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Half a Millenium
500 years ago on this day, April 23, 1516, the Duke of Bavaria, William IV, issued the Reinheitsgebot (Purity Law) for the brewing of beer:
Wir wollen auch sonderlichhen dass füran allenthalben in unsern stetten märckthen un auf dem lannde zu kainem pier merer stüchh dan allain gersten, hopfen un wasser genommen un gepraucht solle werdn (We demand in particular that from now on and everywhere in our towns, markets, and in the countryside to any beer no more than barley, hops, and water shall be taken and used).
©dpa
Red Baron wrote his first blog about beer in 2011: Commemorating Boozing Dates. He had learned that the satzung unnd ordnung über die weyne (rules and ordinance about wine) dating back to August 24, 1498, is 18 years older than the Reinheitsgebot for beer. The ordinance about the purity of wine was the only tangible result of the Imperial Diet held at Freiburg in 1498.
There is more bad news for Bavarians. In my blog Baguette de Tradition I reported that it was not their Duke Wilhelm who was the first to issue a regulation for the brewing of bierre but Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, who ordered as early as 1438 that only barley, hops, and water were allowed. Beer in Burgundy? In the 15th century, la Bourgogne was the biggest producer of hops and historians have found out that Philip's decree was aimed to protect domestic cultivation of hops rather than the purity of beer.
The Bavarians were shocked and looked further into their beer history. In my blog Back to the Roots? I reported that a Munich Reinheitsgebot already dates from anno Domini 1487 and beats at least the satzung unnd ordnung über die weyne by 12 years. In that year Duke Albert IV the Wise of Bavaria-Munich cast an order of the Munich magistrate of 1453 into law: dass Bier und Greußing* nu füran auch aus nichts anderem dann Hopfen, Gersten und Wasser gesotten werden (that from now on and forever beer and mild beer shall be seethed using nothing else than hops, barley, and water).
*a beer with less hops
Let us be clear. Originally the purity of beer was not what is meant when reading the following order:
The mayor announces that beer will be brewed on Wednesday
and therefore it is no longer allowed to shit
into the creek from Tuesday on (from Facebook).
In fact, the intention of Duke William's ordinance was to prohibit the use of wheat, rye, and oats for brewing beer for these cereals are important for the feeding of men/women and horses. Nevertheless, quoting Der Spiegel, for Herbert Frankenhauser, honorary president of the German Institute for Pure Beer, the purity law is a bulwark against incompetents and all the ills foreign beer allegedly entails: herbs, headaches, and consumer deception. He believes the purity law is "the world's first consumer protection law." Beer lovers however rather regard the purity law as consumer protection leading to consumer deception. Although carrying the name of a variety of well-known brands Germany's mass-produced beers taste more or less the same to the disappointment of many consumers. Is this the reason why beer consumption in my country dropped from 150 liters in the 1980ies to 106 liters per inhabitant in 2015?*
*Note that the Czechs are Weltmeister with 144 liters per inhabitant
The German Einheitsplörre (universal dishwater) is a result of the way how hops is used. When visiting the Jever brewery in East Frisia in 2009 I noticed that the classical sacks filled with aromatic hop cones had been replaced by hops pressed into pellets.
Pellets for Pils in Jever (©Gert Kalischer)
Special stamp:
500 years Reinheitsgebot for beer
(©Deutsche Post)
Apparently, in the meantime the use of pellets has even been topped with the extraction of alpha acid from hops. Alpha acid gives the bitterness to the beer. Is this extract from hops in line with the Reinheitsgebot? Forget it. The problem is that alpha acid is deprived of all the flavoring substances and therefore mass-produced German beers differ in the degree of bitterness, i.e., the amount of alpha acid added to the brew.
Enter the craft-beer brewers. Most of them still adhere to the Reinheitsgebot but they experiment with the choice of yeast, barley, and the selection of "real" hops often imported from abroad. In fact, most hops grown in Germany is just cultivated for a maximum output of alpha acid.
In a blog about this special anniversary, I read this morning: Prost Reinheitsgebot! Nich lang snacken, Kopf in Nacken! (Don't chat too long, put your head back ... and down the hedge).
Happy birthday, Reinheitsgebot but let us not look at it the German way, i.e., in too narrow a context.
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stands for Bundesstraße 31. This Federal Highway running west-east connects Freiburg with Donaueschingen crossing the Black Forest. Initially in the 1970th the Federal Government had planned an autobahn, the A 86, bypassing Freiburg in the north. When this project was cancelled the B 31 was upgraded to four lanes but in traversing the Black Forest via the rocky Höllental (Hell Valley) the highway narrows to only two lanes. All west-east traffic runs through Freiburg along both sides of the Dreisam River where long haul Diesel trucks cause excessive noise. However, it is even more annoying that the traffic pollutes the air with nitrogen dioxide (NO2) where levels frequently exceed limits the European Union (EU) has fixed for residential areas. EU member states are requested to keep those limits otherwise penalties of millions of euros must be send to Brussels.
The easiest way to get rid of high NO2 concentrations in the city would be to place the B 31 into a tunnel. Five years ago the shorter northern and easier part was placed underground while the financing of the longer western and more complicated section got the federal financial approval just three weeks ago. With federal money the B 31 will be upgraded to become the A 860, Freiburg's city autobahn. The total cost estimate is 325 million euros (400 MU$). With 163 Euro per kilometer the western section of Freiburg's city tunnel will be the most expensive autobahn that has been built in Germany so far and it will take 15 years to complete. The EU however will not wait until their air quality standards are eventually met in Freiburg in 2031.
Planned and existing city tunnel (©Wikipedia/Maximilian Dürrbecker)
Since last year the city of Freiburg is within a "green" environmental zone of low air pollution. Only cars fulfilling the latest low-emission values fixed in the EU are allowed to enter the city boundaries. The only exception is the B 31 thoroughfare so that the important west-east traffic may transit the Black Forest without restrictions. Placing the B 31 into the "green" environmental zone will exclude many Dreckschleudern (big polluters) in particular foreign trucks from transiting Freiburg. With this ban, however, lots of traffic will escape into neighboring villages not having the necessary road stability and infrastructure. The Regierungspräsidium (the local state authority) is in dire straights.
Fitting the tunnel below an existing infrastructure is not easy (©Freiburg Garten- und Tiefbauamt)
Last week Regierungspräsidentin Bärbel Schäfer called for the help of Freiburg citizens. The local authority intended to form six working groups doing brainstorming and looking for solutions how to get to grips with the air pollution along the B 31. Eventually only 30 "experts" followed the call and only four working groups could be formed. The Badische Zeitung mentioned a few ad hoc proposals that were already made:
Since a train, the Höllentalbahn, running parallel to the B 31 transverses the Black Forest put all the trucks on rail. With no infrastructure and only one track available forget it.
Make public transport cheaper and give out short distance tickets. Sorry, truck drivers will not buy those and that.
Place the B 31 into the city's environmental zone. In case of a federal road only the Federal Ministry of Transport and not the state government can authorize such a move.
Red Baron is disgusted. Where many experts have failed to provide a solution for the long known air pollution problem lay persons should now spend their time squaring the circle. The participation of citizens in the debate is mere eyewash and an abuse of their good will. The small number of people attending the Open-Space-Conference (as the Regierungspräsidium called it) proves that the mature citizen is not as dumb as those governing us assume. Is the last call for people the final cartridge the state authorities aim towards the EU in Brussels to avoid penalties? We in Freiburg have done everything possible to reduce NO2 concentrations even asking our citizens to serve as a fig leaf.
In March Red Baron reported on the results of recent elections in Germany in three federal states. Now the right leaning Aktion für Deutschland (AfD) is strongly presented in all these state parliaments. Still looking for their profile the protesters are just against the establishment but that is not a party platform. Therefore nobody of the "old" parties wants to deal with the new and mostly brownish deputies. Anyway, the losers rather are busy picking up their remaining pieces and are wrapping them up.
The political landscape in Germany has become more colorful* and since in none of the three newly elected state parliaments one party has a clear cut majority coalition governments must be formed.
*I pointed out the color codes for Germany's political parties in an earlier blog. Why the AfD is presented in charts and diagrams by a light blue color nobody has explained to me so far.
In Rhineland-Palatinate a classical Ampelkoalition (traffic light coalition: red-yellow-green) between the Social Democrats (SPD), the Free Democrats (FDP), and the Green is negotiated.
What is good for Castrop-Rauxel's municipal council
must be good for Rhineland-Palatinate's parliament (©Castrop-Rauxel)
In Saxony-Anhalt the Christian Democrats (CDU) try to form a Kenya coalition (black-red-green) with the Social Democrats and the Greens.
Kenya's national flag (©Pumbaa80/Wikipedia)
Finally in Baden-Württemberg following the clear victory of Winfried Kretschmann and his Greens a kiwi coalition with the CDU, i.e. green with some black spots, is likely.
The landscape of Baden-Württemberg with respect to the directly elected deputies
has a faint resemblance with a cut-up kiwi.
Note the two disturbing blue spots that previously had been red (©SWR)
In the still ongoing coalition negotiations many conflicting interests must be ironed out. Stumbling blocks are economic growth against green sustainability, more roads against maintaining the existing network, differentiated education against a unified schooling system only to name a few. The fact that it is is awesome to be in the government facilitates for some negotiators the swallowing of toads (as we say in German) or as Kretschmann said in his pragmatic way: It is better to establish something than stubbornly defend a position.
And there was another controversial issue that was wrapped up ... in Freiburg. In January 2013 Red Baron reported on a dispute about a planned painting on St. Martin's Gate (Martinstor). Here is a somewhat crazy proposal that would not be too much in contrast with the McDonald's advertisement nearby.
It is true: Many Italians visit Freiburg (©BZ)
To get an independent recommendation on the painting issue the municipal council charged an art commission in the beginning of 2013 to look into the matter. The wise guys eventually met for the first time in 2015 but then they suddenly worked fast. They deliberated the question what kind of picture should embellish the presently white surface of the gate in only four sessions. Last week they came to their earth-shaking conclusion: Leave the surface white. Will this decision silent the discussion? I doubt.
The present and the future? (©BZ/Ingo Schneider)
P.S. 1: And here we go. Today April 11, the Badische Zeitung published a letter to the editor. Dr. Eugen Baldas from Freiburg wrote that the decision of the art commission to leave the front face of St. Martin's Gate white comes untimely. This year is the 1700 birthday of St. Martin, born in the Roman city of Sabaria (today in Hungary) in 316.
In 2005 the Council of Europe declared St. Martin a person of sharing and of common values in Europe. In times of refugees living in misery coming to a divided Europe Dr. Baldas would like to see a painting of St. Martin encouraging sharing when facing Freiburg's shopping mile, the Kaiser-Joseph-Straße.
P.S. 2: On April 12, Freiburg's city council followed the recommendation of the art commission and with a large majority decided to leave the front face of St. Marin's Gate naked. Freiburg's Mayor Dieter Salomon commented the decision: "This is a plea for Nacktheit am Bau (nakedness on the building)". When one deputy complained about the yellow sauce (algae) spoiling the white surface Salomon replied: "Baubürgermeister Martin Haag will lend his hand to clean the surface so that at least one Martin will be on the gate". Our mayor had been funnier before.
Labeling Fraud
... or in German in just one word: Etikettenschwindel. When reading today's Sunday newspaper Red Baron was shocked about an article headed: Badischer Gutedel in Schweizer Verpackung (A chasselas from Baden in a Swiss package). What happened?
When it turned out that the 2015 grape harvest in the Romandie (the French speaking part of Switzerland notably Valais and Vaud) was below expectations Coop, biggest retailer of wine in Switzerland, bought Gutedel wine from southern Baden to fill its inox steel tanks rather than its oak barrels. So far so good, thirsty throats need their cheap fill.
Unfortunately the story did not end here. The wine from Baden was mis en bouteille (bottled) in Basel and sold at Coop's as table wine labelled Chasselas, Vin de Pays, with the addition Les Coursons. Although Red Baron had lived in Geneva for 32 years and enjoyed in particular the Fendant, a chasselas from Valais, he had to look up the word courson in a dictionary. I did not find the translation right away. Only with the help of Google I dug out that the word courson is used when grafting trees. So a courson à bois is a renewal spur and a courson à fruit a fruiting lateral. Therefore I regard the words Les Coursons printed on the label of a wine bottle sold in the German speaking part of Switzerland as misinformation and a pertinence to customers. In fact, Coop said that they will (dare?) not sell this cheap wine in La Romandie where the connoisseurs of chasselas are native.
Intended? confusion at Coop's in Basel: A bottle of Swiss Chasselas de Romandie
between two bottles of German Chasselas, Vin de Pays.
The bottles are similarly labelled with the addition of Les Coursons (©Der Sonntag/Dietrich)
It's common practice in Switzerland to sell consumer products either labeled in their three national languages or with different labels in the German speaking part of the country and in la Suisse romande. So Les Grands Dignitaires, the better quality Fendant from the Valais, is sold in La Romandie as Les Chanoines (the canons), Idéal pour l'apéro, le bistro et le caveau and in der deutschen Schweiz as Domherrenwein, Idéal pour l'open air, la raclette et les afters. Sorry, that is no German text but a mixture of French and English considered chic. For a German speaking reader: What are afters if not several anuses?
Les Chanoines (©provins)
Domherrenwein (©provins)
The winegrowers from Baden are somewhat indignant with Coop's marketing of their Gutedel but do not like to speak out for fear of loosing their deal with the Swiss market leader for wine. Luckily Red Baron is not concerned and hence could not care less. He rather follows Goethe's maxim: Das Leben ist viel zu kurz, um schlechten Wein zu trinken (Life is much too short to drink bad wine).
Painter in Her Majesty's Service
Maler im Auftrag Ihrer Majestät
Here comes the blog many of my American friends have been waiting for. On March 20, the Franz Xaver Winterhalter exhibition at Freiburg's Augustinermuseum closed its doors. It was the first Winterhalter retrospective in Germany so it is not surprising that a new record of 62,000 people from all over Germany visited the special exhibition admiring the wall-filling paintings.
The artworks are now on their way to Houston, Texas, and will be on display at the MFA, the Museum of Fine Arts, starting Apr 17, through Aug 14, 2016. I understand that a group from Madison will fly to Houston especially to see the paintings. What are they going to see?
Here is a report about my visit to the Freiburg exhibition. For Winterhalter's life you may like to consult Wikipedia.
As painter Winterhalter had his breakthrough at the Salon in Paris in 1836 presenting an Italian genre scene Il Dolce Farniente.
Il Dolce Farniente (1836) (©Wikipedia)
While many admired his "genius" some criticized his style as manneristic. He could not care less for soon he was appointed court painter of the French King Louis-Philippe. In 1839 Winterhalter finished the portrait of the Citizen King, three years later that of Queen Maria-Amalia.
Louis-Philippe I, King of the French (1839)
(©Rlbberlin/Wikipedia)
Maria-Amalia of the Two Sicilies,
Queen of the French (1842) (©Wikipedia)
Winterhalter became an international celebrity as a portrait painter and ... rich. Among his many regal sitters was also Queen Victoria. Winterhalter first visited England in 1842 and became court painter in Her Majesty's Service. From 1842 to 1871 he produced more than 100 paintings at and for the English court.
In 1851 Queen Victoria wrote in her diary: Took another painting lesson with Winterhalter after luncheon. He is so good natured & straight forward.
Winterhalter, now with royal patronage, was internationally celebrated. In Napoleon's III Second Empire, Winterhalter became the chief portraitist of the imperial family and court of France in 1854. The beautiful French Empress Eugénie was his favorite sitter and some experts regard the painting Empress Eugénie Surrounded by Her Ladies in Waiting of 1855 as Winterhalter's masterpiece.
Empress Eugénie Surrounded by Her Ladies in Waiting (1855) (©Sstjean/Wikipedia)
In the same year he also finished Napoleon's portrait and five years later that of Empress Eugénie.
Portrait of Napoleon III (1855)
(©Wikipedia)
Portrait of Empress Eugénie (1860)
(©Rama/Wikipedia)
One of Winterhalter's French critics wrote: Le seul peintre en France qui comprenne que l'artiste doit reproduire non seulement la nature, mais la beauté (He is the only painter in France who understands that an artist not only must reproduce nature but beauty). While his male portraits sometimes seem stiff (is it the uniform?) his female portraits are more than just a color photo. The faces of his ladies are of radiant beauty, a beauty accentuated by those wonderful gowns the women are wearing following the motto: Die Frau ist das Aushängeschild des Mannes (A wife is a husband's flagship). Winterhalter became victim of his own success. It meant that for the rest of his life he worked almost exclusively as a portrait painter.
And Winterhalter became better with time. Here is a most frivolous portrait of Barbara (Barbe) Dmitrievna Mergassov Rimsky-Korsakova, a rich Russian lady who lived in Paris most of the time. Somehow Winterhalter replicated her way of living for she said about herself: I am free and independent. My mistakes are my mistakes. My success is my success. I believe in myself, I do everything alone and don't make a tragedy of it.
Barbe Dmitrievna Mergassov Madame Rimsky-Korsakov (1864)
However, Winterhalter's best known and loved portrait is that of Sisi, the favorite empress of all German-speaking people.
Empress Elisabeth of Austria in Courtly Gala Dress
with Diamond Stars (1865) (©Wikipedia)
After Winterhalter's death, his painting fell out of favor, being considered romantic, glossy, and superficial. This loss of appreciation was aggravated by the fact that he had neither created a school nor had he pupils. In addition he fell somewhat into disgrace in Germany as the "French painter" following the Franco-Prussian war of 1870/71. Hopefully the Freiburg/Houston exhibitions will help rescue Winterhalter from oblivion.


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Robert O. Bonow is an American cardiologist, currently the Max and Lilly Goldberg Distinguished Professor of Cardiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and also Editor-in-Chief of JAMA's JAMA Cardiology.  He received his MD at the University of Pennsylvania in 1973.

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The physical characteristics of the Town are the results of glacial activity which created the valleys that follow Peekskill Hollow Brook (which in prehistoric times was a much more substantial river), Canopus Creek and Oscawana Brook. The resulting terrain of rugged hills rising from these valley bottoms, together with the inherently rocky soil condition, made the land of the Town less desirable from the standpoint of settlement than many of the surrounding Hudson River Valley areas.
The earliest inhabitants of the Town were members of the Canopus group of the Nochpeem band (chieftaincy) of the Wappinger confederacy (tribe) of the Mohican (Mohegan) nation, who spoke the Algonkian (Algonquin) language. The Wappinger confederacy extended along the shore of the Hudson River from Poughkeepsie to Manhattan and eastward into Connecticut; it has been estimated that in 1600 there were some 4,750 members of this confederacy.
The Native Americans typically followed the natural stream valleys and travelled primarily along the paths which are now Peekskill Hollow, Canopus Hill, Canopus Hollow, and Oscawana Lake Roads. Their villages were usually located on the south side of a hill, near water; with their principal settlement in Putnam Valley (and one of the larger settlements in the entire region) believed to have been in the hollow at Canopus Hill, near Indian Lake. Other campsites are reported to have been located at Roaring Brook, Tompkins Corners, and – according to some – Adams Corners.
Oscawana – from a Native American personal name (in the history of Cortlandt a Native American named "Askawanes" was one of the first signers of a 1682 deed to William Teller at Croton, while an "Oskewana" sold a tract of land to the Van Cortlandts in 1863).
Wiccopee – the name of another group of the Nochpeem band, also said to mean "house by the water".
The earliest European colonial attempt to take control of the land of what is now Putnam Valley occurred in 1687, when two Dutch "burghers" from Staten Island, Lambert Dorlandt and Jan Sybrant, obtained a license from the governor to purchase a tract of land which included the western part of Putnam County; and in 1691 they received a deed from the local Native Americans. These men did not obtain the required patent for the land, but sold their rights to Adolph Philipse (Flypsen/Flipse) in 1697. Adolph was the second son of Frederick Philipse, of Westchester's Philipsburg Manor fame. Later that year, Adolph Philipse was granted a patent (known as the Philipse or Highland Patient) for this land, plus the balance of the land lying eastward to the Connecticut border, an area encompassing substantially the boundaries of Putnam County today. Since he never married, upon Adolph's death in 1749 title to the land passed to his nephew, Frederick Philipse. Frederick, however, died soon after, in 1751, whereupon the land was divided into "lots" and willed to his four children. It is essentially the southern eighty percent of lot number 4, which was left to Susannah Philipse Robinson, wife of Colonel Beverly Robinson, that now comprises the Town of Putnam Valley. During the American Revolution, Beverly and Susannah Robinson were Loyalists in support of the British cause and, as a result, in 1779 their lands were confiscated by the State of New York.
Under the Philipse Patent, the earliest European settlers in the area were the tenant farmers who leased tracts of land from the Philipse family during the first half of the eighteenth century and set about the business of clearing the rugged land for farming. It was largely to these tenant farmers that the lands were ultimately sold by the State's Commissioners of Forfeiture after the confiscation from the Robinsons. In what is now Putnam Valley, there were just over a hundred of these tenant farms that were sold to individuals during the early 1780s. Many of the names which were represented – families such as Barger (Barager), Christian, Denny, Dusenbury, Horton, Likely, Odell (Odle), Post, Sherwood, Smith, Tompkins and Travis – became prominent fixtures in the Town over the following two hundred years.
The earliest written record of actual European settlement in what was to become Putnam Valley appears in 1747 with the name of Abraham Smith, an English emigrant who resided at Wood Street and Secor (Bryant Pond) Road (his house – believed to be the oldest in the Town – is still there) and is believed to have relocated here from Long Island about 1740. His grandson, Saxton Smith, who was born at the Wood Street homestead in 1802 was on the Putnam Valley's most prominent citizens, serving as Town Supervisor, State Assemblyman and Senator, as well as serving as executor of many estates.
Thomas Bryant was another early settler, arriving soon after Abraham Smith and lending his name to Bryant Hill and Bryant Pond, near his residence.
John and Peter Barager (later shortened to Barger), two of the ten children of German immigrants Andrew and Phoebe Barger (who arrived in New York in the 1740's) were also among the prodigious early Barger family settlers of the Town, from whom we get Barger Street and Barger Pond.
Nathaniel, Joshua, Reuben, and Cornelius Tompkins, four brothers from the Town of Eastchester, settled along Peekskill Hollow and Wiccopee Roads during the third quarter of the eighteenth century, thereby establishing Tompkins Corners and providing the Town with a sizeable number of their descendants.
Richard Denny had also settled in the northwest part of Town before the Revolution and, owing to the number of his descendants in the area, begot the name Dennytown and Dennytown Road.
Christian Corners owes its name to the family of Richard Christian, another eighteenth century settler.
Horton Hollow takes its name from the number of descendants of Joshua Horton, who settled there about 1798, and whose five sons each took part of the farm after his death.
The lands of the Philipse Patent, together with the adjacent Rumbout and Beekman Patents to the north, constituted Dutchess County, which was one of the original twelve counties of New York established by the English colonial legislature in 1683. It was in 1812 that Putnam County (named in honor of Major General Israel Putnam, commander of the American forces in the Hudson Highlands during the Revolution) was successfully detached from Dutchess. Originally what is now Putnam Valley was part of the Town of Philipstown (which was formally established in 1780); however, on March 14, 1839 it was independently incorporated as the Town of Quincy (reportedly named after Quincy, Massachusetts). Owing to the Democratic sympathies of the townsfolk, however, the name was changed to Putnam Valley in February 1840 so as to avoid any implication of ties to the political views of John Quincy Adams.
From the days of the first colonial settlement up until the first half of the twentieth century, farming would be considered the Town's principal industry, though a surprising variety of other commercial activities played an important role in the economy of the area.
Despite such physical conditions as rocky soil and steep slopes which made farming a difficult occupation in Putnam Valley, its settlers were an industrious lot who cleared much of the land which has now been reforested. They raised corn, buckwheat, rye, oats, potatoes and turnips, along with a number of lesser crops. According to the 1845 census approximately 3,600 acres of the Town had been planted in crops, with a resultant harvest of almost 68,600 bushels. At the same time, there were more than 2,300 "neat cattle" (of which 1,100 were milk cows producing over 92,000 pounds of butter), 1,900 sheep (producing 3,600 pounds of wool), 1,700 hogs and 290 horses. Oxen were the primary work animals.
Mills were prevalent during the nineteenth century (Mill Street takes its name from the large mill complex which stood near the entrance to the present Mill Ponds development), with five grist mills reported in 1845, along with ten saw mills. A fair number of cider mills were also found.
Ice harvesting from the Town's many lakes also proved a winter income for many farmers in the days before refrigeration; while the Mountain Rock Spring Water bottling business was conducted at the Pierce farm on Church Road.
A significant number of industries took advantage of the timber resources in the area: the saw mills which provided commercial lumber (including sizeable quantities of railroad ties for the rail lines which were being established nearby after 1850); the itinerant charcoal burners (who for days at a time would continually stoke large earth-covered mounds of smoldering timbers until they produced the charcoal needed for iron forging); the local "hoop-pole makers" (who fashioned ash saplings into barrel rims for the cooperage trade); the paper manufacturers (during the nineteenth century, the Andrews Paper Mill, located on the present property of the Putnam Valley Library, made fine quality tissue paper, while there was also the Hoffman Paper Mill on Peekskill Hollow Road east of the Hollowbrook complex and Mowyat's Paper Mill on Canopus Creek); and the manufacture of toothpicks and floral sticks (at the Lewis Brothers factory on Peekskill Hollow Road).
Iron was mined extensively in the northwest part of Town from the second half of the eighteenth century into the late 1800's. The West Point and Outcrop Hamilton Mines (off Sunken Mine Road in Fahnestock State Park) supplied the high-grade iron ore to the West Point Foundry in Cold Spring – great quantities of which were used in the manufacture of arms for the Union troops during the Civil War; the Denny Iron Mine (on the east side of Dennytown Road near Sunken Mine Road) was another major produced, and the Croft Iron Mine (on the west side of what is now Sprout Brook Road just above the Philipstown line) supplied iron for the Peekskill Iron Works. A major iron forging operation was run by the Bunnell family during the first half of the nineteenth century on the east side of Bell Hollow Road at its intersections with Canopus Hollow Road. Individual blacksmiths operated at a number of locations throughout the Town, while a wire factory was reported to have been in operation on Peekskill Hollow Creek as of 1849. During the second half of the eighteenth century, there were reports of silver having been mined in the Sunk Mine area of Town, however, no proof of such claims was ever fully confirmed.
The resort industry in Putnam Valley began to develop in the mid-1800s, with the establishment of summer boarding houses on Lake Oscawana (which was formerly known at varying times as Long Pond, Horton's Pond, and Canopus Lake). By 1867 there were at least five such operations at the south end of the lake. The number of boarding houses (including quite a few which were not on the lake) and hotels in Town continued to multiply throughout the remainder of the nineteenth century and well into the twentieth, while the first wave of individual summer cottage development began when a subdivision was laid out on the east side of Lake Oscawana by Rev. J. S. Ladd in 1905. These lots were auctioned off with great fanfare after a major New York advertising campaign with a clam bake, fireworks, and a band. The Wildwood Knolls and Hilltop Estates subdivisions at Lake Oscawana were next developed by F.K. James. Later, in 1929, a New York developer named J.E. McGolrick expanded Owens Pond into Lake Peekskill and created the extensive subdivision of lots which has remained to this day. McGolrick also advertised heavily in the New York press and offered bus trips and free lunches to prospective buyers, who could purchase a lot and have a three-bedroom summer cottage erected on it for as little as $995.00. The first quarter of the twentieth century also saw the creating of the vast estates of Dr. Clarence Fahnestock (now Fahnestock State Park) and William O. Field (now the Boy Scout Reservation). The owners of these estates left this formerly cleared farmland and mining area to reforest and created private hunting preserves.
The first settlers utilized the Native American trails as their primary means of travel through the area, with the first "highways" (official roads with a 66-foot-wide right of way) being laid out in the Putnam Valley portion of the Philipse Patent in 1747. The first "turnpike" (a road which was improved and maintained through private funding and for which a toll was charged for passage) in what was then the Putnam Valley portion of Philipstown was begun in 1810 by the Westchester and Dutchess Turnpike Company and, after leaving Cortlandt, followed Peekskill Hollow from what is now Oregon Road up to Kent Cliffs. This turnpike was of great value in providing the Town and other interior parts of the County with access to the Hudson River port at Peekskill, as well as intersecting with the stagecoach line which ran along the Post Road (at the present intersection of Oregon and Gallows Hill Road in Cortlandt) from Manhattan to Albany. Until the development of the Taconic State Parkway (originally the Eastern Parkway) in the 1930s, Putnam Valley and its neighboring interior towns continued to rely primarily on Peekskill – as a river port, railroad terminal and later vehicular access point to the Post Road (Route 9) – as the main contact point for access to the outside world.
A narrow gauge railroad was constructed in the northern part of Town in the early 1800s which ran north from the West Point Mine and carried the iron ore to the Cold Spring Turnpike (Route 301) for shipment to foundry in Cold Spring.
A passenger stage line, and later car service, ran up Oscawana Lake Road carrying the Lake Oscawana tourists arriving from the stations in Peekskill and, during the period from 1910 until 1926, also picked up those that came by the trolley line which ended at Trolley Road just below Oregon Corners (the "triangular shaped" house on the east side of the road was built for the specific purpose of providing a waiting room for the trolley passengers.
The first school districts were established in Putnam Valley during the 1830s, with each district having its own one-room schoolhouse serving the pupils living within walking distance, which could have been as far as five miles, from the school. As of 1867 there were eleven such districts, including three that were shared by portions of Yorktown and Cortlandt. Each district had its own trustees who were responsible for hiring the teacher and providing for the erection and maintenance of the school building. The individual districts and their one-room schoolhouses (though some were relocated and modified over the years) remained the only source of primary education in Town until the establishment of the Central School District in 1934 and the opening of the newly constructed Putnam Valley Central School (now the elementary school) in 1935.
The predominant religion of the early nineteenth century settlers in the Town was Methodist, and accordingly the first church erected, in 1834, was the Canopus Methodist Church which stood on Church Road just east of Oscawana Lake Road (and had been purchased by the Reform Temple of Putnam Valley in 1969) until its loss by fire in 1984. A second Methodist church was constructed on Peekskill Hollow Road at Tompkins Corners in 1835 (the present church – Putnam Valley's first National Landmark – was built on the same site after the original building was dismantled). The third Methodist church was build on Peekskill Hollow Road at Oregon around 1860 and is currently a private residence. The congregations of the Canopus and Oregon churches have been merged into Grace Methodist Church which was constructed on Peekskill Hollow Road in the 1960s. In addition, the Mountain Chapel was erected in 1844 off Bell Hollow Road in order to serve the population of this otherwise isolated area. Traveling circuit preachers attended to the needs of all these congregations.
A Baptist church was erected on the east side of Oscawana Lake Road at Crofts Corners around 1835, and is shown as still in use as of 1867. It is now a private residence.
The Roman Catholic Church of the North American Martyrs (often called the "Indian Church") was built on Oscawana Lake Road at the entrance to Lake Peekskill in 1937. The architectural design of this unique building is intended to recall an Iroquois long house, while its decorative elements, interior furnishings and even its use of colors are all intended to be evocative of Native American heritage. The choice of these designs commemorates the martyrdom of the Jesuit missionaries to the Iroquois in New York. The church is a part of the Cortlandt parish of St. Columbanus.
The Temple Israel congregation at Lake Peekskill was formed in 1944, with the Temple building on Lake Drive being dedicated in 1946. Originally utilized only for summer services, the Temple is now in year-round use.
The Reform Temple of Putnam Valley was formed in 1966 and has announced plans to build a new Temple on Church Road to replace the structure destroyed by fire.
The first Lutheran services in Putnam Valley were held in 1942, with the first permanent pastor appointed in 1946. The building on Oscawana Lake Road housing St. Luke's Lutheran Church was dedicated in 1951.


The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) recently released data on arrests and convictions of criminal aliens that refutes the Left's fictional story about "undocumented immigrants." We've all heard the Left's claims that every future Democrat who has entered the U.S. illegally is a virtuous, peaceful, contributing member of society, but reality provides inconvenient facts to the contrary.
According to status indicators reported to the Texas DPS, "over 235,000 criminal aliens have been booked into local Texas jails between June 2011 and October 2017" charged with more than 625,000 criminal offenses. The docile aliens were arrested and charged with 1,276 homicides, 74,528 assaults, 17,856 robberies, 75,033 drug offenses, 758 kidnappings, 42,979 thefts, 48,298 obstructing police charges, 6,721 sexual assaults, and 9,382 weapons offenses. Unfortunately, we do not how many people were harmed by these illegal aliens, but the number is in the hundreds of thousands obviously.
Although we do not know how many people's lives were significantly altered, other than those whose lives were ended, by illegal aliens in Texas, we know local prosecutors have secured 280,000 convictions; small victories for heinous crimes that are preventable. These 280,000 convictions include 530 homicide convictions, 28,038 assault convictions, 8,765 burglary convictions, 36,857 drug convictions, 264 kidnapping convictions, 19,577 theft convictions, 23,702 obstructing police convictions, 2,117 robbery convictions, 3,093 sexual assault convictions, and 3,902 weapons convictions, a lot of crimes representing a lot of victims.
Every effort must be made to secure America's southern border to prevent crimes like those committed by illegal aliens in Texas. Every crime perpetrated by criminal aliens can be avoided by not allowing people to enter the U.S. unlawfully. The Left claims illegal aliens make America a better place by merely being in America, but reality disproves such an outlandish claim. Hundreds of thousands of people can testify, some are unable to testify because they were murdered, to the fact that illegal aliens are not missionaries sent to enrich the lives of Americans.


This study examined the association between relationship satisfaction and sexual satisfaction over time to provide evidence about possible causal explanations for the association between the two variables. Eighty‐seven individuals in long‐term relationships completed measures of sexual satisfaction and relationship satisfaction at 2 times 18 months apart.
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Instead, they assume he likes them and are able to be present in the relationship and enjoy it without being weighed down by fears and doubts.
Everything Else. Let's Talk: Being Young & in a Long Term Relationship. January 29, Let's Talk. I know there have been a flurry of these advice-type posts in the blogosphere as of late (every blogger knows they are good for clicks), but I didn't want to write something preachy for sake of it.
By Mary Madden and Amanda Lenhart Most online Americans who are single and looking for dates have used the internet to pursue their romantic interests and millions more Americans know people who have tried and succeeded at online dating. Second, there is relatively broad public contact with the online dating world because significant numbers of Americans personally know others who have tried and succeeded at online dating. Twice as many know someone who has at least dabbled in the online dating scene.
At the same time, most internet users believe online dating is dangerous because it puts personal information online and they also think that many online daters lie about their marital status. Female internet users, older users, and those who have lower levels of income or education are among the most wary of these risks. Those with lower levels of income or education are more likely than the average internet user to suspect that people lie.
People who use Tinder tend not to be looking for long-term relationships. It's OK to use two or three sites at a time. It's OK to use two or three sites at a time.
Since we live in a fast pace world and everyone is so busy, online dating is the way to go. As more individuals feel comfortable sharing personal things about themselves, than try online dating. It is the way to go. When I was single, I tried several online dating services and had a lot of success in finding Men with similar goals as myself.
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It was his wife. Supposedly they'd separated very recently, but he was still living in their house and she very much thought their relationship was intact. No doubt you have a terrible dating story or many stories of your own. Ultimately, I decided that was ridiculous. If I was looking for someone to spend the rest of my life with, why wouldn't I be as choosy as possible?
So I began a month-long experiment, analysing the profiles of popular online daters and their behaviour on dating sites. What I discovered surprised me, to say the least. It also led me to my husband.


We recommend you an attractive exhibition in the ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst in Ishøj (20 km West from Copenhagen). Open until June 3rd, the exhibit helps visitors explore the combination of the commercial and spiritual that made Alphonse Mucha works massively popular.
The exhibition puts special emphasis on a particular medium – one that held a key position within Mucha's production and defined the epoch: poster art. The poster for "Job" cigarette was designed in 1896 and is one of his best-known advertising posters by Mucha, with numerous editions subsequently published in a variety of formats for international markets. This poster established the iconic image of the 'Mucha woman' with her swirls of exaggeratedly abundant hair.
The Czech-born Art Nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha(1860-1939) won great fame in Paris and his posters occupied public spaces, and he made no distinction between painting, design and advertising.
ARKEN's large-scale exhibition presents the full scope of Mucha's art, from posters and advertisements to photographs, design objects and jewellery. It also shows examples of 1960s and 1970s album covers and concert posters from the psychedelic music scene, which drew inspiration from Mucha's sensual and utopian universe.
The exhibition tells the story of Mucha's close collaboration with Sarah Bernhardt and his epoch-making influence on poster art and lithography in mass reproductions. It also examines Mucha's work with body language, gesture and the mise-en scène of the female body – and how this becomes part of an innovative advertising idiom. Mucha introduces a new, eroticized aesthetic and an image of woman that forms a precedent for the pin-up girls of popular culture in the 1940s and the visual imagery of pop culture and the mass media today.
Mucha's posters, like those of Toulouse-Lautrec, are still fascinating, subtle and mysterious. To get more information about this exhibition visit the museum webpage by CLICKING HERE. Entry fee is around 15€ for adults and 13€ for students. Children up to 17 access for free. No discounts for seniors.


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Reductio ad Hitlerum, czasami argumentum ad Hitlerum, także: ad nazium – pozamerytoryczny sposób argumentowania, w którym następuje próba unieważnienia czyjegoś stanowiska na podstawie tego, że ten sam pogląd miał Adolf Hitler lub NSDAP. Rodzaj winy przez skojarzenie będącej z kolei rodzajem błędu asocjacji.

Zauważony przez Leo Straussa w 1953 roku reductio ad Hitlerum zapożyczył swoją nazwę od terminu używanego w logice, reductio ad absurdum. Według Straussa reductio ad Hitlerum jest formą ad hominem, ad misericordiam, czyli błędem nieistotności. Sugerowanym uzasadnieniem jest poczucie winy przez skojarzenie. Jest to taktyka stosowana w celu wyeliminowania argumentów interlokutora, ponieważ takie porównania mają tendencję do rozpraszania uwagi i powodowania złości adwersarza.

Fałszywy charakter
Reductio ad Hitlerum jest formą błędnego skojarzenia. Argumentem jest to, że: polityka prowadzi do – lub jest taka sama jak polityka Adolfa Hitlera lub Trzeciej Rzeszy i w ten sposób "dowodzi", że polityka ta jest niepożądana. Innym przykładem reductio ad Hitlerum jest zadawanie pytania w formie Wiesz kto tak robił...? z zamierzonym zamiarem podważenia pewnej idei lub działania poprzez sugerowanie, że Hitler trzymał się tej idei lub dokonywał takiego działania.

Powoływanie się na Hitlera lub nazizm nie jest reductio ad Hitlerum, gdy objaśnia argument, zamiast go zatracać.

Historia
Sformułowanie reductio ad Hitlerum po raz pierwszy zostało użyte w artykule napisanym przez profesora Leo Straussa z Uniwersytetu Chicagowskiego dla "Measure: A Critical Journal" wiosną 1951 roku; zasłynął w książce tego samego autora wydanej pt. "Natural Right and History" wydanej w 1953 roku.

Historyk Daniel Goldhagen, autor tekstów traktujących o holokauście, stwierdził, że nie wszystkie porównania do Hitlera i nazizmu są błędami logicznymi, ponieważ gdyby tak było, nie można byłoby się niczego nauczyć z wydarzeń, które doprowadziły do Holokaustu. W swojej książce "Hitler's Willing Executioners" stwierdził, że wiele osób, które były współwinne lub aktywnie uczestniczyły w Holokauście, a następnie w ruchach faszystowskich i neonazistowskich, manipulowało narracją historyczną, aby uniknąć obwiniania lub zaprzeczania pewnym aspektom Holokaustu.

Twierdzenia, że zarzuty antysemityzmu są reductio ad Hitlerum, zostały również wykorzystane przez Davida Irvinga, brytyjskiego kłamcę oświęcimskiego.

Twierdzenie reductio ad Hitlerum było w ostatnich latach powszechnie stosowane w Internecie w celu powstrzymania krytyki antysemickich i faszystowskich wypowiedzi, a obrona wykorzystania reductio ad Hitlerum do uciszania krytyki jest również szeroko stosowana w mediach społecznościowych.

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हे पान विकिमीडीया प्रतिष्ठान व अन्य भाषांमधील विकिप्रकल्पांवर सहयोग करणार्‍या अ-मराठी भाषक कार्यकर्त्यांना वाचता यावे, यासाठी इंग्लिश भाषेत ठेवले आहे. या पानातील मजकुराचे मराठीकरण कृपया करू नये. या पानावरील स्रोत मजकूर विकिपीडिया:विकिमीडिया इंडिया वृत्तपत्रिका/इ.स. २०११, जून या मराठी भाषेतील पानावरून अनुवादून येथे लिहिण्यात आला आहे.
This page is intended as compilation of news reports related to Wikimedia fondation's wiki projects in Marathi (Marathi Wikipedia, Wictionary, Wikiquotes) as news source for June 2011 issue of Wikimedia India newsletter (Wikimedia India newsletter, June 2011).
On December 23, 2010 Marathi Wikipedia crossed 32,000 articles. Marathi WIkipedia reached the mark of 33,333 articles on April 24, 2011.
Marathi Wikipedia community organised its first editathon on February 26-27, 2011, to mark the occasion of Marathi language day, celebrated by Marathi speakers around the world on 27th of February every year. More than 1400 edits were committed in this editathon spanning across two days, marking approx. 140% growth upon the earlier daily average edit count that used to hover around 500. The event fetched a fresh lot of active editors for the community and boosted collaboration amongst the editors.
Marathi wiktionary has not witnessed much growth since the last issue of this newsletter due to lack of steady flow of community activities. Marathi wiktionary currently holds 1,816 articles and ranks 82nd - based on article count by January 2011 - amongst all wiktionary projects.
There hasn't been much activty happening at Marathi wikiquote project since the last issue of this newsletter due to lack of active bunch of editors.
Marathi wiki community submitted proposal to setup the wikisource project for the language in October 2011. The proposal is still under review.
या पानातील शेवटचा बदल २२ मे २०११ रोजी २०:०६ वाजता केला गेला.


Exiled into the depths of the Eye of Terror, former Emperor's Children Apothecary Fabius Bile is drawn back to the Imperium in search of a secret that could be the key to saving his misbegotten life.
He is known by many names - Clonelord, Manflayer, Primogenitor. He is the epitome of deceit and perversion, and feared by man and monster alike. Once the Chief Apothecary of the Emperor's Children, the madman known as Fabius Bile possesses a knowledge of genetic manipulation second to none. Now a renegade among renegades, he is loathed by those he once called brother, and even the most degraded of Chaos Space Marines fear his name. Exiled for his dark experiments, Bile has retreated deep into the Eye of Terror, leaving a trail of twisted abominations in his wake. But when a former student brings word of the ultimate prize for the taking, Bile is unable to resist being drawn once more into the cauldron of war.
For in seizing this prize, Fabius Bile might yet discover the one secret his has been unable to unlock... the secret which will prevent his inevitable doom.
In addition to many Warhammer 40,000 novellas and short stories, Josh Reynolds is the author of the Fabius Bile novel Primogenitor and the Blood Angels novel Deathstorm. In the Warhammer world, he has written the End Times novels The Return of Nagash and Lord of the End Times, the Gotrek & Felix novels Road of Skulls and The Serpent Queen, and the Time of Legends novels Neferata and Master of Death. He has also written a number of stories set in Warhammer's new Age of Sigmar setting, including the Stormcast Eternals novel Black Rift and the Realmgate Wars novel Mortarch of Night. He lives and works in Northampton, UK.


The Philippine Centre of the International Theatre Institute (I.T.I.) a World Performing Arts organization associated with UNESCO presents " TULA , AWIT, DULA ni FRANK G. RIVERA" to celebrate his 45 years in theatre at the Emilio Aguinaldo College Theatre, Ermita, Manila on October 18 (Friday) at 3PM Matinee and 7PM Gala. This is likewise a benefit show to assist the medical needs of Frank currently afflicted with cancer. With Theater Actors from the Sining Kambayoka, CEU Dramatics Guild, Alab-Artistika, Philstagers, Earthsavers- UNESCO Artists for Peace and A.C.T.I.O.N. featuring Liesl Batucan, Roeder, Alegria, Njel de Mesa, Vince Tanada, Nenen Espina, Jim Pebanco, Fray Paolo, Dang Elio, Wally Tuyan and Joel Lamangan, plus other very special surprise guests. Hosted by Cecile Guidote-Alvarez and Arthur Casanova. Video by CJ Andaluz. Stage direction by Joey Nombres.
Recipient of the 2012 Fr. Neri Satur Award for Environmental Heroism for Eco-Media Education and a Gawad Haraya Award, Rivera chairs the Phil. I.T.I. Centre's Youth Development Committee having conducted seminar-workshops on Theatre Arts and Media Education for 43 years all over the Philippines literally from Batanes to Tawi-Tawi under the auspices of NCCT-DepED, NCCA Kalahi, DOT Tunay na Kulturang Pinoy, CCP Batang Sining, Metropolitan Theatre, Sining Kambayoka, PETA and A.C.T.I.O.N. He has also conducted theatre workshops to international students in Thailand, South Korea, Singapore and Portugal with the ITI- Earthsavers UNESCO Dream Center.
The founding director of the celebrated Sining Kambayoka of the Mindanao State University in Marawi City, Rivera wrote the original zarzuela "Ambon, Ulan, Baha" in the 70's before environmental issues were hip, "Oyayi" and "Halik sa Kampilan" which are still being performed regularly by different theater groups all over the country like his later musical plays "Tao, Isang Tagulaylay" and "To Be A Butterfly".
Also known as "Makata sa Cellphone," Rivera authored 21 books of plays for stage, radio, TV and film, short stories and essays including 4 books of poetry published by UST. He has received 4 National Book Awards while his poems and textula are read in political rallies, passed around as text messages, read on radio, posted on social media, printed in tabloid and newspaper columns, recited in school programs and utilized as material pieces in poetry interpretation, oratorical and declamation contests. He started his theatre training and career on state, TV, Radio founded by Cecile Guidote-Alvarez.
Rivera is currently confined in the hospital (6 months now) for lymphoma cancer (what killed his friend and namesake, Frank Chavez), has had a 13-hour operation, and is undergoing chemotherapy. The I.T.I. show hopes to augment some of his mounting hospital bills. For inquiries, send an email to frank_aliw@yahoo.com.ph or through Dr. Arthur Casanova, Outstanding MetroBank Teacher Awardee at 0917-8231499 or Cecile Guidote-Alvarez, Ramon Magsaysay Outstanding Asian Arts Awardee at 0917-5432889.


I've mentioned my trips to Ikea a few times now, as well as my new found love of putting up shelves and the quest to house my shoes in a space-efficient way. In short, I have been turning the spare bedroom into a dressing room. The bedroom in my last house was large and had a wall of built in wardrobes. I also had a purpose built shoe cupboard and a lot of shelf space. I absolutely love my new house but my bedroom, (which I also love), is quite small and can only fit one bedside table and a single wardrobe along with my bed. Both children have a desk in their bedroom and I work at the dining table in my light, sunny kitchen so I decided that the room I had originally planned as a study for the three of us would see far more use as a dressing room or walk-in closet.
The room is long and narrow, 13 feet long by 5 feet wide with plain white painted walls.
Along one of the long walls, I put two clothes rails and hung a floating shelf above.
I love the pattern the light makes.
My Jimmy Choos are still my favourite shoes. I've had them for more than six years and love them as much now as when I first bought them. They catch the light beautifully and by having them out on the shelf, I see them everyday. I wear them frequently in the summer months and they're just beginning to show signs of wear. I don't believe in keeping shoes (or jewellery for that matter) in a box for "best".
…and a wine rack for my scarves.
I wore this dress when I was a bridesmaid at my brother and sister-in-law's wedding almost three years ago. It was, without question, the most stylish and wonderful wedding I've ever been to. I also wore this dress on a recent photoshoot.
The window is on one short wall and opposite that, on the other short wall are two chests of drawers on which I keep my necklace stands and other accessories.
I'm thrilled with this room. I just need one more extra shelf for the bookcase, (and, therefore four more pairs of shoes to go on it), and a few more storage boxes for fascinators, holiday clothes and other "occasional" items that are currently homeless.
It was done on a budget of less than £150 and my 14 year old daughter and I lifted, moved, self-assembled and drilled everything ourselves and loved every moment doing so. She's now a true believer in girl power and although we have lots of lovely men in our lives, all of whom would have helped in a heartbeat, we're proud of what we've achieved on our own. Over the last few months, I've seen her confidence grow and have noticed her increasing "can-do" attitude, in all aspects of her life. She knows her allen keys from her rawl plugs and is now talking about knocking through the wall from her bedroom into my dressing room.
That's one step too far.
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On the Heels of ArtBo, Bogotá Builds Momentum as an Art Capital—But Can It Last?
A shaky economy and political future test the local art market.
Lorena Muñoz-Alonso, October 31, 2017
The facade of the independent art space FLORA ars+natura in San Felipa, Bogotá's art district. Photo by Lorena Muñoz-Alonso.
The 13th edition of ArtBo took place at the end last of week in the Colombian capital of Bogotá. Gathering 76 galleries from 18 countries, this mid-sized fair—a project of the private nonprofit organization Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá—has played a key role in transforming the city into one of Latin America's most visible and attractive art hubs.
The shift in the local art scene began in earnest in about 2000, when not only the country's economy began to boom, but Colombians found peace again after decades violence from the wars waged between drug cartels and the Revolutionary Armed Forces, also known as FARC, and paramilitary guerrillas.
It was shortly thereafter, in 2004, that ArtBo was born. But it wasn't until its formidable current director, María Paz Gaviria, took the helm in 2012 that the fair began to focus on tightly curated sections, where emerging galleries and artists can rub shoulders with Latin American heavyweights like São Paulo's Galeria Luisa Strina, Galeria Vermelho, Bogotá's own Casas Riegner, and Madrid's Elba Benítez—all regulars exhibitors at the fair.
View of Elba Benítez's booth at ArtBo 2017. Photo by Lorena Muñoz-Alonso.
"I really wanted to make ArtBo a place for discovery," Gaviria, the daughter of former Colombian president César Gaviria, told artnet News. "In the last two years there's been a strong interest from blue-chip galleries in participating at the fair, but I want to do this consciously, focusing on content and on emerging art."
"I think a fair can only position itself if it does something different, and here you don't get the feeling that it's like every other fair you've visited during the year," she added.
One thing that ArtBo certainly does differently is back a number of art spaces across town to stage exhibitions year-round. It has also recently launched ArtBo Weekend—a sort of Gallery Weekend for Bogotá that held its first edition last May.
María Paz Gaviria, director of ArtBo. Courtesy of ArtBo.
Smaller than its competitors Zona Maco in Mexico City and São Paulo's SP Arte (which gathered and 120 and 135 exhibitors in their most recent editions, respectively), ArtBo is also a calmer fair, with lower prices and a slower selling pace that stretches well into the weekend.
Gaviria acknowledges that strong sales aren't the fair's main asset. "The fair started as a nonprofit project by the Cámara de Comercio and it hasn't grown in size over the years, even though it could have," she said. "This was a conscious decision that has given space for different projects to flourish in the local scene."
The city is now home to more than 100 commercial galleries, most of them scattered around three areas: San Felipe (a newly gentrified area often referred to as "Bogotá's art district"), La Macarena, and Quinta Camacho. These include the galleries that are most known at an international level: Casas Riegner, Instituto de Visión, Nueveochenta, Sketch, Espacio El Dorado, Alonso Garcés, and Valenzuela-Klenner.
Catalina Casas from Casas Riegner. Courtesy of ArtBo.
"ArtBo has certainly been instrumental in the rising visibility of the Colombian art scene," Catalina Casas, the founder and director of Casas Riegner, told artnet News during the fair's preview.
She pointed to a number of key players involved in the operation: María Inés Rodríguez, director of the CAPC Bordeaux; Ana Sokoloff, an art advisor and former vice president of the Christie's Latin Amerian paintings department in New York; José Roca, artistic director of Bogotá's FLORA ars+natura and former curator of Latin American art at Tate Modern; Juan Gaitán, director of the Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo in Mexico City; Irene Aristizábal, head of exhibitions at Nottingham Contemporary.
"But our scene has always been very rich," Casas said. "The difference is that now people are looking at us and, yes, there's a number of new galleries and new spaces being launched. But when it comes to the work of artists specifically, we have always had a very strong scene." Casas herself represents national heavy-weights like Beatriz González, Carlos Rojas, Miguel Ángel Rojas, Johanna Calle, and Mateo López.
From left to right: Omayra Alvarado, Beatriz López, and María Wills pose in from of their gallery Instituto de Visión in San Felipe, Bogotá. Photo by Lorena Muñoz-Alonso.
Probably the most illustrative example of the growing appeal of the Bogotá art scene is the success of the gallery Instituto de Visión, spearheaded by its four directors: Beatriz López, Karen Abreu, María Wills, and Omayra Alvarado. With an exciting roster that mixes younger artists (like Pia Camil, Marlon de Azambuja, and Felipe Arturo) with historical figures that are being rediscovered (Miguel Ángel Cárdenas, Ofelia Rodríguez, and Alicia Barley), the gallery has been getting a lot of international attention with striking booths at some of the top international fairs, including Art Basel Miami Beach, FIAC, Frieze New York, the Armory Show, and Liste.
San Felipe is also home to the renowned independent art space FLORA ars+natura, launched in 2013 and directed by José Roca, former curator of Latin American art at Tate Modern. Besides a year-round program of exhibitions, FLORA focuses on the production of art through new commissions and international artistic residencies.
City view from the rooftop of the independent art space FLORA ars+natura in San Felipa, Bogotá's art district. Photo by Lorena Muñoz-Alonso.
Going south, in the area of La Macarena, we find NC-arte, a key private nonprofit art space in the city. In this former school, now covered in Brutalist concrete, its director and chief curator Claudia Segura is developing an ambitious program of primarily solo exhibitions that combines international stars like Do Ho Suh, Xavier Le Roy, and Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, with younger Latin American artists like Nicolás Paris, Amalia Pica, and Iván Argote.
Located around the corner is the also impressive Espacio El Dorado, which has recently transitioned from a nonprofit to a commercial gallery. At the time this writer visited the space, two of the three exhibitions on view featured the work of two young indigenous female artists from areas outside Bogotá, Julieth Morales and Luz Adriana Vera, both exploring questions of trauma and the female body through striking performances, installations, videos, and photographs.
The city is not exactly lacking in terms of art fairs either. ArtBo now has three satellite fairs running concurrently: Feria Odeón, Barcú, and Feria del Millón. Of these, the absolute must-see is Feria Odeón, which takes place in Espacio Odeón, a stunning Modernist building from 1939 that's situated right in the heart of the city, near Plaza Bolívar and the famous Museo del Oro.
This year, the edgy boutique fair—launched in 2011 by Tatiana Rais with María Fernanda Currea, Vanessa Adatto, and Juliana Steiner—brings together 18 young galleries from all across Latin America and Spain. Exquisitely arranged in a booth-less take over of the building, it was definitely one of the highlights of the week. The rest of the year Espacio Odeón has a program of exhibitions organized by curator Alejandra Sarria.
Tatiana Rais, founder and director of Espacio Odeón, during the installation of Feria Odeón 2017. Photo by Lorena Muñoz-Alonso.
But it's unclear how long this growth will last. After several years of a prospering national economy, there are signs that it's starting to slow down. The complex peace process between the government and FARC, combined with a climate of uncertainty created by next year's general election, are making some collectors feel uneasy about spending on art.
"Despite the number of new galleries popping up here, the local art market is still very difficult," Casas told arnet News. "Our gallery program is more commercially successful abroad, which is why we do so many international fairs [including Frieze London and Frieze New York, Art Basel Miami Beach, FIAC, and ARCOmadrid]. The market here in Colombia is still really small."
"I'm hopeful, though," she added. "I think the work that ArtBo is doing, in terms of educating and stimulating local collectors, will pay off. And I think our museums are slowly starting to develop their collections too, which is very important. We need the help of institutions too, galleries can't shoulder all the responsibility."
View of Instituto de Visión's booth at ArtBo 2017. Photo by Lorena Muñoz-Alonso.
Nearby at the main fair, Beatriz López echoed a similar sentiment. "We are going through a very positive moment," she said. "The hard work of a number independent agents—including artists, curators, gallerists, private foundations and art spaces—has professionalized the artistic scene to a great level, and we have developed new ways to communicate and collaborate with each other."
"But my complaint is always the same: it can't all be down to us independent agents. There has to be a public awareness; public institutions have to be developed to enable research, discourse, collecting," she said. (The city currently counts three public museums of contemporary art: The Museo de la Banca de la República, the stunning Museo Nacional de Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and the Bogotá Museum of Modern Art (MAMBO), and only the first one seems to be buying and building a solid permanent collection at the moment.)
"I feel that unless there's a degree of public funding to sustain this scene, all the hard work that we have all put into it might be in danger," López said. "The Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá, through ArtBo and its spaces in the city, is effectively supporting our scene, but our art history can't be written like this. We need the specialized help of public institutions and museums. A strong art scene needs strong institutions."
There is an undeniable creative energy in the streets of Bogotá (and this report has barely touched upon the many smaller, artist-run initiatives, like Carne Gallery, now part of LA's Ruberta, or Miami). Forward-thinking galleries, daring nonprofits, and a base of high-quality artists keen to tackle the complicated history of their country—from the colonization of indigenous tribes and the so-called "Colombian conflict" to current dubious mining practices—make for a vibrant art scene. Let's hope that the resources necessary to sustain it are developed in time to keep up the momentum.
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Barker did not enjoy particular success, reaching fifty only twice in his short career. He made 55 against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham in August 1968, and 67 almost a year later against Lancashire at Southport.

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by Confluence November 30, 2018
Reading Time: 4 minutes Have you ever looked back at recent journal entries only to realize that all of the optimistic goals you wrote down never made it off the page?
Maybe you said you were going to lose 20 pounds and actually ended up gaining five.
Or perhaps you were going to write the Great American Novel, but instead only wrote two blog post drafts, neither of which you ended up posting.
You're not alone. A lot of well-meaning individuals find themselves in similar circumstances.
The New Yorker: The Long Wait for Tijuana's Migrants to Process Their Own Asylum Claims
Reading Time: 9 minutes For the last two years, the Trump Administration has been trying to dismantle the asylum system altogether. By law, the U.S. must give migrants fleeing for their lives a chance to petition for refuge in the country, but anti-immigration stalwarts in the government have been working assiduously to make that a practical impossibility. Limiting access to the ports of entry plays into the broader strategy: asylum seekers are being told to wait indefinitely in Mexico, with no guarantee that American immigration agents will ever process their claims. When the migrants, in their desperation, attempt to cross in between official checkpoints and claim asylum on U.S. soil, as they're legally allowed to do, the U.S. government has punished them severely—by detaining people indefinitely, separating parents and children, and, most recently, attempting to ban asylum completely for anyone who enters the country "illegally." The over-all effect is a bottleneck of migrants in northern Mexico that has now become dangerously unsustainable.
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When the Present Moment is Dark
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Everything we experience is the perfect opportunity for the next step of personal growth. And remember, in nature (which we are a part of) growth is always the objective.
When you view your current circumstances as if you had chosen them you give yourself the gift of empowerment.
Once you choose this perspective you stand in the place of knowing it's your garden, you planted it, you're tending it, weeding it, watering it, waiting for it.
And if you're faithful to the vision, you will see it bloom. And it will be magnificent.
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This policy formalizes the Information Technology Security Awareness Program at Amherst College to help protect the College's digital and sensitive resources, including digital and non-digital data, network resources, and other services. Although some individuals must meet regulation or contractual agreements related to their security awareness, education, and training, this policy sets forth a requirement for all employees to participate in the Security Awareness Program.
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Security Awareness – in the context of this policy, Security Awareness means documentation, training, and digital or personal communications that convey information and/or instructions about policies and procedures for working safely with digital and other sensitive resources.
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The Security Awareness Program includes content about security risks, regulation, and Amherst College policies related with administrative, technical, and physical security of the College's digital and/or sensitive assets. Departmental managers may assign additional security awareness materials that are unique to each specific operation and will serve as a supplement to the core materials provided through the Security Awareness Program. Employees may contact Information Technology at any time for clarification or to ask specific questions about the materials provided through the IT Security Awareness Program.
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All employees are required to participate in the Security Awareness Program within two weeks after joining the College. Information Technology will provide details about how to participate via email to each new employee.
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Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is out on Nintendo Switch.
It's hard to imagine any of us could be going into this weekend looking for something new to play. The combined burden of Black Friday, Cyber Monday and last week's Steam Sale have filled out my backlog with more games than I know what to do with... and yet, there's still more to play.
This week, Bethesda brings Doom to virtual reality -- but I still haven't had a chance to dive into Skyrim VR. I want to check out Xenoblade Chronicles 2 on the Nintendo Switch, but I'm still collecting moons in Super Mario Odyssey. The year is almost over. I'm supposed to be spending my free time finishing up my backlog. Instead, my pile of unplayed games is growing out of control.
So, you know -- situation normal!
Doom VFR (PlayStation 4, Windows PC) -- Bethesda's 2016 Doom remake was a perfect re-imagining of the classic franchise. Now it's in VR -- but it's less of a virtual reality port than a bite-sized remix. That's probably for the best. Running and gunning through the original game in VR would probably be a fresh new hell of nausea.
Black Mirror (PlayStation 4, Xbox One) -- No, not a tie-in to the Netflix anthology show, but a new take on a gothic horror game from 2003 -- one that follows the journey of a man seeking answers in the wake of his father's apparent suicide. Surely a heartwarming holiday adventure game.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Nintendo Switch) -- You've rescued Princess Zelda and collected all of Mario Odyssey's power moons. What's next? How about a 70+ hour JRPG epic? You've got it. The latest Xenoblade game has everything you need to scratch an itch for complex, grindy RPG mechanics. It's also one of the Switch's last big 2017 releases.
Resident Evil: Revelations Collection (Nintendo Switch) -- Revelations started as one of the first games to support the Nintendo 3DS' second analog stick, but wound up having more life after getting HD ports for the Xbox 360, Wii U and PlayStation 3. This week, both Revelations and its sequel make their way to the Nintendo Switch. In stores, you'll find them as a collection -- but Nintendo sells them both individually on the eShop, too.
Seven: The Days Long Gone (Windows PC) -- There's something about isometric role-playing games that just feel at home on the PC. Well, at least for those of us that grew up in the genre's heyday. As a stealth-based, top-down RPG set on a dangerous prison island, Seven: The Days Long Gone fits right in with that nostalgia.
GRID Autosport (iOS) -- Did you know GRID Autosport was coming to mobile devices? I didn't. Not only is this a full port of last-gen console game, but it seems to have all the DLC as well. Phone gaming sure has come a long way.


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The National Child Helpline "1325", established in partnership with the Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation and Medical Services Pacific (MSP), has so far received more than 40,000 calls.
The toll free helpline was established in 2015 to allow people to not only report cases of violence against children but to seek information and counselling services on child welfare cases.
Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation permanent secretary, Dr Josefa Koroivueta singed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with MSP executive director Jennifer Poole in Suva today (Friday 10.08.18) to renew partnership with the organisation for another three years.
PS Koroivueta said addressing violence and abuse against children is the top priority for the ministry.
"We stand ready to support the child helpline because we know that abuse and violence against children is a huge concern. In the 18 months up to July 2018, there were over 300 cases of rape and sexual offences of which about 64 per cent were against children. In July alone of the 14 cases, 10 were children. That is the data that haunts us," PS Koroivueta said.
He said the National Child Helpline is one of the avenues to break the silence on violence and abuse against children.
"We do not want to leave any stones unturned. The sad thing about violence against children is that it is done by the people who take care of the children, family members and some of them are their biological parents. That is something that we should not sit back on.
"The great thing about this child helpline facility under MSP is that it has the ability to separate hoax and genuine calls. They have a strong analytical approach on all the calls by categorising the nature of cases," PS Koroivueta added.
Ms Poole said out of the 4,000 calls received this year alone, 831 genuine calls were referred to the Women's Ministry and other respective ministries.
"We learnt that we needed to talk to children about how to use the line, to go out to schools and introduce the child helpline. It's a listening and information service for children and adults who have enquiries regarding children, child welfare, family law and so forth," Poole said.
The child helpline, in operation 24/7 since February 2016, has nine counsellors on shift work to ensure the line was operational at all times.
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On the first real summer day we've had this year, I welcomed almost 100 people to see my new studio space and my latest paintings. I have been very fortunate to be able to use a loft studio space that a photographer friend of mine has replaced with a spacious, bright airy new studio. Having a studio separate from my home but only 8 minutes away has added the discipline of working that I so missed. The result of these past 2 ½ months were 7 paintings of both local harbour scenes and our life in Mexico. My paintings were scattered around the garden as well as in the studio, which has about the best view one could ask for. The big day drew people from the Horticultural Society who took in the gorgeous gardens in this ocean front property, people from the local camera club who came to photograph everything their eye could take in, and art admirers who just enjoyed the whole ambiance.
The view from the studio - inspiring!


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This 100% complete and balanced diet is rich in powerful antioxidants to support a healthy immune system.
We recommend that you keep your dog in ideal body condition and not allow your dog to become overweight. The exact amount of food your dog requires will need to be adjusted according to age, activity and environment. But a good place to start is with these guidelines for an average, active, adult dog fed once daily. Provide adequate fresh water in a clean container daily.
Please allow 7-10 days to ease the transition from your dog's current food. Each day, simply feed a little less of the previous food and a little more Pro Plan until you're feeding Pro Plan exclusively. This gradual transition will help avoid dietary upsets.