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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: The Female Avenger and Women's Empowerment
Arijit Saha
Stieg Larsson's The Millennium Trilogy consisting of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo(published in Swedish as Men Who Hate Women in 2005 and translated into English in 2008), The Girl who Played with Fire (published in Swedish in 2006 and translated into English in 2009.), The Girl who kicked the Hornet's Nest (published in Swedish as The Air Castle That Blew Up in 2007 and translated into English in 2009) deals with a new type of avenger figure whose emergence in popular fiction could be read as part of a broader pattern of representation of feminism within mass media and popular culture. The first novel of the trilogy revolves around the issue of the history of sexual abuse in Sweden as well as its contemporary face in the story of the protagonist. The main protagonist of the trilogy is Lisbeth Salander, a geek and a social outcast who has excellent skills in computer hacking and investigation. She works for Milton Security's private investigation division. Mikael Blomkvist is a journalist for the political magazine Millennium. His love interest Erika Berger is also the editor in chief of the magazine. While trying to expose the businessman Wenner strom Mikael is convicted in court and anticipates three months in prison. It is at this point that his narrative converges with that of Lisbeth, as they both come together for investigating the history of the industrialist HenrikVanger's family. In the ensuing investigation they discover the mysterious disappearance of Henrik's niece Harriet Vanger in 1966. While Mikael takes up the job expecting vital information against Hans Erik Wennerstrom from Henrik Vanger, Lisbeth takes interest in the job because of her predisposition to expose a systematic killing of women. Mean while, owing to the illness of her legal guardian Holger Palmgren, a new guardian, Nils Bjurman, is appointed by the state. Bjurman turns out to be a misogynist and sexually abuses and rapes Lisbeth. In her spectacular retribution, Lisbeth brutally tortures Bjurman and records it on tape and threatens Bjurman not to report against her. The narrative of the novel oscillates between the story of Lisbeth's personal life and the investigation of Vanger family history which exposes a legacy of sexual abuse and rape dating back to the days of Nazi Germany. In solving the case of Harriet Vanger's disappearance it is revealed that Harriet's brother Martin and her father Gottfried were habitual rapists who tortured and killed women. Towards the end of the novel Lisbeth rescues Mikael when he is abducted by Martin. She brutally beats up Martin and later while trying to flee from Lisbeth he dies in a car accident. Harriet Vanger is found and is reunited with Henrik, while Lisbeth provides critical information to Mikael regarding Wennerstrom which exposes the industrialist and restores Mikael's lost reputation.
Critical Reception:
The publication of the trilogy saw immense public attention. In fact the first novel has already been adapted into a movie by Hollywood. It is noteworthy that a lot of the reviews and critical pieces immediately championed Lisbeth Salander as a feminist icon. Men Who Hate Women and Women who Kicks Their Asses: Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy in Feminist Perspective is an anthology of critical essays in which Kirsten de Welde in her essay titled "Kick-Ass Feminism" portrays Lisbeth as a feminist avenger and condemns Larsson for failing to pertain to the ideas of feminism in instances such as when Lisbeth opts for breast implants, or when she exhibits superhuman qualities in coming out of the grave. She identifies Salander as the primary physical feminist, which is not akin to being violent but which prescribes self-defence and physical prowess as means of regaining control from a male dominated society. 1 Judith Lorber in the essay "The Gender Ambiguity of Lisbeth Salander: Third-Wave Feminist Hero?" asserts that while Lisbeth doesn't engage in feminist politics her defiance of patriarchal norms qualifies her as a feminist role model.2 The problem is that these critics misinterpret Lisbeth as feminist. Although Lisbeth does defy gender stereotyping, it can also be argued that Lisbeth's stance as an avenger derives from her individual experience of suffering. She is in many ways not a feminist, rather a culturally constructed avenger figure. But it could also be argued that there is an attempt on the part of popular media to portray her as a feminist.
Sexual violence and female empowerment
Second wave feminists have suggested a relation between instances of sexual violence and a dormant desire to feel powerful. This desire often translates into instances of brutish beating and violently attacking the victims of sexual assault. In this context Stieg Larsson's novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo could be seen as a reworked version of the rape-revenge narrative positioning the female avenger figure as a champion of feminist ideas. The representation of the female avenger figure in the novel is linked with the notion of female empowerment. I will argue that the representation and reception of the female avenger figure is part of a broader narrative of male fantasy. Although Stieg Larsson's novel engages with the issue of violence against women, the avenger figure itself is a negation of the very feminist issues the novel professes to address. The problem lies not only in the manner of the representation of the avenger figure but also within the idea of violent retribution against sexual crimes.
Susan Brownmiller is one of the first feminists to explain sexual abuse as a means of control. Sexual violence therefore is more about domination and less of an expression of lust. Rape is used to keep women in a constant state of fear and trauma. "Women are trained to be rape victims", 3 she observes in her seminal work Against Our Will. According to Brownmiller sexual coercion is less a sexual crime, and is actually part of a broader pattern of domination and control; that to keep women away from power- "All rape is an exercise in power, but some rapists have an edge that is more than physical. They operate within an institutionalized setting that works to their advantage and in which a victim has little chance to redress her grievance."4 Therefore, it is clear that the system plays a vital role in marginalising rape victims and therefore in a way promotes victimhood. Sexual violence against women therefore, has to be understood in the context of violence emerging not from lust or sexual impulses but from a societal framework that aims to keep the status quo unchanged. This demands that victimhood should also ensure moral and physical weakness of the victim. Rape revenge narratives often use the trope of victimhood as a necessary prerequisite that paves the way for retribution. In this regard Stieg Larsson's novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo uses the same trope of victimisation in setting up the rise of its avenger figure Lisbeth Salander. Larsson begins each section of the novel with statistical data which suggests the prevalence of sexual abuse against women in Swedish society as a common phenomenon. This also creates an atmosphere within the text whereby it is easy to locate women as victims:
"Eighteen percent of the women in Sweden have at one time been threatened by a man." "Forty six percent of the women in Sweden have been subjected to violence by a man". "Thirteen percent of the women in Sweden have been subjected to aggravated sexual assault outside of a sexual relationship." "Ninety two percent of women in Sweden who have been subjected to sexual assault have not reported the most recent violent incident to the police." 5 It is obvious from these statistics that Larsson's narrative engages with the issues of sexual abuse of women in Sweden.
It is in the light of these issues that the female avenger figure is introduced as a socially ostracised introvert geek, who it is revealed later has a past history of abuse. Lisbeth work secretively for a security agency and earns her living through her computer hacking skills. She is tech savvy and pays no heed in maintaining socially accepted forms of behaviour. In other words Larsson positions his heroine within the non-normative. It is only after Lisbeth faces sexual abuse at the hands of her newly appointed legal guardian Nils Bjurman that we see her avenging nature come to the fore. Simultaneously the text also engages with the issue of a legacy of sexual violence in presenting the narrative of Harriet Vanger. In due course, Lisbeth herself gets involved in solving the disappearance of Harriet Vanger with the journalist Mikhael Bloomkvist.
Lisbeth's status and popularity as an avenger figure is fuelled by her representation as an uncompromising and sexy avenger who kills men who hate women. Her textual representation in the novel actually caters to popular fantasies of female empowerment. Her avenging is largely interpreted as a new brand of feminism where women take back control of their life by violently fighting back. The violence with which Lisbeth exacts vengeance is sensational and outside the realm of legal course of actions. This is problematic because the text seems to advocate and subscribe to such forms of vigilante justice outside the legal framework. Sexual violence is a necessary pre-requirement for the avenging motif to come in within the narrative. Therefore, the avenging narrative often creates the legacy of sustained sexual violence against women. This in turn makes the trope of victimhood as a necessary requirement for the rise of the avenger figure. In this regard the novel creates a dystopian world within the narrative where women are subjected to gruesome forms of sexual violence. This world is a reflection of the actual scenario prevalent in Sweden. The trope of victimisation is therefore a narrative strategy whereby Lisbeth is first shown to be a victim of rape and only then she is transformed into an avenging figure. This narrative framework also serves to justify the violent avenging within the text- "an eye for an eye" should be the appropriate response to sexual violence as Eva Gabrielson says that Larsson believed. 6 Although the narrative does engages with issues of sexual violence, the representation of the female avenger figure sabotages any claim of the narrative being feminist in its intent. Rather, the avenger figure is represented in such a manner that reinforces patriarchal notions of imagined female empowerment and offers no real solution to the problem of sexual violence against women. In its representation of the female avenger figure, the narrative of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, first creates a legacy of sexual oppression and then uses the trope of victimhood to facilitate the rise of the avenger figure. This rise is shown as symptomatic of representing female empowerment. While depicting a sustained legacy of sexual abuse the narrative provides unverified data, in doing so the narrative clearly implicates sexual abuse of women to be a largely social phenomenon. In spite of this while representing female avenging the narrative foregrounds the rise of a singular avenging figure who works alone. There is no effort to represent female solidarity against oppression in community. The avenger figure fights alone and fights violently, creating the spectacle of rebellion and justice. Violent avenging and vigilante justice are shown to be the only plausible means to attain justice. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo represents this as a sort of empowerment. I argue that such an imagined empowerment is merely fantastical in nature and has no foundation in reality.
In this context it becomes clear that women like Lisbeth Salander are not an exception. In fact, Lisbeth is the product of this societal set up where the possibility of justice is slim. Lisbeth's stance as an avenger figure could be understood in this context. The law of the land is no good for her. Although the laws against sexual crime exist, the system does not provide a credible basis for justice. Therefore, justice has to be done outside the law and through means of violence. This is exactly what Lisbeth opts for. The system fails her. It treats her as a retarded and weak person who should be protected. Rape is often a part of a broader pattern of violence against women. In the novel Lisbeth is often threatened by her state appointed guardian Nils Bjurman that she will not be provided any financial assistance if she refuses his demands for sexual gratification. This same man conspired to lock her up in a children's psychiatric hospital when Lisbeth was 12 years old. Bjurman clearly enjoys the position of the custodian and derives sadistic pleasure in raping her. Bjurman's role as a legal guardian adds to his sexual pleasure. In The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Bjurman says "She was going to have to be kept in check. She had to understand who was in charge."7 (Larsson 124) And later he reiterates his power over her by stating "You are going to wind up eating this, you fucking cunt. Sooner or later I'm going to crush you." (Larsson 134)8 This is not new for Lisbeth as throughout her life she has suffered in the hands of authority and the legal system. This constitutes her deep mistrust of the system. Lisbeth Salander fulfils the role of the ideal victim. Lisbeth Salander is a victim of stereotyping that labels her as weak, mentally retarded person with no sense of civility. She is an outcast, a misinformed geek whose life needs to be regulated and monitored by authority. She is considered an addict (Dr Teleborian reports her addiction to alcohol and drugs as pieces of evidence in her mental health report) set on the path of self -destruction. It is obvious that this type of stereotyping is problematic in the context of social justice for sexual abuse. Larsson's narrative in the form of the Harriet Vanger murder case provides an insightful look in to the deep rooted sexism of the Swedish society dating back to the days of Nazi regime. This not only establishes a timeline of sexual crimes over a period of many decades but also establishes a continued legacy of victimhood. Martin Vanger's indoctrination in to the bloody practices of sexual abuse happened with the guidance of his father Gottfried. Larsson's narrative unveils that it was Gottfried who taught Martin how to hate and manipulate women and treat them as objects. These lessons were combined with sessions of sexual abuse on Martin's sister Harriet. Harriet Vanger could be seen as a similar figure to Lisbeth, although she is not an avenger, but she does opt to violently retaliate as does Lisbeth. Harriet fights back and kills her father. And this is where Martin takes over as the aggressor. Martin says: "We tried... to talk to her. Gottfried tried to teach her. We thought that she was one of us and that she would accept her duty, but she was just an ordinary...cunt."9 .Clearly, Martin assumes that it the duty of her sister to be an object of sexual gratification for him and his father. But it is not only this assumption but there is also a deep rooted belief in the inferiority of the female sex that motivates the actions of Martin. He rapes and murder women. Harriet escapes her brother's authoritarian persecution only by faking her death and disguising her identity. This is where she is different from Lisbeth, she continues to live with her victimhood by disguising her identity. Lisbeth on the other hand openly challenges such oppression. Martin and Gottfried Vanger as well as Bjurman all belong to the elite class of the society. They permeate and dominate the social set up within which the legal system functions. While Bjurman is a reputed lawyer, Martin is the captain of the one of the largest business houses of the country. It is obvious that in such a situation justice for Lisbeth or Harriet seems almost impossible. Susan Brownmiller in Against our Will says that "rapists may also operate within an emotional setting or within a dependant relationship that provides a hierarchical, authoritarian structure of its own that weakens a victim's resistance..."10 . This is true for both Harriet and Lisbeth as they suffer abuse in the hands of the patriarchal father figure. The figure of the dominant oppressive male has shaped the character of Salander. In the third book of the trilogy her biological father Alexander Zalachenko tells her that her half-brother Niedermann should rape her because it might do her so good11 . According to ZalachenkoLisbeth is a worthless "dyke". It is obvious that being the head of a crime syndicate Zalachenko is no different than Bjurman or Martin in his treatment of women. He is a man who repeatedly tortured his girlfriend and he insults Lisbeth's mother as a "whore" who purposely got pregnant to trap him in to a relationship. It is in such a backdrop that Larsson shapes the character of Lisbeth and the millennium series offers an alternative path of vigilante justice. It is therefore imperative to note that the narrative of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, consciously creates a legacy of victimhood and it does so not only within the story of Lisbeth and Harriet, but also by providing statistical data. In doing so, the narrative likens Lisbeth and Harriet to the scores of women who are sexually violated in Sweden. Therefore, the narrative represents victimhood as a necessary precursor to the rise of the avenger figure- it is shown as a radical but logical defiance against large scale misogyny prevalent in Sweden. Victimhood sets the stage for Lisbeth to step in as the righteous avenger.
Avenging Motif: Violence and Vigilante Justice
Stieg Larsson's Millenium trilogy became immensely popular as wildly enthusiastic reviews of the trilogy hailed it as a feminist achievement. Most of these reviews were basing their judgements on the amount of violence that the female avenger figure uses in order to dole out justice for the perpetrators of sexual abuse. Even in the Swedish and Hollywood cinematic adaptations, the violence of the avenger figure is represented as a marvellous feat orachievement. There is no doubt that violent retribution in the narrative plays an important part behind the popularity of the franchise. Larsson seems to be pointing to the idea that it is only through violent reaction that women can achievement true empowerment. KurdoBaksi observes in his book Stieg Larsson, My Friend that Larsson was one journalist who was quite aware of the dangerous situation of Sweden regarding issues of domestic abuse and racism and that the character of Lisbeth Salander was inspired by an actual rape scene that Larsson had witnessed and done nothing when he was only 15. 12 He further adds that "That was one of the worst memories Stieg told me about. It was obvious, looking at him, that the girl's voice still echoed in his ears, even after he had written three novels about vulnerable, violated and raped women. Presumably it was not his intention to be forgiven after writing the books, but when you read them it is possible to detect the driving force behind them" 13 Baksi suggests that the women in his novels have minds of their own and go their own ways- "They fight! They resist! Just as he wished all women would do in the real world"14. This clearly throws some light on the idea that conceived the Millennium Trilogy. Larsson's conception of the trilogy was aimed at representing the fighting back of women if we go by the words of Kurdo Baksi. Baksi further suggests that "If you are looking for a focus in Stieg's writing, I would suggest it is the woman's point of view. More or less everything he wrote depicts women being attacked for various reasons; women who are raped, women who are ill-treated and murdered because they challenge the patriarchy. It is this senseless violence that Stieg wanted to do something about and that he refused to accept."15 But, if the Millennium trilogy caters to the visions of female empowerment, its conception of the very same is inherently flawed. Lisbeth's avenging spirit could be read as an attempt to engage with issues of sexual violence in a manner that is uncommon and fantastical at the very outset. First of all, Lisbeth is represented as geek outcast, genius hacker, and introvert, and she is far from the likes of a common girl. This can be read as a conscious attempt to locate the figure of the female avenger in the realm of the extraordinary, as someone with whom any identification is impossible for the common women. Secondly, Lisbeth's avenging is more of a solo individual act of vendetta, although she does collaborate with Blomkvist, her avenging is seen to reflect a tendency to act alone. This makes the avenging motif in the narrative as a singular tale of courage, heroism and vigilante justice. This marks an important facet of the avenging female figure as it locates the discourses of female empowerment outside the framework of community resistance and hence her vigilante status is championed as a mark of her unwavering strength and detective genius.
Judith Lorber describes Lisbeth Salander in her article titled "The Gender Ambiguity of Lisbeth Salander: Third-Wave Feminist Hero?", as a person who "revels in sexual openness, outrageous gender self-presentations, and emotional coolness. But Salander never identifies as a feminist, nor does she use her (criminally acquired) wealth or her computer skills for any institutionalized activism. Third-wave feminists fight against restrictions on procreative choice and against racism, homophobia, and economic inequalities. By contrast, Salander's personal, physical battle is against violent, sadistic men; her political battles, where she uses her investigative and hacking abilities, are against sex trafficking and international crime. She fights alone, mostly to defend herself or to get revenge on those who have harmed her. Once or twice, she fights for others (Erika Berger, when she is being cyber-stalked, and Mikael Blomkvist, to restore his journalistic reputation). But she belongs to no movement."16
This clearly reflects the fact the Lisbeth, despite being an avenger figure is far from an actual feminist icon. She might seem to be so, but it is her vigilante status that renders her as a fantasy of female empowerment rather than actual empowerment. Like Lorber says, Lisbeth neither belongs to any feminist movement, nor does she strives to in the course of the narrative. Therefore, it has to be understood that it is her violent retribution that takes the centre stage in the narrative- it is what drives the popularity of the trilogy. The violence with which she avenges makes her a model of pleasure for the reader. This clearly undermines the feminist issues of sexual violence that the text engages with. The avenger figure is flawed in that she is represented in a manner that is suggestive of a male fantasy of female empowerment, and it is through her story that the fantasy of empowerment is actually played out. She is far from being a feminist herself. This clearly undermines the novel's engagement with feminist concerns. Lisbeth uses violence to kill men who hate women, but this violence is in itself disempowering, because in her violent retribution she is less of a feminist icon, and more of a fantastical avenger figure whose actions make her a spectacle to be enjoyed. Judith Lorber aptly says: "The immediate response from feminists, young and old, is, "Right on, sister! You got those bastards!" But should we be celebrating the violence done by a woman when we deplore the horror of men's violence? I think this "equal-opportunity" violence is the guilty secret of Larsson's phenomenal success. We know it is fiction, so even if it isn't properly feminist, we exult over Salander's successful physical battles with men twice her size. It may be a vicarious purging of the constant threat of violence that women experience from men. Not only Salander, but Harriet Vanger and Erika Berger as well, are threatened with violation by fathers, brothers, and co-workers. By taking retaliation into their own hands (Harriet pushes her father into the river, Salander burns her father and drives Harriet's sadistic brother to suicide, and a woman bodyguard captures Erika's harasser), women bypass the male-dominated police and justice systems and protect themselves. The readers' satisfaction with womanly justice trumps the violent means used."17
The focus of the narrative seems to be on the violent retribution of Lisbeth and not on the way she is raped. Larsson is sparing in his description of Bjurman's rape of Lisbeth, there seems to be a narrative gap as suggested by Marla Harris in her essay "Rape and the Avenging Female in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy and Hakkan Nesser's Woman with Birthmark and The Inspector and Silence".18 She says that the narrative gap could be seen from 8.30 on Friday night when she feels excruciating pain as Bjurman forced something up her anus to 4.30 on Saturday morning, when she was allowed to put on her clothes and go home. Marla suggests that the lack of detail here only intensifies the horror of the reader. She further adds that: "what, then, can we make of Larsson's strategic abridgement? He is clearly less interested in titillating the reader by displaying Salander as passive and helpless than he is in representing her as empowered, guiding the reader to decipher the significance of small gestures and expressions, such as the look of 'naked, smouldering hatred' that Salander gives Bjurman as she leaves his flat, or even the significance of saying nothing."19 Larsson's focus, it seems was to represent the violence that Lisbeth exerts in her vengeance. The description of Lisbeth incapacitating Bjurman and then raping him is given in detail: "She worked steadily for two hours. When she was finished he had stopped whimpering. He seemed to be almost in a state of apathy.
She got down from the bed, cocked her head to one side, and regarded her handiwork with a critical eye. Her artistic talents were limited. The letters looked at best impressionistic. She had used red and blue ink. The message was written in caps over five lines that covered his belly, from his nipples to just above his genitals: I AM A SADISTIC PIG, A PERVERT, AND A RAPIST."20
It is evident that such detailed description of the violence of avenging points to the fact that Larsson wanted his avenger to look like someone who can wrest back control and power. The whole trilogy is indeed an attempt to prove that women can also take back control, but only through means of violence. This is where Larsson's avenger figure deviates from her feminist path of avenging sexual abuse. From the very outset of the narrative, she is motivated to react violently without opting for any legal course of action.
Therefore, Lisbeth's brand of vigilante justice is something that is necessitated by the textual framework created by Larsson. Larsson seems to posit the fact that in such a dystopian society true justice can only be achieved through vigilantism. This clearly complicates the text's claim to being sympathetic to the feminist cause. Feminist movements have always advocated legal as well as political reforms in tackling issues of sexual abuse. In presenting an avenger figure who champions the cause of vigilante justice the Millennium Trilogy seems to be totally negating any such possibility as a feasible solution to the issues of systematic violence against women.
The spectacle of rape and its subsequent violent revenge in the text is widely assumed to be an instance of the triumph of feminism itself. In this regard vengeance becomes a kind of feminist enterprise. Feminism supported neither the concept of representing women as victims nor the issue of violent retribution. Rather, feminist ideology tended to alter and transform the orientation of the social discourses which marginalised women based on categories of gender and representation. These social discourses have always been bolstered by the system of patriarchy where social institutions have worked to keep the status quo of society unchanged. In fighting against such a system gender equality and justice have always been the prime concerns of any feminist agenda. The narrative of the novel revels in the representation of vigilante justice against the rapist and this in turn completely undermines its assumed feminist stance. The narrative first sets up the act of sexual violence so that the act of revenge against the perpetrator could provide a sort of fantasy for the reader. The notion of vigilante justice serves as a popular fantasy of female empowerment. In this context it can be argued that the first act of sexual violence actually provides motivational logic for the ensuing avenging.Authentic feminism can be seen as a moral position since it seeks to empower by bringing into light the position of those disempowered by the system of patriarchy. However, gloating over vigilante justice against perpetrators of sexual abuse cannot be deemed as a feminist attitude. The novel therefore fails to justify its presumed feminist stance. The female avenger figure is not emblematic of female empowerment but, rather, a symptom of feminine disempowerment since it presumes institutionalised injustice towards women in society, for which personal acts of vengeful violence are deemed compensation.
Notes/references:
Welde, Kirsten de.'Kick-Ass Feminism 'From Donna King and Carrie Lee Smith (eds). Men Who Hate Women and Women who Kicks Their Asses: Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy in Feminist Perspective, Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2012.
Lorber, Judith. "The Gender Ambiguity of Lisbeth Salander: Third-Wave Feminist Hero?" Dissent 7th July 2011. https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles Accessed 18 Nov 2013.
Brownmiller, Susan. Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape. New York: Fawcett Books, 1993 p 309.
Ibid,p 256.
Larsson, Stieg.The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Trans. Reg Keeland. London: Mac Lehose Press, 2011.
Gabrielsson, Eva From Gabrielsson's memoir Stieg And Me as quoted in the 2-18-2011 issue of the Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1358412/Revenge-girl-dragon-tattoo.html Accessed 26/11/2017.
Larsson, Stieg. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Trans. Reg Keeland. London: Mac Lehose Press, 2011, p124.
Ibid, p134.
Brownmiller, Susan. Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape. New York: Fawcett Books, 1993, p 256.
Larsson, Stieg. The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.Trans. RegKeeland London: Mac Lehose Press, 2009, p 200.
Kurdo Baksi, Steig Larsson, My Friend. Trans. Laurie Thompson London, Mac Lehose Press, 2010, p 118.
Ibid p119.
Lorber, Judith. 'The Gender Ambiguity of Lisbeth Salander: Third-Wave Feminist Hero?' Dissent 7th July 2011. https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/ Accessed 18 Nov 2013.
Harris, Marla,'Rape and the Avenging Female in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy and Hakkan Nesser's Woman with Birthmark and The Inspector and Silence' from Astrom, Berit, Katarina Gregersdotter, and Tanya Horeck (eds.)Rape in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy and Beyond: Contemporary Scandinavian and Anglophone Crime Fiction. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, p 67.
Ibidp 69.
Larsson, Stieg, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Trans. Reg Keeland. London: Mac Lehose Press, 2011, p 145.
Arijit Saha is a research scholar in the Department of English, Visva-Bharati. His field of research include feminism, popular culture and the representation of female figures in films, graphic novels and videos games.


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Bermuda love affair since 1959
Heather Wood, Lifestyle Editor
Bottled, the magic of Helen and Ernie Reigstad's Bermuda would make a fortune.
At the moment it lives in the stories the Sparta, New Jersey couple share with "just about everybody".
They spent their honeymoon here in 1959, at Inverurie Hotel on Harbour Road. Sporadic trips to the island followed, with four children and various extended family members in tow.
Fifteen years ago, they began coming every January to spend six weeks at Greenbank Guest House & Cottages.
It is as part of that annual pilgrimage that they are here now, celebrating Valentine's Day in their "second home".
"To me, the magic is you come to an island with beautiful water where just about every house has a white roof, most buildings are in pastel colours; there are palm trees, the greenery is beautiful — that's a story all by itself.
"It puts you in a mood, it makes you feel at ease and comfortable," Mr Reigstad said. "And then, the people are so friendly.
"The people on the bus, on the ferry, storekeepers, store owners — everyone says good morning, good afternoon and how are you. The atmosphere is really nice. I think that's the magic."
A "look out of the window at the blue water" assured he and his wife that they had chosen the right place for their honeymoon even before the plane landed on June 7, 1959.
Advertising had helped sway their decision, as had Bermuda's proximity to New York and the fact that everyone spoke English.
Mr Reigstad believes he may have also been inspired by events that happened three years prior.
In 1956 he had a 50 per cent chance of being stationed here with the US Air Force. He was sent to the Azores instead.
"Enlisted men were paid $79 a month and a great part of that went when they went into Hamilton or wherever they went for dancing, for bars, etc. By Monday, they were broke.
"Meanwhile I'm sitting in the Azores; there is nothing there. I got my $79 and would send $50 back home to put in the bank.
"But it's funny, I always said I wished I had gone to Bermuda."
He met his future wife at a party the night before he headed out to boot camp.
"I met her on a Saturday night and we danced a little bit," Mr Reigstad said. "My friend, who joined with me in the Air Force, went to the same church as her and said, 'Why don't you write to Helen?' Meanwhile a girl in her church said, "Why don't you write to Ernie?'"
They fell in love when he returned to the US for a six-week break a few months later. Marriage came two years after that.
"For our honeymoon in 1959 we decided to come to Bermuda. I'm sure some part of it was because I went to the Azores and never got here," Mr Reigstad laughed.
On that first trip they vowed they'd return in five years but a decade passed before they made the journey.
According to Mrs Reigstad, they were busy "having kids, setting up our house".
Eventually, they brought their children — Ernie, Bert, Helene and Laura — three of whom also honeymooned here.
One of their more memorable vacations was one they had booked at Mermaid Beach Club. The chairman of the board of IBM, the American technology company, had a home near the South Shore, Warwick property with a long path that appealed to the family.
"We wanted our children to be able to ride pedal bikes but we were afraid of the [main] road and so we asked if we could use the driveway," Mr Reigstad said.
To their surprise, the business executive invited them to move into the property for the rest of their stay.
"It was gorgeous. We had all of Astwood Park as private property and two little beaches and used [another hotel's] pool.
"At the Linen Shop in Hamilton, we bought a nice tablecloth and the first night we moved in we had dinner — hot dogs or something — in the beautiful dining room. We laid that out and Mermaid gave us a bottle of champagne.
"The caretaker comes in and cracks up. He could not stop laughing. He said he had been polishing the furniture for 30 years and no one had ever eaten in the dining room before."
Subsequent vacations were spent at hotels across the island. The Ducking Stool in St George, Fort Hamilton, Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, the Botanical Gardens and the Bermuda Craft Market in Dockyard remain among their favourite places to visit.
Although the Reigstads have travelled elsewhere — through most of Europe, to China, to Russia, to the Caribbean, to Alaska, to Hawaii — Bermuda sits at the top of their list.
"We come here in the off-season. It's quiet, the temperature is just perfect. It's beautiful," Mr Reigstad said.
Now 81, he retired from a career in IT 20 years ago.
"The Air Force sent me on a computer training course and once I got out of the Air Force, I [was hired by a New York company] in Times Square to work as the mail boy. When I told them about the training I had, I was raised five levels with five times the pay.
"I then joined a pharmaceutical company Warner-Lambert, now Pfizer, and was with them for the rest of my career."
Meanwhile, four children and "a lot of volunteer work" kept his wife busy. Mrs Reigstad said working together as a team had helped keep them together for nearly 60 years.
"There was a lot of 'yes, dear'," she smiled. "And I think just working together raising four kids. I was lucky enough to stay at home. I did a lot of volunteer work in schools and he was active in Cub Scouts. I had Brownies and Girl Scouts and was very active in the church. We're very family oriented and I think it all helped us."
Although the couple have no plans for their June 6 anniversary, their stay here next year is already booked.
Laughed Mr Reigstad: "We'll keep coming til we croak."
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So sang the women in Khadakwadi, a hamlet of Kolavade village, when we went there on a hot April morning in 2017. Sitabai Ubhe, one of the ovi singers, is now over 60. She is an avid mobile phone user. More than once she breaks away from the group to talk on the phone. I ask her for her phone number and she brings out a small bit of paper with the number written on it in English.
Over two decades ago, the original Grindmill Songs Project (GSP) team had documented examples of this genre at this hamlet. The GSP is now hosted on PARI and the present team periodically visits some of the villages to meet the singers again.
The women in Khadakwadi helped each other remember some of the ovi they had sung years ago. Last year, PARI published Seven songs of summer – with a video of the singers from this village performing ovi about life under a hot summer sun. In this instalment, they render songs of rain.
On our way to the village, we passed fields that farmers were preparing for cultivation by burning patches of land.
When we arrived in Kolavade, Lilabai Kamble, 58, took us straight to the hall in the Ram temple premises. The tin-roofed rectangular hall has a low boundary wall leaving most of the structure open on three sides; a parapet along the wall is used for sitting.
Lilabai then went from house to house to beckon the ovi singers, and six women gathered at the hall, one by one. Many on our list were away, some had died in the interim, and a few are untraceable.
All the women said they still occasionally used the grindmill to make gram flour, rice flour for ghaavan (pancakes), and to grind turmeric for the haldi ceremony at weddings.
Sulochana Dhage, 45, is the youngest of the women we met in Khadakwadi. She is the daughter of Jhingabai Ubhe, who contributed over 200 songs to the GSP database. Jhingabai, who died a few years ago, spent her last days with her daughter and son-in-law.
The wari is undertaken twice in the Hindu lunar calendar year – during the month of Ashadh (June/July) and then again in Kartik (October/November). The June/July journey is more popular because it commences after the sowing of crops. Farmers, shepherds, cowherds and others from rural Maharashtra are among the many who go on this pilgrimage.
Sulochana and the others settled in a row, consulting each other, humming and whispering. They were trying to remember the tunes and verses handed down across generations of women in their villages. They did: six songs of rain and a verse about the wari flowed from the performers.
In the first ovi, the singer tells us that it is raining continuously and her son is cultivating the field, sowing rice with a drill-plough. In the second ovi, the son is sowing wheat. Let it rain, they sing in the third couplet, let the land become wet, let the women carrying lunch baskets reach the fields.
The fourth song compares the downpour and the dying out of the rain with the changing attachment of a brother for his sisters. It says that when the brother has daughters, he forgets his sisters. The drill-plough, a special tool, the fifth ovi tells us, is used to both turn up the earth and level the land. The sixth of the songs says that just as the soil cannot get moisture without rain, a woman cannot find happiness without a husband.
These songs are followed by a six-line verse. It begins with a woman telling us that her brother Pavana has arrived in the mango (summer) season. They sing about the wari. When it rains, the pathways become wet and the palkhi arrives. It contains the silver clogs of the poet-saints Dnyaneshwar and Tukaram, symbolising them in their absence. Devotees worship these sandals, which are taken on an annual journey, the wari to Pandharpur. As the palanquins pass through villages and towns, people gather around to offer turmeric and vermillion.
There is a potent sense of piety and divinity in this extraordinary annual event – these lines speak of a unique atmosphere that acquires a special colour. And while the wari is in progress (with tens of thousands of people walking towards Pandharpur), Lord Vitthal, the song says, is dressed in a brocade wrap that suits him well – and is ready to welcome the devotees.
Note:*Haldi kunku (also haldi kumkum) refers to the exchange and application of turmeric and vermillion powder on the forehead amongst married women.
**God refers to Lord Vitthal in Pandharpur. 'Enchanting colour' alludes to the atmosphere created by the combination of all that is mentioned in the verse.
Date: These songs (and some of the information) were first transcribed by the original GSP team on January 6, 1996. The PARI team took the photographs featured here and video recorded the songs on April 30, 2017.


Thank you to all the coaches and judges who offered they honest opinion and mentorship, thank you to all the wonderful and highly motivated participants who showed up at the event with only one goal - to build new companies around their ideas.
Overall winner was the Babblr app - a location application that recommends places of entertainment close to you.
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Gladstone graduation rate hits historic high
Gladstone's class of 2018 had a district graduation rate of over 88 percent, up nearly 3 percent from the previous year. The rate, a historic high, is more than 9 percent above the state average. In the past five years, the district raised the graduation rate over 9 percent.
"I have to give a lot of the credit to our teachers, who work so hard to personalize instruction. Because our school is smaller, they can really connect with their students and get to know them, offering early interventions when kids need extra help," said Principal Kevin Taylor. "One new strategy is online course options and development of individual graduation plans and schedules to help our at-risk students find success and graduate on time."
Gladstone students with disabilities made a dramatic improvement, with over 83 percent graduating on time, up 7 percent from the previous year. These students surpassed the state average by over 22 percent.
Gladstone's Latino and Hispanic students had an on-time graduation rate of over 90 percent, surpassing the state average by nearly 17 percent. Their graduation rate in Gladstone increased by over 18 percent in the past five years.
Economically disadvantaged students in Gladstone improved 24 percent over the past five years, with more than 88 percent graduating on time.
"We are proud of the strong gains we've made, and plan to continue working to improve graduation rates," said Superintendent Bob Stewart. "Increasing career-technical programs like engineering is one way we're engaging students to explore opportunities and plan for their future career."


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Der Höllberg (auch Höllkopf genannt) ist ein Berg im Hohen Westerwald und mit  vor Auf der Baar und Bartenstein der höchste hessische Berg des Mittelgebirges Westerwald, das mit der rheinland-pfälzischen Fuchskaute maximal  hoch ist.

Geographische Lage
Der Höllberg erhebt sich auf dem Gebiet der Gemeinde Driedorf, 2,8 km nordwestlich des Kernorts. Nördlich des Berges liegt der Ortsteil Heisterberg mit dem Naherholungsgebiet Heisterberger Weiher, südlich liegt der Ortsteil Mademühlen, sowie westlich der Ortsteil Hohenroth. Vom zuletzt genannten Dorf sind es wenige hundert Meter bis zur Landesgrenze nach Rheinland-Pfalz.

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Der Gipfel des Höllbergs bietet gute Aussichtsmöglichkeiten, und im Winter bietet sich am Berg die Möglichkeit zum Skifahren auf einer kurzen, aber steilen Piste. Der vorhandene Skilift wurde im Januar 2023 stillgelegt. Der dort ansässige Ski Club Höllkopf löst sich im gleichen Zuge nach 43-jährigem Bestehen auf.

Fernmeldeturm Höllberg

Auf dem Höllberg steht der 93 Meter hohe Fernmeldeturm Höllberg (Typenturm vom Typ FMT 11). Der Fernmeldeturm wurde Ende der 1970er Jahre erbaut und ersetzte den damaligen veralteten Stahlturm. Der Typenturm maß zunächst 108 Meter Höhe, doch 1990 wurden die obersten 15 Meter der Spitze im Rahmen des Ausbaues des Siegerland-Flughafens wieder entfernt. Die oberste Betonplattform hat eine Höhe von 78 Meter, die darauf aufgesetzte Stahlspitze noch einmal eine Höhe von 15 Metern, so dass der Turm mit 93 Meter Höhe auf dem Höllkopf ragt und den nahen Windkrafträdern der Fuchskaute noch paroli bietet.

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Analoges Radio (UKW)
Beim Antennendiagramm sind im Falle gerichteter Strahlung die Hauptstrahlrichtungen in Grad angegeben.

Weblinks
 Wintersport in der Gemeinde Driedorf … Ski-Gebiet Höllkopf, auf driedorf.de

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Berg im Westerwald
Berg im Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Geographie (Driedorf)
Wintersportgebiet in Deutschland

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Cops collecting teddy bears for kids in hospital: 2017 San Diego Regional Law Enforcement Teddy Bear Drive launches at Chick-fil-A on Tuesday Oct. 3
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This year's San Diego Regional Law Enforcement Teddy Bear Drive benefiting Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego will launch on Tuesday, Oct. 3 at the 12 Chick-fil-A restaurants in San Diego County, including the Chick-fil-A restaurants in the East County in Santee at 9418 Mission Gorge Road and in La Mesa at 8200 Fletcher Parkway.
Anyone who brings a new, huggable teddy bear (with tags attached) to a Chick-fil-A restaurant in San Diego County between 5 and 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 3, will receive their choice of a free Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich Meal or four-piece Chick-fil-A Nuggets Kid's Meal. Limit of one free meal per customer. Some Chick-fil-A restaurants also will feature a crime prevention display, as well as police vehicles and equipment at the Teddy Bear Drive Family Night.
Since it began in 1990, the San Diego Regional Law Enforcement Teddy Bear Drive has grown to involve 23 law enforcement agencies that collect upwards of 50,000 bears annually. This year, the City of Oceanside Police Department and San Diego County District Attorney's Office are organizers of the annual effort which runs through Dec. 5, when teddy bears will be delivered to Rady Children's Hospital.
On Dec. 5, law enforcement officers in police vehicles will arrive at Rady Children's to a crowd of cheering patients, parents and staff along the driveway in front of the Rose Pavilion. After a brief ceremony, the officers will separate into groups, visiting patients in various departments in the hospital, offering a teddy bear to every patient.
"We are very proud to be a 2017 co-sponsor of such a worthwhile event, and we would like to thank Chick-fil-A for their continued and generous support," said Carlsbad Police Dept. Lt. Christine Calderwood.
"The stuffed teddy bear donations go a long way to support and give comfort to some really great children receiving care at the hospital," said Kyle Steck, franchise operator, Chick-fil-A in Santee. "One of Chick-fil-A's goals is to promote community connections and enrich the lives of everyone we come in contact with. Each child will treasure this special visit and the comfort of their new teddy bear, creating memories to last a lifetime."
The 12 Chick-fil-A restaurants in San Diego County are located in Chula Vista, Encinitas, Oceanside, San Marcos, La Mesa, Santee, Escondido and in San Diego on Sports Arena Blvd., Camino Ruiz in Mira Mesa, Carmel Mountain Road in Carmel Mountain Ranch, Camino del Sur in 4S Ranch and Scranton Road in Sorrento Valley. For addresses and directions, visit www.cfasandiego.com.
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The 92nd Training Centre was a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, that drew most of its history from the 92nd Guards Rifle Division, that became the 92nd Guards Training Motor Rifle Division in 1965.

World War II
The 92nd Guards Rifle Division was formed in March 1943 in Kupyansk from the soldiers of the 149th and 12th Guards Rifle Brigades, which had fought in the Battle of Stalingrad. The 93rd Rifle Brigade was established in September 1942 in the Urals. It became 12th Guards Rifle Brigade, then in April 1943, 92nd Guards Rifle Division.

In the summer of 1943 the division participated in the Battle of Prokhorovka, then in the capture of the cities of Kharkiv, Poltava, Voznesensk, Pervomaysk.

On 1 September 1943 the division was part of the 57th Rifle Corps. The corps comprised the 62nd Guards, 92nd Guards, 110th Guards, and 53rd Rifle Divisions. It was part of the 37th Army, STAVKA Reserve.

In 1943 the division liberated Kryvyi Rih, for which the division was named Krivorozhskaya. It crossed the River Dnieper near the village of Mishurin Rog. Soon afterwards, the division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

The division fought in Moldavia, and in the Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive in Romania. It was with 37th Army in Bulgaria in May 1945. 48 soldiers of the division were awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

Composition (partial)

276th Guards Rifle Regiment
280th Guards Rifle Regiment
282nd Guards Rifle Regiment
197th Guards Artillery Regiment

Postwar
In 1946, the division was relocated to the city of Mykolaiv, joining the Odessa Military District. It became 34th Guards Mechanised Division postwar, the 34th Guards Motor Rifle Division in 1957. On 7 October 1960 it was redesignated as a training division, and was renumbered as the 92nd Guards Training Motor Rifle Division to restore its World War II designation on 11 January 1965. On 14 September 1987, it became the 150th Guards District Training Centre.

After the Soviet collapse, the centre became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. It was redesignated the 150th Training Centre for Junior Specialists and remained part of the Odessa Military District.

Its commander, Colonel Valery Alexandrovich Ageyev, of the Odessa Military District was promoted to Major-General in Decree 350/93 of 21 August 1993. Duncan noted in April 1997 that '..the motor rifle training centre remain[s] under the command of the new MD.'

Later it was redesignated the 92nd Training Centre of the Southern Operational Command (92 УЦ ЮОК).

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GLOBALL Rover hits the streets of Tokyo!
ADAM! The GLOBALL Rover's first recipient, writes about film and now lives in Tokyo, Japan. Discover more of his work on Twitter @FilmEssaying.
First Recipient of the GLOBALL Rover.
This is always tough. What do you highlight? What do you leave out?
Right now, as I write this, I am preparing to leave the US, uprooting myself from the self I built here. Along with leaving my job, my city of 20 years, my neighborhood of a bit less than that, and all the social capital I have built up in this region, I am also leaving my language competency, since I will be moving to Japan, a place where I don't know the language. I hope to gain literacy if not fluency, but this is a major change.
As a result, in some ways, I don't know this 'yourself' you ask me to tell you about. In other ways, I know my demographics (white, cis-male, late 40s, etc). I know I grew up outside of Cleveland (Berea), Ohio. I know I went to school in St Louis. And I will soon put the past 21 years in the San Francisco Bay Area (mostly in San Francisco's Richmond District) in the past tense. I know I worked for a financial software company for 17 years. I know I am married to a wonderful woman for soon to be 9 years and counting. I have ideas about how all those experiences have defined me.
Considering all that, my present 'self' is in an unstable state. But I will soon be a white guy in his late 40s living w/ his wonderful Japanese wife in Tokyo, where my focus will be on teaching English and learning Japanese. If I get to write about films as I have in the past (South Korean films, films portraying physical disabilities, sports films being my primary focus), that will be great. But my primary focus will be on my family, my job, the new communities I will be a part of, and learning the Japanese language. My primary focus will be on who I will become, more so than who I've been.
2. How did it feel to receive the GLOBALL Rover from Oliver?
It was an honor and a big responsibility, since I will be the first person to be taking the GLOBALL abroad. It is a material representation of over 30 years of friendship between Oliver and I. By passing the GLOBALL Rover to me, Oliver has solidified our relationship, you might say. It's also special that I'll be taking it to Japan since Oliver's maternal lineage traces back to Japan.
3. Who are you giving the GLOBALL Rover to and why? What do they mean to you?
As a material social network, what creator Oliver Warden likes to describe as 'a social network made out of wood', GLOBALL has become a wooden representation of my transition moving from San Francisco to Tokyo. In San Francisco, where I lived for 17 years, I developed a diverse network of friendsips. In Tokyo, I know a few folks casually, but my only close friendship here is with my wife. I was deeply touched that Oliver would give me the first GLOBALL to cross international borders, the GLOBALL Rover. Yet, by moving to a new city in a new country with a language new to me, I went from a rich on the ground social network with multiple strong nodes to a sparse network of a few weak connections vectoring off from a strong hub that is my wife. The only person worthy of my handing off GLOBALL Rover in Tokyo is the person with whom I have my deepest friendship, my wife. So in many ways it is appropriate that I give GLOBALL Rover to my wife, my dearest friend, but she laughs knowing she, in Tokyo, she is also my only friend.
The limited face-to-face social network I have in Tokyo has enabled GLOBALL Rover to become another signifier to our commitment to each other as a couple. I am leaving my country where I know the language, where I have developed a great deal of social capital, and I am heading towards a country where I do not know the language, which makes it difficult to build up social capital (let alone economic capital). My wife and I didn't make this leap without discussing what it would be like for me to lose so much of my social capital. We discussed how I would be sad from the loneliness of not having any close friends nearby, how I might be too dependent on her, how she might get frustrated that I will not be the person I could be in my own country. We talked about the need to step back and think of the new context each of us is individually placed in before we pinpoint the 'problem' we want to address in the other's actions/inactions.
As we start this new adventure, (which by the way, comes with a log of positives too - the food, the coffee, the train system, being able to tackle most of our errands via bike, I could go on . . .), giving GLOBALL Rover to Seiko is a way of re-committing our wedding vows. I have, in a sense, married her all over again, as she has me, by making the leap across the Pacific to this country lesser known to me and requiring re-acquaintance for her. My having the GLOBALL Rover has helped me think about this new stage and how I'm delighted to be experiencing all this with Seiko by my side. Now I hand off the GLOBALL Rover to Seiko to see what it will help her better understand about her new life here in Tokyo and what friendship means to her at this new stage in her life.
4. What does the GLOBALL project mean to you?
I view the GLOBALL project as a way to return social media to material face to face interactions. This is not to speak disparagingly of social media. I have some very dear friends whom I've met through Twitter, for example. But 'social media' is a term that has arisen from the internet, a 'disembodied' space, so it is nice to return to an embodied social media before we had that term, 'social media'. Oliver's giving the GLOBALL Rover to me was a very special moment, so I look forward to explaining the mission of GLOBALL to others who see the GLOBALL Rover in our apartment. I can tell them about my friendship with Oliver, Oliver's conception of the product, and my own interpretation of GLOBALL. Through these conversations, and the touching of the GLOBALL Rover, noting it's heft, it's texture, a social media will become embodied beyond our conversations online and off.


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Plus-size goddess Ashley Graham is not only strikingly gorgeous but also harbors an impressive entrepreneurial spirit. Arguably the hottest curvy model in the world right now, she has turned her name into a successful brand. Recently she designed a lingerie collection for the Canadian label Addition Elle and launched a swimwear line for women of all sizes.
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Since Wonder Woman hit the theatres earlier this year, Gal Gadot has had our attention. As well as being a former Miss Israel, this real-life superwoman has also served two years as a soldier in the Isreal Defense Forces.
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Chrissy Teigen is one hot all-rounder. After enjoying an impressive modeling career flaunting her goods in glossy magazines, the 31-year-old has solidified her love for food in the book form, appears as a co-host on Lip Sync Battle and gives us constant relationship envy with hubby John Legend.
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Without question, Gigi Hadid has inherited a good set of genes, which resulted in an early modeling debut at the tender age of two. This year, she has earned the title of the fifth highest-paid model in the world, having signed high-profile deals with brands such as Stuart Weitzman, Moschino, and Tommy Hilfiger.
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As opposed to her blonde older sister, Bella Hadid's modeling appearances are typically accompanied by a much broodier, mysterious atmosphere – which is of course no less alluring. With her deep brown hair and porcelain skin, she has taken the fashion industry by storm. Having also scored campaigns with luxury brands such as Balmain, Dior, and Calvin Klein, we suspect we'll be seeing a lot more of her in the future.
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With millions of Instagram followers tracking her every movement and magazine cover, 2017 has without question been Kendall Jenner's year. Her girl-next-door look has scored her lucrative advertising deals, her own shade of lipstick for Lancome and the title of the highest-paid model of the year by Forbes.
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In 2013, Emily Ratajkowski showed off her magnificent body in the music video to Robin Thicke's hit Blurred Lines, and the world took note. Since then, the American model/actress has appeared in countless runway shows and magazine edits. Recently, she revealed her entrepreneurial side, launching a swimsuit brand. The 26-year-old is also an advocate for women's health issues and a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood.
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There's hardly a day where we swipe down our newsfeed and don't see a picture of Kim Kardashian's famous curves popping up. That's hardly a surprise since the reality star has been busy launching new apps, makeup lines and fragrances all year round. The only question is; what will Kim break the internet with next year?
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As Serena van der Woodsen she gossiped her way into our hearts, and this is where Blake Lively remained ever since. Meanwhile, she graduated from cheesy teenage TV dramas to a breath-taking red-carpet beauty and gorgeous mum-of-two.
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Thought i would throw this pic up because i know you guys like seeing new or new versions of things. I made another one of these for an AO memeber.....the one shown is the extra i made. You can find it in the dealers section, in the body super store thread.
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Tremendous twinning celebrations in Watton
By SOPHIE WYLLIE
Ulrich Francken presenting a picture to former Watton mayor Michael Wassell.
Music, barn dancing and a trip to the seaside were enjoyed during a landmark twinning event in Watton.
The town has been linked with Weeze in Germany for 25 years and to mark the special occasion religious leaders, dignitaries and councillors from the town came to Norfolk for four days.
Organised by Watton Twinning Association, the event included a civic reception at Watton Sports and Social Centre, a church service at St Mary's Church, performances from the Watton 864 Air Cadet band and the Weeze Tambercour Band and a visit to Wells.
Margaret Devine, chairman and secretary of Watton Twinning Association, said: "The 25 years of twinning has been great and we have learned such a lot culturally as well as making lasting friendships. The people of Weeze are just like an addition to the family. They are so interested in everything in Norfolk. They loved the air cadets band."
Guests from Weeze included Ulrich Francken, the burgermeister of the town who is equivalent to a mayor, and his wife Elizabeth, Heinz Weinen, the former German Direktor of Weeze who started the twinning process, Ray Hart, former RAF Wing Commander who also helped start the partnership, Ian Monsom, chairman of Norfolk County Council, George Freeman, mid Norfolk MP and former Watton mayor and mayoress Michael and Jan Wassell.
The church service was led by the Rev Geoff Garrett, from St Mary's Church, Father Michael Johnstone, from Watton Catholic church, Pastor Manfred Babel, from Weeze's Catholic church, Pfarrer Johannes Fries, also from Weeze, and the Rev Barbara Winner, Watton's Methodist minister.
Some 130 people were involved in the celebrations, half from Watton and the rest from Weeze.
The twinning charter was signed on February 14, 1987 and the first visit from the German town to mid Norfolk took place a month later.
Former mayor of Watton, Mr Wassell, and Mr Francken reaffirmed the charter by signing it again during the celebrations.
A partnership was formed after Abels housing business, based in Watton, helped transport people from RAF Honington in Suffolk to RAF Laarbruch, near Weeze.
Mr Freeman said: "The celebration of Watton's twinning with Weeze was a perfect illustration of what twinning can achieve. By coming together, these two former RAF base towns have created an opportunity to celebrate the importance of the forces in the local community, promote good Anglo-German relations and inspire the next generation to think internationally whilst celebrating our heritage. In this Jubilee year, to see Watton's cadets and scouts parading with dignitaries from both towns made me feel very proud to be the MP for Watton."
To become a member of Watton Twinning Association, ring Mrs Devine on 01953 883317 or email magsdevine@tiscali.co.uk


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"It is, in fact, hard to understand why anyone would think of taking delivery of a ship in the last two to three months of the year given the importance that the vintage year has on the value of any ship. It makes sense for any ship owner to do this, and would assist in smoothing out the world order book going forward," Hugo De Stoop, CFO, said.
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First, an admission: I've been spending hours studying videos of Donald Trump rallies and interviews, but it has little to do with politics. I've become obsessed with trying to figure out the man behind the mask, by watching his body language and listening to his phrasing. I've read anything I can get my hands on about his early family life, keeping my eye out for the clues that could lead someone to end up so totally bombastic. I may have found one.
I don't want to be too hard on Old Fred Trump, who's been dead for almost twenty years. After all, he wasn't alone in forming his son. Donald had a mother and extended family and a neighborhood that all had a hand in mixing up the nurture/nature equation that begat The Donald.
But if "Don't end up a nobody" was the single loudest refrain of Donald's childhood, that's a fascinating thing to teach a child. If you follow that directive, it means you have to do everything you can to stand out. To win. Never to stop swinging for the fences. Never to say "I'm sorry," or "I made a mistake." Never to stop selling yourself. If nothing else, it sounds exhausting.
But, of course, there is something else. Donald and I are roughly the same age, that age when simple math lets you know you have a lot more years behind you than you do ahead of you. I don't know about him, but I find myself taking stock more often, sifting through what's really important and what I no longer have time to worry about. And often I think about a clarifying life-moment I had in a Buffalo high school auditorium thirty years ago with my friend JoAnne.
We had tickets to a lecture by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, the famous psychiatrist who studied death and dying as her life's work. I'm not sure why we felt compelled to hear her talk about a topic that was — back then — so removed from us. Our children were quite young; all four of our parents were vital and healthy. Death wasn't exactly on our agenda.
Kübler-Ross was in her late fifties then and the leading expert in the field. She talked for a bit about the phenomena most common to dying people. I thought it was all interesting. Not life changing.
But then she said this: By now, I have sat and talked with tens of thousands of people who knew they were dying. Never, in those many, many conversations, have I ever heard someone say, "I wish I'd had more money. Or a bigger house. Or better jewelry." She paused. Never once. But too many times I hear them wonder why their children don't visit, why they have been left alone.
By Trump standards, my own father was a nobody. Beyond our family, our neighborhood, and the people he worked with at Grumman for 40 years, no one ever heard of him. He read books but never wrote one. He earned a salary that afforded us a summer vacation every year, and that was a big deal. He was a company man, a good provider, a faithful husband.
Contrary to the axiom, he did suffer fools gladly and still walked away from those conversations with a smile, never needing to prove himself or tout his accomplishments. The most critical he ever got was his absolute insistence that even an expensive toupee never tricked anyone, a comment launched as a quiet aside in the direction of a man who was sure he was deceiving the universe.
I suspect poor old Fred Trump might have been sorely disappointed in the man my father became.
My dad died at a ripe old age, peacefully, in his sleep. My memories of his wake a few days later are a jumble of greeting old friends and relatives and all of us laughing through tears at our stories about him.
One of the last moments of the evening came when I watched our Hamilton Avenue neighbors — three men who had seen my brothers and me grow up, three men who never knocked but just walked in and out of our house for decades the way characters in 1950s sitcoms reruns do. At the coffin, they put their arms around each other and looked down at my dad and said their goodbyes. One of them was retired NYPD. One was retired FDNY. My whole life, they were tough guys who everyone counted on, who never cried.
They cried that evening. A lovely, silent ovation to a man who was a nobody. An act, I'm guessing, that would have had Fred Trump scratching his head. An act, I'm thinking, that would have evoked nothing more than a disinterested glance from his sad, sad son, who could not begin to get what all the fuss was about.
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Money and fame aren't everything, and it sounds like your father knew what was important. A wise man.
Thank you, Linda. You have written both a glowing tribute to your father, whom I met a few times and remember well. You have also hit the nail on the proverbial head regarding The Donald and his dad. I laughed out loud at your father's remark, "…that even an expensive toupee never tricked anyone." It seems clear that while your dad had a sharp eye for con artists, he overestimated the acumen of the common man (at least those who populate our country at this time). I would have echoed that remark last year, before Donald tossed his hat into the ring and uncovered his flowing locks; now I can't. I'm left scratching my head at the extent of his support. No doubt, your dad is resting a little uneasy these days…wondering what's happened here. But, for sure, he is proud of you, for your insight and courage to speak out. I'm feel certain that that is enough to be a peace once again.
What a great blog. Amazing. My father was actually a mix between Fred Trump and your dad. That may speak to my exhaustion at life and insistence on finding a balance. Thank you for this one. It really made me remember what's important. The Donald definitely is a product of his upbringing or lack thereof. I'm not even sure he realizes his kids are frustrated. There's something about a genuine smile, it just shines through. Anyway, I digress. Thank you. Love it.
so I was originally drawn to your stories. Being that I am a Republican and very conservative, I found your continued nuances about your liberal politics in your stories unsettling and frankly aggravating! This story was the straw that broke the camel's back for me with your put downs of a Presidential candidate who would later become our President! Donald Trump may have flaws, but who doesn't? He is doing his best to straighten this country out after Obama practically single handedly (and intentionally) destroyed it! As much as I disliked Obama, I never resorted to labelling him (bombastic) or putting his father (or mother) down for the way he was raised! And as a side note here, if you think Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders would have been a better President then Donald Trump, you are seriously delusional! I suggest you keep Politics out of your future writing as it is frankly a big turn off, but that is just my opinion!
I appreciate your opinion. I hope you'll still read on.
Just a brilliant article! Most of us aim to live the life your dad did. Thank you for writing this and reaffirming the path I am on!


The small handkerchiefs had, at the time, received a great success. Eight years later, Guillaume Canet is back behind the camera with We will all . The Cap Ferret, the banc d'arguin, the feature-length film is unveiled in a new trailer under the sun, and the idyllic landscapes of the Basin of Arcachon.
back with the cast original composed by François Cluzet (Max), Marion Cotillard (Marie), Benoît Magimel (Vincent), Gilles Lellouche (Eric), Laurent Laffite (Antoine), Valérie Bonneton (Véronique), Pascale Arbillot (Isabelle) and even the oyster farmer Joël Dupuch, We will all will count in its ranks two "new kids", to know Jose Garcia and Clémentine Baert ( Love is a feast ).
The pitch? Concerned, Max is a party in his home at the edge of the sea to rejuvenate. His band mates, that he has not seen since more than 3 years of age landed by surprise for him to celebrate his birthday! The surprise is total, but the home is much less… Max then sinks into a comedy of happiness that rings false, and which will put the group in situations to say the least, unexpected. The kids have grown up, others are born, the parents no longer have the same priorities… the separations, and The accidents of life… When all decide not to make small handkerchiefs on the big fibs, what else is there friendship?
We will all , directed by Guillaume Canet, will be released in theaters on 1st may next.


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The History Of Mobile Application Development
Mobile applications quickly became important parts of our daily routines for the simple reason that these applications not only entertain users but also make certain tasks easier and doable. We all know how to download and make these apps work but most people are not privy to the history of mobile application development. Many believe that mobile application development actually started a few years ago when Apple ventured into a mobile app development program for their iPhone. This is nothing but a common misconception. The truth is that it may actually be Blackberry who first started the mobile application development through its wireless email by RIM more than a decade ago. Ever since then, mobile application development has advanced by leaps and bounds.
App Development through the Years
Although Blackberry may have paved the way for app development, Apple's biggest and probably most important contribution is the iTunes marketplace, which gave app development a massive boost. It was with the introduction of iTunes that users were able to fully take advantage of mobile applications. Smartphone users were taken by storm when Apple launched their App Store in 2008, merely a year after the very first iPhone was made available to the public. In October of the same year, Google launched the Android Marketplace via HTC Dream which is acknowledged to be the first Android smartphone made available commercially. As soon as HTC Dream hit shelves, people were burdened and confused as to which option they should go for.
In April of 2009, Apple made history when the number of downloaded apps in the App Store surpassed the 1 billion mark, a feat so huge considering the fact that it was only eight months since the App Store was launched. This number continuously grew, reaching more than ten billion downloads by the last quarter of 2011. Google's Android was no push-over, though. From a rocky start, it slowly proved itself to be another force to be reckoned with by reaching more than 1 billion downloads in April 2010. Meanwhile, January 2011 marked the time when Android Marketplace downloads surpassed the ten billion download mark. And it did not stop there, as the market for Android smartphones grew, the number of Android downloads grew as well, reaching over 25 billion by March 2012. Google later on changed the name Android Marketplace to Google Play which obviously did not affect the number of downloads.
Apps That Have Made History
It would be futile to talk about the history of app development without getting into the most popular and most downloaded apps in history. Beautiful Widget was the first Android app to reach the 1 billion mark in 2011. The social game Draw Something made another record with an astounding 50 million downloads merely 50 days after it was released. Instagram, on the other hand, got an impressive 38 million downloads three months after it was first introduced.
Apps Years from Now
Statistics show that around three-fourths of iPhone users download apps from famous brands while more than half say that they are also inclined to download apps of popular brands. This proves that mobile users are more interested in downloading apps from a brand that they recognize rather than downloading from a new organization. The demand for mobile apps has grown over the years and one proof of this is the users' inclination to take advantage of mobile apps more than mobile web browsing. This is the reason why mobile app development seems to be the hottest trend today. People download apps for VoIP calls, entertainment, and educational purposes, among others. Mobile apps, hands down, revolutionized the way people address their needs.
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Meet Philip and His Martial Arts Journey
Meet Philip Oreto from Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts
For Philip Oreto and his parents, the experience at Bruce McCorry's has always been one of surprises. But the little surprises that the academy has given them have become the greatest molding forces in the life of Philip. Philip's story is a testimony to the fact that being at the right place, in the right time, can change your life after all.
Philip and His Martial Arts Journey: The Beginning
Philip was just four, when his parents discovered that he might be having attention problems. At times, he appeared to be totally absorbed in something else, unaware of the world around him. At other times, he was active, vigorous, and inexhaustible. After a talk with the pediatrician, Philip's parents came to know for the first time that martial arts are perhaps the right force he needed in his life. After a lot of reading and researching, and talking with numerous people with similar experiences, they were convinced that their child needs martial art. And thus began the journey of Philip.
Finding the Right Place…
Even after having made the right decision, things were not that easy for the dedicated parents who wanted the best for Philip. They wanted a place where Philip can interact with kids of his own age, but no places for preschoolers held classes at convenient hours. Most of the classes they came across were either scheduled on Saturdays, or in early hours of the afternoon. And being working parents, dropping off and picking up at these hours were impossible for Philip's parents.
Quite surprisingly, they came to notice a big red sign which stood along the way they commuted every day. And it announced a Little Ninja Program that was scheduled for two times a week, that too at five PM. There was nothing better for Philip, and eventually what his parents called one of the best decisions they ever made for Philip.
At Bruce McCorry's: Finding the Right Path and Moving Forward
The staff at Bruce McCorry's Academy treated him with care, and always encouraged and nurtured him. The achievements of other kids itself became a positive force in the life of Philip, and he gradually attained focus and the right direction. It was another surprise, when they saw that, martial arts became the one thing young Philip enjoyed of the many activities he was engaged in.
After two years, at a time when Philip and his parents were almost unhappy that he would not be able to continue at Little Ninjas due to entering the regular school, the next big moment came. They discovered the Afterschool Martial Arts offered by the academy, conveniently with a transporting facility from his new school at Malden to the academy.
Today, at nine and a half years of age, Philip has achieved a red belt; he enjoys the tournaments, looks forward to weapon training. The overall atmosphere at the academy, and the individual care of the instructors and the love of his parents have made little Philip's life. Today he hopes of being a trainer, something other children before him have achieved at Bruce McCorry's. But above all, today he is a hard working young man, with many values in him, which Bruce McCorry's Academy has taught him. Moving on with the hope of a new future, Philip is a source of encouragement to parents who want their kids to achieve the same.