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There is no cipher: Esmé Boyce's "Title Comes Last"
Preface: I have been reviewing Esmé Boyce's dance and choreography for years, and before that I've even collaborated with her. For the past two years, however, we have both taken slight detours out of New York to travel and get Master's degrees. Hers was an MFA at the University of Wisconsin, and it is almost over now. She made a return to the NYC stage this spring with a showcasing at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, which included her own thesis, two other pieces by Nancy Meehan (a creative predecessor) and Catherine Tharin (a creative contemporary), and finally a Q&A with the audience.
Before the lights dimmed, Esmé ran out onto the stage. She spoke a few words about the program and the creative background for the pieces we were about to see. I can't remember every detail, but I can remember a few qualitative descriptions such as "deer jumping in front of headlights," "spying on a person in a window," "glints of gold," "dance beyond words," and "the idea of using the body for spatial massing." To tell you the truth, I am certain that those are not the exact words, but I use quotation marks anyhow because Esmé had planted those seeds in my head.
Photo credit Julie Lemberger
Photo credit Jessie Levey.
Surely enough, those seeds germinated during the performance of Title Comes Last. It is a continuous, roughly 20-minute quintet, transitioning smoothly between several parts, much like her previous pieces. Each dancer underwent one costume change: from a furry pillowcase covering only the torso to a thin full-length nightgown and colorful wristbands. Three cartoony fragments of a room (a fireplace, a window, and a mirror) made up the set, and the music (composed by Cody Boyce and Eleanor Hovda) buzzed and droned throughout, with a few moments of precise silence. The dancers utilized the whole stage, moving into the space behind the set pieces, or crawling slowly on and off stage (i.e. under the bleacher seats where the audience was).
Photo credit Jessie Levey
Esmé's choreography has always reminded me of newborn animals learning how to walk. One can easily pick out repeating moves and motifs, the most memorable of which are intentionally abrupt and awkward for a human to perform. They're not exactly inhuman – but watching the dancers in that moment makes them seem like trained professionals and androids and aliens all at once. One signature move in Title Comes Last goes like this: all of the limbs straighten down to the tips of the digits and spread to just beyond shoulder width, then two arms and one leg flap twice in quick succession like a bird that's falling asleep and experiencing hypnic jerks (Esmé would explain during the Q&A that her choreographic antennae are always active, receiving inspiration from any possible source. To wit: this move was inspired by the jerky movements of her pet cat).
What was new this time, though, was a unabashed playfulness. Dancers often looked each other in the eyes and smiled. A few small sections were reminiscent of games we all used to play in our childhood, like Red Light Green Light, or when we would dance along to Billboard Top 40 music videos. The combination of the alien, the animal, and the toddler brought to mind The Blue Man group.
Meanwhile, the three set pieces pulled my mind to some obscure Upper West Side studio overlooking the Hudson River, the sun going down over it. I thought of many unproductive late afternoons that I had spent lying on my back, staring up at the ceiling, watching the dust dance around. I wondered what my own clothes did in the house while I wasn't wearing them. I recalled when, as a kindergartner, my friends and I would build stages out of chairs and books and reenact famous movie scenes for each other – and how, in grade school, those shows had been replaced with contentious games of Red Light Green Light on city sidewalks. All of this – the cosmic, the physical, the metaphysical, the natural – is contained in the movements which Esmé has ultimately pulled out of the world.
The performances were immediately followed by an informal on-stage Q&A with Esmé and Catherine Tharin. There was maturity in that unguardedness. Perhaps it was simply necessitated by the fact that this was a thesis developed in graduate school, but it's amazing how a change of setting can transform one's perspective and willingness to change up the format. I had personally always fantasized about breaking the fourth wall with all sorts of choreographed dancer-audience interactions during a performance, but those are always risky. Here, a simple conversation opened the work up even further, by explicitly making interpretation and audience dialogue an active part of the creative process.
Another seed germinated. It was "dance beyond words." Once, many years ago, I gathered the courage to tell Esmé that she needed a writer. At the time, her dances had always seemed too abstract. Watching them was a constant brain exercise. What cipher would unlock the hidden patterns? I struggled to find out "what was the artist trying to say," as the adage goes. Instead of effortless stimulation (which is what I thought was the ideal way to experience art), I felt like I was rubbing my eyes, waiting for those electric green shapes to appear on the inside of my eyelids. Why not just give a hint of a story, a place or a person, something more real for the audience to grasp onto?
After the Q&A, we went for food at Gotham Market, and my friend Cat told me about how she had started hiking again, and that staring at nature is scientifically proven to be a healthy kind of stimulation for the brain: not singular like a screen, nor chaotic like a crowd. Healthy stimulation is the difference between constructive and non-constructive observation, and it's why staring at nature is so good for us. Esmé's dances, I realized, are like that. They are like fields, or clouds: very homogeneous at first glance, but intricate under closer observation. Most importantly, however, there is no cipher, no deep structures to unlock. They don't demand one interpretation over another – they assure you that all interpretations are OK.
Six things I learned that night:
Trust your intuition.
Establish a structure and stick to it.
Everything is fair game for inspiration.
Reference without quotes; homage without naming.
Bodies can "mass space," bodies can make architecture.
Abstraction is not a dead-end street, it is a balancing act.
Oddly enough, at the end of all this, words and figuration played an integral part in Title Comes Last by design. It may have come naturally because the academic environment broadened Esmé's perspective (education is good, folks). But the results were greater than any dance piece could achieve on its own. If she was ever tentative about using them as creative tools, she can rest assured that words and figuration do not detract from the power of abstraction. On the contrary, they can all blossom in coexistence.
Title Comes Last Q&A. Esme Boyce(L) and Catherine Tharin(R)
Author the.vonz.himanenPosted on March 23, 2019 March 23, 2019 Categories danceTags Abstraction, catherine tharin, esme boyce, Figuration, nancy meehanLeave a comment on There is no cipher: Esmé Boyce's "Title Comes Last"
Figuration to Abstraction, our evolution out of language
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It seems one of the primary artistic trends of the 20th century (with spillover, maybe the last two centuries) was the increased acceptance of sketches and raw, undeveloped ideas as legitimate "works of art" ripe for an audience. The beginning of the last millennium would not have indicated this, though– the market and prevailing aesthetic became awfully formalized and refined, to clientele richer and to art with corresponding burdens of grandeur. Art was occupied with things entirely other than presenting an idea. Most of it was advertisement and record-keeping for posterity. Here we have some Medicis, history's greatest accountants.
Cosimo II, patron of Galileo.
Lorenzo (the Magnificent), famous patron of the Arts.
Medici Chapel in Florence. The two best-known tombs, seen on the left and right, are those of Lorenzo's kid and grandkid. Memory in space.
A large portion of art was also used by the church to convey extant episodes of morality and ethics in the grand story of Christ et al. There seemed to be stricter rules, or at least expectations, in place about the conception and reception of artwork. Slowly that formality has eroded and now an artist can display almost anything, and almost nothing– a single line, an empty frame, a person standing still– to an audience, giving the latter more interpretive work to do.
Or so you'd think. Because instead of compensating for new forms by expanding its visual vocabulary, the audience has duly complied with the artists' lead and become lazy at its end. Nowadays, the simpler a piece looks to the average gaze, the more likely it is to need explanation– and hence, justification. It's obvious that if an artwork needs excessive analysis and explanation by experts on behalf of the masses, then you have a problem.
Perhaps this all conceals another truth: that what we call art has in fact changed its scope of services to society entirely in the past millennium. Before, it served even the poorest churchgoer, with strong, understandable language of form as its base, and practicality and relevance as its engine for communication. Since then, the art world has dwindled to serve, and with decisively less practicality, the intellectual accumulation of a select few.* In a way, though, this has given painters and sculptors the freedom and the license to conceive of almost anything, trying always to break that next ceiling in the endless skyscraper of taboo. The first steps of that: adoration of the sketch, and the slow and ultimately successful creep towards accepting things in a raw and newborn state. Here is a rough visual timeline, from the 1850s on:
1850s, Courbet….
1850s, Powers….
1860s, Carpeaux….
1860s, Manet….
1870s, Rodin….
1870s, Monet….
1880s, Sargent….
1890s, Toulouse-Lautrec….
1910s, Modigliani….
1910s, Heckel….
1920s, Hausmann….
1920s, Matisse….
1930s, The Futurists….
1940s, Giacometti….
1950s, Moore….
1960s, Warhol….
1970s, Noguchi….
1970s, Twombly….
1980s, Dumas….
You could read many things from this trend, such as the effects of war on mankind. But I am presenting these simply as visuals, as images experienced here and now.
Yarn II:
With rawness now accepted pretty much as a style, it has begun translating into our daily lives. The artist's sketch does two things for us: 1) it evokes those emotional responses that art is so good at doing, and better that something overly worked-on (and potentially heavy-handed) and 2) inspires us to say "my kid could paint that. Heck, I could paint that!" Steadily, it seems technology has given us just that ability. We are now given the option of entering a constant stream of auto-biography, with every next piece of technology promising things delivered in "real-time." Compared to earlier when I had to wait months to get a book published, I can now type a little and click a little and have my book online and available to anyone within one night. With Twitter, I'm not even confined to my laptop anymore. There is increasing legitimacy given to the most mundane musings. Check out Conan's Twitter feed.
Now before I make my next statement, picture language (that is: English etc.) abstractly, as nothing more than a tool or mechanism for communicating ideas. Like smartphones, it is a brilliant thing. But also like smartphones, it is imperfect. There are some ideas that the English vocabulary somehow cannot grasp, and on top of that, think of how laborious it is: before the person across from you understands your thought, you have to figure out what to communicate, communicate it, then they have to receive that sound (pretend you are just talking with no visuals– on the phone, for example) and process it themselves. On average this transaction takes roughly 2-5 seconds. Quite inefficient, isn't it? Why that second processing phase? And isn't there a way to actually make communication real-time? That is, I don't have to find equivalents in the realm of words and gestures to convey my thought– I can literally put that thought in an interlocutor's head.
Well, herein I make my prediction (which is extrapolated to occur sometime in the 100th millennium (100,000 AD): imagine moment in our evolution when we reach some level when we are able to communicate our thoughts to each other purely and instantaneously. In a way, it won't be communication at all, because communication implies that primitive slog of processing and gesturing and so on. It will be more like us floating in an ether: an ether that receives a thought from one person in it and which would instantly be understood by everyone else in the soup. To get a feel for it, try thinking of something, then communicating it to yourself. You see, the need for communication is gone, because you had that thought in your mind already. It is maybe very similar to Nirvana. This, I envision, is going to be a huge step in the evolution of man. But that's obvious, because you must have already concluded that. (Case in point?)
*Evidence: those de Koonings at MoMA (hanging for the benefit of the public). The reason they are up there is not because the public immediately got their underlying message 50 years ago, but because some highly reputable individuals did, and explained it to us, upon hearing which we collectively uttered "Ooooooooh…"
Furthermore, their intimacy is leagues separated from shock art featuring Jesus and heads of state, and encroaching on that feels completely at odds with their white-box homes. These paintings might belong in the studio.
:this, not this:
Though its schism from the church was a good thing in my opinion, there is one thing from that time that is missed in fine art: its ability to communicate powerful messages, cheaply and quickly, to and for the benefit of many. I guess film & television now hold those reigns.
Author the.vonz.himanenPosted on February 24, 2012 January 27, 2018 Categories Art, LanguageTags Abstraction, de Kooning, Figuration, MediciLeave a comment on Figuration to Abstraction, our evolution out of language


BIMM Berlin is celebrating its third birthday, which means our very first class of students have finished their studies with us – many with flying colours! One student ready to celebrate is Tolga Oygen, whose hard work earned him a First-class degree – the best result possible – in his BA (Hons) Creative Musicianship (Vocals). Having already established an online vocal course, Tolga aims to combine his two loves – singing and teaching – to become a professional vocal coach and open his own singing school. We congratulated Tolga on his great success and chatted with him about his experience at BIMM.
It felt great! I was really surprised, as I didn't expect to have achieved this result, so I had to re-read the email a few times until I realised I actually had.
I've been busy preparing an online vocal course for my social media followers. After a very long planning and production phase and a successful testing period, I'm so excited to have finally launched it on 30th September. I'll also continue to offer private vocal coaching, both offline and online. I love teaching and this was the main reason I studied at BIMM, as I wanted to teach singing on a professional level.
My long-term goal is helping as many people as possible to discover their singing potential. This is what excites me and drives me to further improve my singing and teaching skills every day. I want to focus more on intermediate and professional singers as well – to help them really get their singing to the next level. I'll also run more courses on topics like songwriting and singing harmonies, in conjunction with other musicians. My ultimate goal is to open a singing school in Germany with a platform for singers to meet other musicians, and industry people too.
I had to write songs, study music theory, perform on stage and work on various music projects to progress in the course. I think what stood out was seeing that anyone can make it in the industry if they're willing to put the work in and show up regularly – not only at college but also at the venues where you meet people and perform.
Know or find out as quickly as possible exactly what you want to achieve in your music career. Then use your studies to help you reach your goals. This also helps you decide what course modules to choose in years two and three. I met so many people, made new friends and had a great time at BIMM.


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Марија Петрушка је некадашњи манастир посвећен светој Марији Благој или Огњеној Марији, који се налазио испод тврђаве Петрус, код села Забреге, недалеко од Параћина. Био је подигнут на заравњеном делу литице у кањону Црнице, а данас се на том месту налазе рушевине цркве у Моравском стилу (триконхоналне основе) и две грађевине, са по пет просторија. Марија Петрушка је настала у другој деценији XV века, а запустела је или непосредно после пропасти средњовековне Србије 1459. године или 1516. године.

Остаци манастира Марије Петрушке се данас налазе под заштитом Републике Србије, као споменик културе од великог значаја, у склопу заштићене споменичке целине Петрушка област.

Марија Петрушка

Манастир је подигнут у другој деценији XV века, на тешко приступачној литици, испод Малог Града тврђаве Петрус. Ово утврђење је било средиште пограничне жупе Српске деспотовине према Османлијама и страдало је 1413. године у налету Бајазитовог сина Мусе. То би могло да објасни неприступачност Марије Петрушке, подигнуте у то доба, пошто је малом платоу на коме је манастир направљен могуће прићи само са југозападне стране, пратећи узводно ток реке Црнице.

Манастирска црква је направљена од облутака вађених из реке и ломљеног камења, уз местимичну употребу сиге. Имала је основу триконхоса, са бочним певницама и ђакониконом и проскомидијом, смештеним у наставку бочних апсида. Над њом се уздизало кубе које није сачувано, а имала је и нартекс, који је био знатно шири од ње. Зидови цркве су очувани највише до висине од 4,12 -{m}- и били су споља омалтерисани. Са унутрашње стране су били живописани, али остаци фресака данас нису сачувани. Део фресака је опстао у лунети изнад улаза, али је уклоњен током '60 година XX века.

Западно од рушевина манастирске цркве, налазе се остаци две грађевине. Направљене су, од ломљеног камена, уз саму литицу, а имале су горњи спрат, пошто се у њиховим остацима уочавају удубљења у којима су се налазиле дрвене греде.

Види још
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 Параћин

Референце

Литература

Спољашње везе

Манастири Епархије крушевачке
Рушевине средњовековних манастира у Србији
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Споменици културе у Поморавском округу
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On February 17, the Dutch Nederland 2 TV station broadcast an interview with Dutch Turkish youth conducted by volunteer youth worker Mehmet Sahin. In the broadcast the youngsters expressed their admiration for Hitler and his role in the murder of Jews during the Holocaust.
For more than a week there was hardly any reaction in the Dutch media. Nine days later one columnist, Elma Drayer, published an article in the daily Trouw in which she wrote how scandalous this silence was. She remarked that if Dutch youngsters had said on television that it would have been good if all Muslims, including babies, were slaughtered, there would have been stormy debates and demonstrations about how horrible these statements were.
Drayer concluded that Jew-hatred in the Netherlands has reached the level where it had been before the Holocaust.
From this perception they rationalized the reasons for the persecution of the Jews.
CIDI also noted that anti-Semitic views among both non-Western and Dutch youths were far more widespread than had been assumed in the past.
This was a conclusion that could have been drawn much earlier. The extensive anti-Semitism among Muslim youth was already known many years ago.
It is not clear to what extent public praise of Hitler and the Holocaust are criminal offenses in the Netherlands. In the meantime, officials are investigating whether to prosecute the youngsters.
CIDI has decided not to put in a complaint with the police in order not to hinder the work of the youth worker. This is probably a mistake. The television program with the Turkish youths is only the tip of the iceberg.
Due to its flawed immigration policies (which it shares with many other European countries), the Netherlands has witnessed the indiscriminate arrival of one million Muslim immigrants. They often come from countries where anti-Semitism is rife and incitement against Israel and Jews is common in many segments of society, including among the elite.
There are three evident conclusions regarding anti-Semitism among Muslims in the Netherlands.
The first is that anti-Semitism among Muslim immigrants and their progeny is much more widespread than it is among the native-born Dutch population.
The second is that violent anti-Semitic incidents perpetrated by Muslims are often more severe than those perpetrated by native Dutch.
Third, Muslim leaders and organizations usually remain silent about such incidents. This silence gives the impression of at least passive agreement.
There are exceptions to this in the Muslim community, but they are relatively few and far between.
The issue took on a new dimension when the Simon Wiesenthal Center sent a letter to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, copies of which were sent to members of Parliament. The SWC called on the Dutch prime minister to undertake a comprehensive study of anti-Semitism in Dutch society in order to initiate effective measures to combat these prejudices.
The Netherlands' largest paper, the Telegraaf, made this a front page story on March 9. Some other national papers also mentioned the letter.
In the interim, Sahin and his family had gone into hiding due to death threats he'd received via e-mail and social media. He has also been called names on the streets of his neighborhood. The chairman of a mosque whitewashed the youths, claiming on a Turkish news site that they had become victims of provocation.
Many fallacies are propagated in an effort to downplay or ignore Muslim anti-Semitism. One such fallacy is the notion that the Turkish youths interviewed on the TV program are "street youth." When writing and speaking about Muslim anti-Semitism, the media try to create the impression that it is mainly a phenomenon found among troubled and lower class young people.
This is just not true. Holocaust denial and rabid anti-Semitism can also be found among Dutch Muslims across the economic and cultural spectrum – including among university students.


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Congo finds 10 more mass graves in conflict-ridden Kasai region
Congolese authorities have identified 10 more mass graves in a region where the military and militia fighters accuse each other of summary executions and burials. The 10 new graves announced by the military on Monday bring to 52 the total number of such sites found in the Kasai region since the start of an insurrection last August by the Kamuina Nsapu militia which wants the withdrawal of military forces from the area.
Polio eradication gets financial boost but suffers setbacks in Syria and Congo
It is not quite time to declare it the 'best of times and worst of times' for the global effort to eradicate polio, but two new outbreaks of the infectious disease definitely puts a damper on the celebration regarding renewed international financial commitments.
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Human rights deteriorating as authoritarianism rises in Eastern Africa, report says
Conflict in the Horn of Africa and Great Lakes Region, along with increasingly authoritarian behavior by governments, has caused a rapid decline in human rights in countries across the region, a new report says. While authoritarianism appears on the rise in parts of the Western world as well, Amnesty International says this trend in Eastern Africa is particularly worrying.
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Fred Bauma: On the front lines of Congo's fight for democracy
For today's Humanosphere podcast, we're talking with a heroic young man from the Democratic Republic of Congo – Fred Bauma. We don't use the word heroic at Humanosphere too often. Not that we don't regularly write about humanitarians who do important and self-sacrificing work aimed at helping those most in need. But the label 'hero' seems especially appropriate when applied to Bauma, a soft-spoken 26-year-old who some have dubbed Congo's Mahatma Gandhi.
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Song Review: ILY:1 – Love In Bloom
Posted on April 4, 2022 by Nick 10 Comments
The pool for K-pop idol group names has been so emptied that agencies are simply grafting random letters, numbers and symbols together. I'm going to quote ILY:1's fandom page because I'm kind of obsessed with how much this reads as parody:
"Their name is a combination of the word "I" and suffix "-ly," while the "1" represents each member's unique charm coming together as one. Additionally, "ILY" is an acronym for "I Love You", representing the group's love to the fans who support them." (source)
When an industry becomes this easy to parody, we're in trouble. But, I'm not going to hold ILY:1's silly name against them. It's not like the girls got to choose. As oversaturated as the K-pop market has become, new voices are always welcome. And although debut single Love In Bloom (사랑아 피어라) doesn't offer anything new, it's a solid take on the trop-pop genre.
I tend to complain about trends while they're in full swing but appreciate them a few years later. If you followed The Bias List throughout 2017, you suffered through me raging against "tropical synth squiggles" for months on end. But looking back, that popular trend resulted in some great pop tracks. In 2022, the approach feels almost novel, giving ILY:1 a robust template to work with. I appreciate the full sound of Love In Bloom and its emphasis on vocal melody. So far, nothing about the group emerges as particularly notable, but the track bops along without reprieve. In this way, its straightforward sound is refreshing. Bring some stronger hooks next time and we could be in for a real treat.
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mymagoogle says:
I also had to look up how we should pronounce ILY1. It looks like ILL-ee-one, and hey wow I was right 아일리원. Also today I have learned that Onewe is 원위 in hangul, which also makes sense. 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUnF-iAu3i0
Oh right, this song. Is this their debut? As we say in the south, bless their hearts. Nope, unlike Nick, I am not fondly missing the tropical trend. I enjoy a small sampling of songs from then, but I am done.
Statickaa says:
One of my GP999 favs, Ara (fka Yunji), is in this group so I'm supporting them overall. But this song doesn't do much for me.
blueraspberrysyrup says:
Some of my GP999 favorites are in this group too and I'm so glad their finally debuting!
*they're
A. CHEN says:
Hey Nick, you might really enjoy their B-side Azalea – it's very reminiscent of early GFRIEND to me and honestly the direction I hope ILY:1 takes in the future.
Kyoko says:
It really does have an early Gfriend vibe!! There were so many parts where it reminded me of Rough! Azalea has a very jpop like flavor to it and I really liked it! I felt their rapping shone in the title track while here their vocal parts shone!
eijidoesthings says:
i thought you weren't gonna review this, but looks like you did
anyway, im glad this song wasn't as generic as i thought it would, but i wish the chorus was more than it is
7.75 for me
Xenoterran says:
I'm enjoying this song way more than I thought I would. It progresses wonderfully with the way the energy ramps up throughout the song. One of the metrics that reveals if I like a song is when it ends and I ask myself, "Huh, it's over already?" That tells me that I was enjoying myself (liked the music/singing), that there wasn't anything jarring (like sudden shifts in completely different directions), that I stayed interested (not lapsing off into other thoughts), and, ultimately, that I wanted more.
Overall, I give it 4 "Likey"s out of 5.
Wow, this song is like Gfriend mixed with Izone. While it didn't blow me away,
it does sound very fresh and energetic. Really glad to see a new group going for a brighter, more elegant concept.
Listening to this right after listening to big bang really shows how much kpop has changed.
I really don't have much hope for the group. They're vocals are so high pitched and cute sounding. I don't find it appealing when most members in a group sing this way.
The rapper was cool though, and the dance break was a nice treat. I think the video does a good job supporting the song. It also feels really vibrant, even for kpop,


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Kia Will Invest $3 Billion Dollars in Mexico
The Korean automaker Kia announced an investment of $3 billion dollars in a plant located in the state of Nuevo Leon. The geographic position of Mexico, as neighbor to the U.S., the largest consumer in the world, as well as the structural economic reforms, were cited as reasons for the investment, which will create 3,000 new direct jobs, and an estimated 7,000 supplier jobs. Mr. Soon Nam Lee, the vice-president of Kia Motors, stated that the production which will begin in 2016 and will be at full capacity by 2018, with production being allocated 60% to North America, 20% to South America and the remaining 20% to Mexico. Kia is already a player in the Mexican market and currently has plants located in Korea, United States and Slovakia. In Mexico, 21 dealer distributors operate in 10 cities across the country. Such dealerships will sell the Sportage, Sorento and Forte models beginning in July 2015. The Optima model, which successfully debuted at the New York Auto Show, will arrive in November. The company hopes to reach a 5% share of the Mexican market. Kia is confident this project will be a success, with Mexico being a partner with the United States and Canada in NAFTA, as well as a party to numerous trade agreements with countries in South America, the Pacific Rim and the European Union. The Kia executive, Soon Nam Lee, told NOTIMEX that investing in Mexico is a good business deal, as evidenced by the major global automotive companies that have established themselves in Mexico, which has made the automotive sector in Mexico: "one of the most dynamic and an important generator of employment and trade for the country."
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I cannot be the only person who read, with something of a sinking heart, the undeniably likable letter defending her mother that 18-year-old Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld published last month in The New York Post.
Her mother, for anyone who has sworn off media for all these weeks of coverage, is Amy Chua, the author of "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," a hair-raising child-rearing memoir that has struck fury, envy or doubt in the hearts of tens of thousands of parents across the country — a high percentage of whom have been moved to express their precise reactions in blog posts and articles and essays and online comments since an excerpt of the book first appeared in The Wall Street Journal in early January.
So many parenting memoirs capture the various ways the authors' children have taken them to hell and back. Refreshingly, and perhaps uniquely, Chua instead catalogs the various ways she tortured her two young daughters, all in the name of Chinese tradition and the goal of reaching Carnegie Hall (or at least the Juilliard precollege program).
Once primarily known for her work as a professor at Yale Law School and for studies on empire and ethnicity, Chua now seems destined to go to her grave identified as the Tiger Mother, a woman whose memoir sarcastically savages a host of American values, all the while relying on that quintessentially American format, the family tell-all.
Many an indulgent, progressive parent would be likely to pause and reflect on the philosophy (as opposed to the execution of it) that Chua reiterates in various ways — that Chinese parents "assume strength, not fragility" in their children, and therefore demand more of them, setting higher standards, assuming they can handle more pressure in the name of high performance, or at least good behavior. In this regard, Chua is like some high-steroid version of Wendy Mogel, who wrote "The Blessing of a Skinned Knee," a very different book that struck a chord by advocating that parents indulge less, and expect more.
If Mogel worried ultimately about children's well-being, Chua, predictably, touches on anxieties that take the stakes much higher, playing on fears on a global scale: "I'm telling you this country is going to go straight downhill!" she quotes herself telling her daughters, with a rare bit of italics in case anyone missed the bigger point. She brings to that comment all the authority of a law professor who has made a specialty of writing on the decline of superpowers.
Having read the Wall Street Journal excerpt, and decided, like everyone else, that Chua was intimidating, impressive and Must Be Stopped, I sincerely hoped the book would be a bore, full of niggly detail about rehearsals, competitions and her ancestral origins. Sadly, I must inform you that "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" is entertaining, bracingly honest and, yes, thought-provoking. Many parents who revile Chua's conduct are probably, nonetheless, seriously considering Suzuki for the first time.
The rare times Chua attempts to write about anything other than her extreme parenting, however, her digressions fail to impress. Even an effort to analyze Debussy's affection for the Indonesian instrument the gamelan turns into an excuse — however convoluted — for her to assure us that her husband dated no Asian women before her.
More than Chua's televised qualifiers, more than Chua-Rubenfeld's published letter, the essay makes one thing clear: Whatever Amy Chua stole from that daughter's childhood, she somehow left her soul intact.
Illustrated. 237 pp. The Penguin Press. $25.95.
Susan Dominus is a staff writer for The Times Magazine.


The holidays are fast approaching and we know there are some people on that gift list that you just don't know what to buy for. Whether it's a neighbor, coworker, boss, or other community friends, you find yourself struggling to find a gift. In those situations, I think the perfect gift is a floral arrangement!


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2016 Ohio State Buckeyes Season Win Total Prediction
Written by Joe Solari on August 10, 2016
NCAA Football Betting News
This year, it's all about J.T. Barrett and no else in fighting for the starting quarterback position, as the Ohio State Buckeyes look to get back to the top of the Big Ten Conference after blowing up their tires at the final stretch of the 2015 season. But with Michigan looking stronger than ever under Michigan cult hero Jim Harbaugh and the Spartans always capable of giving the Trojan Horse experience in the title race under Coach Mark Dantonio, Urban legend Meyer and his boys will definitely have their work cut out for them in the Big Ten. But that's what why college football remains ever so interesting, right? Anyway, may the best team (and coach) win when all is said and done. In the meantime, let's prepare for the new season with the following college football lines analysis on OU's season win totals in 2016.
Here's a Closer Look at the 2016 Ohio State Buckeyes Season Win Total Prediction
Much as I expect a good season from J.T. Barrett, the 2014 Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year and easily the most-experienced (and best) returning quarterback in the Big Ten this year, I would advise cautious optimism when handicapping the Buckeyes this season. Yes, the offense and defense is littered with several four and five star recruits, but this team is returning with the fewest starters in the entire nation at just six. This essentially means that Ohio State will have a roster that is predominantly filled with young and inexperienced players; something that is bound to make Meyer's job very difficult as he hopes to match up to the heavily experienced teams like Michigan (within the conference) and Oklahoma (outside the conference).
Schedule Analysis
Speaking of Oklahoma, that's the team the Bucks will open the season against, and with some of the best returning talent in the nation belonging to the Sooners team (see QB Baker Mayfield and RB Samanje Perine), I wouldn't be surprised if the Bucks open their season with a loss. From their on, it will be fairly manageable for the Buckeyes until they take on the Big Ten duo of Michigan and Michigan State. On any other given season, I'd have predicted a sweep of these two teams, but with Harbaugh doing big things in Michigan (especially in the defense) and the Spartans being the Spartans, I foresee a split here, with the game against Michigan State being the most likely one to be won by Ohio State.
My Final Remarks and Betting Prediction
It's a rebuilding year in Ohio State, but we all know what Meyer can do even with averagely talented players. To imagine that the Bucks won't be playing well now that the team has an excellent QB, a solid offensive line and high-expectancy recruits is therefore unfathomable. So, while I don't see them playing well enough (or winning enough games) to impress the college football playoff committee, I am almost certain that Buckeyes will take advantage of their soft schedule to hit the 10-win mark, of course tallying one or two losses in the process, as well. Recommended Ohio State Season Total Bet: OVER 9.5 Wins
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How to watch Panthers vs. Seahawks.
The NFC's representative in last year's Super Bowl are trying to save their season as the Carolina Panthers travel to the West Coast to take on the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday Night Football.
Carolina has a 4–7 record, and has lost each of their last four losses by three points each, including a 35–32 loss to the Oakland Raiders.
The Seahawks failed to score a touchdown for the third time this season in a 14–5 road loss last week to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Seattle has a comfortable three game lead over the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC West.
These two teams have met in the last two postseasons. Seattle came out on top in January 2015, while Carolina prevailed in January 2016.
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BR-Brush 'Type 4' 47077 (D1661, 47613, 47840) 'NORTH STAR' is pictured arriving at Pickering Station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway after working the 'MOORLANDER' Pullman service from Grosmont on Thursday 21st July 2022. Photo by Martin Fisher © CC BY-NC 3.0
Current Status: Operational – on hire to the NYMR
D1661 "NORTH STAR" (also known as 47 077, 47 613 and 47 840) was built by BR at Crewe Works in 1965 to a design that had been developed by Brush Traction, in conjunction with BR. The locomotive carries the distinction of being the last locomotive scheduled to haul a cross-country express service on the UK network on the 19th August 2002.
This "celebrity" locomotive was purchased by The D&EPG in 2007 for preservation and on leaving main line service, went first to Brush Traction at Loughborough for a light overhaul, a repaint into original two-tone green livery and for the reinstatement of dual braking. On Bank Holiday Monday 28th May 2007, the loco worked a final special charter train from Derby to Minehead. At about 14:30, D1661 rolled to a stand at Minehead, her mainline career now behind her and a new one beginning in the hands of The D&EPG on the West Somerset Railway.
From that date through to the end of 2018, D1661 regularly worked on the WSR and was a reliable performer.
The loco was withdrawn from service at the end of the 2018 season due to deterioration of the bodywork, in particular the roof, and has since been repaired and has been outshopped in BR blue, carrying her TOPS designation 47 077 and the familiar BR double-arrow logo and red-backed nameplates, replicating the livery that she carried when allocated to Cardiff Canton depot in the late 1970s. The loco is on hire to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway for the next two years and will be earning income for the DEPG whenever she is in use.
Engine: Sulzer 12LDA28C 12-cylinder twin-bank turbocharged and intercooled diesel
Transmission: 6 x Brush TM64-68 traction motors
Weight: 118 tons
Output: 2,580 hp at 800 rpm
BR Power Rating: Type 4
Speed: 95 mph
Fuel Capacity: 1,295 gallons (long-range tanks fitted in 1989)
Wheels: Co-Co
Tractive Effort: 60,000 lbs (maximum)
Manufacturer: BR Crewe
Built: 1965.
First allocated Depot: Swansea Landore (87E), 13th February 1965.
Depot upon withdrawal from service: Old Oak Common (GBRf), 1st May 2007.
BR Class: 47
Number Built: 512
Role: Mixed traffic
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Home / Featured / Saints legend and former England captain Dylan Hartley retires
Saints legend and former England captain Dylan Hartley retires
Posted on 7th November 2019 by admin in Featured, International Rugby, Test Rugby
After a long battle to overcome a serious knee injury, Dylan Hartley has called time on his playing career.
The England captain and Northampton Saints legend has been out of action since the autumn internationals last November and has been unable to add to his 97 Test caps.
"I am extremely proud of my journey, both with Saints and representing England, but now is the right time to hang up my playing boots," Hartley said.
"The last few months have been difficult mentally and physically as I've come to terms with the fact that I am no longer able to compete."
The Rugby Paper reported on Sunday that senior figures at Saints had held discussions with Hartley over concerns for his health.
And after 14 years at Franklin's Gardens, eight as captain, Hartley expressed his gratitude as a one-club man.
"I have loved my journey in rugby," Hartley added. "I came to England as a teenager hoping to get a few games of rugby and to see the world. I could have never predicted that one day I'd play 14 years for such a special club and go on to represent and captain England.
"Northampton Saints has been more than just a club to me. It has been a place that has provided me with direction, purpose, a sense of family, home and belonging; and ultimately a community that I was so proud to represent every time I got a chance to play for Northampton.
"My career wasn't perfect, but I wouldn't have had it any other way. I'm privileged to have experienced some amazing highs while there have also been some personal lows, all of which are powerful experiences that will stay with me forever. The final chapter of my career was supposed to go a different way, but that is the nature of professional sport."
Saints have been behind Hartley every step of the way in his rehabilitation, with director of rugby Chris Boyd commending the hooker for not giving in when others would have thrown the towel.
The Kiwi has alluded to Hartley's influence amongst the team's hookers as a possible gateway to staying with Saints in a non-playing capacity.
"He is working with the other hookers at the club. We have six of them and they have formed a secret society. He has been doing team training and is active in meetings," Boyd said.
Hartley's career saw him lift the Premiership trophy in 2014, as well as securing two Six Nations titles and victorious June Test series against Australia.
Fat lady singing means it's time to take off the playing boots and limp off into the real world 🌍 It's been a rollercoaster of a career, none of which I'd change as all the experiences have led to the man I am today 👣 Thank you to my wife @jojo_hartley_ family, friends, teammates, coaches for their support – all have invested time, energy and belief in me ❤ @officialnorthamptonsaints have been the constant throughout my career, I can't thank them enough for their unwavering support 😇 Supporters, fans, nauses, general rugby people, trolls. You've been great. I hope I made it interesting for you! 🤡 @englandrugby – thank you for giving a kid from Rotorua an opportunity to fulfil his dream. Never thought it would happen, so to play in the shirt for 1 game let alone 97 was an honour 🌹 Im truly excited (and nervous!) about what the future holds and can't wait to see where I go next. Thank you.
A post shared by Dylan Hartley (@dylanhartley) on Nov 7, 2019 at 4:03am PST
A legend. A leader. A Saint.
Today one of our all-time greats hangs up his boots.@DylanHartley, it's been a privilege 🙏🏼
#1808 😇
— Northampton Saints 😇 (@SaintsRugby) November 7, 2019
A tribute to former England captain @DylanHartley, who has announced his retirement from professional rugby.
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— England Rugby (@EnglandRugby) November 7, 2019
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namespace Societies.Core.Models.Common
{
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Text;
    using Contracts;

    public class RestaurantOrder : IRestaurantOrder
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Collection of foods.
        /// </summary>
        public ICollection<IFood> Foods { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Collection of beverages.
        /// </summary>
        public ICollection<IBeverage> Beverages { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Total order price.
        /// </summary>
        public decimal TotalOrderPrice
        {
            get
            {
                return this.Foods.Sum(f => f.TotalPrice) + this.Foods.Sum(b => b.TotalPrice);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Print information for eaten food and drinked beverages.
        /// </summary>
        public void Print()
        {
            this.PrintFood();
            this.PrintBeverages();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Print what kind of food is eaten.
        /// </summary>
        private void PrintFood()
        {
            var sb = new StringBuilder();

            foreach (var food in this.Foods)
            {
                sb.AppendLine($"Food type: {food.Type}");
                sb.AppendLine($"Portion size: {food.PortionSizeInGrams} gr");
                sb.AppendLine($"Price: ${food.TotalPrice}");
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        /// Print what kind of beverages is drinked.
        /// </summary>
        private void PrintBeverages()
        {
            var sb = new StringBuilder();

            foreach (var beverage in this.Beverages)
            {
                sb.AppendLine($"Food type: {beverage.Type}");
                sb.AppendLine($"Portion size: {beverage.PortionSizeInMilliliters} ml");
                sb.AppendLine($"Price: ${beverage.TotalPrice}");
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Home Business Retailing & Merchandising
Vessel Marijuana Dispensary Brings Nordic Minimalism in Portland
Vessel is flourishing in a state with declining sales, increased competition, and ever-changing laws.
Vessel, the Dutch-inspired dispensary in the northwest Slabtown district of Portland, has been ranked the best dispensary in Portland by the hip local newspaper, the Willamette Week, two years in a row. The paper noted, "Flanked by two glass-manufacturing companies, it resembles a spotless Nordic pharmacy and caters to people who know their pot and will make a trip for good seed or concentrates."
That's just what the owners wanted to hear after struggling to take Vessel from idea to reality. Their mission was to have the best organically grown flower in the state, harvested just outside Eugene, and have it served by the most compassionate and empathetic budtenders in town. With only three employees, two budtenders, and a manger, the shop is intimate. Nevertheless, it sees a whopping 100 patients a day. But business hasn't always been smooth sailing.
"We struggled a lot in the beginning trying to figure out what kind of shop we wanted to be, what prices we would offer, and what types of customers we wanted to attract," said manager Sara Kemple.
Kemple has worked in and around cannabis for years, cultivating, growing, and working in other shops, but she said managing Vessel has changed her life. The experience has taught her how to run a cannabis business properly and help customers in need. "We have helped people alleviate the symptoms of brain fogginess from coma, cancers, broken bones, anxiety, depression, sleep loss… You name it, and we have helped treat it," she said.
"Our big challenges have been the licensing, the competition, the laws, and testing requirements." – Sara Kemple, Manager
Stepping inside Vessel feels like entering an origami paper lamp. The minuscule space is moon-dust-white with a wall of elegant wood shelves. Twig-like glass pieces from the adjacent Elements glass studio are suspended from the ceiling at a series of vaulted angles. The owners wanted to give a sense of upscale affordability. "The design aesthetics were based off our owners' lifelong pursuit of glassblowing," said Kemple. "Vessel is a name used in the glassblowing industry. Also, the name describes the size and shape of the building." The shelves are stocked not only with organic flower, but also with a colorful smattering of hand-blown pipes, bongs, and twenty or so types of concentrates and edibles. The shop sells about ten strains of organic seeds from GI Grow and an equal number of organic clones from Taproots. But flower is king.
"Our best-selling item is our flower," Kemple said.
The tiny staff is well-trained and gets excellent reviews from Kemple: "They are extremely passionate and spread that love to our customers." This has been key to the shop's success, as the Oregon market has gone through myriad of compliance and legal issues in the past few years.
In October 2015 the state enacted "early start," a provisional measure allowing dispensaries to begin selling only flower to recreational customers 21 and older. Recreational sales were tax-free in the remaining months of 2015, but in 2016 the state began mandating the collection of taxes from recreational purchases. In June 2016, "early start" expanded to include concentrates, edibles, and topicals. In October 2016, the state began issuing licenses to recreational retailers and phasing out the "early start" program.
With the transition to a fully regulated recreational market, the state enacted more stringent testing requirements. Newly licensed retailers could purchase products only from similarly licensed vendors who were required to adhere to stricter product-testing protocols. Unfortunately, with an understaffed licensing apparatus, delays in licensing and testing resulted in product shortages, and the market suffered its first recession. All this, combined with declining sales and increased competition, makes Kemple's job a monthly puzzle.
"Our big challenges have been the licensing, the competition, the laws, and testing requirements," she said.
Leafly gave the shop a 4.6-star rating, noting the thirteen in-house strains at reasonable prices, friendly staff, and superior flower. WeedMaps called the combination of Clean-Green-Certified flower like 9 Pound Hammer and Sunset Sherbert, as well as flower from Wynberry Farms, Lucky Lion, and Sweet Life Distribution, a winning formula. Grams of outdoor, indoor, and greenhouse range from $8 to $16; the shop offers $20 eighths every day.
Kemple is extremely proud of the small shop's big reputation. To maintain it, she adheres to a very simple philosophy: "The motto I live by is if you work hard every day and surround yourself with a good community of people, good things are bound to come of it."
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Would having Mrs Warren on the ticket in 2020 doom the Dems?
[@1158,Jackjjacksonjr] Oh, look, it's George W. Bush's wife.
FoxNews is going to hate and lie about any Democratic nominee, so I don't see that as being even slightly germane. Or, indeed, illegal or wrong - she's proved by genetic test she has some american indian genealogy, so what exactly is the scandal?
[@1158,Jackjjacksonjr] The people who care about that would never vote for her anyway.
[@1725,firefall] That she USED it to get preferential advancement...THAT'S the "big deal". Had it been your daughter who lost out to someone scamming the racial quota system you people have in the USA, similar I might add to South Africa's under the racist white rule only or the Nazi's only now in reverse, you might understand.
[@1725,firefall] As opposed to CNN actually CAUGHT in lies about Republican candidates?
No. Having crooks and cheats on the ticket has not hurt them before.
[@834323,Riverman] What else can they have?
make for good laughs ..
Oh, I'm sure she'll be on the ticket.
That there's an infinite amount of universes, each with a unique possible outcome.
Just not in the one we are in.
You can't tell until or unless she gets up there. She had a lot of things to say about our current White House occupant - but he got in regardless. Let's see who gets in first - THEN give us your I-will thoughts. Don't lie and don't brag about your ancestors. The current President had enough to say about his predecessor not being "born" in America during his campaign. Hawaii was a state when Mr. Obama was born, and it still is.
[@1158,Jackjjacksonjr] If I'm a sock puppet, you're a fake account from a Russian troll farm.
I have to admit, your English is excellent, Boris. My compliments, it's not an easy language.
Yes but that would make it way too easy.
Maybe "ignorant" is the wrong word. But you hear about all these people who say "How could you marry (or go out with) that -" and follow it with a slur.
Yesterday was her first day on the campaign trail. Her message?? I hate Trump and I want to see him in prison. That's what she is running on, hatred. Don't tell me you love this country when you spew hatred. I don't know if that will doom them as they thrive off of hatred.
[@423488,curiosi] Yes, I remember how conservatives were so respectful of Obama.
So you prefer just to engage in alarmist rants about certain individuals and in argumentum ad hominem.
Its all premature at this time. Personally, i cant wait to see the primary season begin...as they begin to pick each other apart. If everyone has the same "anti-trump" message, how does anyone separate themselves from the pack??
[@1158,Jackjjacksonjr] Incorrect. Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens who only need a plane ticket to move to the mainland.
NH had the first presidential primary back in 1920.
[@1158,Jackjjacksonjr] It is illegal in some states to change your registration solely to vote in the other party's primary if you do not intend to vote for that party's nominee in the general election.
Certainly none of the Trump supporters will vote for her. Fortunately that number is dwindling daily.
I suspect Trump will have a bad case of "Hillary's Disease " come poll time. A whole bunch of people wont bother to turn out for him.
A couple of problems with that statement.
Sane? AS IF when would they have been? LBJ?
[@1158,Jackjjacksonjr] I never said they were all sane. The field needs to be narrowed. But we are reverting with Trump. Not progressing. That is very unhealthy.


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