremely logical, and I had a keen eye on causality. To give an example: Again around the age of 12, I learned chess by simply watching people play it for a couple of months; at the age of 14 I was beating my father in chess, who was a pretty decent player himself.
Also, as a kid, I would insist not to follow any rules that my parents set unless they give me a fair and reasonable explanation of why that rule was necessary. — Here's an example of a particular torture that I made to my parents at every single rule they impose on me:
- Volkan, it's 9, it's bedtime now.
+ I should go to bed by 9? why?
- because you need to sleep to revitalize
+ but I can sleep later so why 10?
- because children sleep early.
+ aren't there any children that sleep late?
- no.
+but I sometimes sleep late, ain't it an exception then?
- well, yes, I guess.
+ then I'll sleep at 11 today.
( and that would be the QED, unless they wanted to enjoy debating with me for an additional hour. — even as a kid I loved to find logical flaws in arguments; which then drew me to the field of philosophy, and skepticism, and logical fallacies )
Another thing was, I was obsessed with order (albeit being very clumsy).
Yet, I was also not afraid of variety. As long as the changes around me were deterministic, I was more than happy to adapt to them; to a child's mind it was kind of finding chaos within the order.
So it was a combination of attention to detail, will to observe things, a desire to control all the things, constant will to push my limits and boundaries, and being a more logical than the average kid that you can find around was the perfect mix to make coding appealing to me:
When I was writing Basic on my Commodore (which was a hard job to do because I did not know English as a kid, and the program manual was in English, so I had to type in the commands exactly as they were in the manual, then run the program and then observe what happened. — with a few months of work, I was able to do IO, mathematical computations, and logical workflows in a language that I did not know a word of). In a year I was able to create a pong clone :)
So it was like I had my own little world that I could architect the way I wanted. — And needless to say, I was different than many of the kids around me, and understanding them was more challenging than understanding (back then, to me) the cryptic-looking basic language. — Because code was deterministic; humans were not.
I'm 37 right now, and I have been to quite a few managerial positions; and this fact has not changed: People are non-deterministic. — The only thing that changed, maybe, is in the 20-or-so-years, I learned to coordinate and communicate with people better. — I've learned that it all boiled down to communication. — And it was no different than programming in a sense. — Maybe more like programming a neural network, but the principles were kind of the same. — When I was communicating with a computer by writing a set of instructions but in the end of the day, the computer was listening to and interpreting the instructions. — and that was not different in humans either: communication was what the listener did. — That simple revelation took my entire adulthood to sink in :) — And learning and internalizing that, opened a lot of doors and opportunities to me — there is an undeniable value in communicating in the language of the party that's going to interpret it."
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African-American expatriates in Paris
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A Woman's Paris™ in Book Reviews
African-American artists in Paris, Books about Paris and France, Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin, Josephine Baker in Art and Life by Bennetta Jules-Rosette, Kiratiana's Travel Guide to Black Paris: Get Lost and Get Found by Kiratiana Freelon, Paris, Paris Noir by Tyler Stovall, The Stone Face by William Gardner Smith
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By Kirstin Wood
Inspired by our posts from Kiratiana Freelon's Kiratiana's Travel Guide to Black Paris: Get Lost and Get Found and D-Day historian Alan Davidge's post Stars, Stripes and Seine: Americans in occupied Paris 1940-1944 below are a few of our favorite books written by and/or about African-Americans in Paris and France. Some are novels; some are histories; all are fantastic reads.
Best for: romantics, night owls
Giovanni's Room, James Baldwin:
Set against the backdrop of 1950s France, Giovanni's Room profiles a young man caught between two loves – his fiancée and an Italian bartender. Read it for the romance, but also for the in-depth descriptions of mid-century Parisian nightlife.
Best for: history lovers, especially those of military histories
The Stone Face, William Gardner Smith:
Smith is often overshadowed by his more famous contemporaries, James Baldwin and Richard Wright, in surveys of African-American expat literature – but this book, one of my all-time favorites, expertly tangles with issues of race, love, and prejudice in mid-century Paris, and deserves a spot on every Francophile's bookshelf.
Best for: wannabe flappers, avant-garde artists
Paris Noir, Tyler Stovall:
A professor at UC-Berkeley, Tyler Stovall has built a name for himself as an eminent expert of French history. This particular book is outstanding in its recounting of the community that was forged by African-American artists, writers, dancers, entertainers, musicians, etc., in 20th century Paris.
Best for: jazz lovers, dancers, cultural theorists
Josephine Baker in Art and Life: The Icon and the Image, Bennetta Jules-Rosette
While "La Baker" is perhaps best known for her role as "Siren of the Tropics," (a problematic role in itself), Jules-Rosette explores several other roles Josephine Baker inhabited in her life, giving this famous entertainer a more multidimensional stardom than she has been given in the past.
You may also enjoy A Woman's Paris® post, Stars, Stripes and Seine: Americans in occupied Paris 1940-1944, by Alan Davidge. 5,000 Americans refused to leave Paris after war broke out in September 1939. Who were they? Read the stories of how Josephine Baker, Sylvia Beach, Arthur Briggs, Drue Leyton, and others lived and breathed Paris during the war.
French Impressions: Kristin Adele Graves and her fascination with heroine Josephine Baker. Kristin Adele Graves, doctoral candidate in African American Studies and French at Yale University, writes about Josephine Baker, a woman who did it all—singer, dancer, film and theater actress, political activist, and author. Baker rose to unprecedented and unparalleled success in the 1930s.
Eating: Afro and French (in Paris), excerpts from Kiratiana's Travel Guide to BLACK PARIS: Get Lost and Get Found, by Kiratiana Freelon. Although you must sample the highlights of traditional French cuisine, visitors on a quest for black Paris will also be drawn into the city's eclectic ethnic eateries. Kiratiana shares where to go for Antillean and Sénégalese cuisine in Paris.
African Queen of Parisian Cuisine, from Kiratiana's Travel Guide to BLACK PARIS: Get Lost and Get Found, by Kiratiana Freelon who writes about the "African Queen of Parisian Cuisine." Featuring suggestions such as Le Petrossian 144, in Paris, where the head chef is Rougui Dai, a Frenchwoman of Sénégalese decent. There are more than 2,000 French restaurants in Paris. Of the 400 that the Michelin Guide found worth listing, only 77 receive on of their coveted stars. And of those starred restaurants, only one has a black, female head chef: Le Petrossian 144.
A Haunting in Courbevoie and other "Encounters in Paris: A Collection of Short Stories." Swiss author Carolyn Moncel shares her fictional story about the 17th century, limestone Catholic Church, Église Sainte Agnés located west of Paris. It is a story of love, loss, absolution, and empowerment.
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Illustration copyright ©2012 Barbara Redmond. All rights reserved.


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Wang, Yu, Su, Na, Ye, Lin, Ren, Yuanhang, Chen, Xueying, Du, Yujue, Li, Zhenhua, Yue, Bin, Tsang, Shik Chi Edman, Chen, Qiao and He, Heyong (2014) Tuning enantioselectivity in asymmetric hydrogenation of acetophenone and its derivatives via confinement effect over free-standing mesoporous palladium network catalysts. Journal of Catalysis, 313. pp. 113-126. ISSN 0021-9517
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The confinement effect on enantioselective hydrogenation of acetophenone and its derivatives over freestanding mesoporous Pd network catalysts was systematically studied. It was found for the first time that the enantiomeric excess (ee) could be effectively tuned by altering the confinement effect optimized by precise control of the topology, pore size, and lattice structure of mesoporous Pd catalysts. The double gyroid structure with proper pore size and desired lattice structure formed by KBH4 reduction provided suitable microenvironment to generate optimized confinement effect. The optimized catalyst exhibited ee of 40–73% at 273 K under atmospheric pressure of H2. DFT study revealed that the major enantiomeric product could be predicted by comparing relative energies of prochiral-R and -S complexes formed by acetophenone derivatives with S-proline. The energetically favored complex led to the formation of the corresponding enantiomer in excess upon hydrogenation, and ee was found to be linearly correlated with the energy difference between prochiral-R and -S complexes.
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Gloria Estefan is in the best shape of her life--no small feat considering that a tour bus accident in 1990 had doctors saying she'd never walk again. The rhythm queen credits Pilates for the stamina to promote her latest album, 90 Millas, out this month. "Within just a few weeks my waistline was slimmer, I could see my abs again, and my posture was better than ever!" she says. Read our extended interview with Gloria Estefan, and try this move from her Pilates instructor Nicole Perkovich.
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Railing against the wrong enemy
As an historic campaign starts, both main candidates take aim at free-market capitalism as well as each other
SASHED candidates standing on car roofs, their voices crackling through loudspeakers. Worrying signs of heatstroke affecting one of the ruling-party's septuagenarians. Women applauding politely, wearing hats and long gloves to shield their pale skin from the glinting sun.
It was August 18th, the official start of campaigning for Japan's general election on August 30th. But it might just as easily have been 1960, when Yukio Mishima, one of Japan's greatest novelists, published "Utage No Ato" ("After The Banquet"), an evocation of a fictional August election with loudhailers, perspiring candidates and odd goings-on in "the bog of politics".
As the 12-day general-election campaign got under way (the first to be held in August in 107 years), there was something quaintly old-fashioned in the absence of television hoopla. In a country otherwise mad on mass-media, a musty-smelling ban on internet campaigning also recalled a bygone era.
Even the two main candidates for prime minister, Taro Aso of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Yukio Hatoyama (pictured above), of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), have hardly torn into each other. In debates, they have sounded more like two bickering old men than the scions of political dynasties (their grandfathers fought over the founding of the LDP in 1955) waging what could be one of the most important battles in any election in Japan's history.
Mr Hatoyama has tried to cast himself in the Barack Obama mould, using the English word "change" to sum up the DPJ's meaning to voters. After half a century of almost wall-to-wall rule by his rival's party, that should be an intoxicating message. The DPJ says evicting the ruling party will break the stranglehold on the budget held by mandarins, giving it freedom to cope with Japan's ageing population, the low birth-rate and a dangerously lopsided, export-oriented economy. But Mr Hatoyama's face hardly moves as he delivers the good tidings in a soporific murmur.
Mr Aso, meanwhile, has questioned the DPJ's ability to pay for expensive campaign promises, such as a ¥26,000 ($280) a month child allowance to push up the birth rate, income support to farmers and heavily subsidised schooling. The opposition party's sums are indeed fuzzy.
But opinion polls give the DPJ a two-to-one margin over the LDP. Even old ruling-party stalwarts such as doctors and construction workers are shifting allegiances, according to a survey by Kyodo, a news agency. Behind the scenes, analysts say DPJ strategists are working tirelessly to field fresh-faced, likeable candidates to stand against LDP dinosaurs. That has meant a high number of candidates are campaigning: 330 from the DPJ and 326 from the LDP. When parliament was dissolved last month, the LDP held 300 of the 480 seats and the DPJ just 115 (there is a host of smaller parties). In the most hopeful forecasts for the DPJ, some analysts think those numbers could be reversed.
The low-key nature of the race contrasts with the previous contest in 2005, which was swept by the LDP under Junichiro Koizumi, a former prime minister. In what was known as "Koizumi theatre", the telegenic reformer obtained extensive television coverage by replacing LDP candidates who opposed his plans to privatise the postal system. The DPJ hardly got a look in.
Mr Koizumi is playing a big role in this election too. He is not on the ballot, after shamelessly betraying his own anti-dynastic principles by bequeathing the right to run for his seat to his son. But he still looms large—these days, as a target for both Mr Hatoyama and Mr Aso. Both men appear more intent on laying into his legacy of free-market reforms, though some predated his rule from 2001-06, than on attacking each other. They blame his removal of a ban on temporary workers in manufacturing for soaring inequality and high rates of poverty in a country that used to pride itself on being almost universally middle-class. But neither has come up with a very convincing alternative.
In an article this month, Mr Hatoyama railed against American-led "market fundamentalism" that, he said, the LDP had embraced since Mr Koizumi's leadership. But his alternative is a mushy-sounding concept, yuai, that mixes up the Chinese characters for friendship and love. He calls it fraternity, and says it means that activities such as agriculture—already under Fort Knox-like protection in Japan—will not be left "at the mercy of the tides of globalism". Mr Aso has likewise pledged to break with "excessive market fundamentalism".
Such views have helped shape both parties' manifestos. The DPJ's policy platform, for instance, proposes undoing one of the main Koizumi reforms by banning the use of temporary labour in manufacturing. It also wants to raise minimum-wage levels. Exporters fighting for business in China deplore both policies. Yet analysts say Mr Hatoyama, who at a recent press conference asked an aide to field questions on economics, will have little influence on—or even interest in—economic policy. Also, an upper-house election is due in 2010. This may limit the DPJ's ambitions; its priority is likely to be restructuring the civil service, where it can most easily score political points.
Not everyone thinks Mr Koizumi's reforms are widely unpopular. The image of temporary workers losing their jobs, and sometimes their home, as the economy slumped last winter was a poignant one. But the stodgy LDP old guard, which had presided over two decades of economic stagnation, bore as much of the blame as the reformist Mr Koizumi.
Jiro Yamaguchi, of Hokkaido University in northern Japan, argues that Mr Koizumi, while trying to trim the budget deficit, failed to do enough to strengthen the social-security system to shield people from the effects of deregulated wages and job losses. He thinks the DPJ, which he advises, should concentrate on developing such "Third Way" reforms. But the party has not yet taken up this cause.
In one way, the DPJ has reason to be grateful to Mr Koizumi. By selling off the postal system, cutting pork-barrel spending to the construction industry and shrinking an already small state further, he may have at long last cut the financial lifeline linking the LDP to its core supporters. If so, then at least the DPJ will not have to endure a full replay of "Utage No Ato". In Mishima's novel, the party in front as the election campaign starts does not find it ends altogether happily.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline "Railing against the wrong enemy"
From the August 22nd 2009 edition
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Beneath all the noise of the Republican presidential primary and the unlikely ascendency of Donald Trump, there's been a legal story quietly playing out: Trump is being investigated for fraud in three separate trials in two states.
Craig Ashton and Ed Schade recently discussed the details of the case and its legal implications recently on All Things Legal.
The Background on Trump University and Its Allegedly Defrauded Customers
Craig: "So basically, the National Review had a pretty interesting article about what's going on with Trump… National Review talked about the three lawsuits that are occurring against Donald Trump. Two of them are class-action lawsuits filed in California, and one was filed in New York by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. There's a recent case in New York where they upheld standing, saying that the Attorney General's office in New York had the right to sue Donald Trump University [and] Donald Trump for fraud.
"And then also said that they were 'timely.' There was a question as to whether or not the statute of limitations had expired, and Donald Trump argued that it was a three year statute of limitations. The Attorney General's office in New York argued that it was a six year, and the court agreed that it was six, and said therefore it is a timely filing, and therefore it isn't barred by the statute of limitations."
Ed: "Which was kind of surprising. In California it's a three year statute of limitations for fraud. But, what I thought was interesting—and you know, I can imagine [Trump is going to use this argument as a] counter to the attack ads—if I'd actually ripped you off to the extent you said, and I took all this money from you, why did it take you over three years to finally file a lawsuit to come after me to get it back, when I've always said… that I'll never pay anything back because I didn't do anything wrong. So it's kind of interesting that it got that far. Why wait?"
Fraud Versus Mere Puffery
Craig: "So here are the allegations on both sides. The class action suit in California, what's going on in New York, the arguments are essentially these: They said this was a bait-and-switch experience where you would pay for, I think, a 3 day seminar, it's like 1,500 bucks, and said that these were hand-picked instructors by Donald Trump, which it turns out he didn't handpick them. So that's a material fact. When you say an opinion like, 'this is huge,' 'this is the greatest,' you can say those things, it's called 'puffery.'
"But when you make a statement of fact, it becomes an issue regarding to how you entice these people in, breach of contract to potentially misrepresentation, which becomes fraud. So the argument is, 'Look, you said they were handpicked,' some of the people said they were under the impression that they were going to meet Donald Trump, which never happened. And then it also said that these people are real estate experts, and it turns out, many of them, at least according to the allegations, had no real estate background. They were actually motivational speakers, and they were paid a commission to talk these people into signing up for the next level, which I think was like the 'Platinum Status' or something, which is something like $30,000."
Ed: "I think it was thirty five. [Note: The 'Gold Elite' package was priced at $34,995.] But yeah, fraud. It's got to be a misrepresentation of material fact, and when you get out there and say 'Trump's going to hand select them,' may not be material. But when they say it's going to be, 'experts in the real estate field,' and they don't bring those experts, that starts [amounting to misrepresentation of material fact]… and especially when you're getting your advice from guys that sell timeshares, who are absolutely pressuring you to get in there and buy something, that's really another thing that doesn't look good [for]… the Donald."
Personal Experiences With Bait-and-Switch Schemes
Craig took a moment to step back and draw a comparison between the alleged experiences of those suing Donald Trump, and a much more common bait-and-switch experience that many people have unknowingly stumbled into: "My beautiful, erudite, bilingual, and very sharp, businesswise girlfriend [note: gentlemen, take special notice of how Craig began that segue—you could learn something]… signed up for something very similar recently here in Sacramento for these guys who flip houses on A&E or something like that. She went in because she wanted to know how this worked, and next thing you know, it turns into a hard sale, where, 'Yeah, guess what? Thanks for the 200 bucks, but hey, if you give us $50,000 we'll give you an inside track.'
"I said, 'Babe, now we are getting real. And this is… clearly, they're there to sell you something. They're not there to give you ideas to make you successful. They're there to sell you their idea to make them successful."
Ed: "Yeah… I'm gonna bring you into a class to teach you how to make money on how to sell realty, but I'm making a ton of money on getting money from you [for teaching you]…"
And then, as is so often the case, Ed's remark unexpectedly sparked a seemingly unrelated—but in fact very relevant!—brief history lesson from Craig: "Well, you know who made the most money during the Gold Rush? The people that sold the equipment to the people trying to find the gold, right?"
Ed: "And Levi Strauss."
Craig: "Right. So [the people involved with Trump University] are people that are trying to sell the equipment to find the gold—which is real estate riches—and they're going to win no matter what. So if you give them 50,000 bucks, it doesn't matter if you find gold or not, they've already got theirs."
Sometimes, You Don't Have to Win in Court—You Just Have to Make the Other Side Give Up
Craig: "So basically, Trump's counterargument is this, is, "Look, first of all, I never said you were going to meet me. Second of all, you didn't work hard enough. I gave you some tools, and guess what? If you are not one who's going to commit to the experience, and take the information that I've given you to succeed [and not successfully apply it], that's not my fault. I can figuratively lead the horse to water, but I can't make you drink.' And he says, '98% of all of the reviews that I got are positive.' And a lot of the people that are suing him actually said, 'This was a great experience.'
"One of them is a yoga instructor in San Diego, who now wants out [of the lawsuit]. She says, 'I've had enough of this. It's too much. I've been through the wringer. This is not conducive to me enjoying my life, and I no longer want to be a named plaintiff in the class action, as a representative of the class,' and she wants out of the lawsuit. Trump has taken her deposition, I think, four times now. Over sixteen hours. Sued her for defamation for a million dollars, which she was able to prevail on, and the court ordered him to pay $798,779 in her legal fees. And now she just says, 'I can't take this anymore… It's not that this case doesn't have merit, it's just that the stakes and the way this is approached is too aggressive for me and I don't want to participate in the process anymore.'
"And Trump says if she's out, the rest of the case needs to be dismissed. I don't know what's going to happen. I don't think that they're going to dismiss the whole case if she gets out, because they've already let two other plaintiffs out, and there's still two others that are representative of the class.
The Psychology of Fraud Victims
Craig: "[As I've noted, Trump's] argument says, 'Hey, look. Bottom line is, I gave you the tools. You didn't make them work, that's not my fault. And I have 98% of the people saying—including you—how great this experience was.' And she says, 'The reason I filled out the surveys this way was that I didn't want to risk alienating anyone who might advance my career'. In other words, 'I've still got 60,000 bucks invested in this thing. I'm not going to say you guys are a bunch of idiots because I'm still hoping you might help me.'"
Ed: "Well that, and think about it. Even from a psychological point of view, you and dump a ton of money in something, and your friends go, 'How was it?' 'Oh, it was awesome.' You're not going to tell him, 'Hey, I just got ripped off and feel like an idiot.' So you have to—to some degree—back it, so you can self-justify it…"
They went on to discuss how oftentimes, only after the dust has settled on an experience, do people find the perspective and the clarity of mind to realize that they've been taken advantage of. It takes time for the human desire to not show weakness to be outweighed by the anger of being defrauded (and the acceptance that the money is not, in fact, going to magically reappear in the bank account). This can go a long ways towards explaining the long delay that often elapses between when fraud occurs, and when victims finally find the wherewithal to take the matter to court.
This case will definitely be interesting to follow, especially since, depending on the how the cases are scheduled, Trump may well have to take the witness stand as the primaries wind to a close. If he manages to secure the Republican presidential nomination, then brace yourself for the news to become even more saturated with the latest news about Trump's campaign and concurrent legal investigation.


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CURL is a collective, label, and community formed by artists Brother May, Coby Sey, and Mica Levi. With roots across London, the group's members are involved and affiliated with the likes of NTS Radio and Whities Records.
MC and vocalist Brother May has two releases out on CURL - 2016's May and Meeks, and 2017's "U Kno". Both assert a warmth and joy that are crucial to today's musical landscape. Coby Sey is an NTS Radio regular, who has released music via Whities, Bokkle, and on his own. Though he is perhaps best known for his Whities EP, Transport for Lewisham, the South Londoner's output also includes a string of collaborations with artists such as Dels, Klein, and Tirzah.
Singer, songwriter, composer, and producer Mica Levi, or Micachu, needs little introduction. She trained at renowned institutions such as the Purcell School, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Levi is known for her work with band The Shapes (now called Good Sad Happy Bad), as well as her film scores for Under the Skin (2014) and Jackie (2016).
As CURL, they have performed at venues such as London's Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), The Roundhouse, and Southbank Centre. 2018 saw them host an event at the Serpentine Pavilion which welcomed performances from opera singer Mohamed, and singer-producer Bianca Scout. They have released music from Taz & Meeks, Bedsheet, Silv-o, and others, and their eclectic catalog folds jazz, grime, experimental soundscapes, and hip hop into one another.


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Credit: Amedeo Modigliani
This year marks the 100th anniversary of an exhibition of paintings by the Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, at the Berthe Weill gallery in Paris. The exhibition, displaying a number of nude works, was too much for some and shut down within hours of its opening. The police commissioner at the time had been offended by the depiction of pubic hair.
"It really did shock people," said Nancy Ireson, one of the curators of a new exhibition of Modigliani's paintings at Tate Modern, "and some of the paintings had to be taken down."
Upending traditions
To our contemporary eyes, Modigliani's hirsute women are hardly shocking, in fact their poses reveal the painter to be in thrall to elegance and classicism. Yet, in rejecting the traditional hairless nudes of antiquity, Modigliani was seen to be attacking the social order -- and in this, he was not alone.
Modigliani was part of a radical group of Belle Époque artists, who wanted to subvert cultural conventions, and what better way of doing this than forcing people to confront how they see themselves?
Some painters, like Modigliani did it by sticking closely to the facts, others, like Picasso, tore the body apart and re-constructed it for the modern world. The nude had become a subject of challenge and contest.
If you subscribe to the aphorism that sex is really about power, Ireson suggests another reason to why Modigliani's nudes were so shocking: "These women are overtly sexual and that really connects with the way women were troubling society at the time. These pictures were made during the First World War, when more women were working, more women were living independently ... there really is a social anxiety about that."
Censoring the nude
So began a golden era of the nude in Western art, thought not without censorship. In 1912, Austrian painter Egon Schiele, spent 24 days in jail convicted of immorality relating to hundreds of sketches of the naked form, and artists Otto Dix and George Grosz were both brought to trial for obscenity in the 1920s. Others preferred self-censorship rather than prosecution. René Magritte's "The Rape" was concealed behind a velvet curtain when it was first exhibited in Brussels in 1934, with only Surrealist sympathizers permitted to see it. For Modigliani however the censorship of his nude paintings didn't help sales -- he died young and penniless in 1920.
Yet for all the trouble censorship caused these male artists, their reputation was rehabilitated and they went on to be celebrated as transgressive -- even visionary -- outsiders. Their nudes were lauded as sexually brave, raw and unconstrained. The same cannot be said of the women artists who came in their wake as a result of that burgeoning female autonomy.
The Fight Censorship Group
In the 1960s feminist artists began to represent the nude from a female perspective, reflecting a woman's sexual desires. Artists like Joan Semmel, Judith Bernstein, Dorothy Iannone, Betty Tompkins, Anita Steckel and Penny Slinger appropriated pornography to present a different narrative to the one promoted by the sex industry. Inevitably censorship followed and it had a debilitating effect on their careers.
Slinger had her work burned by customs officials in 1978, Bernstein was forced to defend her graphic depictions of genitalia, while Steckel found herself at the mercy of the censors when attempts were made to close-down her exhibition of nude pictures at Rockland Community College, in New York. The college committee objected to the inclusion of images of erect penises. In response Steckel formed The Fight Censorship Group, and published a statement in which she declared "If the erect penis is not wholesome enough to go into a museum, it should not be considered wholesome enough to go into women. And if the erect penis is wholesome enough to go into women -- then it is more than wholesome enough to go into the greatest art museums."
Like Steckel, Tompkins and Ianonne also found the best way to confront censorship was through spirited rebuke. Tompkins' photo-realistic paintings took their subject matter from hardcore pornographic magazines. When one of these paintings was impounded while on its way to France for an exhibition her retort was to create a series of large-scale sexually explicit drawings, in which the word "censored" covered the offending area. Alternatively, in 1970 when the Kunsthalle Bern attempted to cover up the genitalia in Ianonne's paintings, she responded with a work that detailed the scandal and named the protagonists involved.
Surprisingly, for these female artists, confrontations with the law did not lead to notoriety -- like it did for their male counterparts -- but obscurity, and some of them ceased to exhibit altogether. Yet the world has changed in the last ten years, and artists like Tompkins and Iannone are having a resurgence thanks to a group of younger curators and artists who are beginning to understand how these pioneering feminist artists played a crucial role in creating the sex positive attitude that exists in the mainstream media today. Through their brave, uncompromising depictions of the nude, the fig leaves are finally coming off.
"Modigliani" is on display at Tate Modern until Apr. 2, 2018.


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The Gibson Melody Maker was first launched in 1959 and you won't
find the Les Paul's name anywhere on this little guitar. Granted,
it looks exactly like a Les Paul in many ways and yes... a guitar
novice could easily mistake this 1959 Melody Maker for a 1950's
Les Paul Junior. Both models, the original Melody Maker and the
original Junior, featured dot inlays fretboard markers, white
button tuners, jack positioned on the top and both used
wrap-around bridge/tailpiece units.
This 1st year 1959 Gibson Melody Maker... in its beautiful
factory "Sunburst" nitrocellulose finish, was uniquely built.
It features a single round cutaway very similar to the
Junior. The body is slightly thinner with a 1 3/8" slab body.
It has a 7/8" single coil oblong pickup with a black cover
fitted close to the tailpiece bar, knobs on pickguard and it was
made in a darker sunburst finish then the Junior. From 1959 thru
1961 the Melody Maker had a single cutaway. In 1961 the body
style changed to a double cutaway and the single cutaway model
was discontinued.
Gibson's "Golden Era"... from the late 50's and early 60's... are
best known for the emergence of the company's iconic Les Paul
Standard. But the Les Paul wasn't the company's best-selling
guitar during this historic period. That title belongs to the
legendary Melody Maker. These early '59 Melody Makers are
considered a center-piece for any vintage guitar collection.