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Yoga Your Own Way
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- Find Your Yoga Style
- A Nationwide Yoga Tour
- Yoga at the Gym
- Yoga in Your Living Room
- Yoga on a Budget
- Finding Peace in the Middle of a Metropolis
- Yoga and Acrobatics
- The Best Yoga Resources
Yoga at the Gym
Most gyms offer standard yoga classes like Hatha and, our favorite, Vinyassa, which combines flexibility moves and strength-building exercises into a fast-paced routine with excellent cardio benefits. But more and more we're seeing national gym chains like Equinox create their own hybrid yoga classes featuring cycling, rock 'n' roll soundtracks, and even super-beginning classes to attract a different kind of yogi.Cycle In/Yoga Out
Busy bodies can squeeze in cardio, toning, and relaxation with this combination cycling and yoga class. Instructor Steve Hsu, a lifetime certified Spinning instructor and certified yoga teacher, combines high-energy indoor cycling with restorative and relaxing yoga for a balanced approach to exercise in his Cycle In/Yoga Out class in Equinox Fitness in Pasadena, California.
The first half of each session begins with 30 minutes of intense cycling. But there's no pressure to go beyond your boundaries. "I want students to be self-accepting," says Hsu. "I teach them to listen to their bodies and respect where they are mentally, physically, and emotionally."
During the last half of the class students stretch and do restorative yoga poses to release tension and decrease their heart rate from the intense cardio work. Since cyclists spend a lot of time hunched on a bike, restoring posture is super important.
"What's great about the class is that it's not just 'Go, go, go!'" says Hsu. "Yoga balances the high-energy and intensity from cycling. It totally makes sense to combine the two."
By starting with a high-energy cycling workout and ending with relaxing yoga poses, you can increase your aerobic capacity, build strength in your legs, increase your flexibility, and relax -- all in one hour.
"My students tell me that they feel more at ease and calm after their workouts," says Hsu. "They're not too ramped up."
Multitaskers can be zen too!Rockin' Vinyasa Yoga
You're more likely to hear Kanye and Fergie instead of Oms and chanting in this hip yoga class. Instructor Adam Goldstein of Equinox Fitness in Roslyn, New York, created Rockin' Vinyasa Yoga after hearing complaints from people who yawned at the thought of chanting during their workout.
"I wanted to tell people about yoga because it had such a great effect on me, but they thought it was boring!" says Goldstein. "So I decided to crank up the music."
Goldstein plays everything from Annie Lenox to Timbaland and doesn't use the same set of songs twice. Classes start with a slow song and breathing exercises. Then the beat speeds up as the class goes into twists and standing and balancing poses. Each class ends with a relaxation period in savasana, or corpse pose.
If you're over Spinning class but still want to sculpt and tone your body while rocking out to your favorite tunes, this class is for you.
"My students tell me that they never thought yoga could be so much fun!" says Goldstein. Classes can turn into karaoke sessions, but students will definitely see results from this power yoga class.
The name of the class says it all. You don't have to be a contortionist to do yoga. Instructor Tara Robertson created Yoga for the Inflexible at Equinox Fitness in Palo Alto, California, after noticing that many people couldn't take advantage of advanced yoga classes. So Robertson designed a class that broke down every move and pose so that everyone can learn and be flexible.
"I want students to ask questions," says Robertson. "I want to keep a dialogue with them. They can always stop me or flag me down in class." This is the perfect atmosphere for any yoga beginner or skeptic.
Classes begin with breathing exercises, because, Robertson says, "your breath is how your body communicates with you. If you're having trouble breathing it means you're doing something wrong."
Robertson loves seeing students get excited when they see progress, whether they're finally able to touch their toes or twist a little further. Robertson's students include runners and bikers who want more flexibility along with people who have never done exercise before, and many of her students have moved on to more advanced classes.
For people who are completely new to yoga, this is the class for you. "Give one class a try and see if you feel any difference after," she says. "If it's not something you enjoy, you can always leave. But one class won't hurt you."
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Flushing, NY (Sports Network) - Mike Stanton hit a grand slam in the top of the 10th inning Monday to give the Marlins a 7-3 win over the Mets in the opener of a three-game series at Citi Field.
Florida used three straight singles from Gaby Sanchez, Hanley Ramirez and DeWayne Wise to load the bases, and Stanton cracked a 3-2 cutter from Jason Isringhausen over the left field wall for his second career grand slam.
"I was just trying to make sure I put the ball in play," Stanton said. "With a guy on third and less than two out, you have to put the ball in play, especially in that situation."
Omar Infante collected three hits, including a triple, and Sanchez added a pair of RBI for the Marlins, who have won seven of their last nine games.
Leo Nunez (1-2) gave up the lead in the ninth, but picked up the win courtesy of Stanton's moonshot. He also absorbed his fourth blown save of the season.
Isringhausen (2-1) was tagged with the loss for the Mets, who have lost three consecutive games.
"When I made good pitches I got people out, when I made bad pitches I didn't," Isringhausen said of his rough outing. "It was just one of those nights."
Lucas Duda and Jason Bay smacked home runs for New York.
New York knotted the game at three in the bottom of the ninth. Trailing by two, Angel Pagan smacked a one-out double to right and, after a Bay groundout, Duda blasted a Nunez offering deep into the seats in center field.
Earlier, Florida jumped out to an early lead with a run in its first at-bat. Infante ripped a one-out triple to left and scored on a sacrifice fly by Sanchez.
New York threatened in the bottom of the first when Daniel Murphy slapped a one-out single and David Wright drew a walk to put runners on first and second with two men down. Pagan grounded into a fielder's choice to end the inning.
The Marlins extended their lead to 2-0 in the third inning. Emilio Bonifacio slapped a two-out single, and Infante followed with one of his own to give the Marlins runners on the corners. Sanchez came through with a single up the middle to score Bonifacio.
Logan Morrison ripped a single to center to lead off the Marlins' fourth and advanced to third on Wright's throwing error. Bryan Petersen then lofted a sacrifice fly to center to score Morrison for a 3-0 Florida advantage.
The Mets clawed back with a run in the bottom of the fourth on Bay's solo shot to right-center, the deepest part of the park, to make it a 3-1 game.
The Mets had a chance to cut into the lead in the fifth when Jose Reyes smacked a one-out double to right. Justin Turner followed with a single to right and Reyes was waived home from second but was cut down at the plate on a perfect throw by Stanton in right field.
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Published on August 6th, 2012 | by Christian Cawley
REG: "Iconic Star" Revealed!
When I heard earlier this evening (the annual great banquet at Kasterborous Towers dragged me away from collating news for a couple of hours – it won't happen again) that the BBC would be making a midnight announcement of an "iconic star" at midnight, the first thing to strike me was "what about Twitter?"
It seems that I shouldn't have worried, however – the casting announcement for the Doctor Who Christmas Special that follows was a piece of extremely interesting news…
We're delighted to confirm the brilliant Richard E Grant is appearing in the new series of #DoctorWho. More news later@ http://t.co/ywpJBxBs
— Doctor Who Official (@bbcdoctorwho) August 5, 2012
Richard E Grant.
He is, of course, the original Ninth Doctor, cruelly wiped from canon following the BBC announcement that they would be reviving the series with Russell T Davies in charge. A fascinating character, Grant – who starred with Eighth Doctor Paul McGann in the cult classic Withnail & I – wasn't given the chance to develop his Doctor (and his relationship with a Derek Jacobi android Master) any further in Paul Cornell's compelling but short-lived revival, Scream of the Shalka.
So, what's Richard E. Grant – who also played the Doctor in Steven Moffat's Comic Relief skit The Curse of the Fatal Death - exact role in the Doctor Who Christmas Special? We don't yet know, of course, but the BBC will be filling in a few blanks (or posing new ones) later on today…
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Loved him as Withnail. Problem is hes played that part every time since…
Last seen as that man in the Argos adverts.
And now in Who.
Hardly big news..
I do like Mr Grant, but 'iconic'? Perhaps in this age (DW actors and Olympic sports star's aside) of famous for the sake of being famous and little, a good actor who has had some decent roles,is considered iconic?
I thought they had landed Bradley Wiggins for a moment, or Mr Bolt? Or Arnie, or Mr Redford or Ms Streep??????? Tom? David T? No? Oh well…good casting though.
I think the "we will tell you at midnight" bit also built it up too much.
If it had been just announced normally we would all have said "ooh, that's nice, bet he'll be good" rather than thinking it was going to be some major worldwide star and getting REG.
Also, I can't remember which one it was, but didn't RTD or the Moff say in an issue of DWM they couldn't stand him as the Shalka Doctor as clearly he just phoned in his performance?
"Iconic" for Withnail fetishists perhaps…


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Symondsbury Primary School pupils went spotty for Pudsey.
Don't forget to send us your pictures to email@example.com. We will be showcasing events in tomorrow's paper.
At St. Mary's School, Bridport pupils were selling cakes and collecting money on a giant Pudsey bear.
Our photographers have been taking some great pics today, here's pupils at Bridport's St. Catherine's School who held a dressed down day and brought in their favourite toy to help raise funds for Children In Need.
Here's a picture of Echo staff and our mascot Eli the lion supporting Children in Need by wearing spots and stripes for a sponsored dress down day
Lots of fundraisers donning their spots for Children In Need- there's still time to let us know what you're up to firstname.lastname@example.com— @DorsetEchoSam 16 November 2012
Everyone at Scallywags Child Care Centre, Weymouth are wearing pyjamas today and they had a teddy bear's picnic at midday.
Pop into the Children's Centre at Dorset County Hospital today and make a Children In Need donation.
Staff are wearing something spotty, selling cakes, and there will be a raffle with lots of prizes including a Christmas hamper!
Don't forget! Tune into BBC's Children In Need tonight to see the boys perform Little Things and Live While We're Young live! @BBCCiN 1DHQ x— @onedirection 16 November 2012
Here at the Dorset Echo we're wearing spots and stripes and donating to the cause. Cakes and a raffle are also helping to boost the Children in Need coffers. We'll post some pictures shortly!
Don't forget to have your say on our comments section. Let us know how you are supporting Children in Need
Is this the cutest Children in Need picture of the day?
14-week-old Evangeline-Lily James of Wyke Regis Weymouth shows her support of the charitable cause.
The children and staff of Wareham St Mary Primary School all came to school wearing spots and raised £117 for Children in Need.
The school is currently undergoing major refurbishment and even the building team on site donned spots for the cause.
Wessex Morris Men will be dancing in Dorchester tomorrow, Saturday, morning for Children In Need, at the top of South Street by the Town Pump from 10.30am.
The Prada Pudsey and I!!! In love! Just modelled it on stage at Christie's to be auctioned for Children in N http://t.co/Y7JTOt6C— @thisisbwright 15 November 2012
Dorset are going charity crazy for Children in Need: DORSET is going wacky for Children in Need. http://t.co/uiGYgTT8 #Dorset— @Dorset_News 16 November 2012
Sisters Mabel and Flo Whiting, aged seven and five, of Stobourgh have been baking cakes and making flapjack all week.
They have sold to family, friends and their mum and dad's work colleagues.
In total they made 48 fairy cakes, 24 rice crispy cakes and 48 pieces of flapjack.
They are proud to announce they have raised £80 for children in need. Well done girls!
Powerstock School is having a mad hair day to raise money for the cause. What are you doing? Email your photos to firstname.lastname@example.com, Tweet @DorsetEcho or call 01305 830999
Between 12pm and 6pm, a Maxwell Neilson cakesale at St Aldhelm's Church in Spa Road Weymouth will be raising funds for Children In Need
Kids at The Front skatepark in Weymouth will be doing a sponsored one-hour skateathon this afternoon.
The Echo photographer will be there from 4.30pm.
I went onto the EastEnders set to show them a thing or two about business http://t.co/vCNqbWfC. See the results on @BBCCiN on Friday. #CiN— @Lord_Sugar 15 November 2012
It's here! Are you being spotty, silly, brave, silent, fun, underdressed, hairless or many other brilliant things for #CiN? 7.30pm, BBC One!— @BBCCiN 16 November 2012
Youngsters and staff at St Mary's Primary School, Bridport, are holding a Children in Need cake sale and making a Giant Pudsey of Pennies
Pupils at Sunninghill School, Dorchester are wearing spots and stripes as part of the Pudsey-inspired fun
At Southfield Veterinary Centre in South Walks, Dorchester, staff will be dressing up and selling cakes for Children in Need today
What are you doing for Children in Need? Let us know call the @dorsetecho newsdesk 01305 830999 email email@example.com or tweet us!— @DorsetEchoSam 16 November 2012
At the ASDA store in Weymouth today, a Children in Need exercise machine challenge is taking place along with a cake sale and guest appearance from Pudsey.
Our photographer Finnbarr will be there between 12pm and 2pm.
Here's Kieran Collins who has gone off to Manor Park First School in Dorchester with a spotty face in aid of the worthy cause.
Lots of fundraising fun has begun across the county.
Chuckles Day Nursery at Budmouth College is among those joining in the festivities for Children In Need with a 'crazy clothes and hair' day.
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The adoption process is always a complicated one fraught with worry. A roller coaster ride that leaves you feeling a bit dizzy. One of the reasons we decided on Ethiopia was the fact that it was a stable program and pretty straight forward. This was two-three years ago mind you. Our adoption went very smooth, yet still caused me to obtain more than a few gray hairs!
Recently some changes have been made to the Ethiopian adoption process that have changed the program dramatically. I have tried to simplify some of the changes for you. Here is the link to the State Department for the entire message.
Starting May 9, 2010, At least one parent now has to appear at the court hearing for the finalization of the adoption. Before a representative of the agency could appear for you.
This change eliminates the possiblity for escorting your child home. A mandatory trip also increases costs dramatically for parents who were planning on traveling as they have to return for the embassy date a few weeks later. Increased time off work, another ticket, possible needs for childcare for the kids at home and a slew of other things that two trips can complicate.
So why the changes? I have read a lot of blogs and posts talking about one of the reasons is that a few parents have not taking their children home upon meeting them. This is an entire post itself! Also the increased complaints of unethical adoptions, relinquishments have caused several complications. Several orphanges have lost their licesnses as well and been shut down.
With all of these changes we will have to see how the numbers of adoptions in Ethiopia are effected. Ethiopia may loose some of it's "popularity". Time will tell.
I would love to know how the above changes have effected your Ethiopian adoption or the possiblity of you adopting from Ethiopia.
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Straw Dogs (2011)
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Reviews Counted: 119
Fresh: 49 | Rotten: 70
This remakes streamlines the plot but ultimately makes a fatal mistake: It celebrates violence.
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 28
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 15
This remakes streamlines the plot but ultimately makes a fatal mistake: It celebrates violence.
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David and Amy Sumner (James Marsden and Kate Bosworth), a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her father's death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amy's ex-boyfriend Charlie (Alexander Skarsgard), leading to a violent confrontation. -- (C) Sony Pictures
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A routine, if rather gruesome thriller with attractive leads ducking in and out of danger.
Lurie, like Peckinpah, is fascinated by the idea that the seemingly mild, non-confrontational pacifist may be the villain in all of this.
Everything here plays out to the same beats and yet ultimately results in conventional revenge-minded catharsis rather than queasy ambivalence.
While Lurie could have gone lighter on the symbolism, he ratchets up the tension with deft intelligence. He's not just making a thriller but a horror film, and we feel his own fear in every scene.
One of those movies that sits in an armchair, smokes a pipe and reflects "seriously" on "the question of violence," but the main reason to see it is for the hilariously nasty uses it devises for a bear trap, nail gun, etc.
Lurie's smart enough to know that we're supposed to be disturbed -- and not titillated -- by the savagery the movie depicts.
On the bright side, it's probably the only movie ever made to boast kickass tunes by the southern-rock triumvirate of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet, and Blackfoot.
Straw Dogs does little more than rely on graphic violence as well as outdated stereotypes to keep the tension high.
The best that can be said about Straw Dogs is that it's watchable: and that's due to Alexander Skarsgard's stellar abs.
Comes off like its poster: a copycat that superficially looks the same but lacks in inspiration.
There's nothing profound or mysterious about Straw Dogs. The performances are solid, but the movie is mostly forgettable.
It doesn't even work as a thriller. And of course, like the 70s original, it just turns into an all-out blood bath at the end - which can't help but notch up the campiness.
It was a different era, a different time in American culture. Sam Peckinpah's 1971 'Straw Dogs' arguably has become a classic. It was a controversial film when it was released because of its depiction of a sexual assault.
Rod Lurie's film equals the original and surpasses it in many ways.
The hunting scenes and the brutal farm siege are solidly gripping, and Lurie doesn't shy away from David embracing his inner savage.
Lurie makes the same point as Peckinpah, namely that, when survival is threatened, even the most civilised types have a primal capacity for violence. But, 40 years on, the shock factor has gone.
This is one of those remakes that feels like the product of lazy thinking.
Peckinpah's most problematic film gets an intriguing, if flawed, update from film critic-turned-director Rod Lurie.
Ultimately Lurie's film isn't in the same class as Peckinpah's flawed classic, but it's a respectable, respectful and rather good film.
Still not for the fainthearted, the new Straw Dogs again has something to say about the kind of mob rule seen 80 years ago in Frankenstein (1931). And much of it is not at all pleasant.
Rod Lurie's remake transposes the action from cloudy Cornwall to sticky Mississippi but keeps the meat of the story intact, along with the violence.
While there's no real reason for this retread of Sam Peckinpah's controversial 1971 film, even Hollywood can't destroy such a decent story.
It isn't badly made, but what's the point of rebooting Straw Dogs, if the only object is to repackage it, and make it marginally less offensive?
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Now, much has been said about the extreme visual violence displayed on screen in 1971 (they just didn't DO THAT back then), and it has been theorized that Peckinpah was making a statement (to the effect that the film was a contemplation on violence and that every human has a breaking point where he is forced to revert to more primal instincts in order to protect what is his). I didn't buy all that sophist stuff then, and I'm not buying it now. Yes, this is a violent film, and yes, the stereotypes are all on display - macho "real man" versus a more "sophisticated" man of words... and yet, while superficially entertaining, the entire enterprise has a "been there, seen that" feel to it (more than what should be justified by seeing the source film, or reading the quite excellent book that was the fountainhead for both.
Clich� piles atop clich�, and director Rod Lurie seems unable to stop this runaway train - it's almost as if his choice of staging the film in Mississippi is too perfect - you don't even raise an eyebrow when the drunken good old boys get all riled up and decide to lay siege to the "city boy" and his domicile. You can almost hear banjos in the background (at least Lurie showed some restraint in that regard).
And yet, the cinematography and acting on display are so much better than you'd expect from a potboiler "thriller" of the "don't go into the backwoods" kind of film. James Wood in particular as the drunken former high school football coach, is in fine form. He's mean, he's scary, he sneers at everything and tells off color racist jokes - everyone laughs with him, probably fearing that he'll break a bar stool over your head if you don't.
The rest of the hoodlums are forgettable, though Alexander Skarsgard shows a bit of depth as the former quarterback who manages to maintain some creds as a big fish in a very small pond. He is the stuff that the title refers to: a Chinese tradition where they anoint these straw dogs in some ceremony and then, after said ceremony, they throw them away. Skarsgard knows he is trapped in nowhereville - to leave would be to become a minnow in that great big ocean out there - better to be a bottom feeding catfish trolling the murky waters at your own pace and reveling in what used to be. To me, this psychological aspect carries more weight than the Lord of The Flies, man resorts to his base nature babble. Sure, said babble is part and parcel of the violence - but I don't feel that, in this instance, the film warrants that kind of analysis... just let it be a bit of mild entertainment that has a very violent streak. I mean, the purported "depth" is there (and heavyhanded) if you want to examine it; the LA screen writer (ably played by James Marsden), is writing a WWII screenplay about the battle for Stalingrad (reveling in the violence of a prior age as an inkling to his buttoned down psyche... ho hum). His home is threatened, his marriage is threatened - he is bullied and made fun of by the locals... he turns the other cheek, as a civilized man should... until it's kill or be killed time (all couched within a "stand for your morals" bit of overstatement). A great film would have you wondering "what would I do in the given situation?" While the unfairness and bullying of the situation did raise my blood pressure about two points, I never felt completely absorbed nor intellectually prodded by any of the human questions that Lurie was trying (I think) to mine.
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Beckmann, Departure; Self-Portrait in Tuxedo; Sinking of Titanic
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Durer, The Four Apostles
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Helen Frankenthaler. Color Field Painting and Mountains and Sea.
Artemisia Gentileschi. Judith Beheading Holofernes. Self-Portrait as an Allegory of Painting.
Frida Kahlo. Frida and Diego Rivera. The Two Fridas. The Love Embrace of the Universe.
Angelica Kauffmann. Self-Portrait Torn Between Music and Painting. David Garrick.
Judith Leyster. Self-Portrait. The Proposition.
Paula Modersohn-Becker. Self-Portrait with an Amber Necklace. Still Life with Goldfish.
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Fifteen or 16 Leonardo da Vinci paintings are known to exist. With nine in a new National Gallery show, blockbuster art exhibitions will be redefined!
Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan focuses on Leonardo's tenure in Milan from 1482-1499, when he served as the court painter to Ludovico Sforza (1452-1519). When requesting employment from this ruling family, Leonardo da Vinci emphasized his expertise in military engineering, adding this his painting and sculpture skills were a bonus.
Some bonus.
Shortly after arriving in Milan, Leonardo was commissioned to create an altarpiece, The Virgin of the Rocks. Leonardo altered the commission to include St. John the Baptist (he is in the left foreground), and the commissioners refused the price Leonardo requested.
Leonardo da Vinci. Lady with an Ermine, ca. 1493-1494. Approx. 16" by 22". National Museum, Cracow.
He sold the work elsewhere, but years later was persuaded to create a second version. The restoration of this Virgin of the Rocks, owned by the National Gallery in London, was the impetus for this Leonardo exhibition.
For the first time, these two Leonardo da Vinci paintings will be exhibited together. Comparison of their differences - for instance, the later Virgin of the Rocks has less intricately painted naturalism but more sculptural effects created by Leonardo's modelling of light and dark - is enough to make me long to visit this show.
Other Leonardo da Vinci paintings provide more reasons:
Portrait of a Young Man (The Musician), 1486-1487. Prior to this Leonardo da Vinci painting, portraits were in strict profile. That changed with this 3/4 profile pose, which inspired other Renaissance painters and Leonardo's students.
Lady with an Ermine, ca. 1489-1490. Incredible that the National Museum in Cracow is lending its prize painting.
The Belle Ferronniere, ca. 1493-1494. This may be Beatrice d'Este (1475-1497), a leading lady of the Italian Renaissance and the wife of Ludovico Sforza.
Leonardo da Vinci. Virgin of the Rocks, 1483-1485. Probably oil on panel (transferred to canvas), 78 1/2" by 48". Louvre, Paris.
St. Jerome, 1488-1490. One of the unfinished paintings of Leonardo, on loan from the Vatican.
Madonna Litta, 1491-1495. Read about Madonna Litta, in the show, and Benois Madonna, both from the Hermitage.
Christ as Salvator Mundi, ca. 1499. Remember how this post started with reference to 15 or 16 Leonardo da Vinci paintings? This is the "or".
The National Gallery's inclusion of this controversial attribution to Leonardo will be worth following. Read some of the history behind the attribution of this Leonardo da Vinci painting.
Additionally, the show features Leonardo cartoons and drawings (many of which are on loan from the world's largest collection, owned by Queen Elizabeth), including the woman in Madonna Litta, compositional studies for The Last Supper, as well as paintings by Leonardo's students and contemporaries.
Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan runs until 5 February 2012. If you're lucky enough to go there, please, please, send a report!
Leonardo da Vinci. The Belle Ferronniere, ca. 1493-94. Oil on wood, 24" by 17". Louvre, Paris.
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To be a k i l l e r you must first
kill a little bit of yourself.
To be a k i l l e r you must first
kill a little bit of yourself.
// whoops i got distracted by icon-making
and i'm afraid that now i really need to sleep. g'night, all!
"Yeah, just a bit." Mickey muttered, keeping a hand pressed against his ribs. "I'll be fine. I think."
He stared down at the wound and around at the landscape before cursing. If he hadn't gotten hurt they could try again but now that he was…
"Let's get back t' the van then. Might need a bit more than a patch up if we try again. I'm startin' to think we need a new strategy. This one's working about as well as tryin' to get something past my gran."
"Yeah." Jake sighed, shaking his head. "This strategy's not goin' so well. We'll retreat fer now, get some food 'n some bandages, an' we'll try ta think o' somethin' else."
He glanced to the side, out of their cover, looking around to see if there was any activity.
"Looks like the coast is clear. Let's move."
"Yeah, just a bit." Mickey muttered, keeping a hand pressed against his ribs. "I'll be fine. I think."
He frowned, pulling his jacket more tightly around himself. It was bitterly cold where they were - he could feel his fingers freezing even through his gloves.
"Listen, mate. We've been out here fer hours, an' we've nearly gotten ourselves killed twice already. We've got two options here: we keep goin' an' try ta finish the job, or we head back ta the van, patch our wounds, an' try again later. Ye won't be o' any use ta anyone if yer dead."
Not uncommon indeed, as Jake was one of the few people Rose allowed in and out of her office as they pleased. The others, of course, were Pete, her mum, and Tony (though only when he was supervised). She stifled a giggle as she took in the sight of him, a proper mess if she had ever seen one. "Oh, Jake," Rose sighed, touching her hand to her forehead in exasperation.
"What'm I gonna do with ya? You can't stay outta trouble for five minutes."
She was teasing, but examining the goo that had him stuck anyway. "It looks almos' like… There's one place I found, forget what it was called, but this looks like what they used to hold their prisoners. Who'd ya piss off, Jake?" Offering her friend a smile, she confirmed her diagnosis when she took a sniff of the substance. "—Ooh, yeah, tha's definitely it. C'mon, let's head downstairs. I'll help you out."
At her words, his grin merely spread. Though Jake could be professional most of the time, when around Rose, his smile tended to take on the air of a naughty schoolbody's.
"Oh, I think I at least made it ta six minutes this time," he replied offhandedly, leaning back in her chair. He would've propped his feet up on her desk, too, if it weren't for the fact that he knew he wouldn't be able to get them off again without falling out of the chair completely.
"Nobody much. Honest, Rose." His eyes widened in an expression of faux innocence. "Jus', y'know, some Deltarian guards. Nothin' major. Apparently, they took offense ta me accent."
That cheeky smile spread again as he hopped to his feet - quite literally, as his legs were bound enough to prevent him from walking properly.
"But it's not the first time that's happened. Ye may have ta keep me from tippin' over when we head out, yeah? I haven't exactly attempted stairs yet like this, though I imagine goin' down must be a helluva lot easier than goin' up."
|#pinkspacechips #v; main #ahhh thank you so much for letting me know! i've fixed them now. :) #so sorry this took me so long to respond to - my jake muse fled for a while. #if you'd rather start something new i can totally understand! #but i'd definitely love to rp with you #i'm hoping to get back into rping as jake a bit more.
I'm just all kinds of messed up, Jake. Maybe we're both bein' idiots, tryin' to jump straight into this friendship thinkin' it'd be easy. Suppose most people don't have t' deal with hangin' with bloke that looks like your old best friend.
Listen. I dunno 'bout you, but I never expected this ta be easy, all right? An' yeah, it's not really a problem most blokes have ta deal with. But yer not him.
[ A pause. He'd never actually told Mickey what had gone on between him and Ricky - that they weren't exactly best friends. No. They had been far, far more than that.
Still, he tried to keep his voice soft when he replied. ]
But I don't mean that in a bad sort o' way, yeah? Yer jus' different from him. As much as I wanted ta believe it in the start, yer not any worse. Jus' different.
// … Well, would you look at that. Reading a DW fic has suddenly made my Jake muse reappear!
I've got some replies I can do, and I'll get to them in a mo', but I'm also thinking of just posting a short open. I'd rather like to get back to RPing Jake again. I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed it. :)
Fandom: Doctor Who. Pre-Rise of the Cybermen/Age of Steel.
Summary: Ricky has disappeared before, but never for this long. Jake is left behind, unable to do anything but worry and wait.
// This is an extremely, extremely cracky drabble inspired by conversations with Di (apinkandyellowgirl) about the power of Torchwood karaoke night to solve everything.
Literally. EVERYTHING.
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1) Before contacting anyone at NCL, your first step should be to poll everyone on your
to see if they are interested in attending a Meet & Mingle on your cruise. It would be helpful to consider your daily itinerary, and obtain a general consensus as to when our fellow cruisers would be most likely to attend. More than likely someone has been keeping a general "who's sailing" list on the
throughout its duration. Keeping this listing fresh encourages others to continue to participate and to join in on the fun!
Please make sure your efforts are coordinated so that only ONE person from each sailing is contacting the cruise line
. Common senses says, if multiple people contact NCL over and over for the same sailing, at some point they'll just turn their hands up and say "enough"! Please only one person should be the contact -- and don't fight over who it should be please. I'll be happy to mediate if necessary; don't let it get to that point!
2) Once you have determined that there is enough interest, you should contact the NCL Group Events Coordinator for your ship about 2 to 3 weeks before your sailing. The email address is:
email@example.com. Simply replace Getaway with your ship name (Dawn, Gem, Jewel, etc).
For Pride of America, use this email address: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Include the Sail Date in the subject line of your email. Request your Meet & Mingle, supply them with an estimated number of attendees and include your booking reservation ID number.
The Group Events Coordinator will then contact the ship for space approval and get back to you with the date/time/location of your Meet & Mingle, usually within two weeks.
3) If you are so inclined, it would be a nice touch to create a personalized invitation to the event that you deliver yourself. You may want to ask
participants to contact you with their full names & cabin numbers. You should consider creating an email address for this purpose (yahoo or Gmail are good choices) since you will be posting this email on the boards.
If You Sign Up, GO!
Norwegian has made it very easy to attend the Meet & Mingle. You'll receive an e-mail confirming the party, and will receive the time, date and place for the gathering once you are on board. We know there were SO MANY choices on board it is easy to see how it would be tempting to skip the M&M, but DON'T! You'll be pleasantly surprised by how much effort is put into these gatherings by the staff on board. Make it worth THEIR while, too. They truly want to meet you (and you can get a few nice pics with them, too!). Also, don't sign up just so a party will be held. It is disappointing to members, as well as the staff on board, to have only a few show up -- when they were anticipating a crowd.
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We cannot stress this enough. You won't have a good time if you just park yourself in a chair. There is no entertainment other than each other. Get up, walk around, and mingle with your new friends.
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All the Bonds.
This is fantastic.
Realizing the Bonds are like Americans version of Doctor Who…just more killing and a lot more sex
James bond is fucking British dude.
did someone really just think that james bond is american
did someone really think James Bond kills more people than the doctor
but what really kills me
is that you don't remember anything (anything at all)
from everything
that we used to be.
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A Reddit user has been combining images of actors from Star Trek: The Original Series and NuTrek reboot to create a commingled, "average" version of that character.
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That I live and you are gone
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This girl is insane, I think
> It gets stranger and stranger as it goes.
> Her neighbors must hate her.
I don't know what exactly is going on but I know If my carpet ever gets dirty I know who I'm going to call.
Wait, I thought this was a local thing. You, Bri, Beth, is this local and it just got a lot of attention, or am I wrong?
I would call Stanley's steamers right away.
I have a million things I want to say. About how Ted was the best guy ever. Until the bastard who introduced us, Max Lord, killed him.
I want to thank Diana for killing Max. Not exactly the right sentiment in a church, so I pass. Or tell Barbara that she was the love of Ted's life. Not that she returned the feeling. Or even tell Guy that despite the fact that he treated us like we were below him - Ted actually liked him.
But then I wonder…why did they treat Ted like he didn't matter? Like he wasn't good enough to be in their new "oh-so-superior" Justice League? Or that their constant put downs and insults hurt? Or that part of being a god means you should act like you have some class?
And then there's Batman. The toughest of them all. Because if not for him and that damn Brother Eye satellite he shot into space…Ted would still be alive.
There's so much I want to say. So much that needs to be said. But in typical Michael Carter fashion, where every victory is turned into defeat…
…I come up empty.
Some friend I am. Bad enough that I wasn't there to save him. Now, at his funeral…
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If every few years we change coordinators/schemes, won't we always have a roster full of players poorly suited for the new defensive coordinator? I don't see a single DE on the team, and wasn't the scarcity of quality DEs the primary reason to switch to a 3-4 in the first place?
Rowan: Getting players fit for the scheme or the correct scheme fit for players is important, as the Redskins found out with Robert Griffin III this year. It's important to have the right players for what a coordinator wants to run, though there's a valid argument to be made that the Cowboys' personnel might actually be better suited in the 4-3. A lot of this will hinge on if the Cowboys can bring back Spencer and if Ware can take the beating every down as a defensive end on the line.
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On Vriska Serket, The Tyrant Less an Arm, Eye, and a Changed Heart
Of all the opinions I voice on this little slice of Homestuck cyberspace, I expect this one to be among the most controversial. I'm as shocked by this as you are unsurprised. Apparently you are wise to a recent newsflash that I missed upon its first release. It seems that people who manipulate and murder their friends for their own advantage and glory aren't as universally disliked as one might originally suppose. Who would have ever dreamt it! Among this celebrated body of criminals, there is one I know, one that—I confess—I do not care for in the least (bubble burst?). Horns as crooked as the devil himself, lips as blue as the corpses she leaves behind, pointed teeth as sharp as the words and weapons she wields… Her name? Vriska Serket, of course.
How was that for an attention grabber? Offensive enough? Excellent!
Except it isn't excellent. It's terrible. Now that I have you here, let me make something plain: my beef is with Miss Serket, not her fans. Therefore, I apologize for that shamelessly attention-seeking, controversial grab (I MEAN, WHO AM I? HUSSIE?) and propose we carry on, good standing restored. Here's a little bit more clarification for you.
I think Vriska is a "good character" in the sense that she's well-written, has an engaging story, and can be deemed complex. I do not, as I said, like her and, accordingly, don't have her on my favorites list. Everyone establishes their own elite fav list based on different criterion, and that's fine. Dr. Nick, for instance, says in her lovely essay that Vriska is "one of my favorite characters because she's absolutely fascinating. [But] she's a horrible, horrible person, don't get me wrong." I think it's important to acknowledge these widespread, yet seemingly minute differences in favorite qualifications among the fandom so people don't get their backs up unnecessarily. When I say that Vriska is awful, I'm speaking to her personal character, not her technical, from-a-writer's-view character. On the other hand, when Dr. Nick says that Vriska is awesome, she's referencing the latter rather than the former (or so I gathered from her essay). Yes, we disagree as to whether this makes Miss Serket worthy of "liking," but look! We're still friends and we're perfectly capable of swapping essays to discuss the character at length without devolving into snarling, fangirl harpies engaged in a nasty, hissing brawl at this nice Homestuck themed tumblr party. Passion is applauded and discussion is encouraged (passionate discussion is the height of the echeladder here), but it's to be understood that none of this is personal, so nothing should be read that way or penned with such intent.
Basically, behave yourselves. If you don't think you can handle an essay with views contrary to yours, then I suggest you hit the back button. In fact, you might as well just close your browser and delete all internet applications from your computing machine, because you're like a beauty queen at a monster truck rally. This just ain't your scene, sugar. Now, witty retorts and clever quips like that ( though preferably ones of a higher caliber) are welcome in any submissions / responses, but keep it friendly. If I detect a taunting tone, then I'll take you to town, amazing alliteration and all.
Oh my good bloody gosh, Overalls, we aren't total dunderheads. Can you just get on with this? (I hope you don't mind that I'll be transcribing your thoughts here periodically throughout the post so other members of the audience can hear your part of this discourse — because of course it's just me and you talking, Present Reader, no one else. I would tell them how flattered you are by my undivided attention, but I don't want to make anyone jealous, so we'll keep that to ourselves. Inside jokes and feelings! We are best friends!) Uh, I mean, right, yes. On with it we get!
Considering this is my first major point, I'm not going to spend much time or space here. But why, you ask? Mostly because any reasonably sane person with a moderately sized brain in their head and more than a black hole for a heart in their chest can acknowledge the undeniable truth discussed in this section. That truth, of course, being that Vriska did some pretty terrible, pretty screwed up, pretty shitty things to the people she somehow called friends.
Now, unless I've been doing this whole friendship gig wrong for the past two decades, it's generally understood that manipulating your friends is frowned upon. This is especially true if you are blessed with grand psychic powers that permit you to control said friends through mind control. Real buds don't make little Timmy go see The Grey instead of Hugo via brain voodoo. You would think it'd go without saying, but real buds don't make you kill your girlfriend through the same methods for the sake of revenge either. Someone, however, doesn't seem to have passed that memo along to Vriska.
In fact, these missing memos must be a pretty big problem, because there are some other major ones that she doesn't seem to have gotten. For instance, if you have a friend who isn't playing up to your standards in a particular game, the solution is not to exercise your mind powers and make him fling himself off a cliff. If you do do this horrific thing which paralyzes your friend and confines him to a wheelchair, you certainly should not taunt him about being weak or attempt to goad him into climbing some stairs that you built for him in lieu of a ramp, even if your dubious intention is to make him stronger. After doing all this truly God awful shit to this poor soul who is unfortunate enough to know you, much less be tangled up in your web of complete, utter psychosis, you absolutely should not turn on him when he finally confronts you about everything you've inflicted upon him during your fucked up relationship. And, supposing you do (which you undoubtedly will if you've come this far, because you're clearly out of your blue-blooded brains), you definitely shouldn't run him through with a lance, especially not while wearing a giddy grin.
Just where the hell is Vriska's desk, anyway? Because those aren't the only vitally important, yet obvious-to-any-decent-person memos she didn't seem to receive. This one is huge: if you and your friends are fighting an incredibly strong enemy who could potentially completely annihilate all of you, you should not, under any circumstances, deliberately make him stronger, especially if that same opportunity could be used to make him weaker. It doesn't matter how much you unnecessarily think you have to prove, or how badly you want to play glorious hero. Defying that memo is an atrocious, selfish, and idiotic thing to do. If, however, you do this atrocious, selfish, and idiotic thing, you definitely shouldn't tell your friends that it's some actually innocent girl's fault and then permit them to torture and torment her across the time-space continuum throughout her childhood. That would be icing on the disgusting, despicable cake that is you.
Above all, once you've ignored all these memos, don't you dare act surprised that no one wants to partake of the cake that is you.
You are the worst cake. The worst.
Like no one ever was. To trick them is my real test, to kill them is my cause. I will flarp across the land, searching far and wide, for each Trollian kid's helping hand, so I can serve it up fried! PSYCHOSIS! It's you and me, crazy's my destiny! PSYCHOSIS! Ooh, kill all my best friends, bring this world to an end! PSYCHOSIS! Our blood so blue, our genes will pull us through! You save me, and I'll feed you, PSYCHOOOSSIIIS! Gotta slay 'em all, psychosis!
It's a confirmed fact that Vriska listened to this song like Michael Phelps gearing up for Olympic gold as she brushed her teeth in the morning or rolled her sleeves back to paralyze permanently maim some innocent people. For whatever reason, the powers that be dumped it as her theme and picked up this noise instead. What gives, right? Clearly whoever penned the glorious number above is a creative genius who should be celebrated for her wondrous way with words, aliteration and rhyme especially. Dave Strider himself would adjust his sweet shades so as not to be blinded Terezi-style by the hells a ill light being put off by these sick beats. They are, simply put, dope.
Enough about that gifted lyricist, however, back to Vriska, who undoubtedly "wanna be the very best 8888)." Being the best and/or making others the best/stronger were often the professed reasons behind her terrible actions listed in the above section. It's important to note that such ambition is not a bad, nor is determination. It's when your ambition becomes so great that it fuels your determination to the point of overriding any moral constraints that the two otherwise beneficial traits turn into a detriment - for you and those around you.
There is no more fitting example of this in Homestuck than Vriska. She aspires to be like her lethal ancestor Mindfang, as well as live up to her role as guardian to her hungry spider lusus, and her determination to do so motivates her to kill thousands of children as arachniad food on flarping adventures and treasure hunts. She wishes to be "the best" at everything, and pushes these dangerous standards onto others like Tavros, aspiring to create heroes / non-boring friends worthy of her time well before she ever enters the Sburb gameplay. When these aspirations fail and her victims don't live up to her demented expectations, she makes them pay. Once in the game, she seeks to satisfy her ambitious thirst making their enemy Jack strong so she might have greater glory in ultimately destroying him. When that plan (shockingly!!!) backfires and the Trolls find their hopes of eventual success pinned on the Beta kids, Vriska yet again aims to be the best and cultivate the hero in John… and all of this done primarily, if not entirely, for her own sake.
But Overalls, you begin with a heavy sigh (because I am such a giant pain in the freaking nook to deal with) Vriska's culture fosters this ruthless drive in its young through the lusus trials, and she had one of the most demanding lusus of them all. To that, I say BLUH BLUH BLUH SO WHAT? Whoa, whoa, whoa—calm down over there, and take it easy on that keyboard, I can hear you revving up a scathing answer to my unbelievable insensitivity from here. At the risk of sounding like the politically incorrect trollaphobe you already think I am, cultural differences don't really excuse the immorality of murder. (If you have high blood pressure, maybe you should stop reading?) Less than two hundred years ago, our culture used to think it was okay to enslave a whole race of people, and even kill them if we so pleased. Do you shrug that horrific arc in our nation's history off because it was a different time and different culture with different values because of a different financial, political, and social climate? Of course not. That past culture is just as alien to us now as the Troll culture is, so I fail to see why murder should be condemned in one and excused in the other.
Okay, okay, you concede, won over on that particular point by my undeniable reason and dashing good looks; but things were a bit different in Vriska's case, as stated before — she had to feed her lusus or she would've been lunch herself! Well, well, well, You. Here, I will give an inch, a reluctant and half-hearted inch, because I can buy into the "survival / self-defense" justification more than I can any other. Or, at least I could have, if Vriska had gone about her duties with a little less enthusiasm and a little more hesistance. She prided herself on her ruthlessness and ability to manipulate others to their tragic demises, happy to mirror the vicious escapades detailed in her ancestor's journal. I could maybe understand these "coercion murders" for her lusus if Vriska didn't perpetuate the system herself by doing exactly what you say her lusus was doing to her: giving her no choice.
Vriska prides herself on cheating, not playing fair, and tricking and manipulating others into doing what she wants, whether that's through blatant mind control or slightly more subtle methods. In short, she traps people, corners them, and—if she offers a choice—she doesn't really give them a choice. ("You know very well that I can make you go to that g8 whether you want to or not! … What will it 8e? Advance, or advance?") She robs them of their free will. Even with cases like tricking John into god tier, it's more a powerplay to exert her position as "the one responsible" than a move made for her own victim's good.
But she was brought up being told she needed to be strong, that's why she makes powerplays like that. Yeah, Vriska was raised in a culture that puts huge emphasis on strength and power. But what could be stronger than bucking that system? What better way to gain power than to cease to acknowledge the cultural norms that exert the very same over you when you have the chance? The Troll culture could have ceased to exist when their planet did. Though they were denied the ultimate reward for a successful session, the Troll kids were nonetheless given the gift of a blank slate in regards to their own personal society. Blood castes could have been done away with, the teams could have been dissolved, the murdering and thirst for revenge could have been banned — Feferi's dream of revolutionizing the Troll people could have been realized. But there were those like Eridan, Gamzee, and Vriska—all highbloods—who were unwilling to forsake the old ways and, through their selfish stubbornness and horrible actions, perpetuated the awful system they arose from.
Vriska had the opportunity to change who she was the minute she entered the Medium, freed from her old world and all the chains that went with it. She chose to keep wearing them. Yes, after meeting John and being exposed to his good heart, she finally began to entertain the idea that perhaps she made the wrong choice, but, by then, it was….
My God, what a brilliantly executed transition, you're thinking. This girl really knows what she's doing. What an ace. What a doll. What a brainy babe. And to that, I say, guilty as charged, you stud! But look, we've got to keep this professional. There's a truly troubled teen troll to talk about.
Wow, she can really work some alliteration—- NO SERIOUSLY, YOU, YOU'VE GOT TO STOP. I'M TRYING TO WORK. PIPE DOWN. Jegus. Thank you. This section is the most relevant (though not a direct response) to Dr. Nick's wonderful essay on John and Vriska, so maybe You want to go check that out? I'll still be here when you're done.
Like I was saying, back to the barmy basketcase. After some exchanges with our cow-licked, buck-toothed, yet somehow not a hick hero, Vriska begins to doubt her own integrity, moral compass, and general worth as a person, as she should. Around John, who doesn't? The kid's just such a shiny hunk of 24 karat gold that makes even a newborn baby's personal character look like a cheap, plastic ring with chipping yellow paint that twenty-five cent machines at the grocery store crank out. And, let's be real, Vriska ain't no newborn baby. To her credit, she starts to acknowledge that she's done some downright shitty things (see part one of this post for more) to the people she somehow still calls friends, and I acknowledge that that's a pretty big step in the right direction. It is, however, just that: a step, one step.
This one step really only takes place in one legitimate conversation at that. Yes, it's a long conversation, but it's still just one talk. In this heart-to-heart with John, Vriska does express remorse over her past actions and even some hesitations over a "perfectly justifiable killing" she seems to think she needs to do, but that doesn't translate to her instantly becoming a totally different character/person to me. Mere words, no matter how sincere or heartfelt they are, do not change years' worth of actions, especially atrocious actions. But she did take action to try and change it, she tried to go after Jack because she thought fighting him would fix all the horrible things she did, you protest. And you know what, You? I would agree with you if it were that simple, but it's not. Of course it's not, this is Vriska we're talking about, and Hussie did a great job of creating a complex, divisive character.
Seeing as how Vriska is responsible for Jack's unstoppable nature, I think her going alone to try and defeat him despite having next to no chance, sacrificing herself in an effort to protect her friends, would be a pretty redemptive act. Vriska's motivations weren't so selfless, however. Terezi warned her (GC: W3 BOTH KNOW YOU C4N'T B34T J4CK || GC: 4LL TH4T W1LL H4PP3N 1S TH4T YOU W1LL L34D H1M H3R3 4ND H3 W1LL K1LL US 4LL || GC: H3 W1LL FOLLOW YOUR SUG4RY P1X13 TR41L W1TH H1S K33N C4N1N3 SNOUT") that if she went, Jack would deny her a fight and follow her trail back to the meteor where he would undoubtedly slaughter all the rest of the Trolls. Yes, if Vriska had been allowed to continue, she might have vanquished Jack, but the odds were incredibly slim; she even admitted as much when talking to John. Still, Vriska wanted to go. Still, Vriska was willing to risk her friends' safety for ultimate victory. Still, she was willing to take the choices and fair chances away from others under the banner of her knowing best. That is selfish, not selfless. This isn't unchanged behavior. This is the same thing she's been pulling for years, just coupled with a new, perhaps well-intentioned, but entirely insufficient thin veil of "fixing things." Terezi, who could no longer ignore Vriska's dangerous behavior (yet still felt bad about and recognized the significance of what had to be done) wasn't going to stand for it this time. And she didn't.
I do pity Vriska for beginning to realize her mistakes too late. I am sorry that she didn't have more time to have a full change of heart and become a better person through her actions, but — we must be honest — she had it coming. Vriska reaped what she sowed, and it was a bitter, bloody harvest accordingly. Her death was justified, so it stuck. It stuck good.
John and Vriska as a couple did have potential to become my favorite, Vriska herself even. I agree that he was a good influence on her. I acknowledge that she expressed remorse the terrible things she did. I completely concur that her confidence in John that she wanted to be a better person/Troll (more human-like) was a big deal and a great sign. Yes, I'll even go so far as to say he changed her somewhat. But do I think she became a totally different person — a fundamentally and radically altered person? A better person? Absolutely not. Perhaps if there had been more time and her actions had proven her words sincere, that would have eventually happened under John's influence… but, you know, I have the potential to write a best-selling series that resides fondly in the hearts of millions and generates films, theme parks, and copious amounts of crappy tumblr content, but no one is going to pay me as such until I actually do it. Likewise, how can I be expected to pay Vriska any fondness or respect merely because she has the potential to earn it, but hasn't yet done anything to actually secure it?
At the end of the day, it's her potential that I mourn for; I don't grieve for the girl she died as. Like I said, she had it coming, and, frankly, I wasn't broken up about it when she got it.
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A frame from the time lapse movie, "Bounce." The newest in the Vivarium Series, this painting measures 24″x28″ and shows 6 pickled punks, the carny term for human fetuses preserved in jars of formaldehyde and used as sideshow attractions, partying. One of the jars has tipped and the contents have spilled out onto the floor, but where is the punk? Stay tuned!


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"The harder you work, the luckier you get."
Gary Player
Below is the poem entitled She Said Yes which was written by poet
Flach. Please feel free to comment on this poem. However, please remember, PoetrySoup is a place of encouragement and growth.
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Joe Flach
I can visualize
With my dreaming eyes
Her beauty in a wedding dress;
Much to my surprise
Like I fantasized
To my question she said, "Yes"
When she arrived
My Love Boat capsized
Who in this world could have guessed -
That I would realize
My dreams come alive
And hear her answer with a, "Yes"
With a heart revived
My soul did survive
The terror and the stress;
I was mesmerized
As my ears did strive
To hear her simply answer, "Yes"


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British bolt-on firm R&G Racing has just released details of a crash protection and accessories to fit the popular Kawasaki Ninja 250R. Just click on the image to the right to see the full details of the tail tidy and crash protection on offer.
Aftermarket fairing, exhaust and performance legends Tyga are continuing their reputation for racier-looking body kits for smaller capacity machines, by creating this new kit for the big-selling Kawasaki Ninja 250. The diminutive four-stroke has been one of the manufacturer's top sellers since the bike was launched a year ago, and Tyga is set to make it an even bigger appeal ...
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