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  I Love to wave - I love to wave

  Harvey L. Frierson Jr.

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  Hunter loves to wave.In this pandemic her mother ,Father and school teachers teach her how to stay safe and be nice to everyone.

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  Michelangelo

  Eugène Müntz

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  Michelangelo, like Leonardo, was a man of many talents; sculptor, architect, painter and poet, he made the apotheosis of muscular movement, which to him was the physical manifestation of passion. He moulded his draughtsmanship, bent it, twisted it, and stretched it to the extreme limits of possibility. There are not any landscapes in Michelangelo's painting. All the emotions, all the passions, all the thoughts of humanity were personified in his eyes in the naked bodies of men and women. He rarely conceived his human forms in attitudes of immobility or repose. Michelangelo became a painter so that he could express in a more malleable material what his titanesque soul felt, what his sculptor's imagination saw, but what sculpture refused him. Thus this admirable sculptor became the creator, at the Vatican, of the most lyrical and epic decoration ever seen: the Sistine Chapel. The profusion of his invention is spread over this vast area of over 900 square metres. There are 343 principal figures of prodigious variety of expression, many of colossal size, and in addition a great number of subsidiary ones introduced for decorative effect. The creator of this vast scheme was only thirty-four when he began his work. Michelangelo compels us to enlarge our conception of what is beautiful. To the Greeks it was physical perfection; but Michelangelo cared little for physical beauty, except in a few instances, such as his painting of Adam on the Sistine ceiling, and his sculptures of the Pietà. Though a master of anatomy and of the laws of composition, he dared to disregard both if it were necessary to express his concept: to exaggerate the muscles of his figures, and even put them in positions the human body could not naturally assume. In his later painting, The Last Judgment on the end wall of the Sistine, he poured out his soul like a torrent. Michelangelo was the first to make the human form express a variety of emotions. In his hands emotion became an instrument upon which he played, extracting themes and harmonies of infinite variety. His figures carry our imagination far beyond the personal meaning of the names attached to them.

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  Nest City - How Citizens Serve...

  Beth Sanders

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  Our linear ways of thinking about, organizing and planning our cities do not meet the true nature of cities as complex and messy systems. There are no simple solutions to the challenges we face: many citizens don't feel they belong; we don't agree on how to best move around; many don't have jobs or homes they can afford; we make running businesses hard work; we are facing challenges with the climate crisis and a pandemic. At a time when understanding the relationship between our physical, economic and social habitats is essential, Sanders sets forth an approach to work with the disruptions of our times. 
  Drawing on her expertise as a city planner and a relationship-broker in the conflicts that surface in city life, Sanders offer strategies to explore how cities, public institutions, community organizations and the business community can work together to improve our cities. She explores the evolutionary nature of our relationship with cities, and how the tension we experience in city life compels each of us to work to improve and regenerate our cities. 
  Nest City articulates the importance of having a sense of direction, being willing as citizens and cities to learn along the way, and accepting the uncertainty and messiness of cities as opportunities to make cities that serve cities well. Nest City will forever alter the way to look at your city, your local public institutions, community organizations or businesses--and how you think about and contribute to your city.

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  Abbott and Costello: Trying to...

  Bud Abbott, Lou Costello

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  Lou runs over Mr and Mrs Niles in their car. Now Bud and Lou need to rent a car. Abbott and Costello do U Drive routine. They are going to the Andrews sisters ranch.They check into a hotel while looking for the ranch. They have the Andrews Brothers on this show instead.

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  Allie Aller's Stained Glass...

  Allie Aller

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  The author of Crazy Quilting shares new techniques for capturing the style of stained glass in cozy quilts, bedcovers, wallhangings, and more. 
   
  Quilt designer Allie Aller spent years developing her own techniques for mimicking the look of stained glass. Surprisingly simple and endlessly inspiring, her methods produce stunningly beautiful results. In Allie Aller’s Stained Glass Quilts, she shares her secrets—from design sources and strategies to step-by-step instruction in various “glass and leading” techniques. Allie also includes six stained glass style quilt projects to get you started.

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  The Crowd Work Tour

  Todd Barry

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  A Todd Barry show consists of two things: amazing jokes and amazing crowd work. He went on a tour without the amazing jokes and did entire shows of riffing and bantering with the audience. Filmed in seven west coast cities.

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