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It was a miracle. Penny's aunt was kidnapped, taken to the woods, and then miraculously saved by an unseen, hidden archer. The only clue to his identity was a handmade arrow. Eleven-year-old Penny and her friend, Chad, determine to get to the bottom of the mystery.Chad and Penny are members of Earthkeepers, a club of concerned kids trying to do their part to clean up the environment. They're in the north woods of Minnesota to plant trees -- supposedly. In a well-hidden cave they find a coffee can full of newspaper clippings that seem only to raise more questions. Maybe the mysterious stranger is no angel after all! And maybe Penny and Chad shouldn't be out in the woods!Especially since they're increasingly certain they are not alone...
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Imagine on BF being able to not only sort by retailer, but by price comparison for certain titles. I really think it would revolutionize how CAG presents ads (among other things) making the site a one-stop shop.
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Hi, I'm know expert but have you tried covering them with marzipan first to do royal icing decorating? Just a thought. HTH.
Sorry, but marzipan is WAY too expensive to waste on covering dummy.
If you really want to do it with royal or buttercream, thinned royal with extra water and a little corn syrup put on in multiple layers, dried and sanded in between can give you a nice look, but it's not quick.
For buttercream, a cheap recipe using crisco, water, and PS works well.
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i agree, i jsut covered a 3 tier inRI and it looks like crap, ill be washing it all off. i may try sanding it first but that changes the finish. With BC ice as you would a regular cake and smooth with the paper towels. I save all my old white buttercream and put it into one bucket just for doing displays.
I've been trying to cover mine for months. The royal looked like crap. It wouldn't smooth and sanding did nothing for it. I'm on my third coat of BC and it's all bumpy. Why oh why is this happening???
On a positive note, I have finally managed to make it so they don't move around as much. I put a flower nail through a cake board and then into the bottom of the dummy. I also put a thick piece of rubber shelf liner on my turntable. The thinner stuff didn't work, use the thick one.
Thanks for the flower nail tip. I have been fighting with a 5 layer that kept moving around on the turn table. I never dreamed that the lack of weight would make such a difference in icing the dummies! Thanks again for the tip.
What exactly are the types of problems you're having? The dummies moving around? Being able to ice the sharp edges? Just getting it smooth?
Double sided tape on the turntable works well. Also the no-skid material is a great help to hold them in place. I use a cheaped out version of my BC to ice dummies (no vanilla, no dream whip). It hardens like concrete. (I dont' use RI for anything cake.)
Are you stacking the dummies (wedding cake)? If so, you don't have to ice the dead-center of the tops because the next cake up will cover the bare spot. I ice the top just about 3" in from the sides ... just enough that the next tier has some BC glue to hold it in place. It holds great. I pick up 3 and 4 tier dummies by the top tier and carry them around.
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I was having trouble with them moving around. I haven't even got to the stage of stacking them yet! I am using BC and I did like you said and used the "cheaped out" version of my recipe.
I am doing a stacked wedding cake.
I knew there had to be a trick to doing it, and finally just had to walk away for a while!
Thanks Indydeb!
The little 6" ones are the WORST!
I HATE doing 6" dummies!
I can't get them smooth enough. I have no idea what's going on with them. They look like crap. I don't usually have this problem on real cake. I don't know if it's because I can't work the frosting enough using the Viva method or what. I've tried a straight spatula, an offset spatula, and a putty knife before it crusts. After crusting, I've tried the Viva and a fondant smoother with Viva between the smoother and the cake.
I've beat the tar out of my buttercream, which only made more air bubbles. I've also tried really slathering on the buttercream and chanting, "remove the extra, remove the extra" while smoothing with a spatula. I've tried cursing. I've tried walking away. I've tried more time to crust and less time to crust. I put a 3rd coat on these suckers today and they still look bad.
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Valves are devices that regulate, direct, or control the flow of fluids (gases, liquids) by opening, closing, or partially opening various pathways. The three most commonly used types of valves in HVAC systems are:
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"He was just a Hazara" : ethnic rivalry between two brothers (Dr Jennifer Minter, English Works Notes)
Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner, set in Afghanistan and eventually in America, depicts the struggle of two half brothers whose relationship is defined by class and ethnic gender. Amir enjoys a life of privilege as a Pashtun, whereas Hassan is doomed to a life of suffering and servitude because he is a Hazara.
The political turmoil in Afghanistan provides the background for Amir's life. He grows up in a period of relative peace during the reign of King Zahir Shah, who was deposed in 1973. He and Baba fled Kabul during the Soviet invasion to take refuge in the United States in 1989. When Amir returns, Afghanistan has been taken over by the Taliban — a group espousing fundamentalist Islamic principles (1995-2001). Hosseini is critical of the ethnic rivalry and, in particular, of the fact that the Hazaras, who are predominantly Shi'a Muslims, are brutally, and shamefully, persecuted. Typically, they are servants to the wealthy Pashtuns, (the Sunni Muslims). In more ways than one, the Pashtuns win the "genetic lottery"; most are prepared to exploit the "lottery" to their advantage and reap the rewards: status, reputation and the right to control the terms of the ethnic divide.
As a Hazara, Hassan is particularly vulnerable during the rise of the Taliban in 1995. Although they expelled the Russians, they are intolerant of ethnic difference; they discriminate against the Hazaras, "infidels" and women. Ethnic cleansing reached a climax during the massacre of Mazar-i-Sharif in 1998 during which 8,000 Hazaras were shot, including Hassan. It is during this time that Amir eventually returns to Afghanistan from the United States to rescue Hassan's son, Sohrab.
Initially, as close friends, Amir and Hassan are unaware of their sibling ties, but they are acutely aware of a gap in status and are certainly ignorant of Baba's sin that fuels the rivalry. Prompted by Rahim Kahn, Amir finally seeks to make amends for the family's sins.
"He was just a Hazara."
Amir feels guilty that Hassan is raped by Assef while flying his kite during the kite festival. He is desperate to return the kite to his father and gain his respect. As Amir avers, "the rest of my life might have turned out differently if I had (opened my mouth)". He runs away as if he "aspires to cowardice" and rationalizes the fact that Hassan is fair game. "He was just a Hazara."
On the one hand, Amir's flight has everything to do with power, control and a fate that as a child he does not fully grasp. Amir realizes that the "the real reason" he is running is because "Assef was right". "Nothing was free in this world". That nothing is "free" suggests that he expediently exploits Hassan's goodness in order to achieve his childhood dream of gaining Baba's affection, but in doing so he is also guilty of perpetuating the discriminatory caste system that privileges the Pashtuns over the Hazaras. (As he later realises, in Baba's case, it is possible to commit "sin with impunity" by rationalising one's actions according to cast privileges.)
On the other hand, it has everything to do with his shame and his disloyalty. Amir is scared that he does not have the strength or courage to defend his friendship with Hassan. He lacks Hassan's good nature and his strength.
Amir feels forever guilty owing to a host of conflicting emotions:
- he sees himself as a coward and believes he is not worthy of his father's respect and affection.
- he betrays his views and values of respect, loyalty, friendship and dignity.
- he feels worthless. He is not as good as Hassan, who suffered the humiliation of rape while protecting his friend. He would not do the same for Hassan. Is he guilty of dismissing him as just an "ugly pet"?
- he perpetuated injustice towards the Hazaras through his tacit compliance. He did not prevent Assef from raping his friend and thereby betrays his views and values.
- he is personally deceitful and feels diminished. He did not save the kite and yet enjoys Baba's smile.
"the sacrificial lamb"
Contrastingly, as the "perfect" servant, Hassan appears as the caricature of loyalty. This is because, as Hosseini suggests, Hassan has been conditioned to accept his servile place in society and suffers quietly. He refuses to give the bully, Assef, the kite, but it leads to the utmost degradation. Hassan never tells Amir that he was raped owing to his "guileless devotion". Amir notices that during the rape, Hassan's face reveals "resignation". "It was the look of the lamb" – the sacrificial lamb. Silently, Hassan suffers indignity, which only serves to compound Amir's guilt.
Soon after, Amir spitefully pelts Hassan with pomegranates trying to provoke a reaction in Hassan. Amir realizes that he would probably feel better if he had a reason to hate Hassan, but Hassan denies him this satisfaction. He refuses to retaliate. Instead, Hassan crushes the pomegranate against his own forehead and confronts Amir, challenging his friend as to whether he has satisfied his desire to offend and humiliate him (as Assef also did). The tree, a potent symbol of friendship, becomes in this case a symbol of betrayal. Amir hides the watch under his mattress which eventually prompts their departure. Did this lead indirectly and eventually to Hassan's death?
Later, Hassan also shows generosity of spirit – not just towards Amir. Hassan does nurse a grudge against Sanaubar who left the family after his birth, possibly as we find out, because of her own shame. Hassan offers Sanaubar a chance to atone for her failings when she returns to the family fold, and helps Hassan and Farzana raise their son, Sohrab. It is the chance to experience the joy of motherhood that she has been denied, through bad luck, circumstances and lust.
"And that, I believe, is what true redemption is Amir jan, when guilt leads to good."
Amir's confrontation with Assef is a pivotal moment in the text whereby he not only confronts his personal demons but also faces up to his role of complicity as a Pashtun in the denigration of the supposed inferior Hazara caste. The confrontation with Assef and his own personal violation reflects Hassan's by the same bully more than 20 years earlier.
Returning to Kabul at the height of Taliban power, to rescue Sohrab, Hassan's son, Amir confronts his childhood nemesis, Assef. Now a Taliban, with a German background and Nazi-like qualities, Assef brutally bashes Amir and with each assault, Amir feels a sense of the abject suffering that Hassan experienced. Hosseini shows just how far Amir has come in his quest towards atonement. It is almost as if he has changed places with Hassan and become the "sacrificial lamb".
Reversing roles, Amir now suffers the punishment that he should have received during the rape scene if he had protected his friend. Assef's brass knuckles inflict cruel damage but for once Amir does not flinch. In fact he laughs: "The harder I laughed, the harder he kicked me, punched me, scratched me." Assef is infuriated at the fact that he appears to be ridiculing him, "What's so funny?"
Amidst the pain, Amir feels a sense of peace. He feels "healed" — morally and spiritually — at the fact that, as a former "gutless" person, he has summoned the courage to defend his friend, his values and his pride. Although, ironically it is Sohrab's "deadly slingshot", (Hassan's trademark) that saves him, Amir experiences this moment as an important milestone in his journey towards redemption.
"Baba and I were more alike than I'd ever known."
Although Baba is a reputable businessman and enjoys a high status in Afghan society, he is not without his blemishes. He had an illicit affair with Ali's wife, Sanaubar and this results in Hassan's birth. Not only is Baba guilty of humiliating his long-standing and devoted servant, but he is also complicit in the theft of Hassan's identity, for Hassan is never told the circumstances of his birth. As Amir remarks when he learns the truth from Rahim Kahn, "there is only one sin – to tell a lie."
As it also turns out, Baba has stolen Hassan's identity and "that is theft". He also stole Ali's honour, "His nang. His namoos," and Amir's "right to know". Inadvertently, this sin fuels the sibling rivalry between the two brothers and places Amir in an unwinnable situation that leads to betrayal. In a way that Amir could never understand, Baba favours Hassan and overcompensates for his sin. In contrast, Baba is shamed by Amir, who will always struggle for Baba's admiration and affection in Hassan's presence. Just as Amir is constantly reminded of his guilt when he confronts Hassan, Baba is ashamed of Amir. He is the "socially legitimate half" and the "sin-with-impunity privileges" that came with it. As Rahim Kahn states, "when he saw you, he saw himself. And his guilt". For this reason Amir recognizes that they both share the guilt of unjust deeds perpetrated against both Ali and Hassan.
Kahn suggests, he was "maybe even a great man" and that "real good" was born out of father's remorse. Just as Amir will seek to make amends, Baba, too attempted to rectify his misdeeds. He treats Hassan almost as a son and is disheartened when they are forced by Amir to leave the family property. Baba also establishes orphanages to help the underprivileged in Afghanistan, pays for Hassan's medical bills, and seeks to repair his own fragile relationship with Amir when they migrate to America.
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However, on another level Hosseini suggests that as a Pashtun both Amir and his father before him have indirectly perpetuated the system of injustice by being willing bystanders. The father has not taken a stand, and whilst he does some good works, he does not reveal the source of his shame. Amir implicates himself in the system; and by rescuing Sohrab suggests that the Pashtuns must confront the brutality that has enabled the Taliban and people like Assef to brutally degrade the Hazaras.
"You were too hard on yourself them, and you still are – I saw it in your eyes in Peshawar."
Significantly, Rahim Kahn is the only other character to narrate a part of the story which endows him with authority and wisdom as he offers moral counsel to Amir. However, he, too, is connected with Baba and Amir through a sense of guilt. He was the one who asked Hassan and his wife, Farzana to return to Kabul because he was lonely and too old to look after the house on his own. He protests, "I was not a young man anymore..". "It is me who needs to be forgiven."
Rahim Kahn becomes a vital link to the past, especially as he had the keys to the house, but he also becomes the link between father and son and reveals the secret. Structurally, too, he provides the excuse for Amir's return to Afghanistan, which offers him the chance to redress his sins.
In a sense, it is Rahim Kahn who nurtures the story of atonement, "Come" he tells Amir. "There is a way to be good again." He reveals the details of Baba's sin and his personal struggle for redemption. Omnipotently, he is aware of Hassan's mother, Sanaubar's, return to the family fold and her care for Sohrab. He was the only one who understood the reasons for Amir's vindictive nature and the circumstances of Hassan's departure. "What you did was wrong." But you were a "troubled little boy". "A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer."
However, Rahim Kahn also rationalizes Baba's behavior and his failure to reveal Hassan's identity. He says, that "in Kabul we lived in in those days was a strange world, one in which some things mattered more than the truth". He implies that protecting one's privileged status is more important than the truth and perhaps, in Baba's case, enables him to continue his good deeds. However, as Amir shows, rather, that the truth is paramount; although he lives with the consequences in America — a country that is not stained by the deep-ingrained injustice of cultural rivalry.
Exposing the family's sins
Amir attempts to make amends for the family's sin through a new-found sense of respect and honesty towards Sohrab. He reveals to General Taheri the circumstances of Sohrab's birth and his father's shame. He tells the General not to address Sohrab as a Hazara. "He has a name and it's Sohrab." Accordingly, Hosseini suggests that true reconciliation and redemption can only come about through courage. The author suggests that it takes courage to be honest and to recognize one's own flaws and complicity. Most importantly, it takes courage to resist relying on a shameful caste system that enables one to discriminate "with impunity". In this case, Amir relies rather on his intuitive sense of justice and fairness.
That Assef, the epitome of brutality, has a German background forges a link between the Nazi's discrimination of the Jews and the Pashtun's discrimination towards the Hazaras. Accordingly, when Amir confronts General Taheri about the need to show tolerance and understanding, Hosseni also offers a word of caution for all nations that seek to institutionalize discrimination.
Sohrab eventually gives a smile when they are flying the kite, which Amir interprets as a positive start. However, he knows it is a long journey — a journey that started when Hassan was raped by the enemy, and, worse still, forsaken by a friend. It is a journey that demands honesty and integrity. Sohrab and Amir run together, as the young friends had during their childhood, blissfully and joyfully. It was just a smile, "but I'll take it. With open arms. . . maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting," says Amir.
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As many of you may have heard, the Atlanta Braves are moving out of the city of Atlanta and will be building a new stadium in Cobb County Georgia. There is a lot of positive and negative feedback coming from this move. I want to discuss all this feedback in order to weigh it all to see just how well the scales balance.
I have to admit that I have a vested interest in this move because the new stadium will be about three miles from my house. I will try not to bias my telling of "the story" and will try my best to cover it thoroughly.
First I want to compare the present location with the new location to show why any move at all could be desired by the Braves or the fans. I will also try to evaluate whether the new site is good for all concerned.
The new stadium location is going to be located in a different county than the old stadium's present county but it will no longer be within any city limits. However this location will allow the Braves to still be called the Atlanta Braves because the new address is listed as an Atlanta address even though it technically isn't in Atlanta. This new location is to be at the intersection of I-75 and I-285 on the north side of the metro area.
This location will give access to two interstate highways. The old location had access to two interstates as well. It was located at the intersection of I-20 and I-75/I-85. The new location's proximity to I-285 is more advantageous than I-20 access because I-285 will directly take you all the way around Atlanta thus giving better access to all of metro Atlanta. I-75/I-85 in downtown Atlanta is a much larger interstate than I-75 in Cobb County because downtown there are as many 8 lanes in each direction, where as I-75 in Cobb County has up to 6 lanes each direction. I-285 presently has four lanes in each direction where as I-20 has up to 5 lanes in each direction. However I-285 is in the process of being widened and may be considerably wider by the time the stadium is built. I say this to show the difference in transportation access for those who prefer to drive themselves to and from the stadium for both the new and old location. The new location however will not have the congestion of the downtown traffic.
The parking at the old stadium was so bad that many fans paid to park in the local homeowner's front yards. There are no parking decks available at the stadium nor are there any in close proximity. Therefore parking is a big problem with the old site which leaves Atlanta's public transportation system as the next best alternative. That system is called MARTA and it has its issues as well. Since there are no train stations nearby, the trip on MARTA includes a transfer from train to bus. I have taken that route and it was no fun. Since MARTA has been forbidden to enter Cobb County all the public transportation to the new stadium will have to be by Cobb Transit. Cobb County's transit system is powered only by buses. If someone wanted to use MARTA to access the new stadium they would have to transfer to a Cobb Transit bus somewhere in Fulton County to get to the stadium.
MARTA moving into Cobb County may even be a bigger issue now because this could be the event to push for MARTA's expansion into Cobb County. Cobb residents have fought against MARTA's move into the county ever since MARTA's conception. If it was allowed to come into the county our sales tax would automatically be increased by a penny. That alone is reason enough to object to the expansion of MARTA in Cobb County but it would help stadium transit needs if the train station was built within walking distance of the stadium. It would further help the fans if it actually expanded even further out into the farthest reaches of the county. One of the biggest objections to MARTA's expansion into the outlying counties is the threat of the expansion of crime that could ride the tracks out of Atlanta.
Atlanta traffic problems will be a factor in either location. That is because traffic is bad for the Atlanta metro area no matter where you live. Downtown rush hour traffic is bad because of all the people in all those skyscrapers trying to get out of town. Once away from the stadium area they head in six directions North I-75, South I-75, North I-85, South I-85, East I-20 and West I-20. Cobb County rush hour traffic is bad because of all the people coming from West bound I-285, north bound I-285 and all those people from downtown going north on I-75. I-285 has the added traffic issue of all the through trucks being forced to travel on I-285 because they are prohibited from going through Atlanta. This particular intersection is a major tractor trailer junction where the trucks have to get on and off I-75 via I-285. However the new location will become a commuting nightmare at game time especially when it coincides with rush hour. It will make the commute for all those people who live in close proximity to the new stadium an absolutely nightmare.
The new location also has two local malls within walking distance. The Cobb Galleria Mall is an upscale mall with upscale shopping, good eateries, a movie theater and the Waverly Hotel. The Cumberland Mall is an old established mall with excellent eateries and good shopping. There are also at least a dozen or so good hotels within proximity of the stadium site. There are countless other retail stores, restaurants and other entertainment venues within close proximity. The area is already a well-established commercial area which is very advantageous to the new stadium and fans.
The foremost advantage that the new location has over the present location is security. The downtown location can be a dangerous place to visit. No one could ever feel completely safe walking the streets near Turner Stadium. If you walked just a few blocks from the stadium it is like walking into a ghetto. Atlanta has been actively trying to cleanup the neighborhood around the stadium but they haven't been able to give the crime much curb appeal. The new location is nothing like that. It is within an established commercial area with hotels, office buildings, restaurants and retail store. There should be no fear of walking the streets in any direction for miles at the new location.
The Braves at present, reportedly generate about $100 million in business for Atlanta which brings in about $8.6 million in taxes for the county, city and state. The figures for the new construction project alone is estimated to support over 5200 jobs and generate a payroll increase for the area of $235 million. The new location will generate even more revenue than at the old location, because the Braves organization will be also opening other businesses in the area. That is one of the reasons they are moving from downtown because they couldn't comfortably create such businesses at the the old location and the city continually fought them on that point. They estimate that it will bring 3400 new jobs and $13.5 million in new annual payroll benefits for Cobb County from the new businesses the organization will create in Cobb County. Since they are leaving the city of Atlanta they will no longer have to pay any city taxes and since they are leaving Fulton County for a county with a lower tax rate the Braves will probably save several million in taxes each year.
At present it is estimated that the Braves are directly responsible for supporting about 1700 full time jobs at their present location. That figure should be considerably higher at their new location because of the new businesses they will be starting there.
As a sports organization, the Braves are unique in the fact that they draw about one third of their visiting fans from outside of their metro area. The Braves fan base is not only located in the city of Atlanta, Atlanta metro area and Georgia but it is actually also spread out over the entire southeastern region of the country. Ted Turner can be credited for that because of his airing of the games on his network so many years ago.
All these remote fans generate even more revenue for hotels, restaurants and retail shops in the proximity of the stadium. At present the new location probably doesn't have enough hotel rooms in close proximity to accommodate the new requirement for the visiting fans. However there is plenty of time to build new hotels to fix that problem. The Braves' Organization has already considered this possible problem because the new complex will include a new hotel. Also present hotels located around the city could possibly supply transportation for their guest to and from the stadium. The new location could make it easier for the out-of-towners because they could avoid the drive into the heart of the city. I'm sure that will probably thrill most of them.
The present location has nothing in close proximity that would draw visitors. There are a lot of hotels and restaurants in downtown but those downtown businesses are a mile or more away from the stadium. There are many upscale hotels and places to eat and be entertained but none are within walking distance and especially not a "safe" walking distance.
The new location will have easier access to parking, food, shopping and probably hotels. It will have improved security. The new stadium should of course be a much more updated modern stadium. The Braves organization will stand to make a lot more money not only from the new business adventures they will embark on but they will in all probability sell more tickets. Many local residents who were reluctant to go to a game at the old location will feel encouraged to buy game tickets and go to a game at the new location. It is been proven that the move is great for the Braves but what about the local economy, local residents and local taxpayers, how will they fair?
I have already mentioned how the new business will bring jobs and revenue to the county and that will help the county with new tax revenue and jobs but the stadium comes at a cost. Cobb County taxpayers will "supposedly" have to pay $300 million of the total $672 million needed to build the stadium. We can only hope that is all we have to pay because as you know cost over runs always happen and those figure always get inflated. Therefore expect the bottom line to be much larger in the end. However the Braves organization claims that the cost over runs will be paid for by the team and not the tax payers. Let us hope that is true.
Now we have to wonder how the county is planning on acquiring the $300 million dollars to pay for their part of the stadium. The politicians will probably say that they will tax the out-of-towners through hotels, rental cars and restaurants. That means a night out on the town for everyone will be more expensive even for the locals. They could of course try to raise property taxes and no one likes getting their property taxes raised so that would create an uproar. The biggest problem for Cobb County is that it presently isn't operating with any surplus revenue, as a matter of fact it is struggling. Therefore this new financial burden will have to come from some new revenue or rather from some new tax. That means that Cobb County residents or taxpayers will inevitably have to pay this $300 million.
Every time there is a home game or event at the stadium the local residents will suffer the most with the new influx of traffic and people swamping the area. Remember that the stadium can and probably will be used for things other than just Braves Games.
The immediate area of the new stadium has a very low crime rate at present but with the crowds of possible prey coming to the area that will draw the predators. The locals can expect a rise in their crime rate because a draw of predators always causes a spread of crime into the outlying areas.
So you can see that the issue is a complicated one and has many pluses and many minuses. Whether it is a positive or negative for you depends on your priorities. If you love the Braves and want the best for them then this is probably a positive for you. If you are a Cobb County taxpayer then the possible new tax is probably a negative to you. If you live in close proximity to the stadium and love your home like I do then the location is probably a negative to you. If you are a Cobb County taxpayer who lives in close proximity to the new location and you happen to love the braves, then you are probably in a quandary.
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If nothing else, The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk — the first ever exhibition devoted to the French designer, now on view at the de Young Museum in San Francisco through 19 August — is one for the water cooler and office Nespresso machine. Just a half hour deep into the show, I overhear one woman tell another, and not without condescension: "Tis is art to look at, it isn't clothing to wear."
Of course, I'm here with an open Moleskine and an open mind. Surely I should meet this woman's scorn with scorn. Lady, I don't think you get the joke. Then again, maybe there's no joke being made, and I'm laughing too hard. Two young men walk by. Says one to the other: "That corset wouldn't even fit on my head." And to my right, stand three mannequins in head to toe Gaultier from — yes — the Chic Rabbis collection, the designer's early-'90s, fall/winter riff on traditional garments worn by Hasidic Jews. Sparkle yarmulke? Indeed. Unlike my fellow museum visitors, I, for one, am at a loss for clever retort. I turn instead to the words of Gaultier himself, which are offered generously on the walls throughout this large exhibit. Gaultier has the following to offer:
"The catalyst for the Chic Rabbis collection was a trip to New York in the early 1990s. I saw a group of rabbis leaving the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue. I found them very beautiful, very elegant, with their hats and their huge coats flapping in the wind. It was a fantastic scene. I was afraid that the collection would be poorly received. I knew reactions might be mixed, that some might feel offended and find my approach ridiculous. But the fashion press was very enthusiastic."
"However, some of the pictures were not well regarded by Hasidic Jews and others, who believed that the models were "playing dress-up." People were also offended that rabbis' clothes were worn by women… [but] what I wanted to convey with this collection was the feeling these traditional costumes gave me, to pay tribute to their beauty."
And on like this. Elsewhere, a Gaultier quotation reads: "The first fetish I did was the corset. That was because of my grandmother." Provocation is at the heart of the show. And inside the show's cheek? The tongue, of course. What prevails is an exhilarating and mischievous air of "getting away with it," or even "asking for it." This exhibition, like the designer it puts on display, is unafraid to throw words like "ridiculous" within the viewing public's reach. I wonder what's more daring — that, or the black, beaded crotch I saw in the room before this one? Self-awareness, even slight self-deprecation, at times, makes for an over-the-top show that is inhabitable, even relatable.
Yes, with 140 ensembles on view, this is a fashion show, and it has elements of that same questionable gravitas that permeates the fashion world (and parodies of the fashion world) — hence the Catwalk end of the bargain. But this exhibition lives up to its promise of bringing something in From the Sidewalk, as well. As much as it is about bondage couture and signature striped sailor shirts, The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier is unquestionably about society, cultural taboo, and collective reaction — whether it's recognition and applause, or eye-rolling and snide remarks to the nearest available wit. At its best moments, this exhibition is an anthropological and even urban study; it's as much a fantasy as it is a sincere and worthwhile reflection of people in a certain time and place.
Organized by "themes," the exhibition includes headings like "Urban Jungle," "Punk Cancan," and "Metropolis." Because Gaultier's work can sometimes be quite literal (see Chic Rabbis above, or for that matter, his Constructivist collection), it invites "reading" and analysis, it eggs on "judging the book by its cover"… why "Constructivist" inspired zip-trimmed leather dresses and why a sweater west with Cyrillic lettering in 1986, exactly? Why London and Punk in the 1970s? Why Madonna, when Kurt Cobain, and under what context Cindy Sherman? This is not just a show about latex and leather and cone bras — though it would rightfully attract just as big a crowd if it were. No, it's about the civic context — in all of its non-fictive anti-glamour — in which such visual cues can exist, in which they are "allowed" to exist, to titillate, aggravate, or make anxious. This is a show that introduces Gaultier's work from the 1980s in the language of documentary, of reportage, not of catalog: i.e. "Through each collection, Gaultier delved into the sexual climate of the era, when the twin forces of the sexual revolution and the advent of AIDS heightened awareness of human sexuality in its diverse forms and broke down traditional gender delineations."
Importantly, The Fashion World is not an "anonymous," cold or quiet show. Even the mannequins have personality, with animated faces and audible voices — at times, they speak to the viewers, other times they speak to the air or to themselves in a mirror; they speak in English, in French, they wink, they look away, or shoot a look instead. One also feels the strong presence of recognizable films, performance pieces, and pop personalities — all part of Gaultier's varied portfolio of projects and people. Oddly, these artifacts give the viewer an overwhelming sense of familiarity. Chances are, most coming to this exhibition will realize that the iconic photographs of Madonna in a Gaultier corset have long been branded into their brains (nothing new, here!)… only now, the corset jumps out of the photograph as if it were the pay-off of staring at a Magic Eye for the past three decades. Framed by this well-developed context, "sense," "meaning," and "relevance" become three-dimensional. And so too, does the portrait of a designer. Take, for example, how The Fashion World introduces us to Gaultier's first model: a childhood teddy bear named Nana. Nana, ladies and gentlemen, is wearing "cobbled-together, conical-shaped falsies made from newspaper print." She is "a touching witness to the designer's creative beginnings."
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New South Wales' peak motoring body says tough safety measures, better roads and driver education are needed before B-triples are allowed on NSW roads.
The NRMA says B-triples weigh 74 times more than a family car and overtaking one is the equivalent of passing nine motor vehicles.
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