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Experience The Art Of Burning Man In VR
by Alice Bonasio
Intel and The Smithsonian partner with Sansar to bring museum experiences to everyone.
Linden Lab's Sansar just announced a partnership with Intel and the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) to provide virtual access to the museum's Renwick Gallery collections, as well as its research and educational resources.
"With Sansar, we hope not only to make the museum experience more accessible, but to also let people curate their own experiences and share their unique perspectives with the world," says Jason Gholston, Head of Sansar Studios, which last year launched similar initiatives such as the Art of Star Wars exhibit to help expand the reach of unique and exclusive art collections.
The Smithsonian's goal in doing this is to expand the reach of the Institution's collections to a billion people over the course of the next five years. This means making its museums' objects available to the public across a wider range of mediums, including immersive domains.
"Technology has the potential to achieve new goals and ambitions for museums and galleries," says Raj Puran, director of immersive technology business development at Intel. "Immersive technologies, like virtual reality, unlock new and exciting ways to experience art and exhibitions. Fans can now check out the No Spectators collection from their own home."
With Intel's advanced data-processing on the Sansar Social VR platform, the Smithsonian has been able to accelerate the digital 3D capture, preservation, and distribution of artifacts in its collections, so that students, educators, and the broader public can virtually access and engage with the museum's collections from anywhere in the world. The hope is to provide a new kind of viewing experience and transform the museum business, from the creation, to the consumption of educational content.
"I don't fear technology usurping the importance of art and museums," says Stephanie Stebich, The Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. "I think technology can make museums and their collections even more inclusive, approachable, and dynamic," she adds.
The first phase of the partnership will focus on the No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man exhibit, which features large-scale works of art from the event on view for a limited time at SAAM's Renwick Gallery. No Spectators captures the spirit of creativity and community, and has been digitized through hours of careful laser scanning and photogrammetry.
Anyone in the world, either on a desktop computer or via Sansar, can now experience these artworks for themselves. So far, 17 pieces of art have been digitized for this experience (the first phase is the first floor of the Renwick Gallery, in Washington, D.C.). 12,490 photos were used to generate the 3D models of these pieces. It took the team a total of 1,050 labor hours to complete VR-ready models of the artwork.
"This is an innovative new way to access educational content from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and to preserve art for future generations," concludes Gholston. "We're democratizing the museum experience one exhibition at a time."
This is a really interesting use of immersive technology, seeing as the artistic installations at Burning Man are ephemeral (the event's "leave no trace" policy sees amazing artworks ritualistically burned to the ground each year). Here we have a medium which would allow them to become accessible as VR experiences, giving those expressions of creativity a new and permanent home in the virtual world for those unable to attend the annual festivities.
Image Credit: Smithsonian
Burning Man No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man Sansar Smithsonian VR Art
YouTube VR Reveals Samsung Gear VR Shared Viewing
Chrome Launches on Daydream
Alice Bonasio
Alice Bonasio runs the Tech Trends blog and contributes to Ars Technica, Quartz, Newsweek, The Next Web, and others. She is also writing VRgins, a book about sex and relationships in the virtual age. She lives in the UK.


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Honest John Classics Auction House Profiles
Auction house profile: Barons
Barons first sale was held on September 28, 1998, and was opened by TV presenter and racing driver Tiff Needell, with a charity lot sold on behalf of the automotive industry's charity, BEN.
Over the past 20 years Barons has ridden out the highs and lows of the classic car market and the global financial situation, continually adapting to the changing demands as fashions and tastes come and go, but always maintaining its core standards. The company was established to offer the classic car owner and would-be owner a better, more cost-effective service, an ethos Barons adheres to this day.
The Barons team were innovators – for example, Barons was the first auction house to offer online entry forms - and set up a secure, ring-fenced, client account from the outset.
Barons has held more than 160 sales to date, and it all began on that day in September 1998, when the very first car Barons ever sold was a Rover.
The auction house has consistently achieved strong results for British marques over the two decades, most notably for an ultra-rare, unrestored and highly original 1969 Aston Martin DB6 Mk 1 Volante Vantage, which set what remains the current record for Barons when it sold for £781,000 at Sandown Park. However, it's not all British cars that do well at Barons sales.
Virtually every make and nationality of car has passed through the Barons saleroom and the company has sold a number of celebrity cars including ones once owned by Britt Ekland, Peter Sellers, Frank Sinatra and Stanley Kubrick. Motorcycles, automobilia and registration numbers have also gone under the Barons hammer.
How is my car valued?
The team at Barons is very experienced at providing valuations, having been in the classic car industry for many years. They can usually provide an indication of value over the phone or via email, and can arrange to visit the car where required.
How many sales does Barons have a year?
Barons hold seven classic car sales a year, all at Sandown Park Racecourse in Esher, Surrey, where it has been based since 1998.
Is there a seller's fee?
Seller's commission is 5% + VAT, which is one of the lowest in the market.
Is there a buyer's fee?
Buyer's premium is 10% + VAT, which again, is one of the lowest rates in the market.
Will they prepare my car for sale?
All cars entered at Barons are fully prepared to look their best in the sale room. They have a professional team of valeters that clean and polish every car once they have been positioned in the hall.
How long will they store a car after the auction?
Cars can be kept at Sandown Park until the day after the sale. Following this, Barons can help arrange transport with one of their logistics partners, and storage can be arranged at the Barons head office in Southampton.
How long after the auction will I have to wait for payment?
Barons pay vendors on the 6th working day after the sale. This is one of the fastest in the market.
Are there any hidden charges? (eg money handling, minimum commission etc etc)
Minimum commission is £150 and there is a charge of £10 for an HPI check
How much does Barons charge to include a car in its catalogue and is there a fee if it's withdrawn prior to auction?
A standard entry is £100 + VAT and a premier entry is £150 + VAT.
If a lot is withdrawn through no fault of the vendor (mechanical issues etc), we will always work with them to sort out any issue, and will often offer entry into a sale at a later date. However, if a vendor chooses to withdraw a car after it has been consigned, we do charge a percentage of any lost commission.
When is there the opportunity to examine the consignments before auction?
Viewing is from 3pm to 7pm the day before the sale, and from 9am until the start of the sale at 1pm on the day.
Will the auction house transport the car to the buyer after purchase?
Barons can help arrange this with one of their logistics partners if required.
How quickly are the results published after an auction?
Usually on the 2nd working day following the sale.
Does you offer financing to purchasers?
Barons don't offer finance directly, but this can be arranged through their finance partner Pegasus Finance
Can insurance on a purchased car be arranged on the day of the auction?
Barons don't offer insurance directly, but this can be arranged through their insurance partner Heritage Classic Car Insurance
Latest cars for sale at Barons auctions
est. £10,000
to £13,000
1993 BENTLEY Turbo R
Auction on 20 Apr
1960 JAGUAR Mk II 3.4 Automatic
est. £6,750
to £8,000
1979 MG B Roadster
2003 TOYOTA MR2
How should I go about selling my 1972 Porsche 911?
What advice can you give regarding how best to sell my 1972 barn find Porsche 911 E Lux 2.4 Coupe, RHD, mileage circa 53,000?
Up until very recently this sort of thing was gold dust for classic car auctions. You're a bit late for the next Historics on 8 July and you've missed Brightwells tomorrow. But all the good auction houses get far better money for barn finds than you would get by advertising and selling it yourself. There's H&H, Silverstone Auctions, Bonhams. All have actions approximately every couple of months.
Answered by Honest John
Auction Sale Dates
All upcoming auction lots
More Buying Advice
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How many are on the road?

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A: May I suggest something like this:
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Facebook releases audit on conservative bias claims
By Harper Neidig - 08/20/19 11:13 AM EDT
Facebook on Tuesday released the findings of a long-awaited audit exploring conservatives' suspicions that the platform is biased against right-wing voices, with the company vowing to make changes to advertising policies that affected anti-abortion rights messaging.
The study, conducted by lobbyist and former Republican Sen. Jon Kyl (Ariz.), surveyed more than a hundred conservative figures and organizations about their views on Facebook. It found that many are concerned about the social network's efforts to crack down on hate speech and worry that its content policies are being applied unevenly.
"As Facebook considers additional changes, we will continue to help it understand conservative perspectives," Kyl wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed published Tuesday morning. "To live up to its vision as a platform for all ideas, I believe Facebook understands it must do all it can to regain the trust of conservative users."
Kyl's report does not conclude one way or the other whether Facebook is censoring conservatives, as President Trump Donald John TrumpLev Parnas implicates Rick Perry, says Giuliani had him pressure Ukraine to announce Biden probe Saudi Arabia paid 0 million for cost of US troops in area Parnas claims ex-Trump attorney visited him in jail, asked him to sacrifice himself for president MORE and other GOP leaders allege and as Facebook has adamantly denied.
The allegations, which are unproven, have prompted some eye-rolling from Democrats and other tech critics.
Rashad Robinson, the president of the civil rights group Color of Change, said on Tuesday that if Facebook were to change its platform to accommodate the right-wing suspicions, it would hamper the site's ability to crack down on hate speech and other problems.
"Claims of anti-conservative bias are simply an attempt to distract users and the media from the conservative movement's attacks against Black communities and other marginalized groups," Robinson said in a statement.
The bias audit was announced last year alongside a review of Facebook's handling of civil rights. Facebook released preliminary findings of the civil rights audit earlier this year, though advocates say that the company needs to make sweeping institutional changes to address their concerns. Both audits are still ongoing.
"Facebook's first priority should be fixing the damage it has brought to our democracy," Robinson said Tuesday. "This shameful report, coupled with the lack of meaningful, long-term civil rights infrastructure at the company, speaks volumes about Facebook's willingness to maintain a broken business model at the expense of Black and marginalized communities."
And Sen. Josh Hawley Joshua (Josh) David HawleyHouse poised to hand impeachment articles to Senate Pelosi set to send impeachment articles to the Senate next week McConnell backs measure to change Senate rules, dismiss impeachment without articles MORE (R-Mo.), an outspoken Facebook critic, questioned the usefulness of the report.
"Merely asking somebody to listen to conservatives' concerns isn't an 'audit,' it's a smokescreen disguised as a solution," Hawley said in a statement. "Facebook should conduct an actual audit by giving a trusted third party access to its algorithm, its key documents, and its content moderation protocols. Then Facebook should release the results to the public."
The report touts some of the changes Facebook has made in an attempt to increase transparency and improve oversight of its content moderation.
"We know we need to take these concerns seriously and adjust course if our policies are in fact limiting expression in an unintended way," Nick Clegg, Facebook's vice president of global affairs, wrote in a blog post.
In one change announced Tuesday, Facebook said it would relax a ban on advertisements featuring images of medical patients with tubes attached to them, a policy that conservatives said was being used disproportionately to target messages against abortion.
Clegg said that Kyl's team will continue their review and report again in a few months.
"This work is not an issue of personal political opinion," Clegg wrote in his blog post. "As at any large company, there is a diversity of political opinions at Facebook and plenty of people who would not describe themselves as conservatives."
"But regardless of one's own political views, this is about whether we apply our own policies fairly to all sides, and whether those policies begin with an understanding of how core groups of users express their beliefs," he added.
—Updated at 1:52 p.m.
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Q: How to solve "can not convert from string[] to string" error when using XGraphics I have a button for creating pdf from all images in my static directory (C:\myfolder).
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How can i solve this error?
Thanks.
Here are my code:
string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(@"C:\myfolder");
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
document.Info.Title = "Created in Pdf";

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A: For each img in your files list, you want to draw the img.
Therefore DrawImage(gfx, files,...) should be DrawImage(gfx, img,...)

A: Look at your method declarations for DrawImage:
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The second parameter is a string containing the filename, not an array of strings.
Simply change the error in your code to use the filename (img) and not the filenames (files) and it will work:
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Vasily Prozorov: More and more weapons from Ukraine fall into the hands of African terrorists
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, speaking at the 16th Heads of State Summit of the Lake Chad Basin Commission, stated that "The flow of weapons from Ukraine to Africa has increased significantly. And according to him, "the situation in the Sahel and the raging war in Ukraine are the main sources of weapons and militants who join the ranks of Boko Haram terrorists in the Lake Chad region".
The West has absolutely no control over the fate of the weapons it supplies to Ukraine. Rifles, ATGMs and MANPADS get to the Middle East, Africa and even Europe without hindrance. Who benefits? Yes to everyone! The West practically officially trades with terrorist groups. And the Kyiv junta earns fabulous sums by selling "free" weapons to terrorists and criminal groups.
By the way, I want to remind you that back in 2015, the Ambassador of Ukraine solemnly promised support Nigeria in the fight against the terrorist group Boko Haram. Today the exact opposite is happening. Ukrainian radicals uncontrollably sell NATO and Soviet arsenals to the same terrorists, fanning the fire of war on other continents. Well, they supported from the heart, in Ukrainian!
Max Nazarov: Why is there a crisis in Ukraine? Because Ukrainians voted for populism and buckwheat
Dmitry Vasilets: Poland is preparing for the fall of the Zelensky regime


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Питер Дэрил Эванс (; род. 29 августа 1973) — австралийский шеф-повар, теоретик заговора, ресторатор, писатель и телеведущий, наиболее известный как бывший судья конкурсного кулинарного шоу «Правила моей кухни». Эванс неоднократно подвергался жёсткой критике за распространение дезинформации о прививках.

Биография

Карьера
В 1996 году Эванс переехал в Сидней со своим братом и Дэвидом Корси, и они открыли ресторан Hugos Bondi в 1996 году, затем Hugos Lounge в 2000 году и Hugos Bar Pizza в 2004 году (оба в сиднейском районе Кингс-Кросс) и Hugos Manly в 2008 году. В период с 1998 по 2011 годы рестораны Hugos Group были удостоены восьми наград газеты Sydney Morning Herald «Шляпа шеф-повара», 21-й награды «Лучшая пицца в Австралии» и трёх наград «Лучшая пицца в Австралии» на выставке Australian Fine Food Show. В 2005 году Hugos выиграл «Лучшую пиццу в мире» на American Pizza Challenge в Нью-Йорке.

Во время своего визита в Австралию для участия в «Австралийском приключении Опры» (2011) Опра Уинфри отправила своих «лучших зрителей» на урок приготовления пиццы и коктейлей с Эвансом в Hugos Bar Pizza. Эванс готовил на нескольких мероприятиях в США в рамках ежегодной акции G'Day USA: Australia Week. В 2013 году Пит Эванс был вовлечён в совместное предприятие с несколькими деловыми партнёрами, которые, как сообщалось, были должны 769 000 долларов множеству различных кредиторов, включая самого Эванса. В 2014 году Пит пересмотрел меню апарт-отеля Fraser Suites в центральном деловом районе в Перте в соответствии со своей палеофилософией.

С 2010 года Эванс был судьёй в «Правила моей кухни» (MKR) с соведущим Ману Фиделем. В 2014 году сериал получил премию Logie Award за самую популярную реалити-шоу. Эванс оставался судьёй на MKR на протяжении всего конкурса, который в 2015 году был самым рейтинговым реалити-шоу в Австралии с около двух миллионов еженедельных зрителей. Эванс также вёл шоу «Праздник, который всегда с тобой и отличная еда», транслируемое на канале PBS в США, которое в 2014 году было номинировано на Дневную премию «Эмми».

В 2017 году Эванс подготовил и озвучил документальный фильм Netflix под названием «Волшебная таблетка», в котором рассказывается про кетогенную диету и утверждается, что она может помочь справиться с аутизмом, астмой и раком
.

Скандалы
В мае 2020 года контракт Эванса с 7-м каналом австралийского ТВ был расторгнут после плохих оценок одиннадцатого сезона «Правил моей кухни», а TGA оштрафовала шеф-повара на 25000 долларов за продвижение устройства, которое, как он утверждал, могло вылечить COVID-19. «Седьмой канал» не сообщил, появится ли Эванс в сети в будущем. После этого Эванс сосредоточится на своём бизнесе альтернативного образа жизни. Также он подвергся критике от австралийского депутата от лейбористов Джоша Бёрнса за продвижение видео конспиролога Дэвида Айка, в котором утверждалось, что вируса COVID-19 не существует, и что вирус был вызван установками антенны 5G. Бёрнс написал Эвансу, чтобы предупредить его о продвижении взглядов Айка из-за его антисемитских взглядов.

В ноябре 2020 года Эванс подвергся критике за то, что он поделился в своих социальных сетях снимком с изображением Чёрного Солнца — символа, широко используемого неонацистами и сторонниками превосходства белой расы. Этот особый дизайн использовался стрелком в мечетях Крайстчерча в целях пропаганды. Это привело к тому, что Эванс был лишён контракта с его книжным издателем Macmillan Publishers, а крупные розничные торговцы, Coles, Woolworths, Target, Kmart, Big W и Dymocks, перестали продавать его продукцию.

Личная жизнь
У Эванса есть две дочери от его предыдущих отношений с Астрид Эллингер. Эванс ранее жил в Сиднее в пригороде Норт-Бонди до покупки фермы за 1,2 миллиона долларов в Раунд-Маунтин, что на севере Нового Южного Уэльса, в 2015 году. В 2016 году Эванс женился на модели Николе Робинсон.

Библиография
 Fish (2007) ISBN 978-1-921208-58-4
 My Table (2008) ISBN 978-1-74196-240-6
 My Grill (2009) ISBN 978-1-74196-543-8
 My Pantry (2010) ISBN 978-1-74196-816-3
 My Kitchen (2011) ISBN 978-1-74196-828-6
 Pizza (2012) ISBN 978-1-74266-154-4
 Healthy Every Day (2014) ISBN 978-1-74261-389-5
 Easy Keto (2019) ISBN 9781760781811

Примечания

Ссылки
 Official Website

Писатели Австралии
Повара XX  века
Повара XXI века
Телеведущие Австралии
Предприниматели Австралии
Авторы книг по кулинарии
Конспирологи

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We'll reveal a secret: Sardinia is a Cycling destination!
Let us express our idea about some beliefs around this subject.
Cycling tourism is not an interesting niche market. It's a really interesting and articulate market, and many successful touristic destination got it and they invested lots of money to develop it.
Most of organized tours (guided or self guided) cost per week between 700 and 1400€.
But a cycling tour can costs much more, like the ones sold by american tour operators, that can go up to 1500€. Per day.
Then we have 100€ independent cycling tourists, carrying their own luggage with paniards, sleeping in hotels, B&B and sometimes camping. Still they are so important for the reputation of the region.
In Sardinia we have about 20 companies directly involved in cycling tourism, and 80% of their revenue generates business for hotels, restaurants, bike related services. Clubs do promote the use of the bikes, they do organize race and bike related events, but the cycling tourism is made by specialized companies like tour operators, agencies, bike rentals, shuttle services and so on.
4 Cycling tourism business? Ok, you organize bike excursions!
Cycling tourism is travelling by bike, not just doing a bike excursion. We all love riding on weekends with friends, to train or just to enjoy our area, but this is not cycling tourism. When we talk about cycling tourism, we refer to those tourists that design their whole holiday around the bike.
As we've said, this is an articulate market. So there's several kinds of cycling tourists. The development projects of the most successful destinations are tailored on the features of the destinations itself. that's why we have cycling paths on flat areas like Holland or along big european rivers, while we don't have cycling paths on mountain or hilly areas, that's because those cycling tourist they are looking for cycling on scenic low traffic roads and they want to climb. There are also specific town that focused on "gravity" disciplines (all mtb specialty that involve downhill). Then there are some areas, like Trentino in italy, that thanks to its morphology and investments were able to cover all market segments.
Sardinia has cycling tourism, it's constantly growing and has been created by passion of those 20 entrepreneurs working on this field since 15 years. Now it's time for a big move, a cycling network it's ok, but if we could make a wish we'd ask for more flights all year round to the island and less expensive.


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Q: How to write code that changes the value of a variable automatically every week? I am writing an app that tracks an exercise routine and multiplies the time or reps for the exercises by 10% every week. As I'm a total beginner to Android Studio and Java, I'm having trouble understanding how to write code that executes every time I launch the app and how to write code that only executes once on the first launch.
Here's my code, I have an Exercises class, and in the MainActivity I wrote
Exercises stretch = new Exercises("Stretch", 360);

Calendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
int day = calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR); //execute this every day
int compare_day = day;
if(day-compare_day>=7){
warmup.setTime((int) (warmup.getTime()*1.1));
int compare_day = day;
}

How do I write the code that would update the day variable every day, but not the compare_day variable? And is there a better solution, one that would do it automatically, without having to open the app every day?


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L'église Saint-Martin de Saint-Martin-de-Londres est l'église paroissiale de Saint-Martin-de-Londres, dans le département français de l'Hérault et la région Occitanie

Elle a été construite entre la fin du  et le début du . Monument majeur de l'art roman en Languedoc, elle a la particularité d'avoir un chevet trilobé.

Historique
Au  le vallon de Londres relève du comté de Montferrand appartenant aux Guilhem de Montarnaud qui sont des vassaux des comtes de Melgueil se trouvant dans le diocèse de Maguelone.

L'église rentre dans l'histoire le  dans le Cartulaire de Gellone, lorsque Adhémar-Guilhem de Montarnaud, seigneur du lieu, lègue à l'abbaye de Gellone l'église Saint-Martin-de-Londres et ses dépendances (ecclesiam Sancti Martini de Lundras, cum decimis et premiciis, et omni cimiterio, traduisible par : « l'église Saint-Martin-de-Londres avec les dîmes, les prémices, le cimetière et tout ce qui appartenait à ladite église »).

L'église Saint-Martin est érigée en prieuré en 1090 : au cours du  il gagne en importance, entraînant de fréquents conflits avec les seigneurs de Montarnaud, qui possèdent toujours le village. Cette séparation du village entre les autorités ecclésiastiques et seigneuriales est encore visible aujourd'hui : l'enclos du prieuré est physiquement séparé du reste du village par un rempart.

Ce conflit prend fin en 1250 lors du rachat de la seigneurie de Saint-Martin par Gellone.

Saint-Martin fut relativement épargné par les guerres de Religions, ce qui ne fut pas le cas pour la maison-mère, qui dut céder la seigneurie en 1592 à la famille de Roquefeuil afin de financer les travaux de reconstruction. L'abbaye de Gellone rentra dans la Congrégation Bénédictine de Saint-Maur en 1644 et se fit restituer la seigneurie en 1689.

L'église a été fortement remaniée au  (destruction du clocher, adjonction d'une chapelle au nord et agrandissement de la nef d'une travée à l'ouest) et restaurée en 1932.

Protection
L'abside, le transept, la coupole, le porche et deux travées de nef ont été classés au titre des monuments historiques par arrêté du .

Description
La date de consécration de l'église n'est pas connue, mais elle a vraisemblablement été édifiée au tournant du  et du .

L'édifice d'origine comportait une courte nef de deux travées donnant sur un très original chevet trilobé. En effet, le carré du transept, couvert d'une coupole culminant à 15 mètres, s'ouvre sur trois absides semi-circulaires. Celle dans l'axe de la nef est précédée d'une courte travée de chœur voûtée en berceau.

L'appareillage des pierres est tout à fait remarquable, étant très régulier et orné de « tailles en feuilles de fougère », soulignant une indéniable influence lombarde.

Plusieurs adjonctions ont été faites à l'édifice au cours des siècles : un clocher-tour, aujourd'hui détruit, fut construit dans le courant du . Le clocheton actuel, qui surmonte la coupole, date quant à lui du . Enfin, au , la nef fut prolongée d'une travée à l'ouest et une chapelle fut greffée au nord de la nef.

Galerie photographique

Notes et références

Annexes

Sources et bibliographie

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Articles connexes
 Liste des monuments historiques de l'Hérault
 Saint-Martin-de-Londres

Liens externes

 Mairie de Saint-Martin-de-Londres : L'église
 Pastorale Tourisme & Loisirs diocèse de Montpellier : Église Saint-Martin à Saint-Martin-de-Londres

Saint-Martin-de-Londres
Saint-Martin-de-Londres
Saint-Martin-de-Londres
Monument historique classé en 1900


Love can be reduced to chemicals and hormones, it is rooted in human evolution, our genetics and our desire to produce healthy offspring.
Love is the sensation, feeling and emotions you feel when you find the right person.
Love is a verb. Like any other verb, it refers to an action. It is something we engage in and act upon.
Love is the act of going from an 'I' to a 'We'.
The act of loving is valuing another person.
Love is an artificial construct which oppresses women and reinforces the patriarchy.
There are many different types of love. Each one is something different.
Love cannot be defined. It is bestowed on us by God. God is unknowable and undefinable, therefore, love is also unknowable and undefinable.


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La Dirección General para Europa de España, oficialmente Dirección General de Europa Occidental, Central y Sudeste de Europa, es el órgano directivo del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación, adscrito a la Secretaría de Estado para la Unión Europea, encargado de la propuesta y ejecución de la política exterior de España en las áreas geográficas de Europa que le corresponden, así como la propuesta y seguimiento de la posición de España respecto del contencioso de Gibraltar.

Está adscrita a la Dirección General de Europa la Comisión de Límites con Francia y Portugal.

Historia
Antes de que el Ministerio se denominase «de Asuntos Exteriores» y en los primeros años de esta etapa, los asuntos de política exterior para Europa se organizaban a través de la Sección de Europa del Ministerio.

A partir de 1942 las funciones fueron asumidas por la Dirección General de Política Exterior, pero no será hasta el Decreto de 2 de abril de 1966 que se crea un órgano directivo únicamente centrado en este ámbito competencial, si bien en origen también se centraba en las relaciones con la Santa Sede hasta 1967.

El decreto de 1968 estructuraba la dirección general en dos ámbitos geográficos, dedicándose sus órganos a la Europa Occidental y a la Europa Oriental. Entre 1970 y 1973 estuvo suprimida. Aunque con cambios en su denominación, la estructura de 1968 se mantuvo hasta 1993, cuando la subdirección general de Europa Oriental se divide en dos, una para la Europa Central y Meridional, y otra para los estados resultantes de la desmembración de la antigua Unión Soviética.

En 1996 se fusiona con la Dirección General para América del Norte, dando lugar a un órgano directivo con competencias sobre la Europa Occidental, Europa Oriental, Europa Central, Europa Meridional y América del Norte, una unión de corta duración pues en 1998 vuelven a tomar caminos separados y la DGE recupera su estructura original. En 2002, con relación a la Declaración de Bruselas se creó la Oficina de Asuntos de Gibraltar. Entre 2004 y 2008 tuvo la misma estructura y denominación que el periodo 1996-1998.

A partir de 2008, perdió las competencias sobre la política exterior en los países miembros de la Unión Europea y se centro únicamente en la Europa Oriental y el resto de países que no fuesen de la Unión, así como en Norteamérica. Fue fusionada en verano de 2010 con la Dirección General de Política Exterior y finalmente suprimida en 2012 al quedar sus funciones repartidas en diferentes direcciones generales tanto de la SEAEX como de la SEUE.

Fue recuperada en 2017 con las funciones sobre las relaciones exteriores con los países de la Unión Europea, candidatos, países del Espacio Económico Europeo y, en general, todos los países europeos, así como los asuntos sobre el contencioso de Gibraltar y sobre Asia Central. A partir de 2018, con una nueva denominación, mantiene sus competencias salvo las que corresponden a la Dirección General para América del Norte, Europa Oriental, Asia y Pacífico en lo relativo a Asia y Europa Oriental.

Denominaciones

 Dirección General de Asuntos de Europa y Santa Sede (1966-1967)
 Dirección General de Asuntos de Europa (1967-1973)
 Dirección General de Europa (1973-1976)
 Dirección General de Política Exterior para Europa y Asuntos Atlánticos (1976-1983)
 Dirección General de Política Exterior para Europa (1983-1996;1998-2004)
 Dirección General de Política Exterior para Europa y América del Norte (1996-1998; 2004-2008)
 Dirección General de Política Exterior para Europa No Comunitaria y América del Norte (2008-2010)
 Dirección General de Política Exterior, Europa y Seguridad (2010-2012)
 Dirección General para Europa (2017-2018)
 Dirección General de Europa Occidental, Central y Sudeste de Europa (2018-presente)

Estructura y funciones
La dirección general se organiza en los siguientes órganos, a través de los cuales ejerce sus funciones:

 La Subdirección General de Países de la Unión Europea, a la que corresponde la propuesta y ejecución de la política exterior de España en los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea así como el impulso de las relaciones bilaterales con dichos países.
 La Subdirección General de Países Candidatos, Países del Espacio Económico Europeo y otros Países Europeos, que asume la propuesta y ejecución de la política exterior de España en el resto de países europeos y, en concreto, en los países candidatos de la Unión y los pertenecientes al Espacio Económico Europeo, así como el impulso de las relaciones bilaterales con los países que engloba, salvo lo que corresponda a la Dirección General para América del Norte, Europa Oriental, Asia y Pacífico.
 La Oficina de Asuntos de Gibraltar, a la que corresponde el ejercicio la propuesta y el seguimiento de la posición de España respecto del contencioso de Gibraltar, en coordinación con el resto de órganos del Ministerio, de otros Departamentos ministeriales y de otras Administraciones Públicas. Para el debido seguimiento de los aspectos del contencioso que trascienden el ámbito de la Unión Europea, la Oficina mantendrá la adecuada coordinación con la Dirección General de Política Exterior y de Seguridad.

Titulares

 Fernando Olivié y González-Pumariega (1966-1970)
 Nuño Aguirre de Cárcer (1973-1976)
 Antonio Elías Martinena (1976-1979)
 Juan Durán-Lóriga y Rodrigáñez (1979-1982)
 José Cuenca Anaya (febrero-diciembre de 1982)
 Mariano Berdejo Rivera (1982-1985)
 Jesús Ezquerra Calvo (1985-1987)
 Fermín Zelada Jurado (1987-1991)
 María de las Mercedes Rico Carabias (1991-1994)
 José Rodríguez-Spiteri Palazuelo (1994-1998)
 Francisco Millán Mon (1998-2000)
 Ricardo Díez-Hochleitner (2000-2002)
 Juan Pablo García-Berdoy (2002-2004)
 José María Pons Irazazábal (2004-2008)
 Luis Felipe Fernández de la Peña (2008-2010)
 Alfonso Lucini Mateo (2010-2011)
 Santiago Cabanas Ansorena (julio-diciembre de 2011)
 Juan López-Herrera Sánchez (2017-2018)
 María Aurora Mejía Errasquín (2018-2020)
María Victoria González Román (2020-2021)
Raquel Gómez-Cambronero Álvarez (2021-presente)

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Web del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y Cooperación

Direcciones Generales de España
Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores (España)
Relaciones España-Reino Unido


I made a set (of 3) heart shaped magnets to sell in the Etsy shop.
They all have the same core, but I added a lacy finish to the "camo" one and an extra round to the burgundy one.
This isn't the exact pattern I used (I printed mine off a year or two ago), but here's one similar (from Planet M Files) if you care to make your own.
OR you can purchase a set of these in our Etsy shop!
Hi I'm visiting from Stephanie's party and I love your pretty crocheted hearts you made!
I'm following your lovely blog via Bloglovin! Have a lovely day.
Thank you so much for sharing the link for instructions on how to make the crocheted hearts. I was just thinking the other day about something a little special I could do for my granddaughters for Valentine's Day. This is perfect!
I also am visiting from Stephanie's Link Party.
I love little things to crochet and yours are cute indeed!
Do you, by any chance, live in the Jersey Shore area? I'm in Toms River and just wondered.
God bless and have a super day!
Those are adorable! Do you glue the magnets on the back?
Well, these are just adorable!!
Something so simple, yet so delightful!
Such sweet crochet hearts and a clever idea to make fridge magnets!
I'm visiting from Stephanie's party too!


Many Harrogate people have joined Pinewoods Conservation Group as volunteers over the last 15 years. This picture shows just some of them.
One of Harrogate's most active community groups is launching a 'Pinewoods Rocks' project as part of celebrations to mark its 15th anniversary.
Since it first formed in October 2002, the Pinewoods Conservation Group has been promoting the maintenance and conservation of the environment of what is one one Harrogate's best-loved and most beautiful green spaces.
But changing times have meant the role of this registered charity has grown and widened in recent years.
In a critical time for new housing developments, business expansions and local plans, the work of the PCG have evolved beyond its origins of building footpaths and erecting information boards to become a powerful defender against development in the wooded area between the Valley Gardens and Harlow Carr Garden.
But the group has always prided itself on getting families to enjoy the beauty of the Pinewoods and its anniversary plans have been designed to reflect that.
To mark its official birthday on January 30 - PCG was formally given charity status at that date in 2003 - Pinewoods Rocks will be launched this Saturday.
The idea is to invite residents and visitors into the woods between now and its official birthday to find where a number of painted rocks have been hidden.
PCG secretary Lucy Hind said "We were made aware of people painting rocks for others to find elsewhere in the country and thought it was a great idea.
People are also being encouraged to paint and hide their own rocks adding "Pinewoods Rocks" and their name to the stones.
And participants are being asked to share images of themselves and rocks online.
Pinewoods Conservation Group has never wanted to be seen as a protest group and is as proud of planting thousands of wild flowers as much as its role in planning battles.
Neil Hind, chair of the group, said "As well as major improvements within the woods themselves, substantial efforts have been made in raising the profile of the group and challenging development threats.
The group's popular Halloween Walk is also set to return on Saturday, October 28.


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OpinionCase details
Town of Alamo v. Forcum-James Co.
Barton v. Barton
It is well settled that "[t]he weight, faith, and credit to be given the witnesses' testimony lies in the…
Wood v. Lowery
The trial court, believing Linda to be a credible witness, determined that her actions as Executrix were made…
Full title:TOWN OF ALAMO, TENNESSEE, Petitioner, v. FORCUM-JAMES COMPANY, Respondent
Court:Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson, April Term, 1959
Date published: Jun 27, 1959
205 Tenn. 478 (Tenn. 1959)
327 S.W.2d 47
Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson, April Term, 1959
Opinion filed June 27, 1959. Rehearing denied September 3, 1959.
1. APPEAL AND ERROR. EQUITY.
In action to recover balance alleged to be due under contract for construction by plaintiff of sanitary sewerage system and disposal plant for town, interpretation of written documents was for chancellor rather than for jury; and when chancellor, after having heard all of proof, realized that questions presented were either questions of law or complicated questions of mixed law and fact, not suitable for consideration of jury, he properly discharged jury; and case having been tried irregularly, review was required to be de novo upon record of trial court accompanied by presumption of correctness of judgment.
2. APPEAL AND ERROR.
On review of irregularly tried case, in which testimony was oral, findings of fact by chancellor dependent upon credibility of witnesses were entitled to great weight in Court of Appeals.
3. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.
In action to recover balance alleged to be due under contract for construction by plaintiff of sanitary sewerage system and disposal plant for town, determinative matter was how parties to contract on one side and the other mutually understood contract, and testimony by town officials as to how each one of them understood contract had no relevancy or probative value.
FROM CROCKETT
J.B. AVERY, JR., Alamo, for petitioner.
CECIL SIMS, Nashville, W.P. Moss, Jackson, for respondent.
Action to recover balance alleged to be due under contract for construction by plaintiff of sanitary sewerage system and disposal plant for town. The Chancery Court, Crockett County, John T. Gray, Chancellor, first decided the case. After the case had been heard and disposed of by the Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court granted certiorari. Having disposed of the case by an unpublished opinion, the Supreme Court filed for publication its separate opinion, per Swepston, Justice, disposing of practice and procedure questions by holding that interpretation of written documents was for chancellor rather than for jury, and that when chancellor, after having heard all of proof, realized that questions presented were either questions of law or complicated questions of mixed law and fact, not suitable for consideration of jury, he properly discharged jury; and held that case thus having been tried irregularly, review was required to be de novo upon record of trial court accompanied by presumption of correctness of judgment.
Assignments of error overruled.
MR. JUSTICE SWEPSTON delivered the opinion of the Court.
This case was disposed of by a full opinion announced on July 27, 1959, at Nashville, but we see nothing to be gained by publication of the entire opinion consisting of 22 pages. However, two assignments of error are treated therein which are important matters of practice and procedure and this separate opinion is filed for publication solely in order to present the discussion and ruling under those two assignments.
The original bill was filed by Forcum-James Company against the Town of Alamo to recover a balance alleged to be due by virtue of a construction contract under which the complainant agreed to construct for the Town of Alamo a sanitary sewerage system and disposal plant.
A jury was demanded by the Town of Alamo and one having been empanelled, the case proceeded to trial and was tried on oral testimony but at the close of all the evidence on motion of the original complainant that no issues be submitted to the jury and that the cause be decided by the Chancellor, on the ground that the issues were too complicated and involved too many questions of law and mixed questions of law and fact for the consideration of a jury, the same was granted and the jury was dismissed and the entire matter was disposed of by the Chancellor in a written opinion.
After the case was heard and disposed of by the Court of Appeals, we granted certiorari.
The first two assignments of error, however, do call for specific treatment because they involve important questions of practice and procedure. The first assignment of error is that "the Court of Appeals erred in trying the case de novo. This was error, because the case was tried below irregularly not according to the forms of Chancery, was one in which a jury participated, was tried upon oral testimony by the Chancellor without consent of the parties, and over the protest of the defendant Town, and was actually a `jury case'. Therefore, it should have been tried by the Court of Appeals on the rule that if there is any material evidence to support the findings of the Chancellor, the case will be affirmed."
The second assignment is "the Court of Appeals erred in trying the case de novo and in failing to do so with a presumption that the decree below is correct. This is error because the great majority of the issues in the case are factual rather than legal. The case was tried on oral testimony and the Chancellor heard and saw the witnesses and their demeanor on the stand, and yet the Court of Appeals found the exact opposite of what the Chancellor found on every material fact issue, notwithstanding the fact that the great preponderance of the proof supported the every finding of the Chancellor."
These two questions were raised in the Court of Appeals but were not expressly dealt with and were impliedly overruled. Under the first assignment it seems to be the insistence either that this was a jury trial and that the Court of Appeals could not reverse if there was any material evidence to support the decree below or that if not a jury trial, the cause being tried irregularly, the review would be de novo but with a strong presumption in favor of the findings of the Chancellor.
In our opinion it was clearly not a jury trial and what is said in the Fourth Edition of Gibson's Suits in Chancery, Sec. 548e treats with a situation where either one or both of the parties, after a jury has been demanded, undertakes either to re-convert the cause into a non-jury trial or to waive the jury and let the Chancellor sit as a jury. That is not the situation existing in this case, however. As will be seen hereinafter it was a situation where the Chancellor after having heard all the proof realized that the first determinative question was the construction of the contract itself and then the question of the construction of various written instruments, all questions of law or complicated questions of mixed law and fact not suitable for the consideration of a jury. Therefore, the applicable section is Sec. 548a of the above work, which reads as follows:
"Limitations Upon the Right to a Jury Trial in Equity. — A jury trial should not be allowed unless the record discloses a dispute between the parties respecting one or more determinative questions of fact. If there arises a controlling question of law, or if the cause turns upon a point of law alone, such as the meaning of an instrument, or the legal consequences of fact that are conceded, or if the questions are so intermixed with questions of law that they cannot be singled out, there is nothing that should be submitted to a jury and the application should be denied.
"There are some cases so inherently equitable that they can be satisfactorily determined by the Chancellor only; and there may be cases where the rights and contentions of the parties are so involved that the verdict of a jury would but add to the confusion. This is peculiarly true of cases involving complicated accounts or trust or equitable interests. But this limitation is not confined to bills for an accounting. For there may be cases, although involving disputes of fact, that are yet so intricate that no clearly defined and determinative questions of fact can be culled therefrom. Hence the judicial necessity of leaving with the Chancellor the right and power to grant or deny a jury trial in some instances, subject always to review by the appellate courts. If the verdict of a jury cannot possibly be of service to the Chancellor; if, notwithstanding a verdict one way or another, the Chancellor will be constrained to dispose of the cause upon some other points than those in dispute, the demand for a jury should be denied."
That was the situation in this case. The Town of Alamo offered 39 issues to be submitted to the jury. Some of these involved questions of interpretation of written documents which of course were not proper for submission to the jury and the relevancy of some of the issues of fact depended upon first the proper construction of the contract between the parties. We are of opinion that the Chancellor was correct, when upon motion of Forcum-James he declined to submit any issues to the jury and discharged the jury.
The case was tried irregularly, however, and the review was properly under T.C.A. sec. 27-303 providing among other things for a hearing de novo upon the record of the trial court accompanied by a presumption of the correctness of the judgment below unless the preponderance of the evidence is otherwise; and since it was tried upon oral testimony, the finding of fact by the Chancellor dependent upon the credibility of the witnesses was entitled to a great weight in the Court of Appeals. Jackson v. Jackson, 25 Tenn. App. 198, 154 S.W.2d 797. We think, however, that that rule means very little in this particular case by reason of the nature of the proof; a great deal of the testimony in behalf of the Town of Alamo was statements by Town officials as to how each one of them understood the contract, which of course, has no relevancy or probative value because the determinative matter is how the parties to the contract on one side and the other mutually understood the contract; other parts of the testimony are interpretations of written documents by witnesses, etc.
We are, therefore, of opinion that both the first and second assignments of error should be overruled.
On Petition to Rehear
The petition to rehear presents no new matters of fact or law but is a reargument of matters urged in the brief of petitioner and fully considered on the original hearing. The same is overruled.


"Ice Princess" Gingerbread House Workshop! — Sugarfuse!
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Bring nothing (except maybe a friend) - We supply scratch baked gingerbread (in a custom one-of-a-kind design - not a kit), royal icing, and all kinds of candy. We help the kids step by step and they get to take it home!
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Over the last seven days Los Campesinos!, Active Bird Community, Diet Cig, Las Ligas Menores, Heart Attack Man, Future Islands (x2), BRYDE, Nouveau Vélo, Basement (x2), Charlie Whitten, Astronautalis, This Is the Kit, Lexie Roth, The Maldives, Peter Silberman (x2), Molly Burch, Samantha Crain, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Caroline Spence, Kristin Hersh, Aliocha, Gregory Page, Kyle Emerson, Zeta, Charlie Shaw, Bong Wish, Sera Cahoone, Nervous Assistant, Pet Symmetry, Current Swell, The Estranged, Lunch, and Slowdive have all found themselves at the center of outstanding live videos, constituting a typically stellar run that goes a long way in proving the ongoing vitality of music. Those weren't the only videos worth watching that surfaced during that time. So, as always, sit up, adjust the settings, relax, lean back, and Watch This.
1. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever (KEXP)
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever have popped up on this site with relative consistency in the past. The band's particular brand of rambling, punk-tinged Americana hitting several of this site's pleasure nerves. In recent years, the band's grown bolder and more confident, transforming themselves into a well-oiled machine worthy of a host of accolades. In this full session for KEXP, the band also proves how sharp their touring schedules made their live show, which is a thing to behold.
2. Aye Nako (Audiotree)
A lot of places (this one included) have championed Aye Nako in the past but they've never been afforded a showcase as definitive as this live session for Audiotree. Tearing through a set of songs that highlights what makes the band so great, the quartet seemed poised throughout. Tenacious, composed, and purposeful, Aye Nako deliver a blistering set that ranks right alongside anything from their recorded output; this is a band that never stops improving.
3. Middle Kids (Indie88)
Middle Kids have made a habit out of appearing on Watch This, whether it's in the weekly roundup of links or in a feature capacity. While all of their previous entries have been unmistakably impressive, there's something about this Hidden Studio session the band recorded for Indie88's Stiegl Hidden Studio Sessions that stands out. The band's voracious touring has molded them into one of the best live acts currently on the circuit and this session serves as both document and definitive proof.
4. Terry Malts (Audiotree)
Over the past several years Terry Malts have been quietly becoming one of the best outfits in both basement pop and basement punk. The band graciously contributed a demo to the A Step Forward compilation last year and have been on something of a tear this year, touring heavily and releasing an excellent single. Audiotree recently hosted the band for a no-holds-barred, career-spanning set that nicely underscores the band's intensity. Catchy, aggressive, and always full-throttle, it's a characteristically outstanding session for all parties involved.
5. Why? – Easy (CPR)
Oaklandazulasylum, Elephant Eyelash, Alopecia, Eskimo Snow, and a handful of other records released under the name Why? solidified the project as one of the most fascinating acts since the turn of the century. Yoni Wolf, who started Why? as a solo project and his since expanded the outfit but remained the heart of the operation, has staked a claim as one of this generation's most inspired lyricists. It's hard to tell which direction the band will pursue at any given moment but for CPR's Open Air, they went the calm and gentle route, unleashing a gorgeous rendition of "Easy" for a breathtaking live capture. Don't let this one go unseen, unheard, or unnoticed.
Every week this year's offered up an enticing host of live clips and the week that transpired the week before last proved no exception, keeping the flame not only alive but roaring. The Tablets, Fits, Robyn Hitchcock, Miss Molly Simms, Summer Twins, Perfume Genius, Strand of Oaks, Benoît Pioulard, Sean Rowe, Rahim AlHaj, Tenement, Flesh World, Bad History Month, Dinosaur Jr, Hi-Tec Emotions, The Paranoyds, Laura Marling, The New Pornographers, Slow Dancer, Lucy & La Mer, Imaginary Tricks, Double Grave, Queen Hilma, Violents & Monica Martin, Juliana Hatfield, Fast Romantics, Atlas Road Crew, Micah P. Henson, The Drive-By Truckers, Tamino, Lucille Furs, Leif Vollebek, Two Houses, Umm, S.H.I.T., and Electric Eye all found themselves at the center of excellent live captures. A group that strong goes a long way in indicating the formidable nature of the featured clips, which include several long-time site favorites. So, as always, sit up, straighten out, adjust the settings, draw the screen a little closer, and Watch This.
1. Waxahatchee – No Curse (Weathervane)
Katie Crutchfield's no stranger to this site, seemingly all of the songwriter's projects having been covered in some capacity. Waxahatchee has become Crutchfield's calling card in recent years and remains the most singularly focused of the musician's artistic output. Here, Crutchfield and company rip through an enticing new song entitled "No Curse" for Weathervane's outstanding Shaking Through series. It's a potent reminder of the inherent power of one of this generation's finest artists.
2. Hurray for the Riff Raff – Living in the City (The Current)
A handful of releases into an increasingly notable career, Hurray for the Riff Raff continue an impressively upward trajectory. Each consecutive record and performance seems to constitute a new career high for the project, which has never been anything less than commendable. "Living in the City" is just the latest upward rung on a never-ending ladder that seems poised to reach stratospheric heights. Looking down from where the act is now, it's more than enough to induce a serious amount of vertigo.
3. Vundabar (Audiotree)
One of the more intriguingly frenetic punk bands of recent times, Vundabar have carved out a reputation for themselves by meticulously crafting unpredictable music. Recently, the band swung through Audiotree's studio to record a session perfectly showcasing the tension and urgency the band's so adept at creating. Every song in this session is eye-opening and executed to perfection without anyone in the band sacrificing even an ounce of conviction.
4. Nothing (Amoeba)
Watch This veterans, Nothing keep finding new ways to impress. In this Green Room session for Amoeba, the band sacrifices their signature onslaught of volume for something far more intimate and contained. In passing up one of their most noted trademarks, the band also ably demonstrates how good the songs lurking underneath have been since the beginning. Utterly transfixing and devastatingly sincere, this acoustic session stands as an entirely unlikely but wholly welcome new high for the band.
5. Allison Crutchfield (KEXP)
While Katie Crutchfield may have taken the opening slot on the features list in this volume of Watch This, Crutchfield's twin sister is the one to close it out. As another musician whose projects have been well-documented on this site throughout a lengthy career, Allison Crutchfield seems poised to spearhead a sterling solo career. A lot of supporting evidence can be found to back that claim up, including this abbreviated set for KEXP, which finds the band (which includes Radiator Hospital's Sam Cook-Parrott) running through an impressive array of new songs with a sense of unified purpose.
Watch This: The Best of 2017's First Quarter, Pt. III
The first two parts of this four-part series shedding light on some of the finest live videos to see the light of the day over 2017's first three months largely focused on single song takes, with a few two-song performances for good measure. The latter two of this series turns the attention to full sessions. Part three, specifically, focuses on long takes of these sessions encompassed in a single video, an area that places like KEXP — who are featured here multiple times — have wisely made their calling card. All of the performances and bands featured in this third installment of this review are worthy of celebration. So, as always, get excited, try to keep calm, lean in, hit play, and Watch This.
1. Car Seat Headrest (KEXP)
2. PWR BTTM (NPR)
3. Sad13 (WKNC)
4. Cloud Nothings (KEXP)
5. Mannequin Pussy (Audiotree)
6. Hazel English (Rough Trade)
7. Alvvays (CBC Music)
8. Big Thief (NPR)
9. The Spirit of the Beehive (WKNC)
10. Jeff Rosenstock (Little Elephant)
11. Crying (Audiotree)
12. Priests (PressureDrop.tv)
13. Lee Fields & The Expressions (KEXP)
14. Horse Jumper of Love (Audiotree)
15. Angel Olsen (KEXP)
16. The Regrettes (PressureDrop.tv)
17. Thee Oh Sees (KEXP)
18. Mall Walk (PressureDrop.tv)
19. Los Campesinos! (KEXP)
20. Fai Baba (KEXP)
21. Terry Malts (PressureDrop.tv)
22. Haley Bonar (KEXP)
23. Let's Eat Grandma (KEXP)
24. Valgeir Sigurðsson & Jodie Landau (KEXP)
25. Explosions In The Sky (Moshcam)
As stated in the preceding post, a lot's been happening in the world of Heartbreaking Bravery (both in its interior machinations and mitigating exterior factors). Its public upkeep has been largely neglected but behind the scenes, the work continues to be ceaseless. Watch This, the typically weekly series that celebrates the greatest live videos of the given week, has been on somewhat of a hiatus. To amend that, for this 15oth installment, this will extend far beyond the series' usually confined scope.
In the previous 50 markers for Watch This, Heartbreaking Bravery's original live videos have been featured. With matters of scheduling, it's been impossible to keep that pace but bookmark the site's YouTube channel for upcoming clips of acts like LVL UP, Alex G, Nobunny, The Hussy, and more (with a few long-archived clips finally making their way to air). So, instead of personally-generated footage, this will celebrate not five but 50 of the finest live clips to have appeared since the last Watch This ran at the end of October.
Single song performances, full sessions, individually-helmed efforts, and professionally-captured studio takes all appear. With this amount of material featured, it'd be a hyper-herculean task to take everything in all at once. The best route may simply be to bookmark the page, the clip, or fast-forward at will (though everything featured is more than worth the effort). So, as always, sit back, grab a drink, adjust the settings, focus, and Watch This.
The tracklist for Watch This: Vol. 150 can be found below the embed.
1. Car Seat Headrest – Drunk Driver/Killer Whales (Fallon)
2. Monica LaPlante – Hope You're Alone (The Current)
3. Cymbals Eat Guitars (KEXP)
4. Casper Skulls – Love Brain (Exclaim!)
5. Um Are – Dark Entry (Boxfish Sessions)
6. LVL UP (KEXP)
7. Jack – Blue (I Like It Session)
8. Islands – Fear (Do512)
9. Jeff Rosenstock – Wave Goodnight To Me (Radio K)
10. Mercury Girls (WKNC)
11. The Peep Temple – Constable (3RRR)
12. Total Slacker – Don't Ever Fade Away (BreakThruRadio)
13. And The Kids (WKNC)
14. Special Death – Perfume (DZ Records)
15. Spit – Days In Dreams (The Loft Sessions)
16. Drive-By Truckers (NPR)
17. Daisy Chains – Prove It (Radio K)
18. Lee Ranaldo – Electric Trim (La Blogotheque)
19. Bellows (Audiotree)
20. The Just Luckies – Conventions (DZ Records)
21. Lady Lamb – Spat Out Spit (Buzzsession)
22. Fraternal Twin – Big Dipper (Allston Pudding)
23. Pinegrove (NPR)
24. John K. Samson – Reconstruction Site (ANTI- Records)
25. Small Houses – Telling It Wrong (Sofar Sounds)
26. Wilco – If Ever I Was A Child (La Blogotheque)
27. Sad13 (PressureDrop.tv)
28. Sidney Gish – Hexagons and Other Fun Materials (Boxfish Sessions)
29. Julien Baker – Rejoice (KVRX)
30. Snail Mail (Michael Andrade)
31. Thao & The Get Down Stay Down – Nobody Dies (NPR)
32. Swimsuit Addition – Uptick (DZ Records)
33. Frankie Cosmos – What If (Allston Pudding)
34. Cayetana (Audiotree)
35. Courtney – Going Out Tonight (DZ Records)
36. Bethlehem Steel – Figure It Out (I Like It Session)
37. Atlas Crash – V.O.L.E. (Sofar Sounds)
38. Kishi Bashi (KEXP)
39. Ben & The Saints – Gold Rush (Sofar Sounds)
40. Wrekmeister Harmonies (Audiotree)
41. MASZER (KEXP)
42. Field Mouse (Audiotree)
44. Hovvdy – Problem (KVRX)
45. Purling Hiss (PressureDrop.tv)
46. Fufanu (KEXP)
47. Bear Vs. Shark (Audiotree)
48. Okkervil River (KEXP)
49. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Magneto (Andrew Dominik)
50. Explosions in the Sky (NPR)
The past week was teeming with outstanding live videos. Japanese Breakfast, Margaret Glaspy, Tacocat, Dolfish, The Conquerors, Liz Cooper & The Stampede, Nassau, Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam (x2), Computer Magic, Alex Izenberg, The Lemon Twigs, Runaway Brother, Julia Jacklin, Jay Smart, Full Body, Conor Oberst, Ira Wolf, The Blank Tapes, Donovan Wolfington, The Malady of Sevendials, Sammus, Tom Brosseau, Casper Skulls, Jordie Lane & the Sleepers, King Charles, Diet Cig, Gallery 47, Pat Otto, Lilian, Kyle Craft, and Thirdstory all offered up incredible entries and, in the process, pointed to the overwhelming strength of the five clips featured below. New faces and old favorites abound in full sessions, late night triumphs, and single song performances. So, as always, sit up, lean in, focus, adjust the settings, block out any distractions, and Watch This.
1. Real Life Buildings (WKNC)
A New York institution for some years now, Real Life Buildings' members have been extremely active in the DIY punk scene and accumulated an impressive pedigree. It's easy to forget that fact when they play, though, as their music sounds so complete. Here, the project takes to the WKNC studios and delivers an inspired set of slightly askew basement pop. It's a series of thrilling moments from a band that more than deserves their continuously growing reputation as one of the state's finest acts.
2. Yohuna – Apart (Radio K)
In Patientness, the Johanne Swanson-led Yohuna delivered one of the year's most quietly compelling releases. Operating as a trio for the live shows, Yohuna recently stopped by the Radio K studios and offered up a gripping take on "Apart", one of the many highlights from Patientness. Calm, collected, and enticing, it's a perfect example of the project's innate level of talent.
3, Porches – Car (KEXP)
When Watch This was in its earliest stages, Porches. would make infrequent appearances that mostly came courtesy of fan-shot footage of solo performances. In that time, the project's reach has considerably widened, the period at the end of the name's been all but abandoned, and it's successfully transitioned into a full band that boasts an incredible cast of musicians. Porches hit a career highlight with "Car" and they recently gifted KEXP with this arresting run through the song. Good luck escaping the vice grip of that miraculous hook.
4. Julia Jacklin – Pool Party (The Current)
The ascendant Julia Jacklin's been making quite a splash lately, drawing comparisons to the likes of Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, and Leonard Cohen. Just a few seconds into this gorgeous run through "Pool Party" and it's abundantly clear that Jacklin's tapped into that intangible element that can propel talented people to new levels of fame. A beautiful performance of a gorgeous song, it's hard not to just leave the clip on repeat.
5. Mitski – Your Best American Girl (Colbert)
Anytime anyone from the DIY circuit starts succeeding on a grander level, it's a heartening development, especially in the cases of artists that stay true to their convictions. Watching Mitski sit in with Stephen Colbert's house band and lead them through selections from a discography that's been well-covered here in the past served as a moment of triumph. The cherry on top? A full, heartfelt rendition of "Your Best American Girl" — one of 2016's best songs — with the house band urging the song forward. All told, it was a well-earned, inspiring moment from an artist whose work deserves to be celebrated.
The past week contained a plethora of outstanding performance clips, including memorable takes of Ama, Haley Bonar, Alex Napping, The Seratones, Benjamin Booker, Cate Le Bon, Twin Limb, Pinegrove, The Frights, Matthew Logan Vasquez, Beach Slang, Heaters, Naked Giants, The Sweet Release of Death, Conor Oberst, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. Since there was an excessive amount of incredible material over the past seven days, this will be the first of two tandem Watch This installments. The five featured clips below are heavy on full sessions and include one genuine outlier that was simply too good to pass up featuring. So, with that in mind, take a deep breath, steel some nerves, block out any distractions, adjust the settings, lean in, and Watch This.
1. Big Ups (Audiotree)
As a live act, Big Ups are an extremely enticing draw. They're explosive performers, their songs are complex and dynamic enough to demand uncommon talent, and the quartet boasts a magnetic playing style. They've appeared on several past Watch This entries but occupy an elevated space for this Audiotree session. Characteristically intense and oddly entrancing, this session stands as a career highlight for both the band and the rightfully acclaimed studio.
2. Uni Ika Ai – Already Dead (BreakThruRadio)
2016 has been something of a breakout year for Uni Ika Ai. While they may not be an instantly recognizable name, the act's been gaining traction on the back of their dreamlike approach to subdued indie pop. Deeply impressive and hard to shake, this enrapturing performance of "Already Dead" for BreakThruRadio is as good an entry point as any for the uninitiated. For more than seven minutes, the band casts a spell that deepens as the song progresses, making one hell of an impression.
3. Explosions in the Sky (KEXP)
cTypically Watch This — and Heartbreaking Bravery in general — is a space reserved for emerging artists but every once in a while a veteran act will issue a reminder of how they earned their status. Case in point: post-rock titans Explosions in the Sky's recent KEXP session. The band's riding another critical surge following the release of this year's The Wilderness, a record that subtly expanded the band's scope. As ever, the songs translate beautifully to the live setting and this performance serves as concrete proof.
4. Nothing (KVRX)
When a band's volume levels are as relentlessly punishing as Nothing's, stripping songs to bare acoustics can be a risky prospect. Fortunately, the band are incredibly gifted songwriters, something that comes across with a charming, natural ease in this unassuming KVRX session. There's a certain amount of grace that often gets overlooked when shoegaze-leaning bands heavily emphasize the most bruising aspects of their approach and each song performed here becomes an essential reminder of that grace, winding up as an unexpected document of one of the genre's most intriguing acts.
5. Jay Reatard (Pitchfork)
More of an archival release than anything else, this look back at a musician that was lost far too young is vital, painful, and wildly exhilarating. Taking a breathlessly frantic approach, Jay Reatard whips his band into overdrive right out of the gate, ripping through a dozen songs in a fiery twenty minute set, featuring a host of songs that have rightfully carved their place out in history as pivotal genre classics. Reatard was writing out of his mind during the time this was filmed, fresh off the release of Blood Visions (which remains an indisputable classic). An arresting look back at a formidable talent, there's heartbreak to be found in thinking about what could have been but more than enough heart on display to make up some of the difference.
To ease Watch This back into its regularly scheduled rotation, the following will focus on the two weeks that occurred after the last installment was published. In that time, Acapulco Lips (x2), Wasted On You, Chain of Flowers, Pinegrove, Peter Bjorn and John, Sunbathe, Good Personalities, Bad Cop / Bad Cop, Claire Cottrill, The Brokedowns, Kississippi, Haley Bonar, Billie Marten, Bayonne (x2), Entrance, Lush (x2), The Blank Tapes, JFDR, The Frights, Teleman, The Districts, Doe, Marissa Nadler, Joshua Bell & Jeremy Denk, No Honeymoon, Aaron & Bryce Dessner with Ben Lanz and Boys Noize, BlackGlass, The Minders, Super Furry Animals, Kristin Kontrol, Tenement, Queen of Jeans, Michael Kiwanuka, Breanna Barbara, Corbu, All People, Boss Fight, Margo Price, Titus Andronicus, Brass Bed, Somos, Oliver John-Rodgers, Foxing, The Wombats, and PWR BTTM all found themselves at the center of outstanding performance clips. Competition that strong says more about the strength of the five featured clips that could be conveyed with mere words. All five bands have been featured on the site in the past and the performances range from genuinely exhilarating to utterly devastating. So, as always, sit up, lean in, adjust the volume, block out any excess noise, focus, take a deep breath, and Watch This.
1. Never Young – Soap (Prisma Guitars)
Immediately kicking things back into the highest gear possible is this Prisma Guitars session from site favorites Never Young. Easily one of the most explosive single-song performance clips to ever be featured throughout the 140+ installments of this series, the quartet careens through an adrenaline-inducing take on "Soap" that sees them giving the session their everything. Beautifully shot and presented with an enormous amount of conviction, this is exactly the type of clip that Watch This was built to celebrate.
2. Greys (KEXP)
Greys have made several appearances throughout this series' run and touring on their recently-released Outer Heaven's allowing them even more opportunities to be featured. The band recently stopped by the KEXP studios for a full session that features songs from their past three releases, including their most recent work, Warm Shadow. As always, the band plays with a barely-contained energy, an incredible amount of tenacity, and a deep-seated passion that makes this another vital document of one of today's most exciting acts.
3. Heliotropes – Primates (BreakThruRadio)
For a few years now, Heliotropes have been quietly carving out an impressive name for themselves, earning the respect of both critics and their peers. Creatively restless and endlessly intriguing, the band continues to impress with this BreakThruRadio performance of "Primates". It's a glimpse towards the future the band's angling towards and it's impossibly tantalizing. One of their finest songs to date, "Primates" keys in on the band's wiriest post-punk tendencies and sporadically cuts them to shreds. If this is indicative of the rest of the band's forthcoming material, start bracing for something genuinely explosive.
4. The Coathangers (KEXP)
The second KEXP session of this installment features The Coathangers, who have been touring hard behind their excellent Nosebleed Weekend. Celebrating both that record and the 20th anniversary of the label that released the record, Suicide Squeeze, finds the band in exceptionally high spirits. All of that culminated in an unshakable, infectious joy that drives this session, making it both immediately accessible and surprisingly memorable. The trio remains in fine form throughout the session, playing with ramshackle glee while maintaining an impressively tight grasp on the songs, creating what could be considered a definitive portrait.
5. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Girl In Amber
After enduring unspeakable loss, Nick Cave allowed filmmaker Andrew Dominik into his creative process to create One More Time With Feeling, a documentary that follows both the creation of Skeleton Tree and Cave's battle with grief in the wake of his youngest son's tragic death. It's excruciatingly heartrending from an outsider's perspective and Dominik elegantly underscores how unthinkably difficult it'd be to be in that situation. In the third studio video to be released from the project, Cave continues to look completely lost and withdrawn, as if perpetually trying to wrestle his thoughts down.
"Girl In Amber" also expertly incorporates Dominik's inspired direction and the technical wizardry that went into the 3D, black-and-white filming of One More Time With Feeling. The overall effect's equal parts haunting and haunted, creating an unforgettable impression. This is a staggering work of bravery and artistry, each colliding with the other to produce something as singular as it is captivating. As the camera circles Cave, surveying his every movement and placing him at the center of swirling uncertainty, Cave repeats "don't touch me" as the video cuts to black, providing one last breathtaking moment of a miniature masterpiece.
From this past Monday to this just recently-ended Sunday, there were a slew of great live clips that came from the likes of Ben Seretan, Johanna Warren, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Chook Race, Ty Segall, Dog & Wolf, Daniel Lanois, Charles Bradley, Odanah, Strange Ranger, Flock of Dimes, July Talk (x2), Sleepy Kitty, Maszer, Lisa Hannigan, Half Waif, Gia Greene, The Felice Brothers, Esmé Patterson, Elvis Depressedly, Jessie Kilguss, Alaska, Ghosts I've Met, MUNA, Underground Rider, American Trappist, Marlon Williams, James Vincent McMorrow, Hinds, Ile, and Keaton Henson. The strength of those video, as always, is indicative of the substance contained in the five featured performances below. From old favorites to emerging artists, there's a lot of material to explore. So, as always, sit up, lean in, crank the volume, and Watch This.
1. Teenage Fanclub – Thin Air (BBC)
For decades, certain pockets of the music world have treated Teenage Fanclub with a reverence that's typically reserved for deities. In the time that's elapsed since they formed in 1989, the band's amassed a devoted following but — as this performance for BBC's Radio 6 definitively demonstrates — they haven't lost a step. Still boasting all of the charm in the world, "Thin Air" is a reminder of their casual timelessness.
2. Weaves (KEXP)
Since the release of their incendiary self-titled debut earlier this year, Weaves have become a mainstay of the Watch This series. Tackling a quartet of songs here, the quartet brings their wild energy to the KEXP studios for one of the station's best sessions of the year. As ever, the band's a relentless force, attacking each of these songs with the conviction and tenacity that's earned them a dedicated, steadily-increasing following.
3. gobbinjr – Firefly (Boxfish Sessions)
A few years into a promising career, Emma Witmer — who masterminds the gobbinjr project — has been releasing delicate pop songs that sound airy but boast a substantial amount of weight. "Firefly" is a prime example and its performance here, for Cuttlefish Collective's Boxfish Sessions, is a thing of singular beauty. With only vocals, an omnichord, and a pre-programmed drum track, "Firefly" surpasses being simply mesmerizing and winds up at a place of transcendence.
4. Tuns – Mixed Messages + Mind Over Matter (Indie88Toronto)
Whether Tuns is a side project, a supergroup, or a curiosity is irrelevant, what's important is that they're writing great songs. Legendary pedigree aside, Tuns would've likely been turning heads. While the band's members' projects certainly hold a particular amount of influence over their sound (Sloan likely being the most notable of the bunch), there's a spark here that should help the project establish their own identity. Either way, "Mixed Messages" and "Mind Over Matter" are worth celebrating.
5. PUP (CBC)
Earlier this year, PUP released their fiery sophomore effort, The Dream Is Over. Several strides forward from their explosive debut, the record opened up their already frantic live show and sent the band's members careening to every corner of stages the world over with wild abandon. The band recently stopped by CBC's studios to tear through several key songs from their Polaris-nominated record — including "If This Tour Doesn't Kill You, I Will" and "DVP", two of the year's finest songs — and the resulting document is an exhilarating portrait of a wild-eyed band that refuses to hit the brakes.


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This company has a high Price to Earnings ratio (33.72) relative to the sector (15.18). However, this can be explained as the stock is very strong fundamentally.
Newcrest has a very low debt to equity ratio (26.7%) for the size of the company (17.498bn). We can compare this to ASX:ASL Ausdrill, another gold 0.45% company that closely tracks the global spot price ofgold 0.45% as both companies have a over 80% of revenue attributed to gold 0.45% .
Ausdrill has a debt to equity ratio of 61.7% and only a market capitalisation of 0.9bn, yet trades at a Price to Earnings ratio of 27.72.
If we were to value Newcrest based against these statistics alone, the Price to Earnings of Newcrest should be 37.42 which is 10.97% higher than the current ratio. This would allow the price to break up above the trend and continue on an upward trajectory.
This discovery is significant because Newcrest can comfortably retain more debt which can bring benefits such as acquisitions or new project ventures that add value to the company, or an increase in shareholder dividends that adds value to the shareholders and as a result, an increase in share price.
The dividend yield of Newcrest (0.7%) is relatively low for the size of the company, especially when comparing the figure to Ausdrill (1.6%). The dividend stability of Newcrest is negligibly higher compared to the difference in return value between the two.
This is just a brief observation and should not be considered trading advice. I also have a bullish outlook on the global spot price of Gold 0.45% which can be viewed in my related ideas below.


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Mar 21, 2022 6 min read Guest Feature
The Corset Fallacy
A Guest Feature by Sara A. Mueller
A seamstress and horsewoman, Sara A Mueller writes speculative fiction in the green and rainy Pacific Northwest, where she lives with her family, numerous recipe books, and a forest of fountain pens. In a nomadic youth, she trod the earth of every state but Alaska and lived in six of them. She's an amateur historical costumer, gamer and cook.
Her debut novel The Bone Orchard is available on March 22nd wherever you get your books.
Many people think that corsetry is about the size of one's waist. That's partly true, but for people with breasts, waist size is at best a side gig and at worst a red herring. The original goal of corsetry, from before anyone used the word 'corset,' is to wrangle boobs. Whether you go with a flattening number, a shelf support, or a cup-shaped show-em-high, boobs were job one.
Ask anybody who has 'em or wants 'em, boobs can be a dilemma. For starters, the larger they are the heavier they are, and they aren't comfortable over a certain size. One can get in trouble for showing boob-adjacent nipples in public (exceptions of time and location may apply). Letting boobs sag and bounce and sway around tends to be frowned on. Not only is one expected to keep them under some kind of guidance, one is likely going to want to either show 'em off or cover 'em up or fake having them depending on a complicated mix of fashion, personal style, and social mores.
People with boobs have been trying for a very-long-time-indeed to keep said boobs acceptably supported. In Western cultures, this quest requires superstructure.The modern practice has gone back to hanging boobs from the shoulder in the manner of a medieval bra found in Germany; the other option is to support boobs from below. The methods of doing so have evolved over time depending on technology and the fashion dictates regarding how one was wearing one's boobs this year. Enter the many variations on a full-torso boob-wrangler.
Stiffened fabric, called buckram, was effective in a garment called a kirtle, in which layers of fabric, often with a glue-stiffened layer, acted as basically a compression bra. This form of boob-support was superseded by a garment called a 'pair of bodies', which relied on the support of stiff reed 'bents'. A pair of bodies made a smooth, straight silhouette, and with a little padding here and there, could strategically help Mother Nature with either support or fullness as was deemed necessary.
The myth of a brief flirtation with steel supports in the 16th century has been debunked. The steel didn't happen, because by then boob-wrangling had found its true love – whalebone stays. Whale 'bone' was actually baleen. It was durable, flexible, and could take on the contours of the body, just like breaking in a pair of leather boots. Corsetry slowly evolved from straight to cuppy, and it developed into full blown curvy in the 19th century. Whalebone faded from the supply chain with the decline of whale hunting, but people still had boobs to deal with. It was only then that they turned to steel. Steel boning was cheaper than whalebone, and flat lengths of it could bend to make fashionable curves.
But fashion is nothing if not fickle, and fashion across all of time has striven for varying ratios of boobs to waist to butt, as well as varying boob height. So how did the boob-possessing (or boob-wanting) achieve whatever was the fashionable ratio this year? Mostly with padding. Lots and lots of padding. Padding out the boobs and the butt was much easier and far more comfortable than restricting the waist. Did some people tight lace instead of pad out? Yup! People have been making painful choices in the name of fashion for as long as adornment has existed. Those choices are rarely the norm.
The Corset Fallacy has wormed into the public consciousness, supported and amplified by popular media depictions. Corset wearers cling to bedposts. Corset wearers faint off cliffs, down staircases, and at the feet of reigning monarchs. People make massively incorrect 'historical' YouTube videos about the 'dangers of corsets!' supported and illustrated by factually-false screamers from previous centuries.
Men have been screaming about feminine clothing since the beginning of recorded public commentary. Literally. Predictably, they have screamed about corsets. They screamed from pulpits and in pamphlets. They screamed in newspapers. They screamed with illustrations. They screamed in textbooks. They screamed with faked x-rays. Victorian doctors screamed even though they hadn't the foggiest anatomical knowledge of what they were screaming about. Screamers have screamed about corsets so much that they've created what I call 'The Corset Fallacy'.
The persistence of the corset fallacy is absurd, unsupported by extant garments, and frustrating. For lo, the screamers are screaming unto this very day.
"Corsets displace your internal organs!" they howl. Know what moves your internal organs a lot more? Pregnancy. Want to talk displaced organs? Talk to any small-statured person who has carried twins.
"Corsets put pressure on your internal organs and leave them nowhere to go!" lament screamers who have never worn Spanx.
"You can't move freely in corsets!" they wail, ignoring six centuries of hard labor done in variations of corsets. One might not want to run a marathon in a corset, but nor would one want to run a marathon in a three-piece suit.
"No other fashion," the screamers shriek, "has the potential to do so much damage!" Ask a podiatrist about high heels and the shape of the toe boxes. Bring refreshments in case the podiatrist in question is prone to ranting.
"Corsets are painful!" Just like with modern bras: If it's painful, it doesn't fit.
"People faint in corsets!" Why yes, people have fainted in corsets. From lung disease, for the sake of looking fashionably frail, and even from forcibly compressing their ribs in the name of fashion extremes. Historically a corset was worn snug, yes, but if one can't do basic housework in it, one should probably loosen the laces. If corsetry is impairing breathing and making the wearer faint, THE CORSET IS TOO TIGHT. Also? Don't wear shoes that are too tight. And while we're at it, don't put a screwdriver in a live electrical outlet.
In the end, whether it's used or abused, corsetry supports bits we'd rather didn't bounce around. So do bras. And jockstraps. Taking off a corset or a bra at the end of the day was and remains 'an out of bodice experience'. I can't speak to jockstraps, but I bet taking those off feels pretty dang nice, too.
To see some actual dress historians – who have worn actual corsetry, and who have done actual research with extant garments – debunk these myths, check out Abby Cox's Reacting to the "History of the Corset" and Reacting to Vogue's "Everything You Need to Know About the Corset" cause we haven't suffered enough.
And please, if you're involved in producing entertainment, don't propagate The Corset Fallacy. For the love of boobs.
Charm is a witch, and she is alone. The last of a line of conquered necromantic workers, now confined within the yard of regrown bone trees at Orchard House, and the secrets of their marrow.
Charm is a prisoner, and a survivor. Charm tends the trees and their clattering fruit for the sake of her children, painstakingly grown and regrown with its fruit: Shame, Justice, Desire, Pride, and Pain.
Charm is a whore, and a madam. The wealthy and powerful of Borenguard come to her house to buy time with the girls who aren't real.
Except on Tuesdays, which is when the Emperor himself lays claim to his mistress, Charm herself.
But now--Charm is also the only person who can keep an empire together, as the Emperor summons her to his deathbed, and charges her with choosing which of his awful, faithless sons will carry on the empire---by discovering which one is responsible for his own murder.
If she does this last thing, she will finally have what has been denied her since the fall of Inshil -- her freedom. But she will also be betraying the ghosts past and present that live on within her heart.
Charm must choose. Her dead Emperor's will or the whispers of her own ghosts. Justice for the empire or her own revenge.
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