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ED (Edward) RUSCHA (born 1937)
1937 Omaha, Nebraska (American)
Title: I'm Amazed, from: Fourteen Big Prints, 1971
Technique: Original Hand Signed, Dated and Numbered Screenprint in Colours on Hollingsworth Rag Paper
Paper size: 101.5 x 152.2 cm. / 40 x 60 in.
Additional Information: This original screenprint in colours is hand signed in pencil "Ed Ruscha" at the lower left corner. It is dated "1971" next to the signature.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 100, at the lower left corner. There were also 15 artist's proofs aside from the standard edition.
It was printed by Advanced Graphics, London and published by Bernard Jacobson, London in 1971. This work was included in the portfolio "Fourteen Big Prints".
The portfolio "Fourteen Big Prints" included contributions from artists such as Ivor Abrahams, Peter Blake, Patrick Caulfield, John Hoyland and Eduardo Paolozzi. The publisher Bernard Jacobson approached contemporary artists who were working in the medium of screenprinting with the idea of exemplifying the ability of this technique to print on large scales. The portfolio was well received and was followed up the following year by the series "Eighteen Small Prints".
Literature: Engberg, S. (1999). Edward Ruscha Editions 1959-1999: Catalogue Raisonné. Minneapolis: Walker Art Centre.
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Monday, 15 June 2009
Keep calm and carry on...
This should be our family motto "keep calm and carry on!" I always think I am the most impatient person, but a few people have recently commented that I am very calm and patient especially with my boys, which is a lovely thing to say, not necessarily true, but lovely. I have admired the "keep calm" prints for a little while now and just couldn't resist buying one from etsy. It sits on the wall in our family room, overlooking the crumbs on the dining table, the toys spilling out from their baskets over the floor and the piles of clothes that need ironing! *sigh*
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Significance of Engineering Consulting Firms
Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. We now endure in a place where without knowledge we are aught. Students agonize and brawl with pain to just taste the nectar of success. But some or other barrier stops then from confiscating, why this happens so? A huge question mark emanates our mind. The only answer for this puzzle is paucity of opportunities to the students mainly because of less placement opportunities among the colleges, the ability is not show cased properly. People from various MNC's and other sectors accept individuals based on so many rules and regulation. Why can't we join hands to keep full stop to these issues? As we know clearly that it is the foremost responsibilities of the students is to create the opportunities.
But now-a-days it's simple and easy because of the contingency provided by the top engineering consulting firms. The consulting firms help us by providing better fair shake in all emerging industries all over India. Isn't it surprising? These consulting firms are a professional backing that provides individualistic ace in engineering, science and many more to governments, industries, developers, construction firms etc. These firms are bestowed with all kinds of people specialised in various fields with many criteria's.
They give us fabulous work environment and also it helps in providing the up growing engineers and other technical masters with new exposed projects, which gains them with experience and more knowledge. Consulting engineers not only share their work stuffs with the people of same standards, they also include other miscellaneous specialists. These types of firms mostly embrace technologists and engineers, who are the mandatory source of developing technologies. Top engineering consulting firms in India are a collaboration of distinct horde which avail them to complete a particular task easily.
Now a day, consulting firms have become a business for most of the people. Everyone just focus only on one stuff, How to make money bigger and faster? Accordingly engineering consulting firms provides huge income as well as prominent work opportunities. More over these firms gives students to work without any experience right from the university. Depending on the work you complete and experience you gather helps them to give us good positions in the sectors. The worth of consulting engineering is not understood by more citizens. The simple car invented before was because of engineering consultants, but everyone focus only on the latest and the high priced cars. Judge everything only by complete analysis.
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On Show
The brand-new Beit Benyamini Ceramics Center has a shelf of my recent saltglaze pots on display for the next few weeks; it's a great facility,and well worth a visit,especially to see the long-awaited exhibition of the late Maud Freidland's pots. A click on the title should get you to the site- the center is in south Tel Aviv between Florentin and Yaffo. This is the text I wrote to accompany the pots:
Salt-glazing is a technique that was used widely in Europe from the 15th century,starting in Germany,spreading to Britain and France and later to the United States and Japan. It was used for industrial and domestic wares,only declining in popularity with clean air legislation in the last century,the banishing of potteries from city centers and the advent of plastic.
Born in England to German refugee parents,there must have been some residual salt in my blood-stream; the technique has always intrigued me,and the contemporary salt- and soda-glazing potters have been a strong influence and inspiration [some of you might have noticed how many of them were guests in the early days of the Tel Hai Pottery Symposium].
I built a small catenary-arch gas-fired salt kiln in Tsfat nine years ago;I later rebuilt it at the Rosenstones' studio in Yesod HaMaala,where Sydney and I fired it around 30 times. The pots on display here were fired at a similar kiln built a few years ago by a student at Tel Hai.
The pots are covered in silica-rich slips,coloured with either cobalt [blue] or iron [ochre/brown] and bisc-fired to speed up the salt-firing cycle. Coarse salt,wrapped in newspaper and dampened,is thrown into the kiln over the flame-path of the two gas burners starting at 1250º and continuing until rings drawn from the kiln show sufficient glaze has developed and the kiln has reached 1300- 1320º.The glaze and characteristic 'orange-peel' surface is formed by the interaction of sodium from the salt with silica in the slips and clay.Currently the kiln needs 7 kilos of salt in 1/2 kilo doses,and the firing lasts for 9-10 hours.
Each different type of kiln and firing suggests to me a different style of making- the pots I make for my reduction gas firings are not the same as those for crystalline/electric,anagama or salt. Salt firing brings out relief patterns,so most of the cups and bowls on display here were built from slabs,to enable me to use deep wood-block stamps and wire-cuts,and then finished and shaped on the wheel after assembly. The glazes and slips are food-safe and lead-free,oven- but not flame-proof; they are dish-washer-safe [although I prefer my pots to be washed by hand!] and are made to be used.


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Cold Water Operations Take Precedence
The U.S. Second Fleet and its NATO command ally in Norfolk look to advance operations in the North Atlantic.
The United States and NATO are facing greater threats from the Russian Federation, and a growing interest from China, in the waters of the North Atlantic and the Arctic, warned Vice Adm. Andrew "Woody" Lewis, USN, who spoke Tuesday at AFCEA International and IEEE's MILCOM conference in Norfolk, Virginia.
The dual-hatted commander oversees both the U.S. Navy's Second Fleet and NATO's new Joint Force Command Norfolk. To combat rising threats and provide stability, both commands must improve their operational abilities in these northern waters, he said.
VADM Lewis, @USNavy, Cmdr @US2ndFleet and Cmdr Joint Forces Command Norfolk @NATO: The reestablished 2nd Fleet is focused on how great power competition manifests in maritime operations, in the Atlantic & Arctic. "It's an increasingly lethal and disruptive battlespace." #MILCOM pic.twitter.com/1BampcxB88
— Kimberly Underwood (@Kunderwood_SGNL) November 12, 2019
The creation of NATO's new command in the same year as the reestablishment of the Second Fleet was no coincidence. NATO leaders recognized the same shift in the Atlantic/Arctic threat environment and stood up the Joint Force Command Norfolk as part of their revamped NATO command structure.
"We have not stood up a NATO Command in the United States in a long, long time, and we have never stood up a command of this nature," Adm. Lewis stressed. "It's a hybrid command within NATO Command structure. My priority has been ensuring that both commands are built in such a way that they are fully aligned and complementary."
Once fully operational, the U.S. Second Fleet will operate in the waters from the East Coast of the United States to the Arctic, "inclusive of Iceland, Norway and the approaches of the Baltic and the Azores," Adm. Lewis offered.
NATO's Joint Force Command Norfolk is roughly a year and nine months behind the Second Fleet. "Joint Force Command Norfolk will work with allies and partners to deter aggressive behavior of the Russian Federation in the North Atlantic," the commander said.
Russia, however, considers itself the great power in the Arctic and China is certainly interested in hydrocarbon and fishing developments in those waters, the admiral explained. "If we do not get in the Arctic with a measured and deliberate approach, the area is destined for conflict," Adm. Lewis warned. "The U.S. and Allied presence now, both naval and economic, in the Arctic could mean a peaceful cooperative environment."
To improve its capabilities, the United States is turning to allies with experience operating in the North Atlantic, such as Canada. "We must look to our partners as experts in this arena and learn from them," Adm. Lewis emphasized. One key appointment is having Rear Adm. Steve Waddell, Royal Navy of Canada, as second in charge at the fleet. The vice commander confirmed that he was brought in to aid U.S. naval and NATO operations in Northern waters. "The first step was inviting a partner who has operated in that environment a little more, down to the team," Adm. Waddell stated. "Through necessity and based on geography, the Canadian Navy has operated in that austere expeditionary environment, more so, I've learned, than the U.S. Navy service fleet."
Rear Adm. Waddell, @RoyalCanNavy vice commander @US2ndFleet is helping to bring in understanding of operating in the North Atlantic, building a partnership perspective to coordinate effects in that environment, if ever there is a potential fourth battle of the Atlantic #MILCOM pic.twitter.com/Xyp9X2p9Wp
— Kimberly Underwood (@Kunderwood_SGNL) November 12, 2019
However, Adm. Lewis acknowledged that the reality of military operations for many nations over the years meant they were operating in the Arabian Sea, the Persian Gulf or the Asian Pacific. With the growing importance of the Arctic environment, he said, they all must build more experience.
"It will take some time for us to build a muscle memory of operating cold weather environments like we did 30-plus years ago, but we won't get there unless we physically place ourselves in the region, participating in exercises, and learning alongside our allies and partners in deployments and exposing our team to that environment," Adm. Lewis said.


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Kendall Jenner Reveals Why She Needs A Boyfriend Right Now
It sounds like Kendall is tired of being single and we were so excited when we read her latest Instagram post about wanting a man! Kendall, don't worry we have tons of ideas for you!
Kendall Jenner, 19, wants a boyfriend. Just when you thought you were the only one of your friends who can't find a guy, one of the most famous teens in the world just revealed that she's single and wants to meet someone too! Kendall took to Instagram, April 7 and reposted a long message about why sometimes being single isn't as much fun as when you have a partner in crime!
Kendall Jenner Reveals Why She Needs A Boyfriend Right Now
Kendall posted a message from @Golden_Barbie that read: "The only reason I want a boyfriend is so that when I'm singing Fergilicious, and it's at the part where she says 'I be up in the gym just workin on my fitness he's my witness' I can point to him and he'll do the little 'wooHoo' part because right now I have to do both parts myself and it's stressful because right after the wooOOH part I have to get right back into rapping and the transition is harder than you think so yeah I need a bf because of that."
We can think of lots of hot single celebs that she could date: Justin Bieber, Scott Eastwood, Taylor Lautner, and Liam Hemsworth, just to name a few!
Kendall Shows Support Of Bruce Jenner After Transition Interview Announced
Kendall is such a cool chick! She drove over to her dad, Bruce Jenner's Olympic billboard in LA and posted a pic of it to her Instagram! It's really sweet because she did this just a few hours after it was revealed that Bruce will sit down with ABC's Diane Sawyer for a two-hour interview to air on April 24.
"[Bruce] is going to reveal all of his struggles into transition and why it took so long for him to do it in the first place," a source tells us. "It's also going to go way into how the family feels about it and what measures he is taking to complete the process"
HollywoodLifers, do you think Kendall needs a boyfriend?
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We are thrilled to host P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast in an event moderated by Rachel Caine!
PC & Kristin, beloved authors of the bestselling House of Night series, are on tour for the first book in their new YA paranormal series, The Dysasters. Rachel, author of the bestselling Morganville Vampires series, is moderating, but also has a recent release, Honor Bound.
Once you purchase a copy of The Dysasters to get a signing line number, PC and Kristin will personalize copies of any titles purchased from KBB. We will have limited quantities of backlist titles, but we suggest preordering by March 1st to ensure you get your preferred backlist titles. They will also sign, but not personalize, copies of books brought from home at the end, if time allows.
Rachel Caine will be signing Honor Bound, her latest YA science fiction title, and any older titles purchased from KBB.
*PC Cast is a NYT Best-Selling author and a member of the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame. Her novels have been awarded the prestigious: Oklahoma Book Award, YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award, the Prism, Holt Medallion, Daphne du Maurier, Bookseller's Best, and the Laurel Wreath. P.C. Cast is an experienced teacher and talented speaker.
Kristin Cast is a #1 NYT and #1 USA Today bestselling author who teams with her mother to write the wildly successful House of Night series. She has editorial credits, a thriving t-shirt line, and a passion for all things paranormal.
*Rachel Caine is the #1 internationally bestselling author of almost fifty novels, including the New York Times bestselling Morganville Vampires young adult series. Her novel Prince of Shadows won multiple awards, including being named to the Spirit of Texas Reading List, and, most recently, Ink and Bone, the first of her Great Library series, is an international bestseller and critical success and winner of multiple nominations and awards, including being named to the Lone Star List by the Texas Library Association.
Foster Stewart knows she's different. Her life has never been "normal." Talking to plants and controlling cloud formations aren't things most seventeen year olds are into. Tate "Nighthawk" Taylor is perfect. Star quarterback and all around dreamy boy next door, he never thought about his "extra" abilities. What quarterback wouldn't want night vision? That's not weird, right? It's cool!
But on the night of their first meeting, a deadly tornado brings them together and awakens their true abilities - the power to control the element air. Unbeknown to Tate and Foster, they are the first in a group of teens that were genetically manipulated before birth to bond with the elements. Which truly sucks for Foster, as she has to face the fact that Dr. Rick Stewart, her beloved scientist father, betrayed her and now wants to use her and the others for his own nefarious world domination plot.
Foster and Tate must stop Dr. Stewart and his minions before he destroys their lives and the world. In this new superhero multiverse, the Cast duo again combine real world teens and an adventure filled with danger, romance, and superpowers that will thrill House of Night fans looking for their next action packed fix.
Zara Cole was a thief back on Earth, but she's been recently upgraded to intergalactic fugitive. On the run after a bloody battle in a covert war that she never expected to be fighting, Zara, her copilot, Beatriz, and their Leviathan ship, Nadim, barely escaped the carnage with their lives.
Now Zara and her crew of Honors need a safe haven, far from the creatures who want to annihilate them. But with two wounded Leviathan to treat, plus human and nonhuman refugees to help, they'll have to settle for the nearest outpost, called the Sliver: a wild, dangerous warren of alien criminals.
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Soon Zara will have to make a choice: Stand against the ultimate evil or run from it. But she's never walked away from a fight.
Honor Bound is the second installment in Rachel Caine and Ann Aguirre's thrilling and fresh space saga.
The first book in a daring new sci-fi series from New York Times bestselling authors Rachel Caine and Ann Aguirre! In Earth's distant future, a savvy young criminal is recruited to join the Honors space program, which sends humans into the far reaches of the galaxy aboard sentient spaceships called the Leviathan, only to discover that dangerous secrets are hidden amongst the stars.
Zara Cole has been in and out of New Detroit's rehab facilities for treatment of her antisocial disorder. There's no adjusting Zara's attitude, though. A painful past has made her stronger than most, which is why she chose life in the Zone instead moving with her family to Mars. In her eyes, living inside a dome isn't much better than a prison cell.
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Video vom Closing Panel der OEglobal vom 10. März 2017
Das Keynote Panel "Cape Town +10: Reflections on the Global State of Open Education" bildete den Abschluss der Konferenz OEglobal im März 2017 in Kapstadt, Südafrika.
Der folgende Bescheibungstext stammt von der Konferenzwebsite des OE Consortiums (dort unter CC BY 4.0):
"Ten years ago, the Cape Town Open Education Declaration was launched as a manifesto for opening up education. More than 2500 individuals and 260 organizations have pledged their support for the ideals set forth in the declaration, and open education has caught the attention of students, faculty, administrators and governments.
Join us for a lively panel discussion to celebrate some of our successes, reflect on the the changes over the past 10 years, and a look forward to the future of open education and the challenges we face. The panel will bring together some of the original authors of the declaration, including Delia Browne (Australian National Copyright Unit), Sanjaya Mishra (Commonwealth of Learning), Alek Tarkowski (Centrum Cyfrowe), Richard Baraniuk (Rice University) and the panel will be moderated by Philipp Schmidt (P2PU)."


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- Heron Park Estate, Harrisdale – Local Development Plans, Display village and stakeholder liaison.
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In correspondence with Dave Harrison ('Trade With Dave') on the subject of cultural constituencies, Dave raises the important point:
On what basis do different cultural constituencies constitute themselves?
Where are they coming from?
Fans of SUPERB IRONY have been treated to the recent spectacle of Germany launching a frontal assault on The Democracy Brand right on its home turf. The German message to Greek population and Syriza government alike is : 'Elect who you want, it makes no difference!'. Newly appointed Greek leader Alexis Tsipras has responded by visiting the war graves of communist resistance activists murdered by the Nazis and referring more than once to the favourable 1953 debt settlement offered to the emergent West German state by the victors of WWII.. ironic it might be, subtle it 'aint.
All of which diplomatic slapstick would be almost comical if it were not for firm support for the German position across Northern Europe. It is clear that national democratic government as we have understood it for a century or more, is being invalidated by the political realities of the EU.
The 'left' and 'progressives' are powerless to analyse, much less remedy this crisis of democracy. The left continually refers to this democratic crisis, but offers no contemporary analysis of it. Nor will they ever be in a position to do so. This would require an insight into the relationship between 'Economic Rationale' and 'Germanic Land Democracy' – not something the Germanic left can ever take on. If it ever did, it would invalidate itself immediately and permanently.
First of all, there is no point trying to discuss this or any other crisis of democracy in abstract general terms. All attempts to do so inevitably descend into a slanging match of the most simplistic and pointless kind: eg. 'I am more democratic than you' or 'the West is more democratic than the East' etc. This is simply more rhetorical slapstick.
We need a workable definition of democracy that is free from such rhetoric.
We can define Democracy as a group of individuals agreeing to exploit a free resource as equals in respect of that exploitation. For example, in ancient Greece slaves fulfilled the role of a 'free' resource. That is to say all Greeks were equal in relation to slaves (they owned them and exploited them etc) even if citizens were not equal to each other in different respects. If one 'citizen' went out and kidnapped a foreign person to be used as a slave there was no cost imposed on any other citizen as a result of this. This is why 'classic' Greek slave owning democracy is fundamentally different from all contemporary nations holding slaves. Greek democracy was slave democracy.
The modern democracy we have is different from ancient Greek democracy. Not just in its surface forms of government but in its fundamental construction. Greek democracy was based on the 'free' resource of slaves, Germanic democracy is based on the 'free' resource of land.
Germanic land democracy is based on freedom to buy and sell land within the constraints of the system. What this means is that it is permissible for anyone to buy land anywhere within the designated territory, so long as they can afford it. This form of ownership of land places no cost on another citizen. What happens to, and on, any given piece of land is primarily an economic consideration only marginally mitigated by any other considerations. This is the defining characteristic of the Germanic cult of Capitalism.
Freedom to trade land in this way locates Germanic Land Democracy, its origins (and even its eventual demise!), in time and place. 'Modern' (Germanic Land Democracy) has nothing to do with 'Classic' (Greek Slave democracy), never had, never will have. Any claim that they have anything in common is purely rhetorical.
Germanic democratic land 'freedom' never existed before it was created by the Germanic peoples of NW Europe. The modern nation state developed as a direct extension of this Germanic right to create and trade 'private' land. From the nation state came the modern relationship between the citizen and the nation. It is a particular political relationship.
The political relationship of the citizen to the modern state is based not on culture or history but on an economic relationship- the economic relationship encapsulated in Germanic Land Democracy. In a modern developed capitalist state, the questions of free movement, freedom of access, ownership and culture are all supposed to be settled. Now economic 'classes' will come to the fore under the auspices of economic rationale. In other words economics will be the focus and purpose of economics and by extension, politics. (see previous post)
However, it turned out that the land and culture battles were not exactly over. Since modern Germanic states began to expand outwards from NW Europe periodic conflicts between local cultural groups and the Germanic form of state have occurred. But half way through the last century, a full blown culture/state crisis exploded in Germany. Fascism pitched Germanic race, and culture directly against Germanic land democracy. And Germanic land democracy was overthrown. What followed was the rise and 'defeat' of fascism.
This next bit is particularly important:
Was democracy reconfigured in Germany after the war? No. The democratic German ruling elite had been overthrown by the Nazis. It had proved itself incapable of controlling its geographic and political territory. At the end of the war the German elite was put on an extended period of probation under the tutelage of its Anglo Saxon cousins. It follows from this that the German state is not a real democratic state. For instance, it has only relatively recently been unified. The German ruling class still cannot operate independently. It is constrained within a set of international political chains.
Again, Germany is not really a modern national democracy.
The damage caused to Germanic culture in general and Germanic land democracy by two World Wars was massive. I have described aspects of the strategy employed by the Anglo Saxon powers to rehabilitate Germanic culture and politics elsewhere. But here I want to focus on the implementation of mercantile nationalism.
Mercantile nationalism– is a form of nationalism based on the 'free movement' of individuals and mass immigration. In other words it is the most intense form of Germanic Land Democracy that it is possible to have. The brand name for this type of 'international' nationalism is Globalisation.
Mercantile nationalism was adopted as the antidote to the 'poison' that caused fascism. It was supposed to be an overwhelming dose of what had caused the problem in the first place, whose purpose was literally to swamp the 'enemy', (those who hang on to a troublesome cultural identity) and finally sweep them away.
Because of this, modern Germanic Mercantile nationalism naturally and inevitably causes conflict with expressions of culture and location, since these are deep human needs. Global modern politics has come to be about managing this conflict of interest. Broadly speaking management of the mercantile/culture conflict was going reasonably well (at least in mainland Europe), until the crisis in the relationship between globalisation, monetarism and financialisation caused by the Credit Crunch.
Monetarism is the end of economics. This is why I use the term 'Crackernomics' to describe the centralised political response to the Credit Crunch. Just as Germanic land democracy was supposed to have resolved the question of land and culture, so Monetarism is supposed to resolve the economic struggle- permanently. Monetarism is the end of economic rationale; the end of economic classes based on income.
Monetarism says there are no economic problems, there are only financial/liquidity problems and is only one way to deal with financial/liquidity problems – through money issuance. In other words, there are no economic problems any more, only political problems to be solved by central authority.
There is a horrible logic here:
- The purpose of politics is supposed to be to resolve conflict.
- Germanic Land democracy is supposed to resolve the conflict between culture, identity and territory and replace it with economic rationale.
- Monetarism is supposed to solve economic rationale and replace it with………?
- Culture and politics.
Oh dear.
Which brings us back to Greece. Monetarism inevitably makes the economic problem caused by the Credit Crunch back into a cultural political problem. Germany, previously forced to abandon its culture and adopt mercantile nationalism is now forced to promote mercantile nationalism against Greek culture! Germany was caught on the wrong side of the road going one way in 1945 and now it is caught on the wrong side of the road coming back in 2015. That is just plain unlucky…
Which brings us to the blue pill and the red pill and the choice that faces the Germanic world.
The credit crunch has brought us to a bottle neck.
Monetarism has destroyed economic rationale which inevitably means a return to cultural constituencies. But cultural constituencies were what forced the creation of economic rationale in the first place.
The entire Germanic world has to choose between the red pill and the blue pill Monetarism or Mercantile nationalism. What the Germanic world wants is half of one and half of the other; a purple pill if you will. But there is no such thing.
And time is running out.
Both the British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne and Barack Obama have been yanking the German neck chain recently. Both have told the Angela of Debt that she had better pull her horns in and cut a deal with Greece to save Europe. She will have to comply, the Saxons are still the bosses. But this will cause a festering resentment in the German population and the German political class. Its not just Greece v Germany on the table, its Germany v the Saxon Axis…


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This sofa has been connecteded to royalty and wealth for hundreds of years. It had not been till the manufacturing period that this sofa ended up being a typical household product. Nowadays, you can discover Chesterfields utilized by all groups of people and made use of for a variety of circumstances. Among the more popular uses for Chesterfield sofas is to combine them with a TELEVISION for the ultimate in TELEVISION comfort. Now if you want to buy a chesterfield, the very best location to begin your search is online. There are a lot of various choices out there in terms of style, color, and cost.
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Armoires have a really distinct look and feature to them; as marvelous furniture pieces, armoires can in some cases be developed as simply a daunting, oversized cabinet. On the contrary, armoires can be a fantastic addition to your home for a lot of reasons: they offer an abundance of storage area, are generally cable and TV prepared, and due to the fact that they're such solid pieces, they can be passed down from one generation to the following.
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There are recliner sofas which are available in the market today. This is made with a view of supplying comfort to the entire family. The recliners in the sofa will certainly be closed and needs to be opened when the individual wishes to sit. This guarantees that the recliner sofa does not take more space in the living room. These recliners likewise come in cotton and velour materials. With the use of cotton and velour materials, there are different designs that can be utilized. For example, the recliners can be in floral prints or comparable designs with vivid colors. This makes it suitable with all kinds of house design.
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Reappraisals in History: New Views on History and Society in Early Modern Europe
On Historians: Reappraisals of Some of the Masters of Modern History
As scholars grow older and more eminent, it has been observed, they tend to write less but to publish more. Among historians, Professor J. H. Hexter is a distinguished case in point. He first began to make books out of his previously published articles as early as 1961, when he issued Reappraisals in History: New Views on History and Society in Early Modern Europe. Since then there has been no stopping him. In 1971 he reprinted six of his general essays on the historian's craft as Doing History. Two years later he brought together his scattered writings on Renaissance political thought as The Vision of Politics on the Eve of the Reformation. And now his original collection of Reappraisals has been reissued in a second edition with two new chapters.
In the meantime Hexter has tended to move away from the production of conventional scholarly articles, and has channeled his main energies into writing an unusual series of gargantuan book reviews of major works by his contemporaries. The first appeared in 1968 in Journal of British Studies—no fewer than seventy-seven pages on Lawrence Stone's Crisis of the Aristocracy. This was followed in 1972 by an even more extensive analysis of Fernand Braudel's Méditerranée in the Journal of Modern History. And in 1977 came the slighter but still enormous (forty-eight page) discussion of J. G. A. Pocock's Machiavellian Moment in History and Theory. Never a man to waste his words, Hexter has now put together all these pieces (along with three others of lesser importance) to make a further historiographical collection, this time entitled (or at least I think it's entitled) On Historians: Reappraisals of Some of the Masters of Modern History.*
Taken together, these two new volumes offer us an excellent overall view of the historical terrain which Hexter has cultivated throughout his career. As they reveal, he has mainly worked in three connected fields. He started as a student of the English Revolution, his first book (published in 1941) being a survey of the political maneuverings of the early 1640s entitled The Reign of King Pym. He has never lost interest in this period, and lately referred to it as his "old and true stamping ground." He reverts to its problems in his consideration of Lawrence Stone's work, as well as in several of the essays reprinted in Reappraisals in History, including the most recent one of all, a devastating attack on some current accounts of why the English Revolution broke out.
After this Hexter set out to explore the wider world of society and culture in sixteenth-century Europe. This gave rise to his second book—on More's Utopia—and to several of the best and most constructive essays in Reappraisals, including the original and brilliant discussion of Renaissance education and its social significance. As Hexter says himself, the sixteenth century has been "the period of history that has most preoccupied" him, and this preoccupation is still evident in much of his finest recent work, most notably in the essays…
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From Shakespeare to puppets, pub gardens to palaces, the summer season provides opportunities for outdoor work across the UK. John Byrne speaks to actors, directors and producers to find out how they got involved
With summer approaching, getting a foot in the door of the industry will be a priority for every drama school graduate. The change in the seasons also means the advent of open-air theatre and, with hundreds of companies performing around the UK, this can provide thousands of potential opportunities for experienced and newly graduated actors alike.
"I graduated from Drama Studio London without an agent and thought to myself: 'If I don't take control of my career and give myself opportunities, no one will'," says Vicky Gaskin. "With my friend Nicky Diss I started Open Book theatre company, where we took adaptations of classic novels into libraries. In 2016, we were approached by Fullers, who, based on our experience of working in unconventional spaces, asked us to produce their summer series of Shakespeare plays in pub gardens around the country. Open Bar Theatre was born."
Diss, Gaskin's co-artistic director, had already toured as an actor with several open-air theatre companies. "When I started directing our own shows I brought all the tricks and influences I had learned from those experiences to the job. Shakespeare isn't formal and our pub audience certainly isn't. That relaxed atmosphere is perfect for making people laugh. Our audiences are bright, fun – some theatre lovers, lots of theatre converts. When I hear the first laugh on opening night… my heart bursts."
The logistics of touring from pub to pub means a typical Open Bar cast for even the most populous drama is limited to four actors.
Bath Spa acting graduate Grace Miller says that adds to the fun. "In The Comedy of Errors, I played both Adriana and Antipholus of Ephesus, and had to have an argument with myself every night. It was both ridiculous and wonderful to perform."
Thomas Judd, another regular, is equally enthusiastic about the joys of outdoor work, even when coping with the worst of UK weather. "Playing Paris in Romeo and Juliet, during a wet spell, I had to lie in a puddle every night until the play finished. I got plied with brandy afterwards, so it wasn't all bad."
In common with other experienced outdoor performers, Judd cautions that the biggest challenge is not coping with the elements, but protecting your voice. "For the audition, I assumed that because it was outdoors, you had to be really loud, so I bellowed the whole thing. Now I have learned that diction and clarity are so much more important than volume."
Shakespeare is by far the most popular theme for outdoor productions around the country, ranging from small, site-specific shows to companies such as Shakespeare's Rose Theatre, which offers not only pop-up productions at venues including Clifford's Tower in York and the grounds of Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, but a full 16th-century experience complete with surrounding village, minstrels and Elizabethan garden.
RADA graduate Leandra Ashton feels that, no matter how sophisticated the theatrical technology, it is the elements themselves that often add the most unique flavour to familiar scenes. "I loved playing Lady Macbeth for Shakespeare's Rose last year. You feel so close to the audience and to the natural world. We were baked in scorching sun for most of the run apart from one night when a lightning storm hit, flooding the stage with golf-ball sized hail stones. It meant: 'When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lighting or in rain?' got a laugh."
Richard Standing, playing Claudius in Hamlet and another Shakespeare's Rose returnee, feels resilience and teamwork are key qualities that successful outdoor players need.
"The biggest achievement was the sense of collective effort. As a company, we worked through a long, hot summer, but never lost passion or enthusiasm."
Mark Hayward, a seasoned outdoor performer and co-artistic director of The Pantaloons, a company that has produced a range of open-air shows – the latest will be Sense and Sensibility – agrees that collaboration between performers and the audience is what gives this type of show a special feel.
"Open-air performances feel like more of an experience than watching a play. I think audiences see attending them as a real event – you pack your picnic, grab a group of friends. They sometimes help to bring communities – particularly rural communities – together and it is very satisfying being a part of that."
For Simon Michael-Morgan, originally from South Wales but now living in Norfolk, the desire to bring quality productions to his home community was a big impetus for the founding of Strange Fascination Theatre Company. "I've always had a soft spot for open-air performances. It requires a great deal of skill to accomplish with conviction as well as providing huge opportunities for audience interaction. Our biggest achievement to date has been playing to a 500-plus audience at the prestigious Holkham Hall, plus our continued association with that venue. It is the backbone of our tour and provides remuneration that can allow us to manoeuvre further. Getting to this point has been difficult because in Norfolk there is a large amateur movement so venues expect work for free, but we like to think we are part of turning the tide towards it being the norm to pay for the work."
Strange Fascination co-owner Daisy Plackett notes the work involved to create a successful outdoor production can include solving basic problems that wouldn't usually arise inside a theatre.
"As a designer, producer and theatremaker, my biggest challenge has been combating the fact there is no theatre lighting in what we do. This lack of a black box can be quite unforgiving in terms of set design, especially for entrances, exits and scene changes, but the best part of the job is watching the show, taking in the action and the audience's reactions, the costumes, sets and puppets and thinking: 'We did that. That whole show came from us.' Those moments make all the hard work, the worry and stress worthwhile. Sometimes, I smile so much my face aches.''
Seasoned outdoor performer Elizabeth Burden encourages actors with outdoor ambitions to apply 'blue-sky' thinking from the outset. "Many companies regularly advertise their spring and summer outdoor shows. Go see them and have a chat. If there's none and you'd still love to do it, have a think. Have you ever seen a place locally and thought: 'Ooh I'd love to see a Macbeth done here'? Just do it – it's so much fun."
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May 2-20, Calkins Hall
Hundreds of paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, and works of 3D, design and new media will be on display at Calkins Hall, as fine arts students show off their best works of the year. The Department of Fine Arts, Design, Art History presents the annual Student Art Show May 2-20, 2018.
The opening reception for the show is Wednesday, May 2, during Common Hour (11:30 a.m.-12:40 p.m.) at Calkins Hall, Room 120. There will be music and refreshments, and awards are given to recognize the finest student artwork in a variety of categories.
This year's guest judge is New York-based artist Wendy White. Following the opening reception, she will present a lecture at 1 p.m. also in Calkins Hall, room 120. White has had solo exhibitions of her work at Leo Koenig Inc., New York, N.Y.; Jablonka Maruani Mercier, Brussels, Belgium; Van Horn, Düsseldorf, Germany, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago; Cabinet, Milan; Galerie Jérôme Pauchant, Paris; and Galeria Moriarty, Madrid.
She is the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts painting fellowship in 2012 and a George Segal painting grant in 2008. Her work was featured in Phaidon's anthology Vitamin P2: New Perspectives in Painting and will be included in the forthcoming group show titled The World's Game: Fútbol and Contemporary Art, curated by Franklin Sirmans, at Perez Art Museum, Miami.
For more information, call the Department of Fine Arts, Design, Art History at (516) 463-5474.


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Here's my recent purchases. I'll review them more fully shortly:
I couldn't resist this little set from Neal's Yard Remedies (£20) which includes a bath oil & massage oil (9ml each) in Soothing, Rose & Pomegranate and Geranium & Orange. It's the perfect treat/gift.
I recently came across Memento Scents, a botanical vegan perfumery. I picked up three solid perfumes and was sent one of the new roller-ball scents* to review.
SpaceNK were recently offering a free goody bag with a £20 spend - I couldn't resist and picked up my first Diptyque Candle. I chose the gorgeous Tubereuse which is the most intoxicating and expensive floral perfume in the world. The scent is a deep lush floral which scents the whole room.
I've been working my way through the scents I received in my 4160Tuesdays Advent Calendar (review) and the two I've gone onto buy so far are the gorgeous London 1969 and Raw Silk & Red Roses.
I used Roullier White's fantastic sample service to try Escentric Molecules Molecule 01 before purchasing the travel size (30ml - £27) at Cult Beauty. It's an amazing scent which works with your chemistry so it smells differently on everyone. Two people have asked me so far what's that smell!
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Subnautica PS4 Update 1.05 Released - Subnautica
tyrannosaurustom Members Join Date: 2019-01-26 Member: 249428Posts: 5 Fully active user
Over9000BPM Members Join Date: 2019-01-06 Member: 248189Posts: 19 Advanced userThere is an issue on PS4 (or a feature, I don't know...) that the PDA's that are already picked up respawn after some time. So you can pick them up again, but as you have already downloaded their content, nothing happens. This could be the behaviour you're seeing ? It's annoying, but not game breaking.
Another issue that is annoying is that the precursor force field doors reset after some time (or after reloading), so that you have to craft additional tablets to go back to the places you have already visited.
I do not know if both issues are known by the developers and being worked on.
You might also find that the Portal pedestals will also reactivate and accept another Ion Cube. Luckily the portals stay open either way so no ill effects on this aspect of the issue, but worth noting just in case.
Cochonou FranceMembers Join Date: 2019-01-19 Member: 249024Posts: 79 Advanced userDear @madsauce,
have those game saving issues (PDA respawning, force field doors closing, portals pedestal resetting) been reported to the PS4 team ?
Please note that this is likely a different bug than the issue initially reported in this thread (all PDAs not working).
Lux0rd Members Join Date: 2019-02-01 Member: 250014Posts: 1 Freshly registered userIs anyone else having an issue where you get major lag for like 5 seconds every time you surface? Luckily I haven't gotten to the point in the game where I've been chased by a reaper or something while needing to surface but having the game full on freeze every time you try to get air is insane.
PeterRdeVries NetherlandsMembers Join Date: 2019-02-02 Member: 250142Posts: 1 Freshly registered user
Nanocrystal Members Join Date: 2019-02-03 Member: 250242Posts: 2 Fully active userWas loving this game until I encountered the PS4 save bug. Game crashed and I lost about three hours of progress, including the whole base that I'd built. Don't want to risk continuing if there's a chance my save could get corrupted altogether. PLEASE PLEASE fix this, as otherwise it's an absolutely wonderful game!
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When we talk about software development, we instantly think of "programming" which is the process in which instructions are encoded to obtain a specific behavior on a computer. As software developers, we often face challenges that require us to bring up our technical and analysis capabilities to develop a new algorithm that solves a problem, but in most of the time we neglect an important aspect, programming to our internal standards.
In the software development industry, many companies and developers focus on solving the problem and because of the immediacy or immediacy of the matter, they carry out an extensive, messy and illegible but functional code, although almost everyone knows that even a bad code can work. Based on this reality we can deduce that: "The fact that a software works well does not necessarily mean that it is well programmed". Clean code, is synonymous with developing a good code. But how do I know it's a good code? A good code is when it does a single thing and does it well, is simple, direct and readable without the need for comments, must present a simple logic with minimal dependencies, clearly express the intention of the developer and have unit tests.
To develop a clean code we need to acquire and learn good development practices that allow us to translate into our code each of the characteristics that describe Clean Code. Programming well involves time and effort, especially if we have been used to programming without following standards. As a developer, it is not enough to show all your technical skills in the use of new technologies to determine that you have a good code and that you are a good developer, the one that is a good developer is the one that elaborates a readable and understandable code for someone who has years in programming as for someone who has weeks and basic knowledge of programming.
As a developer, it is important to acquire good programming practices because it give us the ability to design and update software correctly in our day to day. Knowing and applying the SOLID patterns to our software will allow us to update some functionality in the maintenance phase, as well as create new functionality without the need to alter old code. If we have to update a functional software component that is difficult to understand, is illegible and does not have standards, we must be able to refactor, which is the process in which the code is improved and updated without the need for his behavior is altered.
To learn good programming practices, development standards and recommendations to develop a good code we have a wide range of bibliographies to turn to, but there is a book that stands out among all these options and is the one I recommend reading. This book is called "Clean Code" and was developed by Robert C. Martin. This book summarizes the best practices of the industry as well as having a series of recommendations for you to have a good code.
It is important to emphasize that although the recommended book will give us the theoretical guidelines for a good code, we must also point out that there are tools that allow us to fulfill this objective and that are very useful when developing software. The first is EditorConfig, is an open source project that through a plugin compatible with most editors and current IDEs, helps developers to define and maintain rules of syntax and encoding in software projects. The second is Code Analysis, a tool incorporated in Visual Studio IDE that allows us to analyze all our code to determine if we use correct data types, identify methods that are not invoked, identify commented code, among others. All this analysis is based on configurable rules that allow the developer to activate or deactivate them to his need, even to customize the type of output when breaking the rule (Error, warning, suggestions). And the third is SonarLint Analyzer, which works similar to Code Analysis but also gives us the ability to analyze the logic that the programmer is writing giving instant feedback of what is being done wrong and a recommendation on how you can improve that code .
Finally, it must be clear that making a clean and good code will help make it easier to maintain and evolve in the future. Programmers are responsible for developing a clean code and refactoring the code that it identifies does not comply with the Clean Code features. And a clean code is the best image of your work as a developer.


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This is the first moisturizer I reviewed this year. You know how much I loved snail products before. I've experienced its healing properties and I was blown away. I wanted to try it again and see if it still works on me. I got Royal Skin's Soothing Gel in my past Althea haul. I chose it because it's very affordable. I was hoping it could be a moisturizer for maintenance.
It moisturizes and soothes sensitive and dry skin by external stimulation and maintains moist skin. Quick absorption without stickiness. Okay for infants! It excludes paraben, artificial color, benzophenone talc, mineral oil, silicone oil and animal substances. Multi-purpose gel for face and body.
- Affordable, 150 pesos at Althea
- A lot of product, 300 ml
- Can be used on face and body
- Absorbed easily
- Gives enough hydration
- Doesn't interfere with makeup application and longevity
- Did not make my skin oilier
- Did not emphasize pores
- Did not cause breakouts
- Product label at the bottom has no translation
- Might contain alcohol and/or fragrance
- Can make you look shiny if you use more than enough
I tested this for a week. I like how it's easily absorbed in a few seconds. It hydrated my skin and smoothened out my dry patches. Some moisturizers can make my pores look bigger but this one didn't. It didn't interfere with makeup application and longevity. It actually made it last longer than usual. Makeup application was a breeze. I also used this at night. I woke up without feeling like an oil slick. It did not cause breakouts, redness and no stinging. I also love to use it on the body especially after a hot day.
The only con I could think of is the product label has no translation and there's no ingredients list. You have to Google it. It might have alcohol and fragrance so watch out if you have sensitive skin. Since it's gel type, it made my face look shiny when it's used alone. There was no huge difference in healing breakouts in my case. It's not surprising since it has only 30,000 ppm concentration. That's 3% if you convert it to percent.
Final thoughts, this gel is okay as a maintenance. Meaning if you don't have other issues aside from dehydrated skin. This will instantly hydrate skin without feeling heavy and oily. It's refreshing especially if you put it in the fridge first.


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Utah State Courts Warn of Jury-Duty Scam
SALT LAKE CITY – Officials with the Utah State Courts are cautioning the public about a scam that relates to jury duty.
Nancy Volmer, public information officer at the Utah State Courts, explains the scam involves the victim being called by someone claiming to be a court employee and telling the victim that a warrant has been issued for his or her arrest for failing to report for jury duty.
"And they're saying that they need to get some personal identifying information such as a Social Security number, a birth date, and sometimes even a credit card, so they can recall that warrant," she adds.
Volmer says the scam was fairly common several years ago and only recently resurfaced in Utah. She says there are reports of it happening in Provo and Ogden.
Also, Volmer says there are reports of similar scams in the St. George area where people with other court business are being targeted.
Volmer says it's unlikely that anyone would receive a phone call from the Utah State Courts about jury duty.
"We rarely, if ever, will call a potential juror," she points out. "And if we do have to call a juror, it's nothing that we're going to be requesting personal information from."
Volmer says her colleagues around the nation also are reporting incidents of the jury scam occurring.
She says anyone who receives such a call should contact law enforcement immediately.


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The Obama administration on Friday unveiled the nation's first major federal regulations on fracking, sparking negative responses from green groups, who say the "toothless" new rules don't go far enough to protect public health and the environment and represent a "giveaway" to the fossil fuel industry.
The Interior Department regulations (pdf), the result of four years of study and debate, apply only to public lands—despite the fact that the vast majority of oil and gas drilling activity takes place on private lands.
Still, about 100,000 oil and gas wells operate on federally owned territory, including tribal land, and about 90 percent of them employ fracking techniques.
"This country needs real climate leadership from President Obama, not weak regulations that do nothing to stop the devastating impacts of climate disruption."
—Kate DeAngelis, Friends of the Earth
According to the Bureau of Land Management, key components of the rule include:
- New well-construction requirements to ensure the protection of groundwater supplies;
- Increased transparency by requiring companies to promptly and publicly disclose chemicals used fracking operations to the BLM through the website FracFocus;
- Higher standards for wastewater storage.
"Current federal well-drilling regulations are more than 30 years old and they simply have not kept pace with the technical complexities of today's hydraulic fracturing operations," said Interior Secretary Sally Jewell. "This updated and strengthened rule provides a framework of safeguards and disclosure protocols that will allow for the continued responsible development of our federal oil and gas resources."
But environmental activists argued that the new regulations are anything but responsible.
"This fracking rule is merely a continuation of Obama's harmful all-of-the-above energy policy that emphasizes natural gas development over protection of public health and the environment," said Kate DeAngelis, climate and energy campaigner of Friends of the Earth. "This country needs real climate leadership from President Obama, not weak regulations that do nothing to stop the devastating impacts of climate disruption. President Obama should use his authority to keep fossil fuels in the ground by placing a ban on federal fossil fuel leasing."
Multiple organizations said that the only way to address the well-documented dangers of fracking was to ban the practice altogether, as New York state did late last year.
"Our precious public lands have and are continuing to be sacrificed by the Obama Administration, only for the short-term profit of the oil and gas industry," said Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food & Water Watch. "Our work will continue to truly protect the millions of acres of federal lands that will remain in harm's way until fracking is halted entirely."
"Instead of following the lead of New York in banning fracking, the Obama Administration has devised fracking regulations that are nothing more then a giveaway to the oil and gas industry."
—Mark Ruffalo, Americans Against Fracking
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Hauter went on to thank U.S. Reps. Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.) and Jan Schakowsky (D–Ill.), who plan to reintroduce it this session to ban fracking on all federal lands.
Charging the BLM with overseeing fracking on federal lands is akin to letting the fox watch the hen house, according to Americans Against Fracking, an umbrella group representing more than 250 organizations from across the country who support banning fracking:
The BLM has a history of insufficient regulation that has put the public and the environment at risk. It currently oversees 100,000 oil and gas wells on public lands, but the Associated Press has found that the agency has failed to inspect 4 in 10 new oil and gas wells deemed by well operators as "high-risk" for environmental damage and water contamination. Furthermore, Cornell University scientists discovered that newer oil and gas wells drilled between 2000 and 2012 are more likely to leak methane than older ones.
"[I]nstead of following the lead of New York in banning fracking, the Obama Administration has devised fracking regulations that are nothing more then a giveaway to the oil and gas industry," added Americans Against Fracking advisory board member and actor Mark Ruffalo. "These regulations take from us our heritage and hands it to an industry that doesn't need a hand out. Industrialization and parks don't belong together."
But the oil and gas industry doesn't see it that way. News outlets reported Friday that two industry groups said they would immediately file suit in federal court to block the regulations. The Independent Petroleum Association of America and Western Energy Alliance called the rules a "reaction to unsubstantiated concerns."
In fact, there is mounting evidence of myriad risks associated with fracking. The practice has been linked to increasing seismic activity, aquifer contamination, public health problems, and water scarcity issues.
"Fracking threatens our air, water and climate—and for what?" asked Environmental Action executive director Drew Hudson on Friday. "When the shale gas bubble pops, and it will, we'll have wasted years on a seriously dirty way to drill for a mostly-dirty fuel."
He added: "Given the substantial harms to the environment, climate, public health and community safety, without any long-term benefits, it's clear that fracking has NO place on public land."


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XXXTentacion made his fans and family proud.
The later rapper was honoured with the award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album at the 2018 American Music Awards at Los Angeles' Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live on Tuesday, nearly four months after his death in June. His family, including his mother, Cleopatra Bernard, emotionally accepted the award on his behalf.
"I am honoured to accept this award on behalf of my son. I would like to thank the AMAs, his fans, and to everyone who made this possible, thank you guys so much," Bernard said, tearing up as she held his award. "I appreciate it."
Twenty-year-old XXXTentaction, real name Jahseh Onfroy, was shot and killed at a motorcycle dealership in Deerfield Beach, Florida, on June 18.
He dropped his AMA-winning album, 17, in August 2017. In the week following his death, his highest-charting single, "Sad!" hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 list, making him the first artist to posthumously top the Hot 100 since The Notorious B.I.G. in 1997. He also broke Taylor Swift's single-day streaming record on Spotify, amassing 10.4 million streams in the day following his death.
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When I heard that Elvis Costello and The Roots, two of my favorite artists, were collaborating for a full album, I almost thought it was a hoax. I knew that Elvis had been a guest with the band on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon before, but the realistic probability of this album ever being made was almost laughably low. I'm so glad they defied such odds.
When it comes to new albums, I can be a tough customer. I will hear the first few songs on the latest release from a band I love and dismiss it as their same old shit, but this is well beyond the same old shit. On Wise Up Ghost, Elvis Costello and The Roots created the perfect balance of songwriting, soul, and hip hop and gave it a bone-chilling message that calls out everyone from American politicians and oil execs to would-be revolutionaries and the average music nerd downloading torrents.
Wise Up Ghost kicks off with "Walk Us Uptown," which was released a few months before the album's September 17th debut and sets the tone for the album with a dirty and dry key line that is as off-putting as it is inspiring. The song draws the listener in and exhibits a hint of deviousness that only increases your curiosity for what comes next.
Then the beat drops. As is the case with the rest of the album, ?uestlove and The Roots put their signature groove and soul down here to support Costello's unique vocals. As with many of Elvis' lyrics, it is hard to interpret exactly what he is saying. To me, though, "Walk Us Uptown" is a satirical play on our politicians and higher-ups leading the general population down a road of false liberty as they've done throughout history.
This song features one of my favorite lyrics on Wise Up Ghost. When Elvis says, "Keep a red flag flying, keep a blue flag as well, and a white flag in case it all goes to hell," I believe he is saying that behind the stubborn and aggressive nature of our bipartisan government lies cowardice and failure.
This theme of "us against them" and a proposed revolution is very prevalent on this record. With songs like "Refuse To Be Saved" and the head-bobbingest track on the album, "Viceroy's Row," the message is clearly that history has gone in the favor of those with money and power. While these are incredibly successful musicians who aren't strapped for cash, given their position and strong presence in the current musical limelight, I genuinely appreciate their speaking up for those lower on the totem pole with such truth and eloquence.
Wise Up Ghost includes several references to a coming wartime and revolution. The phrase "she's pulling out the pin" is used on a few songs, suggesting something big ahead in our future, with the pulled pin of a grenade being the first action that is taken in a revolution that is more than a social fad, but something genuine that affects an entire culture. This album calls for that change.
The true soul and artistic integrity found on this album are unmatched, and releasing the album on Blue Note Records (among names like Coletrane, Hancock, and Shorter) didn't hurt its legitimacy. The musicianship and message call back to albums like Marvin Gaye's What's Going On, where the instrumentation is stunning and the message is more than powerful: it is socially and politically important.
If you are a fan of Elvis Costello, The Roots, soul, hip hop, politics, or music with meaning, I can't recommend this album enough. It really struck a chord with me from the moment I heard it. I didn't think I could respect these artists more than I already did, but Wise Up Ghost exceeds the high expectations I had for this collaboration.
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