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I'll try to give a "deep" recap without explaining my own personal "fairy tale" and how I want the drama to progress. After all, some people think my recaps are "thin" and "lack substance." Oh but whoops – I'm writing this intro after I've written the recap – and I've "squee'd" a tad too much already… 😀
Gun Woo sits down at the edge of the stairs and motions Soon Geum to come over next to him.
Gun Woo: I'm only telling you this because of that one debt I owe you. You've heard of the phrase, "know your place," right?
Soon Geum: Nope!
Gun Woo: How about the phrase, "Eon Gam Saeng Shim"? (roughly: How dare you even have such a thought.)
Soon Geum: Those are some difficult words.
Gun Woo: "Where do you think you are to dare to look down on me?"
Soon Geum: Is that what it means?
Gun Woo: Yes.
Soon Geum: And… "Gam" (Dare) is the keyword here, right?
Gun Woo: Yes.
Soon Geum: And "look down on" is part of the issue right?
Gun Woo: *pats her hair – as in, "good job!"*
Soon Geum: But isn't our relationship on a 'you' level? (informal)
Gun Woo: 'You'? As in, "Hey you"?!
Soon Geum: Like pals!
Gun Woo sighs – he's not really getting through to a tipsy Soon Geum tonight. She asks, can he do better than her? He dares her to find a quality that puts them on equal ground, and she suggests, "Money?" (Ha – that would make her above him since she's a billionaire and he's broke.) "Family?" She insists that a far-off uncle was a chaebol, but Gun Woo says it's probably both their uncle. They're not equals in education, occupation, or salary either, and Soon Geum blushes – this comparison of qualifications sure feels like a matchmaking date! On top of that – if they end up matching up, will they both get married?
Gun Woo gets up and leaves for his room in a huff.
Once in his room, Gun Woo calls up Young Hee excitedly, getting his friend up from moping in the car about Soon Geum to his house. Gun Woo boasts that a woman confessed to him, someone other than Shi Ah. Young Hee's sullen: "You called me over for this? Hey – lay out those judo mats."
As soon as they're out, Young Hee flips Gun Woo over and holds him down. (I guess his skills from Dr. Champ are all gone now, eh?) He wants to know what kind of woman would like Gun Woo, but Gun Woo doesn't like the girl back. Young Hee: "So what's so great about it?" Gun Woo: "I like being loved by people."
When he was heavier, he was always the one who had the one-sided crush on someone. Now he gets to be on the receiving end of it, and he kinda likes it.
Soon Geum is in the kitchen, coating seaweed with sesame oil. Young Hee crouches down next to her and offers his ear bud so she can listen to music while she works. Soon Geum shies away, and rejects his help in salting the sesame. He is so insistent that she ends up pushing him on the ground laughingly.
Young Hee asks her out on a movie date for tomorrow, but she can't watch movies – dark theaters are conducive to sleeping and so it'd be a waste of money. Young Hee: "Have you never been on a date?" Soon Geum: "Oh, were you asking me out on a date?" (Haha! I love how oblivious she is to his advances.) She asks if Gun Woo's already asleep, and he looks a tad hurt that she's asking after her master. He grabs a salted sheet of sesame and waves it over the flames. Soon Geum waves a rolling pin and rushes him out of the house – he's making a mess! Young Hee breaks off a piece, stuffs it in his mouth, and leaves.
In the kitchen, Soon Geum continues listening to Young Hee's mp3 in the kitchen.
The next morning, Soon Geum helps her friend Shi Ah and daughter Ji Min move into the apartment. They have very little belongings for such a big house, so Soon Geum suggests buying a bigger TV. Shi Ah thinks a bed and sofa would do, and she catches Soon Geum seriously contemplating it. "I'm not asking you to buy it!" Shi Ah yells. "Like you even have money for it?"
Soon Geum sees her "Shi Ah" phone ringing and "Gun-Night" calling. (Cute nickname!) He asks her if she wants to come with him and meet someone important to him – Granny Choon Jak. Soon Geum is shocked – he found her!?
While this would spell doom for her (because she'd be tossed out the moment Choon Jak returns to the house), Soon Geum agrees to meet and races back to the Kang Residence. She sneaks in, as it's supposed to be her day off, and makes her way to take the 18 million Won outfit from Yoon Joo's closet. As she crosses the large living room, San spots her from the second floor and calls out, "Ahjumma!"
Soon Geum tries to shush him, but San holds out his stuffed Eeyore and drops it to the ground. Yoon Joo comes out from the dining room, but no one is there. As soon as Yoon Joo leaves, Soon Geum throws Eeyore back up to the second floor, mimes a gesture for him to keep this secret for her, and then waves good bye.
Changed into the same white blazer and dress, with extensions and makeup, Soon Geum races to meet Gun Woo at the cafe. He has a present for her (aside from two cups of coffee) – two stick-ons that help prevent seasickness. They're taking a 30-minute boat ride to Choon Jak's hometown, Jang Bong Island. Gun Woo's excited, but Soon Geum is a bit more uneasy.
Yoon Joo goes to return a painting to the Hwang residence, but she calls Joo Won first to make sure Hwang Yong isn't home. They sit down for some chit chat; Yoon Joo wonders why Joo Won ended her engagement, and it turns out the fiance had kept asking for more and more money from Hwang Yong. It was an amount that could buy out the entire neighborhood. Yoon Joo is surprised to hear that Hwang Yong is that rich, which causes Joo Won to laugh. Didn't the wifey know Kang Tae Won would borrow money from Hwang Yong whenever he went through financial troubles?
Yoon Joo is slack-jawed. (Perhaps she's thinking, "Dammit – I married the wrong guy!")
Gun Woo and Soon Geum arrive at the island and visit her house, but no one is there. An old neighbor comes by and says that she's out digging for mud oysters at the tidal flats. That also means another boat ride.
Soon Geum looks absolutely sick on the boat; she could have stayed behind and waited, but didn't. She finally can't take it anymore and pukes into the sea. She checks her make-up and hair first before turning around to face Gun Woo again, and he puts his arm around her.
Soon Geum automatically leans against his shoulder, but then goes and pukes again. At least Gun Woo is sweet enough to keep patting her back, and letting her rest on his shoulder.
They trudge through the mud flats, and how the hell Soon Geum even manages to get through them in heels is beyond me. Gun Woo goes from granny to granny, in search of Choon Jak, but fails to find her. He asks the neighbor where Choon Jak could possibly be, and the neighbor's all, "Well, she was coming here for the past few days before, but if she's not here now – oh well." Gun Woo flips – he's wasted all this time then? The neighbor appeases him – why don't he give them some fresh clams to try?
When they're alone, Soon Geum asks Gun Woo what will happen to his household's current maid if Choon Jak returns. Gun Woo says the maid already agreed to leave, which leaves a sinking feeling in Soon Geum's heart. Gun Woo sweetly says, "When we get back, it should be my turn to suffer from seasickness."
Suddenly the neighbor appears again. He dips some fresh clam into some spicy sauce and feeds the both of them.
Gun Woo: It's really delicious!
Neighbor: It's good isn't it?
Gun Woo: No! It's not good at all!
What a baby.
They continue their search, and finally Gun Woo finds Choon Jak! As Choon Jak hugs Gun Woo, she gives Soon Geum the stink eye. Before Gun Woo can introduce Soon Geum, Choon Jak drags Gun Woo ahead. Soon Geum even falls on the mud, but no one is there to help her.
Back at 1st Street, the maids are all gathered cleaning the anchovies and shrimp innards one by one. They're annoyed that their masters would make them do such hard manual labor, instead of buying already-cleaned seafood, and wonder how Choon Jak could have handled it back then. Soo Jung notes that Choon Jak always did things her own way anyways, and loved her job. But if she were still at the Kang Residence today, it would be very hard for Gun Woo to marry – because Choon Jak despises almost everyone.
Gun Woo exits Choon Jak's house wearing some elastic granny pants, waiting for the fresh seafood to cook. Soon Geum also changes into some of Choon Jak's clothes, but when she cleans off her makeup, she realizes that she looks more like "Soon Geum" than "Shi Ah." Eeep!
When she emerges from the room, she's wearing her fancy clothes instead. She offers to help Choon Jak serve, but Choon Jak shoots her down: "A woman should make a man feel comfortable, and a woman without makeup is the most beautiful. It's not like you're going to a fashion show. Are you going to sleep in those clothes too?" (Strike 1.)
Soon Geum is surprised; she didn't know they were sleeping over! Gun Woo looks away awkwardly, and Choon Jak tsks – a woman shouldn't embarrass a man in public either. (Strike 2.) Gun Woo tells Soon Geum they can head back tonight, but Choon Jak says the boats stopped running already. She hurries them to eat, and Gun Woo goes off to get extra chopsticks.
As soon as he's gone, Choon Jak gets on Soon Geum's case: what's with the half-wiped-off lipstick? Soon Geum has so much makeup on and wears fancy clothing – clearly she's not good wife material. What is Soon Geum planning to do with Gun Woo by seducing him?
Aaaand Gun Woo's back. Choon Jak shuts up and drinks her soup.
That evening, the weather gets chillier and Choon Jak orders Gun Woo to wear a sweater, lest he gets a cold. In the room, Choon Jak shuffles go-stop cards, while Soon Geum kneels uncomfortably because of her dress. Gun Woo offers to lay his sweater across her lap, but Choon Jak stops it: "Did she say she was getting cold?"
It's time to test Soon Geum with Go-Stop! Choon Jak takes out a bunch of change, and Gun Woo hands her two 1000 Won bills to change. Soon Geum also hands a bill to get change for – a 50000 Won bill. UHHHHHH….
They start playing, with Soon Geum in the lead. Choon Jak asks her what she plans to do with the 5000 Won winnings she has so far, and she cheerfully (and honestly) replies, "To buy lottery tickets!" Gun Woo looks at her curiously.
Choon Jak then suggests they play it by the rules of the island – by stripping! If she gets less than three points, Soon Geum has to take off her skirt. Over three points, take off her jacket. OMG GRANNY HAS A DIRTY MIND! Even Gun Woo is shocked, but Choon Jak notes, "Shouldn't you be excited about this?" Either way, Choon Jak wants Soon Geum to take off the fancy clothing.
Soon Geum quickly grabs the cards to shuffle, as she won the last round. She touches her nose and then touches the card lying on top. Her gesture is reminiscent of Choon Jak's habits when she plays, and the granny flashes back to when she was playing go-stop with the other maids on 1st Street. Choon Jak would also flip her coins so that they all had the same side facing up… which is exactly what Soon Geum does.
Intrigued, she asks Soon Geum where she learned go-stop. Soon Geum says she learned it from her father, but Choon Jak imperceptibly shakes her head, as in "no way…" Later, when Soon Geum grabs a drink of water, Choon Jak follows her, completely suspicious. She grabs Soon Geum's ponytail and pulls… her extensions off! Without the long hair, Soon Geum is more recognizable. Choon Jak rubs off some of the makeup for confirmation and she's so shocked to see the maid lying. Did Soon Geum do it for money?
Soon Geum tearfully apologizes, and Choon Jak wonders, "Do you, possibly, like Gun Woo? But you just don't believe in yourself because you're a maid?" Gun Woo is calling for them, and as he approaches the kitchen, Choon Jak grabs Soon Geum to hide in the back. She advises Soon Geum to resign immediately.
Hwang Yong drives up in front of the Kang residence for a little evening party. He can't get the thought of Yoon Joo off his mind, but forces himself to smile and greet Tae Won and Jang Chi Gook. Tae Won tells him to go help pick out a wine, and when he reaches the wine room, he sees Yoon Joo there. He immediately excuses himself, but she tells him to just pick one.
She asks if his cheek is alright (referring to the slap she had given him before), and he apologizes for having no self-control. However she acknowledges he was quite courageous to act after three years. He then approaches her. Yoon Joo swallows, thinking he may attempt to kiss her again, but he instead picks out a wine she's standing in front of. It's a vintage wine, one that belongs to Tae Won's special collection and is meant for only the most special occasions. Hwang Yong deems this night to be appropriate.
When he takes it out to the dining room, Tae Won's face falls. It's worth 20 million Won, but Hwang Yong just uncorks the bottle and pours the contents out into a decanter. Jang Chi Gook looks at the wine lustfully; Tae Won is disgusted that Hwang Yong would open his prized wine so easily; Yoon Joo is impressed.
Hwang Yong takes out two bills totaling 20 million Won: "Let me buy the wine tonight." Wow – heavy on the flaunting aren't we? They all toast to courage. Heh.
Now it's bedtime at Choon Jak's home, and Gun Woo asks how Choon Jak answered all his letters when she was fired. Choon Jak glances over at Soon Geum, who's rolled over facing away from them. Choon Jak lies, saying that she snuck over to the Kang Residence every so often to steal his letters, knowing that if she didn't reply Gun Woo might not concentrate on his studies.
Gun Woo is so happy; he tells her that the letters gave him much strength when he was tired. He promises to always take care of Choon Jak, which amuses her. After listening to all this, Soon Geum says that if there's another opportunity, she will wear comfortable clothes in front of Granny Choon Jak, make hand-made noodles, lose at go-stop, and massage her arms and legs. A tear falls from her eyes, but no one sees this.
The next day at dawn, Choon Jak is already up preparing breakfast. She falls a couple of times while getting up from a crouched position, and weakly tries to open a bottle of pills. ARGH – so she's got a fatal disease. Here we go with the melo.
Gun Woo wakes up and finds himself incredibly close to Soon Geum; in fact, his leg is swung over her body! He gingerly lifts himself off, but takes a good look at Soon Geum sleeping. When she stirs awake, he pretends to be asleep. Soon Geum quietly suggests, "Should we stop seeing each other?" His eyes immediately open; "Why?" He tells her to go back to sleep if she's going to speak nonsense, but Soon Geum thinks that once he knows everything, he'll be disappointed.
She's afraid of the consequences and would rather run now, but Gun Woo is angry. Where would she want to go now after "shaking" his heart, wondering if he can hold her hand or kiss her? He pulls her close, "Puke, puke, puke – do you know how sexy that is?! I want to see your cheeks bulge from eating lettuce wraps, so we can't break up."
Aww – that is one of the sweetest confessions ever.
He looks at her and smiles, but then notices that the air smells like Granny's cooked rice. He relishes at the thought of now being able to eat it everyday. Oh great – first she's all happy about him wanting her, and now she's reminded that she'll be kicked out of the house in no time.
Meanwhile, they don't notice Granny Choon Jak packing up her belongings, and leaving. ARGH – what a Noble Granny.
Back at 1st Street, Boon Ja tells Hyun Joo she wants some pork lettuce wraps for dinner. However, the wife had already told Hyun Joo to make dumpling soup for dinner. Hyun Joo naturally makes sure that Boon Ja is OK with just dumpling soup. However, Boon Ja thinks Hyun Joo is just ignoring her requests because she's a mistress. She yells at her for getting together with the other maids and talking behind the madams' back, eating fried chicken and comparing the two wives like the chicken – half spicy, half fried. Her yelling brings Soon Ok into the kitchen, and Boon Ja immediately tattles on Hyun Joo.
However Hyun Joo insists that they've never eaten fried chicken; they've ordered pizza though. HAHAHA – talk about being a little too honest. Soon Ok demands to see all the other maids in her living room now, to teach them a lesson.
All the maids gather one by one in the living room and kneel on the floor, except for Soon Geum who is nowhere to be found. Soon Ok wants to know: when they last met up, what did they eat? Zar Lin says they had leftovers; Da Kyum says they had kimchi and soup; Soo Jung says they had pizza.
Boon Ja insists on validating her claim that the ladies order half-spicy half-fried chicken, so she asks what each maid would want if they did order chicken. Zar Lin and Da Kyum like spicy; Soo Jung and Hyun Joo like fried. Boon Ja cries with glee… until Da Kyum points out that Soon Geum usually likes fried chicken, so whenever it doesn't split evenly they go with majority. They would never order half-half.
Boon Ja fans herself furiously. The wives are foiled again! But Hyun Joo is bitter she must go through such a humiliating session.
Gun Woo drives home, obnoxiously honking his car horn on the way back. He's furious when he sees Young Hee because Young Hee was right – Granny Choon Jak really IS avoiding him. She purposely left early in the morning so that she wouldn't return with him. Young Hee wonders if it's because of a man, but Gun Woo says no way – she loves him only! Gun Woo even admits that Soon Geum is good – she cooks well and is good to San, but he fired her (sort of).
Soon Geum is slowly making her way home, and Young Hee greets her, wondering why she's coming home so late. He offers her some iced tea to cheer her up, and she finds the tea refreshingly sweet. Young Hee asks her out again to a movie date, this time with Gun Woo. Oooh – will she reject the offer this time?
When she gets home, Yoon Joo asks her where the white blazer is – she was looking everywhere but couldn't find it. Clutching her bag, Soon Geum says she'll look for the blazer herself and runs off to Yoon Joo's closet. She closes the door, pulls out the clothing and dusts if off. As she's about to hang it up, the doors open, and Soon Geum offers the clothing up.
But it's Gun Woo at the door. He's not in a good mood to begin with, but when he notices the clothing he asks her to hold it up, as if she's wearing it. Soon Geum winces and looks down, fearing that she'll be found out now.
Thankfully Yoon Joo enters. (I never knew I'd be so thankful for Yoon Joo to enter.) She asks why Soon Geum isn't hanging up her clothing, to which Gun Woo supposes Yoon Joo has the same clothes. He leaves, and Soon Geum collapses in relief.
That evening, Soon Geum, Young Hee, Da Kyum (tagging along), and Gun Woo all head to the small barbecue restaurant where it's standing only – the same one he brought Shi Ah to – before the movies. Meanwhile, a line of trucks offering knife-sharpening services arrive at 1st Street, calling for everyone to come out and sharpen their knives. The two people in the lead truck observe Hwang Yong's house carefully. Ominous. And freaky.
The maids gather in front of each truck to have their knives sharpened. Hwang Yong comes out personally because Zar Lin injured herself with a knife, which worries Soo Jung. He offers to watch her knife for her, and as soon as she's gone, the leader of the trucks greets Hwang Yong respectfully. They know each other!! The leader is grateful to Hwang Yong for helping him start a new life and came to the neighborhood just to see him.
In the restaurant, everyone's eating quietly, the atmosphere somewhat strained. Soon Geum is once again not eating, saying that the meat is too spicy. However, Da Kyum picks up on the fact that Soon Geum is uncomfortable with the charcoal. When Soon Geum excuses herself to the bathroom, Da Kyum explains to the boys that Soon Geum's mother and grandmother died from charcoal smoke. That rings a bell in Gun Woo's mind, who's already been troubled ever since he saw Soon Geum with the blazer and skirt.
Soon Geum is crying, missing her mother terribly, in a phone booth outside. She hears someone call out to her, "Miss Yoon Shi Ah." She gets up and turns around.
It's Gun Woo.
"We should end it here. Thanks to you, my first love will end like this."
OHMYGAWD HE FIGURED IT OUT!!! I knew that NYU education couldn't be completely useless!
There were plot developments galore in this episode, but the one I did not like was Choon Jak's sickness. If you saw it coming from a mile away, well good for you. I didn't, mainly because I thought she was going to be the "Choon Jak always mentioned but never found until the last episode." This overused K-drama trope has the potential to make the drama completely veer off course and plunge into the Melodrama Abyss. The drama feels slow sometimes based on atmosphere and tone, but if we have one too many scenes of crying in the hospital for Granny Choon Jak, the hour will feel like an eternity.
I do like how Choon Jak tries to get Soon Geum to strip off her facade through a game of go-stop. She's the epitome of reality and grounded-to-earthness, something that goes against the grain with the ideals of 1st Street. It's probably why Gun Woo likes her so much, even though he occasionally falls into the pitfalls of the 1st Street values (i.e. falling for Soon Geum at first for her image). She's the advocate of staying true to oneself instead of falling for the trappings of wealth and becoming someone you're not, which is almost the antithesis of what Hwang Yong advised Soon Geum to do.

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The masks weren't worn because they were thieves, they were worn because these clowns think that they are playing Zorro, and that fighting the man entails risks. Of course, whenever those risks are realized, and they end up jailed or teargassed, they're the first ones to scream bloody murder, because they are gutless cowards who ultimately know that nothing will happen to them.
Sic Hacer Pace, Para Bellum.
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The end of the trip
Trip Start
Sep 01, 2005
Trip End
Feb 28, 2006
It's a shoppers' paradise and a real shame we're broke! I did however, manage to update my mobile phone for a fraction of the price I would have paid at home, but that meant a visit to Sim Lim Square. Sim Lim Square is a huge multi-storey complex of about 6 floors of wall to wall shops, selling every sort of electronic device imaginable; and many I wouldn't have imagined 'cos I didn't know what they were! Eifion was like a kid in a sweet shop - I thought I'd died and gone to hell.
I then had to face the torture of walking past the endless shops on Orchard Road knowing that I really couldn't go shopping. Eifion tried to equate that with the fact that he'd just had to walk past heaps of gadget shops without buying anything - how can that possibly be the same thing? Blokes are weird!
I consoled myself with a 'Singapore Sling' in Raffles - actually I had two, but only because my Mum said " if you're in Raffles have a Singapore Sling for me" so I had one for me and one for her, like the dutiful daughter I am!
We spent today dragging ourselves around the botanical gardens in very hot and humid weather. The gardens are beautiful - our favourite part was the 'Evolution Garden' which takes you on a botanical journey back in time and shows you the different plant species which would have existed as the earth evolved over millions of years.
We then gave up and headed back to the airport. If you have to spend time in an airport then this really is the place to do it. A rooftop pool, comfy chairs and TV and heaps of bars and (oh no!) more shops! Actually, they're calling to me now and as it's only 11.00pm and we don't fly until 5.00am I think I'll just go for a wander . . .
Well that was our last report! We hope you've enjoyed reading about our wanderings as much as we've enjoyed the wandering (Ok, maybe not quite as much!). Thanks for all your emails and messages of abuse.
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The Otterness/MAG Controversy: My View as a Mother
The MAG is placing seemingly innocuous sculptures made by a man that committed a violent act right in the line of vision of my children and the children of a city that already has enough violence issues.
In 1977 Brooklyn artist Tom Otterness adopted a puppy from a shelter; tied it to a fence; and shot it. Otterness, then 25, videotaped the killing as a work of art and showed it in a gallery.
In 2010 The Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester announced the commissioning of Otterness to build two sculptures for its University Avenue entrance. The outdoor sculptures are to be built in the fall of 2012.
Controversy? You betcha.
I've been following the articles, op-eds, Facebook pages, and Tweets about the Otterness/MAG controversy for the past several months. I have given it considerable thought on many levels – as an alumna of the University of Rochester (owners of the MAG), as an artist myself, and as a mother.
I hadn't planned to write my thoughts on this issue publicly until I realized, nothing I have read to date mentions my biggest concern about the commission: the impact on the children of Rochester.
Have you seen Otternesses' proposed sculptures for the MAG? They are cartoonish, cute, whimsical, and oh so appealing to children. They remind me of a cross between the cartoon character Ziggy and the characters on the Teletubbies' sister show Boohbah.
I showed the proposed sculptures to my sons Brice, 8, and Brady, 4, with no mention of the controversy – just the words "These sculptures might be built at the MAG. What do you think?"
Brice laughed and said "Did a kid make them?" and Brady said "They funny. Me like them."
If the Otterness sculptures are built – which there is no indication they won't be from the MAG – kids will absolutely be drawn to them.
On one hand, that is great – it is so important to expose children to art. But on the other hand, what will our kids think when they find out the "cute" characters in front of the MAG were made by an artist that shot a dog?
I don't really feel like using Otterness as a "teachable" moment.
There will be some that say, "Don't show your kids the sculptures." Kind of hard when they are huge and outdoors and at a place we visit and drive past often. This isn't a small piece that we can avoid. I support an artist's right to create what they want to create, but as a parent I also appreciate having the power to shield my children from it. I can do that by not allowing them to view certain websites, read certain books, not see certain plays, etc.
The MAG is taking that power away and placing seemingly innocuous sculptures made by a man that committed a violent act right in the line of vision of my children and the children of a city that already has enough violence issues.
There will be some that say, "Everyone makes mistakes. Use the Otterness story as a way to show your kids people make mistakes but can go on to do great things." That's absolutely true. But I don't consider shooting a domestic animal a "mistake." I consider it a major character flaw at best and today it would be considered a crime.
There will be some that say, "Kids are not going to even care or notice." To that I say, don't underestimate children. Even at the young age of eight Brice loves art. He was named after artist Brice Marden and has read books about him. Kids are curious. They will want to know more about the Ziggy sculptures and they will find out the past of the artist that made them.
Some kids have parents that will be able to temper and explain what they find out in a way that teaches them a lesson and makes sense of something so shocking – others are not so lucky. What will these children take away from the sculptures?
This is my two cents on two sculptures that may be cute but carry a sinister message – we can condone violence if the artist attains a certain degree of notoriety or fame. Not a message I care to share with my boys.


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The Herald calls Google the world's most powerful 10 year old.
It brings back memories of AltaVista, the former number one search engine. It was amazing how quickly Google replaced it as the search engine of choice.
Google is powerful but not quite all conquering. When they launched Google Video, I thought that would dominate the online video market as they had the brand and resources of Google.
But You Tube kicked their butt, because they had a superior product. The "embed" function especially turned every blog into a gateway for You Tube and they gained massive market share over Google Video.
Of course Google then went and purchased You Tube. But it still shows that product is still more important than brand, and that Google's dominance can not be assumed to last forever.
But having said that, I am a regular user of:
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- Google News Alerts
- Google Adsense
- Google Analytics
- Google Maps
- Google Images
- Google Toolbar
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The world of product design over the last decade has been heavily software over hardware. There has been a wealth of opportunities in internet, application software and smartphone apps development. Software products provide recurring revenue and are easier to build and update after launch, benefits that hardware developments cannot do easily. The future is going to need both design teams back together again.
Now with low cost Wi-Fi networks in homes and a cloud infrastructure to build on there's new choice for the innovators – the "Internet of things" (IoT) which enables everything to connect together. Devices can talk directly to each other or to you and they will communicate with a place in the cloud that you can access from anywhere on the network in the world with any device. The shift is just getting going with a wealth of new opportunities in many market segments bringing awareness, control, monitoring, authentication and convenience to people.
It's a new marketplace of ideas, driven by the convergence of wireless communication, low cost radios and sensors and the ubiquity of the Internet platform to build simpler software applications using pre-existing tried and tested hardware and software components. The Internet of things means any product can have embedded low cost intelligence, and its own unique identifier, to connect itself directly to everything without requiring the quite often useless human involvement. We are busy already, why not get rid of the useless distractions that many devices require from us to function? We all carry around a second brain in our smartphone so why not make it far more useful to us.
Estimates suggest that by 2020, the IoT will number 50 billion separate objects; an explosion that some would say is a long time coming. Back in 2008, the number of objects connected to the internet had outpaced earth's human population.
But it's only recently that the "things" capable of machine-to-machine communication and 'thinking' have successfully moved beyond smart phones and into the multitude of benign physical products that surround us each day. Connected "things" now include heart monitor implants, home appliances, sports equipment, stock tracking, thermostats and much, much more. Real time feedback and adjustment of lighting, sound, temperature to name a few as well as using predictive information of interest to us like our body biometrics will carefully and timely be placed at our fingertips in this new reality.
Global enterprises and venture capitalists alike are taking notice too, with $3.4 Billion invested in Wireless Smart Object Startups in 2013. A number that is sure to grow even larger in 2014 given Google's recent purchase of Nest Smart Thermostats for $3.2B in January to control your home temperature via your smartphone and an impressive cloud back office analytic engine that learns from your behavior and makes adjustments for you. Yes the systems are actually getting smart enough where you won't be constantly frustrated by it doing something we don't want it to do.
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Man City prepare massive bid for angry Steven Gerrard
Gerrard – at tipping point?
After a very disappointing season, if Alan Hansen is to be believed, it's time for Liverpool to wipe the slate clean and start all over again. And in rebuilding terms, £100million or more for a couple of sales doesn't sound like a bad bit of business.
Only, they'd have to sell Gerrard and Torres.
Much has already been made of big £70million moves for Torres, and now the word on the street (or, more specifically in today's Mirror) is that Man City are set to scupper Real Madrid's chances of landing Stevie G, by coming in with a whopping £40million for a player set to turn 30 at the end of this month.
It will surely be too much for the club to turn down.
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As has been their want, the Chennai Super Kings are sitting pretty in the top-two of the table, with eight wins from 10 matches. As they begin their last leg of the league phase with a home game against Royal Challenges Bangalore in Ranchi, CSK face a few personnel changes.
With Dwayne Bravo being sidelined due to shoulder injury, new recruit David Hussey is instantly in the fray for a role in the middle order. And with Brendon McCullum certain to fly back to New Zealand for the birth of his child, there will be another gap to fill.
CSK coach, Stephen Fleming said ahead of the RCB game that they will use this opportunity to experiment a bit with the individual roles in the side.
"David will fit into the middle order," Fleming said, citing McCullum's impending departure. "Faf has experience in opening the batting, and our main option is to move Faf up in the order and make David play in the middle order, where he is accustomed to playing.
"We've got a couple of games before Brendon flies back home and we'll juggle the players depending on their fitness – Faf looked a bit ginger in the last game."
David Hussey had told IPLT20.com that his recent association with CSK came about with a call from Fleming while he was commentating in the tournament. Describing his preference for the junior Hussey, Fleming said, "With the certain opening in the absence of Dwayne and Brendon, we were attracted to David.
"I've played some cricket with him and he's an excellent cricketer. His experience will help. He has played a lot of T20 cricket, so our middle order will not lose any strength with him in it. We found it a little bit empty this year with Mike not being with us, so David is a good replacement."
With the tournament approaching its business end, there will be a few niggles here and there. And Fleming said that they are analysing some individual performances and experimenting with a few younger guys to prepare for the impending big games.
"We tried to do some new things in the last match; we introduced a young player (Vijay Shankar) in our XI, which is important as you move forward in the tournament. We've experimented with different combinations of spin and pace.
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James PatonAGL Energy Ltd., Australia's second-largest electricity retailer, said a decision to go ahead with its Gloucester coal-seam gas project may be delayed until next year as the company faces opposition to fracking.
The timing depends on New South Wales government approval for a well-testing program, Managing Director Michael Fraser said today by phone after Sydney-based AGL posted a 27 percent drop in first-half profit. It had been aiming for a decision in the third quarter of 2014, according to an October presentation.
"The timelines on that project are under pressure," he said. "While we're confident that it's moving in a positive direction through the government, the reality is the timetable is subject to the government approval."
As part of the Gloucester development, AGL is planning a four-well hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, program, using a drilling technique that has sparked environmental concerns. AGL is seeking to extract gas from coal deposits in New South Wales to help decrease a reliance on supplies from outside the nation's most-populous state and address a looming gas shortage.
AGL fell 0.2 percent to A$15.95 at the close, while Australia's benchmark index rose 0.1 percent.
AGL faces a "gross breakdown of trust" in the company from some local residents concerned that coal-seam gas development and fracking will harm the environment, according to a Feb. 20 report from Credit Suisse Group AG. AGL's fracking plan may face a stricter level of review, the report found.
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"My expectation is that a final investment decision is probably going to be pushed into next year," Fraser said. Still, he said the government may move faster than expected.
In Queensland, AGL expects to more than triple gas sales to customers in the 12 months through June 2015 compared with the prior year, the company said today in a presentation. The company has negotiated recent contracts at about A$10 ($9) a gigajoule and is in discussions to increase supplies to the companies building natural gas export projects on the Queensland coast as well as industrial buyers, Fraser said.
AGL has addressed the competition regulator's concerns that its agreement to buy New South Wales state-owned power plants for A$1.51 billion would probably hurt competition, Fraser said. The purchase of Macquarie Generation depends on approval by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission.
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You say all you need is consistent love
When I try I swear it's never enough - I messed up
Maybe this thing here just ain't meant for us
Baby you let go and I pull you back
I let you go, you ain't having that
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Sexin' in my hotel room, I be so loud
Higher than a smoke cloud
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I might sound crazy
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That's just how it is
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I'mma get it (I'ma get it), 'til we get it ('til we get it)
'Til we get it right we gon' fuck some mo' ('til we get it)
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Baby this should be simple, it's drivin' me mental
But when you back it up it really drives me crazy
And you know what I'm into, make me forget what we arguin' about
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Said my Twitter pics remind him of Naomi, uh
On the low I used to holla at his homie, uh
Fuck it, now I'm about to ride him like a pony, yeah
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He wanna fuck a bad Dolly and pop Molly
I hope your pockets got a muthafuckin' pot belly
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Kaleidophone are going to change the face of music. 2011 is the year that their ethos their style their music is going to change everything. After signing with Tin Robot Records in 2009 Kaleidophone quickly began to gain popularity with their first releases 'Fat Cats' and 'Mr Palava' making fans of key figures from the media and music industries as well as converting large numbers of music fans to their cause through their extensive touring and now-legendary live show. Their debut album 'What's Your Tonic?' is the fruit of hard labour an uncompromising work ethic and experience. Mastered by John Davis (Florence and the Machine Everything Everything) 'What's Your Tonic?' is a fine album in which every track has its own unique charm and yet is equally as beautiful as the last. 2011 is the year that everything will change and Kaleidophone are leading the trend. - "I love it - like an English Vampire Weekend" (Colin Paterson The Victoria Derbyshire Music Review BBC 5 Live) - "Incredible" (Tom Robinson BBC 6 Music) - "Cracking" (BBC Kent) - "A Bouncy Triumph" (Bugbear Promotions) - "Calling The Shots" (Kent Messenger)
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Domestic passenger car sales declined 7.59% to 1,60,289 units in January compared with 1,73,449 units in the same month of 2013.
Motorcycle sales last month grew 4.04% to 9,22,323 units from 8,86,521 units in January a year ago, according to data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM).
Two-wheeler sales in January increased 8.85% to 13,13,796 units from 12,06,931 units a year earlier.
Sales of commercial vehicles were down 20.93% to 49,987 units from 63,218 units in the year-ago period, SIAM said.
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That's why I said bad review in comparison to Origins. It's not bad but just as you said when you compare it to other Bioware games like Mass Effect games, Baldur's Gate II, hell even Jade Empire, DAII reviews have been quite subpar. I feel that if DAII wasn't made by Bioware and having EA behind it to "persuade" some reviews, DAII would have got worse reviews. I have seen some Eastern European-made RPGs that have the same problems as DAII but we got a much lower scores on reviews.
"I agree that Bioware did a lot of things wrong with DA2 (but not necessarily for any of the examples you gave)"
Well, if you're okay with Bioware manipulating their fans that's good for you. Just shows how poor DAII has been with all these controversies. I don't remember Mass Effect games (apart from a sex scene that's been blown out of proportion by Fox News), DA: Origins, KOTOR, etc. getting lot of embrassing moments like DAII before and after release. I do agree this stunt is a business ploy than pleasing fans, since being acquired by EA, Bioware doesn't shy away from admitting they are making RPGs for people who doesn't like RPGs anymore, but same time alienating their long-time hardcore RPG fans. Mass Effect 2 and DAII are proof of this.Posted: April 7, 2011 5:51 PM -
I apologize that you took my post the wrong way. First, I don't use the reply button simply because it doesn't work for me. Not sure if it's something I'm doing wrong, or if it's the site, or whatever. I've never been able to use that button to reply to another message. Secondly I wouldn't say the game is getting a lot of negative reviews necessarily. According to game rankings.com it has about ~77% score based on 43 reviews at the moment. I wouldn't say that's bad, it's right in line with Sessler's 3/5 score for the game. But I wouldn't say that it's good either (especially considering Bioware's past quality games).
But honestly, in the end I'm just trying to say I understand some of where your coming from, even if it may be a bit, "off track" so to speak in my opinion. I agree that Bioware did a lot of things wrong with DA2 (but not necessarily for any of the examples you gave). And I also agree that this celebration thing is somewhat cynical on Bioware's part. I mean, look at it from a business perspective. Why give people a free copy of a game like Mass Effect 2? Because now they open the opportunity for people to buy DLC content for it. People are less likely to shell out money for a new game (even a marked down game), however, that doesn't mean they wouldn't shell out less money for cheaper DLC content. Anyway, I don't think Bioware is thinking in the slightest that this free game offer is their way of pleasing angry fans or something to that nature; considering how proud they are of the sales. But I do think it's a business ploy, definitely, and not something they were doing with the -sole- intent of pleasing their fans.Posted: April 6, 2011 10:54 PM -
Wow really, you are offered something free of charge and because you have already played it, or own it, or both, you want to complain that it is not good enough. Its free!! If you are a fan and are loyal to the Mass Effect world, you can only see this as a good thing. The more people that are introduced to this world and like it ( which is really hard not to ), the more DLC is purchased, the more Bioware and EA have to really create a superior product in the next game. Remember that faithful PS3 gamers have just recently had a chance to play ME2. I am one of those gamers, and I havent even finished it yet and now I can play it on my laptop also. This is a great value and I bet there are gonna be so many different stories similar to mine in praise of this offer. Thank You Bioware !! Thank You !!
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I bought DA2 on PC, and own ME2 on my PC. Just like when I bought Orange box to get all titles expect a second copy of Half life 2 which I then gave to my oldest son. I gave him ME 2 for free. I would not be happy if I bougt it on a system that did not get a free version. I just do not understand how people can be upset over getting a free game. It is not like they are giving away a game that is 5 years old.
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@ Spybreak: I didn't get Red Faction Guerrilla with my copy of Darksiders T.T I Pre-ordered and all that jazz...
Anyway...this is a great deal even If though I've owned Mass Effect 2 for over the year it's been out. I'm just slightly confused at the "loyal fans" line. Because I, a "loyal fan," already have Mass Effect 2?
Again, Great deal though.Posted: April 6, 2011 10:17 AM -
I applaud Bioware for their generosity, but I already have Mass Effect 2 for the PS3. I'll be skipping out on this deal because I just don't wanna start from scratch again.
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I sunk so many hours into Dragon Age Origins that it would embarrass my World of Warcraft playtime. I own Dragon Age 2 and have put about 70 hours in. I have never played Mass Effect, and never planned on buying Mass Effect 2 before the first for storyline reasons.
Once they made Mass Effect 2 free for me to download I couldn't resist playing, and I love it. I am thankful for receiving such an offer. Now I really need to stop falling behind and purchase the first.Posted: April 6, 2011 8:24 AM -
Since we are not using the reply button, thought I might reply this way as well. Not accusing of Bioware of lying, just want to know the definition of a game selling so well. It's not like they achieved record breaking sales, but just sold more than the original game on the two week it's out, well whoop dee doo. So it sold a million under two weeks on all platforms? That's the cause of celebration? With all the s$%*storm (i.e poor reviews compared to Origins, Bioware only informing people that auto-attack is not available on the consoles 12 hours before release, BW employee caught reviewing his own game over at Metacritic, etc.) DAII received after the release of the game, I suppose BW are totally happy with any news that's not bad. While Origins didn't sell as much as DAII in two weeks, Origins didn't have a sharp decline on week 3 like DAII did. I think it's desperation from BW to giving ME2 for free to get people to buy DAII.Posted: April 6, 2011 1:57 AM -
It was announced in the same e-mail Bioware gave us and probably her too. I'll directly copy and paste a fraction of it:
"Thanks to gamers like you, Dragon Age II is off to a great start breaking the 1 million mark in less than two weeks and faster than Dragon Age: Origins."
I'm not sure how precise your information is, but I see no reason for Bioware to lie about these figures and add along with a free game to go with it.Posted: April 6, 2011 12:03 AM -
I have to agree and disagree here. It's nice that Bioware is offering a free game. But, on the flip side of things, this "gift" only applies to a small niche of people. Considering that if you own DA2, you probably already own ME2. And if your a gamer that owns a console version of DA2, their is probably a reason for it. And most likely your not going to play a PC version of ME2 if that's the case. So in conclusion: I like the gesture, and I'm happy for the people that this applies to, but it sucks for the rest of us.
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"Since Dragon Age 2 is selling so well"
Where did you get that stats that DAII is selling so well, Nikole? According to VGChartz, after week one the sales for DAII have been declining rapidly that on week 3 DAII not even selling as much as DA: Origins on its third week.
I hope DAII flops so Bioware won't release this kind of dumbed down RPG anymore. This dumb promo isn't going to make DAII better.Posted: April 5, 2011 11:36 PM -
It's a great promo and I wish more developers did this. THQ had a promo if you grabbed Darksiders you'd get Red Faction Guerrilla and Valve has the buy Portal 2 on PS3 to own it for PS3 and PC, which is basically saying you got the game free on PC. I bought Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age 2, well pre-ordered CE/LE (LE for DA2 was free upgrade), and my computer probably can't run DA2 but I'm happy with the products Bioware created. It would be great if they gave day 1 fans a bonus down the line, something like what THQ did with Darksiders.
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We get it, you guys wanna walk in and make like you are better people because you don't question why God let your little brother died, you were just glad you were given a sister. I get it you are all so holy.
My problem isn't that they randomly are giving away ME2.
My problem is that they are saying it's a reward to LOYAL BioWare fans. Because really all this is, is a reward to anyone who bought Dragon Age 2. Doesn't matter if they've ever played a BioWare game before in their life.
There is a saying that goes something like, 'Don't feed me gravy and tell me it's chocolate' or 'don't urinate on me and then tell me it's raining' and that's what this is. I'm being told that this is a gift to 'Loyal' BioWare fans. (which I would think a Loyal fan would be someone who preordered DA2 back before the Signature Edition deadline, which oddly enough I'm under the impression that the Signature Edition was available for the first week of sale).
If they had said, 'Hey we are giving away ME2 on the PC to anyone who bought DA2 as a thank you' then it'd be easier to swallow because as much as I dislike some of EA's garbage (Evil? Maybe but they are the only hope I have for a good Xbox 360 Baseball game in the future... I hope. Additionally EA Bankrolls a lot of good games) I still like BioWare and I feel although they've completely changed DA2 that it was a fun game (for me at least which isn't the same as ME2) and took out a giant chunk of the RPG Element to be more mainstream, that they try to make good games.
Because I don't care what kind of Developer you are, you don't go out trying to make garbage (although let's face it, A LOT of developers put out garbage. They may not put their best effort forward or care about the project but they don't go in to it trying to achieve garbage. Except maybe Kane and Lynch games).
So yeah when BioWare tells me that it's a gift to their Loyal fans it doesn't sit well, it doesn't feel right and it doesn't seem genuine at all, it seems trickster like. It doesn't even sound like a marketing ploy.
Now BECAUSE the 'Loyal Fans' scheme seems like complete bull to me, it makes it easier to fall in to the trap of thinking that like as @PinkCrayon32 said (and I don't agree with most of this opinion) BioWare is trying to make up for a bad game (DA2) by giving away a 'good' game (ME2).
I mean that kind of makes sense because it's been my experience that CPU players are real big snobs about RPGs. I mean I know some that if they find out you play the console versions of DA:O they scream about it being a water downed gutted game and that you should even bother playing it. So I assume it's mostly CPU player complaining about DA2 (because it's even less of an RPG then DA:O on the Xbox).
But that theory still has it's holes because if you didn't like DA2 and it's lack of RPG then you didn't like ME2 and it's lack of RPG.
And really I kind of like DA2 more then ME2. I absolutely LOVE the ME universe over Dragon Age, but DA2 to me seems to have more Replay value and more intricate and numerous side quests to me.
So anyway my point is, I'm not 'looking a gift horse in the mouth' or complaining about a 'free game'. My complaint is that the 'loyal fans' line smells fishy and cloak and dagger like.Posted: April 5, 2011 11:05 PM -
Has anyone ever heard the expression, "don't look a gift horse in the mouth!" It is a free game, if they didn't do anything would you of complained out of the blue, LOL.
Posted: April 5, 2011 9:53 PM -
Hey look everyone we get a free game. Lets complain about it because apparently this free game is not worth being free.
Posted: April 5, 2011 9:25 PM -
Hey look someone is giving me a free game. Lets complain about it even though no one else is giving us free stuff.
Posted: April 5, 2011 9:19 PM -
Lol, I love how people are hating on Bioware for giving away a free game because the giveaway is not exactly the way they want it be.
Posted: April 5, 2011 8:46 PM -
I think I will finally play Mass Effect now with this. I imagine I can get 1 cheaply on steam and with this free I'll start playing.
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I used a sample today.
As i love Alberts work in CK one, Acqua di Gio and his outstanding Lanvin Homme i find his later fragrances pretty generic and dull for example this one.
Its fresh,minty,aquatic and sunny, its OK but thats it. It is OK... I dont love OK fragrances they dont give me that motivation to buy it.
The Lavender is pretty tucked away as im not smelling it (blendup with mint)
Pretty safe buy for a present and longer lasting then other aquatic
Pros: Safe
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