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Newfoundland and Labrador election today
Votes are being cast today in a general election in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The incumbent Conservative party is expected to be reelected. The current standing of parliament is 34 Conservatives, 11 Liberals, and 1 NDP (and two vacancies).
The Conservatives won the last election, in 2003, handily. Those 34 seats represent more than 70% of the seats, which were won on a solid majority of the votes: 58.7%.
Despite the 2003 outcome, the electoral system (FPTP, of course) is actually biased against them. How can an electoral system be "biased" against a party that has more than two thirds of the seats? Consider that in a "normal" FPTP system, with such a small assembly, and two leading parties at almost 59% and only 33% of the votes, respectively, we might expect the leading party to have around 86% of the seats. That would be 41 seats, or seven more than the party actually won. If we value strong oppositions, we might consider the actual, biased, outcome a lot better than the "expected" one. The twelve seats the Liberals won in 2003 almost gives the opposition something resembling a caucus, whereas the seven they would have been expected to win would hardly deserve to be called opposition caucus (though it actually would not be close to the most decimated opposition in even recent Canadian provincial electoral history).
Obviously, with one party so dominant and the other party retaining significant representation in parliament, the electoral system would not be expected to be a political issue in the province. And indeed it is not, as far as I know. Nonetheless, as the graph below shows, the bias against the Conservative party–or in favor of the Liberals–is systemic and ongoing.
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This graph, as with others I have shown here in the block on the "seat-vote equation" shows, in the lower segment, the deviation of the second largest party (in seats) from what it would be expected to have won, for the given votes for the parties and the size of the assembly and the number of total votes cast. On that lower (dark green) trend line, we see the identity of the second largest party. Since at least 1989, every time the Conservative party has come in second in votes, its seat share has fallen below expectation (the horizontal line at zero). When the Liberals fell to second place in 2003, the party was significantly over-represented (as discussed above).
Why this has not been a political issue–that is, why Newfoundland and Labrador does not have a significant electoral-reform movement–is apparent in the upper part of the graph. This portion indicates how close the election is, in votes. The 1989 election actually shows the vote differential as negative, because it is indicating the vote difference between the party with the most seats and the party that came in second in seats. In other words, the 1989 election was a plurality reversal: The Conservatives were second in seats despite having the most votes. The votes split in 1989 was 47.50% to 47.05%, but the Liberals won 31 seats to only 21 for the Conservatives.
So, while the bias against the Conservative party is not currently politically significant–the party is enjoying a large majority in spite of it, and will probably continue to do so after today's election–it has significant political consequences in 1989. A plurality of voters that year actually voted to retain the Conservative government then in power, but the electoral system produced a "spurious alternation" to the Liberals. It may not have seemed spurious at the time (at least to those who are not Conservative partisans), as the Conservatives were actually big vote gainers, compared to 1985 (when they had only 36.6%, compared to the Liberals' 48.4%). Nonetheless, the opposition failed to win the plurality that one presumably expects in order for an incumbent government to be voted out of office.
After the 1989 anomaly, the Liberals were returned to power in the next three elections, and, as the graph above shows, there was not a close election among the three.
The bias in the Newfoundland and Labrador electoral system is not an issue now, but if it continues in future elections, and if one of those is very close, this province's electoral system is a good candidate for producing another anomaly.
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There are several campgrounds along the road to Maroon Bells and the National Forest access. We stayed in the Silver Queen Campground. When Stephen was looking for a camping spot, we wanted river access, shade, and elevation. Some campgrounds cram people in like sardines and we certainly didn't want that, either.
What we got, was perfection.
The circular drive includes 5 sites on the water and 2 or 3 sites in the middle. Sites 1 and 2 are a little closer together. They are perfect for a large family who needs 2 sites.
We got site 3. It was right on the water and we had plenty of room.
This is the small pool away from the flowing river. It is snowmelt, so we used it to keep things cold and it's about 3 steps from the tent.
A few steps to the right of the tent is the FAST flowing river. We didn't need the white noise app on my phone. This was loud!
I'm standing at the bank of the river. The small still cutoff water is to my left. The river is to my right. The river is coming down from the mountain right above me and it cuts to the right.
These sites do NOT have lantern hangers. Stephen made this out of some leftover scrap from work. He hammered a piece of rebar in the ground, then slid these poles over it. The red poles are 2 pieces, twisted together. That lantern is the same one he used with his father on their trip out west together after his senior year. There are a lot of memories with that lantern.
He bought this camp stove for $20 bucks at a garage sale. It was still in the original box, sealed, from the 1960's.
Sites 1 and 2 are on the right.
Metal picnic table, large fire ring with a fold over grill. We brought the extra table.
Standing at the edge of our tent looking at the river.
I would say the first extended camping trip was a huge success. We braved the bears, renegade mouse, and brush with hypothermia (that would be me the night I took off my wool lined sleeping hat).
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Very boring with my titles this week as you can see. Too busy to dream up imaginative ones. At least the weather is cooler but still humid - therefore sticky and draining.
I am involved in a 1" x 1" fabric charms swap (means having to find the one tape measure in our house which still does inches - shouldn't everyone have changed to metric and got into the 21st century?) and these are the first 6 I have received - I think there are 25 in the swap and I will do mine soon. Lovely little things aren't they? The most time would surely be spent putting the eyelets in. I have somehow collected quite a stash of eyelets - I will have to stop fossicking around in my local scrapbooking shop.
Lots of people have asked about what wool fibre I am using for my embellishing and for the houses. This is Finnsheep which is what we put in our Surface Tension kits. We also sell it on its own - it's just that it isn't in the web catalogue yet. Comes in rainbow, red/purple, greens, bues, yellows, a lovely fuschiay pink, autumn, and greys(naturals) - $6 for 30grams - that's so you won't have to email and ask me. I like it because it is nice and coarse - it is nothing like the wonderful 18micron Australian merino which is divine for felting but the embellishers love it and it has a super texture as well. I use it for hand needelfelting as well. The little houses have scrims and other scraps over the wool for a bit of extra texture.
ps didn't the Kiwis do well in the cricket yesterday?
I would like to share our new dining room with you - well the room hasn't changed but anyone who has been to our house will be amazed - a new table (we have especially gone for one with 4 chairs in a size which was a one-off) and a clear area. Not to mention room for a vase of flowers. For 10 years we have used this area as an office - we only ever entertain outdoors so if it is cold people know to wrap up and if it is hot we all just swelter. Only 2 times have we added another table to the clutterance so we can have room to sit and eat! The view is looking into what was my studio and is now our office - still a little of my stuff to be cleared but Ian is in heaven with a big desk to work at and space to move.
Many thanks for all the snow offers - they must have worked because the temperature dropped to around 28 and it has been a much nicer day - haven't needed the aircon and we have a breeze wafting in through all the open windows. The birds are also sounding very happy.
The houses - yes they are Hundertwasser houses - I just can't get away from him and I would like to think that they are insulated and airconditioned! The fibre on top of the felt is our Finnsheep wool - the same as I use in our Surface Tension kits. It is nice and coarse and the embellisher machines work it well. I like its texture. Will post some pics tomorrow - I have a wonderful fuchsia colour which I like to use with yellows, oranges and reddy colours.
ps I meant to add that the missing chair is in my studio - I still need it!
The weather is revolting - stinking hot and tiring and we have air conditioning. 42 for a couple of days and probably similar today. We surely felt for the Kiwis having to field in the cricket yesterday and they nearly won - brilliant stuff. And I still find cricket boring incidentally.
Tonight we were both able to leave the house together and go out to eat - it was very busy on Beaufort Street. The alarm system has been fixed and it has been blamed on lightening but Ian thinks the board was faulty. Anyway it is working again.
This week is Cretin Stitch but it is slightly more about layers and the embellisher and I have been playing with layers and paper which you can see on my embellisher blog.
Yesterday and today have both been 42 degrees and Ian has chosen to sand and varnish the dining room floor and take away the new table I have been minding up in the studio and bring me the old table until my new one appears. What with samples all over the floor and such, it is all looking a little disorganised.
We had a very pleasant bbq last night (if somewhat hot) and came home to find our alarm system had malfunctioned (probably hit by the lightening we saw) so we are housebound until Monday when they come to fix it. If we both go out together we will be anxious. So our next outing to the movies will have to wait.
Today is Australia Day and we have hidden indoors with air con on as it is 39 degrees as it was yesterday. We are off to a bbq soon and it is still very hot. Tomorrow is to be 40 - at least I am getting work done inside. Not gardening or walking weather though.
Bruce spent a lot of this morning taking photos for the book which has made me feel less panicky. He is going to do the last session next weekend so I have a busy week ahead working on more ideas. Hopefully we are still on target.
I found this bag I started some years ago when I was clearing the last of my stuff out from inside. Metallic organza stitched onto organza and slashed then had stitching in places and lined with silk paper - I must have been feeling extravagant. It was a nice find - I may even finish it one day. I must have wanted to try some slashing. The metallic organza curls up nice when it is manipulated like that.
Embarrased to say we are still watching the cricket - hopeless.
Received my fourth tag today from Deb Jensen - thanks very much to all of the owners of the wonderful tags.
Had a relaxing breakfast at Veritas this morning and now watching the cricket but it is all too depressing I am afraid.
Lutradur is quite an interesting fabric. I can't lay my hands on my book from a wee while back but this page was painted with Dye-na-flow - sponged on and left overnight to dry. I left ot on the plastic to dry and that side now has quite a plasticky surface - interesting. Then I printed with Lumiere Pearlescent White paint and stitched on parts of it. The top 3 flowers I burnt out with a woodburning tool and used the tool to bond it to the surface. I know that previously I have been able to iron it to itself. I burnt around the edges with the wood burning tool too even with the tip being very wobbly and threatening to fall off. Now that it is cold I have tightened it up again.
Meant to say that quite a good number of ATCs are flowing in for the display at the Quilt Convention in Melbourne next month but don't be shy - read all about it on our website and send in your offerings for swaps. This is the last time I shall be running it.
I have been fiddling in blogger with the archives - still no luck with having 2 December sets of entries - I wonder what will happen when it becomes February..... I have tried everything I can think of. Very frustrating indeed.
The latest Quilting Arts arrived this afternoon but only in time for us to get about half out. Plus 1 box has been 'lost' in Singapore - this is good old UPS again..... We will process the rest over the weekend so they will go out on Monday - all of those of you who get it from us won't have to wait too long. I haven't had a chance to look in yet but the cover looks great.
Many thanks for all the emails about Lutradur - I did know know most of that but there is a problem with products in different parts of the world. It comes from Germany but today is promising as the Australian importer has promised me that he will bring in 100metre rolls for me as fast as he can. Bad news is that all that I got has gone but good news is that there will be more. This is the heavy weight one - 100gsm - I have now established a very good source for the lightweight and after testing it have ordered in heaps. I painted up lots last night late to make something today for the website but that will now be tomorrow morning.
Beryl Taylor has sent me a piece of her work 'cos I did her a little favour - aren't I lucky? And for all of those who have emailed me - yes she is doing workshops and you will be able to book when it is all organised. After the show in August.
I get such wonderful work from my students which I enjoy seeing so much. You can always see a sample on the Playways gallery but I had some specially nice pieces this week and here is one from Helen Hassall - her work was so beautifully presented - she is very talented and has even agreed to let me add one of her pieces to the embellisher book.
Lutradur - well the heavy one is moving off fast - it is 100gsm and does everything you could wish for and I am continuing my search in Australia for more because of the hassle of getting it in but in the meantime I have found some which is lightweight - 30gsm - and you can layer it - I have had a quick play with it and I am very impressed. It is so versatile. If you have CPS Issue 10 you will have read Lesley Riley's article. I also found black and 4 metallic colours so that has cheered me up. I am hoping to get to use it in one of my books very soon. It will be on the web today I hope.
Some days you feel like you are pedalling backwards - I haven't got to my studio yet - stuff to take to the lock up, stuff to bring back from the lockup, parcels to open, stuff to package, stock to count, stuff to order, orders to fill. It's been one of those days - and I haven't been for my walk. Disaster.
Today I received another very creative tag from Patsy in Georgis, USA. When you get bogged down or behind in swaps it is always lovely to receive something nice.
The Lutradur finally arrived today - seem to have been waiting for ages. It isn't available in Australia so I have to bring it in and with difficulty - 18 metres and half of it has already gone. It won't go on the web until I get a proper source. So if you want it, email us. It will be gone before I know it. I am worn out with trying to contact the supposed suppliers. Lutradur is fabulous stuff - I watched Barbara Lee Smith's DVD and she uses it in all of her work. I think Djanne may have been doing things with it. It doesn''t fray, you can paint it, stitch on it, feed it throughthe printer and it catches the light. I have made a journal with it but I keep it out if sight because everyone wants to buy it and I have only had sporadic sources since 2004, can you believe?
I received 2 tags in the mail today - just as well I got my 4 off yeaterday. The top one is from Megan in NSW and the bottom from Liz in USA. These are from Patti Culea's Stargaze Tome group. They are designed to fit into one of her tomes.
Another piece of exciting news is that Beryl Taylor is coming to Perth as a guest at the Craft Quilt and Stitch Show in early August. I am really looking forward to meeting her.
I made 4 tags for the Stargazey Tome swap to send off tomorrow. That's the very fine copper tissue on Tissutex. Hope the 4 recipients like them. I think they were supposed to be there last week but better late than never. I also make a little sample piece on the embellisher with the 12 1" x 1" fabric charms. Then I will make the real ones for the swap. You can see the piece on my embellisher blog.
I am sitting in the studio and I think that the Glory has just got another goal. There is a soccer game on at the Perth Oval which is just at the end of our street. Very noisy when there are soccer games on but there are not a lot of people there today. You can always tell if the gLory are winning or not. At the beginning of February there is an Eric Clapton concert so it will be great night for us to sit outside and bbq and enjoy.
We went up the road for coffee and ended up at the Must Wine Bar with friends. Keeping the rest of our lamb rump for tomorrow's bbq - it's a bit too hot out there tonight. Sadly NZ lost the one day cricket game after such good bowling.
This is my Take a Stitch Tuesday sample from week 1 - Herringbone Stitch. Worked on scrim on felt again and some parts have been embellished and others not.
It's very hot today so I have been working in the studio with the air con on and watching Sarah Lawrence's dvd on using Angelina, Fusible Film and the like. I really want to get my melting pot out and make some Angelina beads but I must keep working on the embellishers. I have some new pics on my embellishment machine blog. The dvd was really good and Sarah sounds just like Sarah with her lovely emphasis on sounding the g on the end of sounding etc. That may sound familiar or funny to lots of you but it is a novelty to us and one which we very naughtily copy.
The recipes from Sizzle worked a treat last night - Chargrilled Lamb Rumps with balsamic vinegar and Panzonella - quite yummy. The butcher sold me far too much meat so we will be having the Lamb Rump recipe again tomorrow night. Have to find some friends to share it with.
I still can't work out how to change the December 2006 on the right to January 2007 - when I go to settings it says 2007. Blogger help was no use at all.
This is where I took my mother last Saturday and where I used to go all the time when I was a kid - but January weather this time was more like winter weather of my childhood. It was pretty grey and rough. We used to be able to drive down onto the beach and the best memory is of everyone's mothers waving them in once they dared to go out beyond the first wave. We used to collect pippies on the incoming tide and toheroas when they were in season. Dare I say we used a knitting needle to see if they were there.............. Every summer on Boxing Day we would go to the beach where we often stayed in a bach - roller skating at the rink, roaming, swimming, playing in the sand dunes. It has all changed now and everything is open and boring looking.
This is my mother who abandoned her walker all day and had on her knitted suit which I reckon matches my hair. She is deaf so I wrote her the colour - Fuchsia.... She is 92.
The next morning my sister and I called in to say hello and goodbye.
Be amazed that I have finally started taking my own pics with the digital. I only managed about 6 in NZ but I will improve. I forgot after a while.
It is going to be very hot this weekend so I will get lots of work done up here in the studio with the air con on - I have a pile of things I have started so will have plenty to show tomorrow.
Tonight we are having a bbq all reciped with my new book - Sizzle - and for our Irish mates Eva and Malachy as well.
I have decided to join Sharon's Take a Stitch Tuesday but only in a very non serious way. This is something which I did with City and Guilds. Coming from a non-traditional stitching background, I used Constance Howard's Book of Stitches and taught myself a new stitch each week. Val Campbell-Harding suggested I explore each stitch which was always pretty exciting and made you move beyond the fringe. Another favourite book is Stitch Magic - Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn which makes you drool over a few stitches. My today's effort with buttonhole stitch is pretty simplistic -using 6 strand cotton on a scrim on felt background but I thought I would try them and see how the embellisher likes them. The scrim gives a bit of extra texture. My pic shows front and back. Back on the bottom and I rather like this. Next I will move backwards to the first week and play with herringbone stitch. Buttonhole stitch is a very useful stitch and one I use a lot.
There are lots of challenges on at present - maybe too many - who knows. I must not agree to participate in any others. I have tags to make this weekend for the Stargazey swap and then 1" x 1" fabric charms. I am going to use the embellisher for these though so I am happy to be involved.
I have started packagingthe sequins - or rather Kazuko has - trying to keep all the different sizes in their own boxes until the labels are made. It's not necessarily easy to distinguish between sizes when you are waiting for new specs.
My blog dates on the right haven't turned over and seemingly I am still in 2006. Does anyone have any suggestions? Blogger help did not.
In the Johnsonville Mall (happy shopping grounds from days with 2 small babies and a long walk up the hill from Glenside - the area was lovely then - so much more rural and without a housing block cantilevered over our beautiful area), Paper Chase were having a 20% off all books day and who can resist that? So of course I bought books. My new year's resolutions, apart from all the obvious, include trying new recipes. I love cooking but I always resort to the old ones. This book - Sizzle - written by Julie Biuso - has all sorts of wonderful bbq stuff in it and I planned to start using it tonight, but amazingly - it is raining in Perth. What bliss.
The other cook book I got was Taking Tea in the Medina by Julie Le Clerc - this is a pictorial excitement and I will probably only drool over it. The cover reminded me of Dijane's pomengranates since they are.
We had a great 4 days and it went too fast of course. When I sort them I have some photos but just a bit too busy yet. Our flight home was something - we were at the back of the plane on a direct flight from Auckland to Perth in a nursery. So many little kiddies creating so much chaos. I think all the hostesses hid out the back and at one point the captain put the seat belt sign on suggesting some turbulence was on its way. Well - got them all back in their seats for a while.
Way back in October on the plane to London, I discovered I couldn't see to read with my glasses on and took them off. I found I could read better without them but it is a habit of nearly a lifetime and hard to break. I have been developing very sore eyes since and finally went to the optician today - it seems my eyes have improved enormously and the eye aches come from wearing glasses far too strong. If I live another 30 years I might not need my specs anymore. So I just have to wait 10 days for my new glasses.
Very busy today which is what happens when you go away. I shall be back up in the studio tomorrow. Helen Suzanne - don't worry about the sequins - I don't have to count them or weigh them - I am simply filling the jars to the very top. Start this job tomorrow.
Here we are on Christmas Day doing all the silly things people do and eating far too much food. We had to have a rest afterwards and watch the replay of the Wales vs All Blacks game at Cardiff. Guess who won...... Ian's not here as he took the pics.....and we all wore our cracker hats..... If you look carefully you can see the Fashion books I got.
This is the view from my embellisher and it will be even better when we get to do the landscaping. This is not a table for my embellisher - although I did see them at Ally Pally. They are not available here but I have taken the table from my Husqvarna and even though it doesn't fit perfectly it is excellent to use for larger pieces.
Swivelling around is my other table which currently holds the Xpression and my 'puter - this is looking to the mulberry tree and the Rosellas busily munching away on the mulberries and chatting. This area will also be lovely before too long!
This little pile on the chair is a piece left over from the cami for Goodie Goodie Gum Drops - and other knitted bits and pieces to make a bag on the embellisher. I have run out of yarn for the bolero so am waiting for some more to arrive. All over the floor in piles are book samples in their sections.
Tonight we are off to NZ for a 4 day whirlwind visit. I am flying to Wellington and will spend tomorrow checking out my favourite city - will call on Michelle in the Textile Studio in Thorndon Quay as well as do some business and go to my favourite haunts. Then I go to Palmerston North to see my sister and mother and Bev and I will have a good night out on Saturday before I fly to Christchurch where Ian's sister is getting married on Monday - she and Terry are flying over from London and with our kids and Annette's kids it will be a Rollerson family reunion. If you are one of those people who write cheques to us at Ally Pally, this is the Annette whose name you write! Then we fly back home on Tuesday morning. I am looking for a few warm clothes to take as it has been cold in NZ.
There is a cyclone up north in WA which is apparently the worst for a decade but it is bypassing Perth and heading down through the middle so we might have a bumpy flight. The weather here is lovely now though - not so hot and the humidity has vanished for the moment.
See you all next week - I will take some pics...... and you can see one of the things I have done with my embellished piece on my embellisher blog.
Happy New Year! We had a lovely night last night and now it is 2007.
"Marie Antoinette was neither the great saint or royalism nor yet the great whore of the Revolution, but a mediocre, average woman: neither fire nor ice: devoid of any vigorous wish to do good and of the remotest inclination to do evil: the average woman of yesterday, today, and tomorrow."
If there hadn't been a Revolution, she wouldn't be remembered.
So - what am I reading this week. Well this book again, of course!
I loved the costumes and the decadence and we could both sit and say we have been to Versailles as tourists.


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This 6' beauty may be the most graceful plant that you encounter in a medium-wet prairie or savanna. The stems are distinctly purple, thus the name. Like its smaller, fern-like woodland cousin, Thalictrum dioicum (Early Meadow Rue), Purple Meadow Rue politely displays its delicate, yellow, tassle-like flowers in late spring. It is hardy from zones 3 to 8.


Ben Norris' vibrant landscapes teem with creeping vines, tropical flowers, and encroaching vegetation. His large-scale watercolors of tranquil gardens and lush rainforests transport the viewer to a leafy, verdant paradise. Inspired by a lifelong interest in botany and a "fascination with the riot of greens and shapes of plants in forest scenes", Ben Norris painted his natural surroundings throughout his life – from the Hawaiian Rainforest to the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens.
Born in Redlands, California in 1910, Norris attended Pomona College. After graduating he won a fellowship to Harvard University and later studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. By 1936, Norris moved to Hawaii where he spent the majority of his professional career. The works featured in Ben Norris: Botanical Oasis represent his time in Hawaii as well as his later move to New York where the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens were a much needed respite from the bustle of the city.


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I thought George's one "mistake" in rebooting Wonder Woman was making her only 25 years old when she left Paradise Island. I preferred the idea of a Diana who was thousands of years old (as, if I recall correctly, she was in the TV series). From that angle, I would have liked to have seen Diana having been Wonder Woman in WW2, and be returning to our world in the reboot. Not having that option, I took the next best course, and had Hippolyta fill that role.[81]
Development of a live action Wonder Woman film began in 1996, with Ivan Reitman slated to produce and possibly direct. The project floundered in development hell for many years; Jon Cohen, Todd Alcott, and Joss Whedon, among others, were also attached to the project at various points. Warner Bros. announced the film in 2010 and Jenkins signed on to direct in 2015. Inspiration for Wonder Woman was drawn from Wonder Woman creator William Moulton Marston's 1940s stories and George Pérez's 1980s stories about Wonder Woman, as well as the New 52 incarnation of the character. Principal photography began on November 21, 2015, with filming taking place in the United Kingdom, France, and Italy before finishing on May 6, 2016, the 123rd anniversary of Marston's birth. Additional filming took place in November 2016.
Carolyn Cocca has stated that Wonder Woman possesses a "duality of character" due to the character possessing both feminine and masculine qualities in her physical abilities and attitude, which Cocca felt made her more appealing to a wide audience.[224] Wonder Woman's first female editor, Karen Berger, claimed that, "Wonder Woman [is] a great role model to young women, but also contains many elements that appeal to males as well. Wonder Woman crosses the gender line.".[224] Berger worked with George Pérez on the new issues of Wonder Woman starting in 1987, and the new Diana "works with friends and allies to teach lessons of peace and equality."[225]
Critics such as Valerie Estelle Frankel support Jenkins's vision. Frankel argues that the film subverts the male gaze,[244] stating that the construction of Wonder Woman tends to shift every few decades as it reflects the state of feminism during different time periods, including third-wave feminism (which reflects Jenkins's approach).[244][248][249] Zoe Williams offers a similar argument, stating that while Wonder Woman "is sort of naked a lot of the time," that is not, at the same time, "objectification so much as a cultural reset: having thighs, actual thighs you can kick things with, not thighs that look like arms, is a feminist act".[250] Williams then juxtaposes Wonder Woman to past female action heroes such as Sarah Connor, Ellen Ripley, and Lara Croft, whom she suggests were all constructed for the male gaze, in which a "female warrior becomes a sex object", (a point which she argues that Jenkins directly references in the film).[250]
William Marston's earliest works were notorious for containing subversive "bondage and sapphic-undertones" subtext. Among Wonder Women's infamous catchphrases, "Suffering Sappho", was a direct reference to lesbianism. Fredric Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent referred to her as the "lesbian counterpart to Batman" (whom he also identified as a homosexual). After Marston's death in 1947, DC Comics downplayed her sexuality and feminist origin. Wonder Women, without Marston's creative direction, become more "traditional" superhero fare; the lesbian relationships and sexual imagery disappeared from the "Wonder Woman" comic, along with Wonder Woman's super powers. During the Comics Code Authority-decades since, Wonder Woman's subversiveness had been gradually stripped away; subsequent comic book writers and artists either didn't know know what do with her or barely hinted at Wonder Woman's erotic legacy.[10]
Elise Jost of Moviepilot observed that "Gadot's take on Wonder Woman is one of those unique cases of an actor merging with their story, similar to Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark. Gal Gadot is Wonder Woman, and Wonder Woman is Gal Gadot."[204] Jost praised Gadot's interpretation of Wonder Woman as the one in which Gadot "absolutely nails the character's unwaveringly positive outlook on life. She's a force of nature who believes in the greater good; her conviction that she's meant to save the world is stronger than her bullet-deflecting shield. She's genuine, she's fun, she's the warm source of energy at the heart of the movie."[204] The Federalist suggests that Wonder Woman is "a story of Jesus". "The movie is wrapped up in faux Greek mythology, true, but there's no mistaking the Christology here."[221] "Perhaps Christ in the form of a beautiful and kick-ass Amazon is all that our contemporary society can handle right now", stated M. Hudson, a Christian feminist.[221] On HuffPost cultural critic, G. Roger Denson, who regards the superhero genre as a source of contemporary "Mainstream Mythopoetics" ("the making of new yet vitally meaningful, if not symbolic, stories filled with imagery reflecting, yet also shaping and advancing, the political, legal, moral and social practices of today"), wrote that the "No Man's Land" scene "that people are crying over in theaters and raving about afterward happens to be among the most powerfully mythopoetic scenes ever filmed at the same time it is one of the oldest myths to have been utilized by artists and writers after it had been invented by early military strategists and leaders." Specifically "used by director Patty Jenkins", the scene raises "the esteem for powerful yet compassionate women as heroes and leaders to a level equal with that of men for having won over a huge and adoring popular audience around the world".[222]
An immortal Amazon warrior goddess who is the crown princess of Themyscira and the daughter of Queen Hippolyta and Zeus given to the Amazons to raise.[12] Describing Wonder Woman and her appeal, Gadot said, "She's relatable. She has the heart of a human and is very compassionate, but her experiences—or lack of them, her naivete, really—make her interested in everything around her and able to view the world in a way that we'd all like to: with a genuine curiosity."[13] On Diana's relationship with her mother, Gadot said, "Diana is a very opinionated girl. Her mother is very opinionated. Her mother is very protective as well, and they have, you know, the very natural clash that a mother has with her daughter, with their daughters, the first time they want to leave home."[14] On taking on the role as Wonder Woman, Gadot stated, "I feel very privileged that I got the opportunity to portray such an iconic, strong female character. I adore this character and everything that she stands for and everything that she symbolizes."[15] On Diana going to the world, Gadot stated, "When Diana comes to the real world she's completely oblivious about gender and society rules, that women are not equal to men."[16] Describing Diana's relationship with her mother and aunts, Jenkins said, "She is the only child they raised together. And their love for her manifests in a different way for each of them."[17] On working with Gadot, Jenkins said, "Gal quickly became the person I wanted to talk to about everything. We'd shoot together all day. And then on weekends, we'd be like, 'What do you want to do?' That's maybe not totally normal."[18]
CBS ultimately decided to move The Incredible Hulk up to the Friday 8:00 hour from 9:00 to introduce the new series The Dukes of Hazzard, but no further episodes of Wonder Woman were produced due to the lack of new cast members for a fourth season and low ratings. After her first musical television special, Carter gave up the role to focus more on her musical career.[citation needed]
On occasions Wonder Woman has employed a magical sword of unknown (though presumably Amazon) origin. This sword has been used most specifically against those with the power of invulnerability as invulnerability generally does not work against magical items. It is generally represented as a short sword. In Wonder Woman (vol. 4) #15, Hephaestus modifies Diana's bracelets so that she can manifest two short swords from them during battle.
Born among the legendary Amazons of Greek myth Princess Diana has a fierce warrior's heart while being an emissary of peace. On a hidden island paradise she was trained in the arts of combat as well as justice and equality. Diana ventured into the 'world of men' armed with magical gifts from the Gods and a message for all men and women - that all the world can be united through compassion strength and understanding.
Steve Rose in The Guardian criticized the film for failing to explore the material's potential for "patriarchy-upending subversion".[223] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone criticized the film's over-reliance on exposition: "Wonder Woman is hobbled by a slogging origin story and action that only comes in fits and starts. Just when Gadot and director Patty Jenkins...are ready to kick ass, we get backstory."[224]
Throughout Diana's childhood, she was training and sparring with her Amazonian sisters. One day when pilots were test flying, one of the pilots called Steve Trevor, has an accident with his plane, and Hippolyta opens Themyscira's shields and disguise, and Steve Trevor lands his plane on Paradise Island. Steve then proceeds to explore the island, and that's where he finds beautiful women bathing, but while staring at the women, Diana surprises him from behind and takes him out by kicking him in his testicles. Steve is then strapped up because of Hippolyta keeping him safe until someone proves worthy enough to escort him back to the USA. Wonder Woman while covered in a helmet, wins the challenges and gets to escort Steve back home, but while the challenges were going on, a traitor in the Amazons freed Ares because she loved him. Ares is free, and he goes to Hades so he could remove the bracelets blocking his powers.Throughout being in USA, Diana also tries to stop Ares' plans as Wonder Woman, but she fails the first time, and Ares gets ahold of the power he was searching for. After calling in his army, the US finds an island that appeared out of nowhere on the map, that being Paradise Island. They set off a nuke towards Paradise Island, and Steve manages to stop it, and at the same time, Wonder Woman defeats Ares with help from her Amazonian sisters. She realizes her feelings for Steve, and she kisses him, but when being back in Paradise Island, she looked sad. Hippolyta allowed her to operate in the outside world where she shared her feelings and her life with Steve.
Wonder Woman figures were released for Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. Prior to that, there were plans for a show called Wonder Woman and the Star Riders, which similar to Sailor Moon, would have featured Wonder Woman leading a team of teen magical girls. Prototype dolls for the series were made. There was also a statue from the animated Wonder Woman movie and a Wonder Woman action figure for the Justice League War movie. Wonder Woman dolls and figures were also released for the DC Super Hero Girls line.
Following the events of the Darkseid War, Wonder Woman is told by the dying Myrina Black that on the night of Diana's birth, Hippolyta gave birth to a twin child. This child was revealed to be male, known as Jason, and is said to be incredibly powerful. Wonder Woman makes it her mission to find him.[160] At the same time, she finds the truth behind her origin and history is now cluttered, as she remembers two versions: the pre-Flashpoint one, and the New 52 rendition. She cannot locate Themiscyra or her fellow Amazons and the Lasso of Truth does not work for her anymore.
Her various durability levels originally stemmed from her Amazonian training. In post-Golden Age and Pre-52, Demeter (Goddess of the Earth) granted her immunity to radiation and the coldness of space; she also possesses a high level of resistance against fire and high temperatures, she has been shown taking fire, lava, thermonuclear explosions, hell fire and even superman's heat vision, however, her invulnerability has a vulnerable point against piercing weapons. Wonder Woman can fight with and withstood considerable damage in the form of hand to hand combat with opponents such as Superman and Gods. Wonder Woman possesses a high resistance to damage and magical attacks. Also she was self-sufficient in the fact that Wonder Woman did not have to eat or sleep and could hold her breath under water for hours and hours. This may still hold true in the new 52, Wonder Woman has still shown the ability to fight on with little to no rest or food to replenish her strength.
Voiced by Michelle Monaghan. Based on the story ''Justice League Origins'', where Darkseid invades earth, only to fail due to its heroes. Wonder Woman is first seen with Steve Trevor, where she is supposed to meet the president of the United States, but he isn't there. After the Mother Boxes opens up boomtubes, she defeats multiple soldiers of Apokolips, but flies to Air Force One to protect the president. After battling some opponents, she meets Superman, and from there they proceed to meet other heroes. The battle and Superman gets knocked out and is about to be made a soldier by Desaad but Batman manages to save him in time. Wonder Woman then proceeds to battle Darkseid along with the rest of the Justice League, and succsessfully sends him back throug a boomtube.
The invisible plane was Diana's major means of travel during the Golden and Silver ages as the character did not have the ability of flight. It was controlled telepathically and would appear almost instantly. With the introduction of the power of flight to the character it was a forgotten element of her character until she found the Lansinar Disk. This disc was a piece of alien technology which allowed her to create an invisible version of whatever object or vehicle she visualized it to be. She would use this to create an invisible plane, but it eventually became to be used more to create the Wonder Dome.
Orion tells Diana that he was sent to earth to fight a threat, and surprised that the possible threat he faces is a mere child. They find out that Zola's baby is being kept with Hermes, who in turn is hiding in Demeter's realm. Going back to the hotel to regroup, they find Zola and Hera missing. Finally finding them in a bar, Diana comes face to face with War, her old master.
Granted by Artemis (Goddess of the Hunt). Eyesight, hearing, taste, touch and smell are all on super-human level. She has exceptional hearing and night vision, and has even shown the ability to track her enemies by scent in some instances (especially in natural environments). Wonder Woman has the (Hunters Eyes) which allows her to always hit her mark and see far distances.
Issue #600 introduced Wonder Woman to an alternate timeline created by the Gods in which Themyscira had been destroyed and the Amazons scattered around the world.[42] In this timeline, Diana is an orphan raised in New York who is learning to cope with her powers. The entire world has forgotten Wonder Woman's existence and the main story of this run was of Diana trying to restore reality even though she does not properly remember it herself.[126] Diana has no memories of her prior adventures as Wonder Woman, recollecting her memories in bits and pieces and receiving different abilities and resources (such as the power of flight and her lasso) during the progression of her adventure. A trio of Death Goddesses called The Morrigan acted as Wonder Woman's main enemies.[127] Diana ultimately defeats the evil goddesses and returns everything back to normal.[128]
^ Mozzocco, J. Caleb. "The Many Loves of Wonder Woman: A Brief History Of The Amazing Amazon's Love Life". ComicsAlliance. Archived from the original on August 30, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2012. When the next volume of Wonder Woman would start, Trevor was sidelined as Diana's love interest. He still appeared in the series, but as an older man, one who would ultimately marry the post-Crisis version of Wondy's Golden Age sidekick, Etta Candy.
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Artemis of Bana-Mighdall briefly served as Wonder Woman during Hippolyta's trials for a new Wonder Woman. Orana, a character similar to Artemis, defeated Diana in a new contest and became Wonder Woman in pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity. Orana was killed during her first mission. Others who have donned the Wonder Woman persona include Nubia, Cassandra Sandsmark, and Donna Troy.
Some men were unhappy with women-only screenings held at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, with some opponents of the gender-restricted screening stating on platforms such as Facebook that such screenings were discriminatory against men.[171][172][173] A gay Albany Law School professor initiated a complaint with Austin's Equal Employment and Fair Housing Office claiming discrimination against male prospective customers and employees of the theater.[174] The chain responded with an online statement saying the event "may have created confusion—we want everybody to see this film" and announced a similar event at their Brooklyn location. Tickets sold out in less than an hour, prompting the chain to schedule additional screenings.[171] On July 18, Alamo Drafthouse proposed settlement offers of a Wonder Woman DVD to the complainants, stating "Respondent did not realize that advertising a 'women's only' screening was a violation of discrimination laws."[175]
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Die Runensteine von Jelling sind zwei Runensteine aus dem 10. Jahrhundert in Jelling, Jütland.
Sie sind die bedeutendsten Steine zur Geschichte Dänemarks und wurden auf Initiative der Könige Gorm und Harald Blauzahn errichtet. Der Große Jellingstein enthält eine Christusdarstellung und eine Tierdarstellung.

Die Steine liegen bei zwei Hügelgräbern (das ältere von 958/59), zwischen denen um 1100 die Kirche von Jelling errichtet wurde. Das Gesamtensemble wurde 1994 zum ersten dänischen UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe erklärt.

Kleiner Jellingstein

Der kleine Jellingstein, auch Jellingstein I oder SJy 10, wurde wahrscheinlich um 940–955 errichtet. Sein ursprünglicher Standort ist nicht bekannt. Es wird vermutet, dass er neben Gorms Schiffsgrab stand, das dendrochronologisch auf 959 datiert wird. Laut Heinrich Rantzaus Beschreibung von 1591 stand der kleine Jellingstein auf dem Nordhügel, dem sogenannten Thyra høj. Um 1600 befanden sich dann beide Steine vor der Kirche.

Der Jellingstein I ist etwa 185 cm hoch (davon 139 cm über der Oberfläche), 107 cm breit und 50 cm tief. Er ist auf zwei Seiten mit einer Runeninschrift versehen:

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 König Gorm errichtete dieses Denkmal für Thyra, seine Frau, die Zierde Dänemarks.

Gorm war Begründer der Jellingdynastie und verteidigte Dänemark gegen die Schweden. Seiner Frau Thyra wird die Errichtung des Danewerks zugeschrieben.
Es handelt sich um die erste namentliche Nennung eines dänischen Königs, und zum ersten Mal in den schriftlichen Quellen wird der Landesname Dänemark verwendet. Der kleine Jellingstein gilt daher auch als "Geburtsschein" der dänischen Nation. Von einzelnen Forschern wird der kleine Jellingstein allerdings als eine von Harald Blauzahn in Auftrag gegebene Fälschung angesehen, mit der dieser seinen ererbten Anspruch als König rechtfertigen wollte, indem er seine Eltern bereits als Herrscher von ganz Dänemark darstellte anstatt als Wikingerführer mit einem lokal deutlich begrenzteren Herrschaftsgebiet. Gegen diese Theorie spricht allerdings, dass Gorm bereits von Adam von Bremen als König bezeichnet wurde.

Umstritten ist die Übersetzung von DanmarkaR bōt, nach der Thyra (eigentlich Thorvi) in der neuzeitlichen Geschichtsschreibung den Beinamen Danebod erhielt. Neben "Zierde" kann bōt auch als "Buße" im Sinne von Verbesserung oder Stärke gedeutet werden. Letzteres stimmt überein mit der Überlieferung von Sven Aggesen und Saxo Grammaticus, nach der Thyra den Bau des Danewerks veranlasst habe.

Großer Jellingstein

Fundgeschichte
Der Große oder Jüngere Jellingstein, auch Jellingsstein 2 oder SJy 11, wurde wahrscheinlich zwischen 960 und 985 errichtet. Er befand sich vermutlich durchgehend am selben Platz, war jedoch im 16. Jahrhundert kaum noch sichtbar. 1586 wurde er auf Betreiben des Lehnsmanns von Koldinghus, Caspar Markdanner, ausgegraben und aufgestellt. Heinrich Rantzau veröffentlichte 1591 eine Schrift von P. Lindemann mit ersten Darstellungen der Grabhügel und des Runensteins und der Reichsarchivar Ole Worm beschrieb ihn 1643 in seiner Monumenta Danica.

Beschreibung
Der Stein, ein Granit, ragt 243 cm aus der Erde und ist an der breitesten, nur mit Runeninschrift versehenen Seite (A) 290 cm breit.
Auf einer Seite des Steins (B) ist ein nicht eindeutig zu identifizierendes Tier (Löwe, Drache, Greif?) dargestellt, das von einer Schlange umwunden wird. Eine weitere Seite (C) zeigt ein Christusrelief. Christus ist dabei nicht als der fast nackte Gekreuzigte, sondern als bekleideter Triumphator im Baum des Lebens dargestellt.

Die in qualitätvoller Steinmetzarbeit geschaffenen Flachreliefs ähneln eher britischen Steinkreuzen als den skandinavischen Runensteinen, deren Runen oft tief eingekerbt sind. Die Tierdarstellungen sind naturnäher als in anderen vorherigen Stilen ausgebildet. Die Ornamentik ist weniger verschlungen. Dieses wird als Jüngerer Jelling-Stil oder Mammen-Stil bezeichnet. Die Figuren waren ursprünglich in leuchtenden Farben bemalt.

Die Runeninschrift erstreckt sich über alle drei Seiten und lautet, beginnend mit der reinen Textseite:
 Haraldr kunungR bað gørva kumbl þǿsi æft Gōrm, faður sinn, ok æft Þōrvī, mōður sīna, sā Haraldr es sēR vann Danmǫrk alla ok Norveg ok dani gærði krīstna.
 König Harald gebot, diesen Stein zu machen zum Gedenken an Gorm, seinen Vater, und an Thyra, seine Mutter. Der Harald, der (dem) sich ganz Dänemark (B:) und Norwegen unterwarf (C:) und die Dänen zu Christen machte.

Der Stein, der die Christianisierung Dänemarks durch Harald Blauzahn beschreibt, wird mitunter auch als "Taufstein" Dänemarks bezeichnet.

Galerie

Umgebung

Die Kirche, vor der die Runensteine stehen, steht zwischen zwei Grabhügeln, von denen der größere, südliche zwar als Gorms høj bezeichnet wird, jedoch, wie Ausgrabungen 1861 und 1941 ergaben, nie als Hügelgrab verwendet wurde. Im nördlichen, Thyra høj genannten Hügel fand man 1820 eine bis auf wenige Grabbeigaben, darunter einen kleinen silbernen Becher, leere Doppelgrabkammer, die als Grab von Gorm und Thyra gedeutet wird. Dendrochronologisch wird die Grabkammer auf 958/59 datiert. Die steinerne Kirche ersetzte vor 1100 einen älteren, möglicherweise auf Harald Blauzahn zurückgehenden Holzbau. In dieser bei Ausgrabungen 1978/79 entdeckten Holzkirche befand sich ein Grab mit Überresten eines etwa 50-jährigen, 177 cm großen Mannes mit kostbaren Grabbeilagen. Es wird angenommen, dass es sich dabei um Gorm handelte, der wenige Jahre nach seinem Tod umgebettet wurde. Nach der Renovierung der Kirche wurden diese Überreste erneut unter dem Boden beigesetzt und mit einem Stein als Grab von Gorm gekennzeichnet.

Ausgrabungen zwischen 2006 und 2013 brachten in der Nähe eine große Schiffssetzung und Überreste einer Holzpalisaden zum Vorschein. Im Zentrum der 356 m langen Schiffssetzung befindet sich der Nordhügel. Sie wurde später teilweise vom jüngeren Südhügel überbaut. Die Palisade war 1440 m lang und umschloss beide Hügel, das Gelände von Kirche und Friedhof und (mindestens) drei große Häusern im Trelleborg-Stil. Vermutlich handelte es sich dabei um den Königshof von Harald Blauzahn. Ebenfalls gefunden wurde ein Fragment eines dritten Runensteins (Jellingstein 3 oder SJy 12), dessen noch lesbarer Rest der Inschrift Basi gærþi kumbl, Basi macht das Denkmal, lautet.

In direkter Nachbarschaft wurde im Jahr 2000 ein Museum errichtet. Zwischenzeitlich wurde es modernisiert und erweitert und feierte am 6. Juni 2015 seine Wiedereröffnung als Geschichts- und Erlebniszentrum Kongernes Jelling (dt. Das Jelling der Könige). Der Eintritt ist frei.

Literatur

 Arnulf Krause: Runen. Geschichte-Gebrauch-Bedeutung. Marixverlag. Wiesbaden 2017. ISBN 978-3-7374-1056-4

Weblinks

 Jelling.dk Fakten und Bilder, Website der Kommune Vejle (engl., dän.)
 Runensteine, Hügelgräber und Kirche in Jelling Private Website, 2003 (dt.)
 The Runic Stones in Jelling Private Website (engl.)

Einzelnachweise

Archäologischer Fund (Wikingerzeit)
Bestandteil einer Welterbestätte im Königreich Dänemark
Jelling
Geographie (Vejle Kommune)
Jelling
Jelling
Bestandteil einer Welterbestätte in Europa
Harald Blauzahn
Kunst (Wikingerzeit)
Germanischer Tierstil

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