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Art Nouveau (French pronunciation:Â â[aÊ nuvo], Anglicised to /ËÉ'Ërt nuËËvoÊ/; at. Sezession, cz Secese, eng. Modern Style, germ. Jugendstil, sk. Secesia) or Jugendstil is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art â" especially the decorative arts â" that was most popular during 1890â"1910. English uses the French name Art Nouveau ("new art"), but the style has many different names in other countries. A reaction to academic art of the 19th century, it was inspired by natural forms and structures, not only in flowers and plants, but also in curved lines. Architects tried to harmonize with the natural environment.
Art Nouveau is considered a "total" art style, embracing architecture, graphic art, interior design, and most of the decorative arts including jewelery, furniture, textiles, household silver and other utensils and lighting, as well as the fine arts. According to the philosophy of the style, art should be a way of life. For many well-off Europeans, it was possible to live in an art nouveau-inspired house with art nouveau furniture, silverware, fabrics, ceramics including tableware, jewellery, cigarette cases, etc. Artists desired to combine the fine arts and applied arts, even for utilitarian objects.
Although Art Nouveau was replaced by 20th-century Modernist styles, it is now considered as an important transition between the eclectic historic revival styles of the 19th century and Modernism.
At its beginning, neither Art Nouveau nor Jugendstil was the common name of the style but was known as this in some locations, and the style had different names as it was spread. Those two names came from, respectively, Siegfried Bing's gallery Maison de l'Art Nouveau in Paris and the magazine Jugend in Munich, both of which promoted and popularised the style.
Maison de l'Art Nouveau (House of New Art) was the name of the gallery initiated in 1895 by the German art dealer Siegfried Bing in Paris that featured exclusively modern art. The fame of his gallery was increased at the 1900 Exposition Universelle, where he presented coordinatedâ"in design and colorâ"installations of modern furniture, tapestries and objets d'art. These decorative displays became so strongly associated with the style that the name of his gallery subsequently provided a commonly used term for the entire style. Thus the term "Art Nouveau" was created.
Part of the evolution of Art Nouveau were several international fairs which presented buildings and products designed in the new style. So, the 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition marks the beginning of the Modernisme, with some buildings of LluÃs Domènech i Montaner. The Exposition Universelle of 1900 in Paris, presented an overview of the 'modern style' in every medium. It achieved further recognition at the Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna of 1902 in Turin, Italy, where designers exhibited from almost every European country where Art Nouveau was practiced.
Art Nouveau is usually known as Jugendstil (pronounced [ËjuËÉ¡ÉnÌ©tÊtiËl ]) in Germany, as Modern (ÐодеÑн) in Russia, as Modernisme in Catalonia (Spain), as Secession in Austria-Hungary and as Stile Liberty in Italy. The style was most popular in Europe, but its influence was global. Hence, it is known in various guises with frequent localised characteristics. Other local names were associated with the characteristics of its forms, its practitioners and their works, and schools of thought or study where it was popular. Many of these terms refer to the idea of "newness". Before the term "Art Nouveau" became common in France, le style moderne ("the modern style") was the more frequent designation. Arte joven ("young art") in Spain, Modernisme in Catalonia, Arte nova in Portugal ("new art"), Arte nuova in Italy (also "new art"), and Nieuwe kunst ("new art") in the Netherlands, модеÑн ("new", "contemporary") in Russia â" all continue this theme. Many names refer specifically to the organic forms that were popular with the Art Nouveau artists: Stile Floreal ("floral style"), Lilienstil ("lily style"), Style Nouille ("noodle style"), Paling Stijl ("eel style"), and Wellenstil ("wave style").
In other cases, important examples, well-known artists, and associated locations influenced the names. Hector Guimard's Paris Métro entrances, for example, provided the term Style Métro, the popularity in Italy of Art Nouveau designs from London's Liberty & Co department store resulted in its being known as the Stile Liberty ("Liberty style"), and, in the United States, it became known as the "Tiffany style" due to its association with Louis Comfort Tiffany. In Austria, a localised form of Art Nouveau was practised by artists of the Vienna Secession, and it is, therefore, known as the Sezessionstil ("Secession style"). As a stand-alone term, however, "Secession" (German: Sezession, Hungarian: szecesszió, Czech: secese) is used frequently to describe the general characteristics of Art Nouveau style outside Vienna, but mostly in areas of Austria-Hungary at the beginning of the 20th century. In the United Kingdom, it is associated with the activities of Charles Rennie Mackintosh in Glasgow, and is often known as the "Glasgow" style.
Form and character
Although Art Nouveau acquired distinctly localised tendencies as its geographic spread increased, some general characteristics are indicative of the form. A description published in Pan magazine of Hermann Obrist's wall hanging Cyclamen (1894) described it as "sudden violent curves generated by the crack of a whip", which became well known during the early spread of Art Nouveau. Subsequently, not only did the work itself become better known as The Whiplash but the term "whiplash" is frequently applied to the characteristic curves employed by Art Nouveau artists. Such decorative "whiplash" motifs, formed by dynamic, undulating, and flowing lines in a syncopated rhythm and asymmetrical shape, are found throughout the architecture, painting, sculpture, and other forms of Art Nouveau design.
The origins of Art Nouveau are found in the resistance of the artist William Morris to the cluttered compositions and the revival tendencies of the 19th century and his theories that helped initiate the Arts and crafts movement. However, Arthur Mackmurdo's book-cover for Wren's City Churches (1883), with its rhythmic floral patterns, is often considered the first realisation of Art Nouveau. About the same time, the flat perspective and strong colors of Japanese wood block prints, especially those of Katsushika Hokusai, had a strong effect on the formulation of Art Nouveau. The Japonisme that was popular in Europe during the 1880s and 1890s was particularly influential on many artists with its organic forms and references to the natural world. Besides being adopted by artists like Emile Gallé and James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Japanese-inspired art and design was championed by the businessmen Siegfried Bing and Arthur Lasenby Liberty at their stores in Paris and London, respectively.
In architecture, hyperbolas and parabolas in windows, arches, and doors are common, and decorative mouldings 'grow' into plant-derived forms. Like most design styles, Art Nouveau sought to harmonise its forms. The text above the Paris Metro entrance uses the qualities of the rest of the iron work in the structure.
Art Nouveau in architecture and interior design eschewed the eclectic revival styles of the 19th century. Though Art Nouveau designers selected and 'modernised' some of the more abstract elements of Rococo style, such as flame and shell textures, they also advocated the use of very stylised organic forms as a source of inspiration, expanding the 'natural' repertoire to use seaweed, grasses, and insects. The softly-melding forms of 17th-century auricular style, best exemplified in Dutch silverware, was another influence.
Relationship with contemporary styles and movements
As an art style, Art Nouveau has affinities with the Pre-Raphaelites and the Symbolist styles, and artists like Aubrey Beardsley, Alphonse Mucha, Edward Burne-Jones, Gustav Klimt and Jan Toorop could be classed in more than one of these styles. Unlike Symbolist painting, however, Art Nouveau has a distinctive appearance; and, unlike the artisan-oriented Arts and Crafts Movement, Art Nouveau artists readily used new materials, machined surfaces, and abstraction in the service of pure design.
Art Nouveau did not eschew the use of machines, as the Arts and Crafts Movement did. For sculpture, the principal materials employed were glass and wrought iron, resulting in sculptural qualities even in architecture. Ceramics were also employed in creating editions of sculptures by artists such as Auguste Rodin.
Art Nouveau architecture made use of many technological innovations of the late 19th century, especially the use of exposed iron and large, irregularly shaped pieces of glass for architecture. By the start of World War I, however, the stylised nature of Art Nouveau designâ"which was expensive to produceâ"began to be disused in favour of more streamlined, rectilinear modernism, which was cheaper and thought to be more faithful to the plainer industrial aesthetic that became Art Deco.
Art Nouveau tendencies were also absorbed into local styles. In Denmark, for example, it was one aspect of Skønvirke ("aesthetic work"), which itself more closely relates to the Arts and Crafts style. Likewise, artists adopted many of the floral and organic motifs of Art Nouveau into the MÅoda Polska ("Young Poland") style in Poland. MÅoda Polska, however, was also inclusive of other artistic styles and encompassed a broader approach to art, literature, and lifestyle.
Fine art and graphics
The style was the first major artistic stylistic movement in which mass-produced graphics (as opposed to traditional forms of printmaking, which were not very important for the style) played a key role, often techniques of colour printing developed relatively recently.
A key influence was the Paris-based Czech artist Alphonse Mucha, who produced a lithographed poster, which appeared on 1 January 1895 in the streets of Paris as an advertisement for the play Gismonda by Victorien Sardou, featuring Sarah Bernhardt. It popularised the new artistic style and its creator to the citizens of Paris. Initially named Style Mucha, (Mucha Style), his style soon became known as Art Nouveau in France. Mucha's work has continued to experience periodic revivals of interest for illustrators and artists. Interest in Mucha's distinctive style experienced a strong revival during the 1960s with a general interest in Art Nouveau.
However, Art Nouveau was not limited to Mucha's style solely but was interpreted differently by artists from around the world as the movement spread. Artists such as Gustav Klimt, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Jan Toorop, René Lalique, Antoni Gaudà and Louis Comfort Tiffany, created Art Nouveau works in their own manner. Magazines like Jugend helped publicise the style in Germany, especially as a graphic artform, while the Vienna Secessionists influenced art and architecture throughout Austria-Hungary.
Two-dimensional Art Nouveau pieces were painted, drawn, and printed in popular forms such as advertisements, posters, labels, magazines, and the like. Japanese wood-block prints, with their curved lines, patterned surfaces, contrasting voids, and flatness of visual plane, also inspired Art Nouveau. Some line and curve patterns became graphic clichés that were later found in works of artists from many parts of the world.
Glass art
Glass art was a medium in which the style found tremendous expression. Examples include the lamps and favrile glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany in New York, and notably the vases, bowls and lighting in acid-etched and marquetry cameo glass by both Ãmile Gallé and the Daum brothers in Nancy, France. In addition, René Lalique started to produce early works in glass which were a precursor to his work in the Art Deco style, for which he was to become famed.
Sculpture and jewelry
Sculptors included Ladislav Šaloun, François-Raoul Larche and Charles van der Stappen. Jewelry of the Art Nouveau period revitalized the jeweler's art, with nature as the principal source of inspiration, complemented by new levels of virtuosity in enameling and the introduction of new materials, such as opals and semi-precious stones. The widespread interest in Japanese art and the more specialized enthusiasm for Japanese metalworking skills fostered new themes and approaches to ornament. For the previous two centuries, the emphasis in fine jewelry had been on gemstones, in particular on the diamond, and the jeweler or goldsmith had been concerned principally with providing settings for their advantage. With Art Nouveau, a different type of jewelry emerged, motivated by the artist-designer rather than the jeweler as setter of precious stones.
The jewelers of Paris and Brussels defined Art Nouveau in jewelry, and in these cities it achieved the most renown. Contemporary French critics were united in acknowledging that jewelry was undergoing a radical transformation, and that the French designer-jeweler-glassmaker René Lalique was popularizing the changes. Lalique glorified nature in jewelry, extending the repertoire to include new aspects of natureâ"such as dragonflies or grassesâ"inspired by his encounter with Japanese art. The jewelers were keen to establish the new style in a noble tradition, and for this they used the Renaissance, with its works of sculpted and enameled gold, and its acceptance of jewelers as artists rather than craftsmen. In most of the enameled work of the period, precious stones receded. Diamonds were usually subsidiary, used alongside less familiar materials such as molded glass, horn and ivory.
Art Nouveau ceramics were also influenced by the work of Japan. Artists called for a re-examination of vegetal and zoological motifs, particularly as seen in Japanese art. The development of high temperature (grand feu) porcelain with crystallised and matte glazes, with or without other decoration, is typical of these works. It was a period where lost techniques were rediscovered, such as the oxblood glaze, and entirely new methods were developed. Major French potters include: Ernest Chaplet, Taxile Doat, Alexandre Bigot, Adrien-Pierre Dalpayrat, Edmond Lachenal and Albert Dammouse. The Zsolnay factory in Pécs, Hungary, was led by Miklós Zsolnay (1800â"1880) and his son, Vilmos Zsolnay (1828â"1900) with Tádé Sikorski (1852â"1940) chief designer, to produce stoneware and other ceramics in 1853. In 1893, Zsolnay introduced porcelain pieces made of eosin. He led the factory to worldwide recognition by demonstrating its innovative products at world fairs and international exhibitions, including the 1873 World Fair in Vienna, then at the 1878 World Fair in Paris, where Zsolnay received a Grand Prix. Frost-resisting Zsolnay building decorations were used in numerous buildings specifically during the art nouveau movement.
Art Nouveau in Europe
France, Belgium and Switzerland
In Paris, the Maison de l'Art Nouveau, at the time managed by Siegfried Bing, showcased Art Nouveau objects. Artists such as Ãmile Gallé, Louis Majorelle and Victor Prouvé in Nancy, France, founded the Ãcole de Nancy, giving Art Nouveau a new influence. In Brussels, Belgium the style was developed with the help of the architects Victor Horta and Henry van de Velde. Other Art Nouveau designers in Belgium, Switzerland and France include Théophile Steinlen, Hector Guimard and Jules Lavirotte. The Czech artist Alphonse Mucha worked in Paris for a number of years.
Hector Guimard's Paris metro entrances were of Art Nouveau style, and Emile Gallé practised the style in Nancy. Victor Horta had a decisive effect on architecture in Belgium.
Catalonia, Spain
The style was based mainly in Catalonia, with its focal point in Barcelona and was an essential element of the Catalan Modernisme. Architect Antoni GaudÃ, whose decorative architectural style is so personal that he is sometimes considered as practising an artistic style different from Art Nouveau, nonetheless uses Art Nouveau's floral and organic forms as in Palau Güell (1886). His designs from about 1903, the Casa Batlló (1904â"1906) and Casa Milà (1906â"1908), are most closely related to the stylistic elements of Art Nouveau. However, famous structures such as the Sagrada FamÃlia characteristically contrast the modernising Art Nouveau tendencies with revivalist Neo-Gothic. Besides the dominating presence of GaudÃ, LluÃs Domènech i Montaner also used Art Nouveau in Barcelona in buildings such as the Castell dels Tres Dragons (1888), Palau de la Música Catalana and Casa Lleó Morera (1905). Another major modernista was Josep Puig i Cadafalch, who designed the Casa Martà and its Quatre Gats café, the Casimir Casaramona textile factory (now the CaixaFòrum art museum), Casa Macaya, Casa Amatller, the Palau del Baró de Quadras (housing Casa Ãsia for 10 years until 2013) and the Casa de les Punxes ("Pointy House"). Also well-known is Josep Maria Jujol, with houses in Sant Joan Despà (1913â"1926), several churches near Tarragona (1918 and 1926) and the sinuous Casa Planells (1924) in Barcelona. A few other major architects working outside of Barcelona were LluÃs Muncunill i Parellada, with a magnificent textile factory in Terrassa (Vapor Aymerich, Amat i Jover, now the Science and Technology Museum of Catalonia â" Museu de la Ciència i de la Tècnica de Catalunya)and a "farmhouse"/small manor house called Masia Freixe in the same city; and Cèsar Martinell i Brunet, with his spectacular "wine cathedrals", housing town cooperative wineries throughout southern and central Catalonia. A Valencian architect who worked in Catalonia before emigrating to the States was Rafael Guastavino. Attributed to him is the Asland Cement Factory in Castellar de n'Hug, among other buildings.
The spread of Art Nouveau (Arte nova) in Portugal, although delayed due to slowly developing industry, flourished in cities like Porto and Aveiro, in which can be found numerous buildings influenced by European models, in particular by French architecture. Buildings like 'Livraria Lello & Irmão', Porto in 1906 designed by Xavier Esteves.
German Art Nouveau is commonly known by its German name, Jugendstil. The name is taken from the artistic journal, Die Jugend, which was published in Munich and which espoused the new artistic movement. It was founded in 1896 by Georg Hirth (Hirth remained editor until his death in 1916, and the magazine continued to be published until 1940). The magazine was instrumental in promoting the style in Germany. As a result, its name was adopted as the most common German-language term for the style: Jugendstil ("young style"). Although, during the early 20th century, the word was applied to only two-dimensional examples of the graphic arts, especially the forms of organic typography and graphic design found in and influenced by German magazines like Jugend, Pan, and Simplicissimus, it is now applied to more general manifestations of Art Nouveau visual arts in Germany, the Netherlands, the Baltic states, and Nordic countries. The two main centres for Jugendstil art in Germany were Munich and Darmstadt (Mathildenhöhe).
Two other journals, Simplicissimus, published in Munich, and Pan, published in Berlin, proved to be important proponents of the Jugendstil. The magazines were important for spreading the visual idiom of Jugendstil, especially the graphical qualities. Jugendstil art includes a variety of different methods, applied by the various individual artists and features the use of hard lines as well as sinuous curves. Methods range from classic to romantic. One feature of Jugendstil is the typography used, the letter and image combination of which is unmistakable. The combination was used for covers of novels, advertisements, and exhibition posters. Designers often used unique display typefaces that worked harmoniously with the image.
One of the most famous German artists associated with both Die Jugend and Pan was Otto Eckmann. His favourite animal was the swan, and such was his influence in the German movement that the swan came to serve as the leitmotif for the Jugendstil.
The beginning of an Art Nouveau style can be recognised during the 1880s, in a few progressive designs such as the architect-designer Arthur Mackmurdo's book cover design for his essay on the city churches of Sir Christopher Wren, published during 1883. Some free-flowing wrought iron from the 1880s could also be adduced, or some flat floral textile designs, most of which owed some impetus to patterns of 19th century design. The most important centre in Britain eventually became Glasgow, with the creations of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow Four, pre-eminent members of the so-called Glasgow School, which included his wife Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, who produced outstanding paintings.
Other notable British Art Nouveau designers include Walter Crane, Archibald Knox, Charles Ashbee, and Aubrey Beardsley.
Leon Solon, made an important contribution to art nouveau ceramics as art director at Mintons. He specialised in plaques and in tube-lined vases marketed as "secessionist ware" (usually described as named after the Viennese art movement). Apart from ceramics, he designed textiles for the Leek silk industry and doublures for a bookbinder (G.T.Bagguley of Newcastle under Lyme), who patented the Sutherland binding in 1895.
The Edward Everard building in Bristol, built during 1900â"01 to house the printing works of Edward Everard, features an Art Nouveau façade. The figures depicted are of Johannes Gutenberg and William Morris, both eminent in the field of printing. A winged figure symbolises the Spirit of Light, while a figure holding a lamp and mirror symbolises light and truth.
The Art Nouveau European Route provides details of the heritage in Europe and worldwide of the Art Nouveau style featuring considerable information about Italy's Stile Liberty. This represented the modern designs from the Liberty & Co store of London, indicating both Art Nouveau's commercial aspect and the 'imported' character that it retained in some parts of Italy, though not in Palermo, isolated from developments in the north and evolving an independent character due largely to designers such as architect Ernesto Basile and Vittorio Ducrot, who specialised as a cabinetmaker. According to the Art Nouveau European Route, Basile and Ducrot were responsible for the idea of the complete work of art in Italy.
Important Italian Liberty cities or sites are the spa centres of Salsomaggiore Terme, Emilia-Romagna, and San Pellegrino Terme, Lombardy, as well as Cernobbio on Lake Como also in Lombardy. Some large cities have a considerable number of Liberty-style decorations and buildings, especially Turin, Milan, Naples, Florence, Genoa, and large sections of the sea-side town of Viareggio, Tuscany. The Liberty Style was used by Italian designers and architects overseas, especially in Argentina and Chile, such as at ValparaÃso where architects Renato Schiavon and Arnaldo Barison, trained in Trieste, arrived after the earthquake of 1906. Here they built outstanding structures such as the Palace Barburizza (1915), now the city's Museum of Fine Arts.
Other important Italian art nouveau designers were the Bugatti family (Carlo, Ettore, Jean and Rembrandt) best known for their cars built in France, and furniture and art constructed in their native Milan. Carlo Bugatti, born February 1856 in Milan, was himself the son of an architect and sculptor Giovanni Luigi Bugatti. Carlo received his training at the renowned Milanese Academy of Brera, and later the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His work was wide-ranging including silverware, textiles, ceramics, and musical instruments, but he is best remembered for his innovative furniture designs, shown first in the 1888 Milan Fine Arts Fair.
Nordic countries
Art Nouveau was also popular in the Nordic countries, where it became integrated with the National Romantic Style. Good examples are the neighbourhoods of Katajanokka and Ullanlinna in Helsinki, Finland, as well as the Helsinki Central railway station, designed by the architect Eliel Saarinen. As in Germany, Jugendstil is the prevailing term used for the style. The Norwegian coastal town of à lesund burned in 1904, and was rebuilt in a uniform Jugendstil architecture, kept more or less intact to the present.
The foremost examples of Art Nouveau architecture (Jugendstil) in Norway are found in à lesund, which was rebuilt after a major fire in 1904, while the style was particularly relevant. A representative à lesund jugend is the former Svaneapoteket (Swan Pharmacy). Today, the Jugendstilsenteret is located in this building. It should have been applied in 1908. Apothecary Ãwre was a member of the council and the presidency in à lesund, and after that the pharmacy was adopted also mayor in the years 1909â"1910. He chose the architect Hagbarth Martin Schytte-Berg (1860â"1944) to draw and construct the new pharmacy. The architect was one of the leaders in the effort to restore à lesund after the fire. His other works include Skien Church (1887â"1894) and Fagerborg Church in Kristiania (Oslo) (1900â"1903).
Central and Eastern Europe
In Russia Art Nouveau is known as Modern (ÐодеÑн) perhaps named after Parisian gallery "La Maison Moderne". The style was promoted by the art magazine Mir iskusstva ('World of Art'), which spawned the revolutionary Ballets Russes.
The Polish style was centred in Kraków and was part of the MÅoda Polska style. StanisÅaw WyspiaÅski was the main Art Nouveau artist in Poland; his paintings, theatrical designs, stained glass, and building interiors are widely admired and celebrated in the National Museum in Kraków. Art Nouveau buildings survive in most Polish cities (Åódź, Kraków, Bydgoszcz), with the exception of Warsaw, where the few examples that survived the Nazi razing of the city were destroyed by the Communist authorities on the grounds that the buildings were decadent.
The Slovene Lands were another area influenced by Art Nouveau. At its beginning, Slovenian Art Nouveau was influenced strongly by the Viennese Secession, but it later developed an individual style. Important architects of this style include Max Fabiani, Ciril Metod Koch, Jože PleÄnik, Ivan Vurnik. The vast majority of the architecture is to be found in Ljubljana.
Croatia was an area of secessionist architecture as well. Architects like Vjekoslav Bastl and Aladar Baranyai developed a mixture between modernism and classical Art Nouveau. The Croat architect Josip Vancaš worked mostly in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. His architecture was a mixture of earlier historicism and proper Art Nouveau: some of his finest Art Nouveau buildings are located in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
A localised approach to Art Nouveau is represented by the artists of the Vienna Secession, a secession that was initiated on 3 April 1897 by Gustav Klimt, Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Max Kurzweil, Otto Wagner, and others. They objected to the conservative orientation toward historicism expressed by the Vienna Künstlerhaus.
In contrast to Historicism, Hungarian Art Nouveau is based on supposed national architectural characteristics. Besides of the Zsolnay ceramics, Ãdön Lechner (1845â"1914), was the most important figure in Hungarian Art Nouveau, was inspired initially by Indian and Syrian architecture, and later by traditional Hungarian decorative designs. In this manner, he created an original synthesis of architectural styles. Disusing the style of Lechner, yet being inspired by his method, the group of 'Young People' (Fiatalok), which included Károly Kós and DezsÅ' Zrumeczky, applied the characteristic structures and forms of traditional Hungarian architecture, especially the Transylvanian vernacular.
Besides the two principal styles, Hungarian architecture also displays local versions of trends originating from other European countries. The Vienna Secession, the German Jugendstil, Art Nouveau from Belgium and France, and the influence of English and Finnish architecture are all represented in the buildings constructed at the beginning of the 20th century. Béla Lajta initially adopted Lechner's style, subsequently adopting English and Finnish trends; after developing an interest in the Egyptian style, he finally developed a modern architectural style. Aladár Ãrkay did almost the same. István Medgyaszay developed his own style, which differed from Lechner's, using stylised traditional motifs to create decorative designs in concrete. For applied arts, those mainly responsible for promoting the spread of Art Nouveau were the School and Museum of Applied Arts, which opened in 1896.
Szabadka, Marosvásárhely and other former areas in the Hungarian Kingdom, Vojvodina (northern Serbia) and Transylvania have fine examples of Hungarian Art Nouveau.
Art Nouveau architecture was popular in Riga, the capital of Latvia, during the late 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century â" about 40% of the buildings from this time were built in this style. Several substyles formed during this period. Early elements of the new style were added to Eclectic architecture forming "Eclectic" Art Nouveau. "Decorative" Art Nouveau refers to style using only decorative elements of the Art Nouveau; the first such building was built in 1899, however by 1906 decorative styles had become unfashionable. Therefore the decorative style is not very widespread in Riga. The most popular style in Riga is known as "Romantic" Art Nouveau. Simplistic and modern in form, these buildings were decorated with elements from other historic styles and constitute about one-third of all buildings in central Riga. From 1905 to 1911, Latvian National Romantism peaked. While being a substyle of Art Nouveau, it copied forms of traditional architecture and incorporated traditional decorative elements. As Art Nouveau matured, emphasis on vertical lines became more popular, known as "Vertical" Art Nouveau, this style was most popular shortly before World War I. The center of Riga is now designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site in part for its Art Nouveau architecture.
A significant number of Art Nouveau structures are located in other cities and towns in Latvia, including LiepÄja (hundreds of buildings), JÅ«rmala (notable example â" Dubulti Lutheran Church, 1907), Daugavpils and others. The use of Art Nouveau outside urban centres has been rare, but there some exquisite examples such as Luznava manor house (eastern Latvia).
The style of combining Art Nouveau and national architectural elements was typical also for a Slovak architect DuÅ¡an JurkoviÄ who was under the influence of Hungarian Art Nouveau. His most original works are the Cultural House in Skalica in Slovakia (1905), buildings of spa in LuhaÄovice in Czech Republic (1901â"1903) and 35 war cemeteries near Nowy Å»migród in Galicia (now Poland), most of them heavily influenced by local Lemko (Rusyn) folk art and carpentry (1915â"1917). Another example of Hungarian Secession architecture is the Church of St. Elisabeth (The Little Blue Church) in Bratislava.
Czech Republic
Alphonse Mucha used the style in Prague and Moravia (part of the modern Czech Republic); his style of Art Nouveau became associated with the so-called Czech National Revival. Fin de siècle sections of Prague reveal modest buildings encrusted with images of leaves and women that curve and swirl across the façades. Examples of Art Nouveau in the city, along with the exteriors of any number of private apartment and commercial buildings, are the Municipal House, the Hotel PaÅÞ, SmÃchov Market Hall, Hotel Central, the windows in the St. Wenceslaus Chapel at St. Vitus Cathedral, the main railway station, the Grand Hotel and the Jubilee Synagogue. The OlÅ¡any Cemetery and the New Jewish Cemetery are also important examples of Art Nouveau. In Czech, Art Nouveau is known as secese, a name adopted from the Austrian term "Secessionism".
There are Art Nouveau buildings called the Balluta Buildings. They are apartment buildings on the eastern shore of Balluta Bay, on the northeast coast of Malta within the district St. Julian's.
Outside Europe
Although no significant artists in Australia are associated with Art Nouveau, many buildings in Australia were designed in the Art Nouveau style. In Melbourne, the Victorian Arts Society, Milton House, Melbourne Sports Depot, Conservatorium of Music and Melba Hall, Paston Building, and Empire Works Building all represent the Art Nouveau style.
Montevideo, in South America's RÃo de la Plata, offers a good example of the influence of the Art Nouveau style across the Atlantic. The style is very apparent in the architecture both of downtown and of the periphery of the city. Montevideo maintained intense communication with Paris, London, and Barcelona during Art Nouveau's heyday, when the city was also receiving massive immigration, especially from Italy and Spain. Those were also the years Montevideo developed the structure of its urban spaces, all of which factors help explain the widespread presence of Art Nouveau there.
In the other side of the RÃo de la Plata, Buenos Aires still conserves some of its Art Nouveau architecture, also brought by Italian and Spanish immigrants, which developed the jugendstil (Edificio Otto Wulff, by Morten Ronnow, Danish), liberty (Casa de los Pavos Reales, by Virginio Colombo, Italian), modernisme (various buildings by Julián GarcÃa Núñez, Spanish-Argentine) and Art Nouveau (Chile Hotel by Louis Dubois, French) varieties. Another Argentinean city where this architecture has been recently protected is Rosario, an important port on the Paraná River.
UNESCO World Heritage List
Art Nouveau monuments are now recognised by UNESCO in their World Heritage List as significant contributions to cultural heritage. The historic center of Riga, Latvia, with "the finest collection of art nouveau buildings in Europe", was included on the list in 1997 in part because of the "quality and the quantity of its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture", and four Brussels town houses by Victor Horta were included in 2000 as "works of human creative genius" that are "outstanding examples of Art Nouveau architecture brilliantly illustrating the transition from the 19th to the 20th century in art, thought, and society".
Noted practitioners
See also
- Art Nouveau furniture
- Fin de siècle
- Belle Ãpoque
- Art Deco
- Modernisme
- Secession (art)
- Duncan, Alastair. Art Nouveau. World of Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1994. ISBN 0-500-20273-7
- Heller, Steven, and Seymour Chwast. Graphic Style from Victorian to Digital. New ed. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2001. p. 53â"57.
- Sterner, Gabriele. Art Nouveau, an Art of Transition: From Individualism to Mass Society. 1st English ed. (original title: Jugendstil: Kunstformen zwischen Individualismus und Massengesellschaft) Trans. Frederick G. Peters and Diana S. Peters. Woodbury, N.Y.: Barron's Educational Series, 1982. ISBN 0-8120-2105-3
Further reading
- Art Nouveau Grange Books, Rochester, England 2007 ISBN 978-1-84013-790-3
- William Craft Brumfield. The Origins of Modernism in Russian Architecture (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991) ISBN 0-520-06929-3
External links
- Art Nouveau at DMOZ
- Réseau Art Nouveau Network, a European network of Art Nouveau cities.
- Art Nouveau European Route The most complete information on Art Nouveau heritage in Europe and worldwide.
- Art Nouveau in Nancy "Ecole de Nancy" and the Villa Majorelle
- Art Nouveau -Historic Places in Canada
- art1900.info Art Nouveau in Central Europe
- lartnouveau.com Art Nouveau in France and in Europe
- Europeana virtual exhibition of Art Nouveau


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The core curriculum for the Blue Ridge Virtual Governor's School is carefully planned by qualified subject matter instructors and approved by the BRVGS Joint Board, with representatives from all participating school divisions. Those courses specifically designed for Governor's school students are termed "core courses."
These courses are uniquely designed to emphasize connections between disciplines, real-world situations, collaboration, integration of technology, and innovative approaches to learning. These courses, in combination with advanced courses at each participating local high school and college-level offerings, work together to provide a rigorous course of study for BRVGS students. As students progress into 11th and 12th grades, the BRVGS Core Courses are created to make learning an active process. Students must actively pursue excellence. Students will be given all of the resources necessary for success, but will not be given 'answers'. Group collaboration and problem solving are emphasized.
All courses in core academic areas are taught at the gifted or enriched level. Students must complete Governor's School Core Courses on each grade level, as they progress, in order to be eligible for graduation with the Governor's School Seal.
Ninth Grade - Technology Through the Ages (WHI & WHII)
While the past, by definition, consists of data that nothing in the future can change, knowledge of the past is progressive and constantly being transformed and perfected. Students will study the history of our world through the eyes of historians. The strands of the social studies disciplines (historiography, archaeology, anthropology, sociology, economics, geography, and political science) are used to reach conclusions about what happened in the past to give meaning to human events. This course meets and exceeds the requirements set forth in the Virginia Standards of Learning for World History I and World History II.
Tenth Grade - AP Biology/Biotechnology
Biology has brought us to the brink of a world of 'engineered' products that are based in the natural world, rather than on chemical and industrial processes. Biotechnology is not new! The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) defines biotechnology to be 'the application of biological knowledge and techniques to develop products and services.' Today, our new understanding of many aspects of cell function and our ability to manipulate their genetic content is being used in medicine, agriculture, criminal justice, the pharmaceutical industry and many other areas. This course offers the student an opportunity to experience the basics of microbiology, human genetics, biotechnology, and exploration of bioethical issues.
Eleventh Grade - Computer Science -(or approved BRVGS elective)
The field of Computer Science is one that has seen tremendous growth in the last few years. This course will assist students in identifying fundamental principles and concepts in the field of computer science that will be used within the context of mathematical problem solving. The skills of problem solving, logic, organization, and precise expression will be developed. Students will examine current issues in the field of computer science including copyright laws, intellectual property, ethics, and the future of the Internet. This course meets and exceeds the requirements set forth in the Virginia Standards of Learning for Computer Mathematics. This course is taught in an online format by instructors certified to teach in this area. Each school site has a facilitator appointed to act as a liaison with students, parents, and the online instructors.
Twelfth Grade - Senior Internship
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - (Mary Oliver)
As our BRVGS seniors approach graduation and adulthood, we want them to think about this question. Students combine rigorous research with a minimum ten hours of interaction with an expert in their field of interest. In addition, they serve a minimum of 10 hours of community service related to their study. The overall purpose of their senior internship is to coach them as they take a look at themselves, their talents and interests, and to find a meaningful way to explore their connection to the real world before they leave us. The internship and service will take as many diverse forms as we have students. Throughout their internship work, students will reflect on leadership and their potential to make a difference in our world.


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Families and Faith: How Religion is Passed Down across Generations
Vern L. Bengtson
Oxford University Press, 2013
288 pp., $33.95
R. Stephen Warner
Patience May Be Rewarded
If one pays too much attention to the culture wars—to the right-wing jeremiads about moral collapse and left-wing celebrations of individual liberation—it would seem that both religion and family are on their last legs. Neither institution enjoys the authority it once had. Pews are emptying, and parents seem helpless to cajole their teenagers to accompany them to church.
Based on a long-range research project extending over four decades, the authors of Families and Faith argue otherwise. Despite rapid social change in the years since the 1960s, they find that the ability of parents to pass their religious tradition on to their children has not diminished. The majority of parents and their young adult children share the same religious identities. Despite the influence of peers, schools, and media, parents are still the strongest influence on their children's religious identities. Grandparents matter too, and because of increased longevity, the importance of grandparents as religious models and tutors for their grandchildren seems likely only to increase. These outcomes are not automatic—intergenerational continuity varies by religious tradition, religious transmission must be worked at, divorce and intermarriage make it much harder, and missteps are common even under propitious conditions—but the chances of success are better than the authors (and we, their readers, they say) have been led to expect.
These and other conclusions emerge from the Longitudinal Study of Generations (LSOG), initially funded in 1970 by the National Institute of Mental Health as a one-time study. Beginning with men enrolled in Southern California's largest health-maintenance organization, the researchers identified a representative sample of 358 three-generation families whose 2,044 members—grandparents to grandchildren—were surveyed on questions centering on mental health, including questions on religion. Fifteen years later, the National Institute on Aging ...
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How did The Grace Impact develop?
The idea for this book began several years ago. In 2007 I submitted some stories to Chicken Soup for the Soul and a devotional book. The stories were accepted, which encouraged me to continue my writing journey. In sharing this with my friends, I wrote a short devotional in an email and added my publishing news at the end of it. This was the first issue of GraceNotes, my email devotional. It is now offered as an opt-in newsletter on my website, http://www.nancykaygrace.com. I have continued to send GraceNotes each month since then, even through some very difficult and trying times. The Lord encouraged me to keep writing and sending GraceNotes. Eventually I hoped to have enough devotionals to compile them into a book.
In 2012 I was at a point when I was very discouraged with writing. A book project that I started, abruptly ended. I attended a writer's conference to hear from the Lord about my next step. While there I pitched the idea for this book to CrossRiver Media called GraceNotes: Thirty Days of Grace. The manuscript was accepted. As I worked on it, the publisher noticed that in the past year several book titles included the word "GraceNotes" and suggested I consider re-titling it. After praying about it and researching possible titles, I decided on The Grace Impact. The project went from being a simple devotional about God's grace to being a book on God's grace that happens to be a devotional. This change challenged me to go deeper in writing, researching, and showing God's grace.
What is the "grace impact?"
God alone is able to set into motion what I call the "grace impact"—His ability to work in and through any situation, revealing His love and forgiveness to us, thereby drawing us to Himself, ultimately through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The initial impact of God's grace to each of us comes by accepting salvation through Jesus. It continues in us and through us as our lives are transformed by yielding more to the Lord. As we grow in faith, we share God's grace with others. Like a drop of water released on a smooth lake, the ripples of the grace impact continue to reach outward to many.
Why did you write a book on God's grace?
I have been captivated by grace for many years, not only because "Nancy" means "grace" but also because grace has transformed me, strengthened me, and sustained me through difficult times. In The Grace Impact, I share how the Lord helped me through cancer, the death of three parents within six months, and other issues. Trusting God is more than a feeling. It is a decision made on the knowledge of God's character and faithfulness. Even when He seems quiet, God's grace is ever present, sustaining us. God's grace has carried me often, and I desire to share this hope with others.
What makes this book different from any other devotional?
Not only can it be read as a thirty-day daily devotional, but it can also be used as a Bible study guide on grace. At the end of each daily reading there is a section called "Deepening the Grace Impact." There are additional scriptures for further study, questions for your own meditation, and a prayer. I'm working on creating a thirty-day online Bible study using The Grace Impact. Another option would be to study one chapter a week, making it a 30-week or 8-month study. I will be using the book in an online Bible study in June. If you are interested in the online study, please contact me and I will get information to you when it is available.
Where can we buy the book?
- It is available at CrossRiver Media's website, or through Amazon.com.
- Autographed copies can be ordered by contacting me at email@example.com
If you would like to have me come to speak to your group, I am available for meetings, banquets, or retreats. Please visit my website at www.nancykaygrace.com for more information. (While you're there, be sure and subscribe to the Gracenotes newsletter.)
A portion of every book sale of The Grace Impact will be given to the Grace Orphan House (Siyon Social Welfare Society, http://siyonsws.com) in Aurangabad, India. It currently serves as home for thirty boys and fifteen girls who were street children. Grace Orphan House provides a loving Christian environment, education, three meals a day and a comfortable place for the children to live. Anyone who purchases the book continues spreading the grace impact.
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I posted Wednesday on presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann's eagerness to sign the discriminatory marriage vow pledge … although, what can you expect from someone who believes you can cure homosexuality through prayer? (Excuse me while I smack my head into the wall).
Thankfully, others find the marriage vow thing just a tad insulting …
Mitt Romney is the first Republican presidential candidate to refuse to sign the pledge:
Read: Mitt Romney refuses to sign controversial Family Leader 'Marriage Vow,' unlike Bachmann, Santorum
Former New Mexico governor and presidential candidate Gary Johnson stated:
"While the Family Leader pledge covers just about every other so-called virtue they can think of, the one that is conspicuously missing is tolerance. In one concise document, they manage to condemn gays, single parents, single individuals, divorcees, Muslims, gays in the military, unmarried couples, women who choose to have abortions and everyone else who doesn't fit in a Norman Rockwell painting."
Read: Gary Johnson Calls Family Leader Pledge "Offensive and Unrepublican"
Republican presidential candidate, Herman Cain, isn't signing the offensive pledge.
Read: Herman Cain Not Signing 'Marriage Vow' Either
Here's an excerpt of The Marriage Vow:
Therefore, in any elected or appointed capacity by which I may have the honor of serving our fellow citizens in these United States, I the undersigned do hereby solemnly vow* to honor and to cherish, to defend and to uphold, the Institution of Marriage as only between one man and one woman.
Candidates vow to do so by their:
Vigorous opposition to any redefinition of the Institution of Marriage — faithful monogamy between one man and one woman – through statutory-, bureaucratic-, or court-imposed recognition of intimate unions which are bigamous,polygamous, polyandrous, same-sex, etc.
Earnest, bona fide legal advocacy for the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) at the federal and state levels.
Steadfast embrace of a federal Marriage Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which protects the definition of marriage as between one man and one woman in all of the United States.
If you haven't read the The Marriage Vow, you may do so here. Scary stuff, folks.
Disclaimer: The information, comments and links posted on the blog do not constitute legal advice. I will not respond to any specific legal questions in the comments section of this blog. Read my entire disclaimer.
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Arsenal have tabled a bid for Atletico Madrid striker Adrian Lopez, Goal.com has revealed.
The Londoners have submitted a formal offer of around £10 million, which is lower than the £14.7m release clause in the forward's contract.
Arsenal opened talks with Atletico to sign the 24-year-old Spain international before Christmas and have now made their move in an attempt to capture the player in the January window.
The Arsenal manager has set his sights firmly on Spain in the search for a centre-forward and has also made enquiries for David Villa and Fernando Llorente, who are out of favour at Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao respectively. While Wenger is continuing to closely monitor the experienced pair's situations, the more youthful Adrian is currently his No.1 target to reinforce the club's striking department.
Demba Ba, who is in talks with Chelsea, has also been on Wenger's radar but the Frenchman has had misgivings about the prolific Newcastle United striker because of his chronic knee problems.
Despite Wenger's recent mixed public messages about the possibility of a third Arsenal spell for Thierry Henry, it is understood that a six-week loan from New York Red Bulls for the club's record scorer remains on the agenda.
However, Henry is regarded as cover for Gervinho, who will be on Africa Cup of Nations duty from the middle of January, and Wenger wants a permanent signing to challenge Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott for a central striker role at the Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal have been encouraged in their pursuit of Adrian by the knowledge that he has a buy-out clause in his contract.
The Premier League club have initially stopped short of triggering it with their first offer, as they try to take advantage of Adrian's diminished status in Diego Simeone's title-challenging team.
Despite scoring for the Spanish national team this season, the forward has started just six of Atletico's 17 La Liga matches, scoring two goals.
Nevertheless, Wenger has received excellent feedback from his scouts on Adrian, who has the versatility to play anywhere across the front three and has been hailed in some quarters as the new Villa.
He has a proven scoring record at age-group level for his club and Spain, won the Golden Boot at the 2011 European Under-21 Championship - scoring five goals for the tournament winners - and followed that up with 18 goals for Atletico last season.
Despite the likelihood that club team-mate Falcao, who has been blocking his path at Vicente Calderon, will join Chelsea either in January or in the summer, Adrian has failed to agree a new contract with the club and is keen to join the Gunners.
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What a great idea! I was about to spend a fortune on a hotel for my partner and I to go to Wellington for a wedding, but found a fantastic house swap opportunity on the site. Easy peasy. No problems...
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We are a kiwi family of 4. Greer is 12 and Hunter is 8. Dave has his own architectural design and building practice working from home and I am training as a breathing educator. In the meantime my job has no accurate job description or boundaries .... Greer, Hunter, Dave, the kitchen, the house, the garden ... I enjoy yoga and walking and love to cook and can usually be found in the kitchen, cooking more food than the family can eat. That food enjoyment extends to cafes, restaurants and wineries of which Nelson has plenty. Otherwise we tend to be outside - walking, mountain biking, picnicking, exploring, at the beach or the river. With a young family our spare time revolves around family adventures. We have always enjoyed renting houses all over the place for our holidays and thought that swapping our house would be more economic and also give us some insider knowledge of where we are holidaying. At the moment we are looking for a swap to anywhere from Taupo or above for 2-3 weeks over the summer holidays from just before New Year. For a swap to be worthwhile for us we would always be looking for a minimum of 2 weeks.
Some locations we are interested in visiting
Our 4 bedroom/3 bathroom home is very private and tranquil and is about 2.5 kms from the main street of Nelson, up the Maitai Valley, set on a hillside looking through kanuka trees over the golf course. There are 6 other families on our hillside giving us a close and very safe community. My husband designed our house and we built it 9 years ago. It is a large (250 m2), modern house made of black onduline and orange cedar stained pine. It is a long house built into a steep bush-clad hillside. Our living space is a double height and open-plan kitchen/dining/living space with a floor to ceiling book case down one end and double bifold glass doors down the other end which open onto the deck and lawn. Picture windows down the length of the house on the south side look through the bush and out over the valley and golf course, making it feel as if you are up in a tree house. Down one end of the living area by the book case is a quiet space with couches and beanbags and a large log burner. Down the other end, closer to the deck, is a corner couch, coffee table and the TV. My kitchen (where I live) is large and open with a long island bench and breakfast bar at one end where we eat most of our meals. There is also a jarrah wood dining table that seats 8. The view from the kitchen bench is through the trees and over the golf course. Along the back wall of the kitchen are the fridge, two sinks, 2 ovens and the gas hob. Down the hallway we have 2 children's bedrooms, each with a king single bed, their bathroom (shower and bath), a separate toilet and the laundry. Our bedroom down the far end is large with a new king sized bed, and a walk-through wardrobe into the ensuite (shower, toilet, basin). We have a fourth bedroom/sleepout under the garage which is currently Dave's office. It contains a double bed, an ensuite with a shower and toilet and a small fridge. There are 2 connected spaces in this room with one being the office and the other the bedroom.
From our home it takes 5 minutes to drive to the main street of Nelson, 10-12 minutes to the beach and 15 minutes to the airport. Our house is about 3 kms from town and it takes about 40 minutes to walk home up the valley, beside the river. The Maitai River runs past the bottom of our driveway and down the valley and the Maitai Golf Course is also at the bottom of our driveway. There are swimming spots, playgrounds and walkways up and down the valley. There is so much going on in Nelson and so many locations accessible within an hours drive that it can be hard to decide which direction to head in the weekends ... Tahunanui beach, Rabbit Island and the ferry to Mapua, biking part of the new Tasman Taste Trail, Moutere, Motueka, Kaiteriteri and the Able Tasman National Park, Kahurangi National Park, Nelson Lakes, Cable Bay, Pelorus, Havelock. Now I sound like an add for Nelson tourism! Just trying to convey how much we love living here. There are a lot of walking tracks and mountain biking tracks on our doorstep. Dave is a mountain biker so he can give you the heads up on the best trails. I can give you the heads up on the best cafes! If action and adventure are not your thing our home is a lovely, peaceful retreat in the bush, and a beautiful place just hang out and enjoy the space, the birdsong and the view across the valley. If the arts are more your thing Nelson has so much going on, especially through the summer - concerts, film festivals, plays, family events.
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There may be pets to care for on this property.
Rhani, a shy cat who needs her cat biscuit bowl and water bowl filled up every few days.


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Sunday, 22 November 2009
Resin casting tutorials
and heres a second tutorial by the same author on making two-piece molds for the same technique:
Two-Piece Mold Tutorial
there are a few bits where some of the translation is way off but it makes it more interesting to read! It's a really clear tutorial anyway. Although I'm sure using foam board for the mold case is just as easy as lego.
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Will, I have bookmarked these tutorials for future reference. Thanks for posting the URLs here.ReplyDelete
Also, I want to metion your comment about the bird puppet Justin Rush pictured. I have checked out The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad 1958 url you posted and there is a very good video clip just showing the double headed bird attacking people. It is a nice and inspiring one. Thanks!
Hey Yaz, thanks for dropping by and commenting a few things!ReplyDelete
It is a completely different type of film-making but I thought the puppet might be interesting to check out if you hadn't come across it before. I really like the look of the bird you've made, the motion test seems to have gone well too!
The joints we've made are actually pretty small, I'd guess about 1cm long; so perhaps the photos were slightly confusing (I'll be putting some updates up soon) and yeah, we have been using pre-drilled balls- I got them from ebay too, they're the type intended for jewellery. The puppets are going to stand at around 7-8" high


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The nasty cultural attitude of victim-blaming in cases of sexual assault is still pervasive in our society.
Just a few days ago, Judge Lindsey Kushner QC caused controversy for saying that women's "disinhibited behaviour" could put them at a greater risk of rape.
Comedian Tracey Ullman nailed the double standard many women face by turning the tables in a brilliant satire video for her .
In the episode, a well-dressed man reports to Ullman, who plays a callous detective, that he's been mugged at knifepoint.
Ullman asks: "Is this what you were wearing when it happened?"
"You look quite provocatively wealthy… Just a bit of an invitation, isn't it? Like you're advertising it," she continues.
Women who report similar episodes are probably familiar to these unsympathetic words.
As the man becomes visibly upset and even more surprised by the victim-blaming, Ullman calls in a counselor, who turns out to be even more of an asshole.
"Oh dear. Had you been drinking?" she asks.
"Yes, because if you'd had a drink it could send out confusing signals," Ullman adds."Lead somebody on with the nice suit and the phone, and then at the last minute, say 'I don't want to be mugged'."
Quite to the point, isn't it? Watch it yourself:
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Saturday, December 29, 2012
Christmas Caroling
One of my favorite times of the year is definitely caroling on the wards on Christmas Eve. For many patients, this is their only Christmas present that they can hold. Thankfully, God has given each of us a present in Jesus, which we share with them as we sing Christmas carols, share the Jesus story and pray for the patients. It was a joy to be able to sing carols with a patient who one month ago was having seizures that I couldn't stop and was in a coma. He is now walking and talking and I couldn't help but Praise God for his healing when he joined in to sing the carols with me. God's healing is amazing. Praying God's blessing to each of you this Christmas.


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Friday, October 29, 2010
So Sad!
So I took a whole bunch of really really cute pictures of my kids after they went trunk or treating at our church. I didn't get to download them and they accidentally got erased. This is the first time I have EVER done this. I am always so good and when I hit the format button I instantly knew what I had done. So I sketched (very quickly) one of the cute pictures of my son with his hands full of suckers, that was all he cared about. He was a warm fuzzy giraffe for Halloween. There were also great shots of the candy and the others in their costumes. OH WELL, at least they weren't client pictures.
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Is Earth All by Its Lonesome? Kepler Finds 4,034 Possible Companions by DENNIS OVERBYE
By DENNIS OVERBYE
Setting the stage for the next chapter in the quest to end cosmic loneliness, astronomers released a list of objects they are 90 percent sure are planets orbiting other stars.
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I usually respond to the usual "BORING" response that is often offered as a universal reply of the teenager with something like...well it is actually not the event that is boring, it is usually the person who is boring.
It's the old how you react to something and not the activating event.
OK so now I'm a boring person....... Holidays have started and I have lost the routine of work and need to start a holiday routine. I'm bored and boring
Have some good books to read and the self indulgence of a holiday...can't really complain.
Make some changes that's the best therapy...do something different...Well I can get prints of the CAMINO WALK before all those beautiful towns all are forgotten...mmm pretty boring..
Bike riding around the urban bikeways...too hot now might have a heart attack...and we walk every morning at 5am
Think I might change the name of this dreary blog...it's too pretentious...I wanted a title with "travel and "life" in it but it is a bit boring really
I'm really going to do something different I promise


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Delhi to have 1,000 Mohalla Clinics in six months: LG
Master Plan approved for Rs 26k-cr convention centre in Delhi
Centre assistance of Rs.489 cr for improving water supply and sewerage networks in Delhi
Delhi government wants body to clean Yamuna
Delhi government moots special 'Clean Yamuna' company
Three undergraduate business management students on way to taking an exam were killed when their speeding car skidded and flew off a 40-feet-high flyover in west Delhi on Monday, police said.
Four of their friends in the Honda City car were critically injured.
The dead -- Rajat, Sanchit, and Ritu -- and the injured -- Pranav, Rishab, Raja, and Garima -- were first-year students of Bachelor's in Business Administration course in an institute in Rohini locality in north Delhi.
They were on way to the Indraprastha College in Narela to sit for their second semester examination when the accident occurred around 8.45 a.m.
The seven students, in the age group of 18-22, had started from Rajat's Punjabi Bagh house in his Honda City car. Rajat was behind the wheel when he lost control of the vehicle on the Punjabi Bagh flyover and the car crashed through the guard railings and fell on the railway track below.
Locals helped police personnel to extricate the unconscious students out from the badly damaged car.
While Sanchit and Ritu died on the spot, Rajat succumbed to injuries at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.
The injured students suffered multiple fractures in their heads and chests and are battling for their lives in the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital, police said.
Ritu's father Malkhan Singh said she had studied till 4 a.m. for her examination on Monday.
"She told us in the morning that she will hire an app-based cab or carpool with her friends to reach the examination centre. I did not know she was to go by classmate Rajat's car. Had I been aware that they were to drive down to the examination centre, I would never have allowed her to go," Malkhan Singh, a resident of Baldev Nagar in west Delhi, said.
Sanchit's father Raj Kumar, a clerk at the Lady Harding Hospital, said: "He was very happy when he left home early in the morning. He was my only son after a daughter; I have lost everything."
(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)


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The Tu-95 pilots exchanged smiles with their US counterpartsRussian bombers have flown to the US island of Guam in the Pacific as part of an exercise this week reminiscent of the Cold War.
Two Tu-95 jets flew to Guam, which is home to a big US military base, Maj Gen Pavel Androsov said.
They "exchanged smiles" with US pilots who scrambled to track them, he added.
The sorties, believed to be the first since the Cold War ended, come as Russia stresses a more assertive foreign policy, observers say.
Eish ....... Stress is in th Air!!
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Russia jets resume Cold War runs
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Hi all,
Apologies for the short notice, but we need to meet tomorrow at 3:00 for two purposes.
(1) We need to collectively create a hand-made holiday tree ornament, and I figure we could brainstorm for 15-20 minutes on what we'd like to do. [Redacted] has pulled a few ornaments made by past year's clerks to give us ideas.
(2) After the brainstorm session, we need to decorate the hallways for the holidays. Please be sure to get your judge's/JA's approval prior to participating in the decorating.
Thanks all, see you tomorrow at 3:00 in the library.
First, note the email's matter-of-fact tone. You can disregard the "ask permission" section of the email. This "decorating session" is not optional. You may be wondering, what's the big deal? You don't have anything better to do. You spend all your time blogging, anyway. Do I have anything better to do than sitting in a room "brainstorming" about a stupid ass ornament? Yes. I think the janitor is painting the downstairs hallway...I might go help him watch it dry. Or maybe I want to just sit with my thumb up my ass.
Second, note the "urgency" of the email. The email was on short notice. In other words, this is so urgent that we can't wait until we get regular notice...say...Monday. Or even Friday. No, "we need to meet tomorrow at 3:00." When I started reading this I thought perhaps we were going to have to discuss a lack of production among the clerks or a serious case coming up for oral argument in December. Nooo. A "holiday tree" ornament. That's urgent business. Also, how long does it take to figure out a Christmas...err...sorry...holiday ornament? No wonder Hawai'i can't figure out its budget issues. It takes 20 minutes to brainstorm a damn ornament. They're still brainstorming about whether to tell us we're in a recession.
Third, what the $#*! is a "holiday tree?" Are we going to have some "holiday candles" for Jews? No, it's a Christmas Tree and a Menorah. I recognize that we are not necessarily celebrating the religious components of these holidays, but let's not pretend that they don't exist. This is just political correctness gone crazy. We know it's a Christmas tree. Why hide it? If you're the type of person to be offended by calling it a Christmas tree, do you feel THAT much better if we change the name but still display it prominently in the conference room? Does this mean no Santa ornaments? What about Rudolph? See what happens when you get politically correct? Maybe that's why we need to brainstorm for 20 minutes. We need to discuss what's "appropriate." With that said, do you now see why I don't want to spend my afternoon in a room with these people? Just imagine how fun a group of "holiday-tree decorators" are at a party.


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Dog hard pad disease
Alongside the classic distemper comes a malign illness: hard pad disease. This case lacks the second fever access that characterizes distemper, and quick deaths are frequent. If the dog survives the second week, his pads and nasal trufa get hard.
The distemper virus may be expelled with the dog's feces in a period up to 2 months (healthy dogs get ill with them).
Out of the body, the virus is not active after a day with temperatures around 20°C, and even faster if exposed to sunlight. Therefore, the main source of infection is an ill dog.
Important: Treatment is an exceptional resource; distemper must be prevented through a guaranteed shot.


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Early Monday morning, a crash involving a sports car and a Jeep occurred on Green Bay's east side. The car crossed the center line on Main St around 1am, causing it to stike a Jeep head on.
The 19 year old driver of the Jeep was hospitalized and released. The other driver is still in the hospital in critical condition. Police are investigating but believe alcohol and speed to be factors.
If you or someone you know has been injured, contact the Green Bay auto accident attorneys of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. ® at 800-242-2874.


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Security Department 1.65
Security Department is a resident file system protector for Windows 95 and Windows 98. It provides several levels of protection for different folders and files. You can prevent various actions for folders and files: copying, moving, deleting, renaming and so on. In addition to the two standard protection levels "Read Only" and "Full protection", there is the Custom Protection level that allows you to fine tune the access of specific folders...


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New York City's Craft Hospitality are bringing a wealth of culinary event expertise to London for their first event called Margarita Rumble which will take place over Bank Holiday weekend on Sunday April 30th and is sponsored by Jose Cuervo.
Taking place at The Yard in Shoreditch the event will see over 15 specially curated bars & restaurants and their top mixologists competing for the prestigious title. Guests can choose to join one of three sessions, with each reveler being given a token on arrival to put into the ballot box of their choice and vote for their favorite margarita. The winner will be chosen in the last 15 minutes of the final session.
The first wave of competitors are confirmed as Wahaca, DF / Mexico, The Alchemist, Tonteria, Cafe Pacifico, El Patron, Cielo Blanco, GEM Bar, Tequila Mockingbird, Flight Club, Mestizo, Be At One and Barrio Bars. Entertainment will be provided with a traditional mariachi band, dancing day of the dead skeletons, DJ's, Jose Cuervo will also have their tequila experts on hand who will be offering master classes.
Margarita Rumble have Chef James Cochran, of B.Y.O.C in SoHo and the recently opened EC3 in Aldgate serving up some top notch tummy fillers for those wanting a break from the drink sampling.
April 30th, VIP Early access £55, General admission £35
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The Spook's Mistake
Joseph Delaney
Publisher:Random House Children's Publishers UK
The moment of danger is close. Very soon our enemies will be here.' As danger increases, the Spook sends his apprentice, Tom, to be trained by another spook whose methods are harsh and tough. But faced with a powerful water witch, Tom's new master makes a fatal mistake, leaving Tom to face his enemies alone. Can the Spook get there in time to save Tom? Together can they beat such terrible dark power? And will the Spook's own mistakes give final victory to the dark? The fifth chilling tale in the Wardstone Chronicles, the series that inspired the forthcoming movie The Seventh Son, starring Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes and Julianne Moore.
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|Singapore Noodles
Well, not make your nose run spicy, but spicy enough where the first thought that came to mind was "we have to use less curry powder next time".
A few months ago we came across a great recipe site called "No Recipes". This is the first recipe we've tried from this site, but everything Marc posts looks great and the innovative recipes even better. The male half of this couple loves curry, so we chose this as our first recipe to make from this site.
You can find Marc's original recipe here. While we loved the way this dish came out, here are the changes we would make to the recipe below: use angel hair tofu noodles instead (we already had the spaghetti tofu noodles in the fridge), use only 1 T. curry powder and lessen the amount of chicken broth mixture since with the tofu noodles being non-absorbant this dish came out soupy. For a celebration meal, we would use Marc's recipe as he posted it, with the mai-fun noodles.
Another note: we used turkey breast since we already had some in the fridge, but next time we'll either try chicken or tofu.
Serves 2-4
Prep Time: 15-20 minutes
Cook Time: less than 10 minutes
* We recommend prepping all ingredients first since this dish cooks quickly.
2 pkg. tofu noodles (we used spaghetti but would have gone with angel hair)
4 oz. turkey breast, cut into strips
2 t. shoyu (soy sauce)
2 t. Chinese rice wine
1 t. cornstarch
2 T. curry powder
2 T. fish sauce (we used a Vietnamese one)
1 T. oyster sauce
3/4 c. chicken broth
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 T. ginger, minced
1/2 medium onion, sliced
1 red bell pepper, chopped
8 oz. can of strip bamboo
4 oz. bean sprouts
3 green onions, chopped
Boil noodles for 5 minutes in salted water. Drain and pat dry. While your noodles are boiling, mix the shoyu, rice wine and cornstarch in a bowl. Add turkey and let marinade.
Measure out curry powder into a small dish. In a separate bowl, combine fish sauce, oyster sauce and chicken broth. Heat a wok over high heat until very hot and spray with a little bit of olive oil spray, then add the egg, swirling them scrambling. Remove egg and set aside. Spray wok again, then add garlic and ginger, then fry until fragrant. Add the turkey (discard marinade). Our turkey was already cooked so we just stir fried it to heat the turkey.
Add the onion, bell pepper, bamboo and bean sprouts - stir fry until vegetables are a bright color. Add the curry powder and stir fry until fragrant, then pour chicken broth mixture in. Stir, then add noodles and use a tong to coat noodles with sauce. Top with green onions and serve immediately.
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Monday, May 10, 2010
Daily Thanks - Day 58 - The Future
Every day we have something to be thankful for. Today I am thankful for the future.
But how can you be thankful for something which does not yet exist? And how can you start a paragraph with the word "but"? The answer to both of these questions is simple... excessive heroin use. No not really, but I'm not obligated to answer all of your questions. I'm no philosopher. I don't rationalize. I'm just a young man with a cup of coffee and a procrastination problem, and I happen to be quite fascinated with the future.
Sure there are a few people who can predict next year's spring fashions, but to most of us the future is a blind journey into the unknown. That's what is so amazing about it. I mean really, what will the world be like? What will it look like? Maybe it will be a breezy, bubbly, crisp and clean haven of modern contempo architecture. Maybe it will be charmingly macabre and gothic with the city streets adorned by gargoyles and classic Romanesque structures, ghastly and erect into a gloomy sky. We may not know the future, but it sure is fun to think about what it may behold.
Some situations that you could possibly experience in the future may include: watching jet-pack racing on Espn, having a kitten teleported to you instantly, realizing that the Mayans were right, evading an army of T1000's, reading about The Wayans Brothers in your grandchild's history book, eating the exact same mexican food, operating everything through voice command, witnessing the return of slap-bracelets, etc.
The amazing thing about the future is that it is impossible to know what is to come. People attempt this all of the time. Look at all of the movies and books that are set in the future or that involve time travel. Occasionally there will be some technological predictions that are somewhat accurate, but other than that they usually get it so painfully wrong. Take, for instance, a movie from 20-30 years ago that's supposed to be based now or maybe within the next decade. It's just ridiculous. The clothing and music are usually just the styles from that era except totally exaggerated and made more absurd. Just goes to show, you never know. One thing I do know is that it is a marvelously captivating topic. It's fun to play with the idea of what it may be like, and people will always continue to take their shot at a forecast of the future.
So let's all take a moment and say "Today I am thankful for the future". Unless you have been to the future, returned safely and realized you were much happier here in which case you must say "Trust me, you don't want to know. What a headache that was. And seriously, how the hell do you use those 3 seashells!?!?!"
Thanks for listening. Check back for more things to be thankful for in days to come.
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Robeson County police searching for suspect in jewelry heist
Robeson County, N.C. (WPDE) —
A man with a gun walked into McNeill Jewelers on East Fourth Street in Red Springs Thursday morning and demanded that the clerk give him a necklace, according to Red Springs Police Chief Ronnie Patterson.
Patterson said the man left the store with the necklace, but he was captured on surveillance video.
Patterson is hoping someone will recognize him and asks anyone with information about this robbery to call the Red Springs Police Department at 910-843-3454.


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What a bad blogger I am !!!!
Well we came back from holiday a week ago and we had a fab time, but the tans are fading fast, since then I have been busy packing orders and ordering even more stash! Our stocks of Basic Grey arrived today and are going fast and we have some scrummy bazzill shades in stock. Hopefully the Bind-it-alls will be here next week along with the new BAMPOP! collections.
This week we have also received the Cherry Artes Poolside papers and some yummy papers from Stemma, both of these are perfect for your holiday pics.
Speaking of holiday pics, I will leave you with a couple
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When it comes to making money, luxury accessories brands are leading the way with signature pieces that can instantly update an outfit – be it a scarf, a pair of shoes, or a clutch bag. And with demand for accessories continuing to rise, now is the time for new names to make an impact.
With the help of our style editor Drew Taylor, Elite Traveler has picked out emerging accessories labels that are destined for big things.
Every season, designers from all over the world showcase their latest collections in the industry's most fashionable capitals, watched eagerly by fashion editors, stylists and celebrities waiting to pick out their most-wanted pieces.
While old favorites continue to impress with their designs, up and coming designers seize this opportunity to get the eyes of the fashion industry on their best creations yet.
Collections recently showcased in London and New York have put rising accessories designers firmly on the radar of fashionistas, with Chelsea Paris' bold and unusual shoe designs grabbing the attention of all the right people at London Fashion Week, and Sarah Flint's 1940s-inspired creations gaining interest when she unveiled her spring/summer 2014 shoe collection at New York's Carlyle Hotel.
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Robin Hood had better step up his game, Dude Perfect are here with some insane archery trick shots!
Ok, I admit, the background music is not exactly the type of stuff we would normally have on the Kick It Blog but if you really can't handle the Country, just mute it! You'll still be be able to enjoy the video for what it's worth.
From actually curving a shot and still hitting a target to nailing the world's longest shot with a bow from a ridiculous length, these guys hit some killer shots and use creativity to keep things interesting.
My personal favorite is the basketball on the arrow into the hoop but there are quite a few badass hits made!
Dude perfect have a ton of other entertaining stuff on their YouTube channel as well so check em out!
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Dude Perfect Website - dudeperfect.com/


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The girls made two presents for their family this year. First we made Snowball Soap. This was a big hit. The girls absolutely loved making the snowballs. I guess the dough felt wonderful in their hands. Although the ingredients were only soap and water, Brian complained it was hard to get the soap out of the food processor. However the girls were easy to clean up.
1. Grate up 3 bars of Ivory soap. (using the food processor)
2. Empty out and a a tablespoon of water.
3. Form into snowballs and snowmen and let dry.
The soap was a big hit with all the Grandparents and smelled great. Even Mabel wanted to eat it.


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unfortunately , i'm having to catch up on the work i did not do yesterday due to having to escape to balbee's house to hide from my parents, who randomly started on me for turning vegan, saying how i'm preventing us from going out as a family! basically they told me i'm selfish (wtf) how can being vegan be selfish when i would be helping animals?! in any case so some main-stream restaurants will offer to adapt a dish to be vegan. besides they never even asked about me turning vegan, they just didn't want to know, which is not my fault if every time I tried to bring it up for the past few months they ignored what i said!
luckily, my second home is much more understanding. to cheer up we did lush facemasks, again, but this time i had the oatifix face mask, which balbee got as a tester because sales people love her, and it looked like i had thrown up all over my face. absolutely disgusting.
however, balbee did have this conical wand hair curler thingy (i'm terrible with names for objects) which made her hair look divine – it was slightly tight curls but long, and it was just so natural looking and took barely any time!
my brain is so filled with philosophers and deism, which i suppose is a good thing as it might mean that my revision is working. however, my attention is faltering once again. and i have yet to start on ANY french revision, as in i have done none and my exam is in two days! fuckity fuck. maybe i'll have a brain transplant and suddenly understand grammar, and not make stupid grade-altering mistakes.
though my brother is surprisingly supportive in this whole revising ma-lark. it's kinda nice to have him home, he's just so sensible he kinda makes me want to try and be sensible too.


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With the voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Oldman and James Hong; Directed by Jennifer Yuh; Rated PG (for sequences of martial arts action and mild violence). 90 minutes.
"Kung Fu Panda" wasn't one of DreamWorks Animation's more interesting offerings, but it made money and so now we have KUNG FU PANDA 2. In some ways it's a vast improvement on the first film, and in other ways it's a letdown. Kids should have a good time, but this probably isn't the all ages pleaser that the original "Shrek" was but, then, that's a tough bar to reach.
Po (voice of Jack Black) is now a regular member of the martial arts team that includes Tigress (Angelina Jolie), Monkey (Jackie Chan), and their spiritual leader Shifu (Dustin Hoffman). When a group of wolves starts terrorizing local villages, it's up to them to set things right. As it turns out, the wolves are acting under the leadership of Lord Shen (Gary Oldman), a peacock who has been warned that he will be defeated by someone both black and white… like a panda.
The film follows two trajectories. Po and the others must defeat Lord Shen, an ongoing battle which seems to reach a climax several times making for a very long 90 minutes. The other, more interesting story has Po trying to find out his true origin. His father Mr. Ping (James Hong), a goose, reveals the "secret" that Po was adopted. His discovery of how he came to Mr. Ping's restaurant, and the role the evil Lord Shen had in that, provides much of the character drama of the piece.
On the plus side, the animation is inventive and quite stunning. Some of the 3D sequences actually work, and the film uses the interesting convention of having flashbacks in 2D traditional animation. In terms of technical skill and artistry, DreamWorks Animation is the only one to come close to the industry leader, Pixar. The attention to detail and to character is superb.
On the downside is the script, which not only takes Po through several monotonous battles, but is surprisingly weak in character. While Po, Lord Shen and Mr. Ping are quite vivid, most of the other characters are so thin that you have to check the closing credits to see that Angelina Jolie, Seth Rogen, Dustin Hoffman, Lucy Liu, Jackie Chan, and David Cross are repeating their characters from the original. Oldman fares best among the newcomers, with Dennis Haysbert's distinctive voice making Master Oxen noticeable, but you'd be hard-pressed to notice that Jean-Claude van Damme and Victor Garber also lent their voices here. The prominence of the voice cast has been a hallmark of DreamWorks Animation. Here, most of the players are simply names in the closing credits whose presence you have to take on faith.
"Kung Fu Panda 2" is a serviceable film. Whether you think the pluses outweigh the minuses will be a matter of taste. If the film works as children's entertainment, from the perspective of the animation aficionado the more interesting development is the debut of director Jennifer Yuh. An animator who has worn many hats in film and TV animation, her work here makes one wonder what she would do with stronger material. Let's hope we get the chance to see.•••
Daniel M. Kimmel is a veteran movie critic and author of a host of film-related books, the most recent being Jar Jar Binks Must Die… And Other Observations About Science Fiction Movies. He teaches film at Suffolk University and lives in Somerville.


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A wonderful concert.
Friday, May 27, 2016
Rick Astley, Festival de Viña del Mar 2016
A wonderful concert.
Sybil - When I'm Good And Ready
Etichette: Sybil
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Ambo TV Presents - Spotlight on Suzette Charles
You can't miss this interview, is wonderful. Suzette Charles speaks at the microphone and in the middle of the interview she cries listening for the first time "Every Time We Touch": she recorded it in 1993 at PWL Studios but this record was never released.
Etichette: Mike Stock, Suzette Charles
Saturday, May 7, 2016
SPAGNA Ft. JØSER - D.A.N.C.E. (Official Video)
This isn't a Stock, Aitken & Waterman producion.
This is a new IVANA SPAGNA track produced by the scanvivian Jøser.
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May is almost gone. Time goes by so quickly these days. May has been spent ordering new beads for the store, sorting, pricing and getting them on the floor. I have made a couple necklaces and taught a free form peyote class. I really enjoy teaching free form. Though it is random, the flow needs to be there to make it work. My student "had the flow" and I know she will take it far.
Our daughter Katwyn and 4 of her children are visiting us for a week. It is a precious time to spend with her and the grandchildren. The "little ones", Johanna and AJ beaded with me the other night and they both made beautiful jewelry. AJ made a very colorful bracelet for his big sister who did not come on this visit and Johanna designed a beautiful necklace for her mother.
Today they will go back to Busch Gardens for another fun day while Burt and I are back to work after having 4 days off with them. It is time to schedule new classes and have the website updated. I am looking forward to getting back in the stores.


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I saw a Guardian Weekly review of The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb which mentioned Taleb's reverence of Mandelbrot, thus leading me to purchase and read the book — ok, I read some, I skimmed some. :)
The central thesis is that wildly unexpected events occur, in finance and elsewhere, more frequently than suggested by a Gaussian or Normal distribution. In fact markets and many other phenomena are better described by power laws. Both Gaussian and Power Law distributions have long tails, but the tail of a power law distribution is fatter further out. That's what makes sales of books and other media on "the long tail" so profitable for Amazon.
Here's a quote from the author:
The Black Swan is about these unexpected events that end up controlling our lives, the world, the economy, history, everything. Before they happen we consider them close to impossible; after they happen we think that they were predictable and partake of a larger scheme. They are rare, but their impact is monstrous. My main problem is: Why we don't know that these events play such a large role. Why are we blind to them?
It's a book of anecdotes and we've all heard "the plural of anecdote is not data" but while a cute phrase, it's a faulty argument and furthermore there is data for financial markets and long tail markets. For an accessible version of the mathematics, read the Mandelbrot book I discussed in this post. But as a book of anecdotes, The Black Swan is a pleasant read and Taleb's primary point is well taken.