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Q: react-native open a modal inside a modal I am using react-native-sectioned-multi-select library. I want to open another modal view after I click the confirm button.
I feel like I did the code correctly but this isn't working. Is it possible to open a new modal inside this library?
const items = [
  {
    name: "Fruits",
    id: 0,
    children: [{
        name: "Apple",
        id: 10,
      },{
        name: "Strawberry",
        id: 17,
      },{
        name: "Pineapple",
        id: 13,
      },{
        name: "Banana",
        id: 14,
      },{
        name: "Watermelon",
        id: 15,
      },{
        name: "Kiwi fruit",
        id: 16,
      }]
  }]

export default class TestScreen extends Component {
  constructor(){
    super()
    this.state = {
      selectedItems: [],
      modalVisible: false,
    }
  }

  setModalVisible(visible) {
    this.setState({modalVisible: visible});
  }

  onSelectedItemsChange = (selectedItems) => {
    this.setState({ selectedItems });
    console.log(selectedItems)
  }

  openModal = () => {
   return(
      <SafeAreaView style={{flex:1}}>
         <View style={{width:300, height:400, backgroundColor:'red'}}>
           <Modal
             animationType="slide"
             transparent={false}
             visible={this.state.modalVisible}
             onRequestClose={() => {
               Alert.alert('Modal has been closed.');
             }}>
             <View style={{marginTop: 22}}>
               <View>
                 <Text>Hello World!</Text>

                 <TouchableHighlight
                   onPress={() => {
                     this.setModalVisible(!this.state.modalVisible);
                   }}>
                   <Text>Hide Modal</Text>
                 </TouchableHighlight>
               </View>
             </View>
           </Modal>

           <TouchableHighlight
             onPress={() => {
               this.setModalVisible(true);
             }}>
             <Text>Show Modal</Text>
           </TouchableHighlight>
         </View>
        </SafeAreaView>
    )
  }

  render() {
    return (
    <SafeAreaView style={{flex:1}}>
    <View>
        <SectionedMultiSelect
          items={items}
          uniqueKey='id'
          subKey='children'
          selectText='Choose some things...'
          showDropDowns={true}
          readOnlyHeadings={true}
          onSelectedItemsChange={this.onSelectedItemsChange}
          selectedItems={this.state.selectedItems}
//Here I call the openModal function but nothing appears

          onConfirm={()=> {this.openModal}}
        />
      </View>
    </SafeAreaView>
    );
  }
}

Any comments or advise would be really appreciated! Thanks in advance! :)
Edited
If I can't open two modals at a time, I want my new modal to open after I close my first modal.

A: Multiple simultaneously open modals do not work in React Native. You could:

*

*close the first modal before opening the second one, then reopening the first one when you're done with the second

*roll your own modal using 'position: absolute' styling

A: Firstly, make sure both the Modal's aren't using the same state values for the visible prop in Modal.
You can use visible prop as visible={this.state.modalPage1}. The state modalPage1 should be initiated to bool value.
So if the scenario is that you are closing the first Modal and opening another one, then
this.setState({
      modalPage1: false,
      modalPage2: true
});

Hope I could help you. Do comment if any other Doubts.

A: You could manipulate multiple modal visibility with Conditional Rendering using logical operator.  Here is the snippet code that might work in your case:
{
  this.state.isFirstModalOpen && (
    <Modal
      animationType="slide"
      transparent={false}
      visible={this.state.isModalOpen}
      onRequestClose={() => {
        Alert.alert("Modal has been closed.");
      }}
    >
      <View style={{ marginTop: 22 }}>
        <View>
          <Text>Hello World!</Text>

          <TouchableHighlight
            onPress={() => {
              this.setState({
                isFirstModalOpen: false,
                isSecondModalOpen: true
              });
            }}
          >
            <Text>Hide Modal</Text>
          </TouchableHighlight>
        </View>
      </View>
    </Modal>
  );
}
{
  this.state.isSecondModalOpen && (
    <Modal
      animationType="slide"
      transparent={false}
      visible={this.state.isSecondModalOpen}
      onRequestClose={() => {
        Alert.alert("Modal has been closed.");
      }}
    >
      <View style={{ marginTop: 22 }}>
        <View>
          <Text>Hello World!</Text>

          <TouchableHighlight
            onPress={() => {
              this.setState({ isSecondModalOpen: false });
            }}
          >
            <Text>Hide Modal</Text>
          </TouchableHighlight>
        </View>
      </View>
    </Modal>
  );
}

A: render() {
return (
<SafeAreaView style={{flex:1}}>
<View>
    <SectionedMultiSelect
      items={items}
      uniqueKey='id'
      subKey='children'
      selectText='Choose some things...'
      showDropDowns={true}
      readOnlyHeadings={true}
      onSelectedItemsChange={this.onSelectedItemsChange}
      selectedItems={this.state.selectedItems}
//Here I call the openModal function but nothing appears
      //onConfirm={()=> {this.openModal}}  <-- change this with
      onConfirm={() => this.setState({modalVisible: true})}
    />
  </View>
</SafeAreaView>
);
}

You dont call directly a modal, you have to toggle the visible state of modal
And then you need to close the modal as well whenever your task is completed, all you need to do is, on click or on Press....
    this.setState({ modalVisible: false });

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Irony: Schumachers Ordered to Pay Attorney Fees to Protesters Who Put Them Out of Business!
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The judge:
"Although the (Schumachers) may have had meritorious claims against people whose names they did not know, or even against the City of Portland," Mosman wrote, "they sued people against whom they had no evidence for $6.6 million, sought to restrict their First Amendment rights, and disparaged their reputations with accusations of criminal conduct, terrorist affiliations and responsibility for 'shutting down' a business whose financial solvency was questionable before the protesting activities began."
Maybe if the City of Portland had lifted a finger to help enforce the law and call these anarchists to account they Schumachers would have had the evidence.
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20 thoughts on "Irony: Schumachers Ordered to Pay Attorney Fees to Protesters Who Put Them Out of Business!"
This is great! Talk about karmic justice. How much is the pelt of a living, breathing, soulful animal worth, anyway? Apparently more than the Schumacher's thought….
Victoria Taft says:
Reduce, Recycle, Reuse.
Fur is a sustainable business, no?
Isn't that a sustainable, green business?
No, fur is not a sustainable business…. and you would agree if someone were after your pelt. But since they are not, you feel free to be callous and unfeeling and, ultimately, barbaric and unChristian.
Klatu says:
Hey David Appell: Lets see
1. Trojan Nuclear Plant 1986
2. The Oregon Timber Industry
3. Schumachers 2005-?
4. ??????????????????
You helped to eliminate all these
business's and Industries in Oregon all for "Karmic Justice" em I right David?
I can probaly answer my
next question, but whats next in
the name of "Karmic Justice" to destroy, David?
Ps: David, And for"Karmic Sustainable Business Justice" ,Your Voting For "WHO" for President????
Eileen (aka Coboble) says:
I don't think that the morality of the fur business, is the issue anymore.
It was initially, as far as the protesters are concerned, but now I think it is more about who has a right to do what to whom, and who is responsible for the consequences of the outcome.
But I don't think that the audience of this blog (or the host) can detach emotionally from this one, enough to have a logical debate on it.
Emotions are too strong here.
We are already discussing more about the morality and environmental soundness of the fur business, than the fairness of the verdict.
From an environmental standpoint, Fur (from managed, not endangered, species) is definitely green and sustainable. In that respect a better choice than plastic.
However from the perspective of the individual animal, whose fur is used, it seems cruel.
Are animals a resource or individuals, or both?
But is that even the issue here?
Scottiebill says:
This ruling is just plain wrong! The Schumachers did not ask for this insurgency on their business nor did they instigate it. Instead a gang of useless ne'er-do-well hoodlums, aided and abetted by a bunch of losers and bums, took it on themselves to disrupt a legal business enterprise that had been at the same location for some 100 years. They, the insurgents, harassed passers-by, potential customers of the Schumachers, and anyone else who happened to be in the area. And what is arguably worse, they were largely supported by the police, who were watching but doing nothing to stop the actions of this gang, likely under the instructions from Portland's Mayor, Tommy the Irrelevant.
Now, the judge who issued this ridiculous order has shown himself to be sympathetic to the PETA "cause", not is so many words, but in the wording of his order.
There is but one word to describe this order – SHAMEFUL!!!!
The business owners remaining in downtown Portland had better take notice here. They could be next for whatever actions this gang of hoodlums and bums will be planning next.
The inmates are running the asylum that is laughing called "The City That Works". The city that works to inhibit, discourage, and otherwise prevent any business in downtown from having success in their various enterprises. I would think that these remaining business had better start looking for other, more business-friendly cities to relocate to. And the sooner the better.
One more thing: You can bet that this gang of bums and hoodlums will NEVER put on their stupidity in front of any of the strip joints, gay bars, or porn shops in and around Portland. Nor will they do anything that could put a stop to the drug dealing and prostitution in and around Portland. That would be beneath them, if there is such a thing.
Deebow says:
The 5th Listener says:
I think Gregg and Linda should pay them in a currency that they will find ironic: Fur Pelts.
I can't take serious any group that claims to be for animal rights that has it's members put on trial for throwing dead puppies in a dumpster.
I guess the wearing of fur made Lewis and Clark and every Indian Tribe bad people.
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Eileen: You do have a point. Yes "CATS and DOGS" are off limits in my opinion, but saying this will this stop David Appell and friends from going after Chinese Restaurants in Portland (if you know what I mean).
(The Chinese in Portland)now there's a voting Bloc. But david and friends are just a part of a Socialist movement that is trying to Regulate or destroy one private sector business after another that they don't like. The schumachers remind me of displaced Timber workers back in the early 1990's, only here they are being destroyed by the Liberal court sysytem as well as forced out of Business by the Nader-Clinton-Obama-Liberal Portland Socialists yes the same people that destroyed the timber industry.
Ps: Eileen you said are animals a resource or individuals or Both?
That is a "Religious" question and I beleive that most things these David Appell, Nader-Clinton-Obama Socialists do is from a Socialist Liberal New Age Religious Viewpoint. The Church of Liberalism is alive in Oregon.
Pps: Folks check out http://portland.indymedia.org/
right now cheering about the Schumachers.
Did the Schumacher Lawyers go after this Website and all its links leading right to the DNC I wonder??
"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men."
Hey David Appell: Liberal Wikipedia defines "St.Frances of Assi" He is known as the patron saint of animals, birds, and the environment, and it is customary for Catholic churches to hold ceremonies honoring animals around his feast day of October 4.
Question David Appell: Don't we have a separation of Church and State?
And I beleive there's a Civil War within the Catholic Church.
I guess you belong to the side that still does BONG HITS 24/7 em I right David?
No Wonder you Like Karmic Justice.
Pps David: I'm working on some Federal Legislation and the title of it is "THE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY PROTECTION ACT". Its long over do, but maybe in the long run it will protect people like the Schumachers.
Lew Waters says:
I am constantly amazed at those from the left who whine and cry over an animal, but willifully slaughter the unborn human without a whimper.
Republican Jim says:
Democratjim: I have of Feeling Victoria hasn't seen your Potty Talk yet. Your two posts will last maybe 4-5 hrs.
Ps: DemocratJIM: WHY are you Democrats so vile? and your thoughts about the Schumachers?
Democratjim said: Lets build a fence around Sanfrancisco to keep all the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ out of here too!
Klatu said: Jimmy Boy you used the word "here" when refering to SAN FranFreako. I take it your a Communist from San FranFreako?
And your thoughts about the Schumachers?
"republican" Jim,
You're sick. As a result, your comments have been removed from my blog.
Screw you.
BTW: nobody was fooled, that's how "smart" you are.
cnskate says:
The Hippocracy is everywhere in this case….Way to say it Lew, remember, war is the killing of humans as well…..Its pretty hard to say you are pro-life and pro-war..Unless you are making money on it, I guess, thanks George W, I am making alot of money on my Halliburton/Exxon dividends….


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#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/select.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <netdb.h>

#include <cutils/sockets.h>

static int toggle_O_NONBLOCK(int s) {
    int flags = fcntl(s, F_GETFL);
    if (flags == -1 || fcntl(s, F_SETFL, flags ^ O_NONBLOCK) == -1) {
        close(s);
        return -1;
    }
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// if that's 0, use errno instead.
int socket_network_client_timeout(const char* host, int port, int type, int timeout,
                                  int* getaddrinfo_error) {
    struct addrinfo hints;
    memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
    hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
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    char port_str[16];
    snprintf(port_str, sizeof(port_str), "%d", port);

    struct addrinfo* addrs;
    *getaddrinfo_error = getaddrinfo(host, port_str, &hints, &addrs);
    if (*getaddrinfo_error != 0) {
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    }

    // TODO: try all the addresses if there's more than one?
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    freeaddrinfo(addrs);

    // The Mac doesn't have SOCK_NONBLOCK.
    int s = socket(family, type, protocol);
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    int rc = connect(s, (const struct sockaddr*) &addr, addr_len);
    if (rc == 0) {
        return toggle_O_NONBLOCK(s);
    } else if (rc == -1 && errno != EINPROGRESS) {
        close(s);
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    }

    fd_set r_set;
    FD_ZERO(&r_set);
    FD_SET(s, &r_set);
    fd_set w_set = r_set;

    struct timeval ts;
    ts.tv_sec = timeout;
    ts.tv_usec = 0;
    if ((rc = select(s + 1, &r_set, &w_set, NULL, (timeout != 0) ? &ts : NULL)) == -1) {
        close(s);
        return -1;
    }
    if (rc == 0) {   // we had a timeout
        errno = ETIMEDOUT;
        close(s);
        return -1;
    }

    int error = 0;
    socklen_t len = sizeof(error);
    if (FD_ISSET(s, &r_set) || FD_ISSET(s, &w_set)) {
        if (getsockopt(s, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR, &error, &len) < 0) {
            close(s);
            return -1;
        }
    } else {
        close(s);
        return -1;
    }

    if (error) {  // check if we had a socket error
        errno = error;
        close(s);
        return -1;
    }

    return toggle_O_NONBLOCK(s);
}

int socket_network_client(const char* host, int port, int type) {
    int getaddrinfo_error;
    return socket_network_client_timeout(host, port, type, 0, &getaddrinfo_error);
}

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President Traian Basescu stated on Wednesday evening, on the public TV channel, that taking into account the second quarter, Romania is on the way to reach an 8-8.5 percent budget deficit this year compared to 4.6 percent, as initially estimated in the accord with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
"As a partner, IMF is set to tell us categorically: "Well, well, Romania's economic downturn is not ascribable to it, but to the international backdrop, and that is why I hope the second installment will go to the state budget – but most certainly I tell you that an 8 percent is in view, so we must cut spending, and instead of going up to 8.5 percent, go down to 7 or 7.2 percent, therefore we must assume our obligations because this is the partnership with the international institutions.
You cannot ask them solely to finance your deficits", said Basescu.
On the other hand, the head of state stressed that, absolutely, Romania must make efforts now because it would mean less to be paid back when the crisis is over.
"We cannot postpone everything till the crisis ends and then, instead of benefiting of an economic growth, of the re-start of our economy, we will have to pay back the debts we increased in the period of crisis", underlined Basescu.
Asked if Romania will receive the second loan installment from the IMF, the head of state replied: "This money will come and, unfortunately, due to a higher budget deficit, as a consequence of the 8 pc decline of the GDP, we must see if we can obtain from IMF the right to direct the second installment to the state budget, and not to the national bank".
President Basescu also pointed out that on Thursday he has a meeting with IMF representatives and this option will be discussed with them.
He said that the second IMF money installment, in case it goes to the state budget, will be also earmarked for investments, not only for wages and pensions.
"The budget deficit is created by the public sector costs – and we already discussed about reducing those – and by investments. We must implement them, in the health care field, the army, sectors you cannot affect.
You cannot say that you have sufficient medical doctors, and have cuts there, nor "we have sufficient public order, so fire the policemen", because there are shortages in both fields.
We are short of 15,000 military staff, and we need them to guarantee the national security. Therefore, there are zones where no cuts could be made, they being understaffed anyway. So where is the surplus? We all know. And there we are going to operate", said Basescu.
As regards the political will to implement the measures aimed to cut state budget spending, the head of state drew attention that, "if there is no political will, we will pay salaries from the loans and for those made redundant today we are going to pay from our taxes their share when returning the loans".
Basescu remarked that Romania needs these loans, but the taken money volume must be diminished and loans should not be taken in order to keep on excessive staff in the public sector.
"Every man proceeds like that in his own household. Look at the commercial companies, they made adjustments without asking somebody from the Government. It is a normal process in crisis situations and I want to be well understood.
I am not cynical, but the society has the interest to face this crisis at as lower costs as possible", pointed out President Basescu.


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The Invisibility of the Sea
The Invisibility of the Sea brings together an English literature scholar (Laurence Publicover), an environmental law scholar (Margherita Pieraccini) and other academics from arts and sciences with Bristol-based artist Rodney Harris to produce a series of maps that explore the political, social, cultural and environmental implications of our relationship with the sea, which will be included in an exhibition aboard the MV Balmoral as it makes its summer cruises around the waters of the United Kingdom.
As Laurence Publicover reflects in The Invisibility of the Sea working paper (PDF, 542kB) "Working on literature, I am often thinking about the sea as a symbol or metaphor; and so working on this project has meant thinking, to a greater extent, about the thing itself—about declining fish stocks, bleached coral, rising temperatures, increased acidity, pollution from plastic, and so forth. But it is important to stress that the former influences the latter: our way of thinking about the sea influences the sea itself."
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Col de l'Alpe d'Huez
A better promotion for the blossoming winter sports around the village of Alpe d'Huez was hardly conceivable: it was precisely there that a stage would end uphill for the first time in the history of the Tour de France. The idea came from Jean Barbaglia, a painter and cycling fan from the area. In the early 1950s, he enthusiastically enthusiastic the Tour organization and the local middle class - after all, the event would attract hundreds of tourists to the hotels and restaurants of the ski village. Until 1952, mountain stages had always finished in the larger places in the valleys, where there was sufficient accommodation to absorb the ever -growing cycling caravan.
Now there was a finish uphill that the organization hoped that it would provide new spectacle and drama. It didn't get exciting that first time. On the clay, but smooth road surface - a whole improvement compared to the life -threatening climbs -covered climbs of the years before - the in love Fausto Coppi could not be kept. In just over 45 minutes he was upstairs, more than faster than the French climber Jean Robic. Jan Nolten was the best Dutchman in eighth place, with four minutes behind.
The other two arrivals were also uphill in that tour for Fausto Coppi, who reached Paris with a lead of almost half an hour. Possibly shocked by the big differences that a stage with the finish on a turtleneck was the Tour caravan Alpe d'Huez 24 (!) Years not.
When the peloton returned to the mountain in 1976, much had changed. The road was asphalted - during the 1968 Olympic Games, the bobsleighs took place on Alpe d'Huez - the village had become a modern center for mass tourism and the 21 hairpin bends that were between Bourg d'Oisans and the stripe in the ski village were numbered. Later in the turns the names of the winners on Alpe d'Huez, starting with Coppi in the first from the foot, would start, number 21.
Joop Zoetemelk did not dare to think that he would give his name to bend 20 on the morning of July 4, 1976. Due to an abscess on his ass, the later Tour winner could hardly sit on the saddle. And when he was only ahead of Alpe d'Huez with Lucien Van Impe, perhaps the best climber of the peloton later that day, he did not yet believe in a victory. Nevertheless, the smart Zoetemelk won by surprising in the last corner to the left of Impe and turning on twice in the last 200 meters.
Joop's victory heralded a special era for Dutch cycling that lasted until the end of the 1980s. Of the twelve times that the Tourpeloton finished at Alpe d'Huez in that period, a Dutchman won seven more times: twice Hennie Kuiper, again Zoetemelk, twice Peter win, Steven Rooks and Gert-Jan Theunisse.
Of the eight victories in the 'Dutch Berg', the first of Peter Winning was perhaps the most beautiful. Winning, an unemployed teacher of 23 from Limburg, decided to venture up 6 kilometers from the finish in an impulsive moment. He brutally demarcated from the company Robert Alban, the wearer of the Bolletjestri Lucien van Impe and classification leader Bernard Hinault. It was youthful recklessness, because almost 230 kilometers had already been racing and it was a long way with a hard, cold wind on the turtleneck, but the reddish debutant showed character and had eight seconds left on the line. The next day was the toughest in his career, because he could barely get the pedals around fatigue, but as a Broekie he had won nicely on the most beautiful col in France.
The victory of Gert-Jan Theunisse was also impressive. He had driven 130 kilometers furious in the queen ride (Galibier, Telegraphe, Croix de Fer and Alpe d'Huez), of which 60 Solo, because his teammates did not want to drive Sean Kelly and Raúl Alcalá for him. Theunisse was still angry on the line.
Since that victory in 1989, the Netherlands (8 victories) has been dry and italy (7 victories) is in danger of taking over the rule on the turtleneck, but every time Alpe d'Huez is done in the Tour, an army of Dutch people are the Mount Orange colors . Especially around the bend 7 at the church of Huez it is carnival in the Alps. It is a great moment to cycle up the almost 14 kilometers (I know from my own experience) and also on the day of Alpe d'HuZes, but on every random day the climb of this mountain offers magic. There is the shock of the first 2 kilometers, the steepest part of the climb by an average of more than 10% rise. The hard observation that you have to kick the lightest gear at the first corner. The surprise after bend two that you have already climbed so high and the view is so wide. That you have found your cadence unnoticed and seems to recover from the first efforts. Coebels, birds, panting, a moss -green Alpine meadow and a stream: your senses work again. There is relief, recklessness and raw reality when the road suddenly rises steeply again. Are those all the wooden chalets? On the pedals. Two riders whistle down. Life is not fair. Bend 3 Pantani, bend 2 Pantani, bend 1 Giuseppe Guerini. Who? Hung a canvas with 'finish' there? Almost eleven hundred meters climbed. NEVER again. Stop the clocks. Step off. Drinks. What a climb. Your climb.


With a flourish of warm days at the end of the month, September finished warmer than normal on a statewide basis, about 1 to 1.5 degrees F warmer than average for most observers in the state. Though some observers saw daytime highs reach the upper 80s F there were no reports of 90 degrees F or greater during the month of September. Of further note the 2014 growing season, designated May through September, brought no 90 degrees F temperatures to many locations in the state that customarily see a number of 90 F days during the period. For example, Rochester recorded the first year without a 90 F temperature since 2008, and Albert Lea reported the first year without a 90 F temperature since 1993. In western Minnesota which normally sees a warmer growing season, Pipestone and Morris reported the first year without a 90 degrees F temperature since 1915!
The month of October started out wet for most areas of the state, except for northwestern counties. East-central and southeastern areas of the state reported measurable rainfall on each of the first three days of the month, with close to 1 inch a common total. Faribault reported 1.16 inches while Lakeville received 1.30 inches. Winona reported 1.36 inches and Caledonia 1.81 inches, while in the Twin Cities Metro Area MSP airport reported 1.47 inches and the University of Minnesota St Paul Campus 1.20 inches. Well over half of the state's corn crop has reached physiological maturity now and a majority of the soybeans have dropped their leaves. As the corn and soybean harvesting season gets underway in earnest this month Minnesota farmers will be hoping for a series of dry days to get some harvesting done. It appears that patience will be required waiting for a warm and dry interval of weather.
The Annual Kuehnast Lecture in Atmospheric and Climate Science is scheduled for October 7th, 3 p.m. at the St. Paul Campus Student Center theater. The 22nd Annual Kuehnast Lecture will feature author, musician, and award-winning journalist Andrew Revkin of The New York Times and Pace University. Revkin is known widely as the founder of the Dot Earth blog. His lecture, "The New Communication Climate," will explore issues and opportunities arising as both the environment and the news media experience an era of unprecedented and unpredictable change. Revkin will conclude the program with some music compositions of his own, accompanied by John Munson (MPR's "Wits" program) and friends. Refreshments will follow the program.
".....climate change..for the first time in history....is being both qualitatively and quantitatively measured......[with] the great amount of evidence gathered the reality of this change can no longer be denied........the recent warming of the climate has so far been most noticeable in the more northerly latitudes of the northern hemisphere....." These are the words of Dr. Donald Baker, climatologist and founder of the Land and Atmospheric Science Program at the University of Minnesota, also the man who hired me back in the 1970s. When did Dr. Baker write this? These words appear in a publication he wrote for the Minnesota Farm Bureau back in April of 1960! Thanks to DNR climatologists Pete Boulay and Greg Spoden who brought this to my attention. Dr. Baker was a beloved faculty member, a great mentor to me and a dear friend.
Dr. Stephen Schneider, climatologist and founder of the journal Climate Change was inducted into the California Hall of Fame this week. Among few scientists to be so recognized, Dr. Schneider won numerous science awards and served as a climate advisor to every U.S. President since Nixon. During his professional career he worked at both NCAR and Stanford University. He passed away in 2010.
A report issued this week in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society is titled "Explaining Extreme Events of 2013 from a Climate Perspective." This is an interesting read because it is basically a fingerprinting study to see how many of the 2013 extreme weather and climate events were tied to global climate change. Certainly not all of the events were attributable to climate change and the authors take great pains to explain why.
In the western Pacific Ocean, Typhoon Phanfone was growing in strength this week, packing winds of 130 mph and creating sea waves of 40-45 feet. It was expected to bring high seas, strong winds, and heavy rains to parts of Japan by the weekend.
The United Kingdom Meteorological Office reported this week that Northern Ireland recorded its driest September in history last month. In addition England, Wales, and Scotland recorded their 2nd driest September of all time. Monthly precipitation amounts typically ranged from only 0.30 inches to 0.90 inches across these countries.
I recently moved to St Cloud, MN from Columbia SC, so I am still getting used to the wildly fluctuating weather here. Now I hear that there is a chance for snow on Saturday, October 4th! Yikes! How often does it snow in the first half of October here?
Well, let's start with the month of October. For the St Cloud area two-thirds of all Octobers (back to 1893) bring snowfall. So that's pretty common if you ask me. Now what about the first half (15 days) of the month? Approximately 20 percent of the time snowfall is reported from St Cloud during the first 15 days of the month, however the vast majority (64 percent) of those years the snow is only a trace amount. The largest single day quantity of snowfall measured at St Cloud during the first half of October was 3.6 inches on October 12, 1969. In all cases of early October snowfalls, the snow was short-lived as it warmed up and melted very readily. So don't panic. BTW, further north it has snowed as much as 19 inches at Virginia (St Louis County), MN during the month of October (1951).
The average MSP high temperature for this date is 66 degrees F (plus or minus 10 degrees F standard deviation), while the average low is 46 degrees F (plus or minus 8 degrees F standard deviation).
MSP weather records for this date include: highest daily maximum temperature of 90 degrees F in 1997; lowest daily maximum temperature of 41 degrees F in 1935; lowest daily minimum temperature is 26 degrees F in 1996; highest daily minimum temperature of 72 F in 2005; record precipitation of 2.62 inches in 1903; and record snowfall is a trace in 1935.
Average dew point for October 3rd is 42 degrees F, with a maximum of 64 degrees F in 1926 and a minimum of 18 degrees F in 1989.
The state record high temperature for this date is 95 degrees F at Ada (Norman County) in 1922, and at Milan (Chippewa County) in 1938. The state record low temperature for this date is 9 degrees F at Embarrass (St Louis County) in 1999. State record precipitation for this date is 4.50 inches at Pine River (Crow Wing County) in 1903; and the state record snowfall for this date is 0.3 inches at Virginia (St Louis County) in 1935.
This isn't really a meteorological expression, but perhaps it is arguably a climate expression, though derived from Native American culture and others. What are the oldest sounds on Earth? They are the sounds of wind, waves, and running water....all elements of the Earth's climate. Before any life forms existed, millions of years ago, there was the voice of the Earth's atmosphere, wind generated by air pressure gradients (high and low pressure cells) and the differential heating of land and water surfaces. There was also the voice of the Earth's water, waves generated by wind and tidal forces, and running water responding to the forces of gravity. Pretty basic stuff here, but obviously, these are the oldest sounds on our planet. These are the types of sounds that many of us find comforting and peaceful. In fact some doctors prescribe these sounds to relax patients or help them sleep better at night.
Strong thunderstorms crossed the state over October 2-3, 1903, bringing a complete halt to the harvest season. Many observers reported 2-3 inches of rainfall, with hail and winds to 40 mph. Western Minnesota counties were especially hard hit and harvest was delayed for over one week.
October 3, 1922 was the warmest in state history as 16 communities reported a high temperature of 90 degrees F or greater. It was a short-live spell of autumn warmth as a cold front drop temperatures by 30 to 40 degrees F on the 5th of the month.
October 3, 1935 brought snow to many parts of the state. Measurable snowfalls, generally less than one inch, occurred at Orr, Tower, and Virginia, while there were widespread reports of trace amounts even as far south as Spring Grove (Houston County).
October 3-4, 1989 brought a hard freeze to just about every county in the state. Overnight temperatures fell into the teens and twenties F, with lows as cold as 15 degrees F at Theilman and Milan.
Cooler over the weekend with a chance for light snow and rain mix early on Saturday. Some frosts likely Saturday night, then a chance of showers again on Monday and early Tuesday. Warming up by the middle of next week to near normal temperatures.


This flagship bank was The Columbia Bank's first in Anne Arundel County. The 4,000 square foot ornate masonry structure is accented by a spire and standing seam metal roof. The branch has a comfortable upscale interior designed to attract and retain depositors. Work was completed in five months despite winter weather delays.


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Movie roundup 🎬
Thursday, June 28, 2018 :: Tagged under: culture. ⏰ 4 minutes.
🎵 The song for this post is Table's Clear, by Paul Lansky. 🎵
Here's some movies I've seen recently:
Eminently forgettable. There's exactly one friend of mine who takes every opportunity to defend it whenever it's slandered and this fascinates me.
This article summarizes it very well: Star Wars isn't a universe conducive to strip-mining of content like the Marvel movies have been. The fun of Star Wars, for me, was about imagining my own adventures with action figures or reading books like this one and this one. Releasing a movie every 6 months to get a bland Hollywood-ized versions of extremely simple stories won't succeed. The first few grafs of this articulate this well.
Some other fun Star Wars takes from a Twitter user I like are this one about The Last Jedi and Rogue One and this short one about Solo.
Won't You Be My Neighbor
I wrote about my idea of Fred Rogers, and the movie delivers. It's heartwarming, entertaining, and presents a portrait you're grateful to receive. Beyond the obvious elements that tell his story, I found a lot to chew on regarding aging, measuring the impact of one's life, childhood and trauma, and able to choose the person you want to be.
I'm mostly impressed at the logistics of this movie: Age of Ultron demonstrated that asking 20 doctors to stick their hands in a body under surgery isn't necessarily a good thing. This movie got made with all those people, and it's largely coherent.
It's impossible to talk meaningfully about it without talking about the MCU generally; this article is probably my favorite.
Re: superhero fatigue, I wrote something on Facebook when a friend asked "Why doesn't Hollywood make other movies" and figure this is a relevant place to share it too:
Hollywood is, first and foremost, in it for the money. They do whatever will net them the most cash, so the art they make isn't optimized for anything but that.
You will likely get more cash if you can viably target the bigger markets; e.g. 30 Rock was absolutely loved by left-liberal city-dwellers but never reached Modern Family or The Big Bang Theory audience sizes (by, like, an order of magnitude) because a ton of demographics who watch a lot of TV just didn't really get it.
The general public can't really agree on pretty much anything. "Police shouldn't shoot unarmed people," "the President shouldn't base policy on how they can personally profit from it," or "fascism is bad" are, apparently, divisive statements? The present is weird.
In that environment, successfully targeting giant demographics means building stories in extremely flat worlds where Good and Evil are stated unambiguously. Also, those worlds can't look anything like ours but superficially: Star Wars, superhero movies against Mean Aliens, to a lesser extent Harry Potter, &c.
Like AAA games or fast food, every detail in the production process of these movies are extensively focus-group tested to minimize the number of people who object to it. It's consistent, has a high floor, but this also lowers the ceiling. I'd love to see more but while the above is all true I don't think we're going to see it from Hollywood.
I really, really enjoyed this, cried a few times during. People just want to be seen.
This was good! Entertaining, and worth it alone for Cate Blanchett's wardrobe. On balance it's not the best thing I saw on this list, which I mostly blame on structural problems that are inescapable in these reboots, well-articulated here. Given those constraints though, I was very impressed.
(spoiler alert) When I heard they fridged one of my favorites characters in Deadpool I got pretty mad; alas, boredom got the better of me and we went and saw it. Like the first Deadpool, it was way funnier than I thought. If you're not turned off by violence, I think you'll like it. Especially in the wave of Disney superhero movies, I like what this offers.
(I would have liked Ron Perlman as Cable)
Every time I see John Krasinski I think "he is such a Brown grad!" I mean, leave it to a Brown grad to write the screenplay for a David Foster Wallace adaptation and star as the lead. Fun fact! He was in the running to be Captain America before they gave it to the Human Torch.
Anyway, this movie is cute. Didn't blow me away, but well-acted and designed. As a former sound designer, this was catnip.
This was delightful! I think it had a hard time, coming so soon after Black Panther, and folks forgetting it's a movie for all ages. I wish my kid's movies were this good. John Scalzi wrote something great about it.
I'll watch Michael Peña in anything, and look forward to seeing him again in Ant-Man and The Wasp.
GitHub + Microsoft ramble 😼 →
← Weight, bodies, agency, and a few good months 📉


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Q: How to Collect nodeItem to list/map with groovy? I have xml and I have to transform it. How to make it correctly.
How to parse and group xml with groovy. Or please give advice me.
<getDataResponse>
    <dataItem>
          <osVer>1.1</osVer>
          <mobileVer>iPad7</mobileVer>
          <email>mail</email>
          <id>1</id>
    </dataItem>
    <dataItem>
          <osVer>1.18</osVer>
          <mobileVer>iPhone5</mobileVer>
          <email>mail</email>
          <id>1</id>
   </dataItem>
</getDataResponse>

I write this code to collect my data:
 def res = []
 for(item in dataResponse.children()){
    res << item.findAll{
        it.name().equals('osVer') ||
                    it.name().equals('mobileVer')
    }.inject([:]){
        map, ch -> map + [(ch.name()) : ch.text()]
    }
}
res.join()

I want to get this output:
<getDataResponse>
    <dataItem>
          <info>[osVer:1.1, mobileVer: iPad7]
                [osVer:1.8, mobileVer: iPhone5]</info>
          <email>mail</email>
          <id>1</id>
    </dataItem>
</getDataResponse>


I love following you on Insta and seeing all the adorable pics of Baby A! I meant it when I said she should be a baby model! She is the cutest thing ever!
Just hopped over from Amanda's link up and first off I LOVE your blog design! Great photos from this week and the pumpkin patch, what a cutie!
Definitely cheers to the weekend! Have a great one!
Seems like you have had a good week! Hope you have a great weekend and make the football game!
Girl, time is always flying these days! Every month this entire year has flown by in a flash! It seems like it should still only be July and yet, here we are, only nine weeks until Christmas! NINE WEEKS!!!!
Little Miss Andi is just the sweetest!! I LOVE following and seeing you girls on snapchat!
Andi is seriously the cutest! Loved the photos from the pumpkin patch!


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2022 Old Masters market review
By Oliver Rordorf - 17. January 2023
A report on the Old Master paintings market in 2022 – what sold well and what the world's first billion dollar auction tell us about collecting old masters.
The geopolitical conflicts and inflation that threatened the global economy in 2022 did not seem to have much impact on the art market. In fact, it was a remarkable year which saw the return of live auctions, art fairs, parties and all the fun that comes with collecting. We witnessed the most expensive private collection ever sold at auction – the 1.5 billion dollar sale of the collection of Paul G. Allen, the late Microsoft founder. His discerning eye for quality and investment potential made a strong case for assembling exceptional and rare works across five centuries of Western art.
Among the 60 lots offered in the world's first ever billion dollar auction, five sold for over 100 million USD: paintings by Georges Seurat (149.2 m), Paul Cezanne (137.8 m), Vincent van Gogh (117.2m), Gustav Klimt (104.6m) and Paul Gauguin (105.7m). In contrast, Old master paintings, which consisted only five lots in the Allen sale, brought a combined 113.0 million USD. Interestingly, all five lots from his sale made it to the list of top 10 auction prices for Old Masters in 2022. Below is the full account.
Auction top 10
#10 Titian
The Penitent Magdalene
Dorotheum Vienna: Old Master Paintings I
11 May 2022 Lot 32
Estimate: 1,000,000 – 1,500,000 EUR
Sold For: 4,818,000 EUR (5,075,318 USD)
#9 Pieter van Mol
Diogenes with his lantern looking for an honest man
Sotheby's New York: Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I
27 January 2022 Lot 6
Estimate: 2,000,000 – 3,000,000 USD
Sold For: 5,779,200 USD Premium
#8 Jan Brueghel the Younger
The Five Senses: Sight, Touch, Hearing, Taste and Smell
Christie's New York: Visionary: The Paul G. Allen Collection Part I
9 November 2022 Lot 36
Sold For: 8,634,000 USD
#7 Canaletto
The Piazza San Marco, Venice, looking east towards the basilica
Sold For: 10,466,000 USD Premium
#6 Lucas Cranach the Elder
The Nymph of the Spring
Christie's London: Old Masters Evening Sale
7 July 2022 Lot 6
Estimate: 6,000,000 – 8,000,000 GBP (7,195,107 – 9,593,476 USD)
Sold For: 9,430,000 GBP
The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking South-East from San Stae to the Fabbriche Nuove di Rialto
Sold For: 11,840,000 USD
#4 Titian and workshop
Venus and Adonis
Sotheby's London: Old Masters Evening Auction
7 December 2022 Lot 6
Estimate: 8,000,000 – 12,000,000 GBP (9,754,907 – 14,632,361 USD)
Sold For 11,164,000 GBP (13,612,974 USD)
#3 Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
Le panier de fraises des bois
Artcurial, Paris: Old Master & 19th Century Art
23 March 2022 Lot 15
Estimate: 12,000,000 – 15,000,000 EUR (13,199,868 – 16,499,835 USD)
Sold For: 24,381,400 EUR (26,819,271 USD)
#2 Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A.
Depositing of John Bellini's Three Pictures in La Chiesa Redentore, Venice
Estimate: 28,000,000 – 35,000,000 USD
#1 Sandro Botticelli
Madonna of the Magnificat
Estimate: No Estimate Received
In 2022, six of the top ten auction prices realized for Old Master paintings, with a combined sum of 107 million USD, were sold in New York. London only took two spots, totaling 25 million. These figures reveal a similar trend to that which we saw in 2021 (New York 105,810,600 USD; London 35,592,697 USD). Since Brexit, with the complications and extra costs associated with import and export between the UK and the EU, London has evidently become less attractive as a marketplace for Old Masters. Furthermore, starting 2023, Christie's and Sotheby's New York will have a synchronized auction calendar that presents its first Old Master auctions of the year in January – the first time since 2015. This builds on the momentum of Master Drawings New York, which brings many European and English dealers to take up temporary exhibition spaces in the city for two weeks every January. As American museums are among the most active buyers for old master paintings – both from auction and private dealers, it encourages the decision makers to come to New York.
Sandro Botticelli leads in the top 10 auction list for 2022, as he did in 2021, but the price is close to half that of the Portrait of a young man holding a roundel sold a year ago. One might ask if there would have been such a price difference had they been offered in the same sale? The Allen Tondo is one of six variants of Botticelli's iconic Madonna of the Magnificat in the Galleria degli Uffizi. It is exceptional in quality and is considered to be largely by the master himself, with a small amount of studio assistance – as was common for the artist after the late 1480s. The Portrait, on the other hand, is a rare non-religious picture by Botticelli and a unique composition, despite its historic attribution to Botticini. Russian-speaking collectors have been a driving force in the market for Botticelli in the last 10-15 years but that came to an abrupt end following the war in Ukraine. Had they been in the game, there would have been a lot more competition on the Allen Botticelli this year.
Sandro Botticelli, Madonna of the Magnificat, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
If you are new to the Old Masters market, you might ask why a painting by Titian and workshop (#4) sells for much more than a Titian fully attributed (#10). This is an interesting pair to look at because it shows the complexities of valuation for old master paintings, where "quality" is measured beyond the attribution, provenance, and the attractiveness of the image. Both examples are variations of a famous prototype – the prime version of Venus and Adonis is in the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid and that ofThe Penitent Magdalen is in the Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Titian, like Botticelli, was a prolific artist who often depended on the help of his studio assistants. The Dorotheum Magdalene is a rediscovery with a provenance traceable back to the Queen of Sweden and possibly Emperor Rudolf II. Had it been sold at Sotheby's New York with a full attribution, could it have done better? What undoubtedly must have helped the sale of Sotheby's Venus and Adonis are the recent exhibitions in London and Boston that brought together all six of the great poesie – the first time in over four centuries.
Titian Exhibition Gallery 06 of the exhibition Titian: Love Desire Death.
©The National Gallery, London
2022 was a strong year for sales across continental Europe. The biggest star was undoubtedly The Basket of Wild Strawberries by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin which sold for 26.8 million EUR at Artcurial, Paris. The cover image of Pierre Rosenberg's canonical 1979 catalogue raisonné for the artist, it was unsurprisingly declared a French national treasure and stopped from export. We noticed that besides improved digital outreach, many smaller auction houses have set up their own live-stream auctions. Perhaps Brexit has also made it more attractive for sellers to work with local auction houses in Europe. For example,The Offering to Ceres by the Utrecht Caravaggisti Dirck van Baburen sold for 1.4 million USD at Koller Auktionen, Zurich. The seller had acquired it from Sotheby's London in 2013 for 578,500 GBP (946,343 USD).
Dirck van Baburen, The Offering to Ceres
Koller Auktionen AG Zurich: Friday, September 23, 2022 Lot 3029. Estimate: 500,000 – 800,000 CHF Sold For: 1,408,300 CHF (1,434,900 USD)
A rising tide lifts all boats
The highpoint of the art auction world in 2022 was undoubtedly the sale of Paul G. Allen's collection. We have not seen such a crowd queuing to see a preview since the Da Vinci Salvator Mundi. As noted earlier, there were five "blue-chip" old master paintings in the sale which the tech mogul had acquired from both private dealers and auction houses. A landscape by Turner and a religious tondo by Botticelli were both bought from dealers in 1999.
Works bought from auctions include a set of Five Senses by Jan Brueghel the Younger (lot 36, sold 8.6m) bought right after 9/11 at Christie's New York in 2001 for 3.856 million USD – an auction world record for the artist at the time; a view of Piazza San Marco by Canaletto (lot 24, estimated 5-7 m, sold 10.5m USD) bought in 2014 at Sotheby's London for 5,458,500 GBP (8.6 m USD) and a view of the Grand Canal by Canaletto (lot 55, est. 2.5-3.5m USD, sold 11.8m) bought in 1997 at Christie's London for 2,311,500 GBP (3.9m USD). Chosen for their exceptional quality and the artists' fame, these painting sold well and in many cases, to collectors that are new to Old Masters.
Jan Brueghel the Younger, Allegory of Sight (from The Five Senses series)
Paul G. Allen Collection Part I, lot 36. Estimated 4-6m USD, sold for 8.6m USD
It is interesting to compare the two Allen Canalettos with the Canaletto View of the Grand Canal in the Grasset collection, sold three weeks later at Sotheby's London as part of their December Old Masters evening sale. Many specialists would see the latter as the quintessential Canaletto one would want to own: an iconic view, in great condition, datable to the desirable late 1730s—a period in the artists oeuvre defined by bright light, architectural detail, and clear water with refined reflections. Despite both being of high quality, one might say that the Allen Piazza san Marco lacks the water and the Grand Canal a saturated crystalline palette which the traditional connoisseur loves. However, that is perhaps a matter of taste. There was hardly any competition for the Grasset Canaletto, which sold at the low estimate (4.5m USD with premium). This contrasting result suggests that Paul Allen's endorsement of quality and investment value made a more compelling case. So it appears that the platform of a prestigious single-owner, which brings top quality Old Masters alongside great modern and contemporary art, is a successful formula for selling Old Masters. And this factor overrides the value placed on freshness (as we studied in-depth in our market review for 2021). This perhaps also speaks to the importance of New York as a marketplace for Old Masters: simply because this is where the biggest actions take place.
Grasset Canaletto – The Grand Canal. 59.7 x 94 cm
Sotheby's London: Old Masters Evening Auction, lot 30. Estimated 3-5m USD, sold 4.5m USD
Allen Canaletto – Piazza San Marco, 62.2 x 95.3 cm.
Lot 24. Estimated 5-7m USD, sold for 10.5m USD
Allen Canaletto – The Grand Canal, 47 x 77.8 cm.
Lot 55. Estimated 2.5-3.5m USD, sold 11.8m USD
This does not mean that a focused collection of old masters, without the branding and fanfare of a 20th century art sale, cannot sell well publicly. We were encouraged by the overall performance of the Grasset collection sale. Formed over three decades by the late Spanish collector Juan Manuel (Manolo) Grasset, the collection focuses on Dutch and Flemish paintings, especially small-scale still lives and refined landscapes. Nicholas remembers him from decades ago as being a learned collector – in the words of Fred Meijer of the RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History), he was able to "find an excellent balance between the aesthetic qualities and the intrinsic value of his purchases". Sold by his heirs, the seventeen lots realized 15.6 million USD in total, 47% of the lots were sold above their high estimates. That the majority of the works offered had not been on the market since before 1990 and were well estimated certainly contributed to the success.
What we also found in 2022 is that cross-category sales outside of the 20th century context do not necessarily help different types of art sell better than if they were sold alone. It did help, in the case of the Ann & Gordon Getty sale at Christie's. Paintings by Canaletto, Joli, and a drawing by Watteau all sold very well – as one might expect, propelled by the effect of the storied family name. However, old master paintings in the Hôtel Lambert sale at Sotheby's Paris were less spectacular despite the sale doing very well over all. Formed by His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani, it was the foremost private collection of French Decorative Arts and the highest grossing auction of its type. Jan van Hemessen's attractive Portrait of a Bearded Gentleman, which once belonged to the Dutch King William II, made less than half (1,184,500 EUR or 1.2m USD) of what the Sheikh spent on it in 2014 (1,762,500 GBP or 3.01m USD) – at the time the world's auction record for the artist. The Qatari royal provenance did not seem to have the same magic as Allen or Getty, and perhaps it would have done better taken out of a sale with over 1000 lots in Paris.
Jan Sanders van Hemessen, Portrait of a bearded gentleman, aged 34
Sotheby's Paris: Hôtel Lambert sale, lot 5. Estimated 1-2m EUR, sold for 1.2m USD
Similar to Manolo Grasset's focused approach to collecting, the Chilean couple, Álvaro Saieh and Ana Guzmán, also chose to build a concentrated collection of works from the Italian Renaissance. Their collection, known as the Alana Collection, is one of the most important private collections of Italian paintings assembled in living memory and highlights were exhibited at the Musée Jacquemart-Andre in Paris three years ago. The artworks put up for auction, however, were a small proportion of their less significant holdings. Despite a few good results, such as Fra Angelico's Saint Dominic and St. Francis, and Lippo di Benivieni's Madonna and Child, less than 40% of the pictures (by lot) were able to find a buyer. So what went wrong? We think there are a few contributing factors. The primary reason is that most of the artists were not particularly well known outside of connoisseur's circles, making it less appealing to trophy hunters and cross-category collectors. Secondly, as is now common practice, many of these pictures were offered privately before the auction and failed to find buyers which may have discouraged bidding at the time of the sale. Lastly, the estimates were too high; many of the paintings were of art historical interest but that does not always correspond to saleability.
What sold well at auctions?
Whether you make a good profit on selling a picture depends a lot on timing – because fashions change. To understand what sold well in 2022, we did a study on the profitability of a small group of Old Master paintings sold at Christie's and Sotheby's Part I sales. Offered twice a year in London and New York, Part I (or historically known as Evening Sales) represent some of the best works offered publicly. As it allows us to remove the marketing effect of a single-owner sale, we kept this consistent for our study: only lots that have previously (within the last 30 years) been sold in a Part I sale at either house were analyzed. Focusing on pictures that have not changed attribution over the years, we compared their last auction price and the one in 2022. Out of 244 paintings, 29 made the cut [1].
[1] We used auction data from Artnet and Artprice databases, which were limited to sales after 1990. When appropriate, the results were converted to USD using the historic exchange rates. We also removed artworks that did not find a buyer (bought in) during the historic auction because it would now allow us to calculate the change in value. We acknowledge, however, that there are unaccounted variables (such as the amount of press devoted to each sale, geopolitical conditions, etc.) that could also have affected the auction results.
The two paintings which realized the largest losses were a Penitent Magdalene by Filippino Lippi and The Dancing Couple by Jan Steen (-75% and -74% respectively). While both pictures are by representative artists of their schools, they had both been put in a recent auction with higher estimates but failed to sell. Therefore, it comes with little surprise that the bought-in records have a dented their sales value despite their inherent good quality. There had been a time when the rustic, country house aesthetic swept across both sides of the Atlantic but today, a picture like Jan Steen's Dancing Couple would be considered quite out of fashion. The same situation applies to the landscape by Sir Peter Paul Rubens which saw a loss of 20% from 2010 to 2022.
Jan Steen, 'The Dancing Couple'
Sotheby's London: Old Masters Evening Auction, 6 July 2022, lot 11
Peter Paul Rubens, A wooded landscape at sunset
Christie's New York: Old Masters. 10 June 2022. Lot 31
In our study, the twelve paintings that made a profit fall roughly into two groups. The first can be characterized as paintings with lively brushwork by artists influenced (to varying degrees) by the realism and tenebrism of Caravaggio. For example, an expressive Diogenes with his lantern by the little-known Flemish artist Pieter van Mol made 1274% more in 2022 than in 1997. The painting was sold with a yellowed varnish which provides the buyer with an opportunity to clean and potentially present the painting in a new context. Similarly, a head by the Bolognese late Baroque painter Gaetano Gandolfi increased in value by 541%, and a Portrait of a Carmelite Monk painted by the young Anthony van Dyck made a 236% return in just 11 years. The latter had been passed down in the Rubens family until its previous owner bought it from Sotheby's in 2011, who lent the painting to the Frick Collection's 2016 exhibition Van Dyck: The Anatomy of Portraiture and subsequently, placed on long-term loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This allowed leading scholars to agree on its attribution, which was debated between Van Dyck and his teacher Rubens, and most importantly, highlights its importance within van Dyck's early oeuvre.
Gaetano Gandolfi, A bearded man, bust-length in profile, wearing a brown coat
Sotheby's New York: Master Paintings and Sculpture Part I, 27 January 2022, lot 57
Pieter van Mol, Diogenes with his lantern looking for an honest man
Sotheby's New York: Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I 27 January 2022 Lot 6
Anthony van Dyck, Portrait of a Carmelite monk, head and shoulders
Christie's London: Old Masters Evening Sale, 7 July 2022, lot 10
The second type of paintings to make a profit is female artists – a trend we have noticed in the last few years and is perhaps here to stay. One might wonder where these paintings have suddenly appeared from: were they simply not being put into auctions before (sold privately), were they by new female artists that were not previously known to scholars, or were they being given a "gender reassignment"? As our study focuses on paintings that have maintained the same attribution between the change of hands, we are only looking at the first category. Collectors who had bought paintings by little known female artists years ago, are being made aware that these pictures are worth significantly more and now is the time to sell. This was the case for a mythology by Sophie Frémiet Rude, and still lives by Clara Peeters and Anne Vallayer-Coster. Most remarkably, a fine portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi, which was bought in 1999 for 248,800 USD sold for more than ten times its purchase value in 2022. We can hardly believe that less than ten years ago, Artemesia's Self-Portrait as Lute Player failed to sell at auction before the Wadsworth Atheneum made an acceptable offer after the sale.
In our experience, the public auction market complements that of the private market but in some cases, there are shared trends– as is the case with both observations above.
Museum acquisitions
Many museums increased their spending in 2022. Notably, the Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased the "Mantuan roundel" attributed to Gian Marco Cavalli for $23,000,000—the second most expensive acquisition made by the institution. A Portrait of a Gentleman of the Soranzo Family by Paolo Veronese was accepted by the National Gallery, London in lieu of inheritance tax under a hybrid arrangement which settled more than 3,400,000 GBP in tax and was supplemented by a 5,700,000 GBP donation from the American Friends of the National Gallery, London – a win-win scenario for both museum and individuals who received the tax cuts.
Attributed to Gian Marco Cavalli, Mars, Venus and Cupid with Vulcan at his forge (the Mantuan Roundel)
Paolo Veronese, Portrait of a Gentleman of the Soranzo Family
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax (under a hybrid arrangement) and allocated to the National Gallery, bought with the support of the American Friends of the National Gallery, 2022 NG6694
We noted two cases of museum acquisitions that reunited paintings long separated by the multiple change of hands. A small predella panel by Lorenzo di Credi was acquired by the Louvre allowing them to reunite this panel with an Annunciation already in their collection. Both panels were originally part of di Credi's altarpiece painted for the oratory built by Bishop Donato de'Medici.
The Rubenshuis in Antwerp acquired a Landscape with Nymphs and Satyrs by Paul Bril from Lawrences, a small auction house in Somerset, UK, for an incredible hammer price of 44,000 GBP. This landscape features in one of the Rubenshuis most celebrated paintings, Willem van Haecht's House Cabinet of Cornelis van der Geest. The brilliant acquisition of a painting once owned by one of Rubens' most famous patrons shows how far well spent money can go.
Paul Bril, Landscape with nymphs and satyrs
Acquired by the Rubenshuis, Antwerp
Willem van Haecht, House Cabinet of Cornelis van der Geest (detail), Rubenshuis, Antwerp
We are looking forward to seeing what happens with Reynold's Portrait of Omai. The National Portrait Gallery is attempting to raise 50,000,000 GBP to keep Omai in the United Kingdom. Recent reports have suggested that the Getty and NPG have considered sharing the acquisition. The National Portrait Gallery had the opportunity to buy the painting for a fraction of this price a few years ago. And now the tide has changed forever as public institutions endeavor to tell a multicultural history of European art.❖
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Mom of Three Jennifer Garner Says Giving Birth Is the 'Most Romantic Day You'll Ever Experience'
Any mom who has experienced childbirth knows it comes with a mixed bag of both emotions and physical feelings.
Two such cases? Jennifer Garner and Kristen Bell, who sat down to chat with other moms about a variety of parenting topics in the season 4 premiere of Momsplaining with Kristen Bell.
One mom named Emilie Haskell, who is five months pregnant with her first child, tells the actresses that she's "feeling pretty good" but "starting to get a little bit nervous about labor."
"I think it is the most romantic day you'll ever experience," replies the Peppermint star, 47. (She and ex Ben Affleck are parents to son Samuel Garner, 7½, plus daughters Seraphina Rose Elizabeth, 10, and Violet Anne, 13).
"You're a better person than I am because I was gonna say, 'It's gonna look like a homicide,' " counters Bell, 39, who shares two daughters with husband Dax Shepard: 4½-year-old Delta and her big sister Lincoln, 6½. "Way more blood than you think there should be."
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How Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard Teach Their Young Daughters the Truth: "We Don't Dumb It Down"
Another of Bell's guests, Deanna Clower, is mom to a 3-month-old baby. Currently on maternity leave, she asks for Bell and Garner's guidance on how to "get back to feeling like Deanna the person instead of Deanna with a newborn" baby: "When does it get better? When do you start to feel like yourself again?"
"The answer's never. You're not gonna," The Good Place star tells her flatly after looking at Garner, who purses her lips and shakes her head knowingly. "Because you're a different self. And it's important to talk to others. Momming is hard, but it's worth it."
Another piece of advice the actresses give is to Megan Safar, mom to a 3-year-old and a 4-year-old who are just 11 months apart. Bell asks whether she has tried calling them by their full names ("Doesn't work," Safar says).
"You have to just be like, 'Can you believe this little s— is having a tantrum?' " says Garner, and the women laugh. "I would say that is the mindset."
In reality, Bell takes the advice of husband Shepard, 44, whose hilarious approach to instances when their daughters exhibit less-than-ideal behavior is respectably effective.
"He says, 'Sometimes when they're having a tantrum, treat 'em like the hot girl in high school: Just ignore 'em and then they'll come to you,' " she shares. "I thought that was so silly when he said it, and then it actually works."
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Evanescence Announce 'The Bitter Truth' Release Date
December 4, 2020 /
Evanescence have announced that The Bitter Truth, their first album of original music in over a decade, will be released on March 26th, 2021.
Preorders for the album are available now. Fans can preorder a digital version, CD, vinyl, and a limited-edition deluxe fan box set featuring a bonus CD, journal, poster, and special cassette of exclusive audio from the making of The Bitter Truth. Every preorder will automatically come with downloads of previously released singles, including "Wasted on You," "The Game Is Over," "Use My Voice," and their latest song "Yeah Right."
Evanescence will be holding a livestream concert on Saturday, December 5th, at 4:00 p.m. ET, from Rock Falcon Studio. The show will feature the band performing all the previously released singles from The Bitter Truth for the first time ever.
Evanescence lead singer Amy Lee recently spoke to IndieLand about the making of The Bitter Truth, producing music during a pandemic, and her early artistic inspirations.
"The energy was just amped," she said of the album's recording. "We were in there on fire. Now, the guys are back at their homes, and I am wading through the aftermath of all the music, piecing it together and finalizing the record. …The upside of this time is that I've had to buckle down and focus. Even on the days that I don't want to, I come out here and I go, 'Let's do this. Let's finish the album.' "
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Augusta National chairman Billy Payne, USGA executive director Mike Davis and R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers were in Panama City on Thursday to promote the Latin America Amateur Championship, a tournament co-founded by the three parties. In its third year of existence, the event is intended to grow the game in the Latin American region, and offers an enticing reward: entrance into the Masters, as well as the U.S. and British Amateur Championships.
Who will be the first one amongst you three to hand Tiger Woods his next trophy?
Though he has 14 majors titles to his credit, it's worth repeating that Woods hasn't won a major since 2008. The inquiry clearly threw Payne, Davis and Slumber off base, as noted by the Golf Channel's Nick Menta.
"I believe the Masters is first," answered Slumbers.
"Yeah, I'll have the first chance," Payne remarked. "I'll have the first chance."
Granted, it's not the first time the media -- pesky set of rascals, that media -- presented a dense question. Still, given the vaunted stature of these leaders, seems like more pressing matters are at hand than Tiger's return.
Luckily, Slumbers saved the day.
"You know, if I could just say, I think it's wonderful to see Tiger back playing," he said. "When he played in the event just before Christmas, I turned on the TV to watch an event I probably wouldn't have watched had he not been playing, and I think it's great for the game."
In its embryonic state, the returns from Latin America Amateur Championship have been a success. But as today's presser proves, the game's biggest global ambassador remains the man in red.


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Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Jessen (15 September 1821, in Schleswig – 27 May 1889, in Berlin) was a German botanist.

He studied botany and natural sciences at the University of Kiel, where he obtained his doctorate in 1848. He received his habilitation in Berlin in 1851, afterwards teaching classes at the University of Greifswald, and during the same time period, giving lectures at the agricultural college in Eldena. In 1868 he became an associate professor at Greifswald. Following closure of the Eldena agricultural college in 1877, he relocated to the University of Berlin as a professor of botany.

He specialized in the fields of floristics and botanical history. In addition to his own writings, he completed Georg August Pritzel's "Die deutschen Volksnamen der Pflanzen" (The German common names of plants, 1882–84).

The plant genus Jessenia from the family Arecaceae is named after him.

Selected writings
 Prasiolae : generis algarum monographia, 1848
 Was heißt Botanik? : Ein Vortrag gehalten zu Greifswald, den 15. December 1860, 1861
 Deutschlands Gräser und Getreidearten 1863 - German grasses and cereals.
 Botanik der Gegenwart und Vorzeit in culturhistorischer Entwickelung, 1864 - Botany of the present and past in cultural-historical development.
 Deutsche Excursions-Flora, 1879.

References

People from Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein
Academic staff of the University of Greifswald
Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin
University of Kiel alumni
1821 births
1889 deaths
19th-century German botanists

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