#jacques chadwick

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How it’s going

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So…any classics from your people you would like to recommend? I’m interested in listening since most of the old mythos we heard from your country tents to be…mostly from the theogony.

Ps: Hera is my favorite goddess since outside from Athens and Rome she rocks. Also Ares my second favorite…

Me realizing all the articles and books I've read are in Greek: aHA I see the problem!

Ok I'll try to find english sources

Hera was one of the first deities worshipped on a large scale. Here's a blog that talks about the temple on Samos. As she's associated with mother earth and birth, in many places Demeter and Hera were worshipped interchangeably. George Mylonas has a book called Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries that talks about "a goddess" that we don't know the name of, as it was only revealed to those who completed a ritual. But it is understood this goddess is Demeter or Hera. Someone associated with birth.

Hera was worshipped during the Mycenean period as well, there's not much there but I will recommend The Mycenean World by Chadwick until the day I die. It's such a good book. He talks about the three deities, and how the most powerful one had to do with mother nature, medicine, birth etc.

And I don't think I can find this in english but my godmother Phōteinē Zapheiropoulou has talked about how the word Hero comes from Hera. And how since she was the goddess of birth she was synonymous with strength. I might have to translate my godmother's books myself at this point dhdbdbdj. Basically there's evidence that if say, you had stamina or could lift heavy things, ppl would praise you for having been blessed by Hera.

Ares is an interesting god.. he had a huuge following, again towards the eastern part of the country. At points Ares and Verethragna were worshipped interchangeably by ppl going to and fro Iran. It's occuring to me now that someone should make a map of all the different religious sects, because I don't want you to think about Greece the country. It's easier to think about the Greek people, scattered all over.

Herodotus attempts to document the relationship between the Scythian religion and Ares. It's incomplete in my opinion, but it's the best we've got from his side of the fence.

In any case, Ares is much closer to an indo-greek god than Dionysus. There's actual documentation of him being worshipped from one side of the world to ours.

I think Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin was the one who found the name Artagnes, which was an epithet of the God Ares. It was given to him during a time where the Empires in the Persian regions were influences by Greek culture and vice versa.

Ares is a very interesting god. I will be the first to admit I haven't read that much about him, but there's definitely more to him than the Athenian or Spartan version of him.

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BILAN 2020

Que dire ?

ça a été une année de merde. Plus de concerts, plus de sorties... Je devais voir Trixie Mattel, Foals et d’autres - je dois attendre 2021 pour les reports; et encore, rien n’est sûr...

Il y quand même eu des choses positives. J’ai trouvé un super job en Juin, je suis en CDI, l’équipe est super et pour la première fois, je me vois rester dans une entreprise à long terme.

Le premier confinement m’a permis de rencontrer des voisins supers qui sont devenus des amis. J’ai d’ailleurs commencé le pôle-dance avec ma voisine qui est super cool. Jamais je n’aurais cru faire du pôle-dance avec la voisine du 4è !

Et entre les confinements et les couvre-feux, j’ai quand même fait quelques trucs : spectacle de Jérémy Ferrari (très drôle et grinçant à la fois); Expos Pierre & Gilles, Joan Cornella, et Cindy Sherman ; Katya et d’autres drag-queens; le Vegan Smmmile Festival; une soirée rock au Truskel; j’ai découvert les jardins Albert Kahn à Boulogne, les plages de Berck et Bordeaux - on se contente des explorations locales ! 

J’ai ajouté 3 tattoos à ma collection (par Maviou Degoub, Manuella Ana et Kner - check them out!).

Et j’ai hâte que les restaurants ouvrent à nouveau. En 2020, j’ai découvert Babka Zana, BrEAThe, Splash, Furaha, Land & Monkeys, Season Square, le Muto Café... Hâte d’y retourner et de tester d’autres endroits où manger ! :)

Malgré ces gourmandises, j’ai également perdu 13kg de mai à octobre 2020 ! :D

Finissons par un RIP aux disparus cette année : Jacques Dessange, Elizabeth Wurtzel (Prozac Nation forever), Terry Jones, Michou, Kobe Bryant et sa fille Gianna, Mary Higgins Clark, Kirk Douglas, Claire Brétécher, Katherine Johnson, Tonie Marshall, Manu Dibango, Uderzo, Pierre Bénichou, Pape Diouf, Bill Withers, Christophe, Little Richard, Michel Piccoli, Mory Kanté, Guy Bedos, Christo, Globule, Ian Holm, Joel Schumacher, Vasco, Ennio Morricone, Naya Rivera, Chichi DeVayne, Chadwick Boseman, Annie Cordy, Bertrand-Kamal, Roger Carel, Ruth Bader-Ginsburg, Juliette Greco, Kenzo, Van Halen, Sean Connery, Maradonna, Christophe Dominici, Rika Zarai, Anne Sylvestre, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, Flip, Claude Brasseur, Lulue, Pierre Cardin, Robert Hossein.

Je croise les doigts et les orteils pour qu’on retrouve une vie à peu près normale en 2021, que je puisse retourner à Londres (malgré le Brexit de m***e!) et plus loin; pour aller à des concerts, des soirées; danser; sortir, manger en terrasse; rencontrer des gens... Pitié !

[lindsaywesker]

2020 Deaths

January

7: Neil Peart, 67, drummer, Rush

8: Buck Henry, 89, screenwriter (‘The Graduate’), director (‘Heaven Can Wait’)

17: Derek Fowlds, 82, actor (‘Yes, Minister’)

19: Jimmy Heath, 93, jazz saxophonist, The Heath Brothers

19: Robert Parker, 89, R&B singer (‘Barefootin’’)

21: Terry Jones, 77, comic actor, screenwriter, film director (‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus’)

28: Nicholas Parsons, 96, actor, radio and TV presenter

February

1: Andy Gill, 64, guitarist, Gang Of Four

5: Kirk Douglas, 103, actor (‘Spartacus’, ‘Paths Of Glory’, ‘Seven Days In May’)

15: Caroline Flack, 40, TV and radio presenter

17: Andy Weatherall, 56, record producer and DJ

19: Pop Smoke, 20, rapper

24: Tom Watkins, 70, artist manager (Pet Shop Boys)

26: Kobe Bryant, 41, basketball player

March

4: Barbara Martin, 76, singer (The Supremes)

6: McCoy Tyner, 81, jazz pianist

8: Max von Sydow, 90, actor (‘Star Wars’, ‘Game Of Thrones’)

12: Pete Mitchell, 61, radio DJ and presenter (BBC Radio 2, Virgin Radio)

15: Roy Hudd, 83, actor and comedian

20: Kenny Rogers, 81, singer and songwriter (‘The Gambler’, ‘Islands In The Stream’)

22: Julie Felix, 81, folk singer

22: Eric Weissberg, 80, folk musician (‘Duelling Banjos’)

24: Manu Dibango, 86, saxophonist (‘Soul Makossa’)

26: Bill Martin, 81, songwriter (‘Puppet On A String’, ‘Congratulations’)

27: Bob Andy, 75, reggae singer (The Paragons, Bob & Marcia)

27: Delroy Washington, 67, reggae singer

30: Bill Withers, 81, singer (‘Ain’t No Sunshine’, ‘Lean On Me’, ‘Lovely Day’)

April

1: Ronn Matlock, 72, singer and songwriter (‘Can’t Forget About You’)

2: Eddie Large, 78, comedian (Little & Large)

5: Honor Blackman, 94, actress (‘The Avangers’, ‘Goldfinger’)

6: James Drury, 85, actor (‘The Virginian’)

6: Onaje Allan Gumbs, 70, jazz pianist

7: John Prine, 73, singer and songwriter (‘Angel From Montgomery’)

10: Ceybil Jefferies, 57 or 58, house and dance music singer (‘It’s Gonna Be Alright’, ‘Love So Special’)

12: Peter Bonetti, 78, footballer

12: Tim Brooke-Taylor, 79, comedian (‘The Goodies’)

12: Sir Stirling Moss, 90, racing driver

15: Brian Dennehy, 81, actor (‘Cocoon’)

17: Norman Hunter, 76, footballer

20: Rohan O’Rahilly, 79, founder of Radio Caroline

24: Hamilton Bohannon, 78, percussionist, songwriter and record producer

28: Jill Gascoine, 83,  actress (‘The Gentle Touch’)

29: Trevor Cherry, 72, footballer

29: Stezo, 51, rapper

30: Sam Lloyd, 56, actor (‘Scrubs’)

May

2: Richie Cole, 72, jazz saxophonist (‘New York Afternoon’)

5: Sweet Pea Atkinson, 74, singer (Was (Not Was))

5: Millie Small, 72, singer (‘My Boy Lollipop’)

6: Florian Schneider, 73, musician (Kraftwerk)

7: Ty, 47, UK rapper

9: Little Richard, 87, singer, pianist and songwriter

10: John McKenzie, 65, bass player

10: Betty Wright, 66, singer (‘Clean Up Woman’)

11: Jerry Stiller, 92, actor (‘Seinfeld’, ‘The King Of Queens’)

15: Phil May, 75, singer (The Pretty Things)

15: Fred Willard, 86, actor (‘Best In Show’, ‘Modern Family’)

21: Bobby Digital, 59, Jamaican reggae producer

22: Mory Kante, 70, Guinean singer and kora player (‘Yeke Yeke’)

30: Michael Angelis, 76, actor (‘Boys From The Black Stuff’)

June

4: Rupert Hine, 72, musician and record producer

4: Steve Priest, 72, bass player and singer (The Sweet)

8: Bonnie Pointer, 69, singer (The Pointer Sisters)

18: Dame Vera Lynn, 103, singer

19: Sir Ian Holm, 88, actor (‘Alien’, ‘Chariots Of Fire’, ‘The Lord Of The Rings’)

26: Tami Lynn, 77 or 78, singer (‘I’m Gonna Run Away From You’)

29: Carl Reiner, 98, actor, film director and writer (‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’, ‘Ocean’s Eleven’, ‘The Jerk’)

July

1: Sir Everton Weekes, 95, Bajan cricketer

2: Jacque Hylton, 57, beautiful girl and dear friend

5: Cleveland Eaton, 80, jazz bass player (‘Bama Boogie Woogie’)

6: Charlie Daniels, 83, singer, songwriter and musician (‘The Devil Went Down To Georgia’)

10: Jack Charlton, 85, footballer

10: Steve Sutherland, club and radio DJ

12: Kelly Preston, 57, actress (‘Jerry Maguire’, ‘Twins’)

17: John Lewis, 80, American civil rights leader and politician

19: Emitt Rhodes, 70, singer, songwriter and musician

21: Dobby Dobson, 78, Jamaican singer and producer

21: Annie Ross, 89, singer (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross)

25: Peter Green, 73, guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)

25: John Saxon, 83, actor (‘Enter The Dragon’)

26: Dame Olivia de Havilland, 104, actress (‘Gone With The Wind’)

27: Denise Johnson, 53, singer (Primal Scream)

29: Malik B, 47, rapper (The Roots)

31: Sir Alan Parker, 76, film director (‘Midnight Express’, ‘Mississippi Burning’)

August

1: Wilford Brimley, 85, actor (‘The Natural’, ‘Cocoon’)

5: FGB Duck, 26, rapper

6: Wayne Fontana, 74, singer (The Mindbenders)

11: Trini Lopez, 83, singer (‘If I Had A Hammer’) and actor (‘The Dirty Dozen’)

18: Ben Cross, 72, actor (‘Chariots Of Fire’)

22: D. J. Rogers, 72, soul singer

28: Chadwick Boseman, 43, actor (‘Black Panther’)

September

1: Erick Morillo, 49, record producer, label owner and DJ

2: Ian Mitchell, 62, bass player (Bay City Rollers)

6: Bruce Williamson, 50, singer (The Temptations)

9: Ronald Bell, 68, songwriter and musician (Kool And The Gang)

10: Dame Diana Rigg, 82, actress (‘The Avengers’, ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’, ‘Game Of Thrones’)

11: Frederick Nathaniel ‘Toots’ Hibbert, 77, reggae singer (Toots And The Maytals)

12: Edna Wright, 76, soul singer (Honey Cone)

16: Roy C, 81, soul singer (‘Shotgun Wedding’)

18: Pamela Hutchinson, 61, singer (The Emotions)

19: Lee Kerslake, 73, drummer (Uriah Heep)

21: Tommy DeVito, 92, singer (The Four Seasons)

29: Mac Davis, 78, soul singer (‘Baby, Don’t Get Hooked On Me’)

29: Helen Reddy, 78, singer (‘I Am Woman’, ‘Delta Dawn’)

30: Frank Windsor, 92, actor (‘Z Cars’, ‘Softly Softly’)

October

6: Bunny Lee, 79, Jamaican reggae producer

6: Johnny Nash, 80, singer and songwriter (‘I Can See Clearly Now’, ‘Tears On My Pillow’)

6: Eddie Van Halen, 65, guitarist and songwriter (Van Halen)

10: Dyan Birch, 71, singer (Kokomo, Arrival)

12: Saint Dog, 44, rapper

12: Conchata Ferrell, 77, actress (‘Two And A Half Men’)

14: Paul Matters, bass player (AC/DC)

15: Gordon Haskell, 74, singer, songwriter and musician (‘How Wonderful You Are’)

18: Jose Padilla, 64, record producer and DJ

19: Spencer Davis, 81, singer and guitarist (The Spencer Davis Group)

21: Frank Bough, 87, TV presenter (‘Grandstand’)

28: Bobby Ball, 76, comedian (Cannon & Ball)

30: Nobby Stiles, 78, footballer

31: Sir Sean Connery, 90, actor

November

2: John Sessions, 67, actor and comedian

4: Ken Hensley, 75, singer and songwriter (Uriah Heep)

5: Len Barry, 78, singer (‘1-2-3’)

5: Geoffrey Palmer, 93, actor (‘As Time Goes By’, ‘Butterflies’)

6: King Von, 26, rapper

8: Bones Hillman, 62, bass player (Midnight Oil)

11: Mo3, 28, rapper

14: Des O’Connor, 88, television presenter, comedian and singer

15: Ray Clemence, 72, footballer

18: Tony Hooper, 81, guitarist (The Strawbs)

25: Diego Maradona, 60, footballer

28: David Prowse, 85, actor (‘Star Wars’)

28: Lil Yase, 25, rapper

29: Papa Bouba Diop, 42, footballer

December

10: Dame Barbara Windsor, 83, actress

12: Charley Pride, 86, country singer

12: John le Carre, 89, author (‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’, ‘The Night Manager’)

14: Gerard Houllier, 73, football manager

15: Albert Griffiths, 74, Jamaican reggae musician (The Gladiators)

17: Jeremy Bulloch, 75, actor (‘Star Wars’)

21: K. T. Oslin, 78, country singer and songwriter

22: Stella Tennant, 50, supermodel

24: John Edrich MBE, 83, English cricketer

[evreuxdharcourt]

𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒓 (parte ii)

                  𝒥𝒶𝓃𝓊𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝟤𝟥𝓇𝒹, 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟣 - PARIS, FRANCE.

Ao ver que havia um vôo à noite com assentos disponíveis, Geneviève pegou o avião para Paris naquele mesmo dia em que assistiu o vídeo de Sebastian, chegando em sua cidade natal de madrugada.Tinha passado todo aquele tempo até o horário de sair para ao aeroporto chorando e sentindo-se a pessoa mais burra do mundo. Quando o seu mundo se desmorona na sua frente (aquela seria o que, a quarta vez desde a segunda metade do ano passado?), é inevitável pensar se os sinais estavam todos lá e só você não percebeu. Se todo mundo foi inteligente menos você e se culpar por ser tão ingênua. De certa forma, quando o assunto era Sebastian, aquele parecia ser um sentimento constante.

Nem mesmo o ambiente do aeroporto que tanto amava foi o suficiente para acalmá-la. Estava espiralando mentalmente e não conseguia focar nas tarefas mais simples como escutar os comandos do piloto do avião ou entender o preço que a moça do restaurante lhe comunicou. Mesmo assim, conseguiu manter o choro preso dentro de si. Realmente achou que não tinha mais lágrimas para derramar sobre aquele assunto, até que viu Anne Blanchet d’Harcout plantada na porta do desembarque. A reconheceria mesmo em uma multidão de milhões de pessoas e quando viu seu rosto, Geneviève esqueceu de tudo; esqueceu que passara os últimos meses sem se comunicar com ela, de que estava brava pelas escolhas feitas por ela como reitora da Universidade que era seu legado; naquele momento ela era simplesmente Anne, sua mãe. Correu para os seus braços e quando se aproximou suficiente, soltou a bagagem de mão para afundar em um abraço forte. Foi inevitável o choro que se seguiu, o rosto encostado no ombro da genitora.

Já em seu quarto na Mansão dos Harcourt em Paris, a mais nova só conseguiu jogar-se na sua cama. A aparência do recinto era sempre a mesma, como se ele fosse intocado pela ação do tempo. Se sentia confortável ali, mais do que em qualquer outro lugar do mundo: a cor sóbria de branco, os detalhes arquitetônicos da sua parede, a pintura de pavão pendurada acima da cama com roupa azul claro, sua cor preferida. Estava agora deitada com a cabeça nas pernas da mãe enquanto encarava o outro lado do quarto, aquele em que continha a poltrona azul e a estante de livros lotada. “Vai me contar o que aconteceu, Genny?”, perguntou a mais velha enquanto acariciava os cabelos da filha. ❝ — Sebastian...❞ — foi tudo que conseguiu dizer, enquanto ainda estava perdida no próprio sofrimento. Não viu a cara da mãe, porém imaginou mesmo assim a testa franzida e as narinas dilatadas. “Claro. Como das outras três vezes que você veio correndo chorando para casa, essa também tem que estar relacionada à ele”, a voz que usou era severa. Enquanto namorava o ex, o garoto era basicamente adorado pela família. Ele se dava bem com seus irmãos, Jacques o considerava um filho e Anne morria de amores pelo genro. Foi Viv voltar para as férias de verão após o incidente no penhasco e o término que aquele sentimento foi abrandando e, conforme a sucessão de fatos e descobrimentos sobre o Chadwick acontecia, ficando suspenso completamente no tempo. ❝ — Você vai revogar minha carteirinha feminista?❞ — conseguiu fazer a piada em meios às lágrimas, uma risada conseguindo sair. A mãe também a acompanhou. “Se fosse assim, eu também estaria fora do clube. Digamos que talvez isso seja de família”, falou ela, suspirando logo em seguida. ❝ — Foi por isso que eu vim... Só tem uma pessoa que pode me entender. Que passou por algo parecido.❞ — revelou o motivo por ter corrido para casa. Seguiu contando todos os detalhes entre lágrimas, desde o casamento com Penny até o momento em que descobriu sobre o vídeo, tendo o cuidado de não revelar quem lhe enviou. Notou que ao fim de tudo a mãe parou de acariciar o cabelo dela e ela usou essa deixa para se sentar e olhá-la nos olhos. ❝ — Como foi quando você descobriu sobre Jun?❞ — questionou de forma delicada; agora sabia mais do que nunca como o assunto poderia machucá-la.

Anne encarava agora a cômoda e passou longos segundos sem falar nada. “Não foi fácil, é claro. Eu e seu pai não estávamos em uma fase boa, com a mudança constante que a diplomacia pedia, e eu não podia simplesmente largar tudo na faculdade para ir viajar com ele. Foi um período difícil e eu cheguei a desconfiar dele muitas vezes, sem realmente trazer o assunto à tona por medo da resposta”, iniciou ela. Geneviève permaneceu em silêncio, mesmo que tivesse se identificado tanto com a fala que até mesmo se assustou. “Dra. Sasha vai adorar saber que meus problemas são hereditários”, pensou. “Na última viagem que ele tinha para a Coréia no verão de 2001, decidimos que ficaríamos alguns meses separados para pensar na vida e no relacionamento. Apesar de ter ficado no ar que ele podia fazer o que quisesse nesse período, não achei que um filho viria no pacote. Eu com certeza não fiz nada além de me dedicar à faculdade”, continuou ela. Viv deixou que ela falasse tudo antes de fazer mais perguntas. “Ele voltou da Coréia falando que eu era a única mulher para ele e que ia conseguir uma demoção para Paris e me fazendo juras de amor. Reatamos e o relacionamento parecia melhor do que antes mesmo. A notícia sobre o Jun Ho chegou no mesmo mês em que descobri estar grávida de você. Ele já tinha nascido e a sra. Choi... Mandou apenas uma carta curta ao seu pai com a foto do bebê. Nunca pediu nada, só achou que ele gostaria de saber que tinha um filho por aí”,  disse, fazendo uma pausa. ❝ — Quando ele voltou da Coréia... Ele te contou que teve relações com outra mulher?❞ — perguntou. “Prometemos não falar sobre o que aconteceu enquanto estivemos separados. Ele assumiu alguns casos extraconjugais nos meses antes de isso acontecer, porém nada sério. Decidimos deixar isso de lado quando ele voltou, pois ele parecia mudado mesmo e eu já estava com o seu pai há doze anos na época, seus irmãos eram crianças ainda e... Bom, você o vê como seu pai, mas Jacques e eu éramos amigos desde novos e o nosso namoro era mais do que esperado, como se fosse destino. Desde o início, fomos o casal perfeito à visão de todos e isso, na maior parte das vezes, realmente foi verdade. Só que 2001 não foi um bom ano para nós”, comentou, suspirando. Geneviève continha a vontade de roer as unhas ao pensar nas similaridades da história materna com a sua e de Sebastian. ❝ — Então é de família. Alguns filhos herdam talentos, mas esse eu desconhecia...❞ — brincou, ainda fungando um pouco depois de ter chorado tanto. Anne Blanchet riu. “Nunca quis que você herdasse meu dedo podre, Genny. E quando você começou a namorar o Sebastian tão nova, fiquei preocupada, mas ele sempre foi... Encantador. Simpático, educado, bonito e cavalheiro, além de parecer perdidamente apaixonado por você e isso é tudo o que uma mãe poderia desejar a uma filha. Eu deveria ter notado a semelhança com o seu pai, Jacques era igual. Até a herança latina... É um pouco assustador”, confessou a mãe. Viv riu fracamente. ❝ — Um jeito bonito de dizer que eu tenho daddy issues. Acho que quem explicou foi Freud.❞ — apontou ironicamente, arrancando uma risada da genitora. 

Um momento de silêncio instalou-se confortavelmente entre as duas. A mais nova pensava no que perguntar agora. ❝ — O que aconteceu? Depois da notícia sobre o Jun?❞ — escolheu por fim, tentando buscar uma resposta para a sua situação. “Não foi fácil para mim. De certa forma, tínhamos superado a separação e seguido em frente, entrando em um período muito bom do relacionamento. Foi um choque que trouxe tudo à tona. Só que eu já tinha escolhido deixar o passado de lado e quando se faz isso, filha, é preciso se ter muita certeza porque ficar trazendo e jogando na cara do parceiro o que aconteceu não é uma opção”, disse ela olhando significativamente para Viv. A loira assentiu. “Não foi fácil para os seus irmãos, o Henri até hoje... Até hoje se ressente muito disso. Ficou muito revoltado com o seu pai por um tempo. Eu chorei por muitos dias, escrevi carta em resposta para a sra. Choi milhares de vezes, pensando em lhe xingar, ameaçar, mil e uma coisas. Nunca enviei nenhuma porque no fim das contas a culpa não era dela e muito menos da criança. Seu pai disse que em respeito à mim não iria querer exercer papel nenhum na vida do menino, mas isso nunca me pareceu certo. Uma criança precisa do pai”, continuou ela, agora parecendo absorta nas lembranças. Algo no peito da d’Harcourt mais nova doeu ao pensar naquela verdade. Não sabia qual fim tinha tido o filho de Sebastian, se a criança nasceu, se era menino ou menina... Mas concordava com a mãe. Se a criança existia, precisava de um pai. Tinha direito à presença dele. “Jacques ficou abalado. Pode não parecer porque ele tem um exterior duro, blasé, mas isso é herança de família, filho da sua avó que precisou fugir de Cuba em meio á uma ditadura com um sorriso, fingindo que estava tudo bem sempre. A família do seu pai tem isso, de não querer mostrar ao mundo a fraqueza, de não querer sofrer, de espantar a dor. Ele tentou ignorar o fato, mas não era algo simples para ele fazer isso, era uma criança que respirava e vivia. Nunca o vi tão mal; não dormia, não comia, chorava quando achava que eu não estava ouvindo. Eu não estava bem também, mas não podia fazer aquela situação sobre mim. No fim, era sobre a criança e uma decisão dele como indivíduo, não de nós como casal”, continuou. Viv prendeu a respiração, concentrada demais no que a mãe falava, quase não piscava. “Ele não quis trazer Jun para cá. Na verdade, a sra. Choi não sairia da Coréia e não aceitaria ter o filho longe. Querendo ou não, seu pai tinha já quatro filhos aqui e com a minha gravidez tudo ficou pior. Não tinha como fisicamente ele ser pai do Junior e nosso ao mesmo tempo. Então ele tomou uma decisão difícil de apenas apoiar o filho financeiramente. Pelo menos até que ele crescesse, foi quando eu tomei a minha decisão de integrá-lo com vocês... Não foi tão fácil. Ele já era crescido e bom, com razão tinha uma ideia não muito positiva do pai. Mesmo que ele só tenha vindo para cá há uns três anos, todos esses anos eu não aguentava em pensar que havia um garoto com o mesmo sangue dos meus filhos na Coréia sem pai, sem aparo. Os meninos já sabiam do fato, tirando Pierre que era ainda muito novo. Sempre o trataram com educação, até mesmo Henri que nunca gostou dele de fato. No momento em que o vi pela primeira vez, foi como se qualquer ressentimento que eu pudesse ter desaparecesse. Para mim, ele sempre vai ser parte da família”, confessou Anne, um pequeno sorriso brotando em seus lábios enquanto voltava a encarar a sua caçula.

Nunca antes havia escutado a história completa sob a visão da mãe. A mulher tinha um entendimento sobre as coisas completamente diferente do que a menina pensava que ela teria. Existiam diferenças muito grandes daquela e da sua história com Sebastian, porém Geneviève sentia que a mãe estava tentando lhe transmitir alguma mensagem em código. ❝ — Mas ele não fez o filho enquanto você acreditava que eram um casal feliz, certo? E depois escondeu o fato por muitos meses, sendo que só chegou a descobrir porque um vídeo vazou de forma pública e te humilhou de novo. Tudo isso enquanto ele está noivo da sua melhor amiga, vale ressaltar.❞ — frisou, não conseguindo conter a risada seca enquanto pensava na sua situação fodida. “Não, você tem razão, sua história é diferente. Mas Genny... No fim, não importa muito como aconteceu. Você não pode apagar essa criança da face da terra e muito menos fazer com que as infidelidades ou o casamento com Penélope desapareça. No fim das contas, só existe uma coisa que Geneviève pode fazer: decidir se fica ou não com Sebastian independentemente de tudo”, disse ela. A garota suspirou. ❝ — Geneviève já decidiu isso seis meses atrás quando rompeu o namoro, Anne.❞ — falou, cruzando os braços e franzindo o cenho em uma carranca. “É mesmo? Você pode ter rompido o namoro, mas não queimou as pontes que levam até ele, queimou? Senão você não largaria tudo para correr para cá sempre que alguma coisa relacionada à ele acontece. Não me olhe desse jeito, Sylvie. Estou do seu lado, mas você precisa ser franca, principalmente sobre seus sentimentos. Reconheça os erros dele, mas não minta, porque no fim de tudo não vai ser eu quem você engana e sim você mesma”, deu sermão. Com isso, a garota pensou ainda na semana passada quando teve um problema e na sua cabeça só pensou em ligar para ele. Ainda, quando ele chegou e ficaram a sós, as reações no seu corpo e coração falavam por si só. Podia chamá-lo de várias coisas, mas a mãe estava certa, não podia negar seus sentimentos. Viv afrouxou a expressão, os ombros caíram. ❝ — Eu sei que amo Sebastian. Só não sei se é algo fácil de ser superado, foram quatro anos de namoro. Como é difícil esquecer tudo o que ele me fez sentir e as lembranças, também imagino que não vai ser tranquilo esquecer os vacilos.❞ — comentou. Anne balançou a cabeça. “Nada é fácil no amor, Geneviève. Se fosse fácil não seria especial. Só que você precisa decidir se vai ou fica. Precisa decidir se entregar-se ao sentimento vai valer a dificuldade que vai ter ao precisar deixar algumas coisas no passado”, aconselhou. 

As lágrimas recomeçaram a cair enquanto Viv considerava o que a mãe dizia. ❝ — Isso nem importa. Ele vai casar com a Penélope! Não é como se estivesse pedindo para voltar.❞ — falou. A mãe lhe olhou de modo severo. “Sinceramente, Sylvie, você realmente acha que esse casamento vai acontecer? Sebastian pode ter todos os defeitos do mundo, mas é claro para qualquer um desde sempre que ele é louco por você. E Penny também. Os dois sempre te olhando como se fosse a única luz do mundo inteiro. Não, escute o que estou dizendo. Os pais podem forçar alguma coisa em seus filhos, mas a escolha é deles. E acho que no fim de tudo, nenhum dos dois vai ter coragem de seguir em frente com isso e te perder para sempre. Se você dissesse para Bash agora que quer voltar, o casamento seria cancelado em dois segundos. Ou você acha que a mensagem de Natal foi da boca para fora? Sei que está magoada, ma chérie, mas fatos são fatos”, discursou a mãe. O estômago da d’Harcourt mais nova revirava só de pensar nisso. Queria acreditar no que a mais velha dizia, porém seu coração já despedaçado não a permitia. ❝ — O que eu faço, mamain? Como eu vou voltar para a escola depois disso? Como vou conseguir olhar para ele, confiar nele de novo?❞ — questionou, olhando para a mãe de forma desesperada. A mulher passou a mão direita pela face da filha, por fim posicionando-a no queixo dela e erguendo-o levemente. “De cabeça erguida, chérie. Como sempre. Você vai precisar conversar com ele uma hora ou outra, não vai ter jeito. Você nem sabe sobre essa criança, se existe, se não existe... Precisa olhar no olho dele e enxergar o que precisa fazer sozinha. Queria resolver essa situação para você, mas não posso. Só você pode sentar, conversar e entender o que sente e o que precisa e pode fazer. A escola, seus colegas, o mundo! Nenhum deles tem a ver com isso. Quando eu e seu pai decidimos deixar todos os obstáculos para trás, é óbvio, já tínhamos uma família então fazia sentido. Mas foi mais que isso, Genny, pois filhos não seguram casamento. Eu sempre amei seu pai e esse sentimento no fim foi mais forte do que qualquer coisa que entrou no nosso caminho”, disse, limpando as lágrimas insistentes de Geneviève com as suas palmas. ❝ — Eu tenho medo... De nunca mais encontrar algo assim. Eu não fiquei completamente sozinha nesse tempo separados, mas nada pareceu nem o eco do que eu sentia por ele.❞ — confessou, agora à beira dos soluços enquanto pensava em tudo. “Você nunca vai encontrar alguém igual seu primeiro amor. Se escolher seguir em frente, vai encontrar outras pessoas, não tenha dúvidas. Você é linda, inteligente, determinada, qualquer homem se apaixonaria por você, Genny. Mas não pode procurar ele em outras bocas. Se você escolher não ficar com ele, vai precisar esquecê-lo. Para sempre. Sem ligações para te salvar no meio do caminho, sem áudos confessando um amor que ainda existe. Quando se trata disso, é oito ou oitenta”, disse ela, recomeçando o carinho cabeça da filha. Viv perdeu a voz. 

Voltou a deitar no colo da mãe pensando na possibilidade de esquecer Sebastian Chadwick para sempre. Sem momentos roubados através de desculpas esfarrapadas, sem mensagens trocadas com a desculpa de serem do mesmo grupo de amigos, sem os olhares furtivos no meio da aula, das atividades, nos corredores. Para sempre. As lágrimas continuaram silenciosas enquanto ela prosseguia refletindo. Sabia o que sua cabeça decidiu: ia esquecê-lo, iria para a faculdade, focaria no seu futuro e com certeza encontraria alguém que jamais lhe faria passar pelo mesmo que ele no meio do caminho. Só que, em contrapartida, o seu coração, a cada batida vagorosa e dolorida com aquela consideração só conseguia gritar de forma ensurdecedora: não posso fazer isso, não consigo fazer isso, não quero fazer isso.

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King T'Challa returns home from America to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantel to join with girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.

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   Released: 2018-02-13    Runtime: 134 minutes    Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction    Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman    Director: Sarah Halley Finn, Jay Hart, Jacques Haitkin, Steve Boeddeker, Steve Boeddeker

Black Panther is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the eighteenth film from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film is directed by Ryan Coogler who also acts as a screenwriter with Joe Robert Cole, and stars Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa / Black Panther, along with Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya. , Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, and Andy Serkis. In Black Panther, T'Challa, who after the death of his father, was the king who ruled Wakanda, but his power is opposed by an old enemy who plans to abolish the country's policy of isolationism and start a global revolution. Wesley Snipes first expressed his intention of working on a Black Panther film in 1992, but the project ultimately came to nothing. In September 2005, the Black Panther film was revealed to be one of ten films to be made based on Marvel Comics characters and distributed by Paramount Pictures, with Mark Bailey appointed to write the screenplay in January 2011. Black Panther was officially announced in October 2014, with Boseman appearing. first for the first time in Captain America: Civil War. Cole and Coogler joined the film in late 2015, while a new cast began to be announced in May 2016, making Black Panther the first Marvel film to be dominated by a black cast. Filming for the film took place from January to April 2017 at EUE / Screen Gems Studios in Atlanta, as well as in Busan, South Korea. Black Panther first premiered in Los Angeles on January 29, 2018, and was released in the United States on February 16, 2018, in 2D, 3D, IMAX, and other premium formats. The film won critical acclaim for its direction, screenplay, acting (notably Boseman, Jordan, and Wright), costume design, production scores, and soundtrack, although its computer-generated imaging (CGI) effects have received some criticism. Many critics consider this film known for its cultural significance to be one of the best films of the MCU. This film was also named one of the 10 Best Films of 2018 by film institutions such as the American Film Institute and the National Board of Review. During its run, it became the 9th highest grossing film with a worldwide gross of more than $ 1.35 billion and the 3rd highest grossing film in North America with a gross of $ 700 million, breaking multiple box office records. , including the highest grossing films in the United States and Canada in 2018, and the second highest grossing film in the world in 2018.

Director Ryan Coogler Producer Kevin Feige Scenario Ryan Coogler Joe Robert Cole Based on Black Panther by Stan Lee Jack Kirby Cast Chadwick Boseman Michael B. Jordan Lupita Nyong'o Fund Gurira Martin Freeman Daniel Kaluuya Letita Wright Winston Duke Angela Bassett Forest Whitaker Andy Serkis Ludwig Göransson music Rachel Morrison Cinematography Editors Michael P. Shawver Debbie Berman Company production Marvel Studios Walt Disney Studios distributor Motion Pictures Release date January 29, 2018 (Dolby Theater, L.A.) February 14, 2018 (Indonesia) February 16, 2018 (United States) Duration 134 minutes United States of America $ 200 million budget $ 1.347 billion in gross revenue

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William Grant Still

William Grant Still, Jr. (May 11, 1895 – December 3, 1978) was an American composer of nearly 200 works, including five symphonies and nine operas.

Often referred to as the "Dean of Afro-American Composers", Still was the first American composer to have an opera produced by the New York City Opera. Still is known primarily for his first symphony, Afro-American Symphony, which was until 1950 the most widely performed symphony composed by an American.

Born in Mississippi, he grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, attended Wilberforce University and Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and was a student of George Whitefield Chadwick and later Edgard Varèse.

Of note, Still was the first African American to conduct a major American symphony orchestra, the first to have a symphony (his 1st Symphony) performed by a leading orchestra, the first to have an opera performed by a major opera company, and the first to have an opera performed on national television.

Due to his close association and collaboration with prominent African-American literary and cultural figures, Still is considered to be part of the Harlem Renaissance movement.

Life

William Grant Still, Jr. was born on May 11, 1895, in Woodville, Mississippi. He was the son of two teachers, Carrie Lena Fambro (1872–1927) and William Grant Still Sr (1871–1895). His father was a partner in a grocery store and performed as a local bandleader. William Grant Still Sr. died when his infant son was three months old.

Still's mother moved with him to Little Rock, Arkansas, where she taught high school English. She met and in 1904 married Charles B. Shepperson, who nurtured his stepson William's musical interests by taking him to operettas and buying Red Seal recordings of classical music, which the boy greatly enjoyed. The two attended a number of performances by musicians on tour. His maternal grandmother Anne Fambro sang African-American spirituals to him.

Still started violin lessons in Little Rock at the age of 15. He taught himself to play the clarinet, saxophone, oboe, double bass, cello and viola, and showed a great interest in music. At 16 years old, he graduated from M. W. Gibbs High School in Little Rock.

His mother wanted him to go to medical school, so Still pursued a Bachelor of Science degree program at Wilberforce University, a historically black college in Ohio. Still became a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. He conducted the university band, learned to play various instruments, and started to compose and to do orchestrations. He left Wilberforce without graduating.

He was awarded scholarships to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Friedrick Lehmann and George Andrews. He also studied privately with the modern French composer Edgard Varèse and the American composer George Whitefield Chadwick.

On October 4, 1915, Still married Grace Bundy, whom he had met while they were both at Wilberforce. They had a son, William III, and three daughters, Gail, June, and Caroline. They separated in 1932 and divorced February 6, 1939. On February 8, 1939, he married pianist Verna Arvey, driving to Tijuana for the ceremony because interracial marriage was illegal in California. They had a daughter, Judith Anne, and a son, Duncan. Still's granddaughter is journalist Celeste Headlee by way of Judith Anne.

On December 1, 1976, his home was designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #169. It is located at 1262 Victoria Avenue in Oxford Square, Los Angeles.

Career

In 1916 Still worked in Memphis for W.C. Handy's band. In 1918 Still joined the United States Navy to serve in World War I. After the war he went to Harlem, where he continued to work for Handy. During his time in Harlem Still was involved with other important cultural figures of the Harlem Renaissance such as Langston Hughes, Alain Locke, Arna Bontemps, and Countee Cullen, and is considered to be part of that movement.

He recorded with Fletcher Henderson's Dance Orchestra in 1921, and later played in the pit orchestra for Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake's musical, Shuffle Along and in other pit orchestras for Sophie Tucker, Artie Shaw, and Paul Whiteman. With Henderson, he joined Henry Pace's Pace Phonograph Company (Black Swan). Later in the 1920s, Still served as the arranger of Yamekraw, a "Negro Rhapsody" composed by the Harlem stride pianist James P. Johnson.

In the 1930s Still worked as an arranger of popular music, writing for Willard Robison's Deep River Hour and Paul Whiteman's Old Gold Show, both popular NBC Radio broadcasts.

Still's first major orchestral composition, Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American", was performed in 1931 by the Rochester Philharmonic, conducted by Howard Hanson. It was the first time the complete score of a work by an African American was performed by a major orchestra. By the end of World War II the piece had been performed in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Berlin, Paris, and London. Until 1950 the symphony was the most popular of any composed by an American. Still developed a close professional relationship with Hanson; many of Still's compositions were performed for the first time in Rochester.

In 1934 Still moved to Los Angeles. He received his first Guggenheim Fellowship and started work on the first of his eight operas, Blue Steel.

In 1936, Still conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl; he was the first African American to conduct a major American orchestra in a performance of his own works.

Still arranged music for films. These included Pennies from Heaven (the 1936 film starring Bing Crosby and Madge Evans) and Lost Horizon (the 1937 film starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt and Sam Jaffe). For Lost Horizon, he arranged the music of Dimitri Tiomkin. Still was also hired to arrange the music for the 1943 film Stormy Weather, but left the assignment because "Twentieth-Century Fox 'degraded colored people.'"

Still composed Song of a City for the 1939 World's Fair in New York City. The song played continuously during the fair by the exhibit "Democracity." According to Still's granddaughter, he couldn't attend the fair except on "Negro Day" without police protection.

In 1949 his opera Troubled Island, originally completed in 1939, about Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti, was performed by the New York City Opera. It was the first opera by an American to be performed by that company and the first by an African American to be performed by a major company. Still was upset by the negative reviews it received.

In 1955 he conducted the New Orleans Philharmonic Orchestra; he was the first African American to conduct a major orchestra in the Deep South. Still's works were performed internationally by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and the BBC Orchestra.

In 1981 the opera A Bayou Legend was the first by an African-American composer to be performed on national television.

Still was known as the "Dean of Afro-American Composers". Still and Arvey's papers are held by the University of Arkansas.

Legacy and honors

Still received three Guggenheim Fellowships in music composition (1934, 1935, 1938) and at least one Rosenwald Fellowship.

In 1949, he received a citation for Outstanding Service to American Music from the National Association for American Composers and Conductors

In 1976, his home in Los Angeles was designated a Historic-Cultural Monument.

He was awarded honorary doctorates from Oberlin College, Wilberforce University, Howard University, Bates College, the University of Arkansas, Pepperdine University, the New England Conservatory of Music, the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, and the University of Southern California.

He was posthumously awarded the 1982 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters award for music composition for his opera A Bayou Legend.

Selected compositions

Still composed almost 200 works, including nine operas, five symphonies, four ballets, plus art songs, chamber music, and works for solo instruments. He composed more than thirty choral works. Many of his works are believed to be lost.

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Jane Pierce's Veil

Janet Leigh's Shower Curtain

Janine Charrat's Ballet Slippers

Jan Janzoon's Boomerang *

Janis Joplin's Backstage Pass from Woodstock *

Jan Karski's Passport

Janus Coin *

Jan van Eyck’s Chaperon

Jan van Speyk's Flag of the Netherlands

Jan Wnęk's Angel Figurine

Jan Žižka's Wagenburg Wagons

The Japanese Nightingale

Jar of Dust from the Mount Asama Eruption

Jar of Greek Funeral Beans

Jar of Marbles

Jar of Molasses from The Boston Molasses Disaster

Jar of Sand

Jar of Semper Augustus Bulbs

Jar of Shiva

Jar of Sugar Plums

Jascha Heifetz's Violin Bow

Jason Voorhese's Machete

Javed Iqbal's Barrel of Acid

Jay Maynard's Tron Suit

Jean II Le Maingre's Gauntlets

Jean Baptiste Charbonneau’s Cradleboard

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin's Bubble Pipe

Jean Chastel's Silver Gun

Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin's Pocket Watch

Jean Fleury's Aztec Gold Coins

Jean-François Champollion’s Ideographic Dictionary

Jean Froissart's Mirror *

Jean-Frédéric Peugeot's Pepper Mill

Jean Hilliard’s Earmuffs

Jean Parisot de Valette’s Sword Sheath

Jean-Paul Marat's Bathtub

Jean Paul-Satre’s Paper Cutter

Jean-Pierre Christin's Thermometer

Jean Senebier's Bundle of Swiss Alpine Flowers

Jean Valnet's Aromatherapy Statue

Jean Vrolicq’s Scrimshaw

Jeanne Baret's Hat

Jeanne de Clisson's Black Fleet

Jeanne Villepreux-Power's Aquarium

Jeannette Piccard's Sandbag

Jeff Dunham's First Ventriloquist Box

Jefferson Davis' Boots

Jefferson Randolph Smith's Soap Bar

Jeffrey Dahmer's Handkerchief

Jeffrey Dahmer's Pick-Up Sticks

Jemmy Hirst's Carriage Wheel

Jenny Lind's Stage Makeup

Jeopardy! Contestant Podiums

Jerome Monroe Smucker's Canning Jars

Jerry Andrus’ Organ

Jerry Garcia's Blackbulb *

Jerry Siegel's Sketchbook

Jesse James' Saddle

Jesse James' Pistol

Jesse Owens' Hitler Oak

Jesse Owens' Running Shoes

Jesse Pomeroy's Ribbon and Spool

Jester's Mask

Jesus of Nazareth's Whip

Jesús García's Brake Wheel

Jet Engine from the Gimli Glider

Jet Glass Cicada Button

Jethro Tull's Hoe

Jeweled Scabbard of Sforza

Jiang Shunfu’s Mandarin Square

Jim Davis' Pet Carrier

Jim Fixx's Shorts

Jim Henson's Talking Food Muppets

Jim Jones' Sunglasses

Jim Londos' Overalls

Jim Robinson's Army Bag

Jim Thorpe's Shoulder Pads

Jim Ward's Piercing Samples

Jimi Hendrix's Bandana

Jimi Hendrix's Bong

Jimi Hendrix's Guitars *

Jimmie Rodgers Rail Brake

Jimmy Durante's Cigar

Jimmy Gibb Jr's Stock Car

Jimmy Hoffa's Comb

Jin Dynasty Chainwhip

Jingle Harness

Joan II, Duchess of Berry's Dress

Joan of Arc's Chain Mail

Joan of Arc's Helmet (canon)

Joan Feynman's Ski Pole

Joanna of Castile's Vase

Joan Rivers' Carpet Steamer

Joan Rivers' Red Carpet

Joe Ades's Potato Peeler

Joe Girard’s Keys

Joe Rosenthal's Camera Lens

Joel Brand's Playing Cards

Joséphine de Beauharnais' Engagement Ring

Johan Alfred Ander’s Piece of Porcelain

Johann Baptist Isenring’s Acacia Tree

Johann Bartholomaeus Adam Beringer's Lying Stones

Johann Blumhardt's Rosary

Johann Dzierzon’s Beehive Frame

Johann Georg Elser's Postcard

Johann Maelzel's Metronome *

Johann Rall's Poker Cards

Johann Tetzel's Indulgence

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Prism

Johannes Brahms' Coffee Creamer

Johannes Diderik van der Waals' Gloves

Johannes Fabricius' Camera Obscura

Johannes Gutenburg's Memory Paper *

Johannes Gutenburg's Printing Press *

Johannes Gutenberg's Printing Press Keys

Johannes Kepler's Planetary Model

Johannes Kepler's Telescope Lense

Johannes Kjarval’s Landscape Painting

John A. Macready's Ray-Bans *

John A. Roebling's Steel Cable

John A.F. Maitland's Musical Brainnumber *

John André’s Stocking

John Anthony Walker's Minox

John Axon's Footplate

John Babbacombe Lee’s Trapdoor

John Bardeen's Radio

John Bodkin Adams’ Stethoscope

John Brown's Body *

John Brown's Machete

John C. Koss SP3 Stereophones

John C. Lilly's Isolation Tank Valve

John Cabot's Map

John Carl Wilcke's Rug *

John Crawley's Painting

John Croghan's Limestone Brick

John Dalton's Weather Vane

John Dee's Golden Talisman

John Dee's Obsidian Crystal Ball

John Dee’s Seal of God

John DeLorean's Drawing Table

John Dickson Carr's Driving Gloves

John Dillinger's Pistol *

John D. Grady’s Satchel

John D. Rockefeller's Bible

John D. Rockefeller, Sr. and Jr.'s Top Hats

John Dwight's Hammer

John F. Kennedy's Coconut

John F. Kennedy's Presidental Limousine

John F. Kennedy's Tie Clip *

John Flaxman's Casting Molds

Sir John Franklin's Scarf

John Gay's Shilling

John Gillespie Magee, Jr.'s Pen

John H. Kellogg's Bowl

John H. Kellogg's Corn Flakes

John H. Lawrence's Pacifier

John Hancock's Quill

John Harrison’s Longcase Clock

John Hawkwood’s Lance

John Hendrix's Bible

John Henry Moore's White Banner

John Henry's Sledge Hammer

John Hetherington's Top Hat

John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter's Torture Rack

John Holmes Pump *

John Hopoate's Cleats

John Howard Griffin's Bus Fare

John Hunter's Stitching Wire

John Hunter's Surgical Sutures

John J. Pershing's Boots

John Jacob Astor's Beaver Pelt

John Jervis’ Ship

John Joshua Webb’s Rock Chippings

John Kay's Needle

John Keat's Grecian Urn *

John, King of England's Throne

John L. Sullivan's Boots

John Langdon Down's Stencils

John Lawson's Mannequin Legs

John Lennon's Glasses

John "Liver-Eating" Johnson's Axe

John Logie Baird's Scanning Disk *

John M. Allegro's Fly Amanita

John Macpherson's Ladle

John Malcolm's Chunk of Skin

John Malcolm's Skin Wallet

John McEnroe's Tennis Racket *

John Milner's Yellow '32 Ford Deuce Coupe

John Moore-Brabazon’s Waste Basket

John Morales' McGruff Suit

John Mytton’s Carriage

John Pasche's Rolling Stones Poster Design

John Paul Jones's Sword

John Pemberton's Tasting Spoon

John Philip Sousa's Sousaphone

John Rambo's Composite Bow

John Rykener's Ring

John Shore's Tuning Fork

John Simon's Mouthwash

John Simon Ritchie's Padlock Necklace

John Smith of Jamestown's Sword

John Snow's Dot Map

John Snow’s Pump Handle

John Stapp’s Rocket Sled

John Steinbeck's Luger

John Sutcliffe's Camera

John Sutter's Pickaxe

John Tunstall's Horse Saddle

John Trumbull's "Painting of George Washington"

John von Neumann's Abacus

John Walker's Walking Stick

John Wayne Gacy's Clown Painting *

John Wayne Gacy's Facepaint

John Wesley Hardin's Rosewood Grip Pistol

John Wesley Powell's Canoe

John Wesley Powell’s Canteen

John Wilkes Booth's Boot *

John Wilkes Booth Wanted Poster

John William Polidori's Bookcase

Johnny Ace's Gun

Johnny Appleseed's Tin Pot *

Johnny Campbell's University of Minnesota Sweater

Johnny Depp's Scissor Gloves

Johnny Smith's Steering Wheel

Johnny Weismuller's Loincloth *

Joker's BANG! Revolver

Jon Stewart's Tie

Jonathan Coulton's Guitar

Jonathan R. Davis' Bowie Knife

Jonathan Shay's Copy of Iliad/Odyssey

Jonestown Water Cooler

Jorge Luis Borges' Scrapbook

José Abad Santos' Pebble

José Delgado’s Transmitter

Jose Enrique de la Pena's Chest Piece

Jōsei Toda’s Gohonzon Butsudan

Josef Frings’ Ferraiolo

Josef Mengele's Scalpel

Josef Stefan's Light Bulbs

Joseph of Arimathea's Tomb Rock

Joseph of Cupertino's Medallion *

Joseph Day's Sickle

Joseph Ducreux's Cane

Joseph Dunninger's Pocket Watch

Joseph Dunningers’ Props

Joseph E. Johnston Confederate Flag

Joseph Force Crater's Briefcases

Joseph Fourier's Pocket Knife

Joseph Glidden’s Barbed Wire

Joseph Goebbels' Radio *

Joseph Jacquard's Analytical Loom

Joseph Bolitho Johns’ Axe

Joseph Kittinger's Parachute

Joseph Lister's Padding

Joseph McCarthy's List of Communists

Joseph Merrick's Hood

Joseph-Michel Montgolfier's Wicker Basket

Joseph Moir’s Token

Joseph Pilate's Resistance Bands *

Joseph Polchinski’s Billiard Ball

Joseph Stalin's Gold Star Medal *

Joseph Stalin's Sleep Mask *

Joseph Swan's Electric Light

Joseph Vacher's Accordion

Joseph Vacher's Dog Skull

Joseph Valachi's '58 Chevrolet Impala

Josephus' Papyrus

Joseph Wolpe's Glasses

Josephine Cochrane's Dishwasher

Joshua's Trumpet *

Josiah S. Carberry's Cracked Pot

Joshua Vicks' Original Batch of Vicks Vapor Rub

Josiah Wedgewood's Medallion

Jost Burgi's Armillary Sphere *

Jovan Vladimir's Cross

Juana the Mad of Castiles' Crown

Juan Luis Vives' Quill Set

Juan Moreira’s Facón

Juan Pounce de Leon's Chalice

Juan Ponce de León's Helmet

Juan Seguin's Bandolier

Jubilee Grand Poker Chip *

Judah Loew ben Belazel's Amulet *

Judas Iscariot’s Thirty Silver Coins

Judson Laipply's Shoes

Jules Baillarger's Decanter

Jules Leotard's Trapeze Net

Jules Verne's Original Manuscripts

Julia Agrippa's Chalice

Julia Child's Apron *

Julia Child's Whisk

Julian Assange’s Flash Drive

Julie d’Aubigny's Sabre

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's Wedding Rings

Julius Asclepiodotus’ Shield Boss

Julius Caesar's Wreath

Julius Wilbrand's Lab Coat Buttons *

Jumanji

Jumper Cables

Junji Koyama’s Vegetables

Jure Sterk's Ballpoint Pen

Jürgen Wattenberg's Leather Provision Bag

Justa Grata Honoria’s Engagement Ring

Justin Bieber's Guitar

Justinian I's Chariot Wheel

Justin O. Schmidt's Wasp Mask

Justus von Liebig's Fertilizer Sack

Justus von Liebig's Mirror

[rcsseauxs-blog]

BASICS.

name: Vanessa Estelle Rosseaux

age: 29

pronouns: She/Her

hometown: Nice, France

occupation: Painter (retired Premier Danseur for the Paris Opera Ballet)

relationship status: single; divorced

QUESTIONS. ( FILL IN WHICHEVER YOU FEEL IMPORTANT )

Q: does your character have a criminal or questionable past?

A: No, but Vanessa was the victim of an attack accident. At 22 years old, just days away from being nominated to the position of Danseur Étoile, Vanessa was heavily injured in a horrific car accident. Despite the suspicious timing of the accident, the investigators were unable to find compelling evidence that pointed to foul play. Eventually the position of Danseur Étoile would go to Vanessa’s rival, rumored to be connected to the Corsican mafia.

Q: does your character have a motive to kill?

A: Likely not, but it’s fair to note that there’s a certain level of bitterness that one experiences when having their entire livelihood snatched away from them.

Q: any important factors to know about your character?

Vanessa was born in Nice and began dancing as just a mere toddler. She was quickly identified for her natural talent and was accepted into the Paris Opera Ballet School at age 7.

Vanessa joined the company at age 16 and quickly began to rise through the ranks, especially as her name began to gain national, even world-wide recognition

At age 21, she met her soon-to-be husband, a handsome, wealthy Frenchman whom she had come to know over the past few years. They were married by the time Vanessa was 22. 

Vanessa and her husband were very much in love, however, after the accident and finding out she would never be able to dance at the level she once had, Vanessa became a shell of the girl she once was; cold & withdrawn

The pair of them try to make their marriage work but they eventually decide to split amicably, before they begin to resent one another

In the wake of her heartbreak over the loss of ballet, her mobility, and her marriage, Vanessa began painting as her body healed. 

Painting eventually became Vanessa’s outlet for her emotions as she slowly began to find her new normal and a new passion.

She eventually meets Artjom (who remembers her from her time as a ballerina) at one of her gallery showings and the rest is history

Q: any wanted relationships / connections for your character?

Her sister (Suggested FCs: Ana de Armas, Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey) Taken by:  Ophelie Rosseaux   

Her Ex-Husband (Suggest FCs: Charlie Hunnam, Chadwick Boseman) Taken by: Arthur Jacques

Other dancers/artists she may have know (Any FCs)

[hollywoodfamerp]

MWM? I don't know where to even start.

I would die if I saw more of the Society cast around here. So Sean Berdy, Alex Fitzalan, or Jacques Colimon. Also know some people would love to see Chadwick Boseman, Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Jung Jaehyun, and Liam Hemsworth. Also would die again if I saw Jason Momoa, Joe Dempsie, or Peter Dinklage on the dash as well. Members, fill free to give this anon some help, please. 

[chromarrays]

A sketchhh

[jafreitag]

The New Sounds (2/21)

In 1890-91, a middle-aged French guy did a series paintings depicting haystacks that he saw near his home in Giverny, a little ways north and west of Paris. Some of them were in winter (see above); all of them were intentionally blurry.

In 2020-21, a middle-aged American guy, who was an exchange student in France during high school, did a series of playlists documenting recently-released songs that he heard in/near his home in Valparaiso, Indiana, a little ways south and east of Chicago. Some of them were in winter (see below); all of them were unintentionally blurry, due (mostly) to their length and something called covid.

Monet was 51 then. I’m 51 now. His medium was oil on canvas. Mine is Spotify. Basically, same. It’s safe to say that we’re both equally famous in our chosen fields. And we both appreciate Blur.

The New Sounds for February 2021: Sarah Mary Chadwick, Pearl Charles, Katy J Pearson, Palehound, Wild Pink, Real Estate, Dinosaur Jr., Teenage Fanclub, Buck Meek, Rostam, Sharon Van Etten, Skullcrusher, Zella Day & Weyes Blood, Indigo Sparke, Hayley Williams, Sun June, The Weather Station, Flock of Dimes, Danielle Durack, The Staves, HAIM & Taylor Swift, Julien Baker, Typhoon, Sister James & Samia, Remo Drive (Samia cover), Gordi & Alex Lahey, Middle Kids, Lande Hekt, Kiwi jr., Camp Trash, Beach Bunny, The Sonder Bombs, Francis of Delirium, Miss Grit, Kynsy, Pale Waves, Brodka & Scottibrains, FRITZ, Cloud Nothings, Yung, Calyx, NRCSSST, Ohtis & Stef Chura, Nana Yamato, Dry Cleaning, TV Priest, The Besnard Lakes, Mogwai, IAN SWEET, Porridge Radio & Piglet, Automatic, The Notwist, Billy Nomates, Virginia Wing, PJ Harvey, Sauvignon Blonde, Madeline Kenny, Jazmine Sullivan & H.E.R., Arlo Parks, Victoria Monet, Rhye, Nick Ward, Claud, MICHELLE, Sophia Kennedy, Stereolab, Goat Girl, Dua Lipa, Blu DeTiger, ELIO & Charli XCX, Disco Shrine, SKIA, Robbie & Mona, CHAI, Allie X, Ariana Grande, Nipsey Hustle & Jay-Z, Cardi B, Erica Banks & Travis Scott, FKA twigs, London Grammar, BABii, SG Lewis & Robyn, Mother of Mars, Sofia Kourtesis, Logic1000, Octo Octa, Four Set, Gacha Bakradze, Madlib, Jacques Greene, Photay, Animal Collective, SE SO NEON, Baio, and The Killers. And more.

Spotify widget…

Yeah, this one is long, but it’s well-sequenced. Fwiw, I’m working on the March playlist, and it’s already got 79 tracks. Gear up.

More soon.

JF

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Chadwick Boseman Goodbye Wakanda’s king signature shirt Buy it: Chadwick Boseman Goodbye Wakanda’s king signature shirt A solo-spa moment from the Chadwick Boseman Goodbye Wakanda’s king signature shirt archive: Model Melanie Cain enjoys a steam at California’s Golden Door Spa. Photographed by Jacques Malignon for Vogue April, 1976.

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Vox Satanae - Episode #358

Vox Satanae – Episode #358

This week we hear works by Pérotin, Heinrich Isaac, Tielman Susato, Thomas Tomkins, Johann Jakob Walther, Jacques Duphly, Anton Diabelli, George Whitefield Chadwick, and John McCabe with performances by Tonus Peregrinus, Antony Pitts, The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips, The New London Consort, Philip Pickett, I Fagiolini, François Fernandez, Philippe Pierlot, Pierre Hantaï, Gustav Leonhardt,…

[il-nero-virtuoso]

Great American Composers : William Grant Still

William Grant Still (May 11, 1895 – December 3, 1978) was an American composer, who composed more than 150 works, including five symphonies and eight operas.

Often referred to as “the Dean” of African-American composers, Still was the first American composer to have an opera produced by the New York City Opera. Still is known most for his first symphony, which was until the 1950s the most widely performed symphony composed by an American. 

Born in Mississippi, he grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, attended Wilberforce University and Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and was a student of George Whitefield Chadwick and later Edgard Varèse.

Of note, Still was the first African American to conduct a major American symphony orchestra, the first to have a symphony (his 1st Symphony) performed by a leading orchestra, the first to have an opera performed by a major opera company, and the first to have an opera performed on national television.

Due to his close association and collaboration with prominent Afro-American literary and cultural figures such as Alain Locke and Langston Hughes, William Grant Still is considered to be part of the Harlem Renaissance movement. 

In 1918, Still joined the United States Navy to serve in World War I. Between 1919 and 1921, he worked as an arranger for W. C. Handy’s band. In 1921 he recorded with Fletcher Henderson’s Dance Orchestra, and later played in the pit orchestra for Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake’s musical, Shuffle Along. Later in the 1920s, Still served as the arranger of Yamekraw, a “Negro Rhapsody” composed by the noted Harlem stride pianist, James P. Johnson. His initial hiring by Paul Whiteman took place in early November 1929.

In the 1930s, Still worked as an arranger of popular music, writing for Willard Robison’s Deep River Hour and Paul Whiteman’s Old Gold Show, both popular NBC Radio broadcasts. In 1936, Still conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra ; he was the first African American to conduct a major American orchestra.

In 1934, Still received his first Guggenheim Fellowship; he started work on the first of his eight operas, Blue Steel. In 1949 his opera Troubled Island, originally completed in 1939, about Jean Jacques Dessalines and Haiti, was performed by the New York City Opera. It was the first opera by an African American to be performed by a major company.

Still moved to Los Angeles in the 1930s, where he arranged music for films. These included Pennies from Heaven (the 1936 film starring Bing Crosby and Madge Evans) and Lost Horizon (the 1937 film starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt and Sam Jaffe). For Lost Horizon, he arranged the music of Dimitri Tiomkin. Still was also hired to arrange the music for the 1943 film Stormy Weather, but left the assignment after a few weeks due to artistic disagreements.

In 1955, he conducted the New Orleans Philharmonic Orchestra; he was the first African American to conduct a major orchestra in the Deep South. Still’s works were performed internationally by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and the BBC Orchestra.

He was the first African American to have an opera performed on national United States television when A Bayou Legend, completed in 1941, premiered on PBS in June 1981. Additionally, he was the recording manager of the Black Swan Phonograph Company.

( Source : Wikipedia )

[allbestnet]

49 of the greatest books in Psychology and Philosophy

49 of the greatest books in Psychology and Philosophy

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

What the Dog Saw: and other adventures by Malcolm Gladwell

The Fine Art of Small Talk: How To Start a Conversation, Keep It Going, Build Networking Skills -- and Leave a Positive Impression by Debra Fine

Gifs of Immperfection by Brene Brown

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall

The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic by Dan Ariely

Why Smart People Can Be So Stupid by Robert J Sternberg

Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life by Shakti Gawain

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan

Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life: Winifred Gallagher by Winifred Gallagher

You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation by Deborah Tannen

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them by Joshua Greene

Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average by Joseph T. Hallinan

Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion by Gregory Boyle

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind by Michio Kaku

Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story by Jim Holt

Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Others by Sherry Turkle

Supernormal: Science, Yoga, and the Evidence for Extraordinary Psychic Abilities by Dean Radin

Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy by William Barrett

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life And Business by Charles Duhigg

The Concise 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene

Prisoner's Dilemma by William Poundstone

The Ethical Brain: The Science of Our Moral Dilemmas by Michael S. Gazzaniga

Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You: Sam Gosling by Sam Gosling

The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature by Steven Pinker

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini

The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present by Eric Kandel

A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pink

Games People Play: The Basic Handbook of Transactional Analysis by Eric Berne.

How to Win Every Argument: The Use and Abuse of Logic by Madsen Pirie

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki, David Chadwick

The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World by David Deutsch

This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking by John Brockman

Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking by Daniel C. Dennett

Just the Arguments: 100 of the Most Important Arguments in Western Philosophy by Michael Bruce, Steven Barbone

The History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

The Truth About Everything: An Irreverent History of Philosophy : With Illustrations by Matthew Stewart

Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch

Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge by Edward O. Wilson

Every Thing Must Go: Metaphysics Naturalized by James Ladyman, Don Ross, et al

Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto) by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Metamagical Themas: Questing For The Essence Of Mind And Pattern by Douglas Hofstadter

Education and the Significance of Life by Krishnamurti

Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff, Mark Johnson

The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell

The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size by Tor Norretranders

Outsmarting IQ: The Emerging Science of Learnable Intelligence by David Perkins

Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior by Geoffrey Miller

The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Maurice Cranston

Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf Potts

Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny! by Anthony Robbins