![]() “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” was the second part of the Metropolitan Museum's examination of American fashion. 2022: “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” A few years earlier, “China: Through the Looking Glass” celebrated China’s influence on Western and Eastern design, while May 2019 explored “Camp” and its exaggerated artifice.īelow, we’ve charted out each year’s Met Gala theme dating back to 1995, the first year Anna Wintour became a chair of the event. It’s a grand display of art as fashion and fashion as art, showing how both forms comprise and define our cultural fabric.Įach theme is chosen with the utmost consideration, asking: What story does this tell? What history does it teach? In 2018, “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” showcased hundreds of holy items from the Vatican. ![]() The gala is, yes, a major star-studded fundraising event, but its importance goes beyond dollars raised and social media impressions made. It dictates the dress code (celebrities, designers, and change-makers are challenged to create costumes that serve as both a fashion statement and a tribute to the concept), the decor, and most importantly, the larger purpose of the night itself. ![]() The theme announcement is an important one. It’s official: the theme for the 2023 Met Gala is “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty.” The exhibition will examine the life-and creative legacy-of the late designer, who shaped the face of fashion for more than half a century. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We have updated some of the language of these meditations while being faithful to their spirit and purpose. By the help of God's grace they will be very helpful in rooting out of your heart both sin and the chief affections for it. In his Introduction to the Devout Life, Francis de Sales wrote: "I speak here of a general renewal of the heart and complete conversion of your soul to God by undertaking a devout life, it seems to me that…you should faithfully practice the following meditations. Pursuing a practical path to holiness begins with a personal decision: to turn away from darkness and to live in the light. The first step in living a life of devotion - that is, doing what is right, and doing the right thing diligently, frequently and readily - requires a change of heart. Meditations from The Introduction to the Devout Life ![]() ![]() ![]() They see that many Overtakers are now guarding areas in Epcot including Gigabyte from Honey, I Shrunk the Audience!, Crash test dummies from Test Track and Vikings from the Maelstrom ride.Īfter retrieving the sword from the Maelstrom ride, the Kingdom Keepers found themselves wondering if they had the right clue. They find clues that Wayne had left, knowing he'd be captured and that leads them to the Norway section of Epcot, looking for a sword. By analysing Jess's diary, they see that Wayne is being held hostage by the Overtakers in Epcot. By hacking into the Disney computer system, Philby is able to make Amanda and Jess a DHI. She wrote down her visions in her diary and knew they need her help to find Wayne. Jess also has the gift of seeing visions of the future like Wayne. The book features an augmented reality component, allowing readers to hold their book up to their computer to see a virtual 3D map overlaid on the book.Īfter saving their friend Jess from the Overtakers, Wayne went missing. ![]() The main characters battle the Overtakers to find their hidden friend, Wayne Kresky. It takes place primarily in Epcot and Hollywood Studios. ![]() ![]() We all harbor feminine, masculine, and androgyne aspects in ourselves. It applies to your inner experience of the feminine, beyond gender and orientation. ![]() I prefer not to define it too narrowly, but rather let it elicit your subjective impression of what is feminine or female. : In this chapter I use the term femme often. ![]() You’re not alone in any of this.A word about terminology here. Want to be that take-charge, fierce woman of danger and mystery, who gets what she wants while putting her partners through their paces? Do you want to feel confident in your sensual power, but are uncertain where to start? Or maybe you’re having urges of erotic power but are turned off by the tacky clichés of bad bitches? Perhaps your lover has requested you to take control and you find yourself wrestling with confusion and conflict. To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt: What reading level is The Ultimate Guide to Kink book? ![]() ![]() He gives her a salty cracker, but no water. ![]() Later, he notices that Mona keeps disappearing and is uninterested in their dwindling supply of food and water. On one of his excursions, he finds McReady's crashed pod and corpse. ![]() ![]() This allows him to refill his air tanks with a hand pump and to move around in the thin Martian atmosphere. He figures out how to obtain the rest of what he needs to survive: he burns some coal-like rocks for warmth and discovers that heating them also releases oxygen. They are forced to use up their remaining fuel in order to avoid an imminent collision with a large orbiting meteoroid they descend in their one-man lifeboat pods, becoming the first humans on Mars.ĭraper eventually finds a cave for shelter. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures and filmed in Technicolor and Techniscope.Ĭommander Christopher "Kit" Draper, USN, and Colonel Dan McReady, USAF, reach the red planet in their spaceship, Mars Gravity Probe 1. It is a science fiction retelling of the classic 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe on Mars is a 1964 American science fiction film directed by Byron Haskin and produced by Aubrey Schenck that stars Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin, and Adam West. ![]() ![]() But which principles should we follow? Figuring out the best approach falls to scholars like Pedro Domingos.ĭomingos, a professor of computer science at the University of Washington and the author of The Master Algorithm(Basic Books, 2015), said that in the past few decades, five schools of thought have dominated the understanding of machine learning, each with its own master algorithm and each with its own flaws.Īt a recent MIT IDE seminar, he explained these “five tribes of machine learning,” and how they each contribute to the ultimate goal of a unified, “master algorithm” that will combine many parts into a scalable model. ![]() First, we need to understand the underlying principles of where knowledge comes from, and how humans learn. ![]() This aphorism holds true when it comes to understanding how machine learning works. Philosophers have said that to know your present, look to the past, then, imagine the future. ![]() ![]() Alfred North Whitehead once noted: “the safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.” The so-called Neoplatonism of philosophers like Plotinus and Porphyry influenced Saint Augustine and thus Christianity. Plato has also often been cited as one of the founders of Western religion and spirituality. ![]() He is widely considered the pivotal figure in the history of Ancient Greek and Western philosophy, along with his teacher, Socrates, and his most famous student, Aristotle. ![]() Plato (/ˈpleɪtoʊ/ PLAY-toe Greek: Πλάτων Plátōn, pronounced in Classical Attic 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought, and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. It is one of the shortest of Plato’s dialogues. ![]() In Plato’s Ion (/ˈaɪɒn/ Greek: Ἴων) Socrates discusses with the titular character, a professional rhapsode who also lectures on Homer, the question of whether the rhapsode, a performer of poetry, gives his performance on account of his skill and knowledge or by virtue of divine possession. ![]() ![]() ![]() To Die For by Keri Arthur-These people kept interrupting the plot to have sex! Every single time anything happened they'd take a sex break. Look, when you're riding off into the night on top of a mysterious horse and then banging the guy that appears out of nowhere you've lost me. Ride A Dark Horse by Susan Krinard-Curse turns man into horse, only true love can turn him back. That was enough to make me consider checking out one of Banks' longer works. ![]() Did I like the widely diverse characters of all different genders, races, and nationalities? Hell yes. Banks-Did I like the plot? No, not at all. ![]() I'm not sure there's much more to say other than "incubus," "romance," and "hate."Įquinox by L.A. I did like her main character, she was different enough to make me ignore the worst of the romance.ĭemon Lover by Cheyenne McCray-I hated this. I enjoy her writing style but this story was a bit Broken Boy for my (newly wounded) tastes. Liu-You know how I said I liked Liu's work in the previous anthology? Well, not here. It had a character I liked, a plot I didn't figure out immediately, and true to form Huff included a gay man because she likes her sexual diversity she does. Music Hath Charms by Tanya Huff-Hey, who knew Tanya Huff could write sex like this? My gods, this was hot. I mean, all these books are "Something Hell." And then when it occurred to me I thought it would be more romance novel than anything else. The "Hotter Than Hell" thing went right by me. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() From clues in the text, I believe it is set a few years after World War II, but events that happened in World War I are also important to the story, even though they happened before the young narrators were born. As an adult reader, I did not feel the book would solely appeal to younger readers. Long Lankin is Lindsey Barraclough’s debut, a historical suspense novel intended for a young adult audience. Along with Roger and Peter, two village boys, Cora must uncover the horrifying truth that has held Bryers Guerdon in its dark grip for centuries-before it’s too late for little Mimi. But what they don’t know is that their aunt’s life was devastated the last time two young sisters were at Guerdon Hall, and she is determined to protect her nieces from an evil that has lain hidden for years. ![]() Auntie Ida is eccentric and rigid, and the girls are desperate to go back to London. When Cora and her younger sister, Mimi, are sent to stay with their elderly aunt in the isolated village of Bryers Guerdon, they receive a less than warm welcome. Long Lankin by Lindsey Barraclough is a historical Gothic young adult mystery (available July 10, 2012). ![]() ![]() ![]() The books will tell you how Hiccup became a hero. Not loud enough to make himself heard at dinner with his father, Stoick the Vast not hard enough to beat his chief rival, Snotlout, at Bashyball, the number one school sport, and CERTAINLY not stupid enough to go into a cave full of dragons to find a pet… ![]() In fact, in the beginning, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was the most put-upon Viking you’d ever seen. But he wasn’t always that awesome sword-fighter and dragon-whisperer. The books are the memoirs of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the last of the great Viking heroes. Thanks to the popular media franchise from DreamWorks Animation consisting of three feature films, five short films, and three television series, chances are you know who are Hiccup and Toothless.īut before becoming big stars on the big screen, the young Viking and his dragon were the protagonists of a series of fantasy children’s books written by British author Cressida Cowell. What is the How to Train Your Dragon series about? Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, we may earn commissions from qualifying purchases from Amazon. ![]() |