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Rule-Abiding Rebel
We're wild, reckless men, we're on a rampage again
—"Weird Al" Yankovic, "Young, Dumb & Ugly"
A Rule-Abiding Rebel is a work that portrays itself as edgy but is too conventional or safe to truly justify that portrayal.
The work appears to be going in an interesting/unconventional/challenging direction but ends up conforming to society's accepted standards and expectations, as if the creator suddenly wimped out. For example, a character might be touted as an independent feminist role model, but ends up reliant on a man to get her out of every scrape. The story appears to be challenging, but instead breaks its own aesop to conform to the status quo.
There are many reasons for this, but pandering plays a big part; controversy sells and being rebellious has, paradoxically, become the norm in modern creative industries. As such, some will latch on to a particular controversy or topical issue in order to cash in on being a 'rebel', only for anyone with an interest in the issue to discover that, ultimately, the emperor has no clothes. This also has the effect of transforming genuine rebellion into a cynical marketing exercise. On the other hand going too far into the rebellious spectrum can be detrimental to the work, so they ease up. They want it to sell after all.
Rebelling, but not enough to upset any societal norms, is also an idea in sociology: The people who stray from the norms let the rest of us know where the limits are. This trope can be seen/used as a reflection of this idea, but using it this way is rather rare.
Of course, none of this necessarily means that the work is bad; it's just not as rebellious as the hype would have you believe. Sometimes the work was truly rebellious in its own day, but since then subsequent rebellions have increased our threshold for being offended, and the older works are now paper tigers. On the other hand, if a work is aimed at children, it need only be slightly rebellious for the Moral Guardians to indignantly pounce on it.
The precise reaction to Rule-Abiding Rebel characters will often depend on their age relative to the rest of the cast. If they are older RAR's, they're liable to be the victim of Seinfeld Is Unfunny; if they're younger people or Johnny-come-latelys, they'll instead face the Pretender Diss. Or they might just be The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything. Arguably the most humiliating outcome is when the purported rebels are actually embraced by the very bluenoses they were trying to defy, maybe even being declared The Moral Substitute to the real subversive stuff!
Often uses the Broken Aesop. Works falling into this trope often have their 'controversial' elements over-stressed. Also see Reactionary Fantasy, Fair for Its Day, Debate and Switch, Poke the Poodle and The Man Is Sticking It to the Man. A form of Hype Backlash.
Anime and Manga
- Magical Girls are usually described as being empowering figures for girls, yet many are ultra-feminine, docile young women whose main goal in life is to get married. However, subversions and deconstructions of this type are becoming common, though ironically towards a different audience completely. Some Magical Girl series set out to prove that you can be ultra-feminine and these qualities don't detract from one's strength; some actively turn the tools of girliness into artifacts of empowerment, and the wait for Prince Charming into an active search (and rescue, if needed).
- The protagonists of W Juliet are a soft-spoken, elegant guy (forced by circumstance to pose as a girl at school) and a quite butch straight girl who fall in love. At first the manga seems to be about an unconventional but very romantic relationship, but our hero and heroine change and behave in more and more "gender appropriate" ways, and by the time the series ends their relationship is quite conventional, although the implication at the end is that they get married in drag ..
Comic Books
- Comic book heroines are nearly always promoted as being independent and capable role models for girls, but they can end up Stuffed in The Fridge at some point. Or they just wear ridiculously Stripperiffic outfits. And that's not even getting into the fact that nearly all of them possess physiques that are impossible for even the fittest woman to achieve, unlike the physiques of male comic book heroes which tend to be simply on the extreme side of possible (unless they're being drawn by Rob Liefeld). 42-12-14 isn't achievable with authentic human bone structure. Presumably, male comic book writers like indulging in their personal fetishes, while not appearing too sexist... though when it comes to writers whose fetish is strong women (William Marston, Joss Whedon, Chris Claremont, etc) it's hard to draw the line.
- Dilbert creator Scott Adams is said to be this, usually by detractors. Adams himself leans into it in a book title (I'm not Anti-Business, I'm Anti-Idiot), and in a serious essay in the otherwise humorous book The Dilbert Principle he claims that he is not against capitalism and business itself, but the often inhuman practices associated with them.
- This trope is why the titular character of Batman tends to get to avoid being hassled by the Gotham Police. Under most circumstances, cops would ordinarily not tolerate vigilantes, but Batman often tends to be the only reasonable fallback to situations the cops just cannot handle, Is bound to a well-understood code of morality that is contingent on being a good citizen to the point his vigilante acts, while unsanctioned, are still done to ease as many hassles of the police legally, he has an understanding everyone is aware of he will never take a life in cold blood, and Gotham exists in a world where he's one of the few things keeping the city under some sort of order when the cops aren't enough because the crime problem would mushroom exponentially otherwise. With all this said, with the exception of very early in his career (in most incarnations), the police otherwise learned to be grateful for his help and let him do his thing so long as he understands and remains in compliance with his own stated limits. This courtesy is often extended to other superheroes who have similar restraints as Batman as well, so the otherwise dangerous aspect of vigilantism (from a legal perspective) is not generally a focus of the stories.
- Indie filmed Saved! starts off with characters being persecuted in a small town for being gay, liberal, atheist, Jewish, or otherwise different. Then at the end one of the characters has a baby and decides there must be a God after all and the Christians were right because there's no other way to describe the feeling of having given birth. Needless to say, the people who initially had seen it as a scathing criticism of Christianity were severely pissed off (while those who merely saw it as a criticism of fundamentalism didn't experience any dissonance). More optimistically, you could say that the plot managed to Take a Third Option. The "victims" don't have to remain persecuted, but the Strawman Political need not be discredited nor its practitioners humiliated and disillusioned. Both sides can learn to coexist peacefully: recall that the word "liberal" originally meant not "socially progressive" but "allowing everyone to hold individual opinions without fear of ridicule."
- The Brave One was praised by critics for depicting a woman who becomes a vigilante, calling it "dark". However, the first two people she shoots are conveniently extremely violent criminals, and in the end the film seems to fall into a black and white morality where she was in the right, or she'll be O.K., because she just needed to kill those people for therapy.
- I Spit on Your Grave is a film in a similar vein.
- For all the praise heaped upon Brokeback Mountain for being "progressive", it's still a cliched forbidden love story where the more aggressive lover dies. It also expects that women are supposed to be faithful to their husbands, even if he's clearly not remotely heterosexual, but it's perfectly okay and tragically beautiful for the hubby to keep a gay lover on the side. It's also been accused of But Not Too Gay, due to the relationship between the men getting less screen time than those with their wives.
- 1993's Philadelphia was the first big-budget mainstream film about AIDS and thus seen as a landmark. As discussed in the book Inside Oscar, it took its lumps: while it got many positive reviews and won Tom Hanks his first Oscar, other reviews complained it assumed Viewers are Morons with regards to the subject matter. It was also panned as simplistically depicting the protagonists (a dying gay man and his - at first - reluctant, straight lawyer) and antagonists (the homophobic and uncaring superiors at the hero's law firm, who fired him when he revealed his illness), and not giving enough screen time to the relationship of the hero and his lover out of fear that viewers might take offense. That said, the consensus was that if it led to greater understanding of the subjects it tackled, it served a greater purpose. Some of this also falls under Values Dissonance—by the standards of how homosexuality was commonly depicted in the mainstream during early 1990s and prior to the film's release in general, the film's sympathetic, naturalistic and humane treatment of the main character and his lover was quite unique.
- Christmas with the Kranks starts off well with the Kranks deciding that since their daughter not going to be home for Christmas anyway and that they only really celebrated it for her sake anyhow, that they were going to boycott Christmas and use the money to do things they really wanted to do, which is a huge departure from all the typical sickeningly sweet Christmas movies that are released each year, but because their daughter decided that she just could not bear to miss a single Christmas with them as well as all the Christmas Knight Templar Neighbors pressuring them to conform to the Christmas tradition in their neighborhood, it quickly became just another schmaltzy Christmas movie with a somewhat disturbing subtext about conforming to the holiday spirit.
- The Disney Animated Canon's deliberate attempts at more rounded female characters over the past 20 years have faced similar problems, especially where romance and physical beauty are concerned. See Girls Need Role Models.
- Shrek, which has beautiful Princess Fiona falling for the ugly, grumpy ogre Shrek...only for this to cause her to become an ogre herself (all the time), thus rather undermining the aesop. It could probably be argued that there is no real way to do the Beauty And The Beast story without either breaking a supposed aesop, or running into serious Fridge Logic, namely the Improbable Species Compatibility.
- On the other hand, the idea of Beauty Equals Goodness is so pervasive in our culture that for a film to subvert it, in order to deliver the message that goodness has nothing to do with appearances, is a rarity even over a decade since its release. And the sequels firmly establish that she is Happily Married to Shrek, and content with being an ogre; in fact, when she and Shrek are given an opportunity to live the rest of their lives as regular humans, Fiona willingly declines.
- A character who doesn't like prom in Disney's Prom.
- Mainstream American horror films, especially when compared to horror films from Asia and Europe. For all the evil that American horror icons do, they'll never go too far so as to earn it an NC-17 rating, instead relying on Gory Discretion Shots and avoiding certain acts. This is largely because the entire system of American cinema tends to yield to Moral Guardians. A film can't be mainstream if it's rated NC-17—none of the big chains will show NC-17 films, and a high percentage of the target audience would be absolutely forbidden to see it. The target audience for American horror is teenagers and young adults; were it not for this trope, the platonic ideal for an American studio would be a PG-13 horror movie. But anything that is seen to cross the line risks getting rated NC-17 because it crosses the Moral Event Horizon. Finally, if someone films a villain crossing the Moral Event Horizon in a graphic way, it is often believed that the director is crossing it as well... In short, this is why the villains of American horror movies are so often subject to Draco in Leather Pants.
- Peter Jackson was recently[when?] responsible for a film of The Lovely Bones. There is one major difference between it and the book it's based on: the book graphically depicts the rape of the main character. The film does not because that was something Jackson was unwilling to film. (Heck, it might be illegal for a live-action film to show that in many places, since that character is underage.) Fans of the book believed that removing the scene in question removed the entire point of the work.
- Works by Nikita Mikhalkov, which often feature profanity, violence, nudity and obligatory pro-{current government} message.
- The Disney Channel original movie Radio Rebel. The main character is a teen radio commentator who is supposed to be seen as this cool, rebellious girl, but she doesn't really do anything anti-authority. She mostly complains about cliques and school rules being unfair but doesn't say anything that would be considered controversial or new by most people, especially teens.
- Little Women (and its sequels) is one of those books that academics describe as "proto-feminist." Most people who read it—particularly scenes that showcase "Father" as a god-like entity to be fawned over and obeyed—may wonder if the academics are reading some other book. This is mitigated somewhat when you realise that 'Father' here is an Expy for Bronson Alcott, controversial philosopher and associate in the Transcendentalist movement with Thoreau and Emerson. His daughter did, in fact, blatantly idolise him—the sequel, Little Men, is structured entirely around his distinctly non-mainstream educational theories.
- Likewise, while Jane Austen's works are undeniably astute and satirical, her heroines adhere to and fulfill the expectations society placed on women in real life, which might make its "feminist" reputation a little dubious to some. It is, of course, necessary to remember that she was writing at the beginning of the nineteenth century, at which time the standards of what we might view today as 'feminist' were much, much different. Indeed, for Austen's time and culture, women writing fiction to begin with was progressive.
- Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre is another questionable case. While Jane leaves Rochester when she finds he locked up crazy Bertha in the attic, she ultimately returns and marries a humbled, disabled Rochester, happy to fulfill the role of caretaking, loving wife. However, there is a lot of scholarly debate on this point, because she did it on her own terms, evidenced again by her refusal to accompany her cold cousin St. John to India. It has been read as both for and against feminism, and the debate is unlikely to ever be settled.
- Dragonriders of Pern:
- Anne McCaffrey's series is often viewed as being ahead of its time, featuring both gay men as significant characters and strong female leads. Closer inspection, however, reveals that the patriarchal system is alive and well.
- The "strong females" still play second fiddle to their male partners. Weyrwomen, the riders of the queen dragons, are supposedly the most powerful people in the weyr. However, the reason for this is because their dragon decides who the male Weyrleader will be—the rider of the dragon that mates the queen earns the title (and acquires the Weyrwoman as his lover). After that, the Weyrwoman takes care of the domestic duties of the weyr, while the Weyrleader handles fighting, discipline and diplomacy. The dragons with male riders are there to fight the parasitic "Thread;" queen dragons - and by association, their riders - are mainly there for breeding purposes. As if to mitigate this inequality, the Weyrleader is only there to fight Thread. He becomes a figurehead during an Interval, which is around two hundred years. A Pass is only fifty years—an exceptional Weyrleader could be born around the beginning of a Pass and survive well past the need for fighting. The Weyrwoman's in charge of everything aside from wing drills. The position of Weyrleader itself depends on the queen dragon, whereas the Weyrwoman is in charge for life. It's not a glamorous job, but lack of food and medicine would make it hard to live to be the awesome saviors of Pern. Yet this still reflects most classically patriarchal societies: women take care of the necessities at home yet have little control over their own life, while the men ride off to take the glory in the occasional war while all their more domestic needs are catered to.
- Women who aren't dragon riders have very little status. In fact, Lord Holders (effectively the kings of their territories) are entitled to sleep with anyone they please, while their wives must stay faithful and no girl is allowed to refuse a Lord Holder if he propositions her.
- Menolly is frequently cited as being a prodigy even among the gifted Harpers (singers/musicians/teachers) at the Harper Hall. Yet when the time comes for her mentor, Robinton, the Master Harper of Pern, to retire, it's her husband Sebell who becomes the most important Harper on Pern. However, Sebell had been Robinton's protege/right hand man long before they'd even heard of Petiron's mystery prodigy. And, to put it mildly, the Master Harper's duties weren't limited to singing and composing.
- While Pern is often praised for featuring gay male characters at a time when such characters were rare, they get a rough deal. Green and blue riders, who are usually gay or bisexual men, are the lowest ranked riders in the weyr. McCaffrey's portrayal of them is often unflattering. They're oversexed and irrational in the case of T'reb, whose nasty mood swings result in serious injury of main character F'nor, or foolish and reckless as with P'tero and M'leng in Red Star Rising / Dragonseye who are mainly there to provide What an Idiot! moments that move the plot along. K'lon, of Moreta, is probably the most sensible and heroic of all the blue and green riders described, but even he isn't allowed to forget that he's a "mere" blue rider: Weyrwomen Moreta and Leri find out that he's discovered the time traveling ability of the dragons, and forbid him from trying it again since the information is reserved for bronze and queen riders only, with lesser riders considered less competent, and therefore likely to die when they mess up while time travelling. Readers with a dark sense of humour might find some justice in the fact that Moreta gets herself killed... by messing up while time traveling.
- Perhaps in recognition of this, it's been stated by McCaffery that men and women were on much more equal footing in earlier times. The plague in Moreta's time caused gender values to revert, however, since women were expected to stay at home and repopulate Pern. Your Mileage May Vary on whether this is an Ass Pull or Fridge Brilliance, however.
- There's controversy about the outing of Albus Dumbledore after the end of the Harry Potter series. Some are praising JK Rowling for making one of the story's most prominent characters homosexual, whereas others are accusing her of chickening out by not having this fact actually in the text.
- However, these others might do well to actually pay attention to the text, where it is heavily implied, albeit not outright stated. While Dumbledore never actually jumped out of the closet shouting "I'm not a boggart, I'm just fabulous!", the story does contain enough clues to make it obvious that it was the intention all along, if you now know what to look for.
- These days, Djuna Barnes' book Nightwood is often called a masterpiece of "queer literature", because it's got an almost all-gay or bisexual cast, and is clearly intended to be pro-tolerance. Unfortunately, all of the characters are either Depraved Bisexuals or their victims. In fact, earlier critics saw the book as just that: a tract about how same-sex couples never end well and will destroy you.
- Heinlein novel Farnham's Freehold had characters sent to the far future, where tables have turned and whites are enslaved by blacks. It treats the slaves and masters as the usual nasty stereotypes (listless and lazy for the former, and predatory and dehumanizing for the latter); the only difference is that the slaves are white and the masters are black. Also, the slave owners routinely neuter and eat the slaves. Heinlein's intention seems to have been to combine taking slavery to its logical conclusion (if slavery treats people as domestic animals, then...) and role reversal. Unfortunately, the result (almost certainly inadvertently) both treads into old racial stereotypes concerning cannibalism and suggests that black slaveowners would be worse than whites.
- The Wheel of Time has been touted as the great aversion to The Smurfette Principle, shaking up the patriarchal notions still latent in fantasy literature by presenting many females in positions of authority and wisdom. But practically all the female authority figures are manipulative, hypocritical, mind-bogglingly arrogant, misandrist, and ruled by their own emotions. The women's greatest hubris is attempting to control the male Chosen One and his all-male army, which leads to many of the "strong" women being bound in abject servitude, literally unable to disobey.
- Dune has come under similar criticism as The Wheel of Time pertaining to the Bene Gesserit and other significant female characters in its universe.
- Feminist writer Angela Carter, well known for her rewriting of traditional fairy stories into feminist pieces in The Bloody Chamber was initially hated by all for espousing such a blatantly feminist message. Then some fairly radical feminists read the book and criticised her for abiding too much by the rules of a patriarchal society when she wrote it. (Of course, radical feminists will say that about anything and everything that is slightly less radical than they are, so.)
- Aphra Behn was the first woman in England to earn her living as a writer. Her stuff is shockingly misogynistic. Seriously, it valourizes rape.
- One of her books, Oroonoko, has been read as an anti-slavery tract, because the hero is an African prince who becomes a slave in Suriname and tries to start a rebellion, making him the Doomed Moral Victor. However, the book is actually basically supportive of slavery in general; it's just that Oroonoko shouldn't be a slave because he's royalty. To reflect his superiority over other Africans (whose fate does not interest Behn), he is given a European nose and lips.
- Eliza Haywood's Fantomina has been read as an early story of female empowerment and liberation, because the female lead uses various disguises (even posing as a prostitute) to pursue the man of her dreams and engage in pre-marital sex with him. Even setting aside the obvious stuff objections, there's the ending, where she gets pregnant, has his baby, and spends the rest of her life in a French monastery. She gets punished for her transgression and quickly returned to the domestic.
- Happens in universe in The Unidentified by Rae Mariz. In this Advert-Overloaded Future, Katey aka Kid goes to a school sponsored by Mega Corps. Students can become "branded", which is when they are sponsored by different corporations. The companies are interested in branding Kid because of her being somewhat on the fringes of society. They want to have someone who is somewhat of a "rebel", but not too much. The corporations also throw parties that seem to be typical teen parties, but are full of advertising.
Live-Action TV
- Star Trek: The Original Series:
- It is renowned for showing the first interracial kiss on TV... except that rather than being motivated by love, Aliens Made Them Do It, so it truly means nothing beyond the surface. (And not only that, the take that finally ended up in the broadcast was a staged kiss - Shatner's and Nichols' lips never actually met onscreen.) There was a second shot though that didn't even go that far. Shatner intentionally made a face so they had to use the 'kissing' shot.
- The main female characters on that progressive and staunchly anti-prejudice show were a phone operator, a nurse with a crush on her male superior officer, and a "yeoman" (read: secretary) with a crush on her Captain. Plus all Kirk's Disposable Women and Green Skinned Space Babes. In the final aired episode "Turnabout Intruder", it's stated that women cannot be starship captains in Starfleet! Granted, it's the Axe Crazy villain who says this, but no one corrects her and the show's creator later confirmed that he actually meant that to be the case - until the backlash caused him to Retcon his first statement out of existence. The captain of the second ever warp 5 ship, the Columbia, which pre-dates Kirk by about eighty years, was a woman—but again, we don't know this until decades after the end of The Original Series.
- The forced Kirk/Uhura kiss and the subservient roles for women can be blamed to some extent on Executive Meddling. Gene Roddenberry originally cast Majel Barrett as second in command of the ship, but this was deemed unacceptable during test screenings (or because Barrett was Roddenberry's mistress and the executives felt that this implied a slight conflict of interest, casting-wise). It's also worth noting that even though Aliens Made Them Do It, the Kirk/Uhura kiss was still controversial enough that the show received a ton of mail about it. At that time, even kissing by couples of the same race was less usual on TV. As for Kirk's Green Skinned Space Babes some fans argue that their number, like rumours of Mark Twain's death, has been greatly exaggerated. It's also possible to point to strong female roles amongst villain characters, such as the unnamed Romulan commander whom Spock seduces in "The Enterprise Incident".
- The kiss itself may have been forced, but the dialogue immediately before it suggests enough intimacy between the two (even if it's just friendship) that it can't be dismissed as nothing, either. Kirk is trying to comfort Uhura (it's implied that they're about to be used as a live sex show against their will in order to entertain a group of telekinetic aliens), and she says that she's not afraid, because she always feels safe when he's around. Cue the kiss - forced, but not meaningless.
- Speaking of no prejudice, you green-blooded, pointy-eared freak... (Of course, Dr. McCoy was the only one who was like that with him. And Spock bit back. Hard.) Also, it is open to some debate how for that was just personal point scoring.
- Hilariously invoked in Never Mind the Buzzcocks with host Simon Amstell constantly mocking Donny Tourette, a supposedly "rebellious" punk singer who is the very epitome of this trope
- Even Captain Jack's own show, Torchwood, suffers a bit from this. Of course it's far more liberal than Star Trek, but it doesn't seem to be quite as progressive as it sometimes claims to be. The creators claim all the main characters are bisexual. But among the principal cast of the first two seasons, they're a woman who has a romantic relationship with an Energy Being in the form of a female human, a woman in a heterosexual marriage who once kissed an alien in a woman's body when under the effects of sex pheromones, a man who has a man attempt to seduce him after being exposed to similar pheremones, a man who is only gay for Jack (though possibly in denial). The only one that isn't too debatable is the omnisexual Jack.
- While Law and Order has had quite a few plots with gay victims (and gay perps) over the years, for one of TV's longest running dramas, it never had a gay recurring character. So, one season, one of the characters finally comes out—and it's Serena Southerlyn, who's already in the minus column for a lot of the fandom, and she comes out literally twenty seconds before she leaves the series. Add to this the incredibly laughable fashion in which it happens: after DA Branch fires her for getting too involved in a case, there's a pause, and Serena asks, "Is this because I'm a lesbian?" Branch acts as an Audience Avatar by looking very confused for a few moments, before saying no. Reportedly, this was ad-libbed by the actress as more or less her way of giving the finger to the show/staff, or added last-minute by the creative staff for extra "drama" (take your pick). The very, very.. very subtle foreshadowing (read: Serena becoming extremely supportive at even the slightest whiff of a "gay cause", so to speak) didn't help things at all.
- The Bad Girl's Guide, which was anything but....Same could in fact be said about the book series, which is fairly tame. Though this also could be a case of Misaimed Fandom.
- Mad Men, while getting renown for dealing with the blatant sexism, racism and homophobia of the sixties, somewhat cripples that message by being a story mainly about privileged upper-middle-class straight WASP men, whom the vast majority of women on the show throw themselves at, while other minorities only flash by every once in a while. Sure, the show is very good at demonstrating prejudice, but as we rarely get to see the flipside of it (or any of the struggles for equal rights that went on in the time, for that matter), the viewer can very well go through the whole series without noticing the message. At least in early episodes, some of this could be justified by the show's early-1960s setting; while the Civil Rights movement had been active since the 1950s, the key triggers behind propelling several other such movements into the mass public consciousness (such as the publication of The Feminine Mystique, which kick-started the Second Wave of feminism, and the Stonewall riots which helped make Gay Rights movements more public to mainstream observers) simply hadn't happened yet. Which is certainly not to say that these movements weren't still active, but they weren't necessarily active on the level that WASP types such as the main characters would really have been aware or taken much notice of. It's frequently hinted that while these characters might have it good now, the longer the series goes on the more unpleasant (to them) surprises they have coming their way.
- The "Toni's Boys" episode of Charlie's Angels is considered to be an essential feminist episode of the series. In the episode, numerous attempts are made on the lives of Kelly, Kris and Tiffany and and Charlies hires Antonia Blake and her Boys to protect them and the Angels work with them. The Angels prove themselves incompetent and need Toni's Boys.
- Monty Python's Flying Circus had a band of criminals who never once did anything illegal. Considering the show, it was probably Played for Laughs.
- Sex and the City frequently moralized about the prejudice faced by single women in their 30s and by sexually adventurous women, but the Happy Ending of the series involves all four characters in committed monogamous heterosexual relationships with white men, and in two cases already raising children.
- Bowie's "She's Got Medals" is about a Sweet Polly Oliver situation with the transsexual undertones taken to, by 1967 standards, outrageous levels. A modern-day listener is likely to instead be put off upon hearing that "she got very tired of picking up girls, cleaning her gun, and shaving her curls...moved to London Town, and now she's settled down."
- Well, unless you take it to mean that the subject of the song simply decided she was Getting Too Old For This and wanted a change of pace.
- Bone Thugs-n-Harmony had 2 albums that fell into this. One was called Thug World Order, and their recent one was called The World's Enemy. The former which was supposed to be overtly violent, anti-establishment, and sociopolitical fell victim to Executive Meddling, partly due to 9/11 which happened months earlier. However, the misunderstanding of the second album is largely the group's responsibility, possibly due to people misunderstanding the title. It more or less means Defector From Decadence, although some misinterpreted it as referring to something darker, malevolent, and violent and felt the album did not deliver on this.
- Most current rap music in general is this, In some people's opinion anyway. Especially Glam Rap artists, and the type 2 variant of Gangsta Rap. Compared to what mainstream rap used to be.
- Black Sabbath and, by extension, Ozzy Osbourne, have been accused of this by critics and listeners. The band Venom explained their rationale of writing explicitly about the occult by calling out Ozzy, who would "sing about evil things and dark figures, and then spoil it all by going 'Oh, no no, please, God, help me!"
- Punk Rock is even more painfully formulaic than most other genres. Think about that for a moment.It's actually been said that the only true punk band was the Sex Pistols, because of the way they imploded. Making a career out of it means stepping back from the edge, and stepping back from the edge is...this trope.
- In spite of its occasionally being treated by the media as a feminist anthem, Peggy Lee's 1963 song I'm a Woman is pretty much all about being a traditional housewife if you look at the lyrics.
- Parodied in Spray's "I Always Wanted To Say 'I Always Wanted To Say That'":
Causing mayhem!
Professional Wrestling
- When he teamed up with Randy Orton to battle D-Generation X in the fall of 2006, Edge accused Shawn Michaels and Triple H of being this.
Tabletop Games
- Paranoia: While all secret societies are officially treasonous (doubly so for the Communists), their actual threat to Alpha Complex varies a lot (FCCCP and the Trekkies in particular are identified as mostly harmless). The XP edition introduces a secret three-tier classification system, and reveals that some societies were deliberately created to draw in potential traitors and turn them into Rule Abiding Rebels (for every Commie and PURGEr blowing stuff up, there's ten Death Leopards who think they're Badass for putting up some graffiti).
- Really, most player characters are this, as the majority of tabletop games feature you playing a character who bucks the trend of their society for whatever reason. (They're adventuring in dungeons rather than settling down, they're fighting the megacorps instead of working for one, they're clued in on The Masquerade, whatever.) But of course since most players want to keep the relative comfort level of the other players and good taste in mind, they're not going to get too out there in what they do.
- The Merchant of Venice:
- Shakespeare's play is sometimes looked upon today as extremely progressive because of how it portrays a Jewish character as basically human ("Hath not a Jew eyes?"), which was extremely rare at the time. Shakespeare allows us to sympathize with and sort of like Shylock, and he even gets a happy ending: he is forcibly converted to Christianity! Um, hooray? And even though Shylock has several speeches like "Hath not a Jew eyes?", that go some way to humanizing him, he's still an inhumane, cruel, money-grubbing, possessive, arrogant, nasty person, and an overbearing, out-of-touch father, and definitely not a figure of sympathy for the audience. And given the propensity of some actors to portray him as a flat-out villain...
- This is a discussion that never ends. And if proof were needed, this example was once followed by a large chunk of text in which interesting arguments and counter-arguments on Shylock, his character and Shakespeare's motivation were given. It's easier to just say that opinions vary widely on this example.
- Similarly, that are many people who interpret The Taming of the Shrew as proto-feminist, taking Kate's last speech (about how women should always obey their husbands) as ironic.
- Pretty much any Shakespearean comedy/romance about mistaken identities operates this way. Duke Orsino in Twelfth Night is having romantic feelings for a "male" character, but it's okay because she's really a girl. Florizel and Perdita's romance in A Winter's Tale is met with resistance because of the class differences, but we know she's really royalty so it's no biggie. The Comedy of Errors lets a pair of twins be mistaken for their long-lost brothers, but each according to his station. The list goes on.
- More Shakespeare! Othello depicts a black man (well, Moor technically but for all intents and purposes, Othello's black) who seemingly defies the stereotypes of the time - many characters (Iago mostly) say that Moors are uncouth, led by passion, and "changeable in their ways", whereas Othello is shown to be a calm, cultured and gentlemanly general of the Venetian army... until Iago starts messing with him, where his language deteriorates, his emotion overrides all logic, and his opinion of Desdemona changes repeatedly. Of course, Iago is The Corrupter and has that effect on everyone - he turns Roderigo into a brainless puppet, Cassio into a violent drunk, and so on.
- Ibsen's plays often suffer from Values Dissonance of this sort. What many modern readers perceive as Rule Abiding Rebel behavior was in fact rule-breaking at the time - even portraying the (usually realistic) unhappy situations his plays always deal with was deeply shocking.
- Ibsen got away with a lot by presenting multiple points of view and not outright stating which one to support. There's still argument over whether A Doll's House favors Nora's desire for independence, Torvald's desire to keep the marriage together, or neither.
- A surprising old aversion in The Duchess Of Malfi. The Duchess becomes a widow at a young age and is thus a single woman in a position of great power. This is arguably the point of the play.
- Valkyria Chronicles is a romance story that takes place during a fantasy World War II, focusing on a Ragtag Bunch of Misfits militia squad and its commanding officer, Welkin, and his sergeant, Alicia. The game gets a lot of praise for having a strong, capable female lead, who is not only a skilled soldier, but by and large the most powerful character in the game even without the potently destructive super powers she acquires later on, and she still gets to be the lead female in a romance story. However, that romance story requires her to completely abandon her Action Girl schtick, and Welkin's love is the only thing that stops her from flamboyantly killing herself with the force of her self-loathing; the climax itself reads like a shopping list of the most cliche JRPG love-scene lines. Similar situations happen to all but one of the main female cast, with a woman's emotions causing her to lose control of her judgment to the point of doing something that would effectively end her life, and she lives or dies depending on whether she has a male love interest to talk sense into her.
- Muramasa: The Demon Blade has the fact that it has two protagonists, one male and one female, and considerable marketing oomph was put into showcasing that the female protagonist is a cool, sword-wielding Badass Action Girl. Turns out Momohime is possessed by the spirit of a man the entire time; when not possessed, she's typical of the sort of willowy princess-maiden type you'd expect to find in a game about ninjas.
- In-universe example: in Dragon Age 2, the Tal-Vashoth rebels against the Qunari end up operating according to a specific set of codes about how rebels should operate. Those that can't usually end up entering human society as mercenaries or occasionally merchants.
Web Comics
- El Goonish Shive presents: Nanase and her bold act of defiance. It still counts, right?.. <sigh>. This was almost certainly intentional.
- Elliot and Ashley try to "be rebels".
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Western Animation
- Like a lot of things, mocked by Family Guy quite often. One particularly memorable example is a parody of movies about career women who learn "what's truly important in life":
Male Lead: Over the next 90 minutes, I'm going to show you that all of your problems can be solved by my penis.
- The Grand Finale of the 101 Dalmatians cartoon had Cruella hitching a ride with a motorcycle gang who wouldn't exceed the speed limit.
- The Simpsons:
- The picture above is from the episode "The Bart Wants What It Wants". It depicts the filming of a scene from the fictional movie Canadian Graffiti.
- In the episode "Take My Wife, Sleaze", Homer pulls his motorcycle up beside Chief Wiggum in his car, who expresses his desire to put Homer and his newly formed motorcycle gang behind bars. Homer derisively points out that Wiggum can't hassle them because they're going at the speed limit.
- In general this shows up in a lot of cartoons due to what's considered something a kid could emulate, whether a bad guy does it or not. So you might have a supervillain who breaks the law and thinks Evil Feels Good... but he'll still stop to put on his helmet before riding his Evilcycle.
- This trope is sometimes lampshaded in some cartoons, with either the villain Breaking the Fourth Wall to sardonically note what they are doing is dangerous to an implied audience, or otherwise making some sort of comment about how what they are doing is dangerous to themselves, hence the protection.


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All our breads are made fresh on a daily basis and baked in a stone deck oven. We believe that the simplicity of our breads is what makes them so special. The majority of our breads contain no sugar, no fat (oil) and no dairy which makes them delicious, healthy and vegan-friendly. And we offer a variety of low-gluten and gluten-free breads. For details, go to our Vegan & Gluten Free page. At Importico's, you'll find the perfect bread to complement every meal and any occasion.
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Escape THE GAME
You know that old mantra "Don't like, don't play?" Yyyeah... Ron doesn't have that option. Ron, you see, is a game critic who's had the misfortune to get sucked into his least favorite type of game: a point-and-click adventure game by Interactales. Now there's only one thing left for him to do: Escape THE GAME! But even if Ron doesn't like point-and-click games, developer Interactales does, as they've crafted an adventure that's stuffed to the gills with references to genre classics, as well as many gentle jabs at the genre conventions. But Escape THE GAME is more than just parody! It's also a clever adventure game in its own right, as it offers puzzles with multiple solutions, three different endings, and even the proverbial barrelful of laughs. And you don't even have to be well-versed in classic adventure games to find them... plenty of the humor here is universal!
Escape THE GAME is a point-and-click game to its core. You'll be talking to people, picking up everything that isn't nailed down, and rubbing items on other items in search of the combinations that allow you to progress. Everything here will be comfortably familiar to point-and-click fans, even if Ron himself isn't impressed. The initial draw here lies in the situations Ron finds himself in, and the dialogue... just about every other line lampoons some classic adventure game trope, from giving your hero ridiculous names to the insane things adventure game heroes somehow end up carrying around in their pockets. There's also plenty of lawyer-friendly cameos of classic adventure-gaming icons like Guybrush (sorry, "Duedraw") Threepwood and Sam and Max. But Escape THE GAME also provides some excellent puzzle scenarios by giving you more than one way to solve almost every problem you come across. Sure, you could collect all the ingredients you need to make a magic potion so that a wizard will consider you one of his own, but you might be able to use those ingredients in other ways, and maybe someone else will recognize you as a wizard on the sly. You CAN beat the legendary hero in a mighty one-on-one duel, but there could also be a way to get him to drop out of the fight. Despite the multiple ways to press forward, however, the game can still sometimes be obscure about what to do, and it requires you to solve certain puzzles in very specific and exacting ways. While the game does have a character who is very open about his role as designated hint-dropper, he'll only tell you about one possible solution. But while the puzzles can be fiddly, the humor's almost always spot-on. Escape THE GAME's blend of jokes, references, and smarts is a winning combo... even if the snooty Ron won't admit it.


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|Concluded Action: Consistent with Change
|Concluded Date: 06/27/2019
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|Legal Deadline: None
|Economically Significant **: No
|Publication Date: 07/24/2019
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Lucio Fontana
1899 – 1968
signed, titled and inscribed siamo andati a vedere le corse su strada on the reverse
waterpaint on canvas
92 by 73cm.; 36 1/2 by 28 3/4 in.
Executed in 1965.
Private Collection, Italy
Sale: Sotheby's, London, Post War and Contemporary Art, 28 June 1990, Lot 63
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner
At the height of his career, Fontana announced the purest expression of his revolutionary approach to painting and sculpture by piercing a pristine white canvas with a razor blade. Embodying an exquisite manifestation of this act, Concetto Spaziale, Attese comprises a stunning choreography of five vertical cuts through a pristine white canvas. The stark contrast between the blackness of his vertical incisions and the quietly radiating white, illustrates Fontana's prime concern of space, gesture and light. Through these three components the Italo-Argentinian artist sought to explore a new dimension that opened up a space beyond the flat surface of the traditional two dimensional canvas plane. Amidst the wide variety of works articulated in a multitude of colours with numerous cuts in varying scales, the present example forcefully delivers an essential articulation of Fontana's art.


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To follow-up on another Article from October. I want to introduce to you the new staffing positions the make this ministry happen.
Antonio Sandoval is our Pastor in Training. He will be starting effective January 14th. His responsibilities will be as a lay pastor for this church, attending Bible school training and help coordinate Short Term Mission team activities.
Marleni Monzon is our Administrative / Pastoral Assistant. She and her daughter Vasti began with this ministry in December of 2005.
Tonja Johnson is our Children's Ministry Coordinator. She and her husband, Rusty, are here building stoves and doing Children's Ministry in Santa Maria de Jesus.
Sonja Sandoval is our EFL Ministry Coordinator. She and her husband Antonio have been directly involved with this ministry since the beginning.
Boris Monzon is our Café Manager. He has been attending the church for the past year and a half. As well he volunteers in our Men's Ministry Soccer Team, our weekly kid's soccer training in Jocotenango and helps with his wife Jessica in the children's ministry on Sundays.


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Story's from Germany, not long after the Nazis' rise to power.
As reported by the New York Times, March 20, 1933:
BERLIN, March 20. -- Charging that Professor Albert Einstein had a huge quantity of arms and ammunition stored in his secluded home in Caputh, the National Socialists sent Brown Shirt men and policemen to search it today, but the nearest thing to arms they found was a bread knife.Are similar searches (and witch hunts) coming soon to America?
What are the chances we'll soon see raids on high profile people in places like New York or Connecticut in attempts to search out and seize "illegal" and "unregistered" arms in accordance with gun control laws passed there in 2013?
Yes, it could happen. But probably not until after the November elections.
On the other hand, concerns about possible confiscation are already ramping up after a recent extraction of records from a gun shop in New York.


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I love Halloween. Maybe it's because I can dress up in another identity or maybe it's just the sweet treats and parties that I love.
I've had some fun times on Halloween. When I was five years old, my mother made me a clown outfit. I was so excited about dressing up in a costume that I forgot the car was still moving and fell out the door into the driveway. No worries. I didn't get hurt but it scared the hell out of my parents.
There was the time I took my oldest sister's kids trick or treating in a wagon. We went to this guy's house who was stinking drunk and, on the way to the door with the bag of candy corn he tripped over the yapping dog spilling the candy all over the floor. No problem. He just gathered up the candy from the floor and tossed it in our bags. This was before candy was individually wrapped I might add.
I've dressed up in all kinds of costumes for the occasion: a ghost, a dead foot on a flip flop, a witch, a gypsy fortune teller and many more.
Two of my favorite Halloweens were at parties. Snookie, my oldest sister decided to let us have a Halloween party in the basement of her house. So we decorated it with straw, balloons and hung sheets to hide my oldest nephew Kevin who made agonizing sounds from behind the sheets to scare the neighbor kids. My sister, Mary, brought my nephew Matthew who was about 18 months old and had him dressed like a little red devil. He promptly peed in his diaper and red devil pee ran everywhere. We had games and gave prizes and the snacks were magnificent.
My friend Kathy had one of her yearly Halloween parties and I stood duty as a fortune teller. I must have been good at it because some of the guests believed me and one asked if I hired out for parties.
Three actual haunted houses.
This year kathy is having another Halloween soiree and I'll be palm reading and using my Tarot cards (which by the way, I cannot read) and I'll be handing out eyeball bubble blowing devices.
I look forward to her parties and to the trivial pursuit for prizes game she always has. I've won some very nifty items at that game.
I wish for all of you a wonderful and safe Halloween this year and may you get as big a kick out of it as I do.
Happy Halloween!


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Park Plaza Beaver Creek - 3 Bedroom
3 bedroom ski-in/ski-out
Come stay in the prestigious heart of Beaver Creek at Park Plaza- consistently ranked one of the most popular ski resorts in North America. Beaver Creek combines the best in high-quality mountain living: surrounded by a charming village of Bavarian-style interlocking buildings, luxurious accommodations, fine-dining establishments, art galleries and high-end boutiques, with championship golf course and a world-class performing arts theater and ice rink, all wrapped up in superb service.
Whether you're visiting in summer or winter, there is something for everyone in Beaver Creek: from hiking to biking and shopping to skiing and ice-skating. Enjoy Vail Valley's first European village-to-village skiing experience between Beaver Creek, Bachelor Gulch Village and Arrowhead.
All 36 luxury condominiums have fully appointed kitchens, living rooms, jacuzzi tubs, private balconies and covered parking. The building is a blend of European and Colorado mountain style with native stone, wood and tile.
3 Bedroom 3 Bathroom
2 King Bedrooms with master bathroom & jacuzzi tub
Twin beds in the third bedroom, Bathroom in the hall
Queen Sleeper Sofa in the living room
Services & Amenities
Indoor swimming pool, hot tub, sauna, steam room, ski lockers, continental breakfast, daily housekeeping, front desk, concierge and onsite management.
The photos shown here are representative of a typical Park Plaza Beaver Creek - 3 Bedroom and not the actual unit you may be reserving. Individual unit decor and layout may vary.
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Property Details
Private Residence with 1 level
3 bedrooms, 3 baths, 2000 square feet, 186 square meters
King, King, and 2x Twin
8 guests maximum
Nearest airport
Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE) or Denver
EGE: 25 miles, Denver: 130 miles
Property View
Mountains, ski slopes, creek, village
Property ID
No Pets Allowed
Not Handicap Accessible
Activities of Interest
- Arts
- Equestrian
- Fish
- Golf
- Hike
- Shopping
- Snow Skiing
- Sage Outdoor Adventures - Each adventure tour offered by this company will knock the socks off of even the most seasoned outdoorsman!
- Booth Falls Trail - Wander through striking and varied scenery, including lakes, waterfalls, and aspen forest.
- Art of the Valley Gallery - Get your dose of culture at this amazing art gallery.
- Bearcat Stables - Take a horseback riding tour all over the gorgeous mountain scenery in the area.
- AVA Mountaintop Zip-lining - Soar high above the mountains and the valley on a zip line!
Places of Interest
- You can't beat the hiking, fly fishing, and white water rafting in the summer
- Downtown Vail offers a wide variety of shopping. You will love the views as you shop and dine with the spectacular mountain range as your backdrop
- The kids will definitely want to check out the Discovery Center. The whole family will enjoy exploring natural history exhibits and taking a free snowshoe tour!
- Beaver Creek Nordic Center - Get your thrills from cross-country skiing!
Sally M.August 2022
Great location on Beaver Creek
This property is very nice with 2 master suites, great location in the village, overlooking the creek and the ski slopes. We had a really nice stay in this property. Thank you!"


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Profile: Benjamin Portnoy
In today's world, we face a wide array of pressing issues. Poverty and corruption run rampant in all corners of the globe. However, no matter the severity of these issues, there is a single concern that is considerably more serious than anything mentioned previously, and that happens to be climate change.
Climate change doesn't discriminate, it doesn't affect people based on race, creed, or gender. It is an alarmingly universal problem that is felt by every single organism on this planet. To turn a blind eye to this is something that we simply cannot afford to do. Climate change is no longer something that will affect only our distant relatives far into the future, it is an issue that affects us in this present moment.
Now, when someone says that power lies in the hands of the government, they are sorely mistaken. Power lies in the hands of the people, and there are many who underestimate that virtue. To those doubters, it is our duty to truly demonstrate just where the power lies. More specifically, it lies in a particular demographic: young people. I will repeat a common mantra, but only because it is so powerful: We ARE the future. Because we are the ones that will be living on this overheating planet alongside our children and grandchildren. Some of us might not even be old enough to vote yet, but in due time, we will be the presidents, prime ministers, and the chancellors that lead our respective nations.
However, the fight doesn't start when we are old enough to run for office. It starts right now, in this present moment. What I've seen from young people in this last couple of years has been quite empowering. In my hometown of New York City, it was astonishing to see the sheer number of students that gathered in support of the fight against climate change. Frankly, it's unlike anything I've ever seen before. It's incredible to see so many students from across the globe connecting and enabling themselves to create real change. We have created a robust army without a single gun, an abominable force without a shred of violence. The war is far from over, but we've had a hell of a start.


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I really enjoyed the facility to check your FREE compatibility with other signs to see the matching for either romantic or working relationships. But not there are no Love Stars to back this up.
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BREAKING NEWS: Campaign group reports Government 'abuse' of the childcare market to competition authority
PRESS RELEASE on behalf of
Champagne Nurseries on Lemonade Funding
Members of the campaign group 'Champagne Nurseries on Lemonade Funding' (CNLF) have made a formal complaint to the Competition and Markets Authority (formerly known as the Monopolies and Mergers Commission) about the Government's abuse of the childcare market.
The complaint outlines how the Government has abused its legislative powers by regulating the childcare market, stating that "[the] price fixing of both the purchase and sales price is an abuse of market control".
In September 2017, the Government will roll out its 30-hour offer to eligible 3 and 4-year-old children of working parents in England. However, due to the shortfall between the true cost of providing the 'free' hours and the deficit in funding from the Government, many childcare providers believe they will be unable to deliver childcare in a sustainable manner and will be forced to close.
This effect is in direct opposition to the Government's aim of providing more childcare for the estimated 400,000 families who will become eligible for the additional 15 hours in September.
The complaint by CNLF, which has almost 7,000 members, states that the childcare sector is already in jeopardy due to factors such as the introduction of workplace pensions, consistent increases in the National Minimum and Living Wages and Business Rates revaluations.
It goes on to state that the Government has "ploughed on with its political agenda based on non-representative data" in reference to a survey commissioned by the Department for Education to establish the true cost of childcare, which only received 284 responses.
CNLF's action comes in the wake of a recent survey of councils in England by the Family and Childcare Trust which found that over half (54%) said they did not know if they would have enough childcare available for eligible pre-schoolers using the 30 hours.
A spokesperson for the CNLF campaign group, said:
"We looked at various ways to challenge the Government on the issue of underfunding in Early Years. This route is a direct way of getting the legislation around funding investigated.
"As private businesses, PVI's (private, voluntary and independent childcare providers) have been absorbing and trying to manage the costs associated with delivering the 'free' Early Years Education since its introduction. The extension to 30 hours for working families brings with it the real threat of closure for some settings who simply can't absorb or manage further losses.
"As providers, we fully support the Government helping families with childcare costs, however, the policies around funding mean that we have no choice but to cross-subsidise by charging inflated fees for hours outside of funded hours and charging for additional services for things that the Government say should not be provided within the funding.
"This is not something we want to do and not something we feel parents should be faced with. It is a consequence of a policy which the Government has not funded properly and which childcare providers cannot afford to subsidise but know that they run the risk of being forced out of the market if they do not offer the funded hours.
"Research showed that only 51% of nurseries in England were expecting to make a profit in 2016, with the average nursery losing an astonishing £957 per child, per year on the 15 hour offer.
"This level of loss on 15 hours of funding means that the increase to 30 hours is simply untenable for the whole sector at the current funding rates, the only way to ensure the ongoing viability of the whole sector is to remove the word free and allow the funding to be used as a subsidy.
"We are confident that the CMA will carry out a thorough investigation and we await their response."


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The Saxon University
The Saxon University (in Latin, Universitas Saxonum) was a form of autonomous organization of the Saxons in Transylvania that included all the Saxons living on the royal land. This form of legal unity was explicitly confirmed by King Matthias Corvinus's ratification of the Andreean Diploma, in 1486. As a result, the Saxon community in Transylvania became a "political nation" along with Hungarians and Székely and was represented in Transylvania's Diet. The Saxon University incorporated the seven seats of Sibiu (Orastie, Sebeş, Miercurea, Sighisoara, Nocrich, Cincu and Rupea), the seats of Seica and Medias (formed later), as well as Brasov and Bistrita Counties.
The term "University" had several meanings and corresponded to the following committees:
- All Saxons from the Emperor's land and the privileged territory;
- The representatives' assembly of the entire community, thus the General Assembly (Conflux) meeting twice a year;
- Sibiu council and leading officials, «The delegated University" (delegierte Universität), dealing with problems during the period between the Assemblies;
- Especially in the modern period, it represented a political body endowed with a mandate to negotiate, which was led by a committee;
The University held general meetings at least once a year, on St. Catherine's day (November 25). The highest dignitary of the Saxon University was the Saxon's committee (Comes Saxonum). The elected deputies were in charge to solve the most stringent problems and disputes within the community. After three centuries of operation, in 1781, the reform promoted by Joseph II abolishes the constitution of the states, including the Saxon University's autonomy. The disposition shook to the ground the Saxon nation and their secular autonomy. Although the Saxon University continued to exist, from there on it gradually lost its influence and prerogatives.
In 1876, the National Saxon University was abolished, its work continued, however, as a foundation, without having the previous prerogatives. By the law issued on June 1, 1937 and published in the Official Gazette no. 124, of 1.VI.1937, the Saxon University Foundation was completely disbanded and its entire patrimony of goods was divided between the Evangelical Church of Augustan Confession in Romania, the Saxons in Romania and the Romanian Cultural Society "The cultural settlement Mihai Viteazu", which was founded by the same law.
- History in brief
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- Industrial Heritage
- The Saxon University
- Sibiu and the Revolution of 1848
- Sibiu and Great Union of 1918
- Medicine in Sibiu
- History of printing
- History of Pharmacy
- Sport in Sibiu: 1845-1945
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Historic Home on Tiny Quince Street
One of Philadelphia's most charming cobblestone streets.
It doesn't take a history buff to recognize that the narrow cobblestone streets in Washington Square West preserve Philadelphia as it was centuries ago. Located near the nation's oldest hospital (as well as one of its oldest saloons), the quaint, old-timey feel only intensifies as one enters the living room of 232 S. Quince Street.
While graced with modern amenities, no renovator has yet removed period details like the (newly refinished) original pine flooring, wooden rafters, and a wood-burning fireplace that almost makes us wish for winter.
The main level also includes a full bath (complete with a claw foot tub, of course) and a family room with double doors leading to the back patio.
The lower level of the home has dining room with a brick wood-burning fireplace and custom cabinetry. Next door is a kitchen with very modern granite countertops. Upstairs the master bedroom has wooden ceiling beams, a gas fireplace, recessed lighting, and a dressing room. The upper level also has two other bedrooms and a full bathroom.
Beds: 3
Baths: 2
Square feet: 1,252
Price: $492,000
TREND photos via Redfin.
Listing: 232 S. Quince Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107


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JobFLEX Enters Top 20 on Google Play's Top Grossing Business Apps
Less than seven months after debuting in the top 50 of Google Play's top grossing business apps, JobFLEX has reached a new milestone by moving into the top 20. This ascension is notable as JobFLEX is a privately funded startup competing against heavily funded...read more
Coming Soon: Quick and Simple Invoicing
The JobFLEX team is excited to announce that we'll soon be releasing a quick and simple invoicing feature! Save time and get paid faster than ever with JobFLEX mobile invoicing. We all know the strains that cash flow issues can have on your business, so having a good...read more
JobFLEX Contractor Estimating App Debuts Easy-to-Use New Features and Interface
August 30, 2016 (Rockford, MI) - With over 30,000 users in the contracting and home improvement industry, JobFLEX is excited to debut an all-new interface and easy-to-use new features in its latest Android update. The new release has added many new features and...read more
JobFLEX Named Top 10 Construction App
JobFLEX has been awarded as one of the top 10 construction apps in the industry. TSheets, recognized JobFLEX as the Best App for Estimates and Bids. The mobile app, which is available on Google Play, allows users to create professional quotes and estimates on the job...read more
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Finding Eternal When You Can't Slow Down
October 1st.
That was the last time I sat down to write in this space or have more than one minute of alone time. For the record, in order for me to think coherent thoughts and figure stuff out, I need regular blocks of writing time and alone time.
Therefore, I've been a little crazy lately.
Two weeks of master bath renovations, while a sick child missed an entire week of school, at the exact same time I was attending appointment after appointment to make selections for the house we are building, because: THE PLUMBERS AND ELECTRICIANS ARE COMING!
Mix in there an all-day pumpkin patch field trip and an anniversary get-away that doubled as a new furniture and light-fixture shopping weekend. Oh, and also, answering dozens of additional emails and home visits from Craig's List people, as I sell off the old furniture that won't fit into our new house.
My world has been a blur of choosing between maple and oak, graphite and brownstone, bullnose and ogee, venetian bronze and brushed nickel. Single handle, double handle, 4 inch or 8 inch, center or side mount (faucets). Four inch or 7 inch, prefab or stained-on-site (flooring). Seven feet or 6.5 feet (shower head). And infinite choices of carpet and tile and paint.
There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who care where their shower drain is located (center, left or right) and those who have never, in all their lives, noticed the location of a shower drain.
Prior to last week, I would not have known which I was. But I can now say, without reservation, I am of the people group who neither cares about nor notices shower drain placement.
And I promise you, every time I am presented with a question such as, "Where would you like the shower drain?" and I respond with, "I don't really have an opinion about this—do whatever you think" (the diplomatic version of "I don't care."), several people will tell me all the reasons I MUST CARE about this.
In addition to all the aforementioned New House Hoopla, I also have the three kids I've always had, with all their dentist appointments, doctor appointments, orthodontist appointments, homework, laundry and daily eating needs.
This is, by far, the busiest season I've had since we adopted our youngest daughter seven years ago (which you may recall, was also the exact same season I ended up in therapy and on antidepressants).
I realize a lot of people love this pace. They love scheduling their days down to the minute. They find the running and the choosing and the shopping and the comparing exhilarating. I know these people exist. Some of these people are my actual friends. Some of these people are my actual husband.
But not actually me.
Paddling frantically at this pace makes me feel like my little boat is sinking. I start looking around for things to throw overboard so I can float again.
Social media? Gone.
Meticulous eating plans and extended workouts and Facebook accountability groups? See ya later.
Classroom volunteer? Maybe next month. Or next year.
Leg shaving, eyebrow plucking, fingernail trimming? Look away, I'm hideous!
It sounds like I'm complaining, but I am not complaining. I am very, very, VERY thankful to have the luxury of custom building my own home. Most people never get the opportunity to do this. I never dreamed I would be one of them. It's a blessing to get to design my dream kitchen, for sure.
But here's my confession: As much as I know this is a blessing, it's hard for me to embrace the eternal value of light fixtures and granite counter tops. Especially when I was very content in the home we currently own. And especially when I have to repeatedly turn down time with a friend so I can select cabinet handles. It feels upside-down to me.
All I keep thinking about is this:
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal." (Matthew 6:19-20)
And also, this:
Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions." And he told them this parable: "The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. He thought to himself, 'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.' "Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry."' "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?' "This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God." (Luke 12: 15-21)
In my head it ends up looking like this:
So, I've been pouring all this out to Jesus as I rush from appointment to appointment with my bushy eyebrows and chipped fingernails to build my foolish bigger barn.
Here's what He spoke to my heart:
1. This is just a season. It won't last forever. I WILL have well-groomed eyebrows again, bless God.
2. God uses stressful seasons to reveal and remove junk in my character. Never pleasant, but always necessary. Let Him work out the junk.
3. Jesus was a carpenter. God in Flesh could have chosen any profession, and He chose to build houses and furniture, of all things. This is when I know Jesus is talking to me, because I never considered His line of work as anything significant, until now.
4. With every appointment, phone call, text and e-mail exchange, I'm not only encountering carpet samples and light fixtures and kitchen appliances, but PEOPLE. Real-life HUMANS. Humans who have families and friends, trials and pain. Humans who desperately need peace and joy and hope. People who need Jesus. What could be more eternally relevant than that?
So, lately, instead of dreading the appointment and rushing through the encounter, I've decided to notice the people. To embrace the people. To show Jesus to the people.
In the last three weeks, I paused in the midst of every single appointment to take the time to get to know the person serving me. I learned that one of them used to compete in triathlons and loves a glass of bourbon. I learned one celebrated a 5th wedding anniversary while another is finalizing a divorce. One attended a daughter's college graduation the same week another took her daughter to Disney World. Tuesday, I spent thirty minutes talking to a contractor, who showed me pictures of his children, his home and his native country. Last night, I listened as the people who bought my rocking chair from Craig's List told me about their jobs, their home and their new grand-daughter.
I've determined that every appointment for house selections is divinely orchestrated so Jesus can love people through me.
This feels eternal to me.
When I have a second to digest it all, I'm excited about my new house, even in all it's detailed, scheduled craziness.
But, would-to-God that I honor The Carpenter in the craziness.
That, rather than running and rushing over everyone and everything, I'd stop and notice the person in front of me, and thank them, ask questions and offer peace. I pray I offer them The Prince of Peace. So that when this life is over, and I stand before the Lord, He won't say, "You fool" but rather, "Well done."


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Blockergame is a never ending war game between different teams. The gameplay is super fun and exciting. The interface is so easy to get on with. The screen displays all the controls on left side, objectives in the middle and guides on the right side of the screen. Once you have gone through all, click the cross button at the top left of the page. On the following screen, choose a server and enter your nickname. That is all you need to start the game.
The game has five different objectives to serve. In the battlefield, the combatants belong to five different colors. Your job is to fight those combatants. Also, there is a team flag that your team members must find. When found, the member with the team flag has to capture a frontier. It should be noted that it can only be done by the team member carrying the team flag. Other members cannot capture the frontier. Upon capturing, defend it to the last moment. Put to death all your enemies and loot their coins. And finally, do the quests.
Do you have what it takes to be atop the leadership board? Join the game now!
Use WASD keys to move around the arena
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Earn $20 an hour just by sitting in the Google's self-driving car
Google has a very good job opening for you. All you need to do is to sit in its self-driving cars to "test" it. Thats pretty much the job description given by Google because in its self-driving car there is nothing much to do anyway.
Google has placed an ad looking for "vehicle safety specialists" to be contracted for one to two years of autonomous driving field work. The job will pay chosen ones a pretty decent $20 an hour and you will be expected to work six- to eight-hour work days with potential for road trips as long as a month at a time. The job opening is in Arizona, not California where Google is reportedly testing its self-driving cars.
You will have to sign a confidentiality agreement to keep Google's top secret stuff top secret and you'll need a clean driving history for all that non-driving you'll be doing. You'll have to be able to type at a blistering 40 words per minute and not have a history of sleeping at the wheel. You'll be expected to provide concise feedback on the nothing that happens all day to Google engineers and you'll be asked to take a bunch of car training courses, to help with the whole no driving part of the job.
Criminal history sheets should not apply as the last thing Google would want is their self-driving car technology to fall in wrong hands. If the autonomous vehicle hits anything, you'll be expected to drag it off the road, kick sand over it and scrub the blood off the bumper.
If you think you are Google's next vehicle safety specialist, take a look at the job ad here.


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