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Reunited With The P.I.
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"Now that's not something you see every day."
The dazed wonder in his most recent hire's voice had Vince Sutton glancing up from where he'd been filling a third pitcher of beer. It was a Thursday night and the regulars were in The Brass Eagle. "What's that?"
Since he'd hired Travis Fielding all of three months ago, Vince had found there was little that didn't amuse the college senior. Tall and gangly with an odd penchant for retro seventies' paisley and sideburns, the computer science major seemed to be off in his own world most of the time.
"Tell me that's not an angel who just walked in." Travis suddenly jumped back as he'd over-poured the line of tequila shots. The pungent liquid dribbled over the lip of the bar and onto the kid's pristine white sneakers.
Despite hearing the distinct cha-ching of lost cash, Vince tossed Travis a towel. When he glanced over again, he found his employee's "angel" standing directly across from him. "Simone."
Vince went numb as he took in the familiar lush waves of thick hair, her startling sapphire-blue eyes that, despite every attempt, couldn't hide her emotions. Not from him, at least. Had it really been three years since he'd touched her face, those cheekbones? Trailed his finger down that pointed nose that only hinted at the stubbornness he knew she possessed? Traced that small tattoo on the base of her—
"Hello, Vince."
Her voice washed over him, sultry, intoxicating. How two words could hold so much—a greeting, a promise, a reminder—was beyond him. Then again, he'd stopped trying to figure out Simone Armstrong around the time he'd served her with divorce papers.
As if by rote, he reached for a bottle of Riesling. He poured her a glass before her tempting smile captured him completely. "You're looking good." As if Simone could ever look bad.
Beside him, Travis guffawed and blinked wide eyes at Vince as if he'd become his idol.
Simone still had that classic Hollywood blond bombshell thing going for her. But beyond the seductive touch of Veronica Lake and the fulsomeness of Marilyn's curves, there was more than a fair share of the smart spitfire combo of Hepburn and Bacall.
"So are you." With a slight nod, she accepted the wine he offered. "Hello." She offered her other hand to Travis, who scrubbed both his palms hard against his chest before taking her hand. "I'm Simone Armstrong."
"She means Deputy District Attorney Armstrong. The Avenging Angel," Vince added with enough venom in his voice to make Simone's eye twitch. "And this, Simone, is Mr. Travis Fielding. I'm betting he'll find his voice once he picks it up off the floor along with his tongue." His gaze skimmed her as low as he dared. "I see you haven't exhausted the fashion industry's supply of white fabric yet." His eyes stopped on the tiny pearl button between her full breasts, and then on the pendant at the base of her throat. The open collar of her tailored silk shirt dipped respectfully enough for office attire, but allowed a peek at those luscious curves of hers. Did she still invest in that barely there underwear? His fingers itched to discover whether she wore lace or silk. Or anything at all.
"Why change what works?" Simone flicked an annoyed expression at him before offering a warm smile to Travis. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Travis. Do you mind if I have a word with your boss for a few minutes?"
"N-no." Travis's breath came out in a shudder.
Vince walked around the kid to move beyond the bar. "Don't forget those shots for your customers. And take two pitchers to the back table for me. The construction workers are getting restless."
Travis nodded and blinked himself out of whatever hormonal trance Simone had put him in.
"Do you mind?" Simone stopped him when he led her to a booth by the front window. "Back there?" She gestured to the cubby beside the bar where he normally did the daily books. The stubble of hair on the back of his neck prickled as he noticed the tight grip she had on her briefcase. Simone was nothing if not professional, but now he saw something he wasn't quite used to.
His ex-wife was nervous.
Whatever pleasure he might have taken in causing her some temporary discomfort vanished as every ounce of training—from his service in the Marines to his subsequent years as a private investigator—put him on guard. Whatever was going on had to be bad for Simone to turn up on his doorstep.

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It's been three months since I last posted and a lot has happened. Most of the blogging I did in the past few months can be found on my technical blog but it's all programming related so I decided to keep it on a separate site.
First the good news. I finished the Flatiron School. It was intense and awesome and I made some great friends while I was there. We celebrated holidays, went out for drinks, had a Halloween party. During the last week we did a sort of campus draft where potential employers came in and met with us to discuss our projects. I got a few interested leads from it that I plan to follow up with after the Flatiron School.
Throughout the course of the program, we worked in different groups to create applications. One such application I built was called Charity Connection and it matched businesses with charities. For example, an after school group needs new computers and a finance company is getting rid of there old computers. The business could list the computers it wishes to donate and the charity could claim the computers. Then each party receives an email and can make arrangements for the transfer. I built another application called Just Lunch which helps busy people make friends for lunch.
The bad news, Nicole and I broke up. We had three great years together but our lives were taking us in different directions. She moved to Harlem in Manhattan to attend Bank Street and study museum education. I have no doubt in my mind that she'll make a great museum educator one day. I moved to Greenpoint in Brooklyn. I now live with 3 great roommates, a hairstylist, an executive assistant, and a technical recruiter. We have a blast together and it's been a really great match all around.


The City of Oneonta Engineering Department would like to remind the public that it is unlawful to dump leaves, snow and other debris in any of the City's creeks or the Susquehanna River. Piles of debris and snow may cause blockages in the waterways causing local flooding. According to the department this covers Silver Creek, Oneonta Creek, Glenwood Creek and the Mill Race. The public is requested to watch catch basins in your area to keep leaves from blocking them.


thoughts direct energy and energy follows thought.
Last night was the new moon and I decided to do this ritual ( or at least close to it ) I'll take you step by step how I interpreted astrologist Molly Hall's suggestions. Whether or not you believe in the power of the moon is not important, but practicing rituals of positive thinking will indeed benefit you.
Gather Sacred Supplies: I had purchased these stones on a day trip with one of my friends Marcy up to Asheville so I thought they would be perfect for adding a symbolic property to my ritual. Being an avid art journaler I knew I was going to like this ritual as it said that having a small journal on hand was a great way to record your intentions.
Preparing for the Ritual: I didn't have sea salt nor a bathtub as suggested but I had a sea salt scrub and a shower so I went and took a shower and scrubbed away all the negative energies. Using my previous mantra from the full moon rituals I kept repeating "this no longer serves me" after thinking of a negative action I wanted to stop doing to myself.
Grounding: This worked out well, as one of my stones is Jasper, a grounding stone so I visualized the suggested technique while holding the stone against my heart.
Your New Moon Wishes: and Dreams of the Soul: I combined both of these into one and wrote everything down in my journal with a water soluble pencil because I planned on using an "underwriting" technique common in art journaling when you really don't want to have what you wrote to be visible to anyone else.
Symbolic Acts: This is where the article states, "it's time to be creative" and I can smile at that because my creative juices began flowing the minute I started reading the article, lol I would like to take a moment to express that the only thing I am adamant about is NOT releasing helium balloons, they are harmful to our wildlife and to our environment but you get the idea, she means to use something to inspire your intention-setting ritual. For me, that turned out to be journaling, and for you, it may be something entirely different.
Keep them Alive: To do this I have placed my stones in this lovely pouch and placed them by my bed so that every night up until the full moon I can take them out and mediate what I worked on in my journal. Meditating/praying is also a great way to relax you before sleeping to clear your mind and it takes time to learn to focus on one thought and not letting your mind wander so don't be discouraged but keep working at it.
And here is my completed art journal page.
I hope this inspires you to think positive thoughts and to get into the practice of meditating every day on them and hopefully you will begin to see some results. I also have a Facebook group called Moon People if you would like to join us.
Very interesting post, seems like something I should try. I know I have a lot of pretty stones I have purchased (I just don't know which ones I have).
What a lovely journal page. Meditation can be very soothing.


Just like the cannabis-infused butter, it's super easy to infuse cannabis into your olive oil with the sous vide technique. Since you can fit many mason jars in a sous vide water bath, imagine the all the different flavored oil concoctions you can whip up all in one sitting! This technique is simple and discreet--no smell! You can just set it and forget it.
1. Pour olive oil in two 12oz mason jars. It is important to use jars specific to canning, so please no repurposed mayo jars. Inspect the jar for cracks. A freezer-safe zip bag may be used as well.
2. Decarb your cannabis to activate the THC and pour half into each jar of olive oil. Seal the jars finger tight.
5. Sous vide for 4 hours. Remove from water bath and strain. Discard the clippings and allow the infused olive oil to cool. Store in a cool dark place.


Cherie Sarrett has over 21 years of experience in the banking industry. Outside of work, Cherie serves on the board of Soroptimist, an international volunteer organization working to improve the lives of women and girls. In her free time, she tends to her 40x20 foot garden and spends time with her five children and 12 grandchildren.


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Silver Lake Elementary School serves 419 students in grades Prekindergarten-6.
The percentage of students achieving proficiency in math is 63% (which is higher than the Kansas state average of 33%) for the 2017-18 school year. The percentage of students achieving proficiency in reading/language arts is 58% (which is higher than the Kansas state average of 37%) for the 2017-18 school year.
Silver Lake Elementary School placed in the top 10% of all schools in Kansas for overall test scores (math proficiency is top 5%, and reading proficiency is top 10%) for the 2017-18 school year.
The student:teacher ratio of 15:1 is higher than the Kansas state level of 14:1.
Minority enrollment is 5% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is lower than the Kansas state average of 36% (majority Hispanic).
Silver Lake Elementary School places among the top 20% of public schools in Kansas for:
Math Proficiency Highest math proficiency (Top 5%)
Silver Lake Elementary School's student population of 419 students has grown by 5% over five school years.
Silver Lake Elementary School is ranked within the top 10% of all 1,265 schools in Kansas (based off of combined math and reading proficiency testing data) for the 2017-18 school year.
The diversity score of Silver Lake Elementary School is 0.10, which is less than the diversity score at state average of 0.54. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five school years.
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Overall Testing Rank #84 out of 1265 schools
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School District Name Silver Lake School District
Source: 2017-2018 (latest school year available) NCES, KS Dept. of Education
The nearest high school and middle school to Silver Lake Elementary School is Silver Lake Junior Senior High School (0.4 miles away)
The nearest elementary school is Wanamaker Elementary School (5.3 miles away)
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Fay Ku, one of 12 Winter Workspace 2015 artists, makes extensive use of gongbi (meticulous brush), a traditional Chinese ink technique that emphasizes anatomical exactness and fine detail in splendid color. Before we both turned to careers in the visual arts, Ku and I had an interest in literature in college, so we started on common ground.
David Xu Borgonjon: Your work suggests narrative but I can't always tell what the story is. How do you come to your characters?
Fay Ku: What the characters I depict have in common is that they're outside society. They're defined in reference to particular tribes, whether those are racial, sexual, geographical or otherwise. But mostly, they exist the way animals exist: outside morality. Did you read The Razor's Edge? The "bad people" go unpunished. And the one who suffers or is wronged just goes off at the end. You have to let go of the idea of justice. It's more like survival.
DB: To render characters against just the suggestion of a background, you tend to use a lot of fine line and textural details with some simple washes. Can you talk about how you came to this way of working?
DB: That influence is evident. I feel that—especially with the way you leave your backgrounds open to imagination—you must be looking at Song dynasty paintings.
FK: That started with a residency a few years ago out in the middle of the woods in winter. I'm terrified of the dark, so in retrospect maybe it wasn't the best idea. [Laughs] They'd discontinued the gray paper I'd been working on, so I arrived with a stack of terrifyingly white paper. At the same time that I was in this cabin in the middle of the woods, the Iraq war was on, and still is, so I was thinking about all that violence. In China, the early landscape painting, which used a more expressive, looser style, was a form of political protest against the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty court's dense and illustrative style. That inspired me to see that this was a way for me to enter that white world while staying political. I made a series of drawings of wars in a world where all the sky and the water were just blank paper.
DK: Many of these new works focus on a person morphing into an animal. Maybe it's the other way around, actually. Can you talk about these characters in transformation?
FK: I need something that's more powerful than me, and animals can do that for me. Even though I grew up in the suburbs, the most unnatural place in the world, I think I connect to animals on a basic level. Also, there's an anthropomorphizing of animals that I really distrust. And I think part of it is that I'm a meat-eater and I don't want to sanitize what's happening. There's this story my father used to tell about a little girl who would carve meat from her arms to feed her parents when they were hungry. These were my childhood stories! Savage but also fantastic, like the original Grimms fairy tales or the Greek myths. They're ways of discussing, but also containing, violence.
Ku will demonstrate how to use the white of the paper to evoke water, weather and landscape in her artist-led workshop Sunday afternoon, January 18.


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Le daminozide est un régulateur de croissance des plantes.

Le produit connu aussi sous la dénomination commerciale de ALAR, subit une campagne pour son interdiction aux USA en 1989, interdiction effective après le témoignage de l'actrice Meryl Streep devant le congrès américain.

Cependant la dose à risque pour la santé humaine aurait nécessité l'ingestion de plusieurs dizaines de milliers de pommes, mais la food and drug administration se soumit quand même à la demande populaire d'interdiction malgré l'absence d'effet délétère prévisibles sur la santé des populations. Coralie Chevalier et Mathieu Perona prennent cet exemple comme illustration du biais de disponibilité distordant la demande d'action publique.

Notes et références

Substance active de produit phytosanitaire
Régulateur de croissance
Hydrazide

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Śluby lwowskie – ślubowanie złożone 1 kwietnia 1656 roku, w czasie potopu szwedzkiego, przez króla Jana II Kazimierza Wazę w katedrze Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny we Lwowie podczas mszy świętej odprawianej przez nuncjusza Pietro Vidoniego przed obrazem Matki Bożej Łaskawej.

Znaczenie ślubów
Rzeczpospolita była prawie w całości opanowana przez Szwedów i Rosjan. Przyrzeczenia królewskie miały poderwać do walki z najeźdźcami całe społeczeństwo. Król oddał Rzeczpospolitą pod opiekę Matki Bożej, którą nazwał Królową Korony Polskiej i obiecał, że poprawi sytuację chłopów i mieszczan, kiedy tylko kraj zostanie uwolniony spod okupacji. Po ślubowaniu króla, w imieniu senatorów i szlachty, podobną rotę odczytał podkanclerzy koronny biskup krakowski Andrzej Trzebicki, zaś wszyscy obecni powtarzali słowa jego ślubowania. Obietnice wobec niższych stanów nie zostały zrealizowane z powodu stanowczego sprzeciwu szlachty.

Ślubów tych dokonano z inicjatywy królowej Polski Ludwiki Marii Gonzagi, wzorowane były na ślubach kardynała Armanda Jeana Richelieu, który dwadzieścia lat przedtem, po pokonaniu swoich wrogów w wojnie trzydziestoletniej, oddał Francję pod opiekę Matki Bożej.

Wbrew obiegowej opinii autorem tekstu ślubów lwowskich nie był Andrzej Bobola.

Zobacz też
 Kult maryjny
 Jasnogórskie Śluby Narodu Polskiego
 Śluby Jana Kazimierza

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Śluby króla Jana Kazimierza i Stanów Rzeczypospolitej zaprzysiężone imieniem narodu przed cudownym obrazem N. P. Łaskawej w Katedrze Lwowskiej a dotyczące polepszenia doli ludu pracującego oraz czci Najśw. Panny jako Królowej Korony Polskiej do wykonywania których to ślubów każdy miłujący Boga i Ojczyznę przyczyniać się winien, Lwów 1887

Linki zewnętrzne

 Śluby lwowskie w Potopie Henryka Sienkiewicza
 Obchody 350 rocznicy Ślubów lwowskich

Archikatedra łacińska we Lwowie
Historia Lwowa (I Rzeczpospolita)
Jan II Kazimierz Waza
Maryja
Kontrreformacja w Polsce
Potop szwedzki
Wydarzenia 1656


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Beautiful Gong Shim: Episode 16
by CandidClown
As Dan-tae grows closer to Gong Shim, he and Jun-su pull further and further apart. When trust is already thin, the slightest misunderstanding can snowball into something unforgivable. Jun-su is trying so hard to protect everyone, but it might be too late before he realizes that he also needs protection.
Blood may be thicker than water, but you can still drown in either one.
EPISODE 16 RECAP
Jun-su and Dan-tae agree to meet later that day to talk, each planning to unveil their own truth to the other. Dan-tae looks through his box of clues and thinks that today he'll reveal everything, lifting the guilt from Jun-su so he won't go down trying to protect his mother.
Interrupted from his reverie by a knock on his door, Dan-tae finds Gong Shim outside with a drink and a favor to ask. He invites her in, stashing his secret box out of the way.
Dan-tae enjoys the drink Gong Shim brought for him and thanks her in a baby voice (essentially saying, "tank you berry berry much"). The childish voice alarms Gong Shim and when he explains that he's been so serious lately and wanted to lighten the mood, she forbids him from ever using that voice again. Heh.
Gong Shim tells Dan-tae that she applied to a company and made it through to the interview round. She asks him to mock-interview her so she can prepare her questions. Dan-tae agrees readily, but gives her a warning that interviewers these days ask very tough questions so he'll be sure to do the same.
The interview commences and Dan-tae proceeds to knock down every one of Gong Shim's answers, picking at her lack of education and poor job experience. She tries to contain her growing fury but finally snaps and Dan-tae find himself being strangled by an irate Gong Shim.
As Dan-tae's face reaches the shade of a tomato, Gong Shim snaps out of her rage and apologizes to the shell-shocked lawyer. Dan-tae asks if he can see her later tonight and the two make plans to meet after Dan-tae's meeting with Jun-su.
In the Seok Manor, Jun-su opens the envelope from the lab and stares at the page, disbelieving that the results show no genetic match; Dan-tae is not Jun-pyo.
Still gathered in the main room, Jun-su's family grows curious as he remains out in the hallway. Uncle in particular is looking uncomfortable, no doubt worrying that Jun-su is about to reveal everything concerning Jun-pyo's kidnapping.
Jun-su comes back and announces to the family that he will resign later this week from his position at Star Group. He explains that he wants to succeed on his own merits and plans to start his own company.
Everyone is in shock — Jun-su's mom especially — but Jun-su proceeds up to his room where he takes out the results again, still reeling that his hunch was wrong.
Back in the rooftop room, Dan-tae does some reflection of his own. A flashback shows us that Dan-tae had seen Jun-su's interest in his toothbrush that day in his bathroom. He'd baited him with the location of the one he kept at his desk.
Dan-tae had then switched his own brush with Gu-nam's (both were the same brand). So the toothbrush that Jun-su ran the DNA check on actually belonged to our favorite convenience store clerk. Clever, clever, Mr. Dan-tae.
Later, Jun-su overhears his mom and uncle talking about Dan-tae's father being in a coma at the hospital. Uncle reminds Jun-su's mom that she was the one who had told him 26 years ago to not bother looking for the boy. He warns her not to leave him hanging since she is a part of this too.
They both worry that Dan-tae's father could cause trouble by bringing up Jun-pyo. Uncle tells Jun-su's mom that if he should awaken, it's the end for them.
Jun-su barely makes it back to his room before he collapses, devastated to learn that his mother abandoned his cousin and how cruelly his own family just discussed another man's life.
Dan-tae's aunt visits his father in the hospital again. Amazingly, he opens his eyes, leading her to run for the nurse. In her surprise, she doesn't notice the man Uncle has stationed at the hospital.
The man calls Uncle and reports that Dan-tae's father has awakened. Uncle instructs him to wait there and heads to the hospital, needing to confirm it with his own eyes. As he leaves, Jun-su notices his hasty exit. Spidey senses tingling, he follows.
Aunt calls Dan-tae with the good news and he rushes over to the hospital, thinking that since his father has woken up and he plans to tell Jun-su the truth later, everything has turned out all right. Those sound like some famous last words.
Uncle arrives at the hospital first with Jun-su hot on his heels. He calls Dan-tae's aunt, identifying himself as the army friend that called before and asks her to come down to the lobby since he's here with the gifts he promised last time. Jun-su listens to all of this and follows Uncle as he boards the elevator up to the ICU.
Uncle checks in on Dan-tae's father, confirming that he is in fact awake. When he leaves, Jun-su emerges and looks in as well, recognizing Dan-tae's father from that night on the rooftop when Dan-tae had greeted him as "father."
Uncle meets the hulking friend he'd put on hospital watch and gives him a sinister nod before departing.
Dan-tae meets his aunt in the hallway, both of them excited at his father's recovery. Aunt wants to wait for Dad's "army friend" a bit longer so Dan-tae heads up on his own. He boards one of the elevators but just as the doors start to close, he sees Jun-su exiting from the other elevator. Jun-su walks right past without noticing him and Dan-tae is left wondering why he was there.
Meanwhile, Dan-tae's fully conscious father can only watch as Uncle's minion mercilessly rips his breathing tube out of the machine, leaving him to suffocate.
Dan-tae arrives at his father's room just as a group of doctors/nurses rush by with a crash cart. He wails helplessly through the window as the doctors try to save his father. Aunt rushes over and Dan-tae breaks down in tears, whimpering, "I think Father is going to die."
Ignorant of what is going on in the hospital, Jun-su arrives at the meeting spot. His mother and Uncle's threats to Dan-tae's father ring in his ears, the memory making him physically sick.
Apparently miracles do happen as Dan-tae's father was saved; he's back in a coma, but at least he's on this side of the grave.
The doctor informs Dan-tae that it appears there was foul play involved in his father's relapse: Someone deliberately disconnected the machines keeping him breathing.
Dan-tae listens in shock as the doctor confirms that it wasn't an accident and someone tried to murder his father. His face hardens as he remembers the glimpse he had of Jun-su exciting the elevator earlier. Curses! Knew that one would come back to bite us.
With his angry face firmly in place, Dan-tae keeps his appointment with Jun-su, both men greeting each other in chilly tones.
Jun-su says he brought Dan-tae here to tell him that from this moment on, he should stop looking for Jun-pyo. Dan-tae answers that that was what he had wanted to say to Jun-su as well; that he'd give up the search for his cousin. However, now he's changed his mind.
Dan-tae swears that he will find the culprit who took Jun-pyo, and bring him to Jun-su. With a final glare, Dan-tae leaves and Jun-su stares after him, panicking.
Gong Shim waits for Dan-tae that night, wearing a pretty dress and pacing. Dan-tae sees her from a distance but, still downcast from his confrontation with Jun-su, he calls her phone and apologizes, saying he can't keep their promise to meet.
Gong Shim brushes it off with a cheerful voice, fibbing that she wasn't up for it either and hasn't even left the house yet. She tells him not to worry and hangs up, sitting down to rest her tired legs.
Gong Shim returns home and Dan-tae trudges up to his rooftop. He collapses on his couch but keeps remembering the image of Gong Shim waiting for him.
Gong Shim perks up to get a call from Dan-tae, who tells her he just got home and was wondering if she could still meet tonight. Barely containing her excitement, Gong Shim pretty much runs down to meet Dan-tae on the street.
The two go to see a late night movie. Gong Shim admits that it's her first time seeing a show this late and as the film starts to roll, Dan-tae reaches over and grasps her hand in his. She grins and squeezes his hand back.
Soon the two of them have passed out in the theater, resting their heads on each other's shoulders. All together now: Awwww…
In the morning Gong Shim heads to her interview. She's busy rehearsing her answers when Dan-tae joins her. He tells her that he had a really good dream (which are considered good luck) and he offers to sell it to her in return for her buying him a meal after her interview.
Gong Shim agrees to dinner and she continues to her meeting, Dan-tae right on her heels, nudging her along.
Still employed at Star Group thanks to her father's interference/fanboy connections with President Seok, Gong Mi gets a surprise visit from Jun-su. He invites her out to lunch to discuss something and she nervously remembers Jun-su's mom's words when she'd discovered Gong Mi's naive act.
We get another Subway PPL as Gong Mi and Jun-su share a couple of foot-longs. Jun-su brings up that his mother told him about Gong Mi's deception, but he admits it doesn't really bother him. He asked her here instead for a favor.
Jun-su confides that he's starting his own business and asks Gong Mi to join his company as head of the company's legal team. Ugh, Gong Mi meekly says she's not sure if she's good enough and asks for some time to consider, but the moment she's back in her office she grins to herself.
Gong Shim's interview goes very well, the interviewers commending the unique and warm feelings behind her sketches. Gong Shim even breaks out her Italian language skills to show how dedicated she was to following her dream to draw.
Leaving her interview, Gong Shim runs into Jun-su outside the building. He grins to hear about her interview and apologizes for not being able to take her out to celebrate as he has an appointment. Gong Shim departs and Jun-su heads into the building she just exited.
Turns out, the appointment Jun-su has is with the people that Gong Shim just interviewed with. Fate seems to have intervened, as the company that Gong Shim applied to is the same one that Jun-su is starting up. He smiles to see Gong Shim's application, but he doesn't say anything, telling the interviewers that he's sure they'll pick the right person.
Grandma calls Jun-su to the office and asks him to go on an errand for her in Yeoju. She had ordered some ceramics from a professor there and he'd asked after Jun-su, wanting to see him again. Jun-su agrees just as Dan-tae enters the office.
Gandma asks Dan-tae to go with Jun-su since the professor has moved residences and Dan-tae knows the location from having driven there before.
Commence awkward car ride as the two head to Yeoju. Jun-su notices that Dan-tae isn't driving in the correct direction and he says that he has a small errand to run first.
The small errand is at none other than the Yangpyeong Arboretum, which visibly discomfits Jun-su. Dan-tae ignores it and asks Jun-su to join him inside since he has to pick up something heavy and needs help to carry it, and Jun-su reluctantly agrees.
In the office, Dan-tae asks after the gardener who had identified Jun-su's picture to Dan-tae before. Curiously, as of today, the man no longer works at the gardens. Dan-tae gets his contact information but when he calls him, the phone has been turned off.
Elsewhere, the missing gardener is being treated to lunch by Uncle. Uncle is all smiles as he reassures the man that he'll buy him a new phone and find a nice job for him somewhere close to his home. All the man has to do is forget he ever saw Jun-su and his mother in the gardens that day. The gardener eagerly agrees to the deal, happily accepting an envelope of money.
Uncle flashes back to when he'd picked up the gardener earlier. Just before driving off, Uncle had seen Dan-tae and Jun-su arrive at the arboretum. Back at the lunch table, he wonders what the two of them were doing there. He reminds the gardener that he must change his phone and can never contact the arboretum again.
In the company garage, Uncle has just parked when Dan-tae and Jun-su drive up. He listens as Jun-su confronts Dan-tae, telling him he knows that Dan-tae took him to arboretum on purpose. Jun-su demands to know if this has something to do with finding Jun-pyo, angry that Dan-tae would continue searching after he told him to stop.
Jun-su warns Dan-tae again not to look for Jun-pyo, but Dan-tae asks why he has to stop looking. Jun-su scoffs that Dan-tae can't see the effect his search is having, using the gardener as an example. If the man suddenly went missing then it means Dan-tae should stop looking.
Dan-tae then calmly accuses Jun-su of hiding away the gardener. He continues over Jun-su's protests that he knows Jun-su was at the Yangpyeong Arboreutm the day of the meeting, and he's covering for whoever he found there. Dan-tae says doesn't care that Jun-su is lying, but he still intends to find whoever and whatever he's hiding.
Uncle returns to his office and laughs to himself that Dan-tae suspects Jun-su. He grins as he muses that things are turning out very interesting.
Dan-tae visits his father and notices that his aunt is looking rather haggard, and she admits that she feels at fault for leaving his father alone. She tells him that the security has been updated and the police checked the CCTVs, but conveniently the monitors were broken so there's no record of that time.
Dan-tae asks his aunt to recount that day to him again and when she mentions the army friend who called her away, he asks for the man's number.
Dan-tae calls the number and, back in his office, Uncle's spare cell phone rings. He doesn't recognize the number so he lets it ring, suspicious of who it could be. He calls building security to get Dan-tae's phone number and then reels to see that it's the very number that just called his secret cell phone.
Dan-tae takes Gong Shim out for her post-interview dinner, and she thanks him for helping her to practice her answers. Gong Shim reaches for a napkin and Dan-tae also reaches out, grabbing her hand. He asks to stay like this for just three spoonfuls of food. The two adorably bicker about the length of time and Dan-tae makes a face when she finally pulls her hand back.
Afterwards, Dan-tae and Gong Shim walk through a street fair where they stop at a henna tattoo stand. As Dan-tae looks at the designs, Gong Shim grabs his hand. She asks to stay like that for two blocks. Dan-tae agrees in his baby voice, grinning from ear to ear.
Dan-tae returns to his room that night and smiles to remember their hand-holding. Suddenly, he thinks about the henna stand where he'd seen a girl get a butterfly design. Recalling the details of his kidnapping, Dan-tae figures out that the culprit must have had a butterfly tattoo.
The next day Gong Shim anxiously stares at her phone, waiting for the call about her interview results. Just as she resorts to full-on praying, the phone rings.
Out in the family room, Gong Mi tells her parents about Jun-su's offer for her to work at his new company. She's going to start working there next week and Mom and Dad praise Jun-su for taking the initiative to succeed on his own (Mom gets in a few snarky comments about how the son is nothing like his mother).
Gong Shim comes running in, screaming that she got the job. Mom, Dad, and Gong Mi all congratulate her and the family celebrates having both daughters employed. Gong Shim calls Dan-tae to tell him that she was accepted and he offers to take her out to eat this afternoon.
Gong Shim starts her first day at work, busily greeting her fellow employees. Her boss congratulates her, then calls out a greeting to "President Seok." Gong shim spins around to see Jun-su.
Jun-su is thrilled to see that she got accepted, but it takes Gong Shim another minute to figure out that this is the company that Jun-su told her about wanting to start. Her face falls as she asks if he had something to do with her getting hired, but Jun-su quickly reassures her that he didn't interfere.
Dan-tae arrives outside Gong Shim's building to meet her for their lunch plans. He gets a call from his aunt who received a phone call from an unknown number that hung up when she answered. She's nervous and asks if he had any luck with calling his father's army friend. Dan-tae says he'll try again.
Jun-su walks Gong Shim out and she invites him to eat lunch with her and Dan-tae. He looks a little uncomfortable, but doesn't say no. Just as Gong Shim and Jun-su get outside, Dan-tae tries calling Uncle's phone again… and a ringing starts coming from Jun-su. Oh noes.
Jun-su checks his phone but realizes the ringing is coming from inside his bag. He pulls out a strange phone and stares at it in confusion. Dan-tae, still calling the number, hears the ringing and pinpoints it to the phone now in Jun-su's hand.
Gong Shim sees Dan-tae and calls out to him, causing Jun-su to look up and see him on the phone. Dan-tae ends the call and the phone in Jun-su's hand stops ringing at the same time. Jun-su locks eyes with Dan-tae, who stares back with murder in his eyes.
Uncle, you sneaky bastard. I knew he was low, but I honestly didn't think he'd stoop so low as to frame his own flesh and blood. Kidnapping Jun-pyo was one thing since he wasn't even related to the boy — not that that justifies his actions in any way, shape, or form — but I had thought he was the type to protect his family given how he and his sister seem to stick together. Obviously I was wrong as not only did he sacrifice his own nephew, he didn't even feel remorse for his actions. The moment he realized that Jun-su was being targeted by Dan-tae, he never hesitated to use that to his own advantage, laughing as he saw an opportunity to save his own skin.
Nasty, scheming Uncle aside, Jun-su is trying so hard to protect everyone. I think the real reason he's being a bit of a douche to Dan-tae right now is he's trying to save him from harm. When he thought Dan-tae was his cousin that was different since there's no escaping family, but now that he has "proof" that they're unrelated, Jun-su just wants to get him clear of this whole mess. After hearing his mother and uncle pretty much plot Dan-tae's father's demise, he's scared that his friend will get hurt from his involvement. Unfortunately, the fact that Dan-tae isn't family means that Jun-su won't tell him the truth, which of course is leading to more and more misunderstandings. This week reached a tipping point as we saw that in spite of his best efforts to do the right thing, the phrase "guilty by association" is not without merit.
I don't think that Dan-tae truly suspects Jun-su of harming his father. As he said in the garage and the beginning of this episode, he knows that Jun-su is just trying to protect his someone (his mother). It was obvious from his expression that Jun-su had no idea where the phone came from, so I don't believe Dan-tae will accuse him of hurting his dad. It does, however, further cement his belief that Jun-su is close to the culprit and covering for them. Dan-tae's interest has now shifted from trying to protect Jun-su to seeing him as an obstacle in the way of him uncovering the truth. It looks like the attack on his father was just enough to push Dan-tae into taking off the kid gloves when dealing with his cousin.
It's really too bad because, now that his Uncle has shown his true colors, there really isn't anyone other than Dan-tae who could stand by Jun-su. His mother cares more for her son's position than his feelings, and President Seok is a bit of a flake. I'm glad that his friendship with Gong Shim is still intact since the only times we still see that million-watt smile is when she's around. I just hope he doesn't grab onto that relationship too tightly since it's obvious that she's head-over-heels for Dan-tae. If Jun-su loses that last person in his life, it might be too much for him. He better not turn to Gong Mi for consolation — that girl is fifty shades of crazy and has plenty of her own twisted issues to work out before she can help anyone else.
I'm glad that they're bringing Gong Shim's story line back since I was starting to wonder why she was still in this drama (ironic, given the show's title). I couldn't figure out what it was that she brought to the table, but it seems her main purpose it to bring our boys back from the edge. Jun-su's smile only re-emerges in her presence, and every time Dan-tae reached a new hurtle, Gong Shim was there to make him laugh again — even if he had to force himself not to shut her out. I loved that moment in the movie theater where you could tell that Dan-tae was still upset, but just holding Gong Shim's hand was enough to calm him down.
Still, as important as a she is to bring angry men back to their happy places, I'm hoping for a bit more from Gong Shim. Her character's strength comes from her blunt honesty and general acceptance of others, something all our other characters could use right now. The more these boys circle around each other in misunderstanding, the more I continue to rant at my computer screen. I'd really rather not finish yet another episode with Dan-tae and Jun-su glaring at each other.
Beautiful Gong Shim: Episode 9
Tags: Beautiful Gong Shim, Episode 16, featured, Minah, Namgoong Min, Ohn Joo-wan
1 Jennifer Calabrese
Why did he switch the toothbrush? I thought he wanted Junsu to know the truth?
I actually thought uncle was the one to switch it since he doesn't want that info. getting out! Now it really does seem like uncle is less guilty of wanting the boy killed in the first place since he's not the criminal mastermind behind the last two stunt - poisoned water and wrong DNA results!
i don't think he wants JS to find out about him...YET. It will harder for him to investigate if another person already knew who he really was.
Why would it be harder as opposed to JS knowing about him investigating as ADT? At least if DT played the cousin angle he could guilt trip JS about his dead mother and in a coma dad.
so weird that we are on the 16th episode and the only kiss scene was that confession kiss by Gong Shim. Is it the difference in age that we don't get much action here? not that I really want any coz by now I just feel like Nam Goong Min is just acting, I don't feel the sincerity. You know, what I mean. Like he just wants to be charming but not to be close or any skinship.
michykdrama
Nah, Uncle is an opportunistic a**hole through and through, he isnt even sparing his own family in order to cover up his crimes.
He threatened JS's mom to remind her that he would implicate her if he was caught, and now he is framing JS to get himself off the hook.
Ironic considering that the only reason he has a job at Star is because of them, but Uncle's character is supposed to be the typical villain we can all hate. But I think him framing JS is the stupidest thing he has done because JS will turn against him.
At the beginning of the episode -- I don't think DT wanted anyone to know his true identity, in order to pursue his investigation. I'm sure that if someone knew, there'd be a possibility for the info to be leaked, and for the real culprit to find out about it (and thus, compromising the investigation).
Moreover, DT cared about JS. I don't think he ever wanted to guilt trip him.
But DT did change his mind later, seeing that JS might hurt himself in order to protect his mom.
2 Saner
This is the third week in a row where the week's episodes have ended with glare-y glare-y dagger eyes!
Ouch guys. This is one painful pattern...
3 Wag-a-muffin
NOOOOOO! I told you, drama, not to mess with Dan-tae and Jun-su's bromance!!! And what was with the cutesy scene with Gong Meany? If you try to rehabilitate her and match her up with Jun-su. I'm going to do something rash.
Maybe they just needed them to be civil for PPL? Haha. Cannot be throwing subway sandwiches at each other.
Well I'm waiting for GM expression when she finds out that GS landed the true Star heir. Hehe. And also, JS hasn't had an iota of interest in dating her, so I'm hoping they won't do something silly like shove them together in the end. If GM becomes a nicer person, that's ok, but if they pair her with JS in some stupid epilogue/time jump thing, then we can all throw sharp stuff at our screens.
4 whatsthescenario
IDK, y'all. It seems that nothing is really happening lately. We're stuck in a holding pattern for no reason. I agree, it's getting painful to watch. Gong Shim seems like a caricature now.
blnmom
I'm pretty sure the reason is: 20 episodes. Writer is pretty much out of story, I think. But at least we get to see the cute from Gong Shim and Dante, which is all we really want anyway. Dante's aegyo is... amazing.
lemondoodle
Yeah, I feel this could have been a 16 episode show and probably would have been better off for it.
Jennifer Calabrese
Yes I agree!
Totally agree. 16 episodes would have been fine. Now the story is stretched thin. Plus, I cannot believe in love between Gong Ahim and Dan Tae.... Too wide age gap, too little chemistry. In fact I fast forward almost all their "love" scenes now... Aegyu is irritating.
Yeah the writer seems to be in an odd holding pattern with the Dan Te story -- "the big reveal" and the downfall of Jun Su's mother and Uncle continues to be delayed. What annoys me the most though is that Gong Shim's recovery from alopecia continues to be delayed as well. Being a guy that likes long hair and other things -- waiting for them to update her hair and wardrobe has been frustrating. If she could wear any of Gong Mi's clothes she would look soo much better. I guess I can just watch Girls Day performances instead, "sigh".
5 michykdrama
Thanks for the recap Candidclown!
Yes I'm totally ready for the boys to stop having anymore misunderstandings and lay it all on the table. Enough glaring please- if you must, I will accept broody shower scenes. If I don't get my bromance, I better get my shower scenes, ok Show?
bigmomma12345
+1000000 for broody shower scenes! Or kisses. I'll accept kisses too. (Preferably without farting noises)
6 halfmoon
Please, Show, let the investigation end soon. I want you to focus more on GS' growth, and any weird antics between our main lady and OTP (DT/JS)!
7 blnmom
"Blood may be thicker than water, but you can still drown in either one."
Nice, CandidClown.
meowingme
Agreed, was thinking that it's so deep *clapping hands for CandidClown
rentenmann
Also the "million-watt smile": perfect description!
8 lolalarue
The toothbrush switch was the one moment in this show where Dan Tae's actions didn't make sense to me. Particularly since he was gearing up to tell the truth anyway. I think the toothbrush is actually the one moment that shows Dan Tae genuinely suspects Jun Su to be more than covering for somebody else, otherwise why set him up that way?
Argh. I guess he couldn't really know how Jun Su was going to react but still.
I'm annoyed by how Uncle is constantly one step ahead. He's not a criminal mastermind people? Why the heck hasn't Dan Tae spent any time investigating him properly? He knows that Dad is being tracked down by an 'army buddy', perhaps investigate that?
If he knows that Jun Su's mother is involved why not find out what Jun Su's dad and uncle were doing around the time of the kidnapping. Surely Uncle's sudden turnaround from down on his luck to executive would ring warning bells?
This is pissing me off. But I tell myself to breathe and remember it's all for the plot.
Even though there was some cute romance between Dan Tae and Gong Shim, it was sadly overshadowed by my worry for Jun Su and Dan Tae's everlasting friendship. :(
Haha, that's what I keep thinking. There are only so many people junsu could be protecting. I don't even think his mom is a star group employee so how would she have gotten that arboretum spam text. The smart Dante the show has been setting up would have immediately started investigating uncle or junsu's dad. But whatever. I'm not watching this for the melo parts.
I couldn't agree more. Even if jun su's mother showed up she couldn't have received the text because she is not an executive. So the criminal could only be jun su who wants to protect his mom or someone else who is close to her. But the thing is jun su being the perpetrator doesn't make sense because it does not suit his character and really he doesn't seem to be such a good fighter. I think in the next episodes Dan tae will investigate the army friend. And the butterfly tatto as well (I forgot about it and thought he already knew it was a tattoo). Anyway right now the show is too slow and I blame the 20 episodes for that. I never thought the drama needed more than 16 episodes.
9 lemondoodle
I really wish Junsu would have found out this week, since we all know who did the deed and it's just that everyone else needs to figure it out. If JS and DT could work together that would be great... I feel this week was a bit of a waste since nothing changed at all.
I seriously wonder if GS will ever find out before the end, and in some ways I think GS and DT do not work at all because she really doesn't even know the guy. It's not her fault obviously, but it makes me like them as a couple less considering she's in the dark about everything. He can keep her away from all his problems, but what kind of relationship is that if they can't share each other's burdens?
Though, I'm starting to realize GS and DT are not that important, and the real relationship is DT and JS. I'm guessing in the end GS will be the one who JS and DT actually get back together and stop misunderstanding each other.
Yes you hit the nail on the head with with GS and DT. It bugs me so much that it feels like she has no real involvement in the story anymore other than to serve as a romantic interest. And she's not even living that up to it's full potential with DT hiding it from her. She can't support him or reassure him of who he is.
I feel like I need it to happen next week. Something needs to change between them to break the fluffy "I'm satisfied with hand holding zero tension" relationship right now. I don't know if I can leave the drama satisfied if he really just dumps it all on her at the end. He could at least confide in her about his dad.
I think they didn't even play up the seperation that well. The point of the seperations is to inspire longing and angst but after one or two eps he's already playing the part of the boyfriend unofficially. Makes me wonder what's still keeping him.
10 crystal
Cute drama!
11 Arhazivory
I am still liking Gong Shim but a part of me wishes it was Gong Shim's story, as the title would suggest. Ah well....so it goes.
12 rowanharper
I don't understand what the uncle's end game is. It doesn't really make since to frame JS. He was only one when this whole thing began. Clearly if JS is involved then all roads will eventually lead to uncle.
And as someone else pointed out, uncle is no criminal mastermind. He just always annoyingly happenes to be in the right place at the right time. If he was a smarter, more well crafted villain, I think this show would have greatly benefited narratively speaking.
Good point. I guess he'd prefer if the end game was that everything stays the status quo. His machinations have only done one thing, kept him innocent in regards to the kidnapping. But the company itself would still go to Dan Tae, the legitimate heir and so he'd be screwed unless he somehow get rid of him. Heh, and we all know he can't frame Jun Su for everything -- yeah, that sneaky 6 year old told me to kidnap his cousin . . . .
13 LizJ
I've softened on Gong Meanie even if she hasn't softened much herself...but I think there are small signs that the character is maturing. Sure, she blurted out that she blamed GS for triggering her own issues at Star Group, but she did so after a stressful encounter with JS's mom, which could have lead to her loosing her own job. Sometimes in times of stress we revert back to a more childish state.
When GS came out and announced that she got the job, GM sincerely congratulated her instead of complaining that GS was stealing her thunder.
And apparently she didn't pitch a fit over GS taking her clothes out of GS's room....
At any rate, I think her character's redemption will either be in (finally) standing up for GS at a point where it really counts in the plot. A lot of us have theorized that JS's uncle will try to harm GS. Perhaps it will be connected with that. And perhaps GS being in danger will reunite JS and DT as well.
LizJ
...and she seemed honestly touched that JS praised her ABILITIES/SKILLS as to why he wanted her on his team. For someone who has likely had to rely on her looks and social skills to succeed no matter what her abilities/skills, that likely would be something she'd long to hear.
Gong Mi always assumed that everything should be hers and she's known as smart and pretty while Gong Shim is not smart and not pretty. Maybe Gong Mi is getting better, I honestly don't know because she could be happy for her sister getting a job and yet think that she's the best because she works in a better company. I'll think she's maturing the day she'll learn that Dan Tae is the true heir and that Gong Shim is his girlfriend. I won't be convinced otherwise
Bubbeez
I just hope that Gong Mi does not end up with Joon Soo!!
Couldn't agree more
14 SuziQ
I glad they put Gong Shim back in this episode..She was fading fast into the background of the plot.
Now that Jun Su has started his new business and is no longer with Star Group, how will this effect Dan Tae's investigation since Jun Su no longer works there?
Putting Gong Meanie and Gong Shim back together at the same company as Jun Su. Ugh! I think they are trying to soften her nasty image. Hate this triangle since I think Gong Meanie won't lay off her sister when it involves Jun Su...
Bring the bromance back... Hate it that both of them glaring at each other!
Gong shim, please ditch the wig!!!
15 shf
I don't really like the fact tjat we have deviated so far from the "Beautiful Gong Shim" theme to focus so much on ADT. Don't get me wrong, I looooooove NGM to pieces but I really liked the quirky and the GS trying to find herself theme.
I'm also disappointed that for GS to grow, she has to work for JS' new company...oh..dramaland! Why can't GS find herself somewhere else in a different company?
Oh, well, I've been a huge fan of this show feom the beginning so I'll keep watching- hoping for more quirky cuteness!
Maybe the show assumes that since Gong Shim found a job she truly loves, that's enough character growth. I don't really agree with that but it could be a reason.
I also don't like the fact that she ends up working for Jun Su again. Among all the companies why this one? Even if it is clearly said that she got her job fair and square it still doesn't look too good.
Thanks for understanding where I'm coming from...yeah...I want character growth for our titular character, but now she's been sidelined by ADT's storyline. I'm sure everything will happen for GS miraculously in the ending episodes like it always does in dramaland. GS's storyline is where I've been most disappointed in. Too bad.
Otherwise, I do love everything else. I just wish Beautiful Gong Shim didn't turn into Beautiful ADT.
I think we have gone into the wasted 7 epsiodes mode like how it happened in Fated to Love You with Jang Hyuk and Jang Nara-everything will tie together well in the last episode.
16 JohnandVan Jackson
I am enjoying the romance, and loving ADT and GS in scenes. What I like is that there is an nice balance of rom com, melo, and just plain silly. I love the kidnapping plot and the ramifications or impact it has on the present. Though I would like to see more romantic scenes with ADT and GS I appreciate the other moments, Grandmother, Kooky Uncle, Evil Sister, Parents of So involved selves, and the pretty JS and ADT bromance. I applaud the writers and the actors that are bringing this story to life. Thanks so much for the recaps and so enjoyed the conversation.


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So I'm not really blogging this week because I'm having outpatient surgery tomorrow, and it's just not in my frame of mind to write, or even read blogs, this week. The procedure involves some recovery time and even involves rest beforehand, so I've been off work all week. Less stressful, sure, but it also has given me way too much time to think. I didn't plan on missing the last week of school, but that's kind of just what happened.
The dogs have not enjoyed Netflix and couch-time instead of multiple walks per night.
Tomorrow is Scout's birthday so I got him a cake and he'll get to dig in tonight.
This is fine. Not as good as In the Woods, but I'm only about 4 hours in right now.
The Bible Verse a Day feature provides what I need, when I need it...but it still usually makes me chuckle if it pops up at a time when I'm feeling the opposite.
Sending you a safe surgery & fast healing!
Sending lots of good thoughts your way! Hugs!
Oh I hope all goes good tomorrow and recovery is speedy and fast. Oh well on missing the last week, I'm sure that was a much needed break ;) The lady I've been for this last week decided to backpack Europe with her daughter who is studying abroad over there. I wish I were there instead of here and totally get why she needed a break, haha!
Good thoughts to you my friend.
Thinking of you, friend. If you need a chat break while recouping, shoot me a message. I know those days are long and sometimes you just need to screenshot someone a WTF thing you saw, have a laugh, and move on.
I hope all goes well with your surgery!
I hope the surgery goes well and recovery is easy!!


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Steelers-Raiders Game 'Obviously Ramped Up More' After Franco Harris' Death, T.J. Watt Says
Posted on December 24, 2022 at 8:00 am
The tone around Pittsburgh the past several days has been no doubt somber in the wake of the passing of one of the city's favored adopted sons, the legendary Steelers Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris. But today is and must be as much a day of joy and celebration.
Although a day later, today is the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Immaculate Reception and will coincide with the retirement of Harris' no. 32 jersey. These are two beautiful things in the history of the Steelers franchise and of the modern history of the city itself.
But there's also a game to play, and now the players of today's team are more fired up than ever to make sure they do everything to pay the proper respects to Harris and his memory by taking it to the Las Vegas Raiders, the team, then in Oakland, that was on the other side of that immaculate moment in 1972.
While head coach Mike Tomlin said earlier in the week that they would not be looking to Harris' death as inspiration, he can only speak globally for the team—just like his streak of non-losing seasons. He might not talk about it, but the players will gravitate toward it. And they are now as well.
"This was a huge game before the news of Franco's passing even hit and now it's obviously ramped up more", outside linebacker T.J. Watt told reporters yesterday, via Brooke Pryor of ESPN. "I think we're going to see tomorrow just the impact that he had on people when the fans show up and show the appreciation for all that he's done for Steeler Nation".
The atmosphere should be truly electric tonight, even on such a cold and bitter day, when they honor Harris and retire his number in ceremony. You'll no doubt hear chants like 'Here we go Franco' and whatever variations the fans will come up with.
It should be celebratory, even coming so shortly after his passing. Even though he was supposed to be here, center stage, for it all. It feels like we've been robbed of something, having come so close to the moment. But the moment is here even if he is not, and it was always bigger than one mortal man, no matter how special.
The Immaculate Reception and its legacy is for everybody—even the Raiders. It's an iconic moment that transcends the sport itself and has long since entered the popular lexicon. Even the younger generation today learns about it on YouTube, as Tomlin said earlier in the week. So today is for everybody, even if Franco is no longer here. Let's make sure we remember that tonight.
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Hi all. I have just posted 2 new Consort alerts to the FORUM but felt they warranted a quick post here as they are rather important. Firstly (HERE), to strengthen security and with immediate effect, identification will now need to be presented to the concierge when collecting parcels or keys. Further security tightening measures are planned and will be announced soon. Secondly (HERE), to Phase 2 bike store users, the code has been changed: Please see the concierge for the new one.
The Dalston Square Residents' Association are working with the Dalston Square Development Manager, Sean Stone, to make improvements to how various security and ASB-related issues are managed. Accordingly we'd like to ask you to help us determine whether or not you feel the efforts are working by taking a simple 6 question survey. You will find the survey online by clicking HERE.
We will use your answers to take a pulse of how residents feel now, and follow up later this year with another survey to see if residents feel progress has been made. Filling out the survey should take you less than 5 minutes and will help steer efforts to address these areas.
As Chris said, this survey will take than 5 minutes so please help us out by sharing your opinions. Many thanks.


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Ana Cristina dos Santos Tostões (Lisboa, 3 de abril de 1959), es una arquitecta y crítica de arquitectura portuguesa. Además es la presidenta de la organización sin ánimo de lucro Docomomo Internacional, cuyo objetivo es la protección y conservación de la arquitectura moderna.

Trayectoria

Tostões es Arquitecta por la Escuela de Arquitectura de la Facultad de Bellas Artes de la Universidad de Lisboa (ESBAL, 1982), Máster en Historia del Arte Contemporáneo por la Escuela Nueva de Lisboa (UNL, 1994) y Doctora por el Instituto Superior Técnico, también en Lisboa (2003).

Ha sido profesora titular en la Universidad Técnica de Lisboa, donde enseña teoría de la arquitectura e historia crítica, y coordinó el grupo de investigación Cultura arquitectónica. Desde 2012, ha estado a cargo del programa de doctorado en arquitectura. Ha sido profesora asociada en el Instituto Superior Técnico, también en Lisboa, dicta clases de historia y teoría de la arquitectura.

Ha sido profesora invitada en universidades de todo el mundo, como la Universidad de Tokio, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Katholik University Leuven, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona y Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Navarra. Durante el período 2007-2009 formó parte del Master en Arquitectura. Desde 2013, ha sido profesora del programa de doctorado en arquitectura en la Facultad de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Porto (FAUP).

Es presidenta de Docomomo Internacional, la organización que se dedica fundamentalmente a la documentación y conservación de edificios y sitios del Movimiento Moderno.

Ha sido asesora científica de IPPAR, el Instituto Português de Património Arquitectónico, para el Inventario de Arquitectura del Movimiento Moderno y también colaboró con Docomomo ibérico. Fue vicepresidente de la Orden de Arquitectos y de AICA portuguesa, la Asociación Internacional de Críticos de Arte. Dicha asociación tiene como objetivo defender la libre expresión en la crítica de arte y facilitar su diversidad. Además representa y promociona diversas actividades de sus miembros, pertenecientes a 71 secciones nacionales en todo el mundo.

Ha coordinado proyectos de investigación, supervisado tesis doctorales y de maestría, formó parte de jurados y comités y dictó conferencias en Europa, África y América. Coordinó el proyecto de investigación Exchanging World Visions (PTDC / AUR-AQI / 103229/2008) centrado en la arquitectura africana subsahariana durante el período del Movimiento Moderno. Ha organizado diversas exposiciones tanto en Portugal, como en España y Alemania.

También trabaja como crítica en revistas y periódicos. Cabe destacar una columna de arquitectura semanal para el diario portugués Público.

Publicaciones
Es autora de múltiples trabajos publicados en las áreas de historia, teoría y crítica de la Arquitectura, referidas especialmente a la arquitectura moderna portuguesa y a las ciudades contemporáneas.

Sobre estos temas, ha publicado 13 libros y 95 artículos científicos, curado 10 exposiciones y organizado 41 eventos científicos. Entre ellos podemos destacar:

 Tostões, A., Ferreira, Z. (ed.) (2016), Adaptive Reuse. The Modern Movement towards the Future, Lisboa, Docomomo International/Casa da Arquitectura. ISBN 9789899964501.
 Tostoês, A.. (2015) A Idade Maior. Cultura e Tecnologia na Arquitectura Moderna Portuguesa. FAUP Publicações, Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto. Portugal.
 Tostões, A. (2014), Restauro e Renovação do Grande Auditório, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. ISBN 9789898807014.
 Tostões, A. (ed.) (2014), Modern Architecture in Africa: Angola and Mozambique, Caleidoscópio. ISBN 9789896582401.
 Tostões, A. Educare a un futuro sostenibile. Il ruolo del riuso del patrimonio moderno in Architettura moderna in abbandono (Lorenzo Pietropaolo ed.), Bari, Adda, 2022. ISBN 9788867176229

Reconocimientos
En 2006, su Excelencia el Presidente de la República Portuguesa la convirtió en Comandante de la Orden del Infante Dom Henrique por su trabajo en favor de la arquitectura portuguesa y su promoción en Portugal y en el extranjero.

Por sus investigaciones y publicaciones recibió los siguientes premios:

 Premio Gulbenkian 2014 en la categoría "Historia de la presencia de Portugal en el mundo", por la publicación Modern Architecture in Africa: Angola and Mozambique
 X Bienal Iberoamericana de Arquitectura y Urbanismo 2016 por su publicación A Idade Maior. Cultura e Tecnologia na Arquitectura Moderna Portuguesa.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Arquitectas de Portugal
Portuguesas del siglo XX
Portuguesas del siglo XXI
Alumnado de la Universidad Nueva de Lisboa
Profesores de la Universidad de Lisboa


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INTERVIEW WITH PATRIK SCHUMACHER – ArhArt Magazine
Posted in Belgrade Design Week Festival, Belgrade Design Week Festival 2012, Interviews With Participants, Key Local Media
THE FUTURE IS READY TO BEGIN
Patrik Schumacher, company director at Zaha Hadid Architects, who is involved in all the projects at this firm, along with the world famous architect Dame Zaha Hadid herself, and was awarded the Stirling prize in 2010 for his project the MAXXI Centre of Contemporary Art in Rome, speaks about Parametricism – the new epochal style which will change the entire built environment, as well as the semiology of architecture at the Belgrade Design Week 2012.
With his educational background in both philosophy and architecture, Patrik Schumacher is not merely creating stunning buildings across the globe, but is also defining the theoretical foundation for a completely new style in architecture, which will arguably dramatically change the way the word looks.
His theoretical magnum opus "Autopoiesis of Architecture" is setting this foundation and elaborating the new style, its physics and metaphysics. In his lectures at universities and other institutions across the Europe and the US he is spreading the knowledge about Parametricism. He claims that this new style, which today operates as an avant-garde movement, will become mainstream in twenty years time, and will literally invade the planet.
Each architectural style represents an epoch in the history of civilization, and Parametricism is the first new epochal style after Modernism.
Schumacher's view of architecture is Hegelian: Evolutive stages of civilisation correspond to certain styles in architecture. He divided the entire history of architecture in several dominant styles. In this system, not all recognised styles are epochal. Some of them, such as the Gothic style, represent merely a transitional stage, but not a major style with its articulated discourse.
He claims that Modernism still operates as the dominant paradigm, even though Postmodernism has been exercised allot in past decades. By introducing Parametricism as the new style, and strongly claiming that it is inevitably going to become mainstream within the next twenty years, Schumacher is predicting the future. He is not only announcing a new style, he is also announcing a new epoch, a new stage in the evolution of human kind: "When we analyse history, we can see that the built environment always had a vital role in building the social order. Social order needs spatial order. Society can progress only within a built environment and the entire world of artefacts. That is why I put architecture and design in the same category."
In his capital work "Autopoiesis of Architecture" he is defining the theory of Parametricism, and by working with Zaha Hadid he also has the means to "contaminate" the world with parametric design: "The purpose of my theoretical work is to legitimately and confidently claim that it is time for a new style, to change the physiognomy of the built environment, like Modernism did in the twentieth century. We now have new generations of architects, a new semiology and completely new tools. I have been working on it for more than fifteen years, and in 2008 it occurred to me that it is definitely becoming a new paradigm, so I came up with the name Parametricism. If we succeed, and I have no doubt that Parametricism will succeed, we'll change the physiognomy of this planet."
But why is Parametricism chosen to become the new epochal style and in what way will it replace Modernism?
Schumacher is speaking primarily of the difference between the two social orders: the Modern and the so called "Postmodern" one. It is this shift from one
type of society to another, that enables a new style in architecture to emerge: "The main difference between the two orders is related to the change of the production process. Modernism represents companies which were at the heart of the production process. Departments were separated and each of them was repetitive in itself. It was an order of separation, specialisation and repetition. At the same time, those are the characteristic of modern architecture: compartmentalisation according to a particular function and endless repetition of the same forms. Modernistic cities were built according to the same logic. And it is essentially the logic of mass production. During the Fordian era everything was rebuilt according to this style. The crisis occurred back in the 70s because this logic could no longer sustain due to the development of technology, proliferation of needs and individualisation. The process of production has sped up and increased diversity. Isolation was not possible any more. We could no longer function separated, doing repetitively something we were specialised to do and always efficiently do the same thing. Now we have to continuously update and improve, constantly stay connected with everybody else, checking whether what we are doing is still relevant with the respect of what everybody else is doing. We are now in a network society which demands of us a continuous keeping in touch, observing and communicating. Architecture needs to adjust itself and follow this process of evolution."
However, neither of attempts to create the new Postmodern style truly replaced Modernist paradigms: "it became clear that we needed more rich and complex environments. Deconstructivism established the idea of diversity, but in the form of collage. Patches are thrown onto each other without order, and without communication to each other. Parametricism introduces resonance of those layers. Moreover, Parametricism is the only style after Modernism which can be called epochal, because it has its discourse. It is grounded in theory unlike all others. I myself passed the evolution process throughout my career from Modernism, through Postmodernism, and finally ended up in Parametricism. We at the Zaha Hadid Architects are convinced that this style has matured enough to become the new dominant style. It is a much bigger movement than Deconstructivism was."
What does this alien futuristic world of parametric design look like? What constitutes its visual identity?
Unlike the world of architecture that we are familiar with, which is made of cubes, cylinders, pyramids and other classical shapes, this new universe which is
slowly unfolding in front of our eyes, is filled with rather strange forms like distorted and cracked blobs and shells which resemble certain constructions from the nature, or perhaps even something from outer space. But what is wrong with good old boxes and straight lines? Schumacher calls them "primitive shapes" and explains why we no longer feel comfortable inside spaces divided into isolated square-shaped compartments, connected by empty corridors and sitting on square- shaped chairs: "The twenty first century brought about dramatic changes and we now live in a network society where communication is crucial. Architecture should increase interaction and the information exchange, and can no longer insist on physical separation as it did until now. Moreover, we should not push people through passages like cattle, but make sure they navigate quick and easy. This allows them to self-organise in a complex matrix of differentiated spaces, and enables multiple communication scenarios. It surely marks an ambitious project of ordering social processes in space. Each space is in fact a communication. It invites its visitors to participate, and gives them clues on how they may behave, what to do. But people are no longer satisfied with simple ordering of space with rigid forms and strict compartmentalisation. They need to communicate with each other and move swiftly. This is why rooms should not be separated but rather interconnected. Spaces should be constructed in such a way that everyone can easily see, find and communicate with everyone else. Accordingly, the role of an architect should be understood in this sense: we are constantly making ever more complex matrixes for ever more complex social processes that unfold within. This is portrayed through a free flaw of lines, whether it is a parking space, a library or a business company. The point is that wherever you are, you see many different things going on. Many things are simultaneously in the view, because you don't want to miss anything. As you move through space you have many options what to select next. Conversely, when running down a corridor where you see nothing, you know nothing and miss everything."
The work of Zaha Hadid Architects is dedicated to seeding Parametricism across the world. The London Aquatic Centre and the MAXXI Centre of Contemporary Art in Rome are perhaps the best known examples currently. However, Zaha Hadid's mission is not just a mere style. The style is moreover the signature of the times we live in. The German architect Frei Otto had the same thing in mind while developing his membrane structures in the second half of the twentieth century. The main idea is to start looking for the shapes in the world of animals and plants in order to create a "second nature". This is precisely one of the key features of Parametricism, as Schumacher defines it. Moreover, many other important buildings such as Foster's British Museum Dome also have elements of Parametricism: "In this case, even though parametric tools were being used, it was done in the spirit of modernism – with the aim of neutralizing the differences, making them inconspicuous. This means that even if all elements are different, they want to appear the same. Against that I put forward a new kind of 'artistic project', the project of driving the conspicuous amplification of differences."
So, key features of Parametricism are: viable forms, ordered differentiation and continuation.
One word connects and explains all of the elements: complexity. The future of architecture is in creating multifaceted spaces which resemble our ever more complex way of living and working. Architecture should align with the philosophy of multiplicity, differentiation and rhizome, as formulated by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. This simply means that we can no longer even dream of patching things up and subsume enormous proliferation of differences into some kind of unity. It seems rather pointless. Instead of working on alignment of diversities and simplifying our environment, we should start deliberately making things more complicated. It seems that that is the only way to survive now: "As we have differences of actions and interactions we also need differentiated space. That is why Parametricism rejects repetition. Every element is different, and buildings look different from various angles. It is only with this differentiation of elements that you can create functional spaces which are adequate enough for the contemporary way of living and working, based on constant networking and updating. However, I am not speaking of the difference in the trivial sense, but of the difference with order. The key feature of Parametricism is the complex variegated order which all natural systems produce somehow. When ordered, the difference looks more beautiful and appealing."
Semiology of Parametricism: The meaning of the space is its use!
Schumacher distorted Wittgenstein's axiom that "the meaning of the word is its use" and transformed the semiology of architecture into pure functionality. Architecture no longer operates with symbols, but rather creates its language through the usage of space. This can be perceived perhaps as the "new Materialism" or critique of the "linguistic turn". But most importantly, the consequence of applying this principle is putting space itself as a silent player in the game of communication. But how can space become an actor? In short, it is constructed in such a way that it enhances interaction between people, opens up possibilities for different communication scenarios. It leads and navigates following the way it is constructed.
In order to investigate how people move through space and what can be done to enhance the communication between them, Schumacher created student workshops where they use special computer programs and study interdependence between space and human behavior, as well as inventing new shapes and forms for future buildings: "We are working on shell structures for example, because they are easier for orientation than boxes. Moving from a box to another box you quickly lose orientation of where units and subunits are. We are building up ways of intercepting and interlocking, but spontaneously and without relating to clichés. We are starting from the scratch. Various shapes proliferate and combine themselves in many systems of differentiation and consequently create a kind of vocabulary. The second project we are working on is related to functionality of space. We try to interpret and predict behaviour through computer modelling. We speculate on how people might or should react and gather. Our studies show that actors adjust their behaviour according to the features of the environment. When constructing the space we should plant semiotic clues what to do and where to go. If the space is constructed and organised in such a way that it leads its users and inhabitants, there is no need to label rooms with names. Purpose should be obvious and people should easily glide through it, knowing what to expect and having a variety of options what to choose. We experiment allot with light as well, since it is very important in creating guidance and enhancing interaction."
In short: The mission of Zaha Hadid Architects?
The mission of Zaha Hadid Architects is twofold: to ground parametricism in theory and seed it all around the world. Zaha Hadid Architects are not just designing buildings, but also furniture, shoes, kitchen systems, car parks, bus stations … They have been doing that from the mid 90s up until today, and their now widely recognisable complex and fluid design is being spread virally across the globe, with the ambition to radically transform its appearance.
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INTERVIEW WITH DYLAN GRIFFITH – VEČERNJE NOVOSTI Newspaper
INTERVIEW WITH REINIER BOSCH AND CAROLINA WILCKE AT BRAND NEW WORLD MILANO 2015 @ DUŠAN
Reinier Bosch and Carolina Wilcke present their latest work in Milan from April 14 – 19th, as one of the eight key international studios who epitomize the new concept of Designers – Makers – Entrepreneurs, rethinking the entire business and creative model in design. Their exhibition is part of BRAND NEW WORLD MILANO 2015 @DUŠAN, curated and […]
INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTIAN KEREZ – EGO MAGAZIN
3.11.2014. http://ego-magazine.com/christian-kerez/
What a fantastic feast this Belgrade Design Week was! Inspiring, exciting and full of intensive dialogue. More than any other conferences BDW was showing, why we are all Designers – because it's about the vibe, the passion, the people and the culture of exchange. Belgrade! We'll come back!"
TOBIAS KOHLHAAS & BIRGIT HOELZER – WeissHeiten, Germany


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Assistance to U.S. Citizens Arrested in Brazil
Home	Home / U.S. Citizen Services / Assistance to U.S. Citizens Arrested in Brazil
Post-arrest: What happens next?
In criminal cases, most defendants arrested in the act of committing a crime, should be charged within 30-45 days of their arrest. This time period may be extended, and, due to backlog in the courts, appears to be almost always extended.
All prisoners have the right to an attorney. If the accused cannot afford an attorney, the judge will appoint a public defender. No one may be subject to criminal proceedings without the benefit of an attorney. Family members in the United States may arrange funds for a private attorney through a Consular Officer.
Defendants may appeal all convictions. All defendants sentenced to 20 years or more have the automatic right to a re-trial.
Prison Transfers To the United States
The United States and Brazil are both parties to the Inter-American Convention on Serving Criminal Sentences Abroad which permit prisoner transfers between our countries subject to treaty conditions and applicable domestic laws. For more information, contact the American Citizen Services Section at the U.S. Embassy or visit the U.S. Department of Justice's website for DOJ's International Prisoner Transfer Program at http://www.justice.gov/criminal/oeo/iptu/.
An extradition treaty between the United States and Brazil was signed on January 13, 1961 and implemented on February 11, 1965. The treaty allows both countries to request the return of individuals if the offense(s) committed are considered crimes by both countries. "Voluntary" extradition is not included in the extradition treaty.
All extradition cases are decided by the Supreme Court, with an average waiting period of one to two years. During this waiting period, the individual remains in the custody of the Federal Police and is entitled to receive consular visits.
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Who says you can't have chocolate for breakfast? These Chocolate Chip Muffins have healthy carbs from whole wheat flour and oatmeal, contain fruits (apple), veggies (carrots) and mood & brain-boosting healthy fats from flax seed. I've made a batch of these on a Sunday night to help prep for the week and then serve it for breakfast with a cup of tea or smoothie. It is also great as an afternoon snack.
Lightly coat muffin pan with cooking spray.
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We have great news this month and two big announcements. The first one is that we launched BrightLounge, a video podcast about design, start-ups and technology, featuring interviews with creative people in different countries around the world. Watch us on BrightLounge.tv, be inspired and drop us a line with your suggestions & questions.
The second announcement comes after our interview with LouLou & Tummie, a creative illustration duo from the Netherlands.
LouLou & Tummie is the Dutch illustration duo that built "an empire of colorful graphics and characters". Their works can be found in magazines, books, on t-shirts, skateboards, plush toys and more... Check out their store or Flickr page for more graphic goodness.
V: Hi LouLou and Tummie, thanks for joining our Spotlight Interview list! Who are you guys, what do you do and what is your background?
LouLou & Tummie: We're LouLou & Tummie, an illustration duo from the Netherlands. We both did art school (St. Joost in Breda), this is where we met. After we graduated we both moved to Tilburg, where we still work and live together today.
V: What style best represents your design work and illustrations? Why did you choose it?
LouLou & Tummie: We use a lot of character based elements and lots of color. We'll try to keep our illustrations as simple & symmetric as possible. We didn't really choose this way of working; it's a growing process.
V: Your work is infused with brilliant character design examples. What is the most interesting aspect about character design you have discovered through your work?
LouLou & Tummie: You can draw very simple "characters" and use very simple elements to give him/her/it his own personality and characteristics. Most of the time it doesn't need much. But the placement of the eyes and mouth is very important for the looks.
V: How can character design be integrated with brand strategy?
LouLou & Tummie: The character needs to fit the "look & feel" of the product/brand that it should represent. It needs to add something meaningful to the brand.
V: Where do you find inspiration for your designs and how do you manage to instill life and personality in the characters you create?
LouLou & Tummie: We're on the internet a lot. Visiting blogs, websites, social media, etc. We're following a bunch of illustrators and designers on Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Behance etc. It's great to see what everyone is working on. But we also get a lot of inspiration from the toys we collect, old prints, books, graphic novels and all the cute stuff surrounding us in our studio.
V: When clients ask for a custom illustration, what is the process you go through to complete the task and deliver outstanding results?
LouLou & Tummie: After we have discussed the project and we know which of our work the client likes most. We start with sketches (most of the time). We'll send these to the client. When they like the sketch we'll start drawing on our computer. Because we have quite a consistent style that clients kind of know what they can expect from our illustration work.
V: What aspect of character design is commonly misunderstood by people from your experience?
LouLou & Tummie: ...This is a difficult question... I think some clients/ people think it's easy to draw (simple) characters and it doesn't take a lot of time to create good character designs. But it takes a great deal of time to give a character the right 'look' or personality. If the character is very simple it takes even more time. It has to look simple, but it has to have the right feel with just little elements.
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