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By Ace G. Pilkington
As I write this, wizards are everywhere—in movies, television, books, and even theme parks. J. R. R. Tolkien's Gandalf has just been featured in the first film of a three-part adaptation of The Hobbit. The six books of the Harry Potter series are inescapable, and their eight film incarnations (completed in 2011) have racked up $7.7 billion, making it the highest grossing film series ever, if inflation isn't taken into account ("Movie Franchises," The Numbers—Box Office Data, Movie Stars, Idle Speculation [February 9, 2013, http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchises]). The BBC television's The Adventures of Merlin is running on the Syfy channel, and has been broadcast in 182 other countries (Steve Clarke, "BBC Conjures Up More Merlin," Variety Europe [October 25, 2010, http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118026310]). Disney recently purchased the Star Wars franchise, and there will soon be additional films, complete with more versions of George Lucas's wizards in space. And this is without mentioning writers such as Terry Pratchett and Jim Butcher, whose very successful careers have been driven by men with magical wands.
Wizards were popular in Shakespeare's time as well. In fact, David Woodman maintains that "most audiences possessed such a truly commonplace knowledge of magic, both black and white, that a popular response to Prospero as a white magician was assured" (White Magic and English Renaissance Drama [Rutherford, New Jersey: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1973], 73). While such a subject might seem unlikely or even dangerous in a time when witches were still burned, Anthony Harris argues that, "Such an attitude is in accord with the spirit of the romantic comedies of the early sixteenth century, where wizards and enchanters were honoured and the legality of their magical practices was unquestioned" (Night's Black Agents: Witchcraft and Magic in Seventeenth-Century English Drama [Rowman and Littlefield: Manchester Univeristy Press, 1980], 117). Or as Leontes puts it in The Winter's Tale, "If this be magic, let it be an art/ Lawful as eating" (5.3.10–11; all references to line numbers are from The Complete Pelican Shakespeare, Ed. Alfred Harbage [Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books, 1971]).
It is, after all, very different from the black magician who dealt with demons to do good or ill, and still further removed from witchcraft that required the witch to trade his or her soul for power. White magic even had an elaborate philosophical justification. Those writers who believed with Cornelius Agrippa that "good daemons can be attracted and bad ones repelled" (Wayne Shumaker, The Occult Sciences in the Renaissance: A Study in Intellectual Patterns [Berkeley: University of California Press, 1972], 151–2) were willing to accept the white magician on his own terms, as a Neoplatonist philosopher who "sought to refine his soul and gain a direct knowledge of God" (Woodman 30). In this view a creature like Ariel is not an evil demon but, as C. S. Lewis puts it in The Discarded Image, a member of "a third rational species distinct from angels and men" ([Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1964], 134), which served as a bridge between them. So in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Emergence," Data, who is playing Prospero on the holodeck, responds to Captain Picard's criticism by saying, "I am supposed to be attempting a Neoplatonic magical rite."
It is, indeed, in this elaborate context that Shakespeare's original audience would have viewed Prospero and from this perspective that they would have seen that the wizard has both multiple motives and magical means for revenge. He has struggled to control his passions as he has worked to master his spells, bending both to his benevolent ends. He has all the marks of the white magician, from his emphasis on chastity to his challenge to the dark power of the witch Sycorax. He has planned from the first to forgive Alonso and marry Miranda to Ferdinand. When the last moment of decision comes, Prospero's resolve holds firm, "The rarer action is/ In virtue than in vengeance. They being penitent,/ The sole drift of my purpose doth extend/ Not a frown further" (5.1.27–30).
Ariel, his daemon, who possesses what Katharine Briggs describes as "a certain ethereal benevolence" (The Anatomy of Puck [New York: Arno Press, 1977], 53), stands beside him. As Caliban sinks below humanness with the heavy load of his unnatural appetites, Ariel rises above it into the fire and air which are his natural elements. Prosper stands on the edge of a heavenly transcendence, ready to rise past his humanness to something greater. This too is characteristic of the white magician.
But Prospero, and this is at the center of Shakespeare's play, makes a different choice. He has the power to abandon all his troubles by going beyond them. And if he stays where he is, he has the means to create the utopia that Gonzalo only talks of. Ferdinand foresees a perfect society with Prospero in control, "Let me live here ever!/ So rare a wondred father and a wise/ Makes this place Paradise" (4.1.122–124). The wizard's society would require no effort; magical servants would do everything. As in Stephano's fantasy, everyone on the island would have his music (and all else) for free. However, Prospero is wise enough to see in the midst of his wonders that this society without struggle, this community of concord, would either be something like Gonzalo's vision of nonhuman innocence or Sebastian's picture of inhuman evil. John Wilders says, "The effortlessly happy existence imagined by Gonzalo would be possible only if the consequences of the Fall could be annulled" (The Lost Garden: A View of Shakespeare's English and Roman History Plays [London: The Macmillan Press, Ltd., 1978], 130). Only if, in fact, Prospero and his subjects could cease to be human.
Ultimately, the white wizard, the overreacher who has his impossible gift almost within his grasp, chooses humanness. The expression of this decision comes just after the most poignant of all his encounters with Ariel, that guardian of a strange and alien threshold who has made a kind of reverse crossing. Ariel reports the sufferings of the three men of sin and the "good old lord Gonzalo"; then he says, "if you now beheld them,/ Your affections would become tender." Prospero responds, "Dost thou think so, spirit?" The line that follows is hedged round with wonder, "Mine would, sir, were I human" (5.1.18¬20). In the words of Katharine Briggs, "It seems to contain in it the meaning behind all those stories of the Neck and the mermaid and the Scottish fairy who long for human souls, a sudden sharp reminder of the humanity we lose and insult by silly grudges" (53).
Whatever Prospero's state of mind may be at this point (perhaps it is that last hesitation which comes before a great decision, long ago made, carefully reached for and at last grasped), his next speech is definitely an affirmation of human values, "Hast thou, which art but air, a touch, a feeling/ Of their afflictions, and shall not myself,/ One of their kind, that relish all as sharply/ Passion as they, be kindlier moved than thou art?" (5.1.21-24). Like Marlowe's Mephistophilis with his comment on heaven, "'tis not half so fair/ As thou, or any man that breathes on earth" (Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus: Text and Major Criticsm, Ed. Irving Ribner [New York: The Odyssey Press, Inc., 1966], 2.2.6–7), Ariel speaks from beyond the boundaries of earth about the value of humanness. It cannot be an accident, a chance textual juxtaposition, that places Prospero's final renunciation of his powers only a few pulse beats later.
The wizard has crossed the boundary, enlarged his mind, subdued his passions, and come back to everyday reality with a new appreciation for the complex, confusing, contrary but glorious nature of humanness. As John Wilders puts it, "Gonzalo's dream is an ideal by which we can measure the painful temporary, half-successful attempts at government made by Shakespeare's historical rulers generally" (130). But Gonzalo's dream (and Prospero's experience) is also a means by which we can measure the limits of the human condition, the dangers beyond it, and the values which it shelters.
The power and passion of humanness transcend the perfection that is above humanity and the destruction that is below it; they are more immediately vital and ultimately meaningful than the airy spheres of daemons or the earthy circles of demons. Perhaps it is this complexity in the play, this multiplicity of vision, this complicated humanness that has generated so much argument. Barbara A. Mowat, in "Prospero, Agrippa, and Hocus Pocus," points out the conflicting traditions from magus to conjuror, from dramatist to illusionist, that make up the play. But this "blending of seriousness with jest, of revelation with bewilderment," (English Literary Renaissance issue 2, 1981, 303) is not only "the wonder of Prospero himself" (303), it is also the wonder of being human and the central subject of this magical play.
The white wizard, the powerful mage, is also a duke, a father, and though it may "infect" his mouth to say it, a brother. At the last, he acknowledges not only Antonio but also Caliban, he breaks his staff, frees Ariel, and goes back to Milan—with the help of the audience's applause. Shakespeare has made it clear that no Neoplatonic rite will save us from our lives by making us more than human, though it may show us the way to a better, sharper humanness, guided as Prospero is by his love for Miranda and for that fiery helper of his who lighted him on his true way.


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Michael Bublé and Luisana Lopilato have good news to share.
After announcing in November that their 3-year-old son, Noah Bublé, was undergoing treatment for cancer in the U.S., the couple gave E! News an update on his development Friday.
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Syria Vows to Repel Any U.S. Attack
Syria vowed to defend itself against any foreign attack, while the Arab League said that Damascus had used chemical weapons against its population. Meg Coker reports. Photo: AP.
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Is it True That "If You Don't Have a Conversion Story You Don't Have a Conversion"?
from R.C. Sproul Jr. Mar 23, 2013 Category: Articles
Sure it is. As long as what we mean by "having a conversion story" is broad enough to include, "I have loved and depended on the finished work of Christ as far back as I can remember." Sadly, it is unlikely this is what people who say such things mean.
There are at least two different kinds of believers. Some are what we call cradle Christians, others might be called crisis Christians. And because both groups are composed of sinners, it is not at all unusual for them to fuss and fight with each other. In the first instance we have those who have been raised in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. They have been taught the things of God from their youth. Indeed they may have been, as John the Baptist appears to have been, converted in their mothers' wombs. (Remember that even before he was born John leapt to be in the presence of Jesus, who likewise was still in utero (Luke 1:41). Remember also that this is not a denial of the need for conversion. Even cradle Christians were once children of their father, the devil.
In the second instance are those who have more dramatic conversion stories. They remember a time not believing, and have in turn experience in that unbelief. That is, it is not uncommon for these folks to be profoundly conscious of their lost state before their conversion, sometimes via a life of peculiar licentiousness, others via the memory of a gnawing emptiness/fear despite a relatively upright lifestyle. These folks are well aware of when they walked out of the darkness into the marvelous light.
The Bible is chock full of both kinds of conversions. Paul's conversion was rather dramatic, as was that of the thief on the cross. The Philippian jailer, the Ethiopian eunuch both would be able to look back on a particular hour in a particular day and give thanks. Who though in the Bible is a cradle Christian? Virtually every believer in the Old Testament. Indeed one would be hard pressed to even find a conversion at all among the sons of Abraham. David, though conceived in iniquity (Psalm 51:5) trusted from his mother's breast (Psalm 22:9). While we see many faithful men of God, we do not witness "conversions." These trusted in the coming work of Christ, and so became the friends of God, even with no conversion stories.
Those who argue that without a conversion story we are not converted are admirably seeking to guard against the danger of presumption that can come from those who grow up in Christian homes. It is all too easy to think of oneself as a heavenly "legacy," one who is almost due salvation by virtue of being the child of a believer. I appreciate the concern, but fear this kind of language throws the baby out with the baptismal water, and ironically adds works to our faith.
That is, eager to deny that we are saved by baptism (which is a good thing to deny) they then add to the biblical necessity of trusting in the finished work of Christ for salvation this—remembering when you first started to do so. That is, we end up teaching justification by faith plus remembering when your faith started. It is an odd form of the Galatian heresy. Perhaps worse still it makes our perseverance dependent on our memory. I wonder how many people taking this position will one day, in old age, lose their memory, and therefore lose their story and if this claim is true, lose their salvation.
We are not saved from God's wrath by remembering when we were saved. We are saved by remembering by Whom we are saved, by trusting in His work alone, adding neither the faith of our parents nor our memory of being given that faith.
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29 Famous Fashion Designers Sketch Wedding Gowns For Kate Middleton.
In the December 15th issue of WWD, numerous designers were asked for their wedding gown design suggestions for the upcoming nuptials of commoner Kate Middleton to HRH Prince William of Wales.
above: Kate Middleton and HRH Prince William of Wales. Her engagement ring, the large sapphire surrounded by diamonds, is the one Prince Charles gave William's mother, the late Princess Di (Lady Diana Spencer).
Well-known couture wedding gown designers like Monique L'huillier, Badgley Mischka, Reem Acra and Vera Wang, fashion design houses such as Gucci and Chanel and even J.Crew submitted sketches (all shown individually further down in this post).
The only Brit to submit a design was Elizabeth Emanuel, who, with her then-husband David, designed Diana Spencer's well-known fairy-tale wedding dress in 1981.
Below are all the 29 design sketches, shown in alphabetical order.
Alberta Ferretti:
"...In Kate I see the natural, radiant and self-confident attitude of today's girls. For this, I can't help but think of an embroidered, fluid-silhouette dress in precious fabrics that will help her make an everlasting impression." — Alberta Ferretti
Badgley Mischka:
"We see Kate going completely classic. We love this off-the-shoulder silhouette for her. Her beauty and grace will make any gown look magnificent." — Mark Badgley and James Mischka, Badgley Mischka
Ralph Rucci, Chado Ralph Rucci:
"White tulle veil to floor…satin bodice and cardinal hat…huge silk tulle gown with pinches, like ostrich pores…all embroidery in freshwater pearls — no glitter." — Ralph Rucci, Chado Ralph Rucci
Karl Lagerfeld suggests a Chanel take on "the Victorian wedding dress, with a twist — high boots and open in the front."
Chris Benz:
"I think she represents a new freshness to the monarchy, and it is up to her how modern she wants to shape her role. I think taking risks with a confident, colorful spirit is where it's at with the royals." — Chris Benz
Christian Lacroix:
"Something old: Victorian skirt. Something new: patchwork gown. Something borrowed: Queen Elizabeth's veil. Something red: Elizabethan top, as red was the wedding color until 1900!" — Christian Lacroix
Doo-Ri Chung, Doo.Ri:
"I wanted Kate to look regal, but romantic, so I used chiffon and lace to evoke tradition, but gave her a romantic off-the-shoulder detail." — Doo-Ri Chung, Doo.Ri
Elizabeth Emanuel:
"It's entirely different from the Diana dress I designed, which was very much of the Eighties, but it's still fitting for a royal occasion. It's a much more modern dress, but romantic and out of the ordinary." — Elizabeth Emanuel
Frida Giannini, Gucci:
"I admire the balance Kate Middleton strikes between elegant and contemporary with her unmistakable style. For her, I had in mind clean lines, soft shapes and classic touches such as the boat neckline and distinctive train." — Frida Giannini, Gucci
Gilles Mendel, J.Mendel:
"On the royal wedding day, I envision Kate Middleton in a fresh, modern silhouette emphasizing her elegance and beauty in a youthful way." — Gilles Mendel, J.Mendel
Jason Wu:
"I love the idea of mixing traditional opulence with a very clean aesthetic for this modern-day princess." — Jason Wu
Tom Mora, J. Crew:
"I think that there will be so many comparisons to the late Princess Diana that her dress should almost be the opposite of what Diana's was — modern, simple and very elegant." — Tom Mora, vice president of wedding and special occasion, J. Crew
Kimberly Ovitz:
"I wanted her to wear something as minimal and spare as possible that brought out her natural beauty. Less is more." — Kimberly Ovitz
Lela Rose:
"Kate tends to wear a very elegant and clean silhouette, so I think the lines of this dress would suit her style. The understated tiers play up her youthful and romantic appeal." — Lela Rose
Lyn Devon:
"Sporty separates in handmade lace and silk taffeta for Kate: a lace T-shirt worn over a drop-waist taffeta ball skirt made of endless meters." — Lyn Devon
Angela Missoni:
"This dress was designed to enhance Kate Middleton's beauty through precious fabrics. The clean and contemporary lines, never redundant and beyond all specific stylistic periods, give her an eternal image of grace and elegance." — Angela Missoni
Monique Lhuillier:
"The royal wedding will be magical. Kate's dress should be a modern mix of the traditional and contemporary." — Monique Lhuillier
Nanette Lepore:
"A patchwork lace dress reminds us all that a true princess can mend and make do!" — Nanette Lepore
Nicole Miller:
"I think no poof and froufrou. Elegant with a modern twist. A little sexy, but also modest." — Nicole Miller
Peter Copping, Nina Ricci:
"Light as a feather, layers of lace and organza…a dress fit for a princess." — Peter Copping, Nina Ricci
Prabal Gurung:
"The look is regal with respect for the heritage of the royal family but represents what modern Europe is all about." — Prabal Gurung
Rachel Roy:
"For Kate I love to showcase the British tradition with a wonderfully beautiful, yet modern hat worn under a full-length veil with a deconstructed cascade train balancing the formality." — Rachel Roy
Rebecca Taylor:
"The A-line silhouette of this dress is elegant and sophisticated, similar to Kate's style, but the floral appliqués and corset top add a youthful feel. Fit for young royalty." — Rebecca Taylor
Reem Acra:
"Kate is a young beauty about to become a royal. She is very confident and knows her style. This gown has a long train, veil and a touch of embroidery, which adds drama, but the A-line silhouette is simple. It's regal and sophisticated." — Reem Acra
Tommy Hilfiger:
"Kate has a sophisticated yet playful and modern look, so for her wedding she'd be a vision in a mix of traditional, whimsy and classically beautiful." — Tommy Hilfiger
Tory Burch:
"Kate would look beautiful in a simple, elegant silhouette — a delicate ivory lace bodice and tulle skirt with a blush lace train." — Tory Burch
Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli, Valentino:
"We designed a 'blossoming' dress because we imagined her as a new Botticellian Venus." — Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli, Valentino
Vera Wang:
"...The tradition of intricate hand-pieced lacework in the high-necked bodice with elbow-length sleeves, together with the voluminous skirt of a mixture of stiff and soft silk tulle, feels regal, yet poetic." — Vera Wang
Yigal Azrouël:
"Stately and sophisticated, but also a modern-day wedding gown for a young princess. Its elongated silhouette combined with the lace and draping of the skirt is glamorous and elegant, while the neckline and bodice remain modern." — Yigal Azrouël
Via WWD
All Photos by Courtesy Photo
See the gown Kate, now known as Catherine, wore to her wedding after all!
16 comments:
- Replacement Windows Raleigh NC said...
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- Sunday, January 16, 2011
- Raheli said...
Frida Giannini's sketch seems to be the only one that captures Kate Middleton's spirit and personality.
Kate has an understated elegance about her style.
The least impressive sketch of all of these is Kimberly Ovitz. I think she just scribble something because she really didn't want to be bothered.
- Sunday, January 16, 2011
- The Beading Gem said...
I totally agree with the previous commentator. The Giannini design best suits Kate Middleton's style. Froufrou just doesn't cut it.
- Sunday, January 16, 2011
The Giannini design is perfect - what were the other designers thinking? Let's make her look horrific?
- Monday, January 17, 2011
- wedding planner said...
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- Friday, October 21, 2011
- Ivy Camel said...
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- Friday, November 04, 2011
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- Sunday, November 13, 2011
- Cathy of Eyelash Growth Products said...
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- Thursday, February 02, 2012
- Reylan | National Labor Relation Act said...
Nice and elegant and really perfect for a princess.
- Tuesday, March 13, 2012
- Nancy said...
Great sketches and Kate's dress was beautiful.
- Friday, March 30, 2012
- Ashley said...
All the design was looking great. I know that the beauty of a woman comes out when one of those wedding dress was worn.
- Monday, September 24, 2012
- Faye said...
Amazing sketch all are beautiful. Fits for a princess.
- Monday, September 24, 2012
- cheap prom dresses said...
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- Tuesday, October 09, 2012
- Andi Anderson said...
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- Sunday, November 25, 2012
- wedding planning said...
Awesome Blog.. Bridal dress are superb. All sketches are fabulous. I like most the last picture in this post.
- Wednesday, November 28, 2012
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Hiddink signs to end Chelsea rumours
Rumours of Guus Hiddink replacing Andre Villas-Boas as Chelsea manager have now been put to bed after the Dutch coach signed for Anzhi Makhachkala.
Villas-Boas has been under increasing pressure in recent weeks after series of poor performances saw the Stamford Bridge club slip out of the top four on goal difference.
There had been reports that some of the Blues senior players wanted Hiddink back, but he has now ended speculation after signing what is thought to be an 18-month contract worth around £12million.
"We discussed Anzhi for quite some time at the end of last year so now I took the decision quickly," Hiddink is quoted as saying in The Gurdian.
"I'm happy that I got this chance – to work not only in a football club but to work with friends who invited me here."
Chelsea fans have fond memories of Hiddink as he came in on a short-term deal when Abramovich sacked Luis Felipe Scolari in 2009, after a similarly unsuccessful beginning to his Blues tenure.
The Dutchman turned the season around at Stamford Bridge, getting them back into the top four and winning the FA Cup.
Hiddink had a successful spell as manager of the Russian team, getting them to the semi-finals of Euro 2008.
He was, up until recently, in charge of the Turkish national team but he resigned after failing to qualify for Euro 2012, losing 3-0 to Croatia in the second-placed play-offs.News Now - Sport News


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S1 E09 Be Careful of Stones That You Throw
Juliette Barnes is late for a recording session. That's because she's busy having sex with Sean in the back of a limo. They are consummating their marriage. Yes, the music star and the quarterback just eloped! Juliette shows off her new ring to Rayna, who wants to know if the newlywed is all in for their combo tour which is coming up fast. These two still don't really like each other, but they sure do need each other.
Sean's parents aren't thrilled to learn that their baby boy has married Juliette. They insist on having a church wedding. The only available day is the one before Juliette is scheduled to head out on tour with Rayna. The news that his wife is hitting the road right away catches Sean off guard. With his football schedule and Juliette's arena tour, they'll hardly have any time together. As for the wedding, Sean's opinionated mom lets Juliette know that an old saying is true—you don't just marry the man, you marry the family.
Speaking of family, Juliette is forced to let her mom know that she's having a big church wedding to marry the guy she already married. Jolene isn't thrilled to hear that her daughter may be trying to quiet her demons by moving so fast with this relationship. She may be right about that one, as Juliette seems most uncomfortable when Sean pulls her close to snuggle on the couch.
Rayna lets Liam know that she wants to do their album, but she wants to get out of Nashville even more. She also wants to take the girls with her on the tour. This doesn't sit well with Teddy. Lamar doesn't like it either. He says that if this comes down to a custody battle, Maddie may learn the truth about her real father. Obviously, that's not Teddy, who vows to come after Lamar if he ever threatens the bond he has with his daughter again. Later, Rayna and Teddy both admit that they still love each other. They just don't know if they're happy. The tour is the perfect cover for their problems, both publically and privately.
Dominic Wells lets Avery know that he needs to ditch his bar band back home pronto. This obviously doesn't go over well with JT and the boys. In other news, Scarlett is having lots of problems both personally and professionally with Gunnar. As she takes a little break from their songwriting partnership, Avery stops by to pick up his things. A goodbye hug leads to passionate kiss. A short time later, while basking in the afterglow, Avery reveals that he dumped his band. This jolts Scarlett back to reality. She quickly remembers that Avery is always all about Avery.
Scarlett and JT bond over their mutual distaste for Avery. They team up to do a show featuring all of his old songs. Scarlett knocks it out of the park as she sings "A Twist of Barbed Wire." The audience loves her. JT wants her to sing with the band permanently. He sends a video to Avery so he can see his ex driving the crowd crazy while playing with his old band. As for Scarlett, singing someone else's songs makes her realize how much she likes doing her own thing with Gunnar. They make amends to collaborate on a brand new tune.
Deacon is getting used to the rock world as he settles in to his new life with the Revel Kings. The crowds are going wild and reporters are clamoring for interviews. Actually, it's just one reporter. Her name is Carmen and she's more interested in pressing her lips up to Deacon's mouth instead of her mini-recorder. These two obviously have a past. Carmen is just glad Deacon survived his wilder days especially after what happened to someone they both knew named Vince. She also lets Deacon know that Rayna is going on tour with Juliette.
Deacon is a hit with the crowds and his band. The latter group wants to know if he's with them for the long haul. He says that he is, but doesn't seem to have his heart in it. Carmen can see something is bugging him as they lay in bed together. She mentions a car accident that took their friend Vince back when Deacon was drinking. Carmen is worried about him. Deacon appreciates this. He kisses her passionately to show her how much.
Juliette is a vision in white when her wedding day arrives. Sean wants her to wear his grandmother's necklace as she walks down the aisle. He waits patiently at the church as Juliette makes her way down the road in the back of the limo. When the car stops, Juliette removes the necklace and leaves it on the backseat. She steps outside, but is nowhere near the church. Instead, she's at the airport and walking toward a private plane. Looks like Juliette won't be having a big church wedding after all.


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Why Football & Bridal Showers Don't Mix
The happy couple-to-be chose his (yes, his) favorite football team's colors for the bridal shower cake, resulting in...well, this:
I'm not sure which is worse: the color scheme or the smashed floral squid-like creature lurking on top, its rosy tendrils poised to snag any unsuspecting guest who strays too close. ("Oh, look, hon! They spelled it right and everythin...AAAUGGH! It's got me! Getitoffgetitoff -HELP!!!)
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Elise Liu's "Idea of America" essay selected for $5,000 grand prize
Elise Liu, 17, of Pittsburgh, Pa., was selected as the grand prize winner in the national "Idea of America" Essay Contest, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced today. NEH Chairman Bruce Cole made the announcement at a special reception and dinner at the U.S. Supreme Court in honor of Liu and three other student winners in the 2006 contest. The annual competition for high school juniors is part of NEH's We the People program, launched by President George W. Bush in 2002, to strengthen the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture.
"I congratulate Elise Liu on her excellent essay," said Chairman Cole. "Her analysis of the issues, her understanding of the principles set forth by our founding fathers, and her examination of their historical deliberations show a real engagement with our democratic ideals. It is extremely important that American young people understand the founding ideals of our nation. Elise has not just learned about American ideals, but has analyzed and thought about how these ideals benefit and influence us today."
Essayists were asked to write 1,500 words on the historical debate in the First Congress during the summer of 1789 over the adoption of the First Amendment to the Constitution. Liu's essay focused on the arguments for and against adopting the amendment as presented by the Federalists, who favored a strong central government, and the Anti-Federalists who held the opposite view.
In her essay, Liu wrote, "While the Constitution was being written and ratified, Anti-Federalists were already clamoring for a Declaration of Rights of the people. Since the new government would be more powerful than its predecessor, they worried that the absence of a list of basic freedoms would grant the federal government tyrannical power…. In contrast, Federalists opposed any change to the Constitution. They pointed out that the government had not existed long enough to know its flaws and contended that enumerated rights were unnecessary for a democratic republic." [Read the full text of Liu's essay.]
Liu, who attends Fox Chapel Area High School in Pittsburgh, received a special medallion and an award of $5,000 for her grand prize winning essay. Three other winners, also honored at Monday's event, received medallions and awards of $1,000 each: Sean Frazier, 17, of Montauk, N.Y., who attends East Hampton High School in Montauk; Sang (Bill) Jung, 17, of Rochester Hills, Mich., attends the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Conn.; and Anna Pritt, 17, of Walkersville, Md., who is home-schooled. The event at the U.S. Supreme Court included remarks by Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer.
This year's contest drew entries from more than 1,700 11th-grade public, private, and home-schooled students across the nation. Essays were first evaluated by 16 history teachers. Those essays with the highest scores were then reviewed by staff at the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum in Chicago and members of the National Council on the Humanities, who recommended finalists to NEH Chairman Bruce Cole. The Chairman made the final selections.
The National Endowment for the Humanities gratefully acknowledges the generous support provided by the National Trust for the Humanities and by the McCormick Tribune Foundation for the Endowment's We the People program.


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Two people were shot at Spanish Trace Apartments in southwest Gainesville Wednesday afternoon, and the suspected shooter was later found dead by police in a nearby apartment, apparently the victim of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
An hourslong wait that began with two people shot at Spanish Trace Apartments in southwest Gainesville on Wednesday afternoon ended when police entered an apartment and found the suspected shooter dead with a gun beside him, according to the Gainesville Police Department.
Police identified the suspect as Lorenzo Fitzpatrick, 48. Police believe he shot himself, but added that the investigation is continuing.
Meanwhile, Desiree A. Reyes, 21, and Bruce Cheeves, 24, suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. Reyes was shot in the arm and Cheeves in the chest, police said.
Police said an ongoing dispute led to the shooting. Some residents of other apartments were hustled out of the area when the gunfire occurred while others bunkered inside their apartments.
"I heard the first shot and saw Des run away with her kids. I saw her boyfriend come from the corner and the cops escort them both out," said resident Codey Carter, a Santa Fe College student. "I had come outside to go to school and when I locked the door, I heard the first shot. I freaked out and turned around. That's when I saw Des and her children running out and the lady upstairs screaming, 'Where are you going Des? What's wrong?' and that's when I heard the second shot."
Gainesville police spokesman Officer Ben Tobias said police entered the apartment where the shooting occurred and found Fitzpatrick dead on the floor with a gunshot wound. A gun was found next to his body, Tobias said, leading police to believe the gunshot wound was self-inflicted.
"We still have a lot of investigating to do," Tobias said.
The shooting was reported at 3:20 p.m. Wednesday. Officer Sandy Teasley was sent to Spanish Trace to investigate an ongoing disturbance that appeared to be related to noise complaints, police said.
While Teasley was interviewing people on the second floor, he heard gunshots from Apartment 11 on the first floor. Teasley ran to the first floor and saw Reyes and Cheeves running from the apartment with gunshot wounds. Tobias said Teasley provided armed cover for them to get out of the immediate area.
Soon thereafter Teasley heard another gunshot.
Additional officers arrived on the scene and worked to get other residents to safety.
The door to Apartment 11 was open the whole time, Carter said.
But police did not go inside at that point. Instead, SWAT team members from GPD and the Alachua County Sheriff's Office were assembled.
The Sheriff's Office also brought a piece of heavy equipment that could push in a door while shielding officers. The U.S. Marshal's Service Regional Fugitive Task Force also provided assistance at the scene.
Police had no contact with Fitzpatrick while the staging was occurring and were not certain he was in the apartment.
With no one in apparent danger, police were able to move at their own pace. At 6:50 p.m., officers went into the apartment and found Fitzpatrick. Police believe he shot himself shortly after shooting Reyes and Cheeves.
Police Chief Tony Jones said at the scene that a primary goal of police was to ensure the safety of others at the complex.
"Anytime somebody is injured or shot, or there is a threat, we try to avoid even more people getting injured. That's why you see all the resources here from the police department and the sheriff's department," Jones said. "Then we could slow it down and take our time to identify and locate the person."
A Gainesville Regional Transit System bus was brought into the complex to provide a comfortable spot for some of the residents. Some of those evacuated, and residents who were not home at the time and kept out by police, gathered at the nearby Chuy's Restaurant. Inaccurate rumors were passed among them.
Just after 6 p.m., police addressed one of the rumors in an alert on Facebook that "there have been rumors that there was a second shooting at a local pawn shop nearby, but that was just the evacuation point for the initial victims. There was only one incident scene."
Multiple police units were at the Spanish Trace complex, including the GPD SWAT team, which had been practicing a drill at Westwood Middle School on Northwest 34th Street when the shooting call came in.
Residents of nearby apartment complexes were directed by officers to evacuate or remain in their apartments. "STAY INDOORS," GPD urged residents through its Facebook page.
Joshua Segarra, who lives in Spanish Trace in a neighboring apartment, said he was returning from Winn-Dixie when he came upon a barricade at the complex.
"The cops told me I needed to find something else to do for awhile until they figure it out," he said.
Segarra said he saw one of his neighbors in Apartment 11 being taken away in an ambulance.
Witness Kim Walsh said she saw a man with blood on his abdomen being escorted by police through a parking lot outside the Oaks Pawn shop on Archer Road. Tobias emphasized that no shooting occurred at the plaza, just that the victim was taken through that area as a safety precaution.
Officers blocked Windmeadows Boulevard and traffic flowed slowly on Southwest 34th Street and Archer Road. Butler Plaza remained opened.
At 3:40 p.m., GPD posted an alert on its Facebook page about an "active shooter situation" on the north side of the apartment complex.
The University of Florida also sent out an alert to faculty, staff and students to "shelter in place," that GPD had reported a shooting, said UF spokeswoman Janine Sikes. A lot of student apartments are in the area, which is across Southwest 34th Street from the west side of UF's main campus.


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It's been a while since I posted an update of my scanning project. For the newcomers since then, I'm managing a large family history project for someone. It includes a scanning component. Once a week, I scan someone else's family archives. The findings are often so interesting, that I share my observations here. I do all this in a general sense, of course. Confidentiality, and all that.
Much of what I scanned lately has been about living people, so you see how hard it is to generalize that. Many of the items are very exciting and I wish I could share them. Even though this isn't my family, I'm still fascinated by what others accomplish in their lives.
Lately I've been scanning business items. These ancestors had an entrepreneurial spirit that was passed down the generations.
Scanned items include business photos. My favorite is an ancestor in his 1900-era store. He was an immigrant and very proud of his accomplishment. He stood tall in the photo among his inventory. I spent a couple minutes just looking at the items in the store, the signs, the displays, before I put the photo back and scanned some more.
Other photos of other businesses had past employees posing around the products they created. Also in the file were early literature and business stationery.
There were also some documents that reflected the financial side of family businesses. It takes money, risk and a whole lot of faith. How scary it must have been to wager one's savings and hard work for a gamble on success. In scanning the business documents of another family, I thought of my own ancestors and living family members who have done the same.
Business history is part of family history. Do not ignore it. In fact, go forth and explore it.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
What I Scanned
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So pleased to see the return of this series. Thanks, AmyReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Jill. I'm afraid it's almost over. :(Delete
Three file cabinets' worth of items are almost completely scanned.
Luckily, I was asked to transcribe some letters that I'd previously scanned. Hopefully I can make a blog series about that, too.
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Sometimes a business is part of an inheritance that is passed down. I'm sure these photos were precious artifacts.ReplyDelete
Could you tell us "How you scanned?" What I mean is, at what dpi did you scanned and what did you scan? Did you scan photos at one dpi and documents at another dpi?ReplyDelete
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I like drawing, and DLC is a HUGE inspiration, and helps me remember that any "art style" is fine...
Tho i personally don't think my art style is very good
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Texas on the Potomac is pleased to share some of the best national political content from the Texas Tribune. Today, we offer this story by Trib newbie (but goodie) Aman Batheja.
Former Alaska Gov. and conservative icon Sarah Palin endorsed former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz in the U.S. Senate race Thursday.
Both Palin and her husband, Todd, pledge their support in a letter to Cruz, who hopes to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.
"Your conservative principles, passionate defense of our Constitution and our free market system come at a time when these cornerstones of our freedom and prosperity are under attack," Palin wrote in the letter, according to the campaign. "Our shared goal isn't just to change the majority in control of the Senate, but to assure principled conservatives like you are there to fight for us."
In a statement, Cruz said he was "humbled and honored" by the endorsement.
"With Governor Palin's support, and the support of tens of thousands of conservatives from all across Texas, we will turn our country around, rein in out-of-control spending and debt in Washington, and restore the Constitution," Cruz said.
Since gaining nationwide prominence after 2008 GOP presidential nominee John McCain picked her as his running mate, Palin has periodically endorsed candidates in various races around the country. In 2010, she endorsed Gov. Rick Perry in his re-election bid against Hutchison. Last month, she endorsed Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock, who this week defeated longtime U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar in that state's Republican primary.
Polls have consistently shown Cruz trailing the front-runner in the Republican race, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.
This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune at http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-congressional-election/sarah-palin-endorses-ted-cruz-us-senate-race/.


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text: Vice President Michele Rovinsky-Mayer joined Drexel in 2008 as the Executive Director for the Office of Equality and Diversity and was promoted in 2009 to Assistant Vice President, to Associate Vice President in 2011, and to Vice President in 2018. Rovinsky-Mayer, an attorney and mediator, received her J.D. from Temple University Beasley School of Law in 1992. Prior to joining Drexel, Rovinsky practiced employment and civil rights law. She has represented both colleges and universities and employees in work-related disputes, including discrimination and civil rights matters. Rovinsky-Mayer is a trained and experienced mediator, having mediated for, among others, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.


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Autobiography in the United States
Accounts of the immigrant experience, of feminist and/or activist involvement, of the changing role of women in Jewish and American life, as well as literary and political autobiographies, Holocaust survival narratives, and coming-of-age memoirs are all categories of autobiography to which American Jewish women have contributed copiously.
Sophie Cahn Axman
Sophie Cahn Axman was an articulate and opinionated Progressive reformer, a member of the Jewish elite with an uncompromising drive to improve her people.
Hertha Ayrton
Hertha Ayrton, born Phoebe Sarah Marks, was a distinguished British woman scientist, who, in 1902, was the first woman to be proposed for the fellowship of the Royal Society.
Sara Azaryahu
A teacher and women's activist, Azaryahu was born in Dinaburg (Dvinsk, Daugavpils), Latvia, into a traditional-modern family.
B'nai B'rith Women
Before the outbreak of World War I, over a dozen B'nai B'rith women's auxiliaries were scattered from San Francisco to New Jersey. They expanded into cultural activities, philanthropy, and community service, such as financial support of orphanages and homes for the elderly. Their announced aims were to perpetuate Jewish culture, enrich their communities, and ensure the religious survival of their sons and daughters. Their unannounced goals included sociability and the first steps toward personal independence.
Ba'alei Ha-Nefesh
A halakhic work composed in 1180 that deals with the laws of behavior during menstruation (niddah), Ba'alei ha-Nefesh (Masters of the Soul) was written by Rabbi Abraham ben David of Posquières (the Rabad, c. 1125–1198), who was also known as ba'al ha-hassagot (critic par excellence).
Ba'alot Teshuvah: American Jewish Women
The Ba'alot Teshuvahs' decision to explore Orthodox Jewish ways of life represents one possible solution to current widespread questions about women's proper roles. The structural changes in American society in the past thirty years, in particular the changing demographics of women's educational, occupational, marital, and childbearing patterns, have occasioned a debate in our culture about women's nature and social roles similar to the late nineteenth-century "woman question" that followed the Industrial Revolution.
Babatha daughter of Shim'on, a Jewish landowner who lived in Roman Arabia, owned a document archive found in a cave in the Judaean desert. Babatha's archive is an extremely important resource for many issues, especially on the question of Jewish women's legal position in Greco-Roman Palestine.
Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall's 1944 Hollywood debut in To Have and Have Not catapulted this young Jewish actress into instant stardom. Costarring with her husband-to-be, Humphrey Bogart, Bacall soon became known for "The Look"—downturned head, eyes looking up, suggestive of a young woman sexually wise beyond her years. She and Bogart were one of Hollywood's most famous couples, both on screen and off, and Bacall was famous for her characterizations of women whose strong will complemented, rather than detracted from, their sexual attraction.
Elisabeth Badinter
A feminist philosopher and writer, Elisabeth Badinter has been among the foremost and most controversial French intellectuals of her generation.
Bertha Badt-Strauss
The life of writer Bertha Badt-Strauss spanned two centuries and two continents. Born in Breslau, Germany, in 1885, the religious Badt-Strauss, who promoted a return to Judaism as well as the cultural Zionist "Jewish Renaissance," lived the last thirty years of her life in the southern United States.
Edith Jacobi Baerwald
Although Baerwald was born into a privileged, upper-class family, her wealth did not isolate her with respect to social class. She was deeply interested in the social structure of New York City, and recognized her ability to contribute to the lives of others less fortunate than herself. She considered volunteer work a social obligation, and poured her time and tireless energy into numerous projects.
Baghdadi Jewish Women in India
The "Baghdadis," referring to Jews coming mainly from Baghdad, Basra and Aleppo, but also from other Arabic speaking parts of the Ottoman Empire, arrived in India in the late eighteenth century and ultimately formed important diaspora trading communities in Bombay and Calcutta.
Cora Baird
Cora Baird was half of the world-renowned Bil & Cora Baird Marionettes.
Bais Ya'akov Schools
Founded by Sarah Schenirer as a way of combating assimilation among her contemporaries, Bais Ya'akov is an Orthodox Jewish educational movement for girls and young women that began in Cracow, Poland in 1917 and spread rapidly throughout much of the Ashkenazic Jewish world.
Eugenie Baizerman
Artist Eugenie Baizerman rarely exhibited her work and never sold a painting during her lifetime. According to her husband, sculptor Saul Baizerman, although she sought a quiet life to focus on her work, she nevertheless experienced an inner turmoil that manifested itself in the free, expressionistic colors of her canvases.
Belle Baker
Belle Baker has been described as a famed torch singer and vaudeville star, as well as a Yiddish, Broadway, and motion picture actor.
Angelica Balabanoff
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Zsófia Balla
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Golde Bamber
Described as a stiff Victorian woman from an old Boston Jewish family, Golde Bamber applied her education and cultured upbringing to become one of Boston's pioneer social reformers and educators among the city's Eastern European immigrants.
Florence Bamberger
Educational administrator, professor, and author, Florence Bamberger devoted her life and career to developing and implementing her progressive views on teaching, teacher education, and scientific educational supervision. Her commitment to supervisory models of pedagogy continues to influence schools of education today.
Theda Bara
Long before Mae West, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Jean Harlowe, and Madonna vamped their way across the silver screen, there was Theda Bara—the original celluloid "vamp."
Baraita de-Niddah
The term niddah is used in Jewish tradition in relation to menstruation. It implies "a menstruating woman," "menstruation," "menstrual blood," "bleeding period," "menstrual impurity," "laws related to menstruation," etc. The root of the term is ndd or ndh, which means wandering or exclusion, related most certainly to the exclusion of the menstruant from ordinary social activities.
Elisheva Barak-Ussoskin
The decisions of Judge Barak-Ussoskin, who is known for her extraordinary patience and excellent judicial spirit, are outstanding for their innovative character, thoroughness, well-argued and scholarly reasoning based on national as well as international and theoretical experience, and for the stress they lay on human rights in the sphere of labor and employment. Her rulings undoubtedly have a critical influence on the development of labor law and labor relations in Israel.


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* The Boneyard [1] * Rumdoodle [2] * Boothill * The Cellar * The Gutter * The Canyon [3] * The Laboratory * The Powerhouse
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- Seasonal closure of The Canyon – Kloof Gorge [4]
Climbers are reminded of the closure of The Canyon in the Kloof Gorge annually, from 1 October to 31 December.
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I started to play gothic 3 again but i read on the forum about the qp cm and the new version(i play whit cm 2.2 and version 1.74 because my PC cant work the 1.75 and a newer CM + i didn't install those 2 things that would crank up the requirements )The game works really well and i love the new things that ar added.But whit all good things bad things will come as well and i have a few questions(soory of their ar useless i haven't played gothic 3 in 2 years):
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TUCSON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords stood on her own two feet Wednesday for the first time since she was shot in the head at point-blank range Jan. 8, her doctor said.
Dr. Peter Rhee of University Medical Center told KVOA-TV, Tucson, Giffords' feat is the result of "aggressive rehab" and said she also was able to sit in a chair in her hospital room and look at the Catalina Mountains.
Giffords' mother, Gloria Giffords, said Tuesday the congresswoman will be moved Friday from UMC to a rehabilitation facility in Houston. Hospital spokeswoman Darci Slaten declined to confirm the transfer date.
In an e-mail message to family friends obtained by CNN, Gloria Giffords wrote: "There is a team of medical specialists involved ... including military surgeons who specialize in bullet wounds to the head. They want to start aggressive rehab immediately."
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There's a reason that those TV shows do so well – you know – the ones featuring ordinary-looking but inexplicably well-off people buying houses in the country or the sun with their many multiples of half a million pounds.
They replay relentlessly on certain TV channels, taunting us with their aspirational, largely unobtainable, what might have been but probably won't lifestyles.
I find myself repeating, how did they make get much money?
Labelled as they are - civil servants, nurses, business people, former armed services – it seems baffling that they have earned their money with careers like many of ours.
To be fair, some have been lucky or talented, some inherited wealth, and some are simply canny.
But most of them are just like us but living in a much better house.
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A new report goes some way to explaining why generations of haves have now spawned a generation of have-nots.
Men, traditionally, if not fairly, the higher earners, are earning thousands of pounds less than the previous generation due to the changing nature of work, a think tank has suggested.
According to the Resolution Foundation, men are now far more likely to be working in basic service jobs or part-time with lower wages.
By the age of 30, young men have earned £12,500 less on average when compared to those born between 1966 and 1980,
If you add the rapid rise of house prices since then, it all starts to become a bit clearer why some generations are better off than others – and how some have then directly benefited from that inherited wealth.
The result of this reduction of earning power for young men has, on the flip side, reduced the gender pay gap – although not for the right reasons and not because women are proportionally earning more.
Of course other factors are at play in the generational wealth gap – pension reductions, higher living expenses, education, childcare – everything is far more expensive ...
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Nuno Martins speaks at Queen's University colloquium
Associate Professor Nuno Martins (ECE/ISR) was an invited speaker in the Queen's University Department of Mathematics and Statistics' Colloquia Series on Friday, March 9. He spoke on "New Convex Parametrizations for the Design of Sparsity Constrained Controllers."
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The Faculty History Project documents faculty members who have been associated with the University of Michigan since 1837, and the history of the University's schools and colleges. This project is part of a larger effort to prepare resources for the University's bicentennial in 2017. Find out more.
Wilbur J. Cohen
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