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Review: Taylor Swift – evermore
Posted on 23 decembrie 2020 by breathemein
This new Taylor Swift album comes at a time where life is a bit busy now, and it's Christmas time too, and life is fast and slow at the same time, while enjoying partial lockdowns and tiers throughout Britain. This record is autumnal and wintery at the same time, hopeful, and emotional torturing, and bright, and regretful.
Her new album, evermore, comes as a sister album to her previous effort, and she manages to capture the beauty of both the similarities and differences between the 2 bodies of work. They can be enjoyed and dissected separately or together, but their impact is undeniable.
After enjoying folklore for 5 months, while my initial reaction was a bit… emotionally stunted, to say the least, I've come to enjoy it a lot, and my tears ricochet is still my favourite piece on it.
The album starts off with the lead single, willow. A very witchy vibe, but with promises of everlasting love, although not spoken out loud, this song is a very dancey, and the guitar delivers a very comforting, yet mysterious atmosphere. This song is not about pleading, but more like affirmations of love and standing by "her man". Maybe not my favourite, but definitely not skippable, especially because of the level of confidence it exudes.
Wait for the signal and I'll meet you after dark
Show me the places where the others gave you scars
Now this is an open-shut case
Guess I should've known from the look on your face
Every bait and switch was a work of art
The next song, track number 2, champagne problems, is a very sad delivery of a love story about two people that find themselves wanting different things in life. Echoing things of the past, and things of the present, but with different protagonists, the cadence of the piano makes it feel like every word and note is a dagger that gets shoved in your heart and taken out with the music. Some people have pointed out the possible mental health issues of the female protagonist, however I think we should also celebrate the fact that this song allows one of the parties to remove themselves from a relationship that doesn't offer them what they want in a way that is honest, albeit a bit blunt.
One for the money, two for the show
I never was ready, so I watch you go
Sometimes you just don't know the answer
'Til someone's on their knees and asks you
And then we have the only Jack Antonoff song off the album, gold rush. It's such a pop masterpiece, filled with a loud tempo, with an almost electronic sound that effectively increases the expectations and the delivery of a very dreamy soundscape reminiscing of some of the 1989 era songs. It's a fun song about Swift tying her love to the golden colour, as she does lately when it comes to her lover.
But I don't like a gold rush, gold rush
I don't like anticipating my face in a red flush
I don't like that anyone would die to feel your touch
Everybody wants you
Everybody wonders what it would be like to love you
Walk past, quick brush
I don't like slow motion double vision in rose blush
I don't like that falling feels like flying 'til the bone crush
But I don't like a gold rush
'tis the damn season is perfect for a December night. It's about stumbling upon your past, and giving in, and there's nothing wrong with that. It has a very "the one that got away" vibe, but less positive than the 1, a similarly themed song from folklore. It almost feels like a drunken choice to give in into familiarity, while knowing how wrong it is to do this, and as a fun fact, Swift was drunk when she wrote this song in one night.
We could call it even
You could call me babe for the weekend
'Tis the damn season, write this down
I'm stayin' at my parents' house
And the road not taken looks real good now
My personal favourite, although it's nothing I've experienced, and (supposedly, neither did Swift), it is proof that you don't necessarily need a personal example to feel inspired. This song is about (allegedly) Princess Diana and Prince Charles, and depicts a very dysfunctional story of someone always trying to please their partner, which only tolerates their presence and efforts. It feels a bit like mirrorball off folklore, but while that song is a bit directed at the whole world, this is directed at the cruelty of our partners. Because I truly believe that it's so much easier to be cruel to someone we love, and especially cruel with someone who loves us, and this song just further confirms this for me. The piano in tolerate it is haunting, the lyrics are just sharp knives hitting me, and Taylor's vocals are pained with unrequited love…
While you were out building other worlds, where was I?
Where's that man who'd throw blankets over my barbed wire?
I made you my temple, my mural, my sky
Now I'm begging for footnotes in the story of your life
Drawing hearts in the byline
Always taking up too much space or time
You assume I'm fine, but what would you do if
I break free and leave us in ruins?
Took this dagger in me and removed it?
Gain the weight of you then lose it
Believe me, I could do it
Taylor Swift's collaboration with her friends from HAIM is quite the fun true crime little story, but I have to admit – while I do enjoy the fun element, I still think it's a bit too simple for Swift's ambitions and potential. But I like this route and I support it happen again in the future. The song feels much like a typical country song, where a woman is avenged by her friends. This simplistic approach works well in telling this story, and no body, no crime presents itself as being a little unconventional and worthy to be explored by Netflix maybe.
Good thing my daddy made me get a boating license when I was fifteen
And I've cleaned enough houses to know how to cover up a scene
Good thing Este's sister's gonna swear she was with me ("She was with me dude")
Good thing his mistress took out a big life insurance policy
Track 7, happiness, is a weird song. Sounds like it belongs in a funeral, but it's about love. And I think here Swift explores again the delicate nature of love and breakups. And as much as I love loud love, this song gives me "fingertips touching your skin, promises on the beach, warm bowl of soup when you have a cold" vibes, and I am here for this.
There'll be happiness after me
But there was happiness because of me
Both of these things I believe
There is happiness
In our history
Across our great divide
There is a glorious sunrise
Dappled with the flickers of light
From the dress I wore at midnight
Leave it all behind
And there is happiness
Next track is dorothea, a very folkish sounding song, I feel the 70s in this song, and it's so much fun because of this. The piano and the guitars blend so well, and if you ask me, I don't know what the song is about, while I know all the lyrics.
The National team up (finally!) with Swift on track 9, to sing about Coney Island. Even for someone like me, who hasn't visited New York, this landmark is a staple in all dramatic scenes in all the romantic movies. The story is so cruel and sweet at the same time, reminiscing about this partner that was a perfect match, but who the protagonist chased away because of their own demons. Taylor's sweet vocals with Berninger's low tone make this song feel like forgiveness and frustration at the same time, and I don't think there's a better way to feel when you hear this song.
The question pounds my head
"What's a lifetime of achievement?"
If I pushed you to the edge
But you were too polite to leave me
And do you miss the rogue
Who coaxed you into paradise and left you there?
Will you forgive my soul
When you're too wise to trust me and too old to care?
'Cause we were like the mall before the Internet
It was the one place to be
The mischief, the gift wrapped suburban dreams
Sorry for not winning you an arcade ring
Another love song, ivy, is a beautiful metaphor about the pains caused by a lover, and how the marks people leave on us are visible or not, but we can still feel them. The lyrics are pure poetry, and the song is so simple, yet so encompassing of how it feels to be in love!
And the old widow goes to the stone every day
But I don't, I just sit here and wait
Grieving for the living
Oh, goddamn
My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand
Taking mine, but it's been promised to another
Oh, I can't
Stop you putting roots in my dreamland
My house of stone, your ivy grows
And now I'm covered in you
Another very country sounding track, cowboy like me, smells like whiskey and cigarettes, but also like home. The theme is so simple, being about finding a like minded individual that can offer you hope and new life. This love seems wild, but feels like home, and the paradox of it all blends with the melody perfectly.
And the skeletons in both our closets
Plotted hard to mess this up
And the old men that I've swindled
Really did believe I was the one
And the ladies lunching have their stories about
When you passed through town
But that was all before I locked it down
A change of pace comes with long story short, and Swift is back at her usual pop sound. Feels like a very open shut case, and there's nothing wrong with that. The fun, upbeat tempo delivered with the lyrics that depict a very bad time, makes it seem like less impactful than it clearly was.
Past me
I wanna tell you not to get lost in these petty things
Your nemeses
Will defeat themselves before you get the chance to swing
And he's passing by
Rare as the glimmer of a comet in the sky
And he feels like home
If the shoe fits, walk in it everywhere you go
Swift's tribute to her grandmother, marjorie, is a very sweet song filled with advice from another life, and memories that bring up nostalgia. I love this song so much, mainly because it reminds me of my own grandmother.
The autumn chill that wakes me up
You loved the amber skies so much
Long limbs and frozen swims
You'd always go past where our feet could touch
And I complained the whole way there
The car ride back and up the stairs
I should've asked you questions
I should've asked you how to be
Asked you to write it down for me
Should've kept every grocery store receipt
'Cause every scrap of you would be taken from me
Watched as you signed your name Marjorie
All your closets of backlogged dreams
And how you left them all to me
Something unexpected hits right after marjorie, and that's closure. I absolutely love this song, for everything that it stands for. It's a very repetitive beat for Swift, looking like she wants to distance from a former lover that wants to offer closure and asks for forgiveness and understanding. It's about gaining the power of not waiting for others to offer you closure, and accepting the anger and the spite that come with a breakup. There is power in being bitter, afterall.
Don't treat me like some situation that needs to be handled
I'm fine with my spite
And my tears
And my beers and my candles
I can feel you smoothing me over
Yes, I got your letter
Yes, I'm doing better
It cut deep to know ya
Right to the bone
I know that it's over
I don't need your closure
The closing track of evermore is evermore, another collaboration with Bon Iver. As always, Swift's and Vernon's voices blend together to create magic. This will forever be a winter song, regardless of when I will be listening to it. Less dramatic and heartbreaking that their previous collab, exile, evermore is here to heal unspoken wounds, to offer relief and hope and growth. Bon Iver's part is the most Bon Iver part of the song, and it makes evermore more indie than anything else on this album, while Swift's vocals kind of remind me of Safe & Sound.
Hey December
Guess I'm feeling unmoored
Can't remember
What I used to fight for
I rewind the tape but all it does is pause
On the very moment all was lost
Sending signals
To be double crossed
The whole album is full of unskippable gems, and it honestly solidifies Taylor Swift's dominance of the charts and the music industry. With collaborators like The National and Bon Iver, with people like Paul McCartney supporting her, with her amazing songwriting skills, I think it's safe to leave the "Taylor Swift is a bitch" narrative in the past. She can be enjoyed beyond her country albums, beyond her pop albums, beyond her over produced ones, and she is magnificent.
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Posted on 2 august 2020 by breathemein
Life's too short to pretend Taylor Swift is (still!) a guilty pleasure for some people. Ever since I met her (metaphorically speaking, of course), probably 12 years ago, I used to think she's just a harmless pop princess, the one that won't go awry with bad habits, drugs and alcohol.
Little did I know, she would embark on a journey in the spotlight to try and defend herself in very gruelling situations, some of which no one could ever think of before the internet. Heavily scrutinized because of her dating life and her (supposed) inspiration from her relationships, I think she was always assumed to be the whiney, mean girl, always playing the victim and yelling "wolf" when things didn't go her way.
I also realised she's a crafty wordsmith, with interesting ideas in terms of artistic expression, so she moved from 'unphased pleasure' to 'fun pleasure', 'quirky moments', and, in later years, 'pop icon' status.
On 24th July 2020, Miss Taylor Alison Swift has released her 8th album, and oh boy… where do I start?!
Nothing like her previous albums, but effectively smelling, tasting and feeling exactly like Swift's poetry, which in itself is a phenomenon in her field, folklore manages to gather around her lyrics the faint feeling of love you're feeling in the pouring rain, when you're walking barefoot in the forest, when you're dreaming under the stars, and when you're remembering things from centuries ago, without the added weight of anxiety and shame. Shameful to say, but I wouldn't know what to do if I had Swift's ability to write poetry in such a natural way.
Because we're talking about Taylor Swift, the track list is an Easter Egg on its own. Starting with the 1, the album sets the tone for this new Swiftian era. the 1 is that story you wish you'd share with an ex love that you always thought it would be the one who got away. Starting from a more mature point, past her usual pettiness, Swift masterful word crafting gets her towards imagines of the 'roaring 20s' and penny tossing, reminiscing about someone who could've been fun for her. Given her current situation, I'd say this is just a revisit with nostalgia glasses, pondering what could've been if only one thing would be different. The song itself is a different beast from Taylor Swift's catalogue, having some electronic accents, on top of a trickling piano and with minimal percussion. The whole song feels like summer afternoon in a small town, somewhere in the mountains, and I am so happy in a very calm way about it.
But we were something, don't you think so?
Roaring twenties, tossing pennies in the pool
And if my wishes came true
It would've been you
In my defense, I have none
For never leaving well enough alone
But it would've been fun
If you would've been the one
Next song, cardigan, sees Swift putting on her folk/soft rock jacket on. This piano ballad is again filled with literary references, because Taylor Swift likes to poke fun at herself, and her army of dedicated fans. The song talks about young, innocent love, plagued by battle scars, lack of confidence and bitterness. cardigan is the lead single, and it does a good job in setting the expectations high for this new work of art. It's also worth noting that this is part of the 'young love trio', along with august and betty.
And when I felt like I was an old cardigan under someone's bed
You put me on and said I was your favourite
A friend to all is a friend to none
Chase two girls, lose the one
When you are young, they assume you know nothing
the last great american dynasty lets Swift borrow from urban legends on a pop track. Here we see Swift telling the story Rebekah Harkness, the woman previously owned Taylor Swift's home in Rhode Island. Because this album is supposed to be a collection of stories, more or less based on reality, we witness Swift's talent in full glory – building stories from nothing, and romanticizing them and making them work to her favour. Although not a favourite song of mine, the song has a certain appeal, especially because of the brazenness of the lyrics.
There goes the most shameless woman this town has ever seen
She had a marvellous time ruining everything
Bon Iver is a guest on the fourth track, exile, and I think there are very few people who can actually deny the greatness of this music dialogue. Adding Justin Vernon's deep baritone next to Swift's breathy vocals proves to be a very successful mix, and drawing comparisons to The Last Time, from Taylor Swift's Red album. The song is imagined as a dialogue between two exes, but no one seems to be listening. Over the piano and the dramatic strings, the vocals manage to create to such a build-up, taking the song to a different plane.
All this time
I never learned to read your mind (Never learned to read my mind)
I couldn't turn things around (You never turned things around)
'Cause you never gave a warning sign (I gave so many signs)
So many signs
So many signs (You didn't even see the signs)
As fan favourites go, the 5th track of a Taylor Swift album is usually the best song off the album. My personal favourite, my tears ricochet, is a hauntingly beautiful song mourning a past relationship. The POV of the story is that of a deceased lover, reflecting on the toxicity and tension. The funeral imagery of the lyrics, on top of the instrumentals, give the song the gravitas to carry the message home. And if it's to be believed, this is a message to be delivered to Swift's former record label. And even if it's not, I can guess we can all rely on the lyrics in various situations.
We gather stones
Never knowing what they'll mean
Some to throw
Some to make a diamond ring
You know I didn't want to
Have to haunt you
But what a ghostly scene
You wear the same jewels
That I gave you
As you bury me
I didn't have it in myself to go with grace
And so the battleships will sink beneath the waves
You had to kill me, but it killed you just the same
Cursing my name
Wishing I stayed
You turned into your worst fears
And you're tossing out blame
Drunk on this pain
Crossing out the good years
And you're cursing my name
Look at how my tears ricochet
mirrorball talks about being a reflection of others, rather than being yourself, and damn, isn't that sometimes the truth. This confession is scary and dangerous, as Swift's music was oftentimes scrutinized by the media due to the personal nature of her lyrics, when all she wanted was to be relatable and to be able to give her fans honesty and a deep connection.
I want you to know
I'm a mirrorball
I'll show you every version of yourself tonight
I'll get you out on the floor
Shimmering beautiful
And when I break it's in a million pieces
Reminiscing about a childhood friend, seven is the – you guessed it, 7th track. Packed with queer hints, the story unfolds about two friends who enjoyed their time together, but with one of them living in a possible abusive home, the dark tones of the song cannot be missed. Still revelling in the innocence of kids at 7 years old, when you'd dream you can go anywhere, seven captures that freedom of being who you are when you're still young and not yet moulded into a useful member of the society.
And I've been meaning to tell you
I think your house is haunted
Your dad is always mad and that must be why
And I think you should come live with
Me and we can be pirates
Then you won't have to cry
Or hide in the closet
And just like a folk song
Our love will be passed on
The eighth song had to have Swift poking fun again, because the track is called august. Tasting like summer, this pop rock ballad evokes young love again, with a hint of sadness. Singing about love you can never attain, and yet being so intertwined with feelings of belonging to someone who doesn't belong to you. It's Swift poetry, and Swift guitar, and Swift anguish, and it should be trademarked. Also, it's part of the 'young love trio', with cardigan and betty.
'Cause you were never mine
Never mine
Remember when I pulled up
And said "Get in the car"
And then cancelled my plans
Just in case you'd call
Back when I was living for the hope of it all
For the hope of it all
"Meet me behind the mall"
this is me trying reveals even darker moments, talking about feeling alone when it becomes too difficult to cope with the insane standards you put for yourself, struggling with mental illness, alcoholism. Probably the most insane lyrics belong to this song – I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere.
They told me all of my cages were mental
So I got wasted like all my potential
And my words shoot to kill when I'm mad
I have a lot of regrets about that
I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere
Fell behind all my classmates and I ended up here
Pourin' out my heart to a stranger
But I didn't pour the whiskey
illicit affairs is another favourite of mine, its subject so simple, yet such a compelling study material. Finally we see Swift becoming more mature, more understanding to the prospect of a trio, not pointing blame on the third person anymore, but rather trying to be understanding and empathetic.
And that's the thing about illicit affairs
And clandestine meetings
And stolen stares
They show their truth one single time
But they lie and they lie and they lie
…a million little times
In a very innocent switch to the more romantic side of things, invisible string is a verbal painting of Swift's current relationship, and includes references to past life, songs and places. Built on an acoustic guitar, the song is a very childlike, candid glimpse of Swift's current universe.
Mystical time
Cutting me open, then healing me fine
Were there clues I didn't see?
And isn't it just so pretty to think
All along there was some
Tying you to me?
Sarcastic Taylor is at it again, with mad woman. Bringing back the torches and lighting them and going against the ones who come after her, Swift brings fire over the piano keys in the gentlest way possible. Aimed at her old record label, this song is her fight song against the people she feels wronged by.
Now I breathe flames each time I talk
My cannons all firing at your yacht
They say "move on"
But you know I won't
And women like hunting witches, too
Doing your dirtiest work for you
It's obvious that wanting me dead has really brought you two together
And because Taylor Swift isn't here to sing only about old boyfriends, current boyfriends and her old label, epiphany exists. Paralleling World War II atrocities with the COVID-19 pandemic, her lyrics speak about the trauma of trying to fight on the front, be it invisible or not. Trying to explain how difficult it is to continue serving after fighting death day after day, epiphany sounds more like a hymn than anything.
Crawling up the beaches now
Sir, I think he's bleedin' out
And some things you just can't speak about
Coming back to young love, betty is folksy track based on a harmonica, with a pretty upbeat rhythm, but continuing the cardigan-august story. Probably the least creative of the three, or maybe because of that, betty sounds like a song that Bruce Springsteen himself could sing, and I'm not sure that's too bad.
You heard the rumours from Inez
You can't believe a word she says
Most times, but this time it was true
The worst thing that I ever did
Was what I did to you
An ode to her current love, peace sees Swift confessing her vulnerability in front of her loved one, and her fear that sometimes her love is not enough. Despite her being such a high-profile celebrity, Swift manages to keep her love under wraps, and as normal as possible, but also worries about not being able to give her boyfriend the normality they both crave.
But I'm a fire and I'll keep your brittle heart warm
If your cascade ocean wave blues come
All these people think love's for show
But I would die for you in secret
The devil's in the details
But you got a friend in me
Would it be enough
If I could never give you peace?
Easily forgotten, hoax tells the story of a toxic relationship, where the resolution is to keep whatever unhappiness you have rather than start anew. Not necessarily my preferred method, but hey. When I'll write better music, I'll let you know.
My only one
My kingdom come undone
My broken drum
You have beaten my heart
Don't want no other shade of blue
No other sadness in the world would do
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Posted on 29 iulie 2020 by breathemein
Words have a different meaning now,
Since I changed latitudes and longitudes.
Things I used to read a different way,
Now they all sound like home,
And they taste like happy to me.
It was long before I got here, and maybe it took me some time,
But now I'm here.
And here we are, both in the same space, time and universe,
Enjoying the words that connect all that we were,
And we will be.
It's like saints and sinners in the same purgatory,
Except that this purgatory is filled with happiness and smiles,
And we're all so grateful to be here together.
We all have hope in us, for us,
For the whole wide world that's been so treacherous.
And at the end of the day, we're in all this together,
And we're on the same page of the same story,
On the same side of the history.
I'm part of you, you're part of me.
There's no place where I want to be.
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Posted on 11 noiembrie 2018 by breathemein
I've discovered Twenty One Pilots more than 3 years ago, but somehow I've associated them with similar indie pop rock acts like The 1975, but with a hint of SoundCloud edgy rap that seems to be so popular nowadays.
But even as I started discovering he depth of their lyrics and the meaning behind them, all the stories about love and lost, despair, depression, anxiety, struggles with mental health – everything seemed either a really well curated image or a very sincere outlook into someone's life.
The duo consists of the sometimes lyrical genius that is Tyler Joseph and drummer Josh Dun, but make no mistake – however small, the group manages to paint realistic pictures of how much of our lives is struggling to get past today.
Trench, their latest album, released in October 2018, explores mental health, suicide and doubt, continuing with similar themes the band touched before with their previous releases. The band benefits from a solid fan base and a relationship with them that is both extraordinary and scary, as they communicate with them the meanings of songs, the process of writing all of this, fictional themes and characters and even cities built around their work, and fans not only engage in this, but they perpetuate this knowledge, without the usual elite-ness that comes from having inside information on something that no one else knows.
Trench debuts with Jumpsuit, which was also the lead single of the new album. Signifying his fight with doubt and societal pressure, Joseph's lyrics are pretty self explanatory, showing vulnerability and fright and insecurities, and I think that this is what Twenty One Pilots does best – showing their true self to anyone that bothers listening, and comforting them and letting them know that it's ok to be scared and alone.
Musically, Jumpsuit is actually a hard rock composition, with heavy bass lines and with Joseph's voice going from soft whispers to heavy screams and his signature falsetto.
Levitate, although a bit too minimalist and seemingly simplistic in composition, picks up from Jumpsuit left off, referencing another fan favorite, Car Radio. Joseph's rapping combined with Dun's drumming makes this song seem primal, but at the same time, it bears the signature of both of them.
Morph, which can only be described as a philosopher's train of thoughts about life, death and afterlife, is scarily depressing, as it echoes thoughts that most of us had at some point or another. Tyler Joseph is known for his sincerity in his approach to mental health and how much he cares for the well being of their fan base, so I'm guessing that most of them will recognize themselves in the bleak lyrics.
I'm surrounded and I'm hounded
There's no "above", or "under", or "around" it
For "above" is blind belief and "under" is sword to sleeve
And "around" is scientific miracle, let's pick "above" and see
For if and when we go "above", the question still remains
Are we still in love and is it possible we feel the same?
And that's when going "under" starts to take my wonder
But until that time
I'll morph to someone else, I'm just a ghost
My personal favorite, My Blood, is about being loyal, loving and supporting someone that goes through the darkest of times. It helps that the video also makes a connection with mental health issues, supporting the theory that the band is really open in breaking down barriers and stereotypes.
If there comes a day
People posted up at the end of your driveway
They're callin' for your head and they're callin' for your name
I'll bomb down on 'em, I'm comin' through
Do they know I was grown with you?
If they're here to smoke, know I'll go with you
Just keep it outside, keep it outside, yeah
Chlorine was one of the songs I thought I was actively avoiding, only to find out that I was actually loving and knowing by heart. Taken literally, the chemical compound is known for its primary use as an agent in bleaches and disinfectants, and the metaphor of the song is to have an anchor in your life that helps you purge away all the dark thoughts.
Sippin' on straight chlorine, let the vibes slide over me
This beat is a chemical, beat is a chemical
When I leave don't save my seat, I'll be back when it's all complete
The moment is medical, moment is medical
Sippin' on straight chlorine
And because an ode to love was needed, Smithereens has its place on this record about feelings and thoughts. Dedicated to Tyler Joseph's wife, the song is translating into plain words whatever is happening in Joseph's heart, and it's sweet and cheesy and amazing all at once.
Dealing with suicide and the glorification treatment in the media, Neon Gravestones is a slow burning rap song that feels blaming, but justifying it at the same time. With a very conflicting message, you can feel the indecision in Tyler Joseph's rap, and if one verse you agree to something, the next one will find you agreeing with something completely different.
And that's the beauty of Twenty One Pilots – everything is ok, you don't get judged, you don't get stigmatized. It's like all they ask of you is to get better…
Don't get me wrong
The rise in awareness
Is beating a stigma that no longer scares us
But for sake of discussion
In spirit of fairness
Could we give this some room for a new point of view?
And, could it be true that some could be tempted
To use this mistake as a form of aggression?
A form of succession?
A form of a weapon?
Thinking "I'll teach them"
Well, I'm refusing the lesson
It won't resonate in our minds
I'm not disrespecting what was left behind
Just pleading that "it" does not get glorified
Maybe we swap out what it is that we hold so high
Find your grandparents or someone of age
Pay some respects for the path that they paved
To life, they were dedicated
Now, that should be celebrated
The Hype is such simple music, it's really hard to explain it. Being so straightforward, about the different way we experience our internal standards versus whatever the others are expecting from us, it's a reminder to slow down and stop being so hard on ourselves.
Following the universe built by Joseph, Nico and the Niners, based in part on the Nicolas Bourbaki legend, which was actually a group of 9 mathematicians, and continuing old themes explored by the group, such as the jumpsuit, Dema and the bishops, is a rap song about resisting organized religion and finding your own way.
What I say when I want to be enough
What a beautiful day for making a break for it
We'll find a way to pay for it
Maybe from all the money we made razor-blade stores
Rent a race horse and force a sponsor
And start a concert, a complete diversion
Start a mob and you can be quite certain
We'll win but not everyone will get out
Probably the most optimistic song, lyrically wise, Cut My Lip talks about going through hard times, even if you feel beaten down. A simple, slow burner as well, but really uplifting.
Bandito is a ethereal song that connects to the themes of the album – leaving Dema, accepting your fate, trying to become someone else, trying to find purpose in creativity and human connection.
I created this world
To feel some control
Destroy it if I want
So I sing someone
Folina
Sahlo Folina
Sahlo
For me, the most forgettable song is Pet Cheetah. Apparently about overcoming writer's block, the song is a weird mixture of rap, techno and rock, a bit of forcibly pretentious without much substance. Much like writer's block, I presume.
Legend is another love song, albeit this time is for Joseph's grandfather, who passed away this year. Forever connecting this song to my own personal troubled times, it's an uplifting way to cope with such loss.
Then the day that it happened
I recorded this last bit
I look forward to having
A lunch with you again
My other personal favorite, Leave the City, talks about suicide and maybe leaving behind things that you have no control over, or things that you don't feel connected to anymore. It talks about lost battles, about lost human connections, lost faith, lost minds. It's such a simple song, but so heavy on my heart…
In time, I will leave the city
For now, I will stay alive
I needed change of pace
Couldn't take the pace of change
Moving hastily
But this year
Though I'm far from home
In TRENCH I'm not alone
These faces facing me
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Posted on 12 martie 2017 by breathemein
A few years back I have discovered one of the greatest musical gifts I have ever received, because most of the artists I hold dear are the ones I discovered through an extensive period of trials and errors, and I must admit that Jason Mraz is one of them. I remember an internet cafe in my hometown, circa 2005, browsing Yahoo Music (remember that?) and stumbling upon Mraz's Wordplay. I was so amazed by his flow, his witty lyrics and genuine feel good vibe, I became an instant fan.
After a few years, I moved to Bucharest and I had so many lows, with only his guitar and lyrics, as well as some Angels and Airwaves and Snow Patrol and Marilyn Manson to keep me warm.
Last night I had one of the best nights of my life, no doubt about it. Jason Mraz finally graced us with his presence, an event titled "An evening with Jason Mraz and his guitar", and (I might add) his keyboard and harmonica. Two beautiful hours of love, music and incredibile words, this is the only way I can describe Mraz's live presence.
Jason Mraz's good natured spirit transcends the language barrier, his voice carried us last night to the moon and back, it gave us dreams and reasons to live, it gave us love and sadness and grief and hope, and I will forever be greatful for this opportunity to see one of my favorite artists bear his soul in front of me.
Just a small snippet (from a different concert, I can't be bothered to record live acts and miss the good stuff):
I was happy hearing Plane and A Beautiful Mess and Butterfly and Please (Don't Tell Her) and Mr. Curiosity and Tonight not Again, and many more! I'm sorry he missed Wordplay and Geek in the Pink, but I'll take what I can get:
And through timeless words in priceless pictures
We'll fly like birds not of this earth
And tides they turn and hearts disfigure
But that's no concern when we're wounded together
And we tore our dresses and stained our shirts
But it's nice today, oh the wait was so worth it
PS: I will not post a setlist for this concert, just because for this kind of event Jason Mraz does not follow a pre-established list of songs. He just goes where the vibe takes him. And also because this is more heartfelt than anything I saw in a long, long, looooong time…
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Let's Talk About Ramsay Bolton
Posted on 25 iunie 2016 by breathemein
A few years back I sang an ode to the most incredible pop culture current ever – the appreciation of the villain. I sang praises to Loki, and Bane, and The Joker itself, underlining the exceptional quality of being entirely charismatic in a world of destruction.
This week's Game of Thrones gave us one of the best episodes (if not the best, as some say) and a battle to enjoy. What's left of this battle is the collective information that Ramsay Bolton is now dog food, but boy, does he deliver!
Suffice to say that casting Iwan Rheon was the thing that made me watch Game of Thrones regularily. After enjoying his presence in Misfits, a quirky show with plenty of to be-stars and very real in portraing teenage angst, the news that he's gonna play a new character in the ultimate high fantasy HBO production was very intriguing. After some digging, because I haven't finished reading the books, I learned that his character was at least evil, and thus, interesting.
I'm a sucker for Rheon, whom I consider one of the greatest actors of his generation, because he's got that Sunday school boy face and the eyes of a madman – kinda like our little hobbit, Elijah Wood. This combination always catches my eye and interest, so I started binging and enjoying Ramsey.
This is not to say that I agree with his way of living. No way! I'm all for the good guys. But Ramsay has that viciousness that lures you in, and you only realize that when it's too late. His character is demanding your full attention, his gore will make you sick and his capable mind will only make you envious of its power.
Iwan Rheon was the unnamed leader of prime time television evil for his entire run on Game of Thrones. His Ramsay was the ultimate villain, mastering the fear and plotting torture with a smile on his beautiful, angelic face. A part of me is sad that this amazing work of art will not be present next week on my little screen. A part of me is happy with the way his life and death we're handled – not some greater than life transformation from bad to good, but a former's victim revenge. A part of me is in awe that I could ever like such a person. And another part of me refuses to watch Game of Thrones again.
He was the greatest villain of our time, and nothing can fill the void he left.
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Review: IAMX – Metanoia Tour 2016
Last time I saw IAMX live, I was complaining about the static audience, but nothing had prepared me for March 14th. Nothing!
IAMX has released two more albums since our last encounter, one of which is practically amazing, and the other one is Metanoia. I thought about reviewing it a few times, but somehow it felt redundant for me to do it.
Metanoia is a weird, weird album. It is said to be rooted deep into Chris' depression, and it certainly sounds like it. However, early fans will love it, because it sounds so much like The Alternative and Kiss + Swallow, without the lyrical depth that made me scream "Chris, you decadent god!". Newer fans might be a little confused, though… Metanoia is so rough, so blunt, painful at times and confusing. The album is missing the poetry that makes Chris what he is.
This is the first time I had to wait (not counting the pouring rain at the Killers & White Lies concert) so much to see one of my favorite bands. IAMX got a little lost on the Transylvanian roads, but the wait was totally worth it. Even though the band started playing 3 hours after the intended timeline.
As usual, Chris was so visual. The background played on loop disturbing images of love and loss, of hate and despair, of desert, naked bodies and broken hopes. How else would you know you're at an IAMX concert?!
He started violently with I Come With Knives, one of the best songs he ever wrote. His keyboard players were demanding all of the attention, yet his voice managed to rule us all.
I never really liked The Alternative – not the song, and not the album, but this time it felt different. This time, Chris had a beautiful crowd all to himself, all of whom paid to see and hear him, and all of us were his devoted fans. In this light, the song made so much sense than it did a few years ago.
Happiness was the first song off Metanoia, and one of the few I really like. Depressing, raw and broken, Chris sang of despair and what more could I ask for? I was truly happy then.
No Maker Made Me is my personal anthem off Metanoia. I truly love the song, the message, the sound of it. I like its bluntness and the raw feeling I get when I listen to it, especially the screaming part of "you fucking sinner"…
In the Tear Garden we meet again. A song with so much meaning, so special and sad, it could only be followed by OCDEM.
Oh Cruel Darkness Embrace Me feels very ambivalent to me now. I sorta have a love-hate relationship with it, though the song is great. Sometimes it feels like irony, sometimes it plays out like demand-able hope. Who says it's not the both of them?
Last time when I saw IAMX, Spit It Out ended the concert. It's still my favorite song, my sad song, my beautiful song, and I really thought that's the best I can get out of it. Yet, somehow, Chris outdone himself. Spit It Out grew up and this metamorphosis was incredible on so many levels. The song sounded like Chris was covering an oldie, so different, so mellow, still angst-y and depressing. I wish I could listen to this version and dissect it all day long, because it's so different, yet so familiar.
Nightlife is one of Chris's most used songs in movies and TV shows. You can hear it in How To Get Away With Murder (I think), in vampire movies and so on. This track reminds me of 90s ravers, even though I was never part of that scene. It has urgency, it's raw, it's primal and wild, and one of the best songs written by Chris. Even though it's not universal, I really appreciated the inclusion on this set-list.
The holy trio of Metanoia was up next. Insomnia, North Star and Aphrodisiac followed up what was, I think, one of the best concerts I've been to. Insomnia is so demanding, so lost, but there comes North Star, determined and mature. Only Aphrodisiac can be played next, because it's the only song suited for this color scheme. All three songs have different shades of grey, but Aphrodisiac is so evil, plotting weird stuff under tones of make up and promoting promiscuity in a way that allows you to go through the gates of heaven.
And because Chris is the master of emotional roller-coasting (is that even a word?!), he ends this with the amazing Your Joy Is My Low. This is one of the first songs I listened from IAMX, so I hold it dear and close. Keyboards all over the place, jerky rhythm, a bassline to die for and the amazing poetry that made me fell in love. With such lyrics, who can judge me?
You shift the play, push the curve to sit between your thighs
It's a sign, it's time to exercise the lines
You want the double cut through to wet, invade and slide
You slide and I'm awake and I'm the slave tonight
You lie, you lie to spare my life
You needed it, he tasted you inside out
Say it, your joy, your joy is my low
So you want yourself to stop
And when you crack the whip, I crawl again
How can you remain complete after hearing this live? After witnessing Chris's debauchery with such unaffectedness that makes me run after his bus tour and beg him to take me with them?
Of course, this could only be followed by Kiss + Swallow. Electronica through the roof! The bass rules this piece, and the way Chris says "zero" is so sinful and lovely…
It's only natural I should admit by now the fact that listening to I Am Terrified live scared me. Not because of the lyrics, but because of the mismatch. It felt weird to hear it after the Kraftwerk-like gem that is Kiss + Swallow, however it wasn't that bad. Just awkward. And sad. Terribly sad.
If the first encore came with Kiss + Swallow, the second one saw me amazed by the fact that Bring Me Back a Dog is still a thing. It's one of my favorite songs, and this time Chris had a whole army spitting these beautiful lyrics back at him with voracity and passion. It was amazing!
The night ended with Mercy, one of the songs I avoid at all costs. Well, I avoid it after the first 60-70 seconds. It's beautifully written, of course, and the vocals are perfect for it. But the chorus makes my heart ache, I almost feel like crying, so I try to keep myself sane by avoiding it.
I thought that this concert will bring me nothing new. Boy, was I wrong! Last time, I complained that Chris needed a better audience, but this time everyone present was there to support and love him. We were all one soul, mixed together with agony, anticipation, love, distrust, disappointment, hope and Chris. I'm so glad I was there, this was the concert I've been waiting for two years now.
Pic. The whole setlist here.
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Signs That You Lack Emotional Intelligence
In my ten years as an executive coach, I have never had someone raise his hand and declare that he needs to work on his emotional intelligence. Yet I can't count the number of times I've heard from people that the one thing their colleague needs to work on is emotional intelligence. This is the problem: those who most need to develop it are the ones who least realize it. The data showing that emotional intelligence is a key differentiator between star performers and the rest of the pack is irrefutable. Nevertheless, there are some who never embrace the skill for themselves — or who wait until it's too late. Take Craig (not his real name), a coaching client of mine, who showed tremendous potential and a strong ability to drive results for his company. Here are some of the telltale signs that you need to work on your emotional intelligence: You often feel like others don't get the point and it makes you impatient and frustrated. So what do you do if you recognized yourself in this list?
https://hbr.org/2014/12/signs-that-you-lack-emotional-intelligence
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Ella Eyre's Revealing Masterclass
Ella Eyre grabbed the world's attention when her incredible vocals powered Rudimental's massive hit 'Waiting All Night' to the top of the charts, and her talent has led to stars like Naughty Boy and Wiz Khalifa clamouring to work with her.
Of course, she's since become a breakout star in her own right, releasing her debut solo single 'If I Go', and her debut LP 'Feline' looks certain to be a hit when it's released in May.
So when Ella, and her managers Charlie Arme and James Merritt, came into BIMM London to talk to our students in January, there was a queue out of the door to hear them speak!
It was an inspiring, informative masterclass. Ella is articulate, fascinating and funny; and she passed on great advice on how to develop a career in the music industry.
She spoke about how she was discovered and her talent was developed, on the benefit of carefully-selected collaborations, and how her career progressed from music student to number one hit-maker!
"networking is really important," and revealing that she will spend hours preparing for everything she does because, "You only get one opportunity! People are very unforgiving, so before I expose anything to anyone it's got to be right."
Ella told us that she adores performing, saying:
"Live performance is my favourite part of the job — I love my band, I love travelling and reaching out to an audience. If I could be on the road all of the time, I would".
Lauren Logue, a Third year Songwriting student, said that Ella's masterclass was,
"really inspiring. I walked away from the masterclass feeling refreshed! Her advice was really helpful for the BIMM students."
She also revealed that she'd helped one ex-BIMM student gain national fame by giving James Bay his first national radio play on BBC Radio 1! Ella was a guest on Edith Bowman's show and was asked who she'd been listening to recently — Ella said that she loved James Bay, and they played his song, 'Let It Go'.
Before Ella left, she posed for pictures with every single student and answered their questions — before heading straight to the airport to finish off a track in LA!


How do leaders respond to email?
(MoneyWatch) I was recently asking for some background on a senior executive at a major firm. The first insight I was given was striking: I was told that he often didn't reply to emails. A few days later, listening to a profile of a leading scientist and university president, I noted that one of her colleagues commented that if you send her an email, you will get an answer almost instantly.
Two leaders and both defined.... by email? This seemed such a trivial way to describe two important people, and yet obviously it wasn't felt to be insignificant to the people who mentioned it. To them, email mattered, and it also seemed to stand for something.
At a base level, replying to email is simple politeness; ignoring it suggests that you don't care about the issue or the person who wrote to you. It's virtually impossible to have good working relationships if your silence contains, or even hints at, contempt.
How fastidious you are about email also says something about whether you're on top of your work or whether you're chaotic. But at a deeper level, how you deal with email says something fundamental about how reliable you are. And that translates into trust. It is impossible to be effective -- as a leader, as a foot soldier -- if people don't trust you.
I quite often finding myself emailing fairly eminent people whom I don't know, usually because I want to interview them for a book or an article. I can't help but notice that the more eminent reply soonest, and personally. What's remarkable about this is that these are people who don't need my attention and aren't in any sense needing or seeking publicity. I often wonder whether they are so prompt because they're famous or whether, more likely, it's the other way around.
Reputations are comprised of many such apparently minor details. It's easy to think that they don't matter and, individually, they might not. But cumulatively your daily behavior is what people notice and like or dislike, trust or distrust. It's daunting to think what we stand for is conveyed in so many small things, but inspiring perhaps to know those small things do add up.


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Q: VBA Switching Worksheets Disabled I've created workbook with Battleships game. The whole "program" works great. Its shared workbook with 2 worksheets and battleground on each one. Its creating random ships, mark hits/misses and calculate hits/misses %. Almost finished it but I would like to improve it even more. My goal is to create code which will not allow another player to look into my battleground and see ships. Tried to use Deactivate module and Application.ScreenUpdate = False but still when I click another worksheet or hold it I can see ships.
Any alternatives or ideas?

A: You can use the xlSheetVeryHidden property, which can't be unhidden using the regular right-click on the Sheet Tab (but only by VBA code).
The sample code below checks which Username is opening the workbook, and accordingly hides or shows the relevant sheets.
Private Sub Workbook_Open()

Select Case Environ("Username")
    Case "Me" ' modify to your PC username
        Worksheets("Sheet1").Visible = True
        Worksheets("Sheet2").Visible = xlSheetVeryHidden

    Case "Player"  ' modify to your opponent PC username
        Worksheets("Sheet1").Visible = xlSheetVeryHidden
        Worksheets("Sheet2").Visible = True
End Select

End Sub

A: Did you try to hide the worksheet in question?
Application.ScreenUpdate = False will only prevent the worksheet from updating cells.

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Zbliźniaczenia – zjawisko powstawania regularnych, tzw. prawidłowych krystalograficznie zrostów krystalicznych. Celowe wywoływanie tego zjawiska nazywa się bliźniakowaniem.

Prawidłowość zrostu bliźniaczego polega na ułożeniu osobników wchodzących w skład zbliźniaczenia symetrycznie względem pewnej płaszczyzny lub prostej. Nie może nią być płaszczyzna lub oś symetrii osobników tworzących zrost bliźniaczy.

Prawidłowe zrosty mogą też tworzyć kryształy różnych minerałów. Jest to możliwe wówczas, gdy z roztworu lub stopu wydzielają się minerały okazujące podobieństwo krystalograficzne i strukturalne. Zrosty takie tworzy np. albit z ortoklazem, sfaleryt z pirytem cynowym.

Prawidłowe zrosty różnych minerałów są dość rozpowszechnione w przyrodzie. Nie zawsze można je rozpoznać na podstawie wyglądu zewnętrznego i dlatego dawniej niektóre zrosty uważano za odrębne kryształy. Dopiero wprowadzenie bardziej precyzyjnych metod badania minerałów umożliwiło dokładniejsze ich poznanie.

Niektóre typy zbliźniaczeń, właściwe pewnym substancjom krystalicznym, otrzymały nazwę
praw bliźniaczych, które podają wskaźniki płaszczyzny lub osi bliźniaczej. Ta sama substancja może tworzyć bliźniaki według kilku a nawet kilkunastu praw bliźniaczych.

Obecność zbliźniaczeń wpływa na wygląd zewnętrzny i bywa pomocna przy identyfikacji substancji krystalicznej. Na bliźniakach występują kąty wklęsłe, których nigdy nie ma na pojedynczych kryształach.

Rodzaje zbliźniaczeń
W zależności od wzajemnego położenia poszczególnych osobników wyróżnia się:
 bliźniaki kontaktowe (zbliźniaczenia stykowe) – płaszczyzna zrostu osobników jest zgodna z płaszczyzną bliźniaczą, którą jest jedna ze ścian rzeczywistych lub możliwych kryształu, ale nigdy płaszczyzna symetrii
 bliźniaki penetracyjne (zbliźniaczenia przerosłe) – tworzą je kryształy przerastające się wzajemnie; płaszczyzna zrostu jest nierówna, a prawo bliźniacze określone jest przez oś nie pokrywającą się z osiami symetrii kryształu
 bliźniaki wielokrotne – są to zrosty trzech lub więcej kryształów (np. kryształy naśladowcze); istnieją ich różne rodzaje:
 polisyntetyczne – o równoległych płaszczyznach zrostu (typowe dla plagioklazów)
 cykliczne – płaszczyzny bliźniacze nie są równoległe, natomiast niekiedy tworzą pierścień (bliźniaki cerusytu, chryzoberylu
 penetracyjne wielokrotne – przykładem jest bliźniak aragonitu, gdzie trzy kryształy rombowe krzyżują się, tworząc fałszywy słup heksagonalny.

Wiele rodzajów zbliźniaczeń ma swoje własne nazwy zwyczajowe:
 jaskółcze ogony – występujące w gipsie; ma ono charakter stykowy, przypomina wyglądem rozgałęziony ogon jaskółki; w Polsce występują w dolinie Nidy, ich wielkość dochodzi nawet do 3 m
 krzyż żelazny – występują w pirycie; powstają z dwu przerosłych obróconych o 90° kryształów o postaci dwunastościanu pentagonalnego
 karlsbardzkie  – występujące w ortoklazach; proste, oś bliźniacza Z, płaszczyzna zrostu (010)
 albitowe - oś bliźniacza prostopadła do (010), płaszczyzna zrostu (010)
 karlsbardzko - albitowe - oś bliźniacza jest prostopadła do osi Z i leży w płaszczyźnie (010) zaś płaszczyzna zrostu (010)
 kolankowe – występujące w  rutylu;
 krzyżowe typu:
 krzyż grecki – typ zbliźniaczenia staurolitu, polegający na przerastaniu się słupowych kryształów tego minerału pod kątem prostym
 krzyż świętego Andrzeja   – typ zbliźniaczenia staurolitu, polegający na przerastaniu się słupowych kryształów tego minerału pod kątem 60°
 trojaki – występujący w aragonitach – typ zbliźniaczeń wielokrotnych, będących zrostem trzech kryształów tego samego rodzaju; często tą nazwą określa się pseudoheksagonalne, cykliczne bliźniaki aragonitu

Zobacz też
 skupienia minerałów
 pokrój kryształu
 jednorodność chemiczna kryształu
 jednorodność fizyczna kryształu
 elementy symetrii kryształów

Bibliografia

Krystalografia
Mineralogia

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Scottish artist David Roberts (1796-1864) was instrumental in helping to stimulate a growing fascination with the Near East by Europeans, especially within British society where biblical accounts of the rise and fall of empires were familiar, as much intellectual fare as anything else and staple bread and butter for religious imagination. The Romantic Movement's eschewing of Enlightenment ideals turned instead to exotic themes and ruins, also replacing Neoclassicism with Orientalism.
Napoleon's Egyptian campaign of 1798 where artists were part of the entourage had paved the way for a few to gain and share a glimpse of a world that had seemingly changed little for a millennium or more. French Romantic painters like Delacroix traveled to Morocco in 1832 and his sketches and paintings from this period captured and spread the lure of Orientalism. Roberts would be one of the pioneers from the Anglophone world to satisfy the curiosity of a considerably literate society.
After establishing himself first in Scotland and then London where he had excelled in stage work design and theater set painting including at Drury Lane Theatre and for opera at Covent Garden, Roberts served as president of the Society of British Artists in 1831. Such eminent artists as J. M. W. Turner, John Constable and Edwin Landseer respected him. Roberts was influenced by the counsel of Turner to only concentrate on fine art thereafter, and Orientalism was one of the avenues open to Roberts after he had already sketched and painted many European ruins prior to 1838, especially since almost no one else had set a precedent for exploring and rendering the remains of the Near East.
Roberts traveled to Egypt and the Ottoman Near East on an extended tour beginning in 1838. Because, like Rembrandt, he understood that he could only sell single pieces of art in the medium of painting, Roberts took sketchbooks and watercolors in order to later create lithographs that could have almost an unlimited distribution. Roberts would be one of the first artists to render landscapes and peoples that his contemporaries would have imagined stepping out of biblical narratives, filling a void with a savvy combination of theatrical realism and Romantic ambience that imagination could previously only conjure in fantasy. But unlike Rembrandt who hardly traveled at all, Roberts would model the real places for his biblical topographies.
Roberts' travels from 1838-39 - often in Ottoman garb - took him deep into Egypt and Nubia, then back up to Sinai and the Levant and what was traditionally the Holy Land and Jordan and Lebanon. In Egypt he was received in 1839 by Egypt's ruler Muhammad Ali Pasha (1769-1849) the Ottoman representative in Alexandria and whose control over much of the region of Egypt and the Levant stabilized it for new travel by Westerners.
Roberts visited Nubia and Abu Simbel in November and was one of the first Westerners to sketch portions of Abu Simbel and Petra, including the Al Khazneh, both sites largely unknown to Europeans until made known by Swiss explorer-adventurer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784-1817) from his travels between 1812-17. It is probably not coincidental that Burckhardt's Lausanne family had antiquarian acquaintances with both Edward Gibbon and Johann von Goethe. John Lloyd Stephens - a pioneer explorer who later studied Maya sites in Central America - was another who traveled through Palestine in 1836, also sketching many ruins although not as assiduously or with such a trained eye as Roberts, not that even Roberts was attempting archaeological rendering since there was no precedent for Roberts.
When Roberts returned to Britain and eventually to Edinburgh, he set about transforming his sketches and watercolors into lithographs, working with engraver Louis Haghe from 1842-49 to produce 248 splendid plates that he sold in subscription series. Because he was already known as an artist, his first subscriber appears to have been Queen Victoria herself, whose patronage as the royal arbiter of taste was a ready aid to making Roberts' Near Eastern images highly popular.
The appearance of Roberts' lithographic scenes of the Near East anticipates the establishment of formal archaeology as an academic discipline. Roberts' scenes of the Holy Land, replete with accurate and painstaking detail, fed the public appetite for ancient history and biblical narrative found together that scholarship needed to understand. One of the first "archaeological" treatises of the Near East was from Austen Henry Layard's seminal Nineveh and its Remains, published by John Murray in London, 1849, whose timing immediately followed Roberts' immensely popular lithograph subscription series (1842-49). While Roberts didn't necessarily drive the burgeoning interest in Near Eastern antiquity, it was certainly stimulated thereby.
The influence of Roberts on Near Eastern archaeology and his relationship to historical archaeology has been discussed for some time, especially in regards to early travel and accounts. Notable books about Egypt and the "Holy Land" often continue to incorporate Roberts' paintings or lithographs, frequently even as cover images or in prominent illustrations. On the one hand, Roberts' works record the state of many ancient monuments prior to archaeological study. This can be a form of valuable documentation before the advent of photography where Roberts' accuracy or fidelity to artistic detail can be later established. On the other hand, some have even called Roberts' paintings and lithographs "artifacts themselves of 1830's Palestine" where Ottoman and related empires had preserved to some degree a mindset that although these were not necessarily part of strict Islamic history since they predated the Prophet himself, patriarchs like Abraham and prophets like Jonah were deeply incorporated into Islamic culture and Islam had layered its own history on top of biblical history. But Roberts' draftsmanship replaced oral and textual tradition in the Near East with greater artistic acumen than artistic license.
Here follow some encomia of Roberts' renderings, influence and accuracy. "The colossal statues of Rameses II outside a temple at Abu Simbel caught the imagination of artists like David Roberts, who was enchanted by Egypt as Western archaeologists uncovered its treasures in the nineteenth century".
So different than his predecessors and even some who came later, Roberts relied on his own powers of observation rather than slavish copying of others: "…many European painters of the nineteenth century did not travel to the East - neither to Iraq or to Palestine - to see Eastern art in its context. Rather they relied for inspiration on the work of those who did. This is perhaps one reason that the work of British artist David Roberts is so important. Roberts is the rare exception - an artist who did travel to Egypt and Palestine".
Whether or not Roberts himself began to train the observant eyes of archaeologists is moot, but what had been controversially termed "Biblical Archaeology" is nonetheless often associated with his era in an era when many religious enthusiasts were looking for material evidence of biblical accounts, "before archaeology became a scholarly endeavor…David Roberts was no archaeologist. But thanks to his scores of lithographs of the Holy Land, he may have done more to popularize ancient sites in the Near East than anyone else in the 19th century". Edward Robinson (1794-1863), the American "Father of Biblical Geography" and "founder of modern Palestinology" traveled to Palestine only a few months before Roberts and published his Biblical Researches in Palestine in 1841 where he "identifies the sites of the Biblical narrative, creating Biblical Archaeology". Robinson may have been the first to relocate Hezekiah's Tunnel in Jerusalem as well as formally study what is still called "Robinson's Arch" in that city, teaching in New York at Union Theological Seminary from 1837-63.
David Roberts (Stockbridge, 24 ottobre 1796 - 25 novembre 1864) è stato un pittore Scozzese / Britannico.
Nato a Stockbridge, presso Edimburgo, iniziò la propria attività unendo un lungo periodo di apprendistato presso un decoratore ad un intenso studio serale della storia dell'arte, soprattutto degli Impressionisti e dei Romantici. Nel 1820 conobbe il pittore Clarkson Stanfield, che lo introdusse agli ambienti del Pantheon di Edimburgo per la cui esposizione Exhibition of Works by Living Artists realizzò tre dipinti nel 1822. Nello stesso anno si trasferì a Londra, dove lavorò come scenografo per il Coburg Theatre.
Nel 1824 partecipò all'esposizione della British Institution con una vista di Dryburgh Abbey ed inviò due opere alla prima esposizione della Society of British Artists, di cui divenne presidente nel 1831. Nello stesso autunno si recò in Normandia e realizzò alcune delle opere che l'avrebbero reso famoso, tra cui una veduta della Cattedrale di Rouen. Due anni dopo realizzò le scenografie originali per l'opera The Seraglio e per una pantomima di rievocazione della battaglia navale di Navarino.
Nel 1829 espose la sua prima opera con un proprio carattere, Departure of the Israelites from Egypt, in cui le caratteristiche salienti di quella che sarebbe stata la sua cifra stilistica iniziarono ad essere evidenti: tre anni dopo, iniziò i suoi viaggi in Spagna e specialmente a Tangeri, da cui tornò nel 1833 con un consistente portfolio di disegni, schizzi e studi. Da questi bozzetti, trasse alcune delle sue opere più popolari tra cui il suo Interior of Seville Cathedral, esposto alla British Institution nel 1834, alcune illustrazioni per il Landscape Annual del 1836 e i suoi Picturesque Sketches in Spain, riprodotti in litografia nel 1837.
Qualche anno più tardi, su pressione di Turner, abbandonò la pittura di paesaggio e il 31 agosto 1838 partì per l'Egitto con l'intenzione di raccogliere materiale per futuri dipinti. Giunse in oriente nel 1838 e realizzò sul posto numerosi disegni ed acquerelli che vennero venduti in patria ancora prima del suo ritorno, oltre agli schizzi preparatori di quelle che sarebbero state le sue più famose litografie. Venne ricevuto dal Muhammad Ali Pasha ad Alessandria il 16 maggio 1839, poco prima del suo ritorno a Londra.
Nel 1851, e successivamente nel 1853, si recò in Italia dove realizzò dove dipinse il Palazzo Ducale di Venezia, acquistato da Lord Londesborough, gli Interni della Basilica di San Pietro a Roma nel Natale del 1853, e Roma dal Chiesa di Sant'Onofrio al Gianicolo, donato alla Royal Scottish Academy.
Passò gli ultimi anni della sua vita in patria, realizzando alcune vedute di Londra e del Tamigi: morì di un colpo apoplettico nella cattedrale di San Paolo mentre stava realizzando un dipinto del suo interno.


Family calls on public to nominate deserving doctors.
DANIELLE SONNENFELD, who was killed in a car accident in 2015, after whom the foundation is named.
The Danielle Foundation, a charitable organization that awards a medical prize in memory of 20-year-old Danielle Sonnenfeld, is calling on current or previous hospital patients and their families to nominate oncological doctors or nurses who they feel have gone above and beyond in caring for them.
The Danielle Prize – Healing with a Heart, now in its second year, will be awarded to doctors and nurses who are "exemplars of human kindness and compassion" in the field of adult oncology in hospitals throughout the country.
"Danielle used to say to me: 'Even more important than the medicine itself is the way that doctors treated their patients and families,'" Elio Moti Sonnenfeld told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday.
Described by her father as "a good natured and humble person," Danielle had planned to study medicine at Beersheba University when she was killed in a car accident in March 2015, on her way back from the pediatric oncology department at Schneider's Children Hospital where she volunteered.
"She was considered the 'angel' of that department," he said. "I am on the board of trustees of the hospital, and when patients see me walking by they say, 'there is the angel's father.'" The award, Sonnenfeld said, an embodiment of Danielle's kind heart and compassion, aims to recognize nurses and doctors who have "made their patients' pain their own, and who have exceeded expectations" in providing care.
The Danielle Prize Committee, comprised of eight leading public figures including prominent businessmen, philanthropists, cultural icons, and senior army officials, will select the winners, who will be honored in a ceremony at the end of March in the presence of President Reuven Rivlin and Health Minister Yaakov Litzman.
Last year 16 doctors and nurses in the department of pediatric oncology were awarded the inaugural prize in a ceremony at the President's Residence, with the full support of the Health Ministry.
Nominations are being accepted until February 20, and can be submitted at www.danielle.org.il, via email at prassdanielle@gmail.com, or by fax: (02) 567-3424.


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Q: Convert Array to String and back to Array I have built a presenter class whose only job is to convert a given array into a string. I am test driving the solution, so I started with "[nil, nil, nil]" but each nil will eventually be replaced with letter. That functionality is being handled by another class.
I am trying now to build an interface whose only job is to convert that string back to an array. So I will need to convert e.g. "[\"a\", \"b\", nil]" back to ["a", "b", nil]. But I am stuck.
For example, I'd like to convert
"[nil, nil, nil]"

to
 [nil, nil, nil]

How could I do it?

A: Just use:
eval(string)

eval("[nil, nil, nil]")

Caution:
This is a very insecure method and you have to use it only if you are completely sure that the string contains a SAFE array..

A: I am guessing that you are producing the string yourself on one side, for example:
arr = [nil, nil, nil]
str = arr.inspect
#=> "[nil, nil, nil]"

Whereas I would advise you to serialize the array using a format such as JSON, YAML or Ruby's built in Marshalling library.
JSON
require 'json'

arr = [nil, nil, nil]
str = JSON.dump(arr)
#=> "[null,null,null]"

JSON.load(str)
#=> [nil, nil, nil]

YAML
require 'yaml'

arr = [nil, nil, nil]
str = YAML.dump(arr)
#=> "---\n- \n- \n- \n"

YAML.load(str)
#=> [nil, nil, nil]

Marshal
arr = [nil, nil, nil]
str = Marshal.dump(arr)
#=> "\x04\b[\b000"

Marshal.load(str)
#=> [nil, nil, nil]


Ocean Pines Association's 2015 Search Committee will host an informative public meeting on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 6:00pm at the Ocean Pines Community Center. The meeting will be open to Association Members and anyone interested in a position on the Board is encouraged to attend. The purpose will be to outline the function of the Search Committee, describe the qualifications of the candidates they search for, outline the responsibilities of OPA Board members, and receive input from attendees about finding interested candidates.
The Committee's function will be to seek at least 4 candidates to run for the Board of Directors in the next election to fill two openings. To be eligible a candidate must be the owner of record of property in Ocean Pines as of January 1st of this year, eligible to vote as of May 15th and have completed and submitted an application to the Search Committee or Administration Office no later than 5:00pm on May 10, 2015. An application form may be printed from the Association's web site www.oceanpines.org or obtained from a Search Committee member or from the Administration Office at 239 Ocean Parkway. Office hours are 8am to 5pm, Mondays through Fridays and 8am to 2pm on Saturdays (after April 25). If you have any questions, you may contact any member of the Search Committee or the OPA Office.
2015 Search committee members are Chairman, Martin Baer 410-491-8350 and members Les Purcell 410-641-7309, Gary Miller 443-618-9972, Mickey Lobb 443-880-2064, Diane McGraw 410-208-2569, Grant Helvey 410-208-2765, Bill Lee 410-641-5896, Dennis Faber 410-600-0221, and Herb Roe 410-208-0422.


Originally Published: May 22, 2008 3:03 p.m.
With one name on Tuesday's general election ballot and three write-in choices, voters in Jerome filled the final two seats on the Town Council. Anne Bassett appeared on the ballot and received 85 votes to win one of the two seats that remained open after the March primary election.
Bassett was on the primary ballot but failed to receive 50 percent of the ballots cast plus one. Three write-in candidates, Ron Richie, Lisa Rappaport and Thomas Bauers pulled a total of 160 write-in votes.
Richie won a seat on the council with 64 votes. Rappaport had 51 votes, and Thomas Bauers received 42 votes.
Al Palmieri, Jay Kinsella and Lew Currier all won seats on the council during the March primary. Palmieri received the most votes and will likely be nominated and voted in as the town's mayor.
This will be a new council for Jerome as none of the council's incumbents ran for reelection.
Jerome council members serve two years per term, and all of the seats are elected and serve concurrently.


Education/Training: Rachel Hudson obtained her Bachelor's in Interpersonal Communication from the University of Central Oklahoma and a Master's of Science in Counseling Psychology from Southern Nazarene University in Bethany. She completed her graduate internship at Deaconess at Bethany Adult Mental Health Unit and completed a year-long course through the Oklahoma Society for Psychoanalytic Studies in the Foundations of Psychoanalytic Thought. Rachel is currently under supervision for LPC licensure and is supervised by Joe Shaleen, MA, LPC.
Philosophy: Rachel believes the key to lasting change lies in developing a deep understanding of an individual's unique life experiences. Through understanding past and present dilemmas, we can make sense of obstacles to intimacy and happiness in the present. Rachel's therapeutic approach seeks to promote growth in relationships, self esteem, and resiliency in the face of conflict and painful experience.
Rachel works with individual adults, adolescents (14+), and couples who struggle with depression, anxiety, life changes, relational difficulties, identity concerns, and loss.
Professional Experience: Rachel currently works as a therapist at The Grove Counseling & Psychotherapy and provides home-based therapy at Access to Counseling Services. She previously worked as an out-patient therapist providing individual and group therapy at Balance Women's Health in Moore, OK. Rachel occasionally works as a graduate assistant at Southern Nazarene University in the Graduate Programs for Counseling Psychology.
Professional Memberships: Rachel is a member of the American Counseling Association and serves as the Vice Education Chair for the Oklahoma Society for Psychoanalytic Studies.
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays. Flexible Hours; call to schedule an appointment.
Insurance and Fees: Rachel's fee is $75 per 50 minute session. Rachel offers a sliding scale to accommodate a limited number of clients who may not otherwise be able to afford therapy. Please call or e-mail for information regarding appointment scheduling.


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Home » News » Enphase, ProSolar Upgrades Commercial Solar Plant at Bluebeard's Castle Resort
Enphase, ProSolar Upgrades Commercial Solar Plant at Bluebeard's Castle Resort
By Manu Tayal/ Updated On Mon, Jun 22nd, 2020
Enphase Energy, a solar microinverters specialist, on Monday, said that a solar EPC company in the US, ProSolar Systems, has used its 7th-generation microinverters to restore and upgrade the commercial solar plant installed at the historic Bluebeard's Castle resort in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.
Initially, this solar plant was commissioned in January 2014 with a capacity of 500 kW and was composed of 1,887 solar modules and Enphase M250™ microinverters, spanning 18 resort buildings and 4 ground-mounted arrays. However, it was severely damaged by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017.
Enphase Energy Forays into Poland; Inks Distribution Pact with SmartX
Commenting on using Enphase microinverters, Ashley Edwards, project manager at ProSolar Systems, said that "one of the most powerful aspects of using Enphase microinverters at Bluebeard's Castle is that this complicated solar system is on a single, easy-to-use monitoring platform, which is a major help for long-term operations and maintenance work."
Now, the upgraded solar plant is comprised of about 250 fewer solar modules, with 1,640 Enphase microinverters, but yields an upgraded system rating of 524 kW and projected annual energy savings of over USD 3,50,000.
"We were able to realize significant savings because the original Enphase M250 microinverters, cables, and other balance-of-system components linked right up with the new Enphase IQ 7™ microinverters on a single platform. It was even possible to redeploy Enphase microinverters once attached to modules that had been mangled by the storm in a single, 90-module ground-mounted array. The Enphase Enlighten™ monitoring platform recognized and displayed that array alongside the new IQ 7 microinverters without missing a beat," Edwards added.
"I worked for the company that originally installed the solar system at Bluebeard's Castle in late 2013, at which time it was the largest privately-owned commercial solar system in the Caribbean," said Dan Chrisman, lead solar installer at ProSolar Systems.
Besides, the company claimed that its Enphase IQ 7 microinverter leverages it's 55 nm custom ASIC for higher reliability and better economies of scale.
This is a high-performance microinverter based on the unique, software-defined architecture from the company and features built-in support for Rapid Shutdown. These microinverters are designed to be long-lived energy assets and do not contain complicated moving parts or easily breakable components, such as fans, and are backed by a 25-year warranty.
While explaining about the company's products, Dave Ranhoff, chief commercial officer at Enphase Energy, said that "before Enphase releases a new product, we subject our microinverters to intense quality testing to ensure they are durable enough to survive extreme climate conditions, and it's great to see ProSolar and its customers benefiting from this practice."
Recently, the company has also forayed into Poland via a distribution partnership with SmartX, a solar microinverters distributor in Poland. Its move of entering into Poland is significant as currently, the country has one of the top 5 solar markets in Europe, with an estimated installed capacity of over 1 GW.
Tags: Enphase Energy, International, ProSolar Systems, solar microinverters, Solar Plant


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Q: Is there a way to capture packets of one specific Android App I need a way to capture packets of a specific android app and want to save it as a pcap file. I've used Shark for root but can't target a specific app.
I've tried using AFWall+ to block all traffic except the one of my specific app but i did get packets from different Apps. (So it probably captures tries.) Should this work and i'm doing something wrong?
The App Packet Capture can resolve Packets to Apps but has no option to save it as pcap.
Any Ideas?
Thanks a lot

A: Use the open android pcap library by the Wireless Kismet. Since it is open you are able to customise it in ways you want.


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Japan's Exports Sink in March
4/20/2020 | 6:13 AM CDT
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's exports sank 11.7% in March as the coronavirus pandemic slammed auto shipments to the U.S. and China, generally its two biggest markets.
The Finance Ministry said Monday that exports to the U.S. fell 16.5% in March from a year earlier, while those to China declined 8.7%.
Trade has stalled recently due to travel restrictions and shutdowns aimed at curbing the outbreak of the coronavirus. The outlook is grim, with the International Monetary Fund forecasting the world economy is heading into its worst slowdown since the 1930s' Great Depression.
Japan's overall imports in March also suffered, sinking 5.0%, according to the provisional figures that aren't seasonally adjusted.
The economy of China, Japan's major trading partner, is undergoing its worst contraction, at least since the 1960s, according to Beijing.
Yoshimasa Maruyama, chief economist for SMBC Nikko Securities, lowered his projections for the Japanese economy, saying he expects it contracted at a 21% annual pace in the first quarter.
An earlier forecast called for a 14% contraction. But a government stay-at-home request issued earlier this month has decimated consumer spending, Maruyama said in a report Monday.
The government has requested a stop to non-essential travel and urged many businesses to close nationwide in an effort to stem the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Deaths from the coronavirus total about 250 people in Japan, according to Johns Hopkins University. But cases have been surging lately, mostly in Tokyo and other urban areas.
The sickness is critical in a minority of the cases, but people can also be infected for days until symptoms appear, or have no symptoms at all. That has contributed to people unwittingly spreading the virus, for which there is not yet any vaccine or cure.


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namespace Cupon\TiendaBundle\Controller;

use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;

class DefaultController extends Controller {

    public function indexAction($name) {
        return $this->render('TiendaBundle:Default:index.html.twig', array('name' => $name));
    }

    public function portadaAction($ciudad, $tienda) {
        $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();

        $ciudad = $em->getRepository('CiudadBundle:Ciudad')->findOneBySlug($ciudad);

        $tienda = $em->getRepository('TiendaBundle:Tienda')->findOneBy(array(
            'slug' => $tienda,
            'ciudad' => $ciudad->getId()
        ));

        if (!$tienda) {
            throw $this->createNotFoundException('No existe esta tienda');
        }

        $ofertas = $em->getRepository('TiendaBundle:Tienda')->findUltimasOfertasPublicadas(
                $tienda->getId()
            );

        $cercanas = $em->getRepository('TiendaBundle:Tienda')->findCercanas(
                $tienda->getSlug(),
                $tienda->getCiudad()->getSlug()
            );

        $formato = $this->getRequest()->getRequestFormat();

        return $this->render('TiendaBundle:Default:portada.'.$formato.'.twig', array(
            'tienda' => $tienda,
            'ofertas' => $ofertas,
            'cercanas' => $cercanas
        ));
    }

}

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Home News E.ON Signs Terra Carta Initiated by HRH The Prince of Wales
E.ON Signs Terra Carta Initiated by HRH The Prince of Wales
The E.ON Board has decided to sign the Terra Carta, which was unveiled during the One Planet Summit in Paris. It was initiated by HRH The Prince of Wales. He is calling on CEOs from around the world to engage and play their part in leading the global transition towards a sustainable future.
The Terra Carta, or Earth Charter, derives its name from the 800-year-old Magna Carta in England that first enshrined basic individual rights and opened the route towards democracy. The Terra Carta seeks to protect the world's natural resources and accelerate the transition to a greener future. It contains nearly 100 actions that businesses can take, including a commitment to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 or sooner and protecting natural ecosystems. One of the initiatives arising out of the charter is a private sector alliance that aims to invest 10$ billion in 'natural capital'.
In the Terra Carta's statement of intent, the voluntary commitments include supporting international agreements on the climate, biodiversity and desertification, and make investment and financial flows consistent with a future of low greenhouse gas emissions.
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Leonhard Birnbaum, Member of the E.ON Board of Directors said "We take pride in supporting the Sustainable Market Initiative of the Terra Carta. We share the vision around the need to accelerate global progress towards a sustainable future. We are deeply convinced that we need to put Nature, People and Planet at the heart of future global value creation."
E.ON sees itself as a frontrunner towards sustainable development. Fighting climate change is at the heart of this belief. E.ON fully supports the EU's climate targets and the commitment to the Paris Agreement, aiming to be carbon-neutral itself until 2040. Together with around 150 other companies, E.ON called on the European heads of state and government in September 2020 to reduce national greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030.
E.ON is fully aligned with the new energy world and has completely restructured its activities accordingly over the last five years. E.ON today enables decarbonization, decentralization and digitalization of energy supply. The company's power grids are essential for the energy transition. By connecting renewable energies to the its networks, E.ON is contributing to avoid about 100 million tons of CO2. With its business unit for innovative customer solutions, E.ON enables its customers to consume less energy, be more energy efficient and achieve their own climate targets. Recently, E.ON has been included in the 'A List' of the not-for profit organization CDP for transparency and performance in climate protection. E.ON was recognized for its measures to reduce emissions, limit climate risks and develop a low-carbon economy.
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