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Oscar-Claude Monet (UK: /ˈmɒneɪ/, US: /moʊˈneɪ/,[1][2] French: [klod mɔnɛ]; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter, a founder of French Impressionist painting and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein air landscape painting.[3][4] The term "Impressionism" is derived from the title of his painting Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise), which was exhibited in 1874 in the first of the independent exhibitions mounted by Monet and his associates as an alternative to the Salon de Paris.[5]
Monet's ambition of documenting the French countryside led him to adopt a method of painting the same scene many times in order to capture the changing of light and the passing of the seasons.[6] From 1883, Monet lived in Giverny, where he purchased a house and property and began a vast landscaping project which included lily ponds that would become the subjects of his best-known works. He began painting the water lilies in 1899, first in vertical views with a Japanese bridge as a central feature and later in the series of large-scale paintings that was to occupy him continuously for the next 20 years of his life.
Birth and childhood
Claude Monet was born on 14 November 1840 on the fifth floor of 45 rue Laffitte, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.[7] He was the second son of Claude Adolphe Monet and Louise Justine Aubrée Monet, both of them second-generation Parisians. On 20 May 1841, he was baptized in the local parish church, Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, as Oscar-Claude, but his parents called him simply Oscar.[7][8] (He signed his juvenilia "O. Monet".) Despite being baptized Catholic, Monet later became an atheist.[9][10]
In 1845, his family moved to Le Havre in Normandy. His father wanted him to go into the family's ship-chandling and grocery business,[11] but Monet wanted to become an artist. His mother was a singer, and supported Monet's desire for a career in art.[12]
On 1 April 1851, Monet entered Le Havre secondary school of the arts. Locals knew him well for his charcoal caricatures, which he would sell for ten to twenty francs. Monet also undertook his first drawing lessons from Jacques-François Ochard, a former student of Jacques-Louis David. On the beaches of Normandy around 1856 he met fellow artist Eugène Boudin, who became his mentor and taught him to use oil paints. Boudin taught Monet "en plein air" (outdoor) techniques for painting.[13] Both were influenced by Johan Barthold Jongkind.
On 28 January 1857, his mother died. At the age of sixteen, he left school and went to live with his widowed, childless aunt, Marie-Jeanne Lecadre.
The Woman in the Green Dress, Camille Doncieux, 1866, Kunsthalle Bremen
Paris and Algeria
When Monet traveled to Paris to visit the Louvre, he witnessed painters copying from the old masters. Having brought his paints and other tools with him, he would instead go and sit by a window and paint what he saw.[14] Monet was in Paris for several years and met other young painters, including Édouard Manet and others who would become friends and fellow Impressionists.
After drawing a low ballot number in March 1861, Monet was drafted into the First Regiment of African Light Cavalry (Chasseurs d'Afrique) in Algeria for a seven-year period of military service. His prosperous father could have purchased Monet's exemption from conscription but declined to do so when his son refused to give up painting. While in Algeria, Monet did only a few sketches of casbah scenes, a single landscape, and several portraits of officers, all of which have been lost. In a Le Temps interview of 1900 however he commented that the light and vivid colours of North Africa "contained the germ of my future researches".[15] After about a year of garrison duty in Algiers, Monet contracted typhoid fever and briefly went absent without leave. Following convalescence, Monet's aunt intervened to remove him from the army if he agreed to complete a course at an art school. It is possible that the Dutch painter Johan Barthold Jongkind, whom Monet knew, may have prompted his aunt on this matter.
Disillusioned with the traditional art taught at art schools, in 1862 Monet became a student of Charles Gleyre in Paris, where he met Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Frédéric Bazille and Alfred Sisley. Together they shared new approaches to art, painting the effects of light en plein air with broken colour and rapid brushstrokes, in what later came to be known as Impressionism.
Le déjeuner sur l'herbe (right section), 1865–1866, with Gustave Courbet, Frédéric Bazille and Camille Doncieux, first wife of the artist, Musée d'Orsay, Paris[16]
In January 1865 Monet was working on a version of Le déjeuner sur l'herbe, aiming to present it for hanging at the Salon, which had rejected Manet's Le déjeuner sur l'herbe two years earlier.[17] Monet's painting was very large and could not be completed in time. (It was later cut up, with parts now in different galleries.) Monet submitted instead a painting of Camille or The Woman in the Green Dress (La femme à la robe verte), one of many works using his future wife, Camille Doncieux, as his model. Both this painting and a small landscape were hung.[17] The following year Monet used Camille for his model in Women in the Garden, and On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt in 1868. Camille became pregnant and gave birth to their first child, Jean, in 1867.[18] Monet and Camille married on 28 June 1870, just before the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War,[19] and, after their excursion to London and Zaandam, they moved to Argenteuil, in December 1871. During this time Monet painted various works of modern life. He and Camille lived in poverty for most of this period. Following the successful exhibition of some maritime paintings, and the winning of a silver medal at Le Havre, Monet's paintings were seized by creditors, from whom they were bought back by a shipping merchant, Gaudibert, who was also a patron of Boudin.[17]
Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant), 1872; the painting that gave its name to the style and artistic movement. Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris
From the late 1860s, Monet and other like-minded artists met with rejection from the conservative Académie des Beaux-Arts, which held its annual exhibition at the Salon de Paris. During the latter part of 1873, Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, and Alfred Sisley organized the Société anonyme des artistes peintres, sculpteurs et graveurs (Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, and Engravers) to exhibit their artworks independently. At their first exhibition, held in April 1874, Monet exhibited the work that was to give the group its lasting name. He was inspired by the style and subject matter of previous modern painters Camille Pissarro and Edouard Manet.[20]
Impression, Sunrise was painted in 1872, depicting a Le Havre port landscape. From the painting's title the art critic Louis Leroy, in his review, "L'Exposition des Impressionnistes," which appeared in Le Charivari, coined the term "Impressionism".[21] It was intended as disparagement but the Impressionists appropriated the term for themselves.[22][23]
Franco-Prussian War and Argenteuil
After the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War (19 July 1870), Monet and his family took refuge in England in September 1870,[24] where he studied the works of John Constable and Joseph Mallord William Turner, both of whose landscapes would serve to inspire Monet's innovations in the study of colour. In the spring of 1871, Monet's works were refused authorisation for inclusion in the Royal Academy exhibition.[19]
In May 1871, he left London to live in Zaandam, in the Netherlands,[19] where he made twenty-five paintings (and the police suspected him of revolutionary activities).[25] He also paid a first visit to nearby Amsterdam. In October or November 1871, he returned to France. From December 1871 to 1878 he lived at Argenteuil, a village on the right bank of the Seine river near Paris, and a popular Sunday-outing destination for Parisians, where he painted some of his best-known works. In 1873, Monet purchased a small boat equipped to be used as a floating studio.[26] From the boat studio Monet painted landscapes and also portraits of Édouard Manet and his wife; Manet in turn depicted Monet painting aboard the boat, accompanied by Camille, in 1874.[26] In 1874, he briefly returned to Holland.[27]
Madame Monet in a Japanese kimono, 1876, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The first Impressionist exhibition was held in 1874 at 35 boulevard des Capucines, Paris, from 15 April to 15 May. The primary purpose of the participants was not so much to promote a new style, but to free themselves from the constraints of the Salon de Paris. The exhibition, open to anyone prepared to pay 60 francs, gave artists the opportunity to show their work without the interference of a jury.[28][29][30]
Renoir chaired the hanging committee and did most of the work himself, as others members failed to present themselves.[28][29]
In addition to Impression: Sunrise (pictured above), Monet presented four oil paintings and seven pastels. Among the paintings he displayed was The Luncheon (1868), which features Camille Doncieux and Jean Monet, and which had been rejected by the Paris Salon of 1870.[31] Also in this exhibition was a painting titled Boulevard des Capucines, a painting of the boulevard done from the photographer Nadar's apartment at no. 35. Monet painted the subject twice, and it is uncertain which of the two pictures, that now in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, or that in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, was the painting that appeared in the groundbreaking 1874 exhibition, though more recently the Moscow picture has been favoured.[32][33] Altogether, 165 works were exhibited in the exhibition, including 4 oils, 2 pastels and 3 watercolours by Morisot; 6 oils and 1 pastel by Renoir; 10 works by Degas; 5 by Pissarro; 3 by Cézanne; and 3 by Guillaumin. Several works were on loan, including Cézanne's Modern Olympia, Morisot's Hide and Seek (owned by Manet) and 2 landscapes by Sisley that had been purchased by Durand-Ruel.[28][29][30]
The total attendance is estimated at 3500, and some works did sell, though some exhibitors had placed their prices too high. Pissarro was asking 1000 francs for The Orchard and Monet the same for Impression: Sunrise, neither of which sold. Renoir failed to obtain the 500 francs he was asking for La Loge, but later sold it for 450 francs to Père Martin, dealer and supporter of the group.[28][29][30]
Paintings 1858–1872
View at Rouelles, Le Havre 1858, Private collection; an early work showing the influence of Corot and Courbet
Mouth of the Seine at Honfleur, 1865, Norton Simon Foundation, Pasadena, CA; indicates the influence of Dutch maritime painting.[34]
Women in the Garden, 1866–1867, Musée d'Orsay, Paris.[35]
Woman in the Garden, 1867, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; a study in the effect of sunlight and shadow on colour
Garden at Sainte-Adresse ("Jardin à Sainte-Adresse"), 1867, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.[36]
The Luncheon, 1868, Städel, which features Camille Doncieux and Jean Monet, was rejected by the Paris Salon of 1870 but included in the first Impressionists' exhibition in 1874.[37]
La Grenouillére 1869, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; a small plein-air painting created with broad strokes of intense colour.[38]
The Magpie, 1868–1869. Musée d'Orsay, Paris; one of Monet's early attempts at capturing the effect of snow on the landscape. See also Snow at Argenteuil.
Le port de Trouville (Breakwater at Trouville, Low Tide), 1870, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.[39]
La plage de Trouville, 1870, National Gallery, London. The left figure may be Camille, on the right possibly the wife of Eugène Boudin, whose beach scenes influenced Monet.[40]
Houses on the Achterzaan, 1871, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Jean Monet on his hobby horse, 1872, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Springtime 1872, Walters Art Museum
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var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var serv = require('http').Server(app);

app.get('/', function (req, res) {
    res.sendFile(__dirname + '/client/ttgen.html');
});
app.use('/', express.static(__dirname + '/client'));

serv.listen(process.env.PORT || 8081);
console.log("Ready to roll out!");
SOCKET_LIST = {};

var io = require('socket.io')(serv, {});
require("./server_files/s_config.js");
require("./server_files/Functions/s_functions.js");
const boardFunctions = require("./server_files/Functions/boardFunctions");

//ha még nem volt generálva, legenerálja a pályát.
if (g_worlds_number < 1) {
    g_worlds_number++;
    boardFunctions.regenerate_map(0);
}

io.sockets.on('connection', function (socket) {
    socket.id = Math.random();
    SOCKET_LIST[socket.id] = socket;
    console.log('new socket: ' + socket.id);

    g_playerdata[socket.id] = {
        'world_id': -1,
        'score': 0,
        'tint': g_tank_colors[getRandomInt(0, g_tank_colors.length - 1)],
        'display_name': 'unnamed'
    };

    socket.on('request_world_join', function (data) {
        if (g_playerdata[socket.id].world_id !== -1) {
            return;
        }
        g_playerdata[socket.id].world_id = data.w_id;
        g_playerdata[socket.id].score = 0;

        //kreálunk új tankot, ha játék közben lépett be (ami ki lesz szedve a végleges verzióban amúgy)
        boardFunctions.add_tank(socket.id);

        //elmeséljük az újonnan érkezett zöldfülűnek, hogy mi a helyzet a pályán
        let level_limiter = false;
        if (g_worlds[data.w_id].timelimit_ticker > -1) {
            level_limiter = g_worlds[data.w_id].playarea;
        }
        socket.emit('init', {
            'clear_all': true,
            'global': {'id': socket.id},
            'walls': g_worlds[0].lists.wall,
            'tanks': g_worlds[0].lists.tank,
            'bullets': g_worlds[0].lists.bullet,
            'playarea': level_limiter,
            'g_broadcasted_constants': g_broadcasted_constants
        });

        if (g_worlds[data.w_id].countdown === 0) {
            socket.emit('world_active', true);
            g_worlds[0].lists.tank[socket.id].inactive = false;
        }

        //megmondjuk mindenki másnak, hogy hol az új játékos tankja
        let self_id = socket.id;//kényszerűségből... nem akarja kulcsként engedni a socket.id-t vagy a socket['id']-t
        let init = {
            'tanks': {self_id: g_worlds[0].lists.tank[socket.id]} //itt direkt tömb van, hátha többet akarunk inicializálni TODO: ne küldjük a teljes objectet
        };
        broadcast_simple_except_one(socket.id, 'init', init, data.w_id);
        update_score_board(data.w_id);
    });

    socket.on('keyPress', function (data) {
        if (g_worlds[0].lists.tank[socket.id] === undefined) { //TODO: kliens ne is küldjön ilyen kérést, ha nincs tankja
            return;
        }
        if (data.inputId === 'shoot' && data.state) {
            let turn = '';
            if (data.turning.left && !data.turning.right) {
                turn = 'l';
            }
            if (!data.turning.left && data.turning.right) {
                turn = (turn === '' ? 'r' : '');
            }
            g_worlds[0].lists.tank[socket.id].triggerShoot(turn);
        }
    });

    socket.on('input_list', function (data) {
        if (g_worlds[0].lists.tank[socket.id] === undefined || g_worlds[0].lists.tank[socket.id].inactive === true) { //TODO: kliens ne is küldjön ilyen kérést, ha nincs tankja
            return;
        }
        let nextRow = (data[0] === undefined ? false : data[0].tick);
        //g_worlds[0].lists.tank[socket.id].apply_input_movement_data(g_worlds[0].lists.tank[socket.id].list_of_inputs.length);//a maradék inputokat gyorsan végigfuttatom még
        g_worlds[0].lists.tank[socket.id].list_of_inputs = data;
        let response_data = {
            'x': g_worlds[0].lists.tank[socket.id].x,
            'y': g_worlds[0].lists.tank[socket.id].y,
            'rotation': g_worlds[0].lists.tank[socket.id].rotation,
            'spd': g_worlds[0].lists.tank[socket.id].speed,
            'rot_spd': g_worlds[0].lists.tank[socket.id].rot_speed,
            'next_processed': nextRow
        };
        socket.emit('input_response', response_data);
    });

    socket.on('disconnect', function () {
        let self_id = socket.id;
        let world_id = g_playerdata[socket.id].world_id;
        console.log('socket disconnected: ' + socket.id);
        if (g_worlds[0].lists.tank[self_id] !== undefined) {
            g_worlds[0].lists.tank[self_id].destroy([g_worlds[0].lists.tank]);
            delete g_worlds[0].lists.tank[self_id];
        }
        delete SOCKET_LIST[socket.id];
        if (g_playerdata[socket.id] !== undefined) {
            delete g_playerdata[socket.id];
        }

        if (world_id != -1) { //ha épp játszott
            world_add_remove_tank(world_id, socket.id, 0);
            update_score_board(world_id);

            let winner = world_check_for_winner(world_id);
            if (winner !== false) {
                boardFunctions.regenerate_map();
            }
        }
    });

    socket.on('request_modify_user_data', function (data) {
        request_modify_user_data(socket.id, data);
    });

});

setInterval(function () {

    //összeszűkül a pálya, ha régóta megy a meccs
    if (g_worlds[0].timelimit_ticker > 0) {
        g_worlds[0].timelimit_ticker--;
        if (g_worlds[0].timelimit_ticker == 0) {
            g_worlds[0].playarea.x += 0.5;
            g_worlds[0].playarea.y += 0.5;
            g_worlds[0].playarea.xend -= 0.5;
            g_worlds[0].playarea.yend -= 0.5;
            g_worlds[0].timelimit_ticker = 4;
            for (var i in SOCKET_LIST) {
                if (g_playerdata[SOCKET_LIST[i].id].world_id == 0) {
                    SOCKET_LIST[i].emit('time_is_up', g_worlds[0].playarea);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    if (g_worlds_number >= 1) {
        g_collisioner.update_arrays();

        for (let t in g_worlds[0].lists.tank) {
            g_worlds[0].lists.tank[t].updatePosition();
        }
        for (let t in g_worlds[0].lists.bullet) {
            g_worlds[0].lists.bullet[t].updatePosition();
        }
    }
    for (let i in g_worlds) {
        let world = g_worlds[i];
        if (world.countdown > 0) {
            world.countdown--;
            if (world.countdown === 0) {
                broadcast_simple('world_active', true, i); //itt i a world_id, mert abban iterálok
                for (let index in world.tanks) {
                    if (g_worlds[0].lists.tank[world.tanks[index]] !== undefined) {
                        g_worlds[0].lists.tank[world.tanks[index]].inactive = false;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}, 1000 / g_broadcasted_constants.gameTick);

//komenikáció
setInterval(function () {

    let update_tank = [];
    let update_bullet = [];
    for (let i in g_worlds[0].lists.tank) {
        update_tank.push({
            'id': g_worlds[0].lists.tank[i].id,
            'x': g_worlds[0].lists.tank[i].x,
            'y': g_worlds[0].lists.tank[i].y,
            'rotation': g_worlds[0].lists.tank[i].rotation,
            'tint': g_worlds[0].lists.tank[i].tint, //TODO: kiölni: kicsit feleslegesnek érzem 20 fps-sel szín adatot küldeni...
            'mods': g_worlds[0].lists.tank[i].mods,
            'events': g_worlds[0].lists.tank[i].events
        });
        g_worlds[0].lists.tank[i].events = [];
    }
    for (let i in g_worlds[0].lists.bullet) {
        update_bullet.push({
            'id': g_worlds[0].lists.bullet[i].id,
            'x': g_worlds[0].lists.bullet[i].x,
            'y': g_worlds[0].lists.bullet[i].y,
            'rotation': g_worlds[0].lists.bullet[i].rotation,
            'spd': g_worlds[0].lists.bullet[i].speed,
            'rot_spd': g_worlds[0].lists.bullet[i].rot_speed
        });
    }

    //for (let w_id in g_worlds) { //TODO: majd saját lista kell minden world-nek, és itt loopolni.
    for (var i in SOCKET_LIST) {
        if (g_playerdata[SOCKET_LIST[i].id].world_id == 0) {
            SOCKET_LIST[i].emit('update_entities', {'tank': update_tank, 'bullet': update_bullet});
        }
    }
    //}
    if (g_worlds[0].timelimit > 0) {
        g_worlds[0].timelimit--;
    } else {
        if (g_worlds[0].timelimit > -1) {
            g_worlds[0].timelimit_ticker = 4;
            for (var i in SOCKET_LIST) {
                if (g_playerdata[SOCKET_LIST[i].id].world_id == 0) {
                    SOCKET_LIST[i].emit('time_is_up', g_worlds[0].playarea);
                }
            }
            g_worlds[0].timelimit = -1;
        }
    }

    //visszaszámlálások listája. objectekkel lehet tölteni, amiknek a timer paramétere egy szám és a call paramétere egy funkció. minden frame-n léptetve lesznek a countdown-ok.
    //esetleg később paused paramot is kaphat stb.
    for (let key = 0; key < g_worlds[0].countdowns.length; key++) {
        if (g_worlds[0].countdowns[key] == undefined) {
            //valami error volt, pucolás
            console.log('ííí, countdown hiba');
            continue;
        }
        g_worlds[0].countdowns[key].timer--;
        let this_countdown = g_worlds[0].countdowns[key];
        if (this_countdown.timer < 1) {
            g_worlds[0].countdowns.splice(key, 1); //fontos, előbb törlünk, aztán hívunk...
            let called_function = this_countdown.call;

            //ha olyan elvetemült dolgot akarnánk csinálni, hogy egy felparaméterezett anonym funkciót akarunk hívni, a .apply pont kapóra jönne.
            if (Array.isArray(this_countdown.params)) {
                called_function.apply(null,this_countdown.params);
            } else {
                called_function();
            }
        }
    }
    //TODO: figyelni kell, hogy resetelődjenek a countdown-ok!

}, 1000 / 20);

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Antonin Scalia has apologized to two Mississippi reporters who were required to erase recordings of a speech he gave at a high school there on Wednesday.
In a letter mailed on Friday to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Scalia, calling the organization's concern "well justified," wrote: "You are correct that the action was not taken at my direction. I was as upset as you were."
I like green eggs and ham!
I do, I like them, Sam I Am!
Justice Scalia said in the letter to the Reporters Committee that the controversy had caused him to revise his policy "so as to permit recording for use of the print media" to "promote accurate reporting." He indicated he would continue to ban the recording of his speeches by the broadcast press.
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Antoinette Konz, a young education reporter for The Hattiesburg American, considered it a big deal when she was invited by a local high school to cover a speech last Wednesday by Antonin Scalia.
Ms. Konz and an AP reporter, seated in the front row, began to take notes. And when Justice Scalia began speaking, they clicked on their tape recorders.
Justice Scalia, the big shot, does not like reporters to turn tape recorders on when he's talking. He doesn't like it. And he doesn't permit it.
The AP reporter tried to explain that she had a digital recording device, so there was no tape to give up. Ms. Konz said the deputy seemed baffled by that.
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Since 9/11, virtually every proposal to use intelligence more effectively -- to connect the dots -- has been shot down by left- and right-wing libertarians as an assault on "privacy." The consequence has been devastating: Just when the country should be unleashing its technological ingenuity to defend against future attacks, scientists stand irresolute, cowed into inaction.
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... specious privacy crusading ...
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The federal lawsuit filed last week by Maher Arar -- the Syrian-born Canadian whom the federal government deported to Syria -- offers a good opportunity to shed some light on one of the more peculiar civil liberties cases to arise during the war on terrorism.
At the least, the government should be obliged to spell out how this decision came to be made and why.
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That statement also drew applause, but from different quarters.
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The Supreme Court will soon confront the larger issue ... [and] we hope that ... it will start reining in the disturbing excesses of the administration's war on terror.
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The Supreme Court yesterday declined to hear an appeal, ... a decision that allows officials to continue withholding information indefinitely.
Without a full disclosure of the detainees' names, it will be impossible to hold the government accountable.
This issue is more complex than the media generally acknowledge in the play-by-play reporting of the "he said, she said" variety. Few if any of the people speaking out in public on this issue are doing so from anything resembling a non-partisan position.
If you read anything about this in the press that offers both depth and balance, let me know.
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With vivid prose and persuasive analysis, The Naked Crowd is both an urgent warning about the choices we face in responding to legitimate fears of terror and a vision for a better future.
The fact that the above text was provided by the publisher explains the use of the words 'acclaimed', 'impassioned', 'vivid', and 'persuasive'.
The book goes on sale January 13. Remind me to come back to this in a few weeks.
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Impressed by the boom in Internet chat rooms in China, I conducted an experiment this week to test the limits of free speech.
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Tiassalé Department is a department of Agnéby-Tiassa Region in Lagunes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 278,954 and its seat is the settlement of Tiassalé. The sub-prefectures of the department are Gbolouville, Morokro, N'Douci, and Tiassalé.

History

Tiassalé Department was created in 1988 as a first-level subdivision via a split-off from Abidjan Department.

In 1997, regions were introduced as new first-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast; as a result, all departments were converted into second-level subdivisions. Tiassalé Department was included in Lagunes Region.

In 2011, districts were introduced as new first-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast. At the same time, regions were reorganised and became second-level subdivisions and all departments were converted into third-level subdivisions. At this time, Tiassalé Department became part of Agnéby-Tiassa Region in Lagunes District.

In 2012, two sub-prefectures were split from Tiassalé Department to create Taabo Department.

Notes

Departments of Agnéby-Tiassa
1988 establishments in Ivory Coast
States and territories established in 1988


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In November, researchers at New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute said they had discovered and demonstrated a new antireflective coating that boosts the amount of sunlight captured by solar panels by allowing the panel to absorb the entire solar spectrum from nearly any angle.
The project, funded by the Department of Energy and the U.S. Air Force, involved stacking seven layers of antireflective coating — each with a height of 50 nanometers to 100 nanometers — in such a way that each layer enhances the antireflective properties of the layer below it (Figure 5). The seven layers were made up of silicon dioxide and titanium dioxide nanorods positioned at an oblique angle, and the nanorods were attached to a silicon substrate via chemical vapor disposition. The additional layers also help to "bend" the flow of sunlight to an angle that augments the coating's antireflective properties so that each layer not only transmits sunlight, it also helps capture any light that may have otherwise been reflected from the layers below it.
5. Antireflective coating. A new antireflective coating developed by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute could help to overcome two major hurdles blocking the progress and wider use of solar power. The nanoengineered coating, pictured here, boosts the amount of sunlight captured by solar panels and allows those panels to absorb the entire spectrum of sunlight from any angle, regardless of the sun's position in the sky. Courtesy: Rensselaer/Shawn Lin
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The new coating also tackles the tricky challenge of angles: If not optimally positioned, conventional solar panels absorb considerably less light, which is why some solar arrays are mechanized to move slowly throughout the day. But, the antireflective coating demonstrated absorption of 96.21% of sunlight evenly and equally from all angles, no matter the position of the sun in the sky, the researchers said. The coating is designed to be affixed to nearly any photovoltaic materials for use in solar cells, including III-V multi-junction and cadmium telluride.
Double-Sided Cell Coating Shows Efficiency Boost
A team of physicists and engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) used a similar approach, but they applied an antireflective coating to the fronts and backs of ultrathin silicon films to boost the cells' output by as much as 50%. The combination of multilayered reflective coatings and a tightly spaced array of lines — called a diffraction grating — caused the light to bounce around longer inside the thin silicon layer, giving it time to deposit its energy and produce an electric current.
As well as boosting efficiency, the thin films used in MIT's technology present significant potential savings because they use only about 1% as much silicon as do high-quality silicon crystal substrates that make up conventional solar cells. An evaluation of the technology's business potential also found "significant benefits in both manufacturing and electrical power delivery, for applications ranging from remote off-grid to dedicated clean power."
So how soon could we see commercial deployment of the technology? That may well depend on the economic health of the solar industry. "If the solar business stays strong, implementation within the next three years is possible," said Lionel Kimerling, a professor in MIT's materials science and engineering department.
Enhancing Solar Cells with Nanoscopic Particles
Researchers from the FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics in the Netherlands looking to convert a majority of all incoming light into usable energy said in December they had successfully employed the nanoparticle approach to make gains in efficiency. Their technology uses nanoscopic metal particles to create tiny electrical disturbances called "surface plasmon." When light strikes the particle, it makes the particle vibrate, causing the incoming light to scatter and keeping more of the light within the solar cell. The researchers also found that varying the size and material of the particles allowed for improved light capture, including of colors that otherwise perform poorly.
The results, published in the journal Optics Express, showed that light capture for long-wavelength (reddish) light could be improved by a factor of more than 10. A team at the University of New South Wales in Australia had previously shown that overall light-gathering efficiency for solar cells using metallic nanoparticles could be improved by 30%. "I think we are about three years from seeing plasmons in photovoltaic generation," said researcher Kylie Catchpole, who published the paper with colleague Albert Polman. "An important point about plasmonic solar cells is that they are applicable to any kind of solar cell." This includes the standard silicon or newer thin-film types.
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In recent months, just as falling oil prices and a worldwide economic slowdown have dulled solar's gleam and made it less attractive as a power source than coal and gas, hundreds of solar technology factories have cropped up around the world. Meanwhile, the cost of silicon has dropped by half. Industry analysts are forecasting that by 2010, as a result of the recent solar industry buildup, the supply of silicon for solar panels will far exceed demand — driving prices down even more.
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Азмарі́ — професійні, переважно мандруючі, співці-оповідачі та музиканти Ефіопії.

Нерідко азмарі виступали при дворі феодалів, а також на різноманітних народних святах. Більшість з них володіли мистецтвом традиційного ефіопського віршоскладання. На основі певних мелодійних моделей вони складали пісні історичного, лірично-філософського змісту. Азмарі — переважно чоловіки, виступали соло або дуетом, акомпонуючи собі на однострунному смичковому інструменті — месенко або ж на 6-струнному щипковому — кираре; використовувалась також пастухова свірель — уашинт.

У співі переважає висока тесітура, характерний різкий та напружений тембр голосу. Строфи пісень обкладаються інструментальними епізодами — віртуозним, багато орнаментованими виступами та інтермедіями. В сучасній Ефіопії найкращі азмарі беруть участь в ансамблях національної музики, виступають на телебаченні та радіо.

Див. також

 Гріот
 Бард

Література
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PCA Church Invites Lesbian to Teach on Celebrating Lives of Transgenders
UPDATE: Reformation Charlotte has obtained the audio of the Worship Director of this church preaching a "transgender Jesus" in 2015.
The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination has been in hot water ever since one of their churches hosted the Revoice Conference, a conference that celebrated homosexual relationships and sought to include those who identify as gay or lesbian Christians in the Christian Church.
More recently, however, a PCA (you read that right, PCA, not PCUSA) church in St. Louis has invited a transgender rights activist in a lesbian relationship to teach the members of their church and anyone else who wants to join how to "celebrate the lives of transgender people by "reclaiming" Martin Luther King's legacy.
The hosting church is South City Church in St. Louis, and, according to their website, were organized as a particular church in the PCA in 2008. Pastored by Mike Higgins, Higgins is also Adjunct Professor of Applied Theology and Dean of Students at Covenant Theological Seminary and serves on the board for Faith for Justice who is sponsoring the conference.
The following Facebook post can be found here.
Jay-Marie Hill holds the title of Transgender Education and Advocacy Program Coordinator at the ACLU and according to their website, is "an activist, musician, and educator who lives a life designed to help our world ascend beyond gendered and racialized norms. Hill founded Music Freedom Dreams to build systemic change in queer and trans communities around the country."
According to Hill's own website, she is "originally from Oakland, CA. but now works out of St. Louis, MO building a very Black, very Queer life with their incredible partner, Kayla"
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Rabih Mroué (born 1967 in Beirut / Lebanon, lives in Beirut and Berlin) is one of the most important contemporary artists of Lebanon. His varied work encompasses literature, theater, performance and fine art. In 2012 he participated at documenta 13 in Kassel.


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Hard Times: An Illustrated Oral History of the Great Depression
Studs Terkel's Chicago
The Studs Terkel Interviews: Film and Theater
Touch and Go: A Memoir
Will the Circle be Unbroken?: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith
Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About the American Obsession
American Dreams: Lost and Found
And They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey
Coming of Age: The Story of Our Century by Those Who've Lived It
Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Troubled Times
My American Century: The Studs Terkel Reader
P.S.: Further Thoughts from a Lifetime of Listening
Studs Terkel's Working: A Teaching Guide
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Talking To Myself: A Memoir of My Times
Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do
Autobiography/Biography


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The days are slowly getting shorter and the temperature cooler, which only means one thing..sweater weather is quickly approaching! Whether you pair them with dark skinnies or leggings, there is nothing better than throwing on a big, cozy sweater with boots and a scarf. Recently I have been on the hunt for the perfect oversized, comfy sweaters for fall and winter. Here are some of my favorite sweater weather outfits via pinterest.
What's your favorite way to pair sweaters for fall?
love this look! I love sweaters with leggings!
This post makes me want to run out and buy a ton of sweaters!!! Love every single look!
love these looks! sweaters are so cozy!
These outfits looks so comfy! Absolutely perfect for fall! Following you now and make sure to stop by to win a $50 gift card to Nordstrom!
I love these sweaters, particularity the white one in the beginning.


Triumph Dining sent a copy of their Essential Gluten-Free Restaurant Guide, and a set of their Dining Cards, to Gf-Zing! for review. We have tested the book in two states so far, and we have used the cards extensively in American, Thai, Indian and other restaurants and can say that the cards provide an easy way to communicate the gluten-free dietary restriction to restaurant staff. We consider these the restaurant guide and the cards to be true "workhorses" of our gluten-free collection.
The dining cards are useful both with the manager and with the waitstaff. A second less obvious use is that by reading the English translation on the back of each card the diner can find out what the risky items are in each ethnic cuisine, and this proves useful in grocery stores as well. These cards are useful and convenient, and we rely on them heavily. The only difficulties we have had are 1) sometimes the staff will interpret gluten-free to mean 'spice-free' and we have to assure them that indeed we like spices and flavors, just no wheat, barley or rye and 2) for the Chinese card sometimes the staff cannot read the characters for barley or rye and has difficulty interpreting the card. Our only other wish is that Triumph dining will produce a Korean and a Portuguese or Brazilian Portuguese card!
The Essential Guide to Gluten Free Dining is a very useful book as well. We take it with us when traveling, and we even learned about some new opportunities right in our own back yard. The bright orange cover makes it easy to unearth on the coffee table or in the car. We like this guide, even though we were initially skeptical – we have the internet, right? so, why do we need a book? Well, when you have left your wireless connectivity behind, and you're on the interstate and hungry, it is just great to be able to leaf through and find tons of restaurants that are not too far away, with phone numbers and menu hints, and sometimes the name of the owner. This book is a welcome addition to our gluten-free library!
The Triumph Dining Cards, which are available in 6 languages, have become indispensible to us when we go out to dinner. The translations, in Thai, Mexican Spanish etc. have caused many waiters and maitre-d's to pay attention to the provision of gluten free food to our table.
Without these cards we used to be greeted with that frosty smile that says "I am clueless about gluten and don't want to learn, today or any other day. I am turning off my brain now." We used to hear things like "well, you can't eat pasta, but would you eat semolina?" Or, "I have a cousin who doesn't eat gluten…," and then along comes the salad with croutons on top, followed by an uncomfortable request to return without bread in the salad etc.
Using the Triumph Dining Cards, we can hand the card to the waiter and be assured that someone will understand and try to help us find gluten free food on the menu. For some reason these well-written, professionally designed restaurant cards for the gluten free engage the waitstaff in the problem and inspire them to read labels and to research the recipes.
Tip well, and return happily!


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Andrea Mitchell: A Nose for News, a Face for Radio
In Philadelphia Magazine (1970-1980) on January 22, 2011 at 5:35 pm
By Maury Z. Levy
The other reporters, the ones without the pencils in their hands, the ones without the questions in their heads,were gobbling up the $100-a-plate meal like it was real food. Andrea Mitchell, who was covering this Democratic dinner for both KYW radio and KYW television, was the only one not eating. It's not that she wasn't hungry. It's just that she's a stickler for facts. And she just won't
swallow a lie, even the smallest one.
"You didn't like your chicken cordon bleu?" the waiter asked as he lifted her still full plate from the table.
"This," she said, "is not cordon bleu. This is an inedible lump of chicken on a slice of canned ham camouflaged with cold gravy."
Anyway, she was too busy running the dinner to eat. She picked up a copy of the program and skimmed down to the end. Teddy Kennedy wasn't scheduled to speak until 9:15, which probably meant he wouldn't get on until at least 10:15.
"No way," Andi Mitchell said. "If he doesn't get on by 9, I've got to let the film crew go. And we're not going to have anything for the 11 o'clock news."
She pushed her way up to the head table on the very large Civic Center floor. On the stage, at the right, the entertainment was going full blast. Some people in costumes were singing selections from The King and I, which seemed appropriate enough. She shoved her way down the crowded front aisle, the one that was full of security guards. One of the guards told her to stop and go the other way. She ignored him. The next guard grabbed her by the arm and told her a little less gently. "Mr. Camiel," he said, "doesn't want anybody in this aisle. You'll have to go back to the press table. You'll have to go the other way."
She looked him dead in the eyes. "No," she said, "I'm going this way."
Before push got to shove, Bill Green
jumped down from the head table and called the goons off. He asked Andi Mitchell what the matter was. She told him about her deadline. "You people do this thing," she said, "for the publicity. What good is it if you don't get any?"
"I know it's asinine, Andi," he said. "But there's nothing I can do about it."
"Sure you can," she said, "go tell your buddy Camiel he's screwing up my television feed. Go tell him people won't even know Teddy Kennedy was in town tonight if he doesn't get this thing moving."
Bill Green shrugged his shoulders and said he would try. He went over to Pete Camiel, the city's Democratic boss, and started talking. First Camiel was shaking his head "no." Then Green pointed to Andi Mitchell down there in the front row, where she shouldn't have been, and Camiel stopped shaking. He quickly started talking to some other people at the table, including Teddy Kennedy. And then, when the music stopped, Pete Camiel went up to the podium to make an announcement. Andi Mitchell signaled her film crew. "I think we've got it," she said.
"Ladies and gentlemen," Pete Camiel said, "there has been a change in the program. As you know, Senator Kennedy was scheduled to be our final speaker. But the Senator has just informed me that he has another commitment tonight. And so, we are changing the program to make him
our first speaker."
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We Interrupt This Issue To Bring You An Eyewitness News Bulletin
In Philadelphia Magazine (1970-1980) on September 10, 2009 at 12:59 pm
THIS LATE FLASH HAS JUST BEEN HANDED TO US: On February 17th, during a prime ratings week, Mort Crim left the country. It was announced that Crim was on "medical leave of absence." Station officials said he was sick. Inside sources said he was sick, all right—sick of station officials.
We now join our story, already in progress.
3:28 PM SOON IT WILL BE DARK, and at night, when all the tungsten stars are strung out in the firmament of Tinsel Town, and the lights of the 40-watt successes beam red across the Delaware to all the ships at sea, then it will be cold and soon it will be dark and then morning will follow by a probability of 50 percent, depending on the isobars in Iowa.
It is Thursday, the 23rd of January, 1974, a day not unlike all other days, a day that will be filled with turning points and colored ketchup. And here on Independence Mall East, at what used to be known as 5th and Market, in a brown brick building decorated with long black chains, there is a meeting in the Eyewitness Newsroom, the newsroom of the news team that has been rated number one in Philadelphia for a whole three months in a row now. The notice for the meeting is written in pencil on the back of a sheet of white paper Scotch-taped to the door.
It is a small room, the newsroom, much too small and instantly obsolete for a building so new. It was supposed to be bigger. But then the city planners came along and looked at the plans and said no, no, the lobby for this pri son has to be much bigger to fit in all the ladies in the pillbox hats who've come to see Mike Douglas. There had to be a cut made somewhere. And so, to make the lobby larger, they cut the newsroom in half.
There is the news director's office, which is mostly glass, and there are five rows of desktops, separated by five partitions into ten cubicles with 20 chairs. There are small, semi-private offices in back of them, small enough that three people can't stand in them at once and not face the danger of a sexual encounter. They have no doors, just these tacky blue and white plastic accordion closures they got on sale at Two Guys. Jessica Savitch and Marciarose and Al Meltzer live here.
In a room off to the side, a room with a real door, is the shared office of Vince Leonard and Mort Crim. It used to be the film editing room. Before that it was headquarters for the staff of the Marciarose Show, which no longer exists.
Most of the field reporters are in from their assignments by now. They've all stopped by to talk to Don Shoultz, a man with a green shirt and a polyester tie who produces the 5:30 news, and then to Jim Boyer, a man with a white shirt and a silk tie, who produces the 6 o'clock. Both of them are working on their rundown sheets, trying to figure out all the news that fits. The newsroom is alive with a calm panic now. Faceless voices are yelling out of a squawk box that connects to the editing room upstairs. The art department needs some description for the chroma-key slides.
"Anybody ever been to the Oxford Valley Mall?" Carl Ward, who produces the 11 o'clock news, yells. "What kind of place is it? We've got a murder there." An intern says that she has shopped there once and that it is a pretty decent place. The art treatment will reflect that research.
"Who's handling the mall murder?" a voice from editing asks.
"It's me," Robin Mackintosh says, "Captain Suburbs. That and five other stories." He sits down at his typewriter and starts talking to himself.
Jessica Savitch has just blown in from an interview with Alice Cooper for a rock and roll series she's doing. Before she sits down to write her half of Newswatch 5:30, she stands in front of Marciarose's mirror and brushes her hair and touches up her makeup. "I don't understand it," she says, frowning at the blonde in the mirror. "All this work and that's still not Faye Dunaway in there." Read the rest of this entry »
Maury Z. Levy has been a major media force for over 40 years now. In the 1970s, he helped put regional magazines on the map. As Editorial Director of Philadelphia Magazine, he won an amazing amount of national journalism awards for investigative, consumer and lifestyle reporting. At the same time, he was credited as the founder of "concept journalism," having created such widely known and imitated features as "The Best and Worst of Philly" and "People to Watch."
In the 1980s, Maury went national, with just as much impact. As Director of New Publications for Playboy Enterprises, Inc., his Playboy Guides to Fashion, Electronic Entertainment, Cars and Travel became the template for a new generation of marketing-savvy, highly targeted media. And Maury became a much sought after media expert, appearing on such programs as The Today Show, CNN Newsmakers, Geraldo, Entertainment Tonight and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
His work has appeared on the covers of publications from New York Magazine to WomenSports. A contributor to numerous books, he is the author of Gym Psych: The Insider's Guide to Health Clubs, published by Random House.
His major interviews with Muhammad Ali, Mike Wallace, Jimmy Stewart, Raquel Welch, William F. Buckley Jr., and Pete Rose, among others, have appeared throughout the world. His work has been featured in the best sellers The Playboy Interviews: The Best of 30 Years and The Playboy Interviews: They Played the Game.
He is now chairman of Levy Jacobs Marketing, headquartered in Marlton, NJ. The company helps put new businesses on the map and helps existing businesses grow.
Contact: maury@levyjacobs.com.
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Chalcedony stones are talismans of trust. Use chalcedony when you need to develop patience, reconcile differences, or seek forgiveness. Chalcedony is excellent for recovery efforts from addictions or destructive behavior patterns. They aid in curbing tempers and helping us become mellower and milder. Their rays are potent, and they can help us to change our lives to become more dependable and cheerful. They are helpful in dealing with grief, letting go of the past, and curing guilt.
Chalcedony, Melody tells us in "Love is in the Earth", is a stone brotherhood, sacred to several tribes of Native Americans. It promotes benevolence and good will. Judy Hall in "The Crystal Bible" agrees and notes that it removes hostility and eases self doubt. Robert Simmons notes in "The Book of Stones" that Chalcedony is a calming stone, useful for stimulating telepathy and all types of communications with the spirit world. Naisha Ahsian in the same book finds Chalcedony is excellent for channelling work, and that it brings a calming effect in the presence of anger.


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Scientific Reports er et online fagfællebedømt videnskabeligt megatidsskrift med åben adgang udgivet af Nature Research, der dækker alle områder af naturvidenskab. Tidsskriftet blev lanceret i 2011. Tidsskriftet har meddelt, at deres mål er udelukkende at vurdere den videnskabelige validitet af en indsendt artikel frem for dets opfattede vigtighed, betydning eller effekt.

I september 2016 blev Scientific Reports det største tidsskrift i verden målt efter antallet af artikler, idet det passerede PLOS ONE.

Abstacts og indeksering

Tidsskriftet har abstracts og bliver indekseret i Chemical Abstracts Service, Science Citation Index og selektivt i Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed. Ifølge Journal Citation Reports havde tidsskriftet en 2-årig effektfaktor på 3,998 i 2019 og en 5-årig effektfaktor på 4,576. Den 2-årige effektfaktor for Scientific Reports er steget med 0,38 i 2020, og den omtrentlige procentvise ændring er 9,53 %, i forhold til det foregående år 2019, hvilket viser en stigende tendens.

Fagfællebedømmelse og acceptrate

Tidsskriftet er blevet beskrevet som et megatidsskrift, konceptuelt svarende til PLOS ONE, med en forretningsmodel baseret på artikelbehandlingsgebyrer. Tidsskriftets redaktion er ekstrem stor med flere tusinde oplistede medlemmer.  Vejledningen til fagfællebedømmelse siger, at for at blive offentliggjort skal "en artikel være videnskabeligt gyldig og teknisk sund i metodologi og analyse", og bedømmelsen skal sikre, at manuskripter "ikke vurderes ud fra deres opfattede vigtighed, betydning eller effekt", men denne procedure er blevet draget i tvivl.

Acceptraten for Scientific Reports blev angivet af tidsskriftet til at være 48 % i 2019.

Kritikere, såsom Derek Lowe, hævder, at Scientific Reports har en tendens til at offentliggøre værdiløs forskning og har sat spørgsmålstegn ved bedømmelsesprocessen.

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I've always been someone who loved fashion. As a kid, I would pick out my own clothes, for better or for worse (special shout out to my cheetah print bucket hat that I wore everyday in 2006). I love the expression that personal style has, being able to show who you are without having to say a word is so powerful to me. The right outfit can change my confidence, my mood, and how I'm perceived.
It's like you can become a different person depending on what style of clothing you decide to wear. Working? Some power pants and a nice shirt make me feel more professional and qualified. Going to a gig? Put on my most hipster outfit to avoid the stares of the indie scene.
I had a HUGE vintage phase in high school, and managed to accumulate a lot of clothes. Both good, and… not so good. I feel into the trap of "one day I'll alter this and it'll be perfect". And then forgetting to ever alter it, so it sits untouched for years. Then, I entered my broke Uni stage, where I bought nothing unless it was on sale at Valleygirl for $5. Having no disposable income meant my closet turned into a mismatch of old vintage finds, and new poor quality junk.
So, at the beginning of this year, I decided it was time to clean out my closet (literally). Something about turning 22 made me feel like I was entering a new stage of my life, where looking my best didn't mean going in for the cheapest stuff. Quality mattered now. Unfortunately, quality does not come cheap.
My solution? Embark on an epic, six month journey of no shopping. I'd also become tired of the fast-fashion industry, and was sick of mindlessly consuming because that's just what companies wanted me to do. My actions weren't sustainable. Going into a shop "just because", and grabbing a sale item that was cheap solely for the price tag was getting old. Especially since I would hardly ever wear the item. Even though I would give the item away to a charity shop, it still felt like I was making a global problem worse with my actions.
As of January 1st, I made it my goal to not buy any clothing. I excluded shoes and accessories because I knew I needed new shoes (my old ones were falling apart), and I never really bought accessories anyway. What the challenge did include was all clothing – online shopping, in-store purchases, op-shop finds. Everything from jeans to pajamas to underwear (I really didn't need another $10 Cotton On bralette to add to my growing collection) was banned.
Throughout the challenge, I decided to make a few goals to help me stay motivated.
Firstly, I wanted to change my habits to become a more conscious consumer. I often found myself scrolling through online shopping sites mindlessly because I was bored. And inevitably, I'd find something fairly cute, and put it in my cart. Then, I'd find another three cute things, and add them to the cart. Soon, I'd realise I had $300 worth of clothing in my cart, exit out of the webpage and realise I'd just wasted an hour. So no more mindless scrolling for me.
Secondly, I wanted to put an end to impulse buying. Cotton On was my most dangerous store. I often walked past the mega-store on Queen St, and whenever they had sale signs up (AKA all the time), I'd wander in and end up buying something because it was on sale. This was NEVER something I actually needed. It was just cheap and cute and so often Id never even wear it. So I wouldn't even let myself enter the store, in case I was tempted. A few times, I'd find myself about to walk in , then remember I couldn't buy anything anyway and turn right around. Habitual behaviour is so dangerous!
Finally, I wanted to construct a wardrobe that actually reflected me, and own things that I loved to wear. My wardrobe was full of things I;d had since high school, random impulse buys, and a few items I loved and wore over and over again. I was sick of looking at my closest and not finding something to wear that I really liked.
At the beginning of the six months, I decided to do a big clear out. I had three piles – definitely keep, maybe keep, and donate. Everything in the definitely keep pile had to be things that I wore regularly and felt great in. Anything that I liked, but didn't really wear that often went into the maybe pile. This stuff was stored under my bed, and if I didn't miss it/take it out to wear it after the six months were up, it was to be donated. And the donated pile, included everything that didn't fit (even if I was telling myself to keep it JUST IN CASE I lost weight and magically fit it again), stuff that fit but I didn't feel my best in, and stuff I hadn't worn in at least six months.
This process left me with a severely cut-down wardrobe of things I actually loved, a box under my bed full of maybe clothes, and a big pile of clothes to donate. It felt so good. Whenever I looked in my wardrobe, I felt like the clothing really represented who I was and how I anted to look. Now for the hard part, not spending anything.
And you know what? It really wasn't that hard. I would see something cute in a store and then think about how much I really needed it, if I had anything similar, and if I'd actually wear it. And most of the time, I'd realise I didn't need it after all. And, if I did think that I wanted/needed it, then I'd write it down in my bullet journal. I formed a list of things to buy in June, that I knew I definitely needed. Not impulse buying really helped me pick out the things my wardrobe was missing, and identify what my personal style looked like.
There was only one time that I "cheated", but I can honestly say I don't regret it. It was nearly the end of May, when my six months were coming to an end, when I saw merino tops in Glassons that were exactly what I'd been wanting for at least a year. They were on my 'to buy' list, but they were selling out fast. I knew that they wouldn't be in stock when June came around, and that I wouldn't be able to find anything similar. So I got my partner to buy them for me, and withhold them until June came around. I then paid him back and got to wear them once my six months were up. And I've worn them every single week since then, so I don't regret that little transgression.
Now, my wardrobe looks a lot thinner. I've started buying the items of my 'to buy' list, and each item I've worn multiple times, so I know that they were good choices. It felt good being able to shop again, but I can't say I would have really cared if the challenge had gone on for longer. I realised just how little I really need. I owned way too much stuff before this, and now I'm trying to cut down even more. From now until the end of the year, I'm tracking what clothes I wear, and what I don't touch. I've turned the coat hangers in my closest around the wrong way, and whenever I wear something, I turn it the right way. Through this trick, I can tell what I've worn, and what I haven't. In January next year, I'll see all the things I haven't touched and do another big clean out.
Okay this post has been super long, so I'll wrap it up now (good job if you managed to make it all the way through this!). Long story short, I really loved this challenge. I feel like it helped me refine my personal style, and figure out what I wear regularly, and what was just taking up space in my closet. And at the same time, I opted-out of the unsustainable fast fashion cycle which I'm really starting to hate. It was a win-win all around!
This is awesome! And with embroidery and knitting in your repertoire you'll be able to create or customise items too!
Definitely will have to try this.