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"Jacqueline en Costume Turc"

Jacqueline Roque (24 February 1927 – 15 October 1986) was born in Paris on 24 February 1927. She is best known as the muse and second wife of Pablo Picasso. Their marriage lasted 11 years until his death, during which time he created over 400 portraits of her, more than any of Picasso's other loves. Devastated and lonely after the death of Picasso, Jacqueline Roque killed herself by gunshot in 1986 when she was 59 years old. Shortly before her death she had confirmed that she would be present at an upcoming exhibit of her private collection of Picasso's work in Spain.

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Editor's Page A Journey back to Real Segregation in the U.S.- A Yankee, a Jew and a Negro in the South before the “Brown vs. Board of Education” Decision by Frank Thomas Smith   Army Language School in the fifties In 1954, sixty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court, in the famous “Brown vs. Board of Education” decision, ruled that a previous court’s decision that race relations must be “separate but equal” was unconstitutional. The effect of the ruling was that segregation was no longer legal in public places including, of course, schools. I’m from New York where, although de facto segregation existed – and to a certain extent still does – it was not condoned by law. As far as I can remember, there was no black child in my elementary school. White kids went to the schools in white neighborhoods and black kids went to the schools near where they lived. 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I wonder if he too had to wear those disgusting diapers they put on me at night that by morning stink worse than Galba’s Legions’ Continue reading Tango by Luisa Valenzuela I was told: in this dance hall you have to sit close to the bar, on the left near the cash register; order a glass of wine, nothing stronger because it's not becoming for women, don't drink beer because beer makes you want to piss and pissing isn't for ladies either. They talk about a kid from this neighborhood who ditched his girlfriend when he caught her leaving the ladies room: I thought she was pure spirit, a fairy, it seems the kid said. The girlfriend was left flat, which in this neighborhood still has connotations of loneliness and spinsterhood, something frowned upon. For women, that is. So I was told... 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Continue reading Children's Corner A Sword Fell on the Mountain by Frank Thomas Smith Can we play at sums, Dad?” Nicolás said. “ OK,” his father answered. “Do you want to play too, César? César didn't which game it was, but he said yes, he wanted to play. “Nico!” said his dad, “nine plus six.” “Fifteen,” Nicolás said, almost immediately. “Now César! Three plus three.” César looked at Nicolás beside him in the back seat of the Ford Falcon, which seemed more like a palace than a car to him. He was just as good as Nicolás in basketball, maybe even a little better, but when it was his turn at arithmetic, it was harder for him... Continue reading Una Espada cae sobre la Montaña Jugamos a sumar, Pa? –dijo Nicolás. –Bueno, –le contestó el papá.– ¿Querés jugar también, César? César no sabía de qué juego se trataba, pero igual contestó que sí, que quería jugar. –Nico! –dijo el papá– nueve más seis. – Quince –dijo Nicolás casi sin dudar. –Ahora, César! Tres más tres. 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It read in part: "This Veterans Day, Bruce Springsteen, Eminem, Rihanna, Dave Grohl, and Metallica will be among numerous artists who will head to the National Mall in Washington D.C. on November 11th for 'The Concert For Valor,' an all-star event that will pay tribute to armed services." Continue reading Men, Women and Computers… by Valdemar W. Setzer To examine the question "why do men behave differently than women regarding their use and interest on computers?" one has to begin by observing what are the essential differences between genders. As I am not a psychologist, I am not going to cover the abundant traditional psychological theories about the subject, as for instance the one by Jung which takes into consideration the differences between "animus" and "anima". Rather, I will base myself on my own and my wife's (a medical doctor) observations and common sense. The considerations written below apply to differences in general. 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We need – if we wish to feel in the right way, by seeking knowledge, the origins of our thinking, the force of our thinking in our humanity – to look up to that realm from which our thinking comes, where however a terrible battle rages between the powers of light, the light which wants to guide thinking along the right track, and the powers of darkness, who want to divert thinking from the right track and lead it along paths of aberration. Our thinking is rooted above. We must know it to be so rooted if we want to be knowledgeable in the battle between light and darkness... Continue reading A Contemporary Theological Anthropology of Two Jesus Children by Mark Diebel This paper will examine Jesus' genealogies in Matthew and Luke from the perspective of a transracially adopted bi-racial person. It will argue that the two genealogies refer to two different people and that the identities of the two children are transculturally significant. This paper will also be concerned with knowledge and what we allow in respect of gathering information of the kind that situates us in the world so that we achieve our own perspective upon it and upon our existence. The perspective adopted here will presume a reincarnational anthropology that contextualizes the significance of bloodline and biological inheritance. Jesus Christ will be shown to be a complicated person from the perspective of his origins and to have an identity not defined from bloodline... Continue reading A Review of "Rudolf Steiner, Schriften über Mystik, Mysterienwesen und Religionsgeschichte by James W. Wood An exciting new development in Steiner research is currently taking place with regard to the publication of his written works in German. 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What I shall say today will serve to illustrate and explain many questions that may emerge out of the subjects we have treated until now. At the same time it will help to throw light on the mood of soul of the civilisation of the present time. For years past, we have had to draw attention to a certain point of time in that evolution of civilisation which is concentrated mainly in Europe. The time I mean lies in the 14th or 15th century or around the middle of the Middle Ages. It is the moment in the evolution of humanity when intellectualism began — when people began mainly to pay attention to the intellect, making it the judge of what shall be thought and done... Continue reading Poetry Interview with Charles Bukowski by Sean Penn ON WOMEN AND SEX: I call 'em complaining machines. Things are never right with a guy to them. And man, when you throw that hysteria in there...forget it. I gotta get out, get in the car, and go. Anywhere. Get a cup of coffee somewhere. Anywhere. Anything but another woman. I guess they're just built different, right? (He's on a roll now.) The hysteria starts...they're gone. You go to leave, they don't understand. (In a high woman's screech:) "WHERE ARE YOU GOING?" "I'm getting the hell out of here, baby!" They think I'm a woman hater, but I'm not. A lot of it is word of mouth. They just hear "Bukowski's a male-chauvinist pig," but they don't check the source. Sure I make women look bad sometimes, but I make men look bad too. I make myself look bad. If I really think it's bad, I say it's bad -- man, woman, child, dog. The women are so touchy, they think they're being singled out. That's their problem... Continue reading First Fax Poem by Charles Bukowski oh, forgive me For Whom the Bell Tolls, oh, forgive me Man who walked on water, oh, forgive me little old woman who lived in a shoe, oh, forgive me the mountain that roared at midnight, oh, forgive me the dumb sounds of night and day and death, oh, forgive me the death of the last beautiful panther, oh, forgive me all the sunken ships and defeated armies, this is my first FAX POEM. It’s too late: I have been smitten. Continue reading    Letters to the Editor You can find us under the Southern Cross constellation in the Traslasierra Valley, Province of Córdoba, Argentina. Visitors always welcome. Just follow the sign that reads: La Cruz del Sur. Frank Thomas Smith, Editor JoAnn Schwarz, Associate Editor Contact us Authors' Guidelines Archives so we can advise you when the next issue is ready. Many people are switching to Gmail. If you do, please advise us so we can change your subscription address. 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