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- 1 1.1 [Nautical/Náutica] [new vessel] botar; [lifeboat] echar al agua the ship was launched by the princess la princesa fue la madrina en la botadura del buqueMore example sentences
More example sentences1.2 [Aerospace/Espacio] [Military/Militar] [satellite/missile] lanzar*
- I would like to know then if I would be allowed to launch my boat in the harbour and leave my car there for safe keeping as I had to buy my licence for my boat at Portnet.
- Road ends do not have boat ramps, nor is there sufficient water to launch a boat from a trailer at most road ends.
- The borough council wants to build the slipway on the Hangings to allow the fire and rescue service to launch its boat into the Avon as near as possible to the junction with the Severn.
More example sentences1.3 (throw) lanzar*
- The Minister for the Marine will visit the club early next month to officially launch the boat.
- The celebrity and fundraiser took time out to officially launch a new boat for disabled people at the Sailing Club at the weekend.
- Where the banks of the Clyde once teemed with forests of shipbuilding cranes, launching huge vessels into the river every week, only ghosts remain of this once world-beating industry.
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- Two months later, although not missile related but even more explosive, the Soviets launched the Sputnik I satellite.
- That approach would require much more than sending bombers and launching missiles against terrorists already discovered and recorded.
- They have six weapons tubes, used for launching both torpedoes and missiles, and can dive to depths greater than 300 metres.
- But Pujols kept his head down, fully extended his arms and went with the pitch, launching it over the center field wall.
- Then he takes one giant stride down the pitch and launches the final ball of the over for six over mid-on.
- In an instant, both guns were firing away, launching a volley of shells at the remaining enemy Genos.
- 2 2.1 (introduce) [product/service] lanzar*; [securities] emitir; [play/book] lanzar* 2.2 (initiate) [campaign/idea] lanzar*; [company] fundar; [attack] emprender, lanzar* her speech launched a public debate su discurso desencadenó or suscitó un debate públicoMore example sentences2.3 (give a start to) lanzar* he launched her on her film career la lanzó en su carrera cinematográfica once he's launched on that topic, there's no stopping him cuando empieza a hablar de ese tema, no hay quien lo pare
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- Earlier this year, the Minster authorities launched the Development Campaign.
- After the poll tax was defeated in 1991 Scottish Militant Labour was launched as an open political party.
- Congratulations are due to the Scottish business leaders who had the vision and enterprise to launch this project.
- A few exhibitors chose to launch their new products at the show.
- New products will also be launched at these exhibitions.
- One of the largest companies in the world will be launching a new product in Zambia tomorrow.
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launch into
- verb + preposition + object/verbo + preposición + complemento to launch into a tirade against sth ponerse* a despotricar contra algo, arremeter contra algo she launched into a lengthy account of her adventures se puso a contar sus aventuras con lujo de detalles she launched into an abstruse analysis of … se embarcó en or emprendió un abstruso análisis de … 1.1verb + object + preposition + object/verbo + complemento + preposición + complemento (involve oneself) to launch oneself into a task/one's work entregarse* a una tarea/al trabajo
launch outverb + adverb/verbo + adverbio
- lanzarse* she decided to launch out on her own decidió lanzarse por su cuenta
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The Basque autonomous police force is called Ertzaintza. Its members, called ertzainas, wear a uniform of red sweaters and berets, and white jackets. Despite the Ertzaintza's wide range of responsibilities, the Guardia Civil and Policía Nacional still operate in the Basque Country.
- 1 [Nautical/Náutica] 1.1 (motorboat) lancha (f) (a motor), motora (f)More example sentences1.2 (on warship) lancha (feminine)
- He returned the salute as the warship gathered speed, picked up her guard of Police escort launches and headed for the open sea.
- You can tie up your own tender at the dinghy docks or go ashore in one of the harbor launches.
- Motor-driven launches, powerboats, pedal boats and rowboats are in great demand in the tourist spots of Veli-Akkulam.
- 2 2.1 (of new vessel) botadura (f); (of lifeboat) lanzamiento (m) (al agua) 2.2 (of rocket, missile) lanzamiento (masculine) (before noun/delante del nombre) launch site lugar (m) or emplazamiento (m) de lanzamiento launch vehicle plataforma (feminine) lanzamisiles
- 3 (of product, project, campaign) lanzamiento (m); (of shares, stocks) emisión (f); (of company) fundación (f); (before noun/delante del nombre) [date/party] de lanzamientoMore example sentences
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- The launch of flights between Singapore and Jakarta, which has been stalled since May amid air traffic wrangles, is now scheduled for the end of this month.
- This followed the launch of these flights in March.
- We could have sworn that the downloading of music took off with the launch of Napster.
- It comes through compèring public functions, product launches, dealer meets and by anchoring programmes in television channels.
- The on-site events team will ensure that conferences, meetings, product launches and exhibitions run smoothly.
- Running until Sunday, the festival has a diverse programme of events including lectures, book launches, workshops, debates, symposia, film and art.
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The 60-year-old rocker was spotted at the Country Music Hall of Fame on Tuesday, looking dusty.
Randy dropped out of high school in the 9th grade -- but later finished.
Owen is also involved in helping disadvantaged children.
hell, he looks the same to me. he aged well
He still looks and sound fabulous. Way to go Randy!
I think he looks great! I still love to hear an oldie on the radio from alabama.
Dusty? C'mon...He looks great!
he looks very.........wealthy and he worked hard for it....
He looks great!!! Loved that group. How I wish they would play country music like it should be played and sung. Today's music is not country. Give me Alabama, George Jones, Tammy, Willie, Merle and Waylon. I want Elvis back too!!!!!
Really, "Dusty" Your TMZ staff member who wrote that needs to issue an apology to Randy as well as his fans. That was totally uncalled for. Whether or not you like his music you should show respect for a music icon. Please next time try to leave your personal judgement about country music out when you report on it.
I lust after him today just like I did back then.
He kinda reminds me of that guy in the closing tag at the end of all those 80's shows that would finish typing something and then pull the paper and throw it onto their logo. Stephen Cannell... Lord, I can't believe I remembered.
7. He looks great!!! Loved that group. How I wish they would play country music like it should be played and sung. Today's music is not country. Give me Alabama, George Jones, Tammy, Willie, Merle and Waylon. I want Elvis back too!!!!!
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Bang On AE, I'm not a huge CM fan but you're so right. This new "country music" is a disgrace to the real country musicians.
What's even worse the people you mentioned don't even get played on country stations anymore, it's all this new Taylor Swift type crap. I mean Taylor Swift..the girl can't sing for sh1t compared to real singers.
All they do now is slap a black hat on some pretty boy put some boots on him let him "sing" a pop song and call it country. The music industry as a whole is lacking in real non corporate acts.
I love Randy and Alabama!! He looks GREAT!
Good looking guys look great at any age, usually the older the better...
Actually, Randy attended my alma mater - Jacksonville (Alabama) State University. and received a bachelors degree in English, if I remember correctly. He is active in the Alumni Association and I believe that he has founded a scholarship fund.
And if I can look that dusty at 60, I'd be purt near proud of myself.
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The great YouTube debacle of 2013
I really didn't want the second post on this status blog to be about a massive cock-up, but here we are. More than a year ago, YouTube changed the way they organized people using their service. It used to be that videos could be uploaded by users and each video belonged to a specific user. So that's how I organized the author data in the Stellar database (just like with Twitter, Vimeo, and Flickr).
Post-change, YouTube videos can now belong to either users or channels. And with that shift came a corresponding change in the data coming from YouTube's API…and I missed it. And so Stellar kept assuming that only YT users can "own" videos and a lot of bad data got into the Stellar DB. The poor thing was singing Daisy Bell for over a year and I didn't hear it.
A few weeks ago, I began the process of correcting the bad data and to begin collecting the author data in the proper way. Unfortunately, some of the data, especially related to videos belonging to channels, could not be recovered and was lost. Some of the missing data will filter back into the site over the next day or so (you might see old favorite YT videos pop back up to the top of your faves page), but some of them are just gone. Which sucks and is personally irritating to me because, like you, I'm fond of my favorites and don't want any of them disappearing. I am sorry that this happened and I will do what I can to make sure it doesn't happen again.
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I was a massive Fan of the Warcraft RTS games, and Diablo "back in the day", so, when WoW came along, well, I was somewhat excited. I'd never played a MMO before, but I'd heard all about the horrible things Everquest did/does to people, so I wasn't going to buy it, I was just going to play the beta and be done (as I didn't want to get too addicted). And play the beta I did, it was fun, and then it ended. That would have been enough for me, but that christmas, my lovely wife got me a copy of the full game.
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Inspired by pure passion, Perugina co-founder Luisa Spagnoli created a confection as grand as her love for a special someone. It was called Baci, the Italian word for kisses, and around each she would wrap a love note. She realized the confection was too good to keep secret, and soon Baci became a favorite among the young lovers browsing the Perugina sweetshop. Nearly 100 years later, Baci are still exclusively produced in Perugia, Italy. The recipe is unchanged: silky dark chocolate envelopes a heart of gianduia (a luscious blend of chocolate and hazelnut cream) dotted with more chopped hazelnuts and gloriously crowned with a whole hazelnut. Each Baci remains hugged by a note that reflects sentiments of love, affection and friendship. It's no wonder to give a Baci is to say "I love you" the Italian way.


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@landon bc I don't have enough time to play four charries and Ryan has nothing going on. so basically he's going to London. I'll come on him occasionally like I won't ever delete his blog but it'll just be like updates on what he's doing just catch up stuff
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An internal investigation into the handling of a crucial piece of evidence in the David Bisard case is expected to be released no later than Friday.
Public Safety Director Frank Straub directed his top deputy, Deputy Chief Ellen Corcella, to determine how a vial of Bisard's blood made its way from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department property room to an annex location off-site and back within five months, possibly rendering the vial useless as evidence in the criminal trial of the IMPD officer.
A second vial of Bisard's blood, which may have provided test results to confirm the original findings, was possibly mishandled and left on a property room shelf, unrefrigerated, for several months.
"I believe (the report) will indicate that the second vial got moved as the result of an informal policy by someone in the property room to basically move items that were aged out and had reached a certain time frame in the property room," Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry told Fox 59 News.
"I think everybody knows it was mishandled and we'll see what really comes out," said Mayor Greg Ballard. "Everybody knows some mistakes were made."
Documents obtained by Fox 59 News trace the history of the Bisard blood vials as they made their way from the clinic where the officer's blood was drawn.
According to a "Chain of Custody" form generated by the IMPD Property Section, "Item #2 –TUBE OF BLOOD FOR BAC (1 piece) was turned over…on Friday, August 6th, 2010, by STANLEY STEPHENS."
Lt. Stephens is the Lawrence police officer who was entrusted with collecting Bisard's blood samples at the Methodist Occupational Clinic within two and a half hours after the fatal crash.
Less than an hour later that blood was turned over to the property room and refrigerated.
On August 9, 2010, lead investigator Sgt. Doug Huestis took the second Bisard blood vial to the State Department of Toxicology for drug screening.
That was the same day the Marion County crime lab examined the first tube of Bisard's blood and determined its BAC level as .19 percent, more than twice the legal limit.
There is no indication that the second blood vial was ever tested for drugs at the state toxicology laboratory or when it was returned to IMPD custody.
"I think part of the confusion of Vial II is when it came back from the state tox lab and got numbered in some manner," said Curry.
On September 23, 2010, a pair of internal affairs detectives, at the direction of Deputy Chief Valerie Cunningham, entered the property room, broke the seal on the envelope containing one blood sample, took a photograph and resealed the envelope.
The blood samples remained reportedly undisturbed for more than a year save for the transfer from one refrigerator to another in the IMPD property room on April 19, 2011.
On November 3, 2011, at 10:11:55 a.m., a clerk, Stacy Krom, moved a blood vial from a refrigerator to a temporary hold section.
The next morning, November 4, the blood vial was placed on a truck and delivered to the property room annex at the IMPD Training Academy at 10th Street and Post Road where it remained in Annex room J presumably unrefrigerated and on a shelf until last month.
Sources and Prosecutor Curry indicate that in early April investigators, including a deputy prosecutor, decided to determine the whereabouts of the blood sample that would be subject of a hearing before Judge Grant Hawkins on April 12.
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Bisard faces drunken driving charges for the August 6, 2010, on-duty accident that killed motorcyclist Eric Wells and injured two other people.
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David and John's Return Engagement
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Name: David Burdett and John Behan
Occupation: David, architect/teacher; John, lawyer/teacher
Location: West Village, New York City
Size: 700 square feet
Years lived in: John 26, David 11 owned
They let us in once, a tease of a tour that left the readers clamoring for more. David and John are happy to have us back, for a second look and a conversation about how an English architect-in-residence and an American furniture connoisseur, by design and décor, make the most of their West Village apartment.
David and John's House Call whet the audience appetite for more looks, more details about the choices they made, built-in and otherwise. Their home is an interesting mix of antique and contemporary, the most recent incarnation of an apartment built in the late 30s, and lived in by John since 1986, David since 2001.
Five years ago, they set out to rework the kitchen and had planned to hold off on the bath, but then just went for it, all. "We decided we'd just get the mess of everything over with in one shot," said David, of DAS Studio. When the plaster dust settled, the guys ended up with a sleek kitchen and bath, an interesting counterpoint to the building's vintage and the pair's collected furnishings. Why so modern? Says partner John, "I wanted it clean, and David is a modernist... he's sparse and clean and exact."
Exact, indeed. In that ship-efficient kitchen, no space is wasted, top to bottom or edge to edge. Says David, "It just works well... that you don't have too much clutter, visually... everything simpler and easier to look after." But visual simplicity is not just a style choice. It's smart design in a city where every inch counts. Downsized European appliances were small trade-off to get more of what mattered. "We managed to get an extra foot of cabinet space by not having a 24" dishwasher or a 30" oven," says David.
The bath, too, is sleek and architectural. That's also by design. When you're remodeling an older home, you're faced with two options: fake the vintage, or make it modern. A mock vintage wouldn't pass snuff with David especially, so they never considered doing a '07 version of a '30s bath. Says David, "The fixtures are all kind of reproduction and fake, and I really don't get it. It's not where I come from." So once again, on preference and principle, the boys took the modern route. While contemporary in design, it was designed to age gracefully. "It's clean and simple on the theory that it will still look good in 20 years, as opposed to what the current trend is," says David.
A simplified palette, and clever design details like the recessed track for the shower curtain, maximize the space. "David is a marvel at that kind of discovery," brags John. "It makes the bathroom seem bigger." As for the cove lighting, he adds, "The subtle lighting makes us all look pretty good." It casts that flattering glow over a tub that slots right in to the all-over tile grid, just like the inset mirrors. White Venetian blinds carry a little bit of the apartment's tradition into the otherwise sleek room.
When they realized late in the remodel game that they needed more light, the inside of the medicine cabinet was pressed into service. Open, it adds extra task light for shaving. Says John, "You're able to use it efficiently, and then it just closes off, sits back in the wall quietly." "Quietly" is a good word for it all. "I almost feel like I'm in a spa when I'm in there, yet it's not a big room. It's very relaxing."
Out in the main space, less was changed structurally, and what was done was done to preserve period detail (raised landing, wrought iron railings, fireplace) already there. Boxing out the radiator was the only truly modern nod, designed to clean up that wall, give a little display space, and anchor a custom modern sectional. "One of my requirements was that the sofa had to be long enough to lie down on. When you're almost 6'3," you need a little space to spread out," says David. It's the perfect spot for this lanky Englishman to sit, read or river watch.
Part of the challenge for that room stems from the fact that circulation splits it right down the middle, and that it needed to live larger than its actual footprint. Says David, of the split, "It's kind of a natural divide," but, he continues, "it makes it really difficult to put a long sofa really close to the fireplace." They ended up with two distinct areas, airier and open, and a non-traditional arrangement fireside. "We just have the two chairs there, and no coffee table. It kind of opens it up," and, he adds, "you can see the fire really well." Yup, the lucky devils have a working fireplace. "It's sort of surreal to have a fire burning on the 8th floor and then have a chimney that's twelve stories above," marvels David.
John gets credit, via family and travels, for most of the antiques. Although there are certainly fewer of them now. An earlier décor scheme looked great (if a bit, um, "early oval office"), but had too much furniture. "I needed to edit. I just needed a co-editor!" says John, and minimalist David helped thin the herd. The editing was also about getting rid of that period-room feel that didn't represent either inhabitant. "There was a love seat and an 8-foot sofa. They were sort of poufy and stuffed. They made the room look smaller, and made us look poufy and stuffed as well!" chuckles John.
Some of the furniture that survived the weeding-out includes the bamboo fretwork Chinese altar table, silver-based tray table, and the bedside tables (the round "Late-late Victorian," one, on John's side, and the olive wood chest on David's). Those stunning rugs, from New Orleans, also made the cut, and color was the real reason. "The apartment wasn't dark... but the colors cheer me," says John. Their persimmon field also directly inspired the wood-framed chair's fabric, and new pillows on order for the sofa.
Furniture was kept, chosen or designed for function. The console table turns entry level to dining room. "The top of it sort of twizzles and flips, and is big enough to seat four people," notes David. The antique side chairs got reinforcement (there's plywood hiding underneath those tobacco-colored velvet cushions) to preserve the caned seats.
The upholstered pieces are the most modern, and David-designed specifically for the space, mostly for reasons of scale. "You can always find the perfect little tub chair or the perfect sectional that fits great in a loft, but in a room that's 13 x 21, it doesn't quite work too well."
All around, touches of Asian, in that altar table, Japanese screen, art, and a prayer shade from Thailand (by way of Palm Springs). That piece, presented in its Plexi box, is sort of a metaphor for the entire apartment: something of a certain age, made new again in its presentation.
The overall mix is familiar to David, with his English country house background and the continental knack for living with pieces collected over generations. "I grew up in an eclectic mix of things, so for me it just seems natural." It's part upbringing, part preference. "The thing I wanted to avoid was having sort of too much matchy-matchy stuff." He seems to have hit his mark. "I think where we are now is a very comfortable mix of periods. Kind of works for both of us."
A lot of function is worked into the main space, meaning David and John are never perched in the same spot too often. "That was the point: to make sure we are not. And we didn't have that option before," says John.
"At one time I said, 'I think we really need another room.' And I'd love to have it. But we don't really need it, per se, because of the added functionality of the design." That's a huge endorsement for what some planning, editing, and an in-house architect can create.
"It just opened it up, that's all there is to it. And kept the character of the building." And, it seems, the confident character of the two worldly men in residence, themselves a nice and lively mix.
Listen to both John and David talk about the design process here.
Apartment Therapy Survey:
Our Style: Eclectic modern/minimalist
Inspiration: The existing space and items we were keeping.
Favorite Element: The concealed shower curtain track.
Biggest Challenge: For David the biggest challenge was to convince John that large dining table was not needed and a small one in the area originally designated for dining was perfect. For John it was to convince David a deep soaking tub was a must!
What Friends Say: They can't believe how much larger the place feels.
Biggest Embarrassment: The amount of time it took us to decide which shade of white to use.
Proudest DIY: Assembling the Ikea cabinets in the walk-in closet
Biggest Indulgence: Vola faucets and bath fillers, worth every penny. The perfect fusion of aesthetics and function. They were designed 45 years ago and no one has designed anything better.
Best Advice: Keep large upholstered pieces very simple and minimalist. If the frames are good quality they can be reused/reupholstered for years!
Dream Sources: To design and have everything custom made... that is definitely a dream!
Resources of Note:
(all Benjamin Moore)
- • Entry/Living Room: Ancient Ivory
• Kitchen: Ancient Ivory
• Bedroom: Raccoon Hollow
• Ceilings, throughout: Decorators White
- • Coffee Table: Room & Board
• Sconce Shades: Custom from Blanche Field
- • Oven: Miele
• Backsplash: Kaleidoscope Tile
- • Carpet: Godfrey Hirst
• Lampshades: Celeste Callaghan Designs
- • Walls and floor stone: Architech Tile
• Medicine Cabinet: Custom
• Waterproof LED Cove Lighting: Coveligthingkit.com
Thanks, David and John!
(Images: Patrick J. Hamilton)
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Elegant, timeless, clutter-free, but not sparse. Beautiful.
Fabulous. Elegant is the perfect word and minimalist (to me, a total clutterer of objects) but still warm and inviting. Lovely serene bathroom.
That last piece on the wall, a wallpaper stamp maybe? My favorite thing!
Fabulous. Elegant is the perfect word and minimalist (to me, a total clutterer of objects) but still warm and inviting. Lovely serene bathroom.
That last piece on the wall, a wallpaper stamp maybe? My favorite thing!
Ooops! Commenting wasn't showing that it was sticking! Sorry!! :)
This apartment is simply stunning in every detail. Will you please share info on which soaking tub you chose?
nothing like an emery roth designed apartment :)
ah yes. I remember these rug-a-holics. beautiful space. it's always great to observe what works in styles that differ from your own.
Those of us here in New Orleans would love to know where you got the carpets!
Isn't this a rerun of a House Tour that was on about 2 months ago? I remember the foyer very clearly.
It was a House Call, linked to in the first paragraph above.
Any chance I can find out what brand/type their toilet is? I love the style - so minimal, without being too "modern."
I've always thought the best place to start is with a good rug.
Rugaholics, @IMSERIOUS, I am one, too.
Beautiful bedspread/coverlet! Could you please share the source?
Brian-- I believe the bedding was custom made.
Truly beautiful. I keep thinking that this is the space of mature (not necessarily old), considerate, and careful people. There is an orderliness to it without being obsessive.
700 sq ft of perfect! Truly beautiful!
Unless I'm missing it above, I'd love more information on how they did the recessed track for the shower curtain. I've been procrastinating on a bathroom remodel (do you know how many Seriously Ugly overly ornate vanities are online? I've seen hundreds), but amidst it all, one idea I keep coming back to is a track for the shower curtain, as a minimal-view lower-cost alternative to a frameless shower/tub. thanks!
So sophisticated. I love every detail. I especially like the glass doors for the kitchen. Thank you for sharing your home with us.
Sleek and warm. As the other commenter said, it's full of personality without being too full itself. The Japanese screen in the living-room is almost identical to one my parents had hanging above their sideboard while I was growing up! They also had a cherry branch screen which is now proudly displayed in my paris flat (http://bunniesandstripes.blogspot.fr/p/house-tour_1240.html). Strange how many memories that screen brought back when I saw it on your house tour!
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Wow, spectacular. The bathroom is modern without being clinical. The other rooms are gorgeous and timeless.
I know someone who lives in this building! It's such an unusual set-up with the railings and layout. I'd recognize it anywhere.
Anyways, lovely place.
it's so elegant and warm, as others have said. and so very HANDSOME, that's what I kept thinking.
I LOVE this. That is all.
Just love it. Beautifully decorated! Hope you are loving every minute of living there!
Marvelous taste. Sophisticated, but still warm with none of the usual cliches. Thanks for sharing your photos. Your home is wonderful.
If I were to imagine a contemporary apartment for some educated, worldly, artistic writer like Christopher Isherwood or Graham Greene, this is what I would picture.
Well done, gentlemen.
Beautiful. Would LOVE to know where the couch came from. Thanks!
Honey-hued masculine perfection with some Asian spice - LOVE it!!
@Amysmythe: David designed the couch to fit the space. You can see more of it
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Wonderful space! However I looked and looked and couldn't find the radiator cover - I am interested in that too for my new place.
The living room radiator cover is a built-in. The one in the bedroom is the iron grate... or were you looking for sources?


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Getting their Groove Back, Part 2
Ummm...when Kurt and I were talking last week about what the Cubs needed to get going back in the right direction before the end of the season, a no hitter never entered our discussion.
The Big Z put on a clinic on Sunday night in Milwaukee against Houston (which is just odd). 110 pitches, 10 K's, he was one walk away from a perfect game.
Welcome back to the lineup, Carlos.
If you don't think that something like this can fill up the tank, then you're just a skeptic...well, I am skeptic, too, but not about this.
The Cubs are back...perhaps there is magic in this season.
And only Cubs fans could put 24,000 plus fans in the stands at a neutral site...then again, it is Wrigley North. How about more games in Milwaukee?
That might not happen in October, as the Brewers are close to puking away the Wild Card position to Philadelphia. Whether or not that is good news for the Cubs, I don't know...we can debate that tomorrow.
Enjoy the night! Text messaging and Red Bulls all around!
Don't look now, but Ted Lilly
Don't look now, but Ted Lilly has a 3 inning no hitter going on right now in Milwaukee....... i'm stuck at school and can't watch this game either!


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The Antonine Wall was built during the years following 142 AD on the orders of the Emperor Antoninus Pius (reigned 138-161) and survived as the north-west frontier of the Roman empire for a generation before being abandoned in the 160s in favour of a return to Hadrian's Wall.
It stretched for nearly 60 km (40 Roman miles) across the narrow waist of Scotland from Bo'ness on the River Forth to Old Kilpatrick on the River Clyde and consisted of a turf rampart perhaps 3-4 m high fronted by a great ditch.
The material from the ditch was tipped out onto the north side to form a wide, low mound or glacis. Forts were placed along the Wall at approximately 3 km intervals; many had annexes attached to one side. The forts were linked by a road, the Military Way.
In between the forts sometimes lay a fortlet and in addition 3 pairs of expansions, possibly serving as beacon platforms, have been found as well as small enclosures and other features. It was through the gates of these forts and fortlets that many Roman goods passed into the lands of Caledonia beyond. Some of the labour camps used by the soldiers building the Wall are known. Inscriptions demonstrate that the Antonine Wall was built by soldiers of the three legions of Britain, the Second, Sixth and Twentieth. Despite its short life, excavation has revealed a complicated building history for the Antonine Wall.


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Enterprising Indian Street Kids Establish Their Own Bank
Starting a bank from scratch a child's play? Absolutely, if you ask some enterprising youngsters in India, who have not only managed to establish one, but also, unlike many of the large International banks, run it successfully since 2001. What's even more impressive is that the young bankers and their 9,000 + clients are all homeless!
The Children's Development Khazana (treasure) opened its first branch in 2001 at a homeless shelter in New Delhi as a way to help the street children protect their hard-earned money from thieves. Since then, the idea has caught on like wildfire.
Today, Khazana boasts of 12 branches all across New Delhi, with a total of Rupees 12 lakh (about 22,000USD) in deposits. Not only that, there are now 77 affiliated branches in other parts of Asia, ranging from Nepal, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to the island of Sri Lanka and even, Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia. While no deposit or balance is too small for the bank, they do have strict regulations about where the money is earned from - Funds obtained by begging or selling drugs are not welcomed at this bank!
Also, unlike the real banks, all employees are volunteers, which means that they go to school or a paying job during the day and work at the bank in the evening. To ensure that everybody gets a chance to participate in running the branch, two volunteer managers are elected from the client base every six months.
Karan, the current manager is just 14-years old. During the day he earns a living by helping out the cleaning crew at wedding banquets and other big parties. In the evening, he handles the deposits and withdrawals, entering each amount painstakingly in their passbook to ensure accurate recordkeeping. After the bank closes, he along with an adult volunteer from the shelter head over to a regular bank and deposit the funds collected into Khazana's interest-bearing bank account.
And, while it started as a way to safeguard hard-earned money, The Children's Development Khazana, is today a full-fledged bank, one where kids can not only deposit money which earns them 5% interest, but also, request loans for family emergencies, entrepreneurial ventures or even, to pay for school.
The terms of the loan depend on the borrowers past payment record. Given that the bank has had very little or no trouble with defaults this, is not a big issue - A sentiment that cannot be shared by their larger counterpart banks that are managed by professionals. Maybe they could use some advice from these Indian street kids.
Resources: rt.com,odditycentral.com,nydailynews.com
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- lionsrcute13/22/2014Aw.. So cute to see little kids working :D I hope they can find an home.
- little sprout3/16/2014thats amazing how there clients are homeless including themselves
- gayathri12/24/2013good need to encourage in rual areas
- Potato11/11/2013Awesome!!!
- edmodo-ujztnbwkzx11/2/2013Cool
- tiernan768110/22/2013cool kids own a bank more kids should get jobs like this
- jasminek10/2/2013I think this helps me save my money because I have wasted a lot too. I am happy that these boys have found a way to improve their lives. They dont complain, they change it. I think this helps me to look at things I can do to improve my life too.
- Natalie Priest10/7/2013Awesome comment Jasmine. This is very thoughtful and reflective about what you can do!
- delen10/1/2013thats nice
- I love jb 9/30/2013it is awesome
- braxdelax9/9/2013cool
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Boyfriend and I woke up at 6:30, ready to greet the day all enthusiastically (which is rare, and notable). We're drinking coffee and listening to the complete Les Miserables soundtrack. You guys should see us peering at the liner notes—it might be the cutest thing I've ever seen. The Vision Impaired Twins-heads nudged together…:)


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Hello, tumblr. It's been quite some time, now hasn't it. I've been busy playing loads of games, but lately I've been focusing on the MOBA League of Legends. My account level is currently only at 11, so I still consider myself quite new to the experience, but I'm enjoying the 30-40 hours I've already poured into the Fields of Justice.
Having said that, I'd like to document the time I spend playing League and how I feel about each champ that I encounter. Although I only own a few of the champs, the weekly free rotation is always varied enough to give me new experiences each time I play.
So forgive me if this turns into Jen's League of Legends blog. I can't promise it will be fun, but I will try to make it entertaining.
This was written some time ago, but its relevance is quickly fading into obscurity. For now, I'll just post it here for general perusal. If anyone would like to throw it up on a publication, feel free, just be sure to credit me (Jen Shaffer, 8-bit wolf in sheep's clothing).
Have you ever seen a tampon commercial? If you're male, there's a chance that you just tune out the narration, animations, or dialogue between the inevitable two women on screen, close your eyes, and wait for sweet, sweet death to carry you away. Typically, I am right there with you. I don't need a woman contorting herself in some shade of yoga, wearing all white, talking about how fresh she is to persuade me to shove things up my vagina, but I'm sure it helps some people make a decision between Tampax and any other brand of tampon. I've coined this marketing misstep the "Period Phenomenon," where someone is consistently giving the thumbs-up to ideas that perpetuate a reality in which very few women exist.
Marketing for video games has obvious parallels to the "Period Phenomenon." For as different as the two products are, something is still being sold. With male-oriented items, such as 15-blade razors, Axe body spray, manly-man boots and the like, ad campaigns strive to show off how much a man you will be if you purchase their product. This makes sense because these items were created with men in mind. Video games tread interesting waters. If you ask any game developer, they won't readily admit to making a game just for men, because that makes absolutely no sense. Women buy games, women like games, they make up a large chunk of their consumer base. Then why do most ads and commercials seem targeted to a male audience? It might not be as blatant as two dudes punching each other in the arm, complaining about their girlfriends, while doing keg stands and somehow also talking about how amazing the new Black Ops 2 is going to be (I know, bro! I KNOW!), but the subtle gender tones are ever-present.
These triggers are typically well hidden. So well hidden, that when I watch trailers for video games or take a look at promotional material, it rarely occurs to me that what my eyeballs are soaking up wasn't necessarily meant for my demographic. When gender keywords are thrown into the mix, a dim light goes on above my head and then flickers out of existence as I shake off the idea that this ad might suppose I am a man. Then, much like a lazy person watching Hulu, refusing to like or dislike ads, there it is. My version of the tampon commercial, slapping me in the face with the idea that somehow my non-existent "girlfriend" will be okay with me playing this game for X reason, and I better jump on it before she gets on my balls about playing too many video games.
Let me take a moment and attack the portrayal of women who date men that play video games. For as disconnected as I sometimes feel to the way normal women act, I know that the majority are not playing into this stereotype we all see in ads. These women who are shouting from other rooms for their men to quit gaming or waiting for an expressed invite into a game while casting forlorn glances from the corner of a room are not the standard. I understand that it isn't the job of a marketing firm to make a commercial believable. If that were the case, television would be fairly boring - as if it isn't already. However, to consistently paint women as the negatory aggressors or emotional black holes in a gaming situation is just poor form and, frankly, quite lazy.
Just this year, GameStop ran a cross-promotion with 1-800-Flowers for pre-ordering Twisted Metal, which was slated for a Valentine's Day release date. The ad showed the game marked with "For You" and then a $10 off coupon for flowers, denoted classily with "For Her." It stings. The amount of assumptions on the part of the marketing department over at GameStop effectively crushed any good intentions underfoot, leaving most gamers with a bad taste in their mouth. At the same time, how much good press does GameStop actually receive over the course of a year? They are a lot like that guy who shows up to a party already drunk with these wild ideas of what will constitute a good time. You know he's going to break something and ruin the night, but people always invite him anyway on the off-chance he'll show up sober.
This builds up to the announcement of Borderland 2's "Girlfriend mode." Officially called "Best Friends Forever," the name refers to the skill tree of the Mechromancer - the fifth class for Borderlands 2. The skill set makes the character easier to play and according to lead designer John Hemingway, is meant for people who "suck at first-person shooters" and further described it as "for the lack of a better term, the girlfriend skill tree." Personally, I could think of quite a few better terms than that.
This was seemingly just a one-off mistake on the part of a Gearbox team member - one I can completely forgive him for - unfortunately, the concept lingers in the community like that awkward guy who still spouts Anchorman quotes. I have dated men who know less about video games than the majority of my female friends, but I will never see a "boyfriend-mode" ad pop up, or a character created especially to rope them into a game perceived as being female-centric.
How would that go? you ask. Let me paint the picture with my magical words. A girl is sitting on the edge of her couch, headset on, leaning forward, completely engrossed in her match. Her boyfriend walks in, sees that his girlfriend is still playing video games, and lets out a massive sigh. As he turns and begins to walk away, she calls out, "Wait, honey. There's something in this game for you too!" He whips back to her with a skeptical look on his face and she pats the couch cushion, holding out a pink controller with her other hand. Jumping into the seat, he gives his lady a demure smile, leans over and plants a peck on her cheek. Breaking the fourth wall, she looks into the souls of any idiot this could possibly work on, and gives them a wink.
For as ridiculous as that scenario might seem, it's equally so when I see any given video game ad involving a male and female couple pop up on screen. Generally, I like it when my video game ads forget that I have a significant other completely. I might love him, but he has very little say in the games I play or purchase, a situation I'm sure many men find themselves in on a regular basis.
Games aren't gender-centric anymore, if they ever were initially. The whole point of playing a game is to be something you aren't - a soldier, a superhero, Godzilla, Bart Simpson, Bartzilla - and experience things you don't normally encounter - a war, underwater cities, space exploration, owning a house and having a family. The idea that women can't - or won't - get into video games because a character is male strikes me as incredibly presumptuous.
"Just please let us heal you and stand idly by in the background until we are needed. At the end of the day, we don't want to be leaders, key players, or independent characters. If we did, we would have had some movement in the 60s and 70s," said by no woman ever.
Drawing attention to the problem seems somewhat redundant, as every time the industry slips up and a sexist ad slips through the cracks the internet as a whole is on it like gangbusters. So where is the point in all of this?
These mistakes shouldn't happen. We aren't gaining female gamers when a problem like this crops up. For as easily as a trailer can build hype, the same can stop females from adopting gaming as a hobby, simply because it's isolates the title. I have always been an advocate of creating a safe and inviting space for men and women alike to test out the waters of gaming. It's brought me such joy in my lifetime, I can't imagine depriving someone of that same experience. By eradicating things like "Girlfriend-mode" and growing as a community to the point where marketing campaigns are truly without gender bias, we can foster a more inviting environment and maybe help gamers shake the elitist stereotype touted by mainstream media.
I played it, wrote about it, and now I'm giving it to you, tumblr. Make it sticky.
This one is going to be short, because I am so far behind on updating this…
Diablo III Just regular Normal mode, I'm about halfway through the game on Nightmare and then I can move into Inferno. Hopefully along the way I can start selling items for millions of dollars like my friends have been doing. Video games = money. Who would have thought?
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier I'm working on a video review of this game that will hopefully be up today or tomorrow. Good single player campaign, I'm a little worried about going into a multiplayer game since I'm far better with a keyboard and mouse.
JAM Arcade Now this game is different. I don't know if it's necessarily good, but it is taking rhythm games to a new level. It's more like DJ Hero meets Rock Band, which sounds like it would just be DJ Hero all over again, but it isn't. You activate 1-5 tracks and then activate tracks WITHIN the tracks… So I guess it's more like Inception meets DJ Hero meets Rock Band.
Among the Sleep: A horror game by Krillbite in which you play as a two-year-old. Terrifying.
Hooray! Another game that will keep me AWAKE FOREVER.
I've been on vacation for the past two weeks and believe me I've been productive. In addition to reading the shit out of 2.5 books (Fantasy Freaks & Gaming Geeks, Ready Player One, and half of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close), I also beat three games.
They are all 3DS titles, so don't go thinking I'm amazing or that they were long or anything… here we go…
PUSHMO. This is a pretty great game, especially for a cheap-o downloadable title. I'm glad they didn't call it "Pullmo" but that's really what you spend the majority of the game doing. Pulling out blocks to scale a large sculpture and save the small children (or whatever they are) stranded at the top. The game took much longer to beat than I anticipated, I've been playing it over the course of a few months, but the last few puzzles took me around 30 minutes each. Big game, worth the download.
Star Fox 64 3D. This was my first experience playing Star Fox. I can hear anyone reading this shouting at me through the internet with lots of swear words and angry comments about my wasted youth. Don't worry, I got on the ball, it only took about 15 years and a port, but I ended up playing it. I didn't do so hot my first time through. Actually, I got the worst possible outcomes I could. Fuck a bunch of Andross. :\ I can see the fantastic replayability factor and I understand why I should have played this title already. So I did. And I'll play more of it in the future.
Kid Icarus: Uprising. Let me start by stressing how much I blow at this game. I really suck. Sometimes I have my moments of clarity where I will go a whole section without being hit, but being allowed to choose my difficulty on a sliding scale of 0-10 just results in my inevitable embarrassment on the lower end of the scale. I should be playing at a 7.0, not dying pathetically on a 4.5! Overall, it's a great re-imagining of the series and although the campy nature of the characters can be a little boring, it's still really cute and fun.
This is probably the longest title I've taken up since the new year. When the week was over and the damage was done, I had spent 17 hours being War.
I'm starting off by saying this game isn't revolutionary. You aren't going to find yourself enthralled by the story or the gameplay, but it is a mad amount of fun. Outright stealing elements from Zelda (Shadow War, hookshot, boomerang, bomb plants), Portal (a portal gun, I'm not even joking), and God of War (combat and some quicktime events), you might assume that the whole game would just make you angry. But it doesn't. It's a great combination of the two larger elements, and the mashup is a lot like a Girl Talk song. Fun.
Darksiders is definitely worth the price during a Steam sale. I got my copy for $10 during the Xmas sale of 2010. So it only took me a year to get around to it… good lord, I'm a terrible gamer.
With the news that the servers for Demon's Souls are going offline at the conclusion of May, I'm going to put that on the top of my list. Adding to that, Josh purchased a ton of games on XBLA, including FEZ, that I can't wait to sink my teeth into. Unfortunately, he and I are leaving for vacation fairly soon and I've gotta get my portable gaming situation in order.
It's weird, you'll probably throw up while playing it, but I promise this is unlike anything you've experienced before.
Maybe a week or so ago I did a straight playthrough of Journey. For those who don't know, Journey is a very gorgeous adventure that you can undertake alone or with another random PS3 user.
I was lucky enough to have my partner stick with me throughout the duration, and we were able to experience the game together. As Josh pointed out, one of the players he spent the most time with didn't even speak English. The game manages to transcend language and break down communication into the basics of pinging your partner to acquire their attention.
As you bound about these beautiful environments, you only have a few goals. Collect scarf extensions that allow you to fly about longer and avoid the large enemies that scan the ground for signs of life. Simple, accessible, and fun.
Although it was a short experience, the game was well worth the cost. Even though Josh was the one to initially pay for it. I highly recommend giving it a try. It's a relaxing title that will give you around 1.5 hours of entertainment.
Skyrim. Finally. I started this journey almost five full months ago, and have just finished the main story line. I only have two small side quests left and whatever other infinite quests I choose to be a part of, but I'm ready to retire the game until DLC is released. I really appreciated the kill cam addition in the update, as this wasn't a necessary feature, and required a good deal of programming.
Everyone knows how I feel about this game. It's been taking up a lot of my time since November 11th, but I'm really happy to be done. The final battle with Alduin wasn't nearly as epic as I initially assumed it would be, but I was almost level 57 and can't exactly complain that the game wasn't prepared for my massive leveling.
My favorite character in Skyrim was Paarthurnax. Hands down. Why the game would ever try to entice me to kill him is beyond me. I've even read up on the perk you acquire if you do and it wasn't terribly impressive. He can live. In all of my playthroughs.
So now it's the question of "What's next?" I've got my eyes on the Darksiders series, Dark Souls, The Darkness, and Serious Sam 3. I know the last doesn't exactly fit, but whatever. I'm okay with that. 13 games down, a million more to go…
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This is one of those "Mars/Venus" issues. When a woman is "cold and distant" and says nothing's wrong, "head for the hills." When a man is "cold and distant" and says nothing's wrong, nothing's wrong. It's probably just his way of showing contentment.
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I won't leave my wife alone on the days we don't have sex or on the days before we do. The day after, I wouldn't say I'm "cold and distant," but I'm not feeling that compulsion to win her affections. I'm just feeling comfortable. Heck, on nights we don't, we'll cuddle all night long. When we do, we roll over and sleep with our backs to each other.


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Film: Blueberry Soup
Wednesday, September 17 | 6-9 p.m. | 105 Boalt Hall Boalt Hall, School of Law
Blueberry Soup is a documentary about grassroots constitutionalism, participatory democracy and social media. It tells the story of how Iceland drafted a revised national constitution in 2008 by using social media. Watch the trailer here.
Music: Theodora Serbanescu-Martin, piano
Wednesday, September 17 | 8-10 p.m. | Hertz Concert Hall
Theodora Serbanescu-Martin is an undergraduate in UC Berkeley's piano program, will perform Chopin's mazurkas and Polonaise-Fantasie, Beethoven's Sonata in G, op. 31, and Brahms' Variations on a Theme of Handel.
Panel discussion: Free speech on campus, from the FSM to Occupy
Wednesday, September 17 | 4-5:30 p.m. | Booth Auditorium Boalt Hall, School of Law
In celebration of Constitution Day, and kicking off the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement, panelists will discuss the history of free speech on the Berkeley campus, and what it means in contemporary context. Professors Buxbaum and Cole were key legal advisors concerning the Free Speech Movement, and Linda Lye served as counsel to the Occupy protesters at Cal.
Lecture: Digital agenda for Europe
Wednesday, September 17 | 12-1 p.m. | 310, Banatao Auditorium Sutardja Dai Hall
In March 2010 the European Commission launched the Europe 2020 Strategy to exit the crisis and prepare the EU economy for the challenges of the next decade. Europe 2020 sets out a vision to achieve high levels of employment, a low carbon economy, productivity and social cohesion, to be implemented through concrete actions at EU and national levels. The Digital Agenda for Europe is one of the seven flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020 Strategy, set out to define the key enabling role that the use of information and communication technologies will have to play if Europe wants to succeed in its ambitions for 2020. Francisco García Morán, chief IT advisor to the European Commission, will discuss.Free
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Exhibit: Geta Brătescu
July 25 – September 28, 2014 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
MATRIX 254 features the work of Romanian artist Geta Brătescu (b. 1926), who has been living and working in Bucharest since the 1950s. Working across a wide range of media (graphic design, drawing, video, textiles, performance, installation, photography, and printmaking), Brătescu is a central figure in postwar Romanian art. Due primarily to Communist leader Nicolae Ceauşescu's totalitarian regime (1967–89), which suppressed the work of avant-garde artists living and working in Romania, and the subsequent political isolation of the country, Brătescu's work was little known to international audiences until recently. For MATRIX 254, Brătescu's first solo exhibition in a U.S. museum, the artist presents a focused selection of key works made between the years 1977 and 2000.Free BAM/PFA member; Cal Student, Staff, Faculty, and retirees; Children (12 and under), $10 Adults (18-64), $7 Non-UC Berkeley students, senior citizens (65 & over), disabled patrons, young adults (13-17)
Exhibit: Scores for a Room
September 17 – October 17, 2014 every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 12-5 p.m. | Worth Ryder Art Gallery - Kroeber 116 Kroeber Hall
The Worth Ryder Art Gallery presents Scores for a Room with work by David Haxton and Jim Melchert. Guest curated by Tanya Zimbardo, the exhibition brings together for the first time historic works by these two artists, exploring their different approaches to the description of space through structured activity performed for the camera. Both renowned artists turned to the projected image in the seventies, highlighting the shifting awareness of spatial perception in the interaction between illusionistic filmed space and a physical location.
Preview: Coming Attractions Fall 2014
September 8 – December 15, 2014 every day | Various locations, campuswide
World politics, world-class artistry, Homecoming weekend — just some of what's happening at Berkeley this fall. The semester brings the Australian Ballet, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Willem Dafoe, weekly discussions on the Middle East. And did we mention the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement? For a look at what's ahead this semester, see the fall round up.
Exhibit: Gourmet Ghettos, Modern Food Rituals
August 28 – December 19, 2014 every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | 11 a.m.-4 p.m. | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)
For thousands of years, food rituals have been essential to constructing and maintaining Jewish identities throughout the diaspora. But the significance of these rituals might be more pervasive than we think. Gourmet Ghettos: Modern Food Rituals explores the broader linkages between food, ritual, identity, and activism that inform Jewish life.
Exhibit: John Zurier
September 12 – December 21, 2014 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley-based artist John Zurier (b. 1956) paints abstract, luminous canvases with hand-mixed pigments that range from subtle, muted earth tones to vibrant, saturated hues. He uses a wide range of brushwork and surface treatments to draw attention to the varied textures of the canvas—often applying distemper (a tempera paint made with dry pigments in animal glue) in thin brushy layers—to capture qualities of light and the changing effects of the atmosphere. Informed by a wide range of references—Abstract Expressionism, Italian Renaissance painting, Minimalism, Japanese painting, and poetry—Zurier's work transcends the mundane to enter an affective realm.$10 General Admission, $7 Non-UC Berkeley students; Senior citizens (65 & over); Disabled persons; Young adults (13-17), $0 BAM/PFA Members; UC Berkeley students, faculty, staff, and retirees; Children (12&under)
Exhibit: Hard Words – Memory and death in the wild west
August 25, 2014 – February 20, 2015 every day | 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. | Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall Stephens Hall
An exhibition of Peter Koch's striking prints assembled from re-configured photographs, historical documents, manuscript journals and old newspaper engravings; accompanied by short legends written by the artist, hand-set in antique lead and wood type. The prints are accompanied by selected texts appropriated from the writings of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Ross Cox, William T. Hornaday, L.A. Huffman, Elers Koch, and others.
Exhibit: Birds Do It, Bees Do It
September 8, 2014 – February 28, 2015 every day | Bernice Layne Brown Gallery Doe Library
From junior high school hygiene films to websites, public health campaigns, scientific studies, children's books, bodice-ripper novels and (sometimes) parents, Americans have always found ways to learn about sex. That information has at times been incorrect or incomplete, and has rarely been delivered without a larger political or moral agenda. While attitudes towards sex education swing from the blissfulness of ignorance to the empowerment of liberation, every generation finds new ways to answer the old questions. Our desire to learn about desire has not changed. This exhibition draws from the resources of campus libraries, from our academic programs, and from social services provided for the Berkeley campus community.
Film: Girls Don't Scream
Thursday, September 18 | 7 p.m. | 340, Sultan Conference Room Stephens Hall
Situated at the crossroads of several art forms, contemporary Iranian cinema provides a global screen on which the profound paradoxes and contradictions of life for women in Iran today are projected. This curated film series highlights the changing image of women, and questions of gender more broadly, in Iranian film. Dealing with themes like sexual abuse, transgender identities, and women in the workplace, these films shed new light on a quiet revolution in which one can neither scream out against injustice nor remain silent. This screening of Girls Don't Scream will be followed by a conversation with filmmaker Pouran Derakhshandeh.
Film: Tout Va Bien
Thursday, September 18 | 7 p.m. | PFA Theater
Godard and Gorin cowrote and codirected this 1972 feature, which, unlike their previous films together, has two famous stars in the cast—Jane Fonda and Yves Montand, both famous for their politics, as well as their films. They portray He and She: a film director who has turned to TV commercials, and an American radio correspondent in Paris. He and She become leaders of a labor uprising in a large factory in France.$5.50 BAM/PFA members, UC Berkeley students, $6.50 UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and retirees; Non-UC Berkeley students; Senior citizens (65 & over); Disabled persons; Youth (17 & under), $9.50 General Admission
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Seminar: Online trolling and mainstream culture
Thursday, September 18 | 1-2 p.m. | 250 Sutardja Dai Hall
Dr. Whitney Phillips (communication studies, Humboldt State University) will discuss her forthcoming book This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Mapping the Relationship between Online Trolling and Mainstream Culture. Unlike most popular accounts of trolling, which place the problem of antagonistic online behavior squarely at the feet of participating trolls, Phillips will assert that the so-called troll problem is actually a culture problem. Not only do trolls fit comfortably within the contemporary American media landscape, they effortlessly replicate the most pervasive—and in many cases outright venerated—tropes in the Western tradition.
Conference: Nuclear options, behind the US-South Korea conflict
Friday, September 19 | 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | 180 Doe Library
Nuclear power turned to weaponry is a dire threat at any time, never more so than in an unstable international climate. At the same time, nuclear power is embraced by South Korea not only as a clean and relatively inexpensive option for its energy-hungry economy, but as a promising export in itself, and an avenue of lucrative technology transfer. The threat of international proliferation has raised concern over South Korea's latest development: an improved method for treating spent fuel for future re-use. This symposium will attempt to unpack the political, historical, economic, and scientific issues, and illuminate the larger picture of the role of nuclear power in contemporary geo-politics.
Conference: Black lives matter – police violence, prisons and freedom visions
Friday, September 19 | 5-7 p.m. | D37 Hearst Field Annex
This conference will bring together local activists, educators and authors to discuss the events in Ferguson and elsewhere, police and prison violence, and a visionary movement building for racial and gender justice.
Lecture: The two-way street between social science and nuclear policy
Friday, September 19 | 12-1:30 p.m. | 223 Moses Hall
Scott Sagan, author and professor of political science at Stanford University, will discuss nuclear strategy, national security, and lessons to be learned from past mistakes with regard to nuclear policies. Sagan has served as a consultant to the office of the Secretary of Defense and at both the Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories.
Film: Lolita
Friday, September 19 | 7:30 p.m. | PFA Theater
Vladimir Nabokov's literary lovechild Lolita was bound to make a sensational film, in both senses of the word. A mere stutter of a man, Humbert Humbert (James Mason) is feloniously fixated on "nymphets," young girls hovering around the fragile age of fourteen. He meets just such an alarming siren, the fondly labeled Lolita, played by Sue Lyons. Yet this noxious nymphet has a second suitor, the strangely disguised Quilty, a masquerade of roles by Peter Sellers. Lolita seduces the helpless Humbert and the rest is his story and his downfall. Kubrick's adaptation replicates the Russian writer's black humor with unblinking cool.$5.50 BAM/PFA members, UC Berkeley students, $6.50 UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and retirees; Non-UC Berkeley students; Senior citizens (65 & over); Disabled persons; Youth (17 & under), $9.50 General Admission
Buy tickets online, or by calling 510-642-5249.
Music: Berkeley old time music convention
Friday, September 19 | 12-3 p.m. | 125, the Elkus Room Morrison Hall
The Berkeley Old Time Music convention will host a panel discussion and jam session. Panelists include the Onlies, juniors at Garfield High School (Seattle) who have been playing music together since they were two years old. The trio sings and plays fiddle, guitar, mandolin, banjo and piano, and writes original material. They each have a personal passion: old-time Irish, Scottish and Cape Breton music. A jam session on the faculty glade will follow the discussion.
Music: Berkeley world music festival
Saturday, September 20 | 12-6 p.m. | People's Park, Between Dwight Way and Haste St. above Telegraph, Berkeley, CA, Berkeley
The Berkeley World Music Festival showcases the Bay Area's dazzling world music scene. Now in it's 11th year, BWMF invites new and returning students to it's 1st Autumn Fest on September 20th and 21st. Outdoor and café performances include the People's Park concert with Crafts Bazaar. The exciting La Misa Negra opens the concert with vintage Columbian dance hall music packed with a cabaret of horns, vocals and punk rock energy. West Coast favorite SambaDá follows with their carnival of Brazilian Samba Funk. International sonic trailblazer and headliner, Marcus James & the Wassonrai, bridge Delta Blues with West Africa. On Sunday, the Festival turns Telegraph Avenue into a street fair carnival, between Dwight Way and Durant Avenue, led by main stage performance Baraka Moon's Sufi Trance Dance music, with charismatic singer Sukhawat Ali Khan and Stephen Kent (digeridu).
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