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In keeping with guidance from Belgian authorities, ABMC's Cemeteries in Belgium are partially open at the moment. The Visitor Buildings remain closed and no guided tour is offered at this time.
Henri Chapelle American Cemetery
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery
Browse Burials at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery
At the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium, covering 57 acres, rest 7,992 of our military dead, most of whom lost their lives during the advance of the U.S. armed forces into Germany. Their headstones are arranged in gentle arcs sweeping across a broad green lawn that slopes gently downhill. A highway passes through the cemetery. West of the highway is an overlook that affords an excellent view of the rolling Belgian countryside, once a battlefield.
To the east is the long colonnade that, with the chapel and map room, forms the memorial overlooking the burial area. The chapel is simple, but richly ornamented. In the map room are two maps of military operations, carved in black granite, with inscriptions recalling the achievements of our forces. On the rectangular piers of the colonnade are inscribed the names of 450 missing. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified. The seals of the states and territories are also carved on these piers.
The cemetery possesses great military historic significance as it holds fallen Americans of two major efforts, one covering the U.S. First Army's drive in September 1944 through northern France, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg into Germany, and the second covering the Battle of the Bulge. It was from the temporary cemetery at Henri-Chapelle that the first shipments of remains of American war dead were returned to the United States for permanent burial. The repatriation program began on July 27, 1947 at a special ceremony at the cemetery when the disinterment began. The first shipment of 5,600 American war dead from Henri-Chapelle left Antwerp, Belgium the first week of October 1947. An impressive ceremony was held, with over 30,000 Belgian citizens attending, along with representatives of the Belgium government and senior Americans.
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Browse photos, videos, interactive websites and apps dedicated to memorializing those who served in the U.S. Armed Forces overseas. Their service, achievements, and sacrifice are illuminated — dive in to learn more.
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The cemetery is open daily to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except December 25 and January 1. It is open on host country holidays. During operating hours, a staff member is on duty in the visitor building to answer questions and escort relatives.
159, rue du Mémorial Américain
GPS Coordinates: 50° 41' 48" N , 5° 53' 56" E
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery lies two miles northwest of the village of Henri-Chapelle, Belgium, which is four and a half miles northwest of the Welkenraedt exit (seven miles from the German border) on the Aachen-Antwerp autoroute. Welkenraedt, the nearest train station to the cemetery, may be reached by train from Paris (Gare du Nord), Brussels and Aachen, Germany.
Travel via Car
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery lies two miles northwest of the village of Henri-Chapelle, Belgium, which is four and a half miles northwest of the Welkenraedt exit (seven miles from the German border) on the Aachen-Antwerp autoroute.
Travel via Train
Welkenraedt, the nearest train station to the cemetery, may be reached by train from Paris (Gare du Nord), Brussels and Aachen, Germany.
Travel via Airplane
Brussels is about 80 miles from the cemetery.
ABMC Sites commémoratifs
ABMC Commemorative Sites Booklet
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery Visitor Booklet
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery Brochure
Infographic: ABMC Sites in the World
Download this infographic to see where ABMC sites are located throughout the world.
World War II Veteran Visits Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery
A WWII veterans visits Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery to honor his fallen comrades. This video is courtesy of American Forces Network Europe.
Visit an ABMC Site during Memorial Day Weekend 2013
During Memorial Day weekend ABMC sites will pay tribute to the more than 218,000 individuals commemorated at these overseas cemeteries.
New Interactive Timeline and Map Allows You to Explore the History of World War II
Experience the history of World War II through a new interactive timeline. View maps, watch videos, see photos and read about the events that shaped the war.
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Sony Xperia Z5 Compact Promotional Image Leaked, Rumored to Sport Fingerprint Scanner
By Team AndroidAdvices
Sony came up with devices like Xperia Z3+, Xperia Z4, and Xperia Z4V in 2015, and it has been in the news for a while now with its next flagship of devices Xperia Z5 and Z5 Compact. The latest leaked image of Z5 compact has officially confirmed the existence of the smartphone. While we are not sure if it is 100% original, but the design seems to be in line with earlier leaked images.
The promo shot features the back of the device that is rather plain with lens and LED placement. From the image we can see the round shaped power button from the previous versions will be replaced by an elaborate oval shaped button. On the right side, we can also see the volume rocker and camera shutter buttons placed along with the power button.
Sony is also debuting the fingerprint sensor in its flagship lineup, but there is no clear indication about the placement of it. From the displayed screen of the Z5 Compact, we guess the fingerprint sensor will be placed on the power button which will be on right side.
It is also clear that there won’t be any incorporation of USB-C and looks like Xperia Z5 Compact will still come with micro-USB. The rumored specifications of Z5 Compact are, it could feature a 4.7-inch HD (1280 x 720) display offering a pixel density of 312ppi. It comes powered by Snapdragon 810 octa-core processor and Adreno 430 GPU coupled with 3GB RAM.
The rear camera will be of 20.7 MP latest Sony’s ExmorRS sensor and a 8MP front camera. Apart from the above-mentioned specifications, there is no information about the pricing or any other details of the upcoming flagship from Sony.
Since none of this information is officially confirmed, we need to wait until Sony announces Z5 and Z5 Compact smartphone at IFA 2015 that will happen next month in Berlin.
While there is nothing much to talk about Xperia Z5 series, Sony recently released its Sony Xperia M5 this month that features a 5.5-inch HD 1080p display. It comes powered by Mediatek MT6795 processor with 3GB RAM and a higher 21.5 MP rear camera. The company hasn’t revealed the pricing of the Xperia M5.
SONY Xperia Z5 Compact, With 2-Day battery life, 4G-LTE & more – Details {IFA 2015}
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No new cars or power plants? Still locked into 1.3° of climate change
Written by Daniel
From ARS Technica
There are a lot of ideas on how to limit emissions of CO2 in order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change and ocean acidification. But most of those focus on future infrastructure and equipment; in the meantime, we have a large portfolio of power plants and vehicles that will continue to emit for as long as we use them, and we're unlikely to stop doing so. Just how significant are the carbon emissions that we've committed to? A study that will be released by Science today indicates that we're not in terrible shape yet, as we haven't built the hardware that could cause the most significant shifts in the climate.
The new analysis focuses on what it terms "committed emissions" by taking known values like a car's typical emissions per year of driving, and totaling those for the projected lifespan of the vehicle. The database the authors use for this has separate figures for passenger and industrial vehicles, and provides numbers for things like coal-fired power plants and the like. For land use changes, it relies on values in the IPCC report. It also has figures for fossil fuel use by industrial equipment and the like, but these are simply based on total energy consumption, as this hardware is too varied to project accurately.
There are a couple of additional limitations to the work. For example, they leave out the impact that building infrastructure, like a highway system or electric grid, has on emissions. In addition, they recognize that any effort to actually stop building further fossil fueled hardware is likely to extend the lifespan of the stuff that already exists. For these reasons, the authors caution that their "scenarios are not realistic."
Nevertheless, they suggest that the results could be valuable, as they will provide some guidance about when certain steps would have to be taken to meet targets for future emissions. Should the growth of fossil fuel use continue, they'd also provide a hint of when we might have to get serious about alternate approaches, like geoengineering and carbon capture and storage.
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Beastmaker - Windows of Evil (2018)
If you thought Trevor William Church's output with the heavy metal throwback Haunt has become prolific, you haven't experienced his purely doom metal outlet Beastmaker, which has released over a dozen EPs and several full-length efforts in the last half-decade. To his credit, while I've always gotten the impression that slowing down the level of productivity might result in more memorable recordings, nothing has ever felt lazy or mediocre. Most of the Beastmaker EPs, simply titled with the number of their chronological release, have been digital releases with a limited cassette run, but lately the band has taken to putting out compilations, generally merging two of these short format efforts into an album length, and Windows of Evil represents the first two such numbered EPs from 2018. Not necessarily their formative material, since the full-lengths Lusus Naturae and Inside the Skull predate this, as well as a few other recordings, but certainly a preview of what this EP series was about.
The style here is Sabbath-driven, chunky traditional power trio doom metal with the guitars bold and up front, and a strong emphasis on lead placement and building up a cool chorus. Not cool as in you're going to remember it 20 years later, but certainly a payoff to the verses leading up to it all. The songs are quite taut for the genre, generally no more than 3-3/12 minutes long, and for that reason they tend to lose a little of their potential power and structure. Not that I'm expecting ten minutes or more per track, but here you're only getting a few requisite riffs, usually just one to set up the chorus, and Beastmaker is good enough to earn more of our attention. Granted, that might have been the point of the constant barrage of 2018 EPs, to go with brevity and consistency, but it does give the music a bit of a 'doom assembly line' vibe to it which makes it little better than competent and passable. In their defense, the riffs on exhibit here do show enough variation that they don't end up sounding too samey apart from some of Church's vocal payloads.
I guess you could sort of imagine this as a St. Vitus or Pentagram with a more contemporary production, a real love letter to the niche without ever eclipsing its influences. Church has a decent voice, clearly inspired by the usual suspects like Ozzy but with far less of an interesting range or distinctive personality. He's good enough at what he does, but never reaches for the sky, and that's alright, because by and large Windows of Evil is a fun listen if you're the type that enjoys this traditional 70s-based doom metal template. The bass sounds voluminous, the drums are decent, the lyrics are one of the strongest components, samples are well used, and it's quite clear that Church and friends are inspired by all manner of cool horror films from classic black & white/Gothic horror flicks to eerie Italian giallos. In fact, the music does just as much of a service to those as it does to its inherent style. Again, this is restrained, almost like a pop mentality approach but within the doom metal parameters, but Beastmaker knows how to entertain you by reaching deep into your nostalgia and pulling out a few old ghosts, and the material off these two EPs is streamlined together into a consistent-sounding album.
https://www.facebook.com/Beastmaker
Labels: 2018, beastmaker, california, doom metal, USA, win
Exhumed - Horror (2019)
Much like its simplified, stripped down title, Horror sees a stripped down version of Exhumed which is reaching back to its earlier turn-of-the-century roots as a proper post-Carcass death grind. In fact, it almost one-ups their debut Gore Metal in how it so rapidly executes the stylistic decision. That's not to say that all of the band's recordings in the interim lacked these aesthetics, in fact they were always present to an extent, but the band had focused on a lot of thrashier, even more melodic elements, and frankly it often ended up with some pretty great songwriting. Now, to be fair, this is no record of absolutes, there are some mid-paced thrash breakouts, and the same entertaining and frantic lead guitars they have been spewing forth the last decade or so, but it's certainly one of their fastest if not the single fastest album of their career.
For death & grind diehards who probably dropped the band after Slaughtercult, or staunch fanatics for earlier Carcass, Napalm Death and Repulsion, this is probably a godse....goresend?! They're getting all of that primal energy, short tracks that almost all fall between the 1-2 minute duration, the mix of snarls and gory guttural vocals that the band has always championed in the Carcass tradition, and if they're also gore/horror fans, a very sweet retro artstyle on the cover which is nearly as cool looking as the last album Death Revenge. The chainsaw guitars and buzzing bass lines come fast and furious, the drumming is intense, and the core of the group's sound is all present. The energy is palpable, Exhumed show no signs whatsoever of slowing down or experimenting beyond what is expected of them, and the lyrical topics are a pretty stock selection of paeans to horror tropes like slashers and zombie flicks. Horror checks off almost all the boxes that it should, but if I'm being honest, as much of a fan of this band as I've become through the years, I found this one solid, but also lacking...not in kills, but in thrills beyond a few select riffs and leads.
To me, lot of grind music falls into the trap of constructing a string of average, derivative punk, thrash or death metal guitar riffs and accelerating them to the degree that their momentum alone can seem to obfuscate the fact that they're quite dull when dissected. The better albums of the genre are the ones that rise to this challenge and manage to offer a new spin, a new sound into the pummeling velocity. Take bands like Antigama, or some of the recent Napalm Death albums, as examples of how this can be kept fresh and alive; but for every one of those, there are scores of others which simply exist like an echo chamber of aggression. Granted, you could say this same thing about any other metal sub-genre, sure, but with grind and deathgrind it always stood out more, since the music was just so spastic and frenzied that I felt I should be more engaged. A lot of the tunes go in one ear and out the other, with the only reaction being 'that was fast' or 'that was angry'. A very temporal visceral response. Horror suffers from this to an extent, but it maintains just enough of Exhumed's charm, production standards and competence over its 15 tracks that 26 minutes that it gets a pass. But there's simply no way I'd break this out over Death Revenge, Necrocacy, Anatomy is Destiny, or their first two, Gore Metal and Slaughtercult, which already gave me what I'd want out of this one, only with better songs.
Fulci - Tropical Sun (2019)
When you're taking on the mantle of one of the grand masters of Italian horror, and you yourselves ARE an Italian band, I think that shoots the expectations for your music through the roof. Thankfully, while they can hardly be deemed a unique voice among the death metal hordes, Fulci delivers on most fronts an entertaining sophomore effort which taps back into the birth-throes of the brutal death metal genre, when it was more about ugly, knuckle-dragging primitive aggression than technical flash and inhuman instrumental exercises. Not to say that Tropical Sun ignores all the little quirks of its medium that have arrived since the mid 90s, but this is definitely not some New Standard Elite or contemporary Unique Leader style of release, it sounds like it's directly influenced by earlier Cannibal Corpse and Suffocation with a couple add-ons like the occasional deeper pig-squeal variant on the vocals.
If it's not obvious, this album is based on the 1979 film Zombi 2, and the excellent cover artwork via Chris 'Misanthropic Art' Kiesling perfectly captures that feel, an island vibe with the old school rotters lurching about. Steady wins the race, steady feeds your face. I remember being freaked out by the film for any of its flaws, and really appreciated the atmosphere its setting created since it just felt so different than the Romero zombie flicks I was accustomed to. These days we've had stuff like the Dead Island video game franchise to honor it, and I'm positive it's been lauded by a number of other death metal or goregrind bands in the past, but to have it as a central theme is really cool and earns the record some extra flesh-stripes. The theme is really only present through the lyrics, samples and synth pieces like the intro "Voodoo Gore Ritual", but it dresses up the brutality just enough to create a more fulfilling type of experience than your average, insanely illustrated BDM effort, and the overall package just stands out.
Musically, this is pummeling, groove-reliant death metal which is almost wholly pit-ready, with a lot of evil little trill riffs and zipping leads redolent of the Cannibal Corpse era I hinted at above, the first four records with possibly a bit more Corpsegrinder to some of the vocal patterns than Barnes. Though the riff construction largely feels as if you've heard it before, they manage to string enough catchy chops together that you feel like your back in the early days of the style. Chugging, bludgeoning, and lumbering forward at a generally casual pace, with an occasional death/thrash or OSDM outbreak that reminds me again of that aforementioned act in their younger years. You'll get some sparse surprises like the eerie clean guitars they toss onto "Splatter Fatality", or a bleak yet melodic guitar harmony in something like "Legion of the Resurrected" which had me thinking of vintage Bolt Thrower, or some un-intrusive synths, but on the whole the style between the tracks doesn't deviate all that much from its crushing, confident formula.
Production here is quite clean, but still packs a lot of punch because of the guitar tone. The beats are programmed to be effective and workmanlike, but they don't try to bite off more than they can chew and just do their job. The bass has a good volume and adds a little chunkiness to the rich saturation on the rhythm guitars, while the vocals are all broad, burly and well mixed whether they're switching or matching up the growls and snarls or the borderline toilet bowl gutturals they use sparsely. None of the tracks ever wear out their welcomes, and although they don't really experiment that much, there's just enough variety provided as they trade off between more melodic chords and chugging. It's a fun album, it'll take you right back, the lyrics are solid, the packaging awesome. As I'm pretty sure these guys' debut was at least partly devoted to Lucio Fulci's "Gates of Hell" movies like City of the Living Dead, I actually hope these guys will continue the trend going forward. Can you imagine a cool death metal record based solely on The New York Ripper? The Cat in the Brain? Don't Torture a Duckling? Hell, they wouldn't even have to stick with Fulci, numerous other cult directors could be visited.
https://www.facebook.com/fulciband
Labels: 2019, brutal death metal, death metal, fulci, Italy
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Network of Deception
by: Spencer E. Moses
He's committed to his country. She's committed to her God.
The problem is, someone is committed to their utter destruction.
Eric Stone is used to being in control. Years ago, he left the CIA to start his own spy agency, one that wouldn't find itself at the mercy of political gridlock and internal power plays. He's assembled a diverse and talented team of patriots who are ready for anything the world can throw at them--except maybe the shadowy Simone Koole.
Israeli Simone Koole joined Mossad years ago to serve her people and her God. A passionate follower of Adonai, she's hired Stone's agency to help her wage a high-stakes cyber war against Israel's enemies. And she's definitely calling the shots--which most certainly isn't Eric Stone's preferred relationship with a client.
With tensions high and time running out, can Simone and Eric work together to defeat their common enemy? Or will the harsh realities of duty destroy the tentative relationship that's forming between them?
Network of Deception is a globe-trotting glimpse into the secret world of international espionage that will leave you breathless.
Spencer E. Moses is a prolific author and a member of the Writer's Guild of New York City. Former senior vice president of Feed the Children, he is an archbishop in The Communion of Evangelical Episcopal churches and lives in Colorado.
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Federico Fernandez
BIRTHDAY February 21, 1989
BORN PLACE Argentina
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Who is Federico Fernandez
An Argentine footballer playing currently for Swansea City as an defender in the field. He is an energetic player with strong right foot and lots of stamina and physical power which helps him to maintain peace and durability in the game
Early Life (Childhood)
He was born at Tres Algarrobos, Argentina.It is believed that he received his early education form Hocking College which is a technical college located in Nelsonville, Ohio, United States.
He weights about 81 kg and wears number 33 on his back in the field. According to salary statics he earns about 400,000 EUR.He is very good at aerial duels because of this good height.
His current marital status is "married", yet we do not have any information on his spouse and rest of his family. He has been able to maintain some privacy about his personal life.
NETWORTH And ACHIEVEMENT
He made his international career since 2011 and has made about 30 international caps, scoring 3 goals.During his play time his club became the first runner up in FIFA World Cup 2014.
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Country Caravan
There was a wealth of inspiring music this year, but it can't all make it onto the list. I'm sure they're endlessly disappointed at not making it on Country Caravan's annual wrap-up, so I wanted to assure The Walkmen, Love is All, The Gutter Twins, Of Montreal, Frightened Rabbit, Health, Women, Deerhoof, Destroyer, Marnie Stern, Crystal Castles, Portishead and Vivian Girls that it's nothing personal. I should also mention that Bob Dylan's fabulous Tell-Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series, Volume 8, is not a new album of all unreleased material, so I felt it should be ineligible. It's 30 incredible Dylan songs, however, so you should really check it out.
Another disclaimer: I got a bit confused with my numbering, so I ended up writing blurbs for 26 albums this year, not 25. I couldn't bear to remove any album from the list, so I give you
The Top 26 Albums of 2008
26) Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
A grower, Malkmus' fourth album since the Pavement break-up sees him embracing classic rock while still adhering to the frenetic song structure he's so well known for. Some of the instrumental bits can drag, but the sound here is solid and contains some real standout tracks. "We Can't Help You" is the album's catchiest song, recalling the upbeat melodies of Terror Twilight's "Spit on a Stranger" or Face The Truth's "Post-Paint Boy." Below is the video for "Gardenia."
25) Calexico - Carried To Dust
The prolific Calexico returns with Carried To Dust, a moody and subtle collection of gothic alt-country songs. I used to listen to Feast Of Wire over and over when trying to write a dark, western screenplay (I never wrote it). While Carried To Dust isn't as exciting as Feast Of Wire, it captures the Calexico sound and is probably a great starting-off point for the uninitiated. The first two tracks are the best. Below, the video for "Two Silver Trees"
24) Okkervil River - The Stand-Ins
The Stand-Ins is the thematic sequel to last year's The Stage Names. Will Sheff sings these pop songs as if beaten and chained, with such spare bleakness that you're wondering why his writing is so pleasant-sounding. There are eight songs in between three "Stand-Ins" interludes, but the songs are immediate and chilling. "Pop Lie" is the album's tightest rock song and probably its most memorable. The first single is "Lost Coastlines"
23) Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
I don't even want to talk about the rest of the album. "Feel The Love" is one of the most addictive songs of the year.
22) Deerhunter - Microcastle/Weird Era Cont.
Deerhunter follow up Cryptograms with a more structured and superior album. Microcastle has that ambient, mythical sound the hip kids can't get enough of today, but the melodies and vocals are what elevate Deerhunter. The second disc, Weird Era Cont., is nearly as good as Microcastle and well worth repeated listens. Here's the video for "Agorophobia".
21) Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair
It would still be a great listen even if the album were just the work of DJ Andy Butler, but having Antony and the Johnsons' Antony Hegarty sing on a big chunk of it doesn't hurt one bit. The video for second single "Blind" displays the best of Antony's involvement while keeping the electronic dance beats front and center.
20) Blitzen Trapper - Furr
There's certainly no "Country Caravan" on the latest Blitzen Trapper album, but Furr builds on Wild Mountain Nation in the best way, offering a handful of Basement Tapes-era-Dylan and a pastiche of other Americana songs. Furr is certainly more accessible than the frenzied Wild Mountain Nation and has some great crowd-pleasers that should sway even the most stringent of mainstream music advocates at your next cocktail party. Here they are performing opening track "Sleepytime in the Western World" at a St. Louis record store.
19) The Ruby Suns - Sea Lion
African-influenced folk pop and it's not Animal Collective! A bright bunch of songs that kind of make you want to dance around on the beach. I bought Sea Lion around the same time as Fleet Foxes, which kind of overshadowed them for a time. The Ruby Suns make great music in their own right and can really brighten your mood. Below, the video for "Oh, Mojave" that I also saw saw in a commercial a few days ago. Can't remember which one.
18) Sigur Ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
The album's title means "With Buzzing in Our Ears We Play Endlessly" and the onomonapoeiac "buzzing" accurately reflects Sigur Ros' continuing venture into more condensed songwriting and away from the ambient sound euphoria that introduced them stateside with Ágætis byrjun. "Við Spilum Endalaust" is another contender for pop song of the year. In the chorus, Jonsi Birgisson sings in the intentionally gibberish-sounding "Hopelandic," but it always sounds to me like he's saying "Is this here, or is it all gone?" and since the "Hopelandic" aesthetic is to interpret the sounds to your liking, I'm sticking with it.
17) Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Lie Down In The Light
With Lie Down In The Light, Will Oldham has released probably his most acclaimed album since I See A Darkness. While I prefer Ease Down The Road myself, Lie Down provides Oldham a great chance to create more sexually suggestive lyrics with "love" as a pretense. He's one of the greatest living songwriters and I could easily listen to this album over and over and find new surprises in the lyrics each time. Here's 'ol Beardie's video for "Easy Does It".
16) Brian Wilson - That Lucky Old Sun
Brian Wilson's love letter to southern California really sounds like an album written by a 24-year-old from another time in a fantasy Happy Days-esque world. The songs are catchy, full of life, and you can really picture yourself driving up Pacific Coast Highway listening to it. Now that he finally got Smile off his chest, Wilson is focusing on the bright and sunny pop he's embraced so well over his 40+ year career. His voice remains one of the cleanest and most untouched products of the 1960s.
15) Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreak
It really is hard to feel bad for Kanye West. I know he has problems like all the rest of us, but he's the biggest rapper in the world and he didn't even come from the projects. He's had two straight masterpieces, which (sort-of) earned him the right to knock off a quick, vocally-manipulated batch of R&B tunes. Luckily for us, they're enthusiastic, moody and fun, and you can still dance to it. Most one-off rap artist pet projects will be in the dollar bin within a week (Hello Re-Up Gang), but Kanye offers a fresh approach to experimental hip-hop. Here's an intense performance of "Love Lockdown" on David Letterman (it gets better after the first minute).
14) High Places - High Places
Spankin' new Brooklyn-duo High Places learn from Animal Collective as well. Mary Pearson's light and airy vocals are backed up by tribal percussion on one of the year's most interesting and provocative debuts. Though Pearson's vocals headline most printed commentaries on High Places, it's Rob Barber's instrumental verve that gives this band its texture. I've previously featured a segment from Pitchfork Live's coverage on Country Caravan, but here's another taste.
13) Beck - Modern Guilt
Like all new Beck albums, you need to forget about what's come before and appreciate what you're given. It's never going to be Odelay again, but high expectations always seem to make new Beck albums underwhelming to the majority of music critics. Modern Guilt, however, has so much to appreciate that multiple listens are very rewarding to the loyal listener. I had the privilege of seeing Beck perform at a very small show at El Cid in Silverlake, and it was one of the best shows I've ever seen. I also predict that many tracks on Modern Guilt will be heard in commercials for years to come. Here's "Gamma Ray" behind some footage of 2008's Coronado Speed Festival.
12) Beach House - Devotion
Beach House is another musical duo with a female lead singer. Devotion is their breakthrough album, a collection of beautiful, heartwarming songs that I swear would have broken through on traditional radio had it had consistent playtime. "Heart of Chambers" is the album's centerpiece. I imagine everyone sings along when they play it in concert.
11) Black Mountain - In The Future
One of the biggest snubs from Best of 2008 lists this year is Black Mountain's sophomore album In The Future. Deftly blending a psychedelic stoner sensibility with modern alternative, Black Mountain turn in one of 2008's most engaging and intense rock albums. The music video for "Angels" on YouTube is one of the better user-edited videos I've seen, with footage taken directly from Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire. I've played this song at least once a week all year.
10) Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
Fuck Buttons are actually quite clean, their music uncharacteristically approachable, despite the lack of lyrics and the occasional warped wail. A British electronic-drone duo, Fuck Buttons debut LP Street Horrrsing opens with the nearly 10-minute "Sweet Love for Planet Earth," a track whose subdued first minutes build to a melodic cacophony that sets the tone for the next 45. A startling debut and one of this year's indie-electro darlings.
9) Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
Spencer Krug and Dan Boeckner are two of today's most inventive pop songwriters, and on their second album as Wolf Parade, the duo take another step forward from the crowd-pleasing immediacy of Apologies to the Queen Mary, and produce an album that rewards multiple listens, as there's just too much to hear at once. Dan Boeckner's opening track "Soldier's Grin" is the most memorable at first, but the textures behind "California Dreamers" and "Kissing the Beehive" really show themselves the third or fourth time around. Wolf Parade also gave me the second best show I saw all year, with 90 minutes of rock that even had the eye-rolling hipsters dancing in place. "Kissing the Beehive" is one of several songs this year to mention me by name, though, amazing, they may be referring to Jonathan Carroll, who wrote a book of the same name. Here is the lyric: "Jonathan, Jonathan, waterfalls are running thin you know. Here's a holy grail for you to hold." The 11-minute song, with vocals by both Krug and Boeckner, if you've got the time:
8) Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
I feel a bit sheepish putting Department of Eagles so high on the list, since it's the slightly less popular project of Grizzly Bear's Daniel Rossen, and I'm probably the only list-maker who hasn't heard anything from the latter band's acclaimed canon. I can say, however, that In Ear Park is an immensely fulfilling album, with a couple of stand-out tracks that make you want to figure out how the hell to put a song on repeat on an iPod. I couldn't just choose one song, so I grabbed three from Seeqpod.
7) TV on the Radio - Dear Science
This was the TV on the Radio album I had been waiting for. Though I loved Return to Cookie Mountain, it seemed a bit labored, without the energy I knew this band was capable of. Dear Science puts the fun back in Fundamentally Liberal Free Jazz Post-Punk. Rolling Stone's album of the year is filled with infectious dance pop and pounding African beats. Tunde Adebimpe is having quite a year. He's the lead singer of TV on the Radio and starred as Rachel's fiance in the Jonathan Demme film Rachel Getting Married. Listen to some of it on Seeqpod.
6) M83 - Saturdays=Youth
This is the album I would have wanted if I were a teenager in 1986. Too bad for all those people, but M83 hadn't yet produced this masterpiece. This entire album could be the soundtrack for a John Hughes movie, and unlike those songs, I'm not sure I could really get tired of hearing "Kim & Jessie" or "We Own The Sky." Saturdays=Youth was previously featured on Country Caravan, but here's the video once again for "Kim & Jessie."
5) Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes and Sun Giant EP
I've put Fleet Foxes' self-titled debut and Sun Giant EP together, because if you listen to all the songs on shuffle you likely won't know which came from where. This is okay, since Fleet Foxes' 15 recorded songs are all a dreamy bit of folky Americana, and took this year by storm, earning Pitchfork's Best Album of 2008 honors. That distinction brings with it quite a bit of success in the indie realm, as Arcade Fire, Interpol and Panda Bear know so well. It also brings with it the inevitable backlash attached to anything that was once hip that became lame by how hip it is. I still think it's cool. I can promise you that I still will once you start liking it as well. "Ragged Wood" uses my name in a non-me-centric way as well. Download a full Fleet Foxes concert from NPR or watch them perform "English House" from the Sun Giant EP on Conan O'Brien.
4) Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend is the brainchild of Ezra Koenig, who formerly wrote comedy songs and appeared in the goofy rap group L'Homme Run. Vampire Weekend's debut album reflects this childlike whimsy. The album is so enjoyable that after a few listens you'll stop thinking about it as a guilty pleasure. Your friends may not be convinced that it should be taken seriously, but don't let that get you down. Chances are they're not taking themselves so seriously either. The video for "Oxford Comma" is a playful parody of Wes Anderson-style filmmaking.
3) No Age - Nouns
This is where the decision-making got hard. How could No Age's explosive, furiously noisy Nouns fall to #3? The best rock album of the year, No Age blows through about 30 minutes of guitar driven intensity that it's probably dangerous to drive to. As dynamic as last year's Weirdo Rippers, the Los Angeles-based group is classified as experimental noise rock, but it builds upon traditional structures and gets to the point quickly. Absurdly rich, Nouns paints the modern sonic landscape with a gut-punch, bang-the-drum approach. They get a bit messy in the video for "Eraser."
2) Sun Kil Moon - April
April was likely a disappointment to everyone who picked it up expecting Ghosts of the Great Highway. That album had the alt-country crowd on its knees with inviting melodies and a Tex-Mex, slightly Latin acoustic-guitar flare. April is much less immediate, but is arguably more gratifying than its predecessor. The 70-minute album has some of the best songs of Mark Kozelek's career. The slow ballads "Lost Verses" and "The Light" sound like warm spring evenings, and would be almost comforting if it weren't for the overwhelming loneliness contained in their lyrics. Will Oldham guests on the seductive "Like The River".
1) Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
I tried to enjoy another album more in 2008, but what can I say? As Weezy says on opening track "3 Peat," "Me! You watch me!" We certainly do. Lil Wayne is bold on this album. It is all undeniably and unabashedly "him." On Tha Carter III, Wayne discusses the usual suspects in modern hip-hop: Cocaine, lascivious women, money, rapping, and why he is the best at it. There's a certain ceremonial didacticism on Tha Carter III, where Weezy is the omniscient professional and you are the lowly pupil. Take "Dr. Carter," where a nurse reads off a list of vocal ailments to the doctor, who prescribes, through verse, everything you need to get that swagger back. But, as you know, noone on the corner got swagger like he do. Even "Let The Beat Build," the album's most memorable non-single, is in itself a lesson. The repeated line: "Now, that's how you let the beat build, bitch." Yes, he says bitch often. And nigger. Just deal with it. His outspoken misogyny is shocking, even by modern rap standards. I'm not a woman, but if I was, I still think I'd have a hard time resisting Tha Carter III's tractor beam. It is the best album I heard all year, and I urge you to listen to it below.
Or, if you just want a quick video, watch "Mrs. Officer."
Thanks for reading! (or, for most of you, thanks for scrolling to the bottom). See you in 2009!
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Ongoing Vertical Discrimination
My friends--
I'm writing today to bring up a great injustice that even in the 21st century still pervades our daily lives and brings shame to our diverse nation. Hateful acts are still being perpetuated on a significant portion of our population. They're not going away and their cause is a just one.
To stand in solidarity with these oppressed people, I have a major announcement to make here on Country Caravan.
I, Jonathan Harris, am short.
The discriminatory history against those of us with limited height is shameful and wrong. Though you may not immediately recognize the restrictions placed upon us, let me tell you a brief story that exemplifies our plight.
A few weeks ago I thought I could make some extra income by donating a resource of which I have no shortage. Sperm banks pay up to $100 a donation and allow you to give up to three times a week (there are donation limits due to some strict campaign finance reforms). You can imagine my disappointment when I came upon the following restrictions from the California Cryobank:
You're reading that correctly. Not only must you be young, straight, a legal American, intelligent or a macho asshole, but you must be at least 5'9". California Cryobank, I thought you were better than this. Also, that sentence isn't even grammatically correct. "Must be at least 5'9" or taller" is repetitive. It could be "Must be at least 5'9" or "Must be 5'9" or taller" but using both "at least" and "or taller" is highly unnecessary. You don't need to rub it in.
But, it's not all the Cryobank's fault. The lonely and childless women who attend this facility have also made a stand. Where are the cries for short man sperm? You are complicit in this injustice by continually seeking offspring that will be taller than the average man. Do you think you can effectively weed us out of society? I assure you, we are not going away. We will not be stranded like Napoleon on this metaphorical Elba indefinitely into the future. Our sperm is just as good as the tall folk.
In fact, the more intelligent among us are likely to have even better sperm than your standard paramedic or firefighter.
Here is scientific proof from the UK Institute of Psychiatry, suggesting that men with more intelligence have higher quality, more mobile sperm:
The study, which appears in the journal Intelligence, appears to support the idea that genes underlying intelligence may have other biological effects too.
Therefore, if tiny mutations impair intelligence, they might also harm other characteristics, such as sperm quality.
Average sized and tall folk of the world, be aware: We're here, down here, get used to it. My diminutive brothers and I will no longer stand for the hate and discrimination thrust upon us. At 5'6"....ok, dammit....5'5 1/2", I have just as much right to have my sperm surgically implanted into a foreign uterus.
We have progressed much as a nation, but there is more work still to be done. Help us reach the cookie jar. Join with us.
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That said, it includes many significant releases since 2017 and will be updated constantly as new models get tested. Video is hardly a core requirement of medium format cameras, but the GFX 50S does a pretty decent job of serving up attractive 1080 footage. Learn more. I was drawn to the amount … They can produce interesting images, but you won’t get the medium format image quality it sounds like you want. Beyond full-frame, you move into the territory of medium format photography. Medium Format on a Budget: A Review of a Capable and Inexpensive Medium Format Camera My New Go-To Strategy for Reducing Noise 90% of Landscape Photography in Only 20 minutes Additionally, this list doesn’t cover every camera available on the market–only the ones that have passed through the IE labs. With a lower pixel density, each pixel captures more light, which is one of the defining attributes of cleaner, high quality digital images. Filter (1) Medium Format Digital Camera. Disadvantages to Shooting Medium Format Camera Size. Note: The dynamic range values listed for each camera … For mirrorless cameras, it is 61MP on the Sony A7R IV. All; Auction; Buy it now; Sort: Best Match. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Picking a medium format digital camera cannot be easy given the many options and a similar set of features available in a very saturated market. Many can run up to over $40,000 for the camera body alone. There’s also 120, a medium format film that is wider, harder to find, and more expensive (the same is true for cameras compatible with this type). Manufacturers realized this and in 2010 they started to release the new digital cameras with a large digital sensor, which is similar to the film format. I’d avoid Diana/Holga/Lomo cameras. But with so many cameras to choose from, how do you know which is right for you? My first medium format film camera was a Mamiya 645 AFD, an autofocus film camera that shoots a 6×4.5 frame commonly found in the digital medium format world. If you are using a medium/large format camera, a crop sensor, or 110-type film, the focal length numbers are going to produce different field of view degrees. Best Medium Format Digital Camera: Our Picks for 2020 1. For example, on medium format, you will need a 75mm to 100mm lens to produce a similar image to that of 50mm lens on 35mm film. Best mirrorless camera 2020: The 16 best cameras for every budget We may earn a commission if you click a deal and buy an item. With digital medium format cameras, the PhaseOne XF IQ4 offers a whopping 151MP with a price tag to match. Their 645z is a shining example of a fantastic medium format camera that’s much more affordable than most of the competition. You need a bigger format! While “mirrorless” cameras were around long before the SLR camera, in the form of large format cameras and rangefinders, the digital mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera is a relative newcomer on the block. Digital Camera World is supported by its audience. There are many brands and models of medium format cameras on the market these days, making it difficult to know where to begin if you’re looking to make your foray into this fascinating type of photography. x 4.5 cm. film negative and was introduced in Japan in February 1999. It depends on what you want to use it for, your other experience, and budget. I recently began to get interested in photography again and have been pining for a medium format camera for a long, long time. Opting for a used camera in excellent condition can be a great way of acquiring a high-quality, high-performance machine at a very attractive price. Home; Buying Guides; The best medium format camera in 2020: big sensor cameras for experts and pros. And if you get into 67 cameras, they can get very heavy! There’s no relying on autofocus or any fancy features. But from budding first-time cinematographers through to mid-sized professional productions, needs and budgets vary considerably: what may qualify as the best camera for cinematography at one one end of the spectrum may not satisfy needs at the other. The most common 645 systems were manufactured by Bronica and Mamiya and looked much like an oversized SLR. Today's best medium format cameras are smaller, better, more portable and more powerful than ever. THINGS I FORGOT - Max shutter speed is 1/1000 sec, ISO range 6-6400, weight is 1.3KG! With a large format camera, thanks to the bellows, you can tilt the lens downwards, while keeping the back of the camera upright. Medium format sensors are larger than those found in all other digital cameras. 10 Best Medium Format Digital Cameras. This level of resolution rivals that of the top medium format cameras and makes the perfect match for large format printing. Most often used in fashion and advertising, medium format cameras used to be out of reach for most photographers. You need something with depth and charisma! The image stabilization here is the best Panasonic has to offer, and among the best in class. The 6K and 4K photo modes allow users to pull either 18 or 8 megapixels still from a recorded video at 30 or 60 fps, respectively. Pentax has spent decades making high-quality cameras, and they only recently got into the medium format digital camera market. Note that this is not a complete list, nor does it include medium format cameras. Medium Format Digital Camera; Skip to page navigation. I am not a beginner to photography but having never worked with a medium format, I was hoping to get some feedback about what my best options might be. The sensors in these cameras now usually feature the new and improved versions of the CMOS (complementary … Price + postage: lowest first; Price + postage: highest first; Lowest price; Highest price; Time: ending soonest; Time: newly listed; Distance: nearest first; View: Gallery view. Users have tended to be portrait, fashion, landscape and product photographers. The Fuji GX617 takes medium format film. This tilts the plane of focus downwards. The rolling shutter is fairly pronounced, but it's more than usable, again thanks to Fujifilm's attractive color rendering. The GFX 50R is the cheapest medium format digital camera to date, and not that much more expensive than a top mirrorless full-frame camera. The cameras listed here are among the best, and provide the most number of stops of dynamic range currently available. Digital medium format cameras are the route that photographers take when a larger resolution is required. The largest sensor on a typical DSLR is 50MP on the Canon EOS 5DSR. Here’s a list of five excellent medium format film cameras for shooters new to the vast frontier of medium format. Minolta Autocord. The digital revolution has transformed filmmaking, bringing powerful video technology to a wider range of users than ever before. Shares. For the budget minded or those the worried about weight, the entry level would be the 645 camera. Yet, this technology is rapidly maturing to the point where many professionals, as well as traditional SLR manufacturers, are making the switch to digital mirrorless. The extraordinary GFX 100 may have stolen all the headlines, but the GFX 50R is still the camera that makes medium format affordable, and current prices put it on more or less the same level as high-end full frame cameras – amazing. List view. I started shooting medium format film a few years ago after being exposed to photographers like Platon and Dan Winters (who shoots a lot of large format, but also some medium format). 1-48 of 110 results. These cameras were widely used in film photography but never really mass produced for digital. Suddenly you’re down from 36 shots on a roll to as little as 10 shots on a 6×7 set-up. Shout out to Darryl for the film I ruined! For example, on a 35mm or medium format camera the plane of focus is parallel to the camera back. Fujifilm may not have full-frame cameras like many of its rivals, but it's managed to build on its successful X-series cameras with some impressive medium format … The medium format cameras themselves can come in a range of different systems. PROS … It’s cool. Even as a base system, you will find 645 cameras share a lot of features with … The Fujifilm GFX100 is, bar none, the best medium format camera on the market today, thanks to an advanced autofocus system and in-body stabilization. We've compiled a list of the Best Medium Format Camera For Beginners of 2019 to/NOT buy, including Top (Highest) Rated Medium Format Camera For Beginners Reviews on Amazon.com, eBay, Walmart, Best Buy, Reddit, Consumer Reports... You will know What is the best Medium Format Camera For Beginners on the market, What is the Best Affordable, Best Inexpensive, Best Cheap … Medium format can be a difficult progression for a lot of film shooters. It is admired for the sensitivity gamut of ISO 100-25,600, a Four Thirds-format Live MOS sensor, and the sufficient 16MP resolution. We’ve got you covered. By Rod Lawton 07 September 2020. Highly regarded as one of the best medium format cameras available on the market, the Contax 645 is an absolutely incredible piece of equipment. Number of Shots per Roll . The Contax 645 offers a 6 cm. Pentax 645z. If you are looking for something small and light, 35mm may be a better fit for you. The Best Medium Format Cameras for Beginners. That’s why it’s better to choose one of the first two formats. I have past experience with 35mm and 4x5, but was never able to try medium format. … Medium Format Cameras. Since its introduction it has been widely regarded as the king of medium format cameras for shooting portraits and wedding photos. Best Match. You need to shoot medium format. Here is a list of our favourite medium format cameras to help you get started. However, such cameras rarely interest beginners because of their complexity, price, and low working speed. 4x5 and larger are suitable for large format cameras. In the film days, medium format referred to anything larger than 35mm and smaller than 4 … Medium-format cameras can offer wider dynamic range than their smaller format counterparts. This best camera for portraits can take 8.6 fps, which is just a dab more than the 8.5 fps featured by its forerunner. Medium format film cameras. At the end of 2016, Fujifilm came out with one of the first mirrorless medium-format cameras … If you're using an … Plus medium format cameras are gorgeous and built to last. Medium format film cameras are much larger and bulkier than 35mm cameras. Some of the best medium format cameras of today are manufactured by Fujifilm, Leica, and of course, Hasselblad. Most of the times when professionals understand that they lack the quality that full-frame cameras can offer, they choose medium format cameras. To give you a heads-up on some of the best deals out there we’ve carefully selected 10 cameras—five digital and five analog—that will give you a substantial bang for your buck and also fit seamlessly into your present system. However, if you are planning on purchasing a medium format camera, we have put together a list of cameras that both beginners and professional medium format photographers can consider. A roll of 35mm has 24-36 shots on it. So without further ado, here is a list of nine great medium format film cameras that you need to have: {Minolta Autocord by Lordcolus} 1. Eventually, medium format digital cameras evolved to have much smaller and more lightweight bodies that look just like any other DSLR or mirrorless camera.
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Oh, pfft on the doctor. It has deeply toothed leaves and fine hairs that release histamines and formic acid when touched; these substances are similar to the compounds released by bees or fire ants, according to Purdue University. That said, there are a number of things you can do to ease the discomfort. Eczema Tingling or numbness is an abnormal sensation that can occur anywhere in your body including hands, feet, neck, thighs, legs and more. That’s why, if it doesn’t appear on your property naturally, you might want to try growing nettle. May Reduce Inflammation. Don’t rub too hard though as you’ll exacerbate the sensation. This works as aloe vera is an anti-inflammatory and should provide some cooling effect too providing immediate relief. contents. 4. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Stinging Nettle. Does stinging nettles give you pins and needles? She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Connecticut. They get their name from the fact that they are able to deliver a nasty sting, leaving behind a painful and itchy rash. These irritants include histamine and acetylcholine. Exposure to stinging nettle toxins can cause swelling, redness, a stinging or tingling sensation, numbness, and itching. Otherwise, people in western U.S. states are urged to leave the native plant unharmed as much as possible. Eradicate stinging nettle only in high-use areas where it can compromise your physical health or ability to grow food or cash crops, recommends a University of California Integrated Pest Management Online website article. If there is concern about upset stomach and other side effects, take it with food. Douglas has worked as a staff reporter for the Lakeville Journal newspaper group. In some cases you may notice that you have a few tiny hairs where you were stung by the nettles. All rights reserved. It can also be categorized as a noxious weed. Home remedies can also include vinegar, baking soda, soap or other alkaline substances to try and neutralise acids. Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) grows throughout much of the United States and is hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 2 through 9. Stinging Nettle Capsules and Tablets. The stinging hairs, called trichomes, are hollow like hypodermic needles with protective tips. The fine hairs, or trichomes, on the stems and leaves of stinging nettle contain a number of chemicals that are released when the plant contacts the skin. ... and numbness. When your fingers or other body parts touch stinging nettle's leaves or stems, the histamine and acetylcholine in the nettle hairs cause your body to release its own histamine as a defense measure. Different looking than what you may have seen up north, but just as painful. DISCLAIMER: By printing, downloading, or using you agree to our full terms. It is a broad term that generally ranges from the harmless numbness when your limbs are too cold in winters to the harmful medical conditions that require an immediate medical attention. As it doesn’t get under the skin, it’s unusual for there to be any serious effects. Plant taxonomy: Stinging nettle is a member of the genus, Urtica, a broadleaf, perennial plant. Most of the stinging nettle I found that weekend was hiding in shady areas, close to riparian zones. After the hair's tip breaks away and stays in skin, its needlelike system reacts and injects irritants into the skin. numbness; Bell’s palsy. The plant is an annual that comes out about this time to plague gardeners. Inflammation is your body’s way of healing itself and fighting infections. Smaller, younger leaves are more heart-shaped. Stinging nettle is a tall perennial broadleaf weed that often grows in colonies. If you want to remove it, wear protective clothing, grasp the plant near its base and pull it out of the ground from that position in order to remove the entire root system. Review the full terms at the following URL: We use cookies to give you the best online experience in accordance with our cookie policy. Bell’s palsy is a type of cranial neuropathy that results from the inflammation of a nerve in the face. Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. It has only just started spreading upwards the last few days. It causes temporary paralysis to one side of the face. The feelings often linger for most of the day, although they settle into a numbness or tingling after several hours. The root and above ground parts are used as medicine. Each hair includes a breakaway structure at its tip that activates when touched. The first step here is to clean mud or dirt away from the area using cold water or a damp cloth. They get their name from the fact that they are able to deliver a nasty sting, leaving behind a painful and itchy rash. Foragers gather the plant in early spring while it is still under 1 foot in height; stinging nettle ultimately reaches 3 to 20 feet in height and grows in large clumps. It comes by both the "stinging" part of its common name and the "urtica," which means "burn," part of its botanical name honestly. Caused by eating wrong type of food. Stinging nettle is used for diabetes and osteoarthritis. January 2017. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. Stinging nettle has delicate, whitish-green sprays of tiny flowers that form arching spikes. The other is a nutritional powerhouse with tons of uses. The Stinging Nettle Made My Finger Go Numb. Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica L.) grows wild in forests, fields and near woodlands in many parts of the U.S. Stinging Nettle, or Urtica dioica, is a flowering perennial plant that is native to many areas of the world, including North America, Europe, and Asia. People have become sick or have died after blundering into a patch of tree nettle. Consult physician as soon as you see such signs after coming in contact with nettle related […] ... As mentioned, a sting from a nettle is no serious problem and will clear up on its own. © Copyright 2020 Hearst Communications, Inc. Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (and Not So Wild) Places; Steve Brill. Sorry if I state the obvious, but could it have been a stinging nettle? Stinging nettle rash presents as raised bumps or hives that are often light in color and up to a centimeter in diameter. Most animals, particularly those with short hair or areas of exposed skin, will also be affected by stinging nettle toxins in the same manner as humans. You can also use analgesics such as Paracetamol. This often catches us out thanks to the ability of nettles to blend seamlessly into the background among other fauna. Overview Information Stinging nettle is a plant. It’s found in gardens, waste areas, near where animals live, and around moist areas such as creeks. The first true leaves have margins that are coarsely round-toothed on short stalks. As a defense strategy, these hairs act like tiny needles to inject chemicals into invading pests and predators – or your legs as you walk by. The stinging nettle plant is in abundance in many regions of North America. Take great caution when handling these nutritious plants – my thumb went numb for almost 18 hours after the initial sting! Stinging nettle capsules and tablets can be taken orally. That said though, you may still be wondering what precisely is going on when you get stung, and it can be useful to know how to treat the stings if you want to get rid of the discomfort more quickly and help put any stung children at ease too. It often grows in patches and may reach 3 feet high or taller. It’s irritating at best and that irritation will normally go away on its own after a couple of hours (and subside much before that) without treatment. This plant is covered in small stinging nettle hair cells that break easily on contact, injecting secretions that cause numbness, pain, and itching to humans and animals. Learn how your comment data is processed. There are several possible causes of facial numbness, also known as hypesthesia. When you weed or gather stinging nettle, the two most obvious methods of avoiding the numbness associated with touching the wild plant is to wear protective clothing and to learn to recognize the plant before touching it. When a forest is disturbed by fire the first plants that grow in the burnt, broken underbrush are nettles. What Makes Stinging Nettle Sting? As mentioned, a sting from a nettle is no serious problem and will clear up on its own. Stinging nettle can lower blood pressure, which means it could heighten the effect of blood pressure medications. Hoeing the affected ground once or twice only causes the root system to break up, allowing stinging nettle to multiply. These chemicals include histamine which is what irritates the skin and brings up the rash, acetylcholine which is what causes the burning feeling and serotonin which can also trigger pain. Whether you grasp a stinging nettle on purpose or without thinking, knowing how to avoid the stinging and numbness that result is crucial when working where the plant may be present. Do not confuse these plants with dead nettle (Lamium maculatum), a harmless perennial plant used in shade gardens. Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) grows throughout much of the United States and is hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 2 through 9. Stinging nettle root appears to have different pharmacological effects than the leaves. Previously, she served as a communication specialist in the nonprofit field. Long trousers are a must! This plant is stinging nettle. Be Careful! Stinging nettle grows in meadows, on roadsides and along streams, and it has been reported in all U.S. states except Arkansas and Hawaii. Nettle is known for its medicinal properties, but chemicals like histamine, acetylcholine and serotonin residing in this leaf can irritate your skin leading to nettle allergy. There is inconclusive evidence on whether stinging nettle capsules or tablets for allergy relief are better ingested on an empty stomach or not. In New Zealand there are 3 species: the native ongaonga (giant tree nettle), and 2 introduced varieties. The telltale sign of a stinging nettle is the obvious “sting” from the micro hairs on their stem. The cotyledons (seed leaves) are round to oval, and hairless except for a few stinging hairs and sparse, short, nonstinging hairs. Stinging nettle herb is a very effective anti-inflammatory agent. Stinging nettles, technically termed Urtica dioica, are something that many of us feared as children when playing outside. Stinging nettle herb is such a magical herb that also reduce the chances of communicable diseases and increase your immunity. Most of these causes can be traced to a problem in or affecting the trigeminal nerve. This roughly corresponds to arthritic and rheumatic conditions with pain, stiffness and numbness of the bones, joints and muscles. In many cases, however, tingling in the hands, feet, or both can be severe, episodic, or chronic. Because the plant loses its prickly qualities with heat, stinging nettle is a welcome springtime spinachlike food for foragers and also is used to make what some people consider a therapeutic tea. As with most stings, nettles sting by transmitting chemicals that irritate the skin. If, for example, you grasp stinging nettle with your hand, you can expect immediate feelings of intense itching and burning in your fingers and palm. Brushing against stinging nettle can cause a mild to moderate rash, d… Now just avoid itching and wait for the pain to go away! The stinging nettle is a plant found practically all over the world. Stinging nettle has two sides: On one hand, it stings you, leaving your skin hurting and numb. Put on thick gloves, thick socks, a long-sleeved shirt and long plant before pulling or clipping stinging nettle and/or when preparing it for consumption. The sting is quite painful and the area around it may go numb for a short period. Stinging nettle's ability to defend itself comes from the nearly invisible hairs on its leaves and stems. 0. filmbuffy Posts: 77. It also can accompany other symptoms. When examined closely, the plant's fine hairs are apparent on the upper surface of its leaves and on its stems. As long as your hand hasn't blown up, the li'l needle is probably still lodged. Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica), if you have never experienced it, is an upright perennial that is covered with tiny, stinging hairs. Stinging nettle is a common weed. Luckily, getting stung by a nettle is nothing to worry about. Urtica dioica, often known as common nettle, stinging nettle (although not all plants of this species sting) or nettle leaf, or just a nettle or stinger, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Urticaceae.Originally native to Europe, much of temperate Asia and western North Africa, it is now found worldwide, including New Zealand and North America. Stinging nettle herb also helps with arthritis, joint disease, liver, kidney,Also helps to cure stomach inflammation. From here you’ll then want to treat the pain which you can do using aloe vera. Stinging nettle is exactly why gardening with gloves is important. This is especially good to know if you should have fallen onto a number of stinging nettles in which case it can be quite unpleasant. Stinging nettle is a great example of a plant that is a weed in some contexts, a beneficial in others. Ellen Douglas has written on food, gardening, education and the arts since 1992. Stinging nettles, technically termed Urtica dioica, are something that many of us feared as children when playing outside. Redness, swelling, itching, inflammation and numbness can be accompanied by this allergic reaction. Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) is found throughout Eurasia, North America, and northern Africa, and has been introduced to parts of South America. It can often reach a height of up to seven feet. If you spot these you can try washing them off, or using tape to remove them. Touching the wild plant without gloves can lead to burning, itching, welts and numbness. Stinging pain going up ankle For the last month, I have been experiencing a ‘stinging nettle pain’ above my left ankle going slightly up the side of my leg for about 1″. Some of these causes will result in temporary numbness or face tingling, some will cause a perm… The physical structure and chemical compounds of stinging nettle combine to deliver a defensive one-two punch to anyone who grasps or even brushes against the plant. University of California Integrated Pest Management Online: Burning and Stinging Nettles Management Guidelines, U.S. Department of Agriculture: Plants Profile for Urtica Dioica (Stinging Nettle). The plant is considered an herbaceous perennial, meaning that it has herbal properties and grows back in the same areas year after year. ... As a result, symptoms can include redness, itching, swelling, numbness, and pain. … The skin surrounding the hives may be red. Despite all this, it is ironically recognized for its medicinal properties for many centuries. Interactions And Warnings: Stinging nettle contains vitamin K and so could interfere with the anticoagulant drug, warfarin (Coumadin). have fine hairs on the leaves and stems that contain irritating chemicals, which are released when the plant comes in contact with the skin. Furthermore stinging nettle leaves are plants that are Cold in nature. True to its name, stinging nettle imparts a painful sting through tiny hairs on the underside of its leaves and on its stems. Ongaonga or tree nettle is covered in needle-like stinging hairs that give off a poison when brushed against. Stinging nettles (Urtica spp.) How to Swallow Large Tablets and Capsules, https://www.healthguidance.org/Terms-of-Service. First of all then, let’s take a look at what nettle stings actually are and at what causes them. This means that stinging nettle leaves typically help people who have too much "heat" in their body. The leaves and young stems of this herbaceous plant are fitted with stinging hairs tipped with formic acid and other irritants. The plant is multistemmed with coarsely toothed leaves that are alternate, rather than exactly opposite each other, on the stems and either oval or lance-shaped. Stinging nettles also shed large quantities of Stinging Nettle There are approximately 12 primary causes of facial numbness plus the catch-all idiopathic cause where the face can become numb but the cause or causes remain unknown. Stinging nettle is a prolific perennial plant that has hairs called trichomes lining its leaves and stems. Even this time of year I see tiny plants growing from the roots. Stinging nettle Native to Europe and Asia, stinging nettle found its way to North America and now grows coast to coast. Nettles are renowned for their stinging …
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Nadra Assaf
With over 30 years of experience in Higher Education and professional productions, Nadra Assaf is the associate chair of Communication Arts Department at the Lebanese American University and founder of Al-Sarab Dance (1991). With an M.F.A. from Sarah Lawrence College, and an EdD from Leicester University she created dance opportunities such as IDDFL, throughout Lebanon and the region. Some of her productions/publications include: Audience/performer re-action: an investigation into audience/performer reciprocity via a touring site-specific performance in Lebanon (2020) Public Conflict, Private Scars (2019), Sawtee (2019, 2017), Embodying Feminism in the 21st Century: Perspectives from the East and the West (2017), This. Is. How? It. Happened! (2016), Not Without My Body: The Struggle of Dancers and Choreographers in the Middle East (2015), and I Matter”: An Interactive Exploration of Audience-Performer Connections (2012).
Jimmy Bechara
Jimmy Bechara has 30 years of dance experience, from a student to a teacher and researcher. He directed his pedagogy and research to the human body perception and behavior in and through dance. Jimmy is a performer, choreographer, and teacher coordinator of Al-Sarab Dance School and Professor at the Lebanese American University. Born and raised in Lebanon, Jimmy’s path took him to Jacksonville University Florida, where he graduated with an MFA in dance. His research interests revolve around: human perception in dance. Some of his work and/or performances are as follows: Mining the Gap ((2019), This. Is. How? It. Happened! (2016), and I Matter: An Interactive Exploration of Audience-Performer Connections (2012), “he’s in her shoes (2012).
Bernard Brown
Bernard Brown is a choreographer, performer, educator, scholar and activist. Intersecting race, gender, and sexuality, Brown’s choreography has been presented across the US including LA, San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, Minneapolis, Phoenix and NYC. He has choreographed Scott Joplin's opera, "Treemonisha" for Skylark Opera, and created original dance works for Sacramento State University, El Camino College, Lula Washington Dance Theatre School, Pasadena Dance Theatre School, and South Chicago Dance Theatre. Performance career highlights include: Lula Washington Dance Theatre, David Rousseve/REALITY, Kamasi Washington, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Louis Johnson Dance Theater Ensemble, TU Dance, Shapiro & Smith Dance, Doug Elkins Dance Company, Donald McKayle, Rennie Harris, Vincent Patterson, Rudy Perez, Nike, among others. Brown is an Assistant Professor of Dance at CSU, Sacramento. Brown was published in the inaugural edition of The Dancer-Citizen, with a forthcoming publication in The Activist History Review. His scholarship on queerness, blackness, post-modern dance and arts activism has been presented at conferences across the US. His work on eviction rights, “Champion,” was presented at the launch of the Institute on Inequality and Democracy at UCLA Luskin. His activism has been documented by the NY and LA Times. He is also recipient of the Westfield Emerging Artist Award, and the Lester Horton Award. He is Executive Artistic Director and primary choreographic voice of Bernard Brown/bbmoves, social justice dance theatre company. He trained at Idyllwild Arts Academy, The Ailey School and Dance Theater of Harlem. He earned his MFA from UCLA and his BFA from Purchase College. The LA Times has called him "...the incomparable Bernard Brown…”
Headshot photo credit: Joe Pugliese
Clémence Debaig
Clemence Debaig is a designer, dancer and computational artist, based in London. Her work is situated at the intersection of dance and technology. She creates work for galleries, the stage, and more unconventional sites, in the form of interactive installations, audio-visual experiences and performances.
Her recent work focuses on exploring notions of control, harassment and apathy, questioning how human behaviours are changed when using technology as a proxy to interact with each other. She likes to explore how digital technology can enable audience participation during performances. In light of the recent events, she wants to shift her practice to researching the fine line between remote collaboration and control, and how it can lead to a sense of togetherness.
In 2019, she presented her work in several group exhibitions and festivals, including Anamorphic Waves at Ugly Duck, Kallida festival in Somerset and the London Ultra at the Oxo Tower.
Clemence has an MSc in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design (2009) from the University of Technology of Compiègne (France). She is currently doing an MA in Computational Arts at Goldsmiths University in London. In parallel to her academic studies, she trained as a dancer, focusing particularly on contemporary and dance theatre techniques.
Sonia Destri
Sonia Destri Lie is the artistic director and choreographer of Companhia Urbana de Dança. Receiving her degrees in both psychology and ballet has rendered her a unique perspective on human expression and human form. Destri travelled throughout Brazil and Europe after completing her studies, working in dance, theatre, film, and musicals. It was then when she was discovered hip-hop and b-boying dance. She has defined her unique refreshing interpretation of these styles by infusing them with the rich cultural influences of Brazil and the favelas from within.
Her works creatively embrace elements of hip-hop, b-boying, contemporary dance, and also Brazilian social dances. Destri's choreography has been cited as a significant contribution to the field of dance, generating an entirely new genre that coincidentally returns a greater appreciation for existing dance styles and the significance of sociocultural influences. Media and contemporaries' reviews of her performances are nothing short of spectacular. She received the Best Script Award by the Ford Foundation, the Staging Award 2011 by the State of Rio de Janeiro for the show Eu Danço, the FADA Award by the City Hall of Rio de Janeiro (2012, 2013 and 2014), and the Best Choreography Award by Conseil International de la Danse (CID Unesco).
http://companhiaurbanadedanca.com.br/
Sarah Fadel
After receiving her MFA in Choreography from the University of Roehampton – London (2017), Sarah Fadel went back to Lebanon and became an assistant professor at the Lebanese American University. In addition, she joined the committee of the International Dance Day Festival in Lebanon (IDDFL). She utilised her experience from the Dance Studies courses in the University Paris VIII (2013) and her BA in Translation (2011) to fuel her research focus: “Translation principles as tools for movement generation”. Sarah is the assistant artistic director of Al Sarab Dance Company, and a teacher at Al Sarab Dance School. She has been part of Al Sarab Dance company since 2007 and has performed and choreographed in several company productions locally and internationally. She has also collaborated/performed with local and international artists. Some of her works/collaborations: Zekra (2017), This. Is. How? It. Happened! (2016), Thawrath – Metel in Stereo (2016), … Not Really (2015).
Charles Macdonald
Charles Macdonald, originally from Michigan, is a graduate of Julliard Dance Program. He has performed with Detroit’s Harbinger Dance Company and with NYC’s Sandra Cameron Dance. Charles is a former NYC public school teacher, and currently teaches and performs with Dances for a Variable Population.
Melissa Melpignano
Melissa Melpignano is an Italian dance scholar and practitioner. She works as a Lecturer and Interim Dance Director in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Texas at El Paso. She obtained a Ph.D. in Culture & Performance in the Department of World Arts & Cultures/Dance at UCLA. Her research examines the stakes of dancing and choreographing in contexts characterized by states of emergency and conflict, looking at how performance practices contribute to theorizations of livability, solidarity, and collective responsibility. Her next book project deals with these issues while tracing the formation of dance epistemes in Israel/Palestine. She is currently finalizing a manuscript on the theorization of presence in eighteenth and nineteenth-century Italian ballet literature, reading text as dance in relation to coloniality and gender. Her writings appear in Dance Research Journal, and The Body, The Dance, and The Text, and in the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Dance and Jewishness from a Contemporary Perspective and 50 Contemporary Choreographers (third edition). Melissa is also a performer, dance maker, and dramaturg, and is currently involved in interdisciplinary projects that research water supply and decolonial and anticolonial practices on the U.S.-Mexico border.
JoAnna Mendl Shaw
JoAnna Mendl Shaw has been choreographing performance works for stage, rural and urban landscapes since the 1980’s. Artistic Director of The Equus Projects, Shaw tours throughout the States and Europe creating site-specific performance works that often bring dancers and horses into shared landscapes. The Equus Projects has created commissioned works in 18 States including the multi-year, Pullman Project, an immersive community based work in the historic Pullman District in south Chicago. Shaw has taught on faculty at NYU/Tisch, The Juilliard School, Ailey BFA Program, Marymount, Princeton, Mount Holyoke and Montclair State. The recipient of two NEA Choreographic Fellowships and multiple NEA grants for Interdisciplinary Performance, Shaw’s work has also been funded by the Rockefeller, Harkness, Jerome Robbins, O’Donnell-Greene and Oppenheimer Foundations and the National Performance Network.
Celeste Miller
Celeste Miller is a choreographer, solo performer, educator and community arts animator. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Grinnell College, a position that allows her to combine her passion for teaching with her investigation of dance as a performing art, political act and a method for the embodiment of ideas and beliefs. Dubbed “dance whisperer” by Balance Dance Company, she has devoted her life to finding ways that every body can access a way to experience the world, and express ideas through participatory dance-making. Fellowships and awards for her work include the National Performance Network Creation Fund, National Endowment for the Arts Choreography Fellowship, Atlanta Mayor’s Fellowship in the Arts, and the Maryland Arts Council.
Miller directed the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Choreographer’s Lab: Dance and Community Engagement from 1993-2010. She is the co-founder of the Pillow’s “Curriculum in Motion” methodology - artist/educator and classroom teacher collaborations to teach academic subjects using dance as the tool for learning. A chapter on this methodology was published by Cambria Press in "Hybrid Lives of Teaching Artists in Dance and Theatre Arts" in 2014.
Currently, through Jacob’s Pillow and a National Endowment for the Arts Creativity Connects grant, Miller and community partners in the field of medical education are applying the principles of “Curriculum in Motion” to examine ways in which dance-based improvisation and embodiment practices can uniquely support the health and morale of practitioners, nurture creative problem-solving, and promote a conscientious medical practice.
Dr. Candice Salyers
Candice Salyers is a dancer and multi-disciplinary artist whose work integrates text, poetic images, and movement to create both intimate and large-scale installations and performances. Her dance work has been shown in landscapes and stages in the US, UK, Estonia, Ireland, Bulgaria, Morocco, and the Czech Republic and has been commissioned and supported by residencies across the US, including at Acadia National Park, as well as in Spain, Armenia, Canada, and Hungary. She was one of 10 US artists selected to participate in an international exchange between National Dance Project (US) and Culture Ireland (IE). Her PhD. work explored intersections of dance performance, feminist theories, and environmental philosophy, and she also holds an MFA and MDiv. Her recent solo performance project explores different physical and conceptual perspectives on female sainthood and includes dances created for both landscape and stage spaces. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Dance at The University of Southern Mississippi. Candice was awarded a 2016 Choreographic Fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council for her choreographic and performance work and a 2017 Postdoctoral Fellowship from the American Association of University Women for her writing. She was recently one of the first dancers invited to speak at the Society for European Philosophy, and her publications include contributions to Tanz, Bewegung, und Spiritualitat, and the Journal of Performance and Mindfulness.
Students from The University of Southern Mississippi:
Linnea Blakemore is a junior Dance major and Psychology minor. Ayanna Coleman is a junior Performance & Choreography major. Casey Collier is a senior Performance & Choreography major. Kaylee Holley is a junior Dance Education major. Tarrah Mills is a senior Performance & Choreography major. Maggie Pope is a junior Dance Education major. Dallas Robinson is a sophomore Dance Education major. Rodarius Washington is a sophomore Performance & Choreography major.
Dr. Rachel Sweeney
Dr. Rachel Sweeney is a practicing movement artist with a background informed by Butoh and its sister form, Body Weather. She is a dance researcher, writer and performer with an interest in phenomenological writings within contemporary performance praxis. She is Senior Lecturer and Subject Leader in Dance at Liverpool Hope University, and has worked internationally as a Research Fellow at the Australian National University and as Guest Lecturer for the School of Visual and Performing Arts in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Her teaching specialisms include intercultural theatre training and site based performance composition. She has published widely on contemporary cross cultural training practice and movement and ecology based practices and her independent performance work has been funded by the Arts Council of Ireland and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. She is a member of the experimental heritage group Karum Creevagh and currently is developing archaeological, ecological and artistic trans disciplinary projects in Ireland.
Amelia Youssef
Amelia Youssef has been involved in the world of dance for the past 20 years, and an active participant for the past 10. She has enjoyed being a committee member of IDDFL for the past five years. With an MA in Archaeology, from University College London, England, and an MA in the English Language, from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, she has always been interested in the arts. She is currently a senior instructor in the English department, at the Lebanese American University.
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Celtic chieftain Vercingetorix (c. 75 BC-c. 46 BC) battled valiantly to keep the Roman army from overrunning the territory of Gaul, asâ¦, Iceni Queen Boudicca (died 61) ruled over a small tribe of Celts who challenged the colonization plans of the Roman Empire in England. Only the Aduatuci tribe now withstands Romeâs might. Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography. There ensues a battle in which Caesarâs legions rout the army of Ariovistus. Intended to do more than document events, the commentaries are the product of someone who understood the importance of propaganda to increase his power and to achieve his autocratic ambitions. Wiseman, T. P., ed. It is perhaps no wonder that just two years later his Roman troops were ready to follow him to the bitterest of encountersâcivil war. There he receives the surrender of the Trinobantes and other tribes and attacks the stronghold of Cassivellaunus. © 2019 Encyclopedia.com | All rights reserved. constitution when he had himself declared dictator for the purpose of rewriting the constitution. had a special interest in word forms. In eighteenth-century France, the value of the Commentaries as a military handbook was not lost on Napoleon Bonaparte, who wanted the work to be part of the education of every general and wrote his own Summary of the Wars of Caesar (Precis des Guerres de Cesar, 1836). Each successive generation could augment the auctoritas earned by their ancestors and increase their own dignitas through the position, status, and wealth of their family. Commentaries on individual books of the Gallic War are available, and sev- eral new commentaries are appearing on the selections from the Gallic War that were chosen for the Advanced Placement Exam in Latin (introduced in spring 2013), but nothing that presents multiple books in ⦠Eventually the Romans launch a counterattack, their cavalry pursuing and beheading the Treveri leader, Indutiomarus. And since I must now accept my fate, I place myself at your disposal. He also showed himself to be a rising star in the Roman law courts. Leaving his lieutenant Titus Labienus in winter quarters among the Sequani, Caesar returns to Nearer Gaul to conduct the administrative duties of a governor. Other details dealing with the battle itself are equally important. In the territory of the Eburones, Caesar sets up camp, appointing Cicero to guard the baggage. In the account and through the account, Caesar emerges as a model of Roman virtue par excellence. After he fails to relieve the town of Avaricum (todayâs Bourges), it falls to Caesar, whose troops have besieged it. Trans. In the years that followed Mariusâs victory, the inhabitants of Farther Gaul were heavily taxed and closely monitored. Cross-references to this page (11): Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges, SYNTAX OF THE VERB. London: HarperCollins, 1995. In his youth he composed the poem Praises of Hercules, a tragedy called Oedipus, and a collection of sayings (apophthegms). The Commentaries on the Gallic War had a wide-spread impact on later ancient biographers and historians. And, as an aid to his readers, he provides expository information for those who are unfamiliar with the far-off lands and people encountered during his forays. 1.25 circumvenere: we follow Seel and others in reading circumvenire Trans. "De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries Contents: The war in Gaul -- The civil war. According to his contemporary, the famous orator Cicero, Caesar spoke and wrote on a daily basis. They now intended for their works to be publicly disseminated. The leading rebel, Vercingetorix, submits nobly to Caesar. The translation is based on W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn (1869). Caesarâs fearless style of generalship, marked by his famed celeritas (speed) was as impressive as his oratory. After 18 days of maneuvers and raids, his point made, Caesar withdraws to Gaul. Pompey was granted special authority to deal with the crisis. Censor Two censors were elected every five years from among the ex-consuls. In honor of his achievements, the Senate grants Caesar 20 days of public thanksgiving. Bohn. The Gallic War (58-51 B.C.) Ciceroâs band, foraging away from the camp, is caught off guard. Rather the Commentaries on the Gallic War should be regarded as a key to understanding the sophisticated linguistic, rhetorical, and historical processes of one of ancient Romeâs most dynamic politicians and foremost thinkers. A. Wiseman and P. Wiseman. Caesar orders the construction of new ships to facilitate a full-scale invasion of Britain. in Gaul, Germany, and Britain. Nonetheless, there are traces of a tradition hostile to the content of Caesarâs Commentaries. World Literature and Its Times: Profiles of Notable Literary Works and the Historic Events That Influenced Them. Caesar also recovers the loyalty of the Aedui and of the Arverni, stations Roman officials and troops throughout Gaul, and personally winters at Bibracte. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges, CONSTRUCTION OF CASES. Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War Literally Translated Default Title - $8.00 USD Regular price $8.00 Quantity Add to Cart Translated by Edward Brooks, Jr. David McKay, 1895. Vercingetorix was given over to Caesar. His nobility is apparent from the beginning of book seven to the moment that he surrenders willingly to the decision of his own people and to Caesar. London: Routledge, 1996. Six years later, after being displayed in Caesarâs triumph, he was executed. This series of annual war commentaries is referred to by various names but is commonly called De bello Gallico in Latin, or The Gallic Wars in English. It was customary for Romans to celebrate the resgestae (âthings doneâ) of their ancestors in speeches of praise at funerals and in funerary inscriptions. They also oversaw markets and weights and measures as well as public festivals and games. Commentarii de Bello Gallico (English: Commentaries on the Gallic War) is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative. For they are unadorned, direct and graceful, stripped of every oratorical ornament as though divested of clothingâ (Cicero, Brutus, chapter 292). They were joined on their march by another tribe known as the Tigurini. The Gallic War: Commentaries on the Gallic War with an Eighth Commentary. The cursus honorum, or âladder of offices,â was the means by which a Roman official, or magistrate, advanced politically. When it came to his political affiliations, Caesar was a member of the Populares, a demagogu⦠After amassing fresh troops to counter the threat of war, Caesar finds him-self occupied in the North, again in Menapian territory. In 109 bce the Romans sent out a new army under the consul M. lunius Silanus to de-fend the new Roman province of Farther Gaul. None understood this more than Caesarâs uncle, Gaius Marius. Well, not entirelyâ¦One small village of the indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders. ." Cassivellaunus promises hostages and a yearly tribute, after which Caesar returns to Gaul and settles his troops in winter quarters. The Usipetes and the Tencteri cross into Gaul under pressure from the Suebi, who are the largest and most warlike of the German nations. Of the forces that had taken part in the attackâknown to number over 30,000âmore than a third were killed; the rest fled in terror and were not allowed to halt even on the mountain heights. After Caesarâs assassination, it would take another 14 years of civil war for the emergence of an autocrat who was capable of unifying the Senate and the people of Rome. These are the tactics of chariot warfare. The forces of the Eburones and Nervii disperse. The tide is turned by the arrival of Romeâs Tenth Legion and the Romans are victorious. Caesar draws attention to the significance of the victory and takes the opportunity to display his famous dementia (clemency): So ended this battle, by which the tribe of the Nervii was almost annihilated and their name almost blotted out from the face of the earth. The Commentaries on the Gallic War had a wide-spread impact on later ancient biographers and historians. London: Orion, 2002. Their unlikely hero is a very small Gallic man named Asterix, who is accompanied by his faithful companion, an oversized man named Obelix, and his pet hound, Dogmatix. In the two decades that followed, Pompey used his military successes against Romeâs enemies to persuade the Senate to give him a consulship and further commands. His actions resulted eventually in the annexation of the Near East and an ingenious settlement that took ac-count of the complex geographical and political factors of the region. World Literature and Its Times: Profiles of Notable Literary Works and the Historic Events That Influenced Them. On hearing the news of it, their old men ⦠sent envoys to Caesar and surrendered.... Caesar, wishing to let it be seen that he showed mercy to the unfortunate suppliants, took great care to protect them from harm, confirmed them in possession of their territories and towns, and commanded their neighbours to refrain from injuring their persons or property. Appointed governor of Romeâs ancient provinces of Gaul and Illyricum, Julius Caesar battles the tribes of Gaul, Germany, and Britain. Reports of incursions by two Germanic peoples (the Harudes and the Suebi) inspire Caesar to march north to prevent Ariovistus from capturing a major town of GaulâVesontio. His power superseded all other magistrates in a military (and occasionally domestic) crisis. Now late in the summer, Caesar directs his attention toward Britain. Report of the victory causes the rebellious Treveri to call off another planned attack, but they continue to incite rebellion and taunt the Romans. Later he demonstrated how easy it was to pervert the traditional Republican It was impossible for Caesar to have fully falsified his account since it would have been competing with his own reports to the Senate, with his correspondence and the letters of his officers to Rome, and with other literary compositions by the men under his command. Julius Caesar as Artful Reporter. They are fickle and undetermined, rash and frenzied, greedy and lazy. Ed. D. McLintock. â The opening line, immortalised in Latin language classes. Welch, Kathryn, and Anton Powell, eds. A, Wiseman and P. Wiseman). In it Caesar describes the battles and intrigues that took place in the nine years he spent fighting the Celtic and Germanic peoples in Gaul that opposed Roman conquest. S. A. Handford. As Caesarâs opponents knew very well, his campaigns in Gaul, Britain, and Germany were illegal. Commentarii de Bello Gallico (English: Commentaries on the Gallic War) is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative. He offers reasons for campaigning outside his province: the Britons have been helping the tribes of Gaul fight the Ro-mans and Rome will gain knowledge of Britainâs land and peoples. Caesar's Commentaries are an outstanding account of extraordinary events by one of the most exceptional men in the history of the world. For the first time the Roman army no longer owed allegiance to the state but to the general who could provide for them. The era saw the growth of enormous estates (the infamous latifundid), whose rise came at the expense of the smaller landowners. The Roman Army B. Britain Indexes Maps And Plans It is said that they have a hundred cantons, each of which provides annually a thousand armed men for service in foreign wars. (Gallic War, 2.28; trans. He studied rhetoric and philosophy in Rhodes, after a brief delay en route when he was captured by pirates. In practice, power rested in the hands of a small landowning minority who controlled the Senate. Despite their success, the Britons petition for peace and promise to return hostages. Swansea: Duckworth and the Classical Press of Wales, 1998. When they began, Rome had nearly completed the conquest of Italy, while Carthage contâ¦, Marcus Porcius Cato the Elder Clad in the bloodred cloak he usually wore âas his distinguishing mark of battle,â Caesar led his troops to victories throughout the province, his major triumph being the defeat of the Gallic army led by The so-called popularis politician exploited the needs of the people to serve his own self-interested ends. Election to the office of praetor followed. Caesar's Commentaries are an outstanding account of extraordinary events by one of the most exceptional men in the history of the world. was the conflict in which Julius Caesar first emerged as a great military leader, after an earlier career as an impoverished populist politician. Cambridge, Mass. Each office bestowed a certain amount of potestas (political authority) or imperium (military authority). A request that Caesarâs command in Gaul be extended from 51 through 49 bce was rejected. Consul The two annually elected chief magistrates of Rome. His vivid description of the British charioteers soon gripped the Roman imagination. The ring-leader, Acco, is flogged to death in accordance with Roman custom, and Caesar heads back to Italy. Unnerved by the unusual spectacle of charioteers in Britain and by the British weather, the Romans survive an ambush and an attack on their camp. Trans. Instead of a conventional prologue, Caesar begins with a description of Gaul and its inhabitants. Although the Gauls have some degree of a social class structure, they fight one another and the Germans. G. L. Hendrickson. Commentarii de Bello Gallico (English: Commentaries on the Gallic War) is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative. Roman Political Life 90 BC-AD 69. The subject matter provided raw material for Livyâs From the Founding of the City, for Plutarchâs Parallel Lives, and for Suetoniusâ The Lives of The Twelve Caesars (all also in Classical Literature and Its Times). In it Caesar describes the battles and intrigues that took place in the nine years he spent fighting ⦠Caesarâs response is savage. The resultant urban problems led to genuine attempts at political and social reforms (in 133 and 123-122 bce), aimed at relieving the plight of Romeâs poorer classes. was a Roman general and politician who overthrew the Roman Republic and established the rule of the emperors. Caesarâs arrival soon after revives morale. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 - 29 - 30 - 31 - 32 - 33 - 34 - 35 - 36 - 37 - 38 - 39 - 40 - 41 - 42 - 43 - 44 - 45 - 46 - 47 - 48 - 49 - 50 - 51 - 52 - 53 - 54. Nice) suspends the narrative indefinitely on the brink of civil war. Julius Caesar wrote commentaries on the wars he fought in Gaul between 58 and 52 B.C., in seven books one for each year. An additional book by Caesarâs general, Aulus Hirtius (consul 43 bce), relates events of 51 and 50 bce. With winter approaching, Caesar plunders territory of two Belgic peoples in the Northâthe Morini and the Menapii. A. The praetors oversaw the permanent law courts. This gave some relief to the Romans, ever mindful that the Gauls had once sacked Rome. Caesar's Gallic Wars essays chronicle the history of his military engagements during the years 58-51 B.C. A conflict that began with an attempt to preserve stability on the borders of the Roman province of Transalpine Gaul soon turned into a war ⦠An interest in grammar and style resulted in On Analogy, a lost work in which Caesar advocated the lucid, pristine style used in his two surviving historical works: Commentaries on the Gallic War and Commentaries on the Civil War. After an apologetic preface, Hirtius, Caesarâs general, opens with a verbal reference to books one and seven of the Gallic War: âThe whole of Gaul was defeated.â (omni Gallia devictd) (Gallic War, 8.1; trans. Four times he recalls their annihilation of the Roman army of L. Cassius Longinus in 107 bce. A new army and a new general, L. Cassius Longinus, advanced against the Tigurini. Very enjoyable audio program on Julius Caesar. In 56 bce, assuming peace, Caesar heads for Illyricum. Caesar grew up during the bloody struggle between Sulla and Marius in the 80s bce. They make their way through the squadrons of their own cavalry, then jump down from their chariots and fight on foot, Meanwhile the chariot-drivers withdraw a little way from the fighting and position the chariots in such a way that if their masters are hard pressed by the enemyâs numbers, they have an easy means of retreat to their own lines. For a modern audience the enduring reputation of Gaius Julius Caesar (100-44 bce) is owed partly to his infamous portrayal in Shakespeareâs Julius Caesar and partly to his political and military domination of the Roman world during the 50s and 40s bce. Those who are left at home have to support the men in the army as well as themselves, and the next year take their turn of service, while the others stay at home. During the second century bce the traditional systems of the Roman Republic began to fracture in the face of protracted foreign wars, an influx of foreign slaves, and extraordinary opportunities for wealth and prestige to be amassed by generals and their legates (military commanders). At the end of the year the triumvirs conspired to award Caesar a five-year governorship of some Roman provinces in EuropeâIllyricum and Nearer Gaul (or Cisalpine Gaul, Gaul on this side of the Alps). The Gallic Wars By Julius Caesar Translated by W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn. The German historian Theodor Mommsen, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1902, regarded Caesar as the only creative genius produced by Rome and the last produced by the ancient world. Trans. The books are further subdivided into chapters, or subsections. His movement inland is temporarily checked when news arrives that a storm has destroyed 40 ships. Within the âCite this articleâ tool, pick a style to see how all available information looks when formatted according to that style. After their year of office in Rome, praetors and consuls sometimes governed outside Rome in a province, where they were known as propraetors or proconsuls. Undoubtedly Caesarâs skill as an orator was a powerful factor in his election in 63 bce to pontifex maximus, head of the college of pontiffs. Further successes against tribes from Gaul prompted the people to re-elect Marius consul every year until 100 bce. Marius had first gained public recognition in 134 bce as a military tribune at Numantia in Spain. He portrays the Gauls as deserving to be subjected because they lack Roman qualities. See what's new with book lending at the Internet Archive, Uploaded by As a historical document, the Commentaries on the Gallic War remain enormously valuable as the memoir of a Roman commander in provinces of the empire. As Lindsay Hall remarks: He ponders things, acts in accordance with pre-arranged plans or principled habit, explains his reasons for strategic or tactical decisions and his other consilia or policies; heâ¦anticipate [s] political or military movements on the part of potential enemies, or the results of actions that have come to an end; he regularly foresees ⦠eventualities, orâ¦carefully excuses failure to do so. In the centuries that followed, Celtic tribes continued to encroach on Italian territory and to offer aid to Romeâs enemies. In addition, the narrator's voice is a perfect match for conveying Caesar's writings. The destruction of Carthage in 146 bce ended the Third Punic War (149â146). Julius Caesar wrote commentaries on the wars he fought in Gaul between 58 and 52 B.C., in seven books one for each year. After Caesarâs lieutenant Labienus routs the Treveri, his force and Caesarâs set out once more for Germany. His book Commentarii de Bello Gallico (Commentaries on the Gallic War, often called The Conquest of Gaul), was a propaganda piece (written in 53 BCE) justifying his military and political actions during a nine year campaign in Gaul (and a short jaunt into Britain). Julius Caesar wrote in compelling and no non-sense pros. C. lulii Caesaris Commentarii rerum gestarum [Caius Julius Caesar, Commentaries on His Achievements]. The English scholar Francis Bacon (1561-1626) thought that the Commentaries revealed Caesar to be the most complete and unique figure to emerge from antiquity. At Rome the form developed in the writings of the priestly colleges or of the leading magistrates, in senatorial dispatches and reports, and in the diaries of army generals and provincial governors. However, the date of retrieval is often important. The Gallic Wars By Julius Caesar Translated by W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn. (October 16, 2020). Caesar presents real or imagined threats to ex-plain away his intervention in Gaul. The climax of the work is the siege of Alesia. Commentarii de Bello Gallico (English: Commentaries on the Gallic War) is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative. Cambridge, Mass. Not only is the student presented with the com-plete text of over five (of the seven Caesarian) books of the Gallic War, but he or she also encounters a They acted as paymasters to generals on campaign and supervised the sale of war booty. When his slave brings word to Caesar, Caesar advances swiftly to break the blockade of Ciceroâs camp. The final sections shift the focus to the challenges to Caesarâs authority at Rome. In the modern world, Caesarâs accomplishments have rarely gripped the popular imagination. In Caesarâs day, senators typically belonged to one of two groups: Optimates These senators followed the traditional senatorial routes to authority and political success, and were often seen as a less democratic and more conservative group. Bradley, P. Ancient Rome: Using Evidence. There are no accounts of the looting of the Gallic sanctuaries, which ⦠Generally they succeed in throwing the ranks of their opponents into confusion just with the terror caused by their galloping horses and the din of their wheels. The first words of Caesarâs climactic seventh book: Quieta Gallia (âPeaceful Gaulâ) could not have been more precisely chosen. First they drive in all directions hurling spears. This new translation reflects the purity of Caesar's Latin while preserving the pace and flow of his momentous narrative of the conquest of Gaul and the first Roman invasions of Britain and Germany. The influence of Marius cannot be overestimated, either on Roman politics in the first century bce or on the young Caesar. With typical celeritas, or speed, Caesar marches against the German tribes, defeating them in two separate engagements. As with Caesarâs exaggerated claims, it is not true. âAs a whole Gaul is divided into three partsâ¦â (Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tresâ¦) (Caesar, C. lulii Caesaris Com-mentarii rerum gestarum, book 1, chapter 1; trans. Events in History at the Time of the Commentaries. Sulla subsequently tried to shore up the power of the optimates (those who believed in the traditional authority of the Senate) and to prevent popular agitation by muzzling the tribunes of the people. new Roman province and to encourage another Germanic group, the Ubii, to resist the Sheba. A. Power became ever more polarized in the hands of Caesar and Pompey. J. The translation is based on W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn (1869). At the time, Sulla earned the dubious distinction of being the first Roman citizen to march an army on the city of Rome. In the absence of Caesar, the cavalry of a west Germanic group, the Sugambri, attack Ciceroâs camp. Caésarâs style in the Commentaries is smooth and concise. A few years later, when the Senate added Farther Gaul to Nearer Gaul as one of Caesarâs territories, he redirected his attention toward the unruly tribes of Gaul. Aedile Each year four aediles were elected. Caesar compares and contrasts the civilized ways of Rome to the barbarism of those he conquers. His back is not long turned before the Veneti, a tribe of seafarers, reveal themselves to be unwilling subjects. In 102 and 101 bce, under the command of Marius, the Romans defeated first the Teutones and then the Cimbri. He advances on the Bellovaci, who surrender themselves to the Romans. The three allies engineered a consulship for Caesar in 59 bce, during which he oversaw the ratification of Pompeyâs eastern settlement and supported the financial interests of Crassus in Egypt and the East. Commentarii de Bello Gallico (English: Commentaries on the Gallic War), also simply Bellum Gallicum (English: Gallic War), is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative. In his continuation of the Gallic War, Hirtius mentions unsuccessful Roman actions and cruel executions of defeated enemies - information that Caesar, in the seven first books, had repressed. A. Uderzo, Albert. When this attack fails, the Britons sue for peace. A small group of powerful senators, however, continued to provoke a rift. More generally, Caesarâs descriptions of the Celtic tribes helped shape later Roman views of the âbarbarian,â including those of historians, such as Tacitus, Ammianus Marcellinus, and Orosius. Many had to sell them to wealthier landowners to avoid bankruptcy. Caesarâs fellow Romans understood that a considerable factor in his rise to power was his rhetorical and literary talent. In a remarkable speech, he shames the remainder of the army into action. Setting out for Britain from Ports Etuis (perhaps todayâs Bologna), he leads an army of 2,000 cavalry and five legions (approximately 25,000 infantry soldiers). Cleverly the authors exaggerate themes of Roman and barbarian found in Caesarâs Commentaries, although in their version the barbarians always have the last word. . When they join forces with Vercingetorix, he turns to the Germanic peoples for aid. Cicero, the foremost rhetorician of the era, wrote in 46 bce: âThey [the Commentaries] are greatly to be approved. The Romans launch simultaneous attacks against the restless northern peoplesâthe Menapii, Aduatuci, and the Treveri. Original Latin title: "Commentarii de Bello Gallico", sometimes abbreviated as "Bell. During his own lifetime and the century that followed, Caesarâs Commentaries received high praise for their uncomplicated style. Caesarâs narrative, written in the third person, lays claim to a more impersonal and objective approach. Suetonius. At the age of 25, Pompey joined Sulla and campaigned in Italy, Sicily, and Africa, then refused to disband his army unless he was granted a triumph (a celebratory procession that wound its way through the streets of Rome to the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on the Capitoline Hill). Therefore, be sure to refer to those guidelines when editing your bibliography or works cited list. Doing battle, his Roman fleet proves itself superior to the enemy in oarsmanship, speed, and tactics. Caesar's Commentaries are an outstanding account of extraordinary events by one of the most exceptional men in the history of the world. ... Gallic War Book I Book II Book III Book IV Book V Book VI Book VII Book VIII. It the violent anticlimax to more than a century of conflict between Romeâ¦, Vercingetorix He avoids coining new words and standardizes the use of vocabulary and grammatical structures. The Gallic Wars has been divided into the following sections: Book 1 [106k] Book 2 [60k] Book 3 [53k] Book 4 [64k] Book 5 [98k] Book 6 [77k] Book 7 [153k] Book 8 [87k] Download: A 486k text-only version is ⦠The Veneti Senate is executed by sword, and the remaining adult males are sold as slaves. A slightly different stance suggests that Caesar wrote the Commentaries in stages but published them all at the same time. The subject matter provided raw material for Livyâs From the Founding of the City, for Plutarchâs Parallel Lives, and for Suetoniusâ The Lives of The Twelve Caesars (all also in Classical Literature and Its Times). This series of annual war commentaries is referred to by various names but is commonly called De bello Gallico in Latin, or The Gallic Wars in English. Nice). Cite this article Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography. Encyclopedia.com gives you the ability to cite reference entries and articles according to common styles from the Modern Language Association (MLA), The Chicago Manual of Style, and the American Psychological Association (APA). Most online reference entries and articles do not have page numbers. Commentaries on the Gallic War is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative. Meanwhile, he lent support to Pompey and earned popular favor as aedile through his lavish games. Ancient and modern readers would be hard pressed to find a purer example of historical writing that is tailored to the views and desires of its central figure than Caesarâs Gallic War. Gaius Julius Caesar Commentaries on the Gallic War translated by W.A. In 63 bce, a Gallic tribe, the Allobroges, who had long been faithful to the Roman cause, rebelled when their appeal for debt relief fell on deaf ears. Suddenly a revolt breaks out incited by a member of the Treveri tribe, a Gallic tribe that provided Caesar with cavalry. Here Caesar confronts the first threat to his command when his inexperienced military tribunes and other high officials search for reasons to avoid combat. Caesar's books were intended as an aid for future historians - that's why they are officially called Commentaries, and not History of the Gallic War - but the author often leaves out information that historians would have found interesting. But the most obvious inspiration is the dictator Sullaâs lost Commentarii rerum gestarum, on his life and achievements. Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Like most young noblemen in Rome, Caesar served a military apprenticeship. In light of a reported conspiracy by the Belgae, a group of tribes in North-eastern Gaul, Caesar raises two new legions and marches on their territory. He is the diplomat, general, warrior. Though an able orator, Caesar understood that true power at Rome was possible only through military success and a supportive army. In addition to the influences of genres, one can detect the impact of Caesarâs teachers, the orator Apollonius Molon of Rhodes, and the grammarian Antonius Gnipho. Make amends to the Romans by killing me or surrender me alive as you think best.â, (Gallic War, 7.89; trans. And life is not easy for the Roman legionaries who garrison the fortified camps of Totorum, Aquarium, Laudanum and Compendium â¦. Fortunately for Rome the tribes moved westward toward Switzerland. Commentarii de Bello Gallico (English: Commentaries on the Gallic War) is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative. McDevitte and W.S. Category: Text: EBook-No. R. Graves. âI did not undertake the war,â he said, âfor private ends, but in the cause of national liberty. O. Seel. Nice), he acknowledges that Caesar had exceeded the limits of his command. Trans. Ingenious storylines paint a caricatured portrait of overbearing and stuffy Romans and of boorish and guileless Gauls. Thereafter, he occupied a series of political offices: military tribune in 72 bce, quaestor in Spain in 69 bce, aedile in 65 bce. With the armies settled in winter quarters, Caesarâs lieutenant Servius Galba attempts to open up a secure trade route across the Alps. Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War Literally Translated Default Title - $8.00 USD Regular price $8.00 Quantity Add to Cart Translated by Edward Brooks, Jr. David McKay, 1895. Nice). 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Artist's Biography - Willem de Kooning
( April 24, 1904 - March 19, 1997 )
Born April 24, 1904 in Rotterdam, Holland, de Kooning was a leading figure of the abstract expressionist movement of the 1940s and 1950s.
In 1916 de Kooning left school to work as a commercial artist, and he enrolled in evening classes at the Academy of Fine Arts in his native city, where he studied for eight years. During this period he became aware of the group called de Stijl, whose membership included Piet Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg, two of the most influential abstractionists of the early twentieth century.
Before the 1940s the major advances in modern painting were forged on English and European soil. American artists, although aware of these advances, had not generally participated in their origin. After World War II, however, the United States, and in particular New York City, became a focal point for modernist developments. The most celebrated of these is known as abstract expressionism--abstract, because most of the new art eschewed all traces of visible reality; expressionism, because it appeared to have been created through uncontrolled and sometimes violent painterly gestures. Known also as action painting or painterly abstraction (historians have yet to agree on the most appropriate designation), abstract expressionism reached international scope and influence during the 1950s.
Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock are the best-known exponents of this new American style. Although their works inspired public ridicule at first, both artists are now recognized as major figures within the broader tradition of art history. For de Kooning this recognition is especially significant, because he always viewed himself as a link in the great tradition of painterly art that runs from the Renaissance to the present day.
In 1926 de Kooning immigrated to the United States. He took a studio in New York City and supported himself by doing commercial art and house painting. In his own painting he began to experiment with abstraction but, like many artists during the Depression, was unable to devote full time to his work. The opportunity to do so came in 1935, when he worked for a year on the Federal Art Project of the Works Project Administration.
In the 1940s de Kooning's career as a painter began to accelerate. He participated in several group shows and in 1946 had his first one-man exhibition in New York City. Among sophisticated patrons and dealers this show established de Kooning as a major figure in contemporary American painting. In the same year he married Elaine Fried, and two years later he taught at the experimental Black Mountain College, which was then under the direction of the influential color abstractionist Josef Albers.
De Kooning's paintings from the 1930s and 1940s reveal many of the same stylistic vacillations that characterize his better-known productions of the period after 1950. In the early work de Kooning approached the problems of abstraction cautiously. Bill-Lee's Delight (1946), for instance, is ostensibly devoid of subject matter from the visible world. Rough-hewn masses sweep toward the center of the composition, where they collide, overlap, and twist into painterly space. Many of the planes, however, particularly those on the periphery of the painting, appear to be remnants of the human body; their undulating contours loosely recall arms, legs, and torsos that have been distilled into pictorial entities. In other words, the painting retains figurative allusions in spite of its apparent abstractness.
Retaining the Human Image
Bill-Lee's Delight indirectly reveals de Kooning's deep commitment to the image of the human body. Even earlier works show the character of this commitment more explicitly. Queen of Hearts (1943-1946) presents the three-quarter image of a seated woman whose head, breasts, and arms are drawn with loosely flowing contours. The figure is freely distorted and somewhat unsettling: the head is twisted, the facial anatomy is askew, and the limbs and breasts appear ready to twist off and float into space. In overall style the painting recalls European surrealism with its eerie interpretations of figurative content. It is also similar to the abstract, quasi-surrealist style of Arshile Gorky, with whom de Kooning had once shared a studio.
Some of de Kooning's finest paintings were executed in the period that ended in 1950; these include Ashville (1949) and Excavation (1950). Both works retain some figurative allusions, but they achieve a powerful, abstract flatness, thereby insisting upon their identity as paintings. Moreover, both canvases achieve this identity within a relatively restricted color range; this lends tautness to the compelling presence of each painting.
De Kooning since 1950
In spite of the achievement marked by paintings like Ashville and Excavation, de Kooning was evidently uncomfortable with the problems of abstraction. In 1950 he returned to the human figure, embarking upon his famous "Woman" series. Woman I (1950-1952) is probably the most famous of the series. The figure is executed in a tortured, aggressive manner and emerges like some demonic presence. Paint itself is likewise assaulted--dragged, pushed, and scraped--with a technique that, for many viewers, is the ultimate of abstract expressionist style. When the "Woman" paintings were shown in 1953 in New York City, they catapulted de Kooning to fame and notoriety. Although he was honored with numerous awards and retrospective exhibitions after that, his work periodically revealed doubts and uncertainties about its direction.
During the late 1950s de Kooning again abandoned the human figure in favor of abstraction. The paintings from these years are sometimes called "landscapes" because their open, expansive space is suggestive of the space of the natural environment. In Suburb in Havana (1958), for instance, broad, earth-colored diagonals reach into space and extend toward a blue mass that resembles both sky and water. Because of the explosiveness with which they open pictorial space, these landscapes count among de Kooning's most spontaneous and exhilarating achievements.
From the early 1960s de Kooning's development seemed problematic and uncertain. Once again he returned to the human figure and a second "Woman" series. These works display the master's characteristic blend of technical gusto and emotional fervor, but they evoked mixed opinions among his critics. Perhaps more historical perspective is needed before these paintings can be viewed objectively.
De Kooning's first retrospective took place in 1953 in Boston. In 1954 he enjoyed a second, at the Venice Biennale. The largest retrospective was held in New York City in 1969. He was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1960, and he received the Freedom Award Medal in 1964.
Since the 1960s de Kooning continued to be one of the most powerful representatives of abstract art. The period from 1981 to 1989 was one of the most fertile of his life, giving rise to over 300 works. Sadly, this burst of creativity proved to be his last. Alzheimer's Disease, diagnosed in 1990, prevented further work for the remaining seven years of his life. De Kooning died on March 19, 1997, at his home in East Hampton, New York.
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A Motown Holiday Spectacular
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December 20, 2020, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Harrisburg Scottish Rite Theatre, 2701 N 3rd St, Harrisburg, PA 17110, USA
Holiday Spectacular Blends Classic Holiday Music With The Classic Motown Sound, Starring The Motortown All-Stars
An evening of Motown's greatest hits and holiday favorites performed in the classic Motown style, with impeccable harmonies, dazzling choreography, and a full orchestra, live on stage Sunday, December 20, 2020, at 7:00 PM at The Harrisburg Scottish Rite Theatre, 2701 N. Third Street, Harrisburg, PA.
The Motown catalog includes some of the most enduring songs in popular music, with the most universal appeal of any musical form. The Motown style has such strong musical hooks that it has repeatedly been used in everything from movie sound tracks to commercials for the last 50 years. Of course, the holiday season comes complete with our favorite standards playing non-stop on every radio station, and in every shopping mall from Halloween through the New Year. There is no better show for the season than the joining of these two timeless musical genres.
The show has a little something for everyone, from holiday standards like The Nat King Cole "Christmas Song" (Chestnuts roasting on an open fire), to more contemporary offerings such as "Please Come Home For Christmas" best remembered as The Eagles re-make of the Charles Brown classic, to the Donny Hathaway R&B favorite "This Christmas". There is also a sing along segment with Jingle Bells, Frosty the Snowman and others which is sure to be great fun for kids of all ages. Also included is a healthy dose of the classic Motown songs that everyone knows and loves such as "My Girl", Oo Baby Baby", and the Dirty Dancing anthem, "Do You Love Me".
The Motown experience is an all-star lineup of world class vocalists assembled from members of legendary Motown groups The Capitols, The Miracles and from former members of The Temptations. Every performance contains that unmistakable Motown stamp, including flashy suits, great singing and dancing, and a polished show that has set the bar for every vocal artist since the late 1950''s.
The orchestra is made up of seasoned performers who have been the musicians of choice for hundreds of Motown, Nostalgia Classic Rock and Doo Wop shows around the country. They have both live performances and recording credits with a veritable who's who of popular music artists from the 50's through the 70's.
This is sure to be an unforgettable evening for audiences from 8 to 80, and will be the feel-good event of the holiday season.
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Francesco Vezzoli Is Still Tearing Up Over the Earthquakes in Italy
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Francesco Vezzoli has teamed up with Yoox.com in support of the areas of Northern Italy ravaged by earthquakes earlier this year. The three-time Venice Biennale delegate, video artist, maker of doilies, and supermodel admirer has made his first foray into serially produced work with Con Amore, a signed, numbered (limited to 399), and framed self-portrait marked with black tears, a trademark.
“I don’t believe in elitism in my life or in my work,” he said. “I imagined a work with a large production run and an old-fashioned, commonplace object like an embroidered postcard.”
£399 exclusively at Yoox. All proceeds will go to the Fondo Ambiente Italiano (FAI) to help restore the Palazzo Comunale of Finale Emilia, where the first quake had its epicenter, and where Yoox is based.
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The Indian Heritage Centre: Displaying Culture at its Finest
By Sherah Ndjongo
Hsien Loong, the Prime Minister of Singapore, opened the highly anticipated Indian Heritage Centre (IHC) at 5 Campbell Lane in Little India to the public on May 8. Before allowing public accessibility to the new museum, which cost twenty-one million dollars to create, a CultureFest that included outdoor film screenings, street airs, and incredible performances was launched. The CultureFest even brought together Singapore’s most prominent Bharatanatyam dancers and notable choreographers for the first time to perform the original and iconic Natya Darpana dance, which is meant to showcase the various Indian festivals celebrated in Singapore such as the Deepavali and the Thaipusam.
The Indian Heritage Centre is the result of seven years of construction, and hard work was required in order to achieve a perfect combination of modern architectural pieces with traditional Indian characteristics. This 3,090 square meter, four-story building was first proposed in 2008 and was subsequently approved by Lee Kuan Yew, the former founding Prime Minister, and Dr. Balaji Sadasivan, the late senior minister of state. What is interesting is that the center is divided into five themes that begin with the early interactions between South Asia and Southeast Asia and branch off into the emergence and movement of Indians from the 19th century to the 21st century. There is also a focus on contributions of early Indian pioneers in Singapore and Malaya, as well as the start of social and political awareness in the Indian community. The last display emphasizes the contributions of Indians in Singapore from the late 1950s to the 1980s.
What makes this heritage museum even more awe-inspiring is its fantastic collection of artifacts. There are 440 artifacts overall, and quite a number of the pieces have been acquired, donated, or are even on loan. On the display are jewelry, stone sculptures, costumes, wood carvings, and vintage suitcases that were actually owned by Indian immigrants. The artifact that stands out the most is a 3.4 meter tall wooden Chettinad doorway that is dated back to the late 19th century and is decorated with 5,000 minute carvings. The significance of this doorway is that is meant to commemorate the distinctive architectural style of South India’s Chettiar community, which had gained prosperity from its moneylending businesses across Southeast Asia. S.R. Nathan, Singapore’s sixth president, donated a variety of war-time publications from the 1940s, which give insight into the involvement of the region’s Indian community in the Indian National Army from the period when the army was fighting for independence from Britain.
This center is also very high-tech. It is one of the few permanent galleries in Singapore to use augmented reality and to introduce a virtual personal guide for visitors who they can be connected with through their mobile phones or the museum’s personalized handheld devices. The personal guides are responsible for giving visitors more information on the artifacts as they walk through the exhibitions. In addition to this, role-playing games and interactive touch screens are specialized features belonging to the gallery which visitors are welcome to take full advantage of.
The Indian Heritage Centre is the first museum in Southeast Asia devoted to showcasing the diverse cultural heritage of the Indian community. A Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and the chair of the Indian Heritage Centre’s steering committee, S. Iswaran, stated, “The IHC seeks to serve as a springboard for visitors to explore the rest of Little India.” As a result, admission to the Indian Heritage Centre is free for all Singapore residents and $4 for everyone else to encourage more people to visit this extraordinary gallery and immerse themselves into the rich Indian culture. For those who want to be mesmerized by and exposed to Indian traditions in a more in-depth manner, the one-of-a-kind Indian Heritage Centre is bound to impress.
About the Author: Sherah, 17, has been homeschooled for three years. “I am passionate about raising awareness about topics such as current events and culture and being able to effectively deliver a message that matters to me. I also enjoy researching and writing in hopes of educating, informing, and inspiring others.”
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Business is the activity of making one’s living or making money by producing or buying and selling goods or services. Simply put, it is any activity or enterprise entered into for profit. It does not mean it is a company, a corporation, partnership, or have any such formal organization, but it can range from a street peddler to General Motors.The term is also often used colloquially but not by lawyers or public officials to refer to a company, but this article will not deal with that sense of the word.
In legal parlance, the owners of a company are normally referred to as the “members”. In a company limited or unlimited by shares (formed or incorporated with a share capital), this will be the shareholders. In a company limited by guarantee, this will be the guarantors. Some offshore jurisdictions have created special forms of offshore company in a bid to attract business for their jurisdictions. Examples include “segregated portfolio companies” and restricted purpose companies.
There are, however, many, many sub-categories of types of company that can be formed in various jurisdictions in the world.
Companies are also sometimes distinguished for legal and regulatory purposes between public companies and private companies. Public companies are companies whose shares can be publicly traded, often (although not always) on a stock exchange which imposes listing requirements/Listing Rules as to the issued shares, the trading of shares and future issue of shares to help bolster the reputation of the exchange or particular market of an exchange. Private companies do not have publicly traded shares, and often contain restrictions on transfers of shares. In some jurisdictions, private companies have maximum numbers of shareholders.
A parent company is a company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors; the second company being deemed as a subsidiary of the parent company. The definition of a parent company differs by jurisdiction, with the definition normally being defined by way of laws dealing with companies in that jurisdiction.
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HONOURS & RECORDS
FOOTBALL MEMORIES
MY HIBS HISTORY
Since the inception of the Club, Hibernian have always had an ambitious and progressive outlook.
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1881: CHARITABLE CHAMPIONS
Hibernians win the newly named Edinburgh Association Shield, formerly the Edinburgh Association Cup. The Club also open a new stand at Hibernian Park.
Hibernians had survived every obstacle that was thrown in their path by the establishment in Edinburgh and throughout Scotland, the determination of Father Edward Hannan and Michael Whelahan with the support of everyone involved with St Patrick's Church and the Catholic Young Men's Society had in effect achieved something of a minor miracle. Inside just a few years from the formation of the Club in 1875, Hibernians had become the major force in the Edinburgh Football Association and on the wider Scottish stage, had established a reputation built firmly on integrity and, of course, on playing quality football.
Father Hannan sought to use the football club as a tool in providing aid not just for the people of Edinburgh's Little Ireland, but for those in need wherever they may be and without the slightest consideration of whatever religion they might belong. All of this came at a point in time when the game of football itself was an infant, and the growing pains would be felt by many. Professionalism would at some point rear its head and bring about massive changes to the approach that had been taken by these early pioneers, Hibernian more perhaps than most would suffer from this and in time the original ideals of Father Hannan would need to be compromised to allow the Club to move forward.
In just half a dozen years Hibernian had seen the interest in football rise to a remarkable extend, and the Club were now drawing thousands of supporter's to Hibernian Park on a regular basis. The gate money generated was being spent on charitable causes for the most part; with some drawn off to pay for the Catholic Young Men's Society's needs as well as the expenses required to run the football team itself. A portion of the funds was also being put aside to pay for the building of a stand at Hibernian Park, the first ground occupied by the Club at the top of Easter Road.
Edinburgh Association Shield
On the field, Hibernians had by now retained the original Edinburgh Association Cup outright after winning the trophy three times, and this resulted in the Association needing to purchase a new trophy. Deliberations led to a design by Cameron and Son of Kilmarnock, a shield that contained the City of Edinburgh's coat of arms on the top and that of Scotland on the bottom. It was to be called the Edinburgh F.A. Shield, later to become the East of Scotland Shield which is still competed for by Hibernian and Heart of Midlothian to this day.
The opening match for the new trophy in 1881 perhaps fittingly was Hearts against Hibernians, played at Hearts' ground in Gorgie Road, located close to the existing Tynecastle Park used today.
Six thousand turned out for a game that Hibernians won 4-2, a match that was noted for the 'rough play' employed by Hearts. Violence on the park was becoming as much of a problem for the Irishmen as that off it; indeed very soon it was to bring about serious implications for Hibernians and ultimately some much needed changes to the rules of the Edinburgh Football Association.
Soon after the game against Hearts, Hibernians duly opened their new stand at Hibernian Park, the stand used for the first time on 8th October 1881 for a Scottish Cup tie against St Bernard's, won 3-2 by Hibernian.
Laying a challenge to Authority
The difficulty being faced by Hibs now was that they were running out of players! The Club itself, run as it was by the CYMS and under the rules of that organisation, was restricted to recruiting their players only from the Catholic community, which to all intents meant the Irish immigrant community. Worse than that however, Hibernians had to abide by the rules of the Edinburgh F.A. in that all players with member clubs had to live and work in the local area. The greens had identified many players in their travels around Scotland who would fit the Hibernians profile perfectly, but whom they could not recruit because of these rules.
The local player rule in particular was stifling the growth not just of Hibernians but every member club in the Edinburgh Football Association. The larger and more successful clubs on a national level were still mainly those in the West of the country who did not face any such limitations, and while Hibernians in particular where beginning to make inroads of that dominance they were effectively doing so wearing shackles.
The strictly amateur status of the club did not help either, that problem becoming apparent when Hibernians player Willie Cox was enticed to Accrington Stanley who promised to fix him up with a job. The rewards might have changed over the years, but the result was the same, a good footballer leaving Hibernians for better pickings in England.
Success however continued for Hibernians, as having disposed of Hearts in the first round of the new Edinburgh F.A. Shield competition, the club reached the final against St Bernard's. Around 8,000 supporters, most of them backing the Irishmen, turned out for a game that Hibs won 4-2 and thus retained their title as Champions of Edinburgh.
In spite of this success, the greens were still determined to change the local player rule, and they tested the water a bit when they invited James McGhee, a player from Ayrshire, to join the club on a tour of England. During that tour, the club also arranged to 'borrow' Willie Struthers, a former Glasgow Rangers player then with Bolton Wanderers.
Hibernians ended that tour undefeated against three top-class English clubs, and once again made many new friends among the Lancashire Irish community.
Hibernians beat Hearts 4-2 in the first match of the newly named Edinburgh F.A. Shield, formerly the Edinburgh F.A. Cup.
The Club open a new stand at Hibernian Park, used for the first time on 8th October 1881 for a Scottish Cup tie against St Bernard's.
Hibernians beat St Bernard's in the final of the first Edinburgh F.A. Shield.
The greens go against the local player rules and invite Ayrshire-based James McGhee to play for the Club on a tour of England.
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Is one of the most common drugs prescribed during pregnancy safe for your baby?
By Dr. Manny Alvarez, | Fox News
Many expectant mothers are wary of taking drugs during the early weeks of pregnancy, as this time period can be crucial for the development of their baby. However, sometimes it’s hard to know for sure just what kind of effects medications can have on an unborn child.
Fortunately, many mothers can now rest easy when it comes to one very common medication. A recent study from researchers at the Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen found that the drug Zofran, which is used to treat nausea and vomiting, is safe to use during early pregnancy and poses no increased risk to the developing fetus.
Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, this Danish study included the analysis of 608,385 pregnancies in Denmark. After extensive statistical analysis comparing pregnant women who had been exposed to Zofran and those who had not been exposed, the conclusions were quite clear: that there were no increased incidences of miscarriages, still births or birth defects in the newborn. There were also no increased incidences of preterm labor or low birth weight babies for women who had taken the drug.
One of the most common conditions in a healthy pregnancy is morning sickness. While usually nothing more than a frustrating pregnancy symptom, morning sickness can sometimes be very debilitating, especially if it turns into hyperemesis gravidarum – which can lead to severe vomiting and dehydration.
Hyperemesis gravidarum was recently in the news in December when it was revealed that the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, had been hospitalized for the condition. Luckily she was released after just a few days of treatment, and by all reported accounts, her pregnancy seems to be progressing just fine.
Morning sickness and hyperemesis sometimes appears in the first few weeks of pregnancy, and often requires the use of medications. One of the most commonly used drugs for this condition today is ondansetron, known by its brand name as Zofran.
Zofran was developed in 1984 for the treatment of nausea and vomiting after chemotherapy. The drug is metabolized in the liver and has a half-life of about five to seven hours. Some of the common side effects include constipation and headaches.
While originally intended for another condition entirely, its use in pregnancy has skyrocketed over the last decade, and most obstetricians prescribe it off label. In other words, Zofran has not been officially approved by the FDA for use during pregnancy.
That is why this very comprehensive study is so important. First, the safety of Zofran in pregnancy has never been clearly assured. And second, this drug is utilized so early in pregnancy that many obstetricians and patients wondered if it led to adverse effects in the developing fetus. One case-control study had found that the use of ondansetron during pregnancy was linked with an increased risk of cleft palate in the newborn; but this new research seems to dispute that claim.
So this study should give some peace of mind to pregnant women who are currently taking this drug, as well as those women that have experienced morning sickness in the past and are thinking about getting pregnant in the future.
Dr. Manny Alvarez serves as Fox News contributor. He also serves as chairman of the department of obstetrics/gynecology and reproductive science at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey. For more information on Dr. Manny's work, visit AskDrManny.com.
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Your guide to digestive health
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Your gut is essential for more than just instincts. It has to make sure that your body gets fed, which is a very complex job: The stomach churns food; the small intestine breaks the mixture (called chyme) into smaller molecules so that the body can absorb nutrients; and the large intestine converts what’s not needed into—well, you know. When the process works as it should, you’re happily oblivious. But when one part goes awry, so can your quality of life. For the good of your gut, here’s the full digest on what’s normal and what’s not.
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The Psychology of Your Stomach
Why do we have so little control over what goes on in the digestive tract? Because the gut has a mind of its own.
Your Other Brain
The gut’s nervous system, sometimes called “the second brain,” is a network of more than 100 million neurons (cells that transmit information through electrical and chemical connections) that runs the length of the gastrointestinal tract. Of course, this “brain” doesn’t generate emotions or hold on to memories. But it can operate the digestive system independently of the brain in your head, deciding when to move food from the stomach to the small intestine, when to release hormones, when to expel waste, and even when to send food back from whence it came.
“The brain doesn’t like to micromanage,” says Dr. Michael D. Gershon, a professor of pathology and cell biology at Columbia University and the author of The Second Brain. “It leaves the details of digestion up to the gut.”
To make these gut decisions, the second brain uses many of the same tools that the regular brain uses—chief among them, the neurotransmitter serotonin. In fact, 95 percent of the body’s serotonin stockpile is in the gut. While the brain’s serotonin helps create feelings of well-being, the serotonin in the gastrointestinal tract is its “sword and shield” against hostile agents, such as bad bacteria.
“Serotonin in the gut can mobilize inflammation, detect potential invaders, and essentially get the gut to mount a full-fledged defensive reaction,” says Gershon.
The Mind-Body Link
“If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts,” said the legendary baseball player Satchel Paige back in 1953.
Turns out, he was on to something. The gut is intricately linked to your state of mind, as you know if you’ve ever had butterflies before a big date or felt sick before an exam. The primary connection is the vagus nerve, which starts at the base of the brain, travels down the neck and across the chest, then branches throughout the gut.
Most of the messages that travel the vagus nerve go from the gut to the brain, not vice versa. In a healthy person, they are mostly unconscious: benign updates about routine gut activity so that the brain can maintain equilibrium in the body. But in people with digestive issues the messages aren’t so pleasant. Imagine that your gut is in distress—maybe you have painful bloating.
“Now instead of sending nice messages that all is well, the gut is going to send the brain distress signals,” says Gershon. “It’s possible that these unconscious warning messages will become so overwhelming that they’ll materialize as anxiety and depression.”
You know the expression “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” It’s the same with digestive issues and anxiety. “We don’t know whether stress is causing the bowel to go wrong or the bowel going wrong is causing mental stress,” says Gershon. That said, there’s no question that “adding a singular stressful event on top of chronic stress makes chronic digestive symptoms worse,” says Dr. Yuri Saito, a gastroenterologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
This perpetual stress and distress is different from a plain old case of nerves. When you have a sudden bout of diarrhea before a big interview or presentation, your body is probably going into fight-or-flight mode. As your brain issues a surge of stress hormones, it signals the body to put all the focus on the problem at hand—leaving the regulation of digestion on the back burner. In response, your gut may go into overdrive (otherwise known as diarrhea or vomiting). Feeling butterflies in the stomach is just a milder version of the same reaction.
5 Healthy Gut Strategies
Often it’s the simple things that keep your system stable.
1. Commit to exercise. Exercise gets the colon moving, helping you maintain regularity. It’s also useful when dealing with irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS: A recent Swedish study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology showed that people who exercised three to five times a week for 12 weeks had significant improvement in IBS symptoms; non-exercisers didn’t see the same benefits.
2. Chew your food. “To be happy, our gastrointestinal tract needs us to take time for our meals and chew our food thoroughly and slowly,” says J J Virgin, a certified nutrition specialist in Palm Desert, Ca., and the author of The Virgin Diet. Smaller, more frequent meals may also help you to avoid overwhelming the digestive system.
3. De-stress. “Psychological interventions can be very helpful when it comes to treating gastrointestinal symptoms,” says Saito. She suggests training in mindfulness, a simple meditation technique that involves focusing on the present moment and reframing how you respond to stress. Talk therapy, yoga, and even hypnotherapy have also been known to help.
4. Take a probiotic. The gut is home to tens of trillions of bacteria, of which about 10 percent are “bad” (causing digestive distress) and 90 percent “good” (controlling the bad bacteria). Probiotics is just another word for “good bacteria.” Ingested regularly, they’ll help skew the ratio of bacteria in your gut to the good. Some forms of yogurt and kefir contain probiotics, but in nowhere near the amounts that supplements deliver.
How to pick one? Dr. Shekhar Challa, a gastroenterologist in Topeka, Kansas, and the author of Probiotics for Dummies, recommends that you look for bottles with 5 billion or more CFU (colony-forming units) and at least five strains of bacteria (with tongue-twister names like Lactobacillus acidophilus). Each person’s gut is different, so if you’re taking a probiotic for relief from a squirrelly gut and nothing changes after a few weeks, it’s worth trying another one.
5. Keep an eye on it. This may not sound appealing, but one of the easiest ways to check your gut health is to peek into the toilet before you flush. Red can indicate blood in the lower gastrointestinal tract, which could be a sign of colorectal cancer, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, or hemorrhoids. Black can point to upper-gastrointestinal-tract bleeding, such as stomach ulcers. (Just be aware that iron tablets and foods like beets can have harmless, color-altering effects.)
Firm is good, hard could mean dehydration or constipation, and no shape means diarrhea. Skinny (pencil width) could also be a cause for concern. “It might indicate a narrowing in the colon, possibly from a tumor,” says Dr. Lawrence J. Brandt, the chief emeritus of gastroenterology and a professor of medicine and surgery at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in New York City.
1. See a specialist. It’s important to make sure that you don’t have a serious problem, and a gastroenterologist can make that call. When lifestyle changes fail to calm your gut, prescription medication (such as anti-spasmodics, antibiotics, or antidepressants) can help.
2. Keep an FFS diary. “That stands for ‘food, feelings, and symptoms,’ ” says Elaine Magee, a registered dietitian in Northern California and the author of Tell Me What to Eat If I Have Irritable Bowel Syndrome ($13, amazon.com). Magee suggests writing down everything you eat, the time you eat it, any symptoms you have, and the stress and emotions you experience each day. This will help you uncover your lifestyle and dietary triggers.
3. Eat more fiber, and drink more water. If you suffer from constipation, make an effort to consume 50 grams of fiber a day, suggests Virgin. Slowly increase your intake by 5 to 10 grams every couple of days until you reach your goal amount.
4. Cut back on alcohol and caffeine. These are digestive stimulants that can send you into turbo mode. If you have diarrhea, your digestion is already too fast—you don’t want to speed it up any further.
Gut Gripes
Some digestive-system signals are perfectly normal.
“Every day around 11 a.m., my stomach gurgles. Loudly.”
A low growl when you’re hungry or right after eating means gas and liquid are mixing together as your small intestine contracts. While it might seem like everyone in the conference room can hear it, “others usually don’t notice,” says Brandt. If you’re hearing loud, high-pitched squeals, or if the noises are accompanied by abdominal pain, the healthy growling process is happening too aggressively, and you may want to see your doctor to find out why.
“I’m going three times a day.”
Has that always been the case? As long as you’re on a regular routine and you don’t have severe bloating or cramps between bathroom visits, you’re good to, well, go. (The same is true if you go just a few times a week.) That said, if you’re heading to the loo more than four times a day or fewer than three times a week and feel uncomfortable, consider consulting your physician to rule out a more serious problem.
“I feel so bloated at the end of the day.”
It’s normal if your abdomen protrudes a bit by late afternoon. “At that point, your muscles have fatigued and are less capable of restraining your intestines, so they bulge slightly,” says Brandt. It’s also no big deal to feel slightly swollen after a large meal. But an alarm should go off if your abdomen frequently gets measurably bigger and stays that way for hours. That may signal an intestinal obstruction, a problem with the way your intestine contracts, an electrolyte disorder (an imbalance of salts in the blood), or liver or ovarian disease.
“I got home just in time!”
If you’ve got to go when you hit your front door, it’s not lucky timing. If you weren’t at home, says Brandt, that urge may not have come at all. Our guts and brains are so connected that when you enter the place where you usually do your business, the brain alerts the gut to get moving. That’s also why you may be constipated when traveling. Away from your home base, your brain may fail to send the “go” signal to your gut.
If Your Gut Is Always Grumpy
Everyone has diarrhea every now and then—from a bad turkey sandwich, say, or a handshake from someone who’s sick, or a shift in schedule. And some constipation is normal with changes in routine or diet.
Signs of Trouble
If you frequently suffer from diarrhea or constipation, or alternate between the two, you could have irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS. It’s among the most common digestive diseases, affecting 10 to 15 percent of the population. IBS isn’t just a catchall diagnosis for anyone with mild digestive distress. “The definition for it is chronic abdominal discomfort associated with altered bowel habits,” says Brandt.
While there’s no hard-and-fast understanding of what causes IBS, one theory is that symptoms stem from an ultrasensitive gastrointestinal tract. “In people with IBS, the bowels are sensitive to the stimuli of normal digestion at a much lower level than in the average person,” says Brandt. “Their brains interpret those sensations—which a normal person wouldn’t notice—as pain.” Symptoms ensue as a result.
More Serious Problems
Frequently troubled digestion can signal other conditions, too. Check for blood in the stool, narrowing of the stool, unexplained weight loss, diarrhea for more than 48 hours, loss of bowel control, or awakening from sleep for bowel movements, any of which could indicate a serious (but often treatable) illness, such as inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease, or colon cancer.
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Council includes service users when choosing care providers
In Oxfordshire, people who use supported accommodation and their families sit on panels to select who delivers their care.
Brian and Rose Connolly cared for their daughter Lynnie, who has Down’s syndrome, until she was 35. But 10 years ago, Lynnie, who’d seen her brother and sister leave home, decided she’d like to be more independent. After being assessed by experts from Oxfordshire county council, the Connollys’ local authority, Lynnie moved into supported living accommodation.
It’s worked out well, says Brian: “She has grown and blossomed and considers herself to be very independent.” Last year, however, they became concerned when they were told the contract to provide Lynnie’s care would be going out to tender. “It’s quite scary,” says Brian, “because her comfort and equilibrium can be disturbed by having the wrong people looking after her.” So when the Connollys were invited to take part in choosing a new provider, they leapt at the chance.
Oxfordshire county council provides supported living accommodation for 220 adults with learning disabilities. The previous provider, Southern Health, was the subject of a damning report by the audit firm Mazars after 18-year-old Connor Sparrowhawk died in one of its specialist units. Last year, the council and the Oxfordshire clinical commissioning group published a new learning disability strategy that recognised that some people with learning disabilities had been failed in the past, and made a commitment to give them “more choice and control over their lives”.
The end of the Southern Health contract to provide supported living services in December 2015 gave the council the opportunity to put this commitment into practice. In September, it wrote to service users and their families and asked whether they would like to be involved in choosing new providers. Of the 60 who responded positively roughly a third were service users, and two-thirds family members. All 58 potential providers were asked to provide easy-read versions so that service users could understand them.
The decision to consult with service users takes place in a difficult financial context: Oxfordshire has been hard hit by cuts to the adult social care budget. But Kate Evans, campaigns and communications coordinator at advocacy group My Life My Choice says that despite the cuts, the council has continued to be supportive of the organisation, providing it with a self-advocacy grant and helping it to set up a radio show. Evans welcomes the consultation: “We think the best people to know what makes good care are the people who receive it.”
Nine panels were held at which service users or family members sat with council officers to discuss and rate the answers given to a set of standard questions by potential providers, the names of which were kept from the panel. Kate Terroni, deputy director, joint commissioning at Oxfordshire, says: “In every instance the service user or family representative had a larger number of votes than council officers, so we’re placing the emphasis on the importance of the service user and their family in making this decision.”
Mindful that not all service users would have the confidence to express their views in a panel meeting, the council held 15 meetings with smaller groups of service users, where they were able to give their views more informally, and these were fed back into the formal process.
At the panel attended by the Connollys, each member was asked to score the answers given by four providers bidding for the bundle that included Lynnie’s care. The panel then discussed the answers and the scores. “Before it was set in stone, anybody could go back and change their mark, because every single point was argued out,” says Rose.
She and Brian felt that some of the providers put too much emphasis on making cost savings, and therefore gave the highest rating to the provider that, she says, “sounded as if they cared more for the needs of the people they looked after”. The provider they helped choose, Affinity, took over one of five three-year contracts, worth a total of £15m, in April.
So, was it worth doing? Toby Staveley, the manager of Yellow Submarine, an Oxfordshire charity for people with learning disabilities, believes the principle of consultation with service users is “excellent”, but is disappointed that none of the providers chosen are local. “Local providers typically understand their audience better than a national provider,” he says. “By and large they will have trustees and staff who are local. They’ll bump into the same people they’re supporting in the supermarket, they’ll know their families, they’ll know their schools, and I think that’s lost with a national provider.”
From the council’s point of view, it has, says Terroni, been a “time-intensive” process but also “a really meaningful way of engaging service users from the word go to the final decision”. She says the response from service users and their families has been positive. It has certainly been a worthwhile experience for the Connollys. “Our peace of mind is dependent on Lynnie being in a secure environment,” says Brian. “Knowing that she is being cared for and looked after properly allows us to continue with our life in a fuller way, so being able to influence what’s going to happen was very cathartic for us.”
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Kyle Ackerman
Senior Director of Corporate Relations at the USC School of Cinematic Arts
About Kyle Ackerman
Kyle Ackerman joined the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2012 as the Senior Director of Corporate Relations. He connects the School's many exciting programs with the School's global corporate partners.
Kyle worked extensively in corporate and structured finance for companies including G.E. Capital and Deutsche Bank Securities. His past finance activities encompassed work in both conventional and esoteric finance, including entertainment finance.
Kyle is also a writer and journalist, covering and contributing to the field of games and interactive media. He was the founder of FrictionlessInsight.com, an online source of news and reviews for the interactive entertainment industry, and has contributed to many magazines and online sites.
As an undergraduate at Yale, Kyle majored in Archaeology and Drama. His acting credits range from Sophocles to Tim Rice, and his interests include most aspects of technical theater and dramaturgy. He performed with the Theatre de la Jeune Lune as a puppeteer, operating the title character of The Green Bird designed by Julie Taymor and he directed Ted Talley's Terra Nova at the Yale Repertory Theater.
Kyle was also the Director of Just Add Water, an improvisational comedy group at Yale that tours nationally. While a doctoral student in Archaeometallurgy at the University of Arizona, Kyle co-founded and directed the Charles Darwin Experience, also doing improvisational comedy. He has worked on archaeological excavations in Israel, Germany, the United States and Russia.
Born in Cambridge, England, Kyle grew up in Southern California and is a member of the Chickasaw Nation.
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10 Ways to Win Trivia This June
Pulse Rate terri schlichenmeyer | May 22, 2016
Elephants are excellent swimmers. They can swim many miles a day, using their trunks as snorkels, but baby elephants can’t swim until they’re a few months old.
Salt will melt at 1,474 degrees.
As late as September 1977, France still used the guillotine for its executions.
The longest-living President (so far) was Gerald Ford at 93 years and 165 days. The President who died at the youngest age was John F. Kennedy at 46 years and 177 days.
A hundred years ago, Theodore Roosevelt vowed to protect natural land in the U.S. Today, there are over 84 million acres protected in national parks.
More than 350,000 lawn mowers are sold in the U.S. each year. That’s a good thing, since up to 80,000 square miles of lawn cover our country.
Candy was once considered a luxury, mostly for the upper classes. It was also believed that consuming candy could lead to alcoholism.
In the 1932 election, Herbert Hoover was so unpopular that he received a note from someone advising him to “vote for Roosevelt and make it unanimous.”
The first McDonald’s with indoor seating opened in Denver, Colorado, 54 years ago. Before that, you had to drive up and eat in your car, or walk up to a window and take your meal elsewhere.
Woodrow Wilson is the only U.S. President whose remains lie in Washington, D.C.
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Iran’s allies in Iraq dial up calls for US withdrawal as parliamentary elections near
By Ahmad Majidyar | Fellow and Director of IranObserved Project - The Middle East Institute | Feb 21, 2018
Several Iranian-supported Iraqi militia commanders and politicians this week called for the withdrawal of American troops from the country, argying that they are no longer needed as ISIS is now militarily defeated, Iranian and Iraqi media reported. A senior official of Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH), a unit within the Popular Mobilization Force with close ties with Iran's elite Quds Force and the Lebanese Hezbollah, said today that the paramilitary forces and Iraqi parliament will not allow Washington to keep its troops in Iraq. He alleged that the United States aims to establish a permanent military base in Iraq under the guise of NATO. “No particular decision can be made about the presence of foreign forces in our country without the approval of the Iraqi parliament, which opposes the Americans’ presence,” Mahmoud al-Rabiyee, an official of AAH, said. He added that Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who is running for another term in the upcoming elections, will not be able to allow American troops to stay in Iraq without a parliamentary approval. According to AAH official, Turkey will also not permit the US and NATO to maintain a permanent military base in Iraq because of the escalating tension between Ankara and its NATO allies.
Separately, Hadi al-Ameri, the secretary-general of the powerful Badr Organization, which controls Iraq's Interior Ministry and also has close links with Tehran, echoed a similar view and called on the Abadi government to declare the exact number of US troops stationed in Iraq. "We are told that the presence of US forces in Iraq is on the request of the government in Baghdad. We are yet to get a clear statement from the government regarding the number of US troops which is said to be a large number," Ameri, who is heading a coalition of Iran-allied PMF groups for the May 12 elections, stressed.
Al-Kawthar TV, an Iranian state-run Arabic channel based in Tehran broadcasting religious programs to the Middle East and North Africa, also published an interview about the US military presence in Iraq with Ammar al-Hakim, a prominent Iraqi politician and cleric who recently founded the Wisdom Party to contest the upcoming elections. Hakim did not specifically address the US presence in Iraq, but emphasized that his movement opposes any foreign military presence in Iraq. “This is our red line,” he emphasized, adding that the next Iraqi parliament will take a decision on the status of foreign troops in the country.
Comment: With ISIS militarily defeated, Tehran and its allies in Iraq have launched a diplomatic offensive to pressure the Baghdad government to set a timetable for the exit of American troops that are still advising and assisting the Iraqi security forces. Last year, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei twice told visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Abadi not to allow American forces to remain in Iraq after ISIS.
Moreover, Iran’s militia allies in Iraq are increasingly threatening violence against American troops. On February 7, Kata’ib Hezbollah, an Iranian-supported PMF group, warned that its fighters will begin to militarily confront American troops “at any moment” if Washington decides to keep a long-term military footprint in Iraq. Several other Iranian-backed PMF groups have made similar threats against US troops.
In an interview with the Lebanese al-Mayadeen TV earlier this month, Jafar al-Hussaini, the spokesman for Kata’ib Hezbollah, described the American military in Iraq as an “occupation force” and called for their immediate exit. “Iraq will not see stability with America’s presence. The Americans have not entered Iraq based on the Iraqi government’s consent. Our combatants have limited weapons but a confrontation with the American forces may begin at any moment. Unlike in the past, the Americans this time will not benefit from any mediation.”
Several other Iranian-linked Iraqi groups have recently echoed similar threats against the American forces in Iraq. "The two governments should co-ordinate to ensure a full withdrawal. US presence will be cause for internal polarisation and a magnet for terrorists," said Kareem Nuri, the spokesman for the powerful Badr Organization, which has close ties with Iran’s Quds Force and controls Iraq’s Interior Ministry.
The recent escalation in anti-American statements by the IRGC and its proxies suggest that the Iranian-backed militia forces in Iraq are now focusing on undermining US interests in Iraq and are trying to speed up the US withdrawal from the country now that the Islamic State – the common enemy of Tehran and Washington at present – is defeated. Second, the IRGC may also be trying to send a message to the Trump administration that it will retaliate through its regional proxies if Washington pursues a more aggressive policy vis-à-vis Tehran.
Recently, Tehran and its allies in Iraq have also set their sight on the upcoming Iraqi parliamentary elections slated for May 12. Several prominent Iranian-backed Shiite PMF groups have formed the Fatah Alliance to compete in the elections. Hadi al-Amiri is head of the new coalition which also includes other Iranian-supported groups such as Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq and the Iraqi Hezbollah. Iraqi politicians close to Tehran have also dialed up anti-American remarks.
If Iran’s allies manage to secure a dominant position in the next Iraqi parliament, they will, as in 2011, increase pressure on the American forces to leave the country.
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The Supreme PR Agency announced the launch of the project of the TV series “War and Peace”
The Supreme PR Agency invited johnny Depp to shoot in Moscow. According to the Agency’s website, filming of the series based on Leo Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace”is planned in Russia. Johnny Depp is offered the role of Napoleon Bonaparte.
The series “War and peace” will feature representatives of the upper class of Moscow and St. Petersburg, key state and military figures, soldiers, people from the common people, and peasants. For images and outfits, real robes of the nobility of that time will be used, which will be provided by the national state Museum of Moscow.
The series is scheduled to be filmed from September 2021. The role of Andrei Bolkonsky will be played by Alexey Gavrilov from the TV series “Univer”. The role of Natasha Rostova will be played by singer Milena Deynega. The role of Pierre Bezukhov is planned to be played by TV presenter Roman Mirov. Nikolai Rostov will be played by Nikita Dzhigurda. The series will be directed by Ivan Makarov. The idea of the series belongs to the king of black PR Anton Vuima.
The series is designed for 4 seasons of 20 episodes. Filming will take place on the basis of the Mosfilm film Studio. The budget for the shooting of the TV series is planned at $ 250 million. The press conference of the series is scheduled for March 20, 2021 in Moscow on the basis of the press center of RIA Novosti. The press conference is organized by the Supreme PR Agency.
Company Name: SUPREME PR
Contact Person: Ivan Makarov
City: Sankt-Petersburg
Website: https://pr.help
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Salone del Mobile Postponed Until September
Image: www.salonemilano.it/en/
After canceling its 2020 edition, the next iteration of Milan's famous Salone del Mobile furniture fair has been postponed from April until September 2021 to "[guarantee] safety in light of the ongoing pandemic."
The news, announced on the Salone del Mobile website, is the latest postponement of the event that draws interior designers, furniture makers, and the design press from all over the world. At the end of February this year, Salone del Mobile.Milano was moved from April until June. But just one month later, on March 27, it was announced the 2020 fair would be cancelled, resuming its typical schedule in April 2021.
Italy has been the European country hardest hit by COVID-19, first in the spring, when daily deaths were well over 500, and now in the fall, as cases have skyrocketed and deaths have reached the same spring numbers. Given the second wave hitting the country, as well as the virus raging across Europe and other parts of the world and the likeliness of widespread vaccination by April uncertain, it's definitely prudent to delay the fair until next fall.
But is it a sign of things to come for the Venice Architecture Biennale, which is scheduled to open on May 22, 2021? As of right now, the Biennale is moving forward as planned, releasing "sneak peeks" of the exhibition in the months leading up to it.
Statement by Claudio Luti, president of the Salone del Mobile, on the postponement:
"Being able to hold the Salone next year is an absolute priority for all those of us whose lives revolve around design. We believe that moving the fair to September will leave enough time for the ongoing acute phase of the pandemic to subside and that this will provide a real chance to kickstart design at global level. We all need the Salone in Milan. Over the last few months, clients and designers from all over the world, and the press that follows us at international level, have been asking us constantly to confirm the dates for this edition. We'll be there, and we'll be even more attractive and more motivated, just as motivated as the companies working to design and manufacture the best possible products. After such a lengthy period of physical and social distancing in every sphere, we would like to be able to see the Salone as an opportunity for actual meeting and discussion, and a chance for us all to share our excitement with a city buzzing with new ideas."
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