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Мішель-Віктор Асьє (; 6 серпня 1736, Версаль — , Дрезден) — французький скульптор, який працював у Німеччині в галузі дрібної пластики і вніс помітний вклад у розвиток саксконскої порцеляни. Прадід по матері композитора П. І. Чайковського.

Його нащадки в Росії носили прізвище Асієр і Ассієр.

Біографія
Мішель Віктор Асьє народився у Версалі в дрібнобуржуазної сім'ї. Це був перший член сім'ї, який став професійним художником. Навчався на скульптора в паризькій Королівській академії, де його вчителем імовірно був Етьєн Фальконе. У 1759 році взяв участь в академічному конкурсі, але Гран-прі не отримав.

У 1764 році уклав 15-річний контракт із саксонською Королівською порцеляновою мануфактурою та переїхав у Дрезден (з 1772 року живе в Мейсені). У Саксонії він вважався головним моделістом мануфактури після Йоганна Йоахіма Кендлера, а зі смертю останнього в 1775 році став єдиним моделістом саксонської порцеляни. Він працював разом з Кендлером в тому числі над кількома російськими замовленнями, в тому числі над сервізом графа Григорія Орлова (1770), над композицією, що зображає тріумф П. А. Румянцева-Задунайського, а також над «Великим російським замовленням» Катерини II (між 1772 та 1775 рр., відомий також як «Оранієнбаумська серія») — композицією з 40 груп і фігур для оздоблення одного з павільйонів Оранієнбаумського палацу. Під керівництвом Асьє в 1776 році була зроблена і статуетка улюбленої собачки Катерини Лізетти.

У 1779 році термін контракту закінчився, і Асьє став жити на пенсію, яку він згідно з умовами контракту мав отримувати по його закінчення. Його прохання про прийняття в саксонську Академію образотворчих мистецтв у 1780 році була відхилена.

Незабаром після цього Асьє переїжджає в Пруссію до двору Фрідріха II, де 1783 року створює барельєф із зображенням загибелі в бою фельдмаршала фон Шверін, встановлений у Борау (Сілезія). У 1786 році стає членом Берлінської академії мистецтв. В останні роки з невідомих причин Асьє припинив творчу діяльність. З Пруссії він повернувся до Саксонії та помер у Дрездені.

Творчість
Асьє працював у стилі, перехідному від рококо до класицизму, відомому як стиль Людовика XVI. Він перший привніс у саксонську порцеляну вивезені з Франції класицистичні мотиви, і графиня Поліна фон Шпеє називає його «піонером класицизму в Мейсені». Починаючи зі скульптури «Хороша мати» (1774) вводить у свої твори мотиви сентименталізму та буржуазних чеснот, очевидно, під впливом картин Жана Батіста Грьоза. Його фігурки, на відміну від більш ранніх зразків, одягнені в костюми свого часу. Ставлення до творчості Асьє серед фахівців в основному негативне, що пояснюється не стільки оцінкою його особистих талантів, скільки загальним негативним ставленням до духу міщанського сентименталізму та раціоналізму, який Асьє привніс в мейссенську порцеляну у відповідності зі смаками епохи. Втім, останнім часом з'явилися і більш збалансовані оцінки. Він найбільш відомий своїми фігурками дітей.

Родина
Асьє одружився в Саксонії на Марії Христині Елеонорі Віттіг (1746/47—1811), і у них було шестеро дітей:

 Марія Терезія Ігнатія (1768—1830)
 Йоганн Баптист Карл Віктор Ігнатій (1771 — ?)
 Йоганн Християн Віктор (1773 — ?)
 Марія Софія Серпня Амалія (1775 — після 1820)
 Міхаель Гайнрих Максиміліан (1778—1830)
 Генрієтта Марія Жозефа (1781—1782)

Міхаель Гайнрих Максиміліан у 1795 році приїхав до Росії в якості вчителя німецької та французької мови в Артилерійському і Інженерному шляхетському кадетському корпусі, в 1800 році прийняв російське підданство і став зватися Андрій Михайлович Ассієр. Згодом служив митним чиновником у Міністерстві фінансів, дослужився до чину дійсного статського радника. Мав семеро дітей від двох шлюбів, у тому числі (від першого шлюбу з дочкою диякона Катериною Михайлівною Попової) дочку Олександру (1812—1854), яка вийшла заміж за інженера Іллю Петровича Чайковського і стала матір'ю великого російського композитора.

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 Мейсенская мануфактура
 Скульптор Мишель-Виктор Асье
 Чайковский
 Русский след в Мейсене
 Michel Victor Acier
 Michel Victor Acier
 Andrei Assier
 The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts. Cordon Campbell editor. Vol.2. p. 96 Oxford University Press, Inc, 2006, ISBN 978-0-19-518948-3
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Have you watched the 360 Lyric video for "Pressure Off" yet?
I don't really understand lyric videos.
I mean, I get why they're done. Learning the words to a new favorite song is pretty important to those of us who are fans. I can remember listening to the same song over and over, and the feeling of triumph when I'd finally be able to sing each word. I can even remember hitting rewind and play for what felt like hours on end, just so I could hear a specific word. Sitting with a lyric sheet in front of my stereo was commonplace for me in the 80s.
A lot of that still holds true today. I like knowing the words. If a lyric sheet isn't included with an album, I'll go find lyrics online and learn them. God forbid I go to a show and not be able to sing along!
I'm confused about lyric videos because honestly, they seem like a gimmicky waste of money. Do people really watch them over and over? I ask because on this date in 2015, Duran Duran released a lyric video to "Pressure Off".
This isn't your average lyric video, though. "Pressure Off" is done in 360-vision. The way it works best is if you watch on your mobile phone. Hold up your mobile phone, making sure it is in full screen mode, as you turn around, the video gives the feeling that you are in the center of the video. It is interactive, and the effect is kind of cool. The lyrics slide by thanks to computerized animation, and the viewer is treated to seeing still shots of the band alongside the iconic "stickers" from the front of Paper Gods.
It took me a long time after it was released to get the full effect because I didn't stop to check it out on my phone (although I understood the point). When I finally remembered to do it, I thought the video was cute and worth a view, but it seems like a lot of work to put something like that together all for the sake of putting the lyrics out there.
Obviously, there must be more to these videos than just "Hey, watch this and learn the words!" I'm guessing somehow, they make the band money. Why only have one video for a single when you can have two? I still don't really get it, but I suspect I'm on the right track. Having two videos up for viewing might boost chart progress and get the song "out there".


July 12, 2017, Vineland, Ont. – Part 3 in a 6-part series: In nature, insects and mites are commonly infected and killed by naturally occurring micro-organisms (fungi, bacteria, viruses) and nematodes.
Entomopathogenic nematodes are an essential part of a thrips IPM strategy. This video will show you how to check the viability of nematodes and how to apply them.
Click here for the accompanying feature report, published in the July 2017 edition of Greenhouse Canada.


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Si-PIN Photodiode with Micod CSA-SA
July 8, 2018	English Posts, X-Ray, XRF Spectrometry 7,200 Views
In this post we describe the applications of PIN diodes as radiation detectors. This application is well known and we have already covered this field in other posts (X Ray Spectroscopy with PIN Photodiode , Si-PIN Photodiode β Detector), now we would like to test a novel apparatus built by Micod , a Russian company, that we thank.
In the image below you can see the "kit" composed by a CsI(Tl) scintillator and an evaluation board with a CSA (charge sensitive amplifier) and an SA (shaping amplifier).
A photodiode can be used as a radiation detector in two ways : directly or coupled with a scintillator crystal. When it is used directly it is efficient in the low-energy part of the spectrum, until 50-60 KeV. In this range it has a potentially high energy resolution. With a scintillator it can instead cover the whole gamma spectrum.
In this post we describe the tests we did with a photodiode without the scintillator.
A conventional Si-PIN photodiode is sketched in the figure below (from Amptek). There are two planar contacts, the anode and the cathode, with a uniform electric field between them. An X-ray interacts at some location, ionizing the Si atoms and producing electron-hole pairs. The electric field sweeps the carriers to their respective contacts, causing a transient current pulse I(t) to flow through the diode. The cathode is connected to a charge sensitive preamplifier and to pulse processing electronics, which detect the pulse and measure its amplitude. The traces at the bottom illustrate the pulse shapes at the various signal processing stages.
PIN diode detectors need to be operated with enough reverse voltage in order to reach the maximum depletion zone and therefore to get the best detection efficiency.
The intrinsic detection efficiency is around 100% for photons of a few keV, and decreases to around 2 % at 60 keV for a 300 μm thick PIN diode. The efficiency is around 100% for charged particles of moderate energy.
The electrical characteristics that are more related with the performance of PIN diodes as radiation detectors are the leakage current and the diode capacitance. Thanks to the good quality of silicon, the leakage current can be less than 100 pA at depletion voltage and the capacitance less than 2 pF for small diodes, therefore the PIN diodes can be used at room temperature with good performance for X-ray spectroscopy, but require a low input capacitance and low noise preamplifier as read-out circuit. Due to the very small signal generated in the detector for X-rays, the noise of the measuring system has to be considered with great care in this case.
Photodiode
The photodiode we used is the X100-7 model built by First Sensor AG. This photodiode is meant for ionizing radiation detection application (not for spectroscopy) so our aim is to test it, together with CSA-SA, mainly as radiation detector. It features a square active area of 100 mm² and a ceramic package with light blocking black epoxy encapsulant. The maximum reverse voltage is Vmax = 50 V, at this reverse biasing voltage the capacitance is Cd = 40 pF and the leakage current is Id = 5 nA. With this characteristics the diode has a good efficiency, because of the large active area, but it is not suitable for spectrometry, mainly because of the relatively high capacitance and high dark current.
In the image below you can see the evaluation board with X100-t photodiode installed.
The Amplifier Chain
To measure the current pulse produced by the photodiode it is necessary to have an "amplifier chain" composed by a charge sensitive amplifier (CSA) followed by a shaping amplifier (SA). The matching between the detector and preamplifier defines the low noise of the spectroscopy system, therefore for these applications the best noise performance of the associated preamplifier is required.
Generally, a field effect transistor, FET, is used as the input device. The charge sensitive preamplifier uses a feedback capacitor Cf and, in this case, a feedback resistor Rf. The feedback capacitor is charged by the injected signal from the detector and discharged immediately through the feedback resistor. A drawback of the feedback resistor is that it is an additional source of noise.
When ionizing radiation or a particle strikes the active area of the silicon PIN photodiode, the charge sensitive amplifier (CSA) receives a charge Q in its input, converts it to a voltage pulse and then amplifies it. The output signal from CSA has a sharp front and exponential decay. The amplification factor of the circuit is:
V = Q/Cf
while the exponential decay has this time constant τ = RfxCf
The Micod CSA has this values :
Cf = 0.1 pF
Rf = 1 GΩ
After the CSA it is necessary to send the signal to a shaper amplifier (SA) which processes the pulse to amplify it and reshape it to obtain a quasi-Gauss shaped output signals. The shaper amplifier enhances essentially the signal-to-noise ratio and enables the signal to be sent to a counting device or to an analog-to-digital converter to acquire a spectrum. The Micod SA has a shaping time of about 10 μs.
Test Measurements
The images below show some radioactive sample sources we used to test the photodiode and the amplifier. In the first image there is the Am241 source while in the second there is the Cs137 source. As you can see we put the sources in contact with the photodiode in order to maximize the counting results.
In the image below you can see traces of some impulses generated by the photodiode and subsequently amplified by the CSA (charge sensitive amplifier) and the SA (shaping amplifier). The pulse duration is about 10 μs, while the amplitude varies (depending on the energy of the radiation) from 200 mv to over 1000 mv. Superimposed on the signal there is a background ripple (due to the noise of the photodiode, amplified by the chain) having an amplitude of about 50 mV.
With the setup described above, we did some measurement tests of some sample sources (Am241, Na22, Cs137). We placed the source directly on the photodiode and connected the shaper output to our pulse counter (described in the post PSoC based Pulse Counter). The counting threshold has been configured to 70 – 80 mV, so as to exclude the pulses due to noise.
The images below show the device connected to the counter, and the result of the count with the 1μCi source of Am241
With the photodiode we made the measurements of the activity of the three sample sources and we compared the data with those obtained, under similar conditions, with a scintillation sensor NaI (Tl) 63×63 mm. The results are shown in the table below.
Source NaI(Tl) Scint. Photodiode
Background 54 CPS 0 CPS
1μCi – Am241 580 CPS 524 CPS
0.5μCi – Na22 503 CPS 590 CPS
0.25μCi – Cs137 346 CPS 203 CPS
In reading these data we must take into account that the photodiode is very sensitive (100% efficiency) even to the β particles, while the scintillation sensor is coated with an aluminum layer that stops them. Both the source of Cesium 137 and the Sodium 22 emit, with different intensities, β particles (electrons the Cesium and positrons sodium), the photodiode countings therefore also includes a share of β radiation which is practically absent in the measurements made with the scintillator.
Even taking into account the contribution of β radiation, we can see how the photodiode performance as a detector, included in the amplification chain with the pulse counter, is absolutely comparable to that obtained with a classic scintillation sensor.
Spectrometry Test
With the pulses produced by the shaping amplifier we tried to acquire the gamma spectra of two gamma / X sources using the Theremino MCA (DIY Gamma Spectrometry). The pulse produced by the shaping has a duration of around 15μs, rather short for the audio ADC which works better with pulses of around 100μs.
In the following paragraphs are reported the results obtained that are still appreciable.
Americium 241
The test with the Americium 241 produced the gamma spectrum presented in the following chart. The main peak at 59KeV of the Am241 emission and the secondary peak around 15KeV due to X emissions are clearly visible. Note that the peak at 59KeV is much lower due to the reduced sensitivity of the photodiode to energies higher than 20KeV.
Gamma Spectrum Americium 241
The Tritium test produced the X spectrum presented in the following graph. A capsule containing tritium emits a small amount of X- radiation at low energy, deriving from the effect of bremsstrahlung of the electrons emitted by beta decay.
X Spectrum Tritium
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In addition to the well-tried spring mattresses and cold fluff mattresses are among the best-selling mattresses – and not without reason: The cold fluff mattress, which belongs to the group of foam mattresses, convinced by numerous advantages and is also available in various variants, so basically for every consumer the right mattress exists, But which models did particularly well in the comparison of cold fluff mattresses?
The construction of a cold fluff mattress is far less complex than that of a spring mattress – nevertheless, the cold fluff mattress promises excellent lying and optimal air circulation.
The mattress core consists of the eponymous cold fluff. This is the result of polyurethane foaming – the synthetic polyurethane is made from the chemical components isocyanate and polyol (plastic resins). These polyols are obtained in part from vegetable oils, rapeseed oils or synthetically. Although these are not exclusively natural materials, the substances contained in them, and of course the cold fluff itself, are completely harmless to health. Foaming is achieved by using air at low temperatures without the application of heat, which gives the cold fluff its name – unlike hot foam, which is formed at high temperatures using various chemical gases.
For the production of a cold fluff mattress, the raw material is either placed in a foaming mold and then foamed using CO2 as a blowing agent or water. After this process, the cold fluffs dry and harden before they are processed into a mattress. They are – depending on requirements, density, density and other characteristics – composed of different forms before they form the core of the cold fluff mattress.
However, the cold fluff mattress is still not finished at this point because the cover and the coat of the mattress are missing. The jacket consists of several layers of foam, which are characterized by a different thickness and density. These ensure optimum air circulation in conjunction with individual layers of air chambers and air ducts. For the manufacture of the mattress cover ecological materials are often used to compensate for the chemically produced core – very popular materials for mattress covers are virgin wool or horsehair. Are you looking for Houston tx mattress? Do not miss to visit our site.
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The knobbed whelk (Busycon carica) is a species of very large predatory sea snail, or in the USA, a whelk, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Busyconidae, the busycon whelks.
Knobbed whelks are native to the North Atlantic coast of North America from Cape Cod, Massachusetts to northern Florida. This species is common along the Georgia coast. It is the state shell of New Jersey and Georgia.
The shell of most knobbed whelks is dextral, meaning that it is right-handed. If the shell is held in front of the viewer, with the spiral end up and the opening facing the viewer, the opening will be on the animal's right side. The shell is thick and strong and has six clockwise coils. The surface is sculpted with fine striations and there is a ring of knob-like projections protruding from the widest part of the coil. The color is ivory or pale gray, and the large aperture (the inside of the opening) is orange. The canal inside is wide and the entrance can be closed by a horny oval operculum.
The knobbed whelk lives subtidally and is migratory, alternating between deep and shallow water, depending on the time of year.
During the weather extremes of the summer and winter months, these sea snails live in deep water, at depths of up to 48 m. In the milder weather of the spring and fall they live in shallow water, on near-shore or intertidal mud flats and sand flats.
On the shallow-water mud flats whelks prey on oysters, clams, and other marine bivalves. They wedge a bivalve open using the edge of their shell, and insert their long proboscis to eat the flesh of their victim. They rasp at the flesh using their radula, a rough tongue-like organ that has thousands of tiny denticles (tooth-like protrusions).
Mating and egg laying occur during the spring and fall migration. Internally fertilized eggs are surrounded by a transparent mass of albumen, a gel-like material, and are laid in protective flat, rounded egg capsules joined to form a paper-like chain of egg cases, commonly called a "Mermaid's Necklace". On average each capsule contains 0-99 eggs, with most strings having 40-160 capsules. After laying their egg cases, female knobbed whelk will bury one end of the egg case into the substrate, thus providing an anchor for the developing fertilized eggs and preventing the string of egg cases from washing ashore where it would dehydrate. Fertilized eggs emerge as juvenile knobbed whelks approximately 4 mm in length.
As with conchs, the knobbed whelk is used by humans as food in such dishes as salads (raw), burgers, fritters, and chowders.
As is also true of conch shells, the shell of the knobbed whelk can be made into a natural bugle by cutting off the tip of the spire in order to form a mouthpiece.
Historically, American Indians used the knobbed whelk as a component in wampum, the shell beads exchanged in North America for trade.
^ Busycon carica (Gmelin, 1791) World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-11-28.
^ Busycon carica Gmelin, 1791 Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
^ Knobbed Whelk: Shell Money Retrieved 2011-11-28.
^ White, Richard (1991). The Middle Ground. New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 97.
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Nadda: I would call out three main areas: Integrate the technologies that support learning management (LMS, LCMS, content authoring) and knowledge management (CMS, KMS, enterprise search, etc.). The other day I caught up with Stephanie Nadda.
If yes, then chances are you have experienced difficulty in handling processes like installing regular updates and downloading new software. All you need to do is log in to the system to deploy, manage, monitor and modify your online training materials.
Since most people have limited knowledge about elearning and the platform used for its delivery, this write-up will talk about why a learning management system should be used for delivering online training. Are you using an LMS tool to deliver online training?
With individuals and organizations investing heavily in online training software , communicating their true value becomes all the more crucial. Creating an online course that adds to the knowledge, insights, and experience of your learners increases your chances of standing out from the crowd.


Congratulations! You've been promoted, and now you oversee the maintenance and operation of a brand-new building. You look on in pride at your shiny new facility. The architect, engineers and contractors have left, and now it's all yours.
So, you spring into action. You look at the building control system screens. Sure, enough there are alarms pouring in from every corner of the second floor. Oops, looks like the boilers just went into alarm also. You stare blankly at the screens and wonder where to start. What was it that those guys said during your two hours of owner training? Hey, that guy was talking so fast you barely understood half of what he said.
Moving on, you grab the Operations and Maintenance Manuals. They weigh about 10 pounds each, and are filled cover to cover with standard equipment cut-sheets. You're not even sure what information pertains to your system. They're not much help either.
As-built drawings with updated sequences of operation? Yeah, we were supposed to get them, but they're not here yet, and who knows when they're coming.
Meanwhile, the complaints keep coming in and your boss is now starting to ask questions like "what's the problem?", and "how long will it take to fix it?" Are you going to tell him that you don't have the training and the resources to troubleshoot and fix the problem? Not by a long shot. Hey, you're supposed to know what to do.
So, in desperation you log into the control system and start "tweaking." Let's see, if you put the system in manual, override these interlocks, and force these valves open…then they should get some heat.
Sure enough, the heat comes back on, and everyone is happy; except that you have now locked the system in one control mode. You're driving down the highway with the steering wheel firmly clamped in one position. It's going to be interesting when you get to that next curve in the road! Mother Nature complies by raising the outdoor air temperature, and you now have a bunch of building occupants that are being baked alive. More complaints, more unhappiness. Oh, oh, here comes your boss again waving those high energy bills at you.
As you lie awake at night thinking about the mess you are in, a little voice inside your head says "In my next life, I am going to insist on more thorough training. I won't let those engineers and contractors leave until I am confident that I understand how the systems work. And you know, my memory is good, but it isn't that good. I'm going to have accurate documents and procedures available so that I can get to the root of the problem right away.


Many people ask us "how large of an area do you cover?" The answer is simple; parts of Minnesota (Twin Cities Metro Area) and most of Wisconsin. We do however extend into the surrounding areas at times under special circumstances. Please view the map below which showcases our completed projects. We should have something near you to take a look at. We have team members in Minnesota and Wisconsin.


The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug for cystic fibrosis directed at treating the cause of the disease in people who have two copies of a specific mutation.
Orkambi (lumacaftor 200 mg/ivacaftor 125 mg) is now approved to treat cystic fibrosis (CF) in patients 12 years and older, who have the F508del mutation, which causes the production of an abnormal protein that disrupts how water and chloride are transported in the body.
Orkambi received FDA's breakthrough therapy designation because the sponsor demonstrated through preliminary clinical evidence that the drug may offer a substantial improvement over available therapies. In addition, the FDA granted Orkambi orphan drug designation because it treats cystic fibrosis, a rare disease. Orphan drug designation provides financial incentives, like clinical trial tax credits, user fee waivers, and eligibility for market exclusivity to promote rare disease drug development.


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Франсиско Гутьеррес де лос Риос-и-Кордова или Франсиско де лос-Риос-и-Кордова (; 5 марта 1644, Фернан-Нуньес — 21 апреля 1721, Фернан-Нуньес) — испанский дворянин, дипломат, военный, мыслитель и педагог, 3-й граф де Фернан-Нуньес (с 1680), виконт Абенкалес и сеньор де Ла-Морена. Кавалер Ордена Алькантары и комендадор Монтеалегре.

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Родился 5 марта 1644 года в Фернан-Нуньесе. Сын Анны Антонии Гутьеррес де лос Риос Кордовы-и-Кесады, 2-й графини де Фернан-Нуньес, и её кузена Диего Гутьерреса де лос Риоса и Гусмана, кавалера Ордена Алькантара. В 1680 году после смерти своей матери Франсиско унаследовал её титулы и принял её фамилию.

Он занимал должности менина королевы Марианны Австрийской, жены Филиппа IV, при дворе в Мадриде, а в 1660 году он сопровождал инфанту Марию Терезу Испанскую на её свадьбе с королем Франции Людовиком XIV в Париж. Он пробыл во Франции несколько лет рядом с молодой королевой. Затем он присоединился к испанскому военно-морскому флоту, где он переправил войска в Испанские Нидерланды в качестве командира лодки в 1667/1668 году в Деволюционной войне против Франции.

В 1670 году король Испании Карлос II отправил его в Вену и Варшаву, чтобы передать свои поздравления в связи со свадьбой польского короля Михаила корибута Вишневецкого с эрцгерцогиней Элеонорой Австрийской. Оттуда его отправили в Швецию, где Франсиско Гутьеррес работал послом Испании до 1675 года.

После дипломатической карьеры он продолжил военную карьеру. В 1685 году он был назначен генерал-губернатором андалузского побережья. В начале Войны за испанское наследство он встал на сторону французского претендента на престол Филиппа V. Из-за его активной поддержки партии Бурбонов сторонники габсбургского претендента вскоре стали называть его «Гран Бутифлер де Эспанья». В июле/августе 1702 года Кадис стал подвергся нападению со стороны англо-голландского флота. Франсиско Диего Гутьеррес де лос Риос бросился на помощь городу с солдатами и кораблями, что сыграло важную роль в победе над захватчиками. В следующем 1703 году он принял участие в неудавшейся попытке отбить Гибралтар. В 1705 году ему снова удалось отразить попытку англичан высадиться в Кадисе.

В своем городе Фернан-Нуньес он проявил себя как реформатор. Поэтому он развил инфраструктуру, построив дома, зерновые мельницы, печи и ремесленные постройки. В то же время под его властью были созданы ирригационные системы для сельского хозяйства и создан рынок. Граф также назначил чиновника ("Fiel Ejecutor'), который отвечал за обеспечение населения продовольствием и за то, чтобы цены на продукты питания оставались доступными для всех слоев населения. Эти меры означали, что население Фернан-Нуньеса увеличилось более чем втрое за время его правления, с менее 400 до более 1500 человек, при одновременном улучшении уровня жизни. Франсиско Гутьеррес де лос Риос также расширил и отремонтировал дворец и церковь. Он также приказал построить богадельню для больных, престарелых и мудрецов.

Гутьеррес де лос Риос был плодовитым писателем и имел корреспондентов по всей Европе, с которыми он обменивался мнениями по научным, философским и политическим вопросам. 6000 копий писем, которые он один написал между 1679 и 1685 годами, до сих пор сохранились. Он также проявил себя как меценат.

Основная работа
В 1686 году Франсиско Гутьеррес де лос Риос опубликовал в Брюсселе (а не в Севилье, как указано на титульном листе) свой самый важный труд «Практические рассуждения о мыслях и мыслях человека». Книга официально адресована его сыну Педро и содержит 71 короткое эссе («discursos») с размышлениями, советами и отзывами о различных сферах жизни. Он характеризуется рациональным, прагматичным духом и поэтому также считается произведением раннего Просвещения. Гутьеррес де лос Риос предостерегает от суеверий, астрологии, магии и шарлатанов, среди прочего и советует принципиально доверять установленной науке и медицине, хотя и они, и их представители тоже несовершенны. В то же время он призывает придерживаться католической веры. Он также рекомендует приобрести широкий спектр знаний, например изучать историю и науку, а также выучить несколько языков. В 1764 году произведение было переиздано потомком в Мадриде.

Брак и потомство
Дворянин Франсиско Гутьеррес де лос Риос сочетался браком в 1676 году с Каталиной Сапатой де Мендоса Сильва-и-Гусман (ум. 13 февраля 1681), дочерью Антонио Сапата де Мендоса, 2-го графа Барахаса и 8-го графа Коруньи, 1-го маркиза Аламеда, виконта Торихи, майордома короля Филиппа IV, и его жены Марии де Сильва Гусман. У супругов было двое сыновей и дочь:

 Педро Гутьеррес де лос Риос-и-Сапата де Мендоса, старший сын и преемник отца на посту 4-го графа Фернан-Нуньеса
 Хосе Диего Гутьеррес де лос Риос, генерал галерного флота, сменивший своего брата на посту 5-го графа Фернан-Нуньеса, когда он умер без наследства.
 Мария Тереза де лос Риос, в 1704 году вышла замуж за своего троюродного брата Хуана де Сильва-и-Мендоса, герцога дель Инфантадо. От этого брака родилась Франсиска де Сильва-и-де-лос-Риос (1707—1770), которая заказала переиздание произведения El Hombre Práctico, написанного её дедом в 1762 году.

Ссылки
 Biografía de Francisco Gutiérrez de los Ríos, III Conde de Fernán Núñez
 Edición en línea de El hombre práctico
 Biblioteca Virtual de Polígrafos de la Fundación Ignacio Larramendi

Эссеисты Испании
Писатели Испании XVII века
Дипломаты Испании
Графы Испании
Философы XVIII века
Философы XVII века
Военные Испании


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Yoga 910 Star Wars Edition Drops to Its Lowest Price Ever
By Louis Ramirez 2018-02-15T19:56:16Z
The Force has made its way to Lenovo's Presidents Day sale. For a limited time, the PC manufacturer is dropping the price of one of our favorite laptops.
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We're talking about the Yoga 910 Glass Star Wars Edition. Originally priced at $1,299, the glossy laptop is now just $854.99 via coupon code "SAVEXTRA5". That's $445 off and the cheapest it's ever been. It even undercuts Best Buy's current sale price of $1,104.
The model in Lenovo's sale features a 13.9-inch 1080p multi-touch IPS LCD, 2.7GHz Core i7-7500U processor, 8GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD.
If you need more power, Lenovo offers a step-up configuration with a 3840 x 2160 screen, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD for $1,025.99 via the same coupon. That's $704 off and thanks to the coupon it's actually $75 cheaper than Lenovo's original advertised sale price.
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When I talk to other depressed people, I find that they rarely want to admit that they're depressed. Those that do say the same kinds of things. "I'm managing just fine," they will say. And there's this gut-check response for me, where I'm like, "obviously you're not managing" because of all the evidence to the contrary. So I take another look at myself. Am I managing so well? I gave my wife, my best friends, and others the chance to speak into this. There were mixed reviews, but most noted that I am able to make myself do things where the stereotypical depressed person does not. My depressed friends and family members usually disappear from social networks and their phones for a period, and then they eventually fade back into the world. I remember listening to a young girl named Alissa who decided both that she was fine, she was regulating her depression on her own, but also that she was a mess and needed help. There were both realities in her head. Essentially, there were two conflicting identities at work, as well as the two spirits. One trying to save face, the other confessing a flaw. The depression hides and isolates, and the Holy Spirit in her opens up, reaches out, it draws people in. Alissa tried as best she could to articulate the "seasons of darkness" as she put it, where the world seemed so harsh and she felt so alone. My mechanical self, referencing those other times — because my non-depressed self doesn't get my depressed self either — wanted to give her some bootstrap-grabbing advice. Well, just tough it out or something along those lines. She talked through her coping mechanisms as I, for probably one of the first times, recognized my own. She smoked, drank, sought out boys, partying and such, and then she did some more G-rated things. Eating, sleeping, or sometimes not eating. Making herself invisible, she did her best to hide in her room and listen to the sounds of silence. By nature of what I did and how I did it, even in the highest of spirits, my coping mechanism was that much harder to spot. My drug of choice in life, control, playing out in hyper-discipline and hyper-will power, made depression an easy problem to roll over. The problem, obviously, was that I never looked this issue in the eye.
How do I conquer something that is so much bigger than me? There were many a time when a sin or a lack of progress was fixable in my own strength, my own intelligence, my own will. I can make myself stop. Who can tell my body, my arms and eyes and mouth, what to do except for me? I am the master of my body, I tell it when to get up, when to work, when to feel. But then I run into that wall, and suddenly I see something else pulling my hands, my heart, my eyes in directions I don't want them to go. This was, I am sure, my first fight with a power — internal as it seemed to be — that was greater than me. The helping and the rescue process was beyond any teaching or any knowledge. In explaining relief to a depressed person, there is no sharing of information that can overturn the chemical, emotional, spiritual reality. I know how it works, I have studied and prayed and researched at length the reality of depression. Everything from wide statistics, prescription surveys, and personal, spiritual antecdotes. It just doesn't matter what my mind tells me. These are instructions on how to dunk a basketball. "Jump high?" That seems obvious enough. "Oh, jump higher than that… Let me try again." Nope, I still can't jump that high, not with a basketball in my hand, not even with a well-timed running start. It doesn't matter how someone explains it to me, or how well I understand it, I am not going to dunk on an full size, NBA level basketball hoop. Hoping that all kinds of learning would translate to this area, I sought out those who had done the impossible themselves. How did you beat this? Maybe I can watch you do it and then replicate that. Or hearing about it. Even, in spiritual osmosis, I could have someone do it for me. Nope, not even close. I found out, after some powerful failure, that these spirits were personal to me. The line of relationship was drawn straight to me, there was no proxy or re-routing to the strength of others. No human being was going to carry this burden for me.
This resolution led me to question God anew. What good was his strength if it was separated from me, stuck in someone else? It wasn't used up, seeing as how his power is supposed to be unlimited. And that limitless nature seemed to have walls, an exception that made the rule, but only for the weakest part of myself. And more to the point, isn't God an other? That's the whole crux of it, the point, that there's a God and I am not him. For a while, that was the logical explanation. God is God, I am not. In the same way, I reckoned, he was strong and I am not. His strength was strictly separate, as his person is separate from my person. The danger on the other side was, if my surrender to depression was my finding the limits of my own strength, how much of my life was my own? Meaning, my forgiveness for others, coming by the resolve of legitimate, true logic — I can afford to forgive that dollar amount, this much dishonor, or I must forgive this much in order to receive my own in return — how much of that process side-stepped God's own power in me? Had I will-powered my way to loving behavior instead of accessing the God-work in me? How much of that was, in actuality, an act of my own strength? And, finding that, what is the difference between my personal forgiveness, love, power, etc, and that which God has put in me?
Who was it that was strong enough to control me? At times, it didn't seem to be God. His will didn't seem to inflict itself on my will, or overcome me by overt, powerful means. I am finding, again and again, that there are persons, both material and not, who are more than willing to inflict their will on me. My interest in power by any means has brought me to sharpen my ability to manipulate, sell, push, pull, or otherwise exert my self without threats, lies, or any physical exchange. God is teaching me about the nature of his power, and this by itself, but also in contrast to the world's power paradigm. I look at the triumphs of individual will, either revolutionary acts, martyrdom and self sacrifice. Even the rampant drug abuse in the US prison system is a testament to the strength of an individual's will. People are limited by little, it seems, if their will and desire is fully engaged. I returned to some of the more pivotal moments in my life, seeing that my strength had overcome great difficulty. I don't want to use "magic" or "spirit" as a catch-all explanation, but there's a profound, and profoundly important blur in the boundary between my self and God's Spirit in me. I end up with three spirits at work in me, God, me, and the enemy. I know God and the enemy can't mix, and I also know the new spirit that's been created in me — but the struggle continues! I can scarcely make sense, even in sussing out the idea of the new creation, the indwelling. It's a physical line, that of separation, but I am still desperately curious to know, where does God's Spirit and mine touch? Where do they begin and end? And when will the transformation, my redemption be complete? I have God in me, and yet I am still so miserable at times. All the while, I see that God has a will, a desire that trumps mine. He has, lovingly, exhausted and outlasted my self, my will and desire, until I make room for his. Finding the difference between my heart and his seems to be both necessary and also completely futile. I am, or I ought to be, spiritually intertwined with the person of God so that we, the two and the one of us are indistinguishably a single rope. It's the picture of the vine and the branches, a single, grafted-together plant. There's something of a truism about the fruits of the spirit, that they are essentially just character — "character" in the sense of emotional and relational maturity. So we grow into a good, fruit bearing plant, right? I've found that, in my depressed life, there is this spiritual conversation in me between myself and God where I am very much trying to keep my "self" separate from God's "self." I would rather not go through the process, what with the submission and the humility, to have God's character become mine. In depression, there is a strongman in me, that is both external but also my own self. It's not a question of coaching, in the sense that I could resolve to "Be taught by the God-coach, as opposed to the Devil-coach." I am talking about a spiritual being, not a doing, and an indwelling that displaces the old spirit and makes my spirit new. God, how I want to have new spiritual life! I know that my God-breathed self doesn't experience depression, and so as much as it is true that I feel this, I am in this state even as I write, there is someone else born in the spirit — this is also true, and truer in every sense of the word. I am, and I am also becoming, the beloved son of God by the power of the Holy Spirit in me. I am not depressed anymore, because I'm a new creation. And yet, by the grace of God, I am still here, fighting it.


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Jewish Louisville responds to tornado catastrophe
Rabbi Chaim Litvin of Chabad of Kentucky delivers bottled water in Hopkinsville, one of the western Kentucky communities hard hit by the tornado. (photo provided by Chabad)
(This is an updated version of an earlier story)
By Community Staff
Jews in Louisville and elsewhere are stepping up to help the people in the tornado-ravaged region of western Kentucky.
The Tornado Relief Fund set up by the Jewish Federation of Louisville has raised $50,000 in its first 48 hours and more than $60,000 overall.
But help is coming in many other forms, too. Every available slot of a Dec, 16 Red Cross blood drive held in the old Anshei Sadr building was filled. More blood drives are anticipated.
Chabad of Kentucky is delivering and distributing $50,000 of bottled water purchased by the Israeli Consulate in Atlanta. The first truck arrived on Monday in Hopkinsville.
Further, Israeli consul general, Anat Sultan-Dadon, visited Hopkins County Friday to deliver 400 backpacks to the school district filled with water, snacks games and writing materials for the children.
Chabad also has delivered winter apparel to the areas, according to statement from the organization. More trucks will be sent in the coming weeks. Louisville Hadassah is assisting Chabad.
Sara Klein Wagner, president and CEO of the Jewish Community of Louisville, said she has received many calls offering their sympathies as well as tangible help.
Among the organizations that have reached are Jewish Federations of North America, JCC Association of North America and Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston.
"People have reached out," said Wagner, who also has conferred with Mindy Haas, executive director of the Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass (Lexington) about ways that the two federations could help.
Likewise The JCL is talking to the Red Cross about ways to help in addition to blood drives – raising funds, volunteers, preparing meals.
"[They] really asked that we stay on the list that [they] can be reach out to after the initial fervor of people rushing in to help wanes," Wagner said, "so we can help when some of this dies down and they need more help. It's the long game."
The Tornado Relief Fund web page is still accepted contributions. Those who wish to contribute in other ways can contact Stacy Gordon-Funk at sgordon-funk@jewishlouisville.org.
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American Red Cross, Anat Sultan-Dadon, Israeli Consulate of Atlanta, Jewish Community of Louisville, Jewish Federation of the Bluefields, Matt Goldberg, Mindy Haas, Sara Klein Wagner


Doesn't answer to the name Clive.
As he can be overly affectionate.
I have been reciting and workshopping again. I was invited to Blairgowrie High School, to visit a S1 class in the Learning Resources Centre. The children hadn't seen any performance poetry, so I recited a few examples to give them an idea of the variation in tone and subject matter than can be covered by performance verse. The pupils heard about a cat-eating cloud, a short-sighted rhinoceros, and an internet ordering mix up. Some of the poems had call and response lines to engage the children.
After the poems it was time for a "Descriptiveness and Performance Workshop". I explained what similes and metaphors were, and then the pupils came up with a few examples, before writing a list poem using similes about a rainy Monday. As the workshop was taking place on a rainy Monday there was plenty of inspiration outside the window, and some excellent descriptions resulted.
But remember, remember barely rhymes.
I spotted these in a neighbouring garden.
What kind of idiot decides, let's breed daffodils with big showy double flowers on really thin stalks? Another triumph of design over utility.
Though I suppose the daffodil breeder is smarter than the punters who buy the bulbs, plant them, and then get this wonderful display.
I suspect these magnificent plants could be used as a metaphor about how modern life is rubbish.
Now the dust has settled and the Eurovision has brought full free democracy to Azerbaijan by the medium of a song contest – or not. Here's my take. So don't worry if you missed the cheese fest. I've summed each of the 26 acts up in a line of verse so you won't feel left out. And the poem is a lot shorter than the real thing.
A large toothy head, and long worm like neck had appeared out of the water. The neck was as long as a giraffe's. Unfortunately, unlike a giraffe, the creature had big claws.
There's a lot of rubbish talked about magic. People like to make it seem more difficult than it is. They use swanky hand gestures, wear flowing robes, and shout incantations in magical languages that no one else understands without years of training. Yeah right! I knew it was all rubbish. Magic in this land was easy to do, which had saved my life more than once. Okay it had put my life in danger but here I was – fifteen years old and still breathing.


In a lovely gilt wood frame of the time.
Extraordinary pictorial rigour for a rare subject!
Hubert Clerget (or de Clerget) was born on 28 July 1818 in Dijon and died on 4 March 1899 (80 years old) in Saint-Denis.
He was a landscape painter, watercolourist and lithographer.
He was a student of painter Anatole Devosge and architect Claude Saint-Père. He exhibited at the Paris Salon between 1843 and 1865. He was a design professor at the Ecole impériale d'état-major. The Ministries of the State and Fine Arts commissioned several works from him. His landscapes of Italy and the Orient were treated with meticulous care, without a doubt due to his profession as a professor of design and lithography.
A significant collection of his works is in the National Library of France.
A watercolour by Hubert Clerget immortalizing the Imperial wedding (1853) of Napoleon III and Eugénie at Notre Dame is located in the Musée d'Orsay.
Other works by the artist are kept at the Musée d'Art Roger Quilliot, in Clermont-Ferrand as well as the Musée de Sceaux.


Please read this powerful letter from Stefanie Rivera about the importance of reaching out to members of our trans communities behind bars during the holiday season.
Many of us have the privilege of being able to have loved ones close to us for the holidays and being able to enjoy some sort of an outlet with our friends on a daily basis. We don't even question it.
Sadly, many of our incarcerated transgender brothers and sisters, who have all but been forgotten, face a hostile, uncertain and very lonely future behind bars.
Many of us take for granted our daily walks and the warmth of the sun on our faces or the gentle breeze through our hair. But most importantly there are those times when we don't even stop to think about how truly privileged we are to have so many wonderful people beating down our doors to spend time with us. So imagine how truly difficult it must be to get called out to the courtyard on the prison grounds: names are being called to go up to pick up a letter and yours is not among the names called out. That is the painful reality for lots of transgender people all across the country who have had the misfortune of becoming entangled with the prison industrial complex.
The way that a dog pants and runs around or a cat rubs itself on your leg while purring as you come in through the door is the same way I used to feel whenever I would receive just a simple letter saying "Hello." It let me know that I mattered and that I was not forgotten.
Many trans people have had to endure abandonment many times over with family disowning them and society saying they're not worthy to be on the outside living amongst us. So I say to you that, while our lives can consume our every moment, life has all but stood at a standstill for a lot of our trans brothers and sisters and we must remind ourselves of the way we felt during those times when either family, society or just plain old circumstances caused us to feel alone, forgotten and unwanted.
Just a few lines of scribble is all it would take to put a loving smile on one of their faces and a sense of worth that no amount of money could ever buy. So when you find that you have some idle time on your hands, feel free to pick up a pen and a piece of paper and reach out to one of our own.


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Plain Graces: Valentine's- Where's the Love?
I have decided Valentine's Day is not for the weak of heart. The wimpy, "lovey dovey" reputation this holiday has been branded with is completely misleading. Pink hearts, lacey doilies, baby cupids, and floral arrangements hide Valentine's dark side. I am not lobbying for single awareness or anything of that sort, but I survived two Valentine parties and the sugar rush aftermath yesterday. Wooohoo.
I feel that there should be a boot camp for mothers and fathers who have to endure classroom parties and the like. You need to build up an endurance for these classroom parties. About fifteen minutes before party time, the parking lot is bombarded with minivans and an assault of mothers armed with balloons, treats, and games who are ready to invade the school. The whole escapade is quite intriguing to watch. What ensues afterward, is an hour of insanity and excitement that only those who have been there can relate to. Games, sugar, and cupcakes mixed with little cards create a formula for one tired momma.
Ethan and I made homemade "Hostess" cupcakes and he was proud to show off his treats. My Grandmother reminded me that all my work will be rewarded when he's older and fondly remembers the year his mother made 60 little cupcakes with filling for his second grade class. I really hope he does! The kitchen was sweltering and the filling was starting to run, but we did finish them. They tasted great, but a few looked a little lopsided. However, I don't think the kids noticed.
Back at home, the chocolate candy in the Valentine containers we had made were melting in the sunlight. I am SO thankful for the heat, that I won't complain. I had to put the cups out of the rays and I hoped that the candy would firm up before I let the little ones get them. Could you imagine that mess?
Needless to say, I have swept up wrappers and half eaten candy hearts several times yesterday and today. The cupcakes are gone and that means no more crumbs to wipe up. Everyone slept good last night and I didn't even finish the whole Conan episode. All I remember is Justin Bieber getting pelted with peeps.
Valentine's Day takes a certain kind of person to be able to pull off all the hoopla for the younger set. I hope one day they have a cupid with some muscle to represent this aspect moms face. Frilly and romantic notions quickly take flight when you have a house full of children and a list of parties to oversee.
Next year, I will work on lobbying for Valentine's Day to be observed on the second Friday of February. Having Valentine's Day parties on a Monday is taxing for the mothers and teachers. I am sure the restraunts and stores would enjoy having a whole weekend to milk all those sweethearts. We'll see... In the meantime, enjoy some cupcakes.
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Combing sugar, shortening, milk, vanilla, and salt. Beat 10 minutes. Add powdered sugar and beat 2 more minutes.
Microwave until chips are melted and butter is blended in. Frost with a spoon and then pipe remaining filling in design over the chocolate.


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Want to know what makes a company successful -- What they believe in and what they strive for? Look at what is posted on the walls. That is the feeling you get when you walk into Fox Mattress where Benjamin Franklin's quote is prominently displayed in the showroom: "The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten." This could easily be the motto of Fox Mattress, one of Volusia County's small business manufacturers. Simply put, Rick and Chelsea Carter want to build a better mattress than they can buy elsewhere. That has been the business standard since 1968. They must be getting it right as they've won Best Mattress and Best Factory Direct Store 27 years running.
So how does a Mom and Pop (or really a Father and Daughter) business like Fox Mattress achieve longevity in a fast paced world of innovation? According to Chelsea Carter, who runs the company alongside her dad, the answer is simply going back to the basics and offering something unique. Even as other manufacturers have looked to adapting computers, robotics, and cyber technology to production, Fox Mattress still handcrafts each and every mattress it makes. "We give customers something they can't find anywhere else," says Chelsea.
The sign hanging over Chelsea's desk is "Think Big." Chelsea is the third generation Carter to run the business. She has many titles, Co-Owner, Vice President, and Director of Sales, but she doesn't even list a title on her business card. Why? She simply wears too many hats. Chelsea's dedication has earned her the nickname "the bulldog" and a tireless reputation: Chelsea will not let go until the customer's needs are met.
Chelsea is too young to remember her family's original store in the sixties, then named Carter bedding. After the untimely death of her grandfather, Chelsea's father, Rick Carter, inherited the business. At nineteen, Rick realized he could use some back up. A partnership with Rex Fox helped the Carters combine the furniture retail know-how of Rex Fox with the production savvy of the Carters. Rex was already in the retail side of the business, selling mattresses made by other companies. The Carters offered Rex an opportunity to contribute the knowledge and skill he developed as an upholsterer to making his own mattresses. They set up a combined factory and showroom. Fox Mattress was born.
There have been many changes in the last forty years in mattress manufacturing- machines replaced hand sewn, wood foundations replaced boxsprings, feathers disappeared, and mattresses became one sided. Fox Mattress is one of very few mattress manufacturers that still make a two sided mattress. They also set themselves apart by producing mattresses that are tailor-made for the Florida climate. Stuffing materials like raw cotton or coconut fiber are not suited for highly humid climates and can lump together causing unevenness. It is not just the uniqueness of their product that makes Fox brand so popular. Fox Mattress customers get top quality for their dollars, no matter their budget. As Chelsea points out, it's the insides that count; not just a nicely stitched top.
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Seth Rogen just made a startling discovery about Home Alone.
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December is about many things.
From spending time with family and friends to inhaling an insane amount of food, everyone has their own favourite traditions.
But there's one almost everybody can relate to.
The annual viewing of Home Alone.
While it's been almost three decades since the iconic Christmas film aired, it seems we're still discovering new details about Home Alone year after year.
Over Christmas, actor Seth Rogen shared a new revelation from the film – and it's safe to say it's pretty mind-blowing.
In case you need a little reminder, the film's main character Kevin McCallister used a number of inventive pranks to fend off burglars Harry and Marv.
One of the most iconic pranks Kevin pulled involved using the audio from old gangster film Angels With Filthy Souls.
A line from the old film's character Johnny, "Keep the change, you filthy animal", even became one of Home Alone's best known lines.
But as Rogen discovered, Angels With Filthy Souls isn't actually a real movie.
"My entire childhood, I thought the old timey movie that Kevin watches in Home Alone (Angels With Filthy Souls) was actually an old movie," the comedian wrote on Twitter.
While some Twitter users were aware that the film was fake, many were gobsmacked.
I literally watched Home Alone yesterday and thought "I wonder if this movie Kevin's watching is on Netflix too?" Dream crushed.
What in the hell are you talking about?? It is! Right? Isn't it?
Even some celebrities were disappointed.
I didn't know it until you just said this.
According to Vanity Fair, the black and white movie-within-a-movie was shot in an abandoned high school gym in Chicago.
"I believe the title [Angels With Filthy Souls] was decided upon only because we needed to create a label for the tape Kevin puts in the VHS player," Home Alone art director Dan Webster told the publication.
A "sequel" to the fake film, titled Angels With Filthier Souls appeared in Home Alone 2: Lost In New York.


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Georges Ferdinandy (en ), né le  à Budapest, est un écrivain hongrois.

Réfugié en France après la révolution de 1956, il fait ses études de lettres à Strasbourg et Dijon avant d'enseigner pendant trente ans à l'université de Porto Rico. Durant cet exil en France puis sous les tropiques et depuis son retour en Hongrie en 1987, il ne cesse d'écrire des nouvelles à la fois en français et en hongrois. Couronné par de nombreux prix, traduit en plusieurs langues, il partage sa vie entre Miami et Budapest où il continue de publier des nouvelles, des essais, des articles. Il est membre de l'Académie hongroise des sciences et il a reçu en 2019 le prestigieux prix Prima Primissima pour l'ensemble de son œuvre.

Biographie

Jeunesse

Georges Ferdinandy, issu de la bourgeoisie hongroise (son père et son grand-père étaient médecins à Buda), est né à Budapest. Il fait ses études primaires dans la capitale, puis, de 1945 à 1950, au lycée des Pères Prémontrés à Gödöllő où il est interne. En 1947, il est envoyé pour deux ans en Belgique par la Croix-Rouge. C'est là qu'il apprend le français. Entre 15 et 18 ans, il revient à Budapest, tout d'abord chez les Pères Piaristes, puis, en 1954, au lycée d'État où il passe le baccalauréat. Dès ces années de lycée, il cherche déjà à s'exprimer par écrit et rédige des épopées en langue hongroise. Son père, battu par les nazis, est invalide et restera paralysé durant les trente dernières années de sa vie. Georges doit donc travailler comme ouvrier à la régie des autobus municipaux. En 1956, il est admis à l'université de Budapest pour y faire des études de lettres. Six semaines après, éclate l'insurrection de Budapest dont il devient alors le chroniqueur. La résistance hongroise ayant été écrasée par les troupes soviétiques, il se réfugie en Autriche où il reste de décembre 56 à janvier 57. Il choisit alors la France comme terre d'asile et arrive à Strasbourg.

Exil en France

Hébergé au château de Pourtalès avec d'autres réfugiés hongrois, Georges Ferdinandy obtient une bourse d'étude de Radio Free Europe. Il restera sept ans dans la capitale alsacienne et obtiendra une licence de lettres tout en exerçant diverses activités, en particulier dans la diffusion d'ouvrages culturels pour la Centrale française de diffusion, mais surtout pour Fernand Nathan et les Éditions Brocéliande (homonymie)|Brocéliande. Il obtient sa première publication dans le journal de Mons La Province, en 1957. À partir de cette date, il ne cessera d'écrire des nouvelles : il a trouvé sa forme et son rythme de travail. En 1958, il épouse Colette Peyrethon. De 1958 à 1960, il étudie à Dijon où il obtient, en mai, un Diplôme d'Études bourguignonnes.

En 1964, Georges Ferdinandy obtient un poste de professeur d'Humanités (civilisation occidentale) à l'université de Porto Rico où il restera jusqu'à sa retraite, en 2000. Chaque année, il revient séjourner en France et en 1969, il présente sa thèse sur  (auteur hongrois d'Amérique du Sud) et obtient un doctorat es-lettres à l'Université de Strasbourg. Entre 1977 et 1986, il est critique littéraire à Radio Free Europe.

Retour en Hongrie

Son premier livre, L'Ile sous l'eau, qui parait à Strasbourg en 1960, obtient le prix Cino Del Duca. De 1961 à 1986, il publiera six recueils de nouvelles aux Éditions Denoël. À partir de 1964, il écrit parallèlement les mêmes textes en hongrois. Ceux-ci paraissent chez des éditeurs de l'émigration (Chicago, Londres, Vienne, Paris, Munich…). En 1964, il obtient le prix Antoine de Saint-Exupéry pour sa nouvelle Le seul jour de l'année. Dans les années 1980, il publie des textes à la NRF, dans la revue Europe et dans le Monde du dimanche.

En 1981, il se remarie avec Maria Theresa Reyes. En 1964, il est à nouveau hongrois et en 1987, il revient officiellement en Hongrie. Depuis 1988, il fait à nouveau partie de la vie littéraire hongroise et publie abondamment dans sa langue natale. En 1993, La Fiancée française obtient à Budapest le prix du « Livre de l'année ».

En 2000, Georges Ferdinandy quitte Porto Rico pour Miami. Il partage depuis sa vie entre les États-Unis et Budapest. Au total, Georges Ferdinandy a publié une cinquantaine de livres : près d'une trentaine de recueils de nouvelles en hongrois et une vingtaine en français. Il est traduit en anglais, espagnol, bulgare, allemand. Des travaux universitaires et deux films documentaires lui sont consacrés.

Distinctions
 Membre de l'Académie hongroise des sciences, 2015.
  Officier de l'ordre du Mérite hongrois, 2011.

Œuvres écrites en français
 L'Ile sous l'eau, récits, Imprimerie des Dernières Nouvelles de Strasbourg, 1960 – Prix Cino del Duca, 1961
 Famine au paradis, récits, Denoël, Paris, 1962
 Le seul jour de l'année, récits, Promotion et Édition, Paris, 1967 - Prix littéraire A. de Saint-Exupéry
 L'œuvre hispano-américaine de Zs. Remenyik, essai, éd. Mouton, La Haye, 1973
 Chica, Claudine, Cali : trois filles dans le monde, documents, Denoël-Gonthier, Paris, 1973
 Itinéraires, textes, Ed. Atelier H., 1973
 Fantômes magnétiques, récits, Denoël, 1979
 Youri, récits, Ed. Denoël, Paris, 1983
Hors-jeu, récits, Ed. Denoël, Paris, 1986
 Mémoires d'un exil terminé, roman, Ed. Denoël, Paris, 1992
 Entre chien et loup, récits, Ed. Orphéus, Budapest, 1996 (distribué en France par les éditions In Fine, Paris)
 La Fiancée de l'Est, récits, Le Castor Astral, 1998
 Histoire de ma femme, récit, Ed. Orphéus, Budapest, 2001
 Le Roi des fous, Ed. récit, l'Acte-Mem, Chambéry, 2008
 L'Enfant perdu, Quarante nouvelles, Le Monde, Paris, 1982
 Boundy, in Quarante nouvelles, Le Monde, Paris 1985
 Un amour étranger, in Quarante nouvelles, Le Monde, Paris, 1986
 Crassiers, in Auteurs hongrois d'aujourd'hui, Ed. In Fine, Paris, 1996
 Les Seigneurs du Château, Ed. L'Harmattan, Paris, 2014

Prix littéraires français et hongrois
 Prix Cino Del Duca, 1961 (Paris)
 Prix Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1964 (Lyon)
 Livre de l'année, 1993 (Budapest)
 Prix Attila József, 1995 (Budapest)
 Prix Sandor Marai, 1997 (Budapest)
 Prix Gyula Krudy, 1999 (Budapest)
 Prix Alföd Debrecen, 2004 (Budapest)
 Prix du Pen-Club international, 2008 (Porto Rico)
 Grand prix de l'Association des écrivains, 2011 (Budapest)
Prix Prima Primissima, 2019 (Budapest)

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Documentaires sur Georges Ferdinandy
 Auprès de mon arbre, 108 min, 2004, Budapest. Réalisateur : B. Révész Làszlo (sorti au cinéma et à la télévision hongroise)
 Chemin faisant, 50 min, 2009, Budapest. Réalisateur : B. Révész Làszlo (sorti au cinéma et à la télévision hongroise)
  Claire Peyrot, « Les Seigneurs du Château, rencontre avec Georges Ferdinandy »,  France 3 Alsace, 21 février 2015.

Bibliographie
 The Oxford History of Hungarian literature, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1984
 Histoire de la littérature hongroise, tome IV, Ed. de l'Académie, Budapest, 1982 (A magyar irodalom törtenete, Akadémiai Kiado, Budapest)
 Bibliographie critique de la nouvelle de langue française, René Godenne, Ed. Droz, Genève, 1989 et 1992
 Encyclopédie Universalis, Paris, corpus 9
 Nouveau lexique littéraire hongrois, Éditions de l'Académie, Budapest 1994 (Uj Magyar Irodalmi Lexikon, Akadémiai Kiado, Budapest)
 Lexique littéraire des Éditions de l'Académie, Budapest, 2000 (Az Akadémiai Kiado Irodalmi Laxikona, Budapest)

Coupures de presse concernant Georges Ferdinandy
À propos de L'Ile sous l'eau :
« En quelques phrases courtes mais incisives, l'auteur caractérise ses différents personnages qui se détachent avec la netteté d'un profil de médaille » (Claude Mahn, Le Nouvel Alsacien, 18/01/1961)

À propos de Famine au Paradis :
« Ce sont des récits pessimistes qui montrent de petites gens endurant la faim dans tous les paradis qui leur sont proposés. » (Bernard Pivot, 17/02/1962)
« L'abord est déroutant mais dès qu'on arrive à des récits comme Le Château de cartes, on est pris à la gorge. » (Robert Escarpit, Le Canard enchaîné, février 1962)
« Voilà quelques nouvelles poétiques, délicates, dont la langue atteint parfois une fraîcheur rare. » (Rémi Laureillard, L'Express, 22 mars 1962)
« Famine au Paradis est une réussite dans le genre… la poésie ajoute au pathétique de ce recueil. » (John Steinbeck, La Marseillaise, 8 mai 1962)
« Des perles rares enfilées sur du chanvre. » (Libération, 22 mai 1962)
« L'art de Monsieur Ferdinandy allie à une vive sensibilité « populiste » une discrétion à sa manière éloquente : il suggère et exprime plus qu'il ne dit. » Alain Palente, La France catholique, 17/08/1962

À propos du Seul jour de l'année :
« On peut croire à l'avenir de l'écrivain qui rappelle dans ses meilleurs moments deux autres autobiographes incorrigibles : Maxime Gorki et Panait Istrat. » (La Dordogne libre, 29/12/1967)

À propos de Fantômes magnétiques :
« Georges Ferdinandy a écrit avec Fantômes magnétiques son meilleur livre : le plus amer, le plus déchirant, le plus tendre, le plus mystérieux… Tout en cherchant sa place dans le monde, il l'a trouvé en tout cas dans la littérature française à laquelle il fait honneur. » (Christine Arnothy, Le Parisien libéré, 15/05/1979)
« Georges Fardinandy maine la langue française avec élégance mais aussi discrétion. » (Gérôme Garcin, Nouvelles littéraires, 09/08/1979)

À propos de Youri :
«…alliage de poésie concentrée et de force expressive. » (Tribune de Lausanne, 19/06/1983)

À propos de Hors Jeu :
« Une écriture d'une sensibilité poignante. » (Tonus, 30/05/1986)
« Comme Catherine Mansfield, et avant elle Tchekhov, Ferdinandy est sorti du cadre trop étroit de la nouvelle classique et s'est créé un genre bien à lui. » (Le Matin, 20 mai 1986)

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Naissance en octobre 1935
Naissance à Budapest
Écrivain hongrois du XXe siècle
Écrivain hongrois du XXIe siècle
Universitaire hongrois
Étudiant de l'université de Strasbourg
Professeur à l'université de Porto Rico
Lauréat du prix Tibor-Déry
Lauréat du prix Attila-József
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Ok looks like we have a show today. lol I hadn't realized . Ian had set up a show. Maybe he will respond to let me know if he is gonna be there or not.
OK so Ian can't make the show. So If anyone gets to this in time. I am going to need some help. lol If not I am gonna try and do the show anyway.
Sorry I couldnt make. I was in the hospital... I woulda been there if I could of been.
Not a problem bro. How the wife and new baby?


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The Next Generation of Leaders
Guiding Millennials in the Nurse Workforce
Millennials now surpass Generation Xers and Baby Boomers as the largest segment of the American labor force, according to a 2015 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report. Born approximately between the early 1980s and the early 2000s, Millennials now represent 34 percent of the general workforce—and it is projected that by 2030 they will represent 75 percent.Millennials now surpass Generation Xers and Baby Boomers as the largest segment of the American labor force, according to a 2015 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report. Born approximately between the early 1980s and the early 2000s, Millennials now represent 34 percent of the general workforce—and it is projected that by 2030 they will represent 75 percent.
The numbers are quite different for the nurse workforce right now, however. The American Nurses Association noted that of the 3.1 million people working as nurses, only about 18 percent are Millennials. The mean age for nurses is 50, and over half of these Baby Boomers over 50 are still working. Even though many Boomers have delayed their retirements, at some point soon the workforce will register the loss of these experienced workers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has projected a 19 percent growth in employment of registered nurses through 2022. The result is likely to be shortages in the field from the massive retirements of these experienced nurses, and keen competition for qualified applicants.
Millennials will be the ones filling these positions, bringing with them their unique generational style and outlook. The bright side for the healthcare industry is that a healthy percentage of this generation feel positive about future employment in healthcare. A new survey from the National Society of High School Scholars reported that out of 200 companies ranked by students, healthcare companies took 7 out of the top 25 slots. Some notable hospitals such as St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital ranked high on the list—but the 6th-most preferred employer was a "local hospital."
What does this influx of Millennials mean for the hospital and surgery center workplace? How will they transform employee and peer relationships and management practices and procedures when they are the leaders?
Who are the Millennials?
Kate Christmas, RN, from the Bernard Hodes Group, described the characteristics of Millennials in a 2008 report as:
• Growing up with an extreme affinity for and comfort with technology
• Tremendous, positive attention and influence from parents and teachers
• Structured, supervised childhoods with very little unscheduled time
• Unusual respect for authority and acceptance of "the rules"
• Belief in the collective power and positive influence of their group
In addition, they are multitaskers who are adept at communicating and remaining connected with friends and families. They are used to working in teams and value collaboration, and they tend to have a global and inclusive perspective.
Britta DeVolder, MBA, BSN, RN, CNOR, AORN, Executive Director of Perioperative Services at University Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, is a Millennial herself. She acknowledges the typical nature of Millennials, but for her it's a bit more nuanced: "There's a divide between the Millennials. There are those Millennials who have always gotten participation trophies and expect a certain level of appreciation," she says. "And there's the other side of it, where we realize that we still need to work for it, and that there is going to be tough love."
What's Difference About This Generation?
Lynn Crowley, MHA, BSN, RN, CNOR, Texas Regional Director of Perioperative Services for Tenet Healthcare, notes that if Millennial nurses don't feel that they are valued, there are real consequences. "Disengagement and frequent turnover occur if the more seasoned staff and leaders dismiss their ideas. Once they become experienced perioperative staff, they are often lured away by the promise of a position that better fits their personal needs where call and weekend work is nonexistent," she said.
This kind of "experience harvesting" is a strong characteristic of this generation. Britta DeVolder noted that Millennials "have no loyalty to any institution, whereas in previous generations there's extreme loyalty. . . . You can experience so much more by going to different places and grabbing experience from one institution and bringing it to another. It's knowledge sharing. That's something that millennials are really good about, taking experiences and building on them. I don't think it's recognized a lot."
Britta DeVolder acknowledges this attitude in her Millennial staff members, and it underscores her management style. "Put them to work when you have them. Value them for when they're with you. Then don't get too upset when they decide, okay, bye, I'm gone. Because there's going to be somebody else to grow behind them. You have to respect that mobility in our environment."
Millennials' comfort with technology sets them apart in many ways from older nurses, but gives them a distinct advantage in the healthcare environment, where changes in technology come fast and furious. "We can no longer ignore the benefits of technology and leverage it in our daily work," says Lynn Crowley. "Those nurses that have grown up around technology definitely adapt more. As an example, they are very comfortable around laparoscopic cameras, monitors, and robotics, often becoming super-users."
What's Important in Working with Millennials?
The communication style of this group also varies widely from previous generations. "Millennials like quick communication, since they've grown up with email and text messaging. They're likely to grow frustrated when they have to wait for a response. And they're not really into reading lengthy communication documents, like long instructive emails or PDFs," writes Sarah Leavitt in Nursing Community Journal. "Make allowances for the different styles," she writes. "Consider using texting and micro-content, like short quizzes or videos, as part of your learning or development strategy."
Millennials also want to see their leaders as mentors, and coaches, not as authority figures. "They have become accustomed to structure, guidance, and intervention from their parents and teachers, and they expect the same in their careers. In nursing, it should be demanded, as there are few other professions with as much responsibility," writes Kate Christmas. The chance to create solid mentor relationships must not be overlooked.
A deep sense of worth underlies this young generation. It's crucial to them that their work is meaningful, and many of them go into nursing because they want to make the world a better place and make a difference in their patients' lives. Clearly communicating the mission and values of your workplace has become increasingly important.
This sense of meaning extends to Millennials' insistence on a healthy work-life balance. Lynn Crowley notes that "Working 12-hour days five days a week, as many OR Directors (including myself) succumb to doing, can lead to burnout. We have had to adapt our staffing strategies to account for Millennials' approach to work. Flexible shifts, creative on-call strategies, and matching staffing to demand are critical to staff retention."
Strategies for Management
The strong fellowship program at University Hospital in San Antonio, where Britta DeVolder works, is a great model. "We bring in new grad nurses and train them to be operating room nurses and operating room techs. We pair them up on purpose with our more experienced and tenured staff, knowing that they could be retiring in the next couple of years, or with people who have an awesome wealth of knowledge that they're good about sharing, or are good at teaching," she says. "We try to grow more people to understand where that knowledge comes and why it's there. We give our new staff the tools to question that knowledge and say, 'I learned in the textbook that this is what I'm supposed to be doing. So why do you do it this way?' So there is some longevity to the knowledge, and we don't lose all of that every six months when somebody leaves."
Dennis Glover, BSN, MSN, MBA, former Director of Surgical Services at Baptist Beaches Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, has worked hard to combat misunderstandings that arise from generational communication differences. "One of the things that we've done is to set up some time to meet, and we pose a problem. We ask, how would you go about solving it? We go around the room and get some advice from more experienced people about how they'd go through these steps of solving it. Then we bring in the new people and say, you may not agree with this. Why don't you? Let's talk about this and let's get some sounding boards back between us all. We bring the emphasis more on the communication standpoint than on whether there are right answers to the problem set," he said.
"Getting your staff to understand the differences is important," Glover continued. "We try to decrease that communication gap or open it up so that your older folks understand how the newer folks communicate, and vice versa. Because it's hard. If you can't get that, then you're going to have staff problems. If you can get to where your staff is starting to move together, and understanding the differences, then the teaching and the mentoring and the camaraderie will get there."
Karen Benedict, RN, BSN, MSN, former Director of Perioperative Services at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, succeeded with another good strategy. "I have assigned experienced nurses to new nurses to orient them and support them. This person is a safe space to bounce ideas off, to have lunch with, to learn how to cope in certain situations. This creates bonds that further assist with acceptance and understanding."
Other strategies that work well with Millennials include implementing group work, using technology effectively, giving regular feedback, and providing flexibility, according to Tricia Hussung, who writes about managing Millennials in the workplace.
"Nurse managers must learn to be flexible," writes Lisa C. Waters, BSN, MSN, Administrator and Director of Nursing Surgical Services at Vivere Dallas Surgery Center. "New approaches, new ideas, incorporating more social media, and offering different types of work schedules and benefits are just a few ways nurse managers can approach the challenges the new generation presents."
Looking at the bigger picture, many believe that nursing education must improve to provide stronger clinical experience. Lynn Crowley says, "Unfortunately, nursing students today do not have much of an opportunity to get experience in any of the perioperative areas. As a perioperative leader, it is important to partner with your local nursing schools to help them understand the value of perioperative preceptorships and encourage them to develop senior electives in specialty areas that will better prepare students for employment in the operating room."
Guiding Future Leaders
When the members of the different generations on your staff come to understand and respect one another, and a succession plan is in place, this will pave the way for the success of Millennial nurse leaders. "The Millennials are going to be strong if they're given the opportunity. They need reassurance that they're going down the right path," says Britta DeVolder. "But once you get past that hurdle of giving them that feedback, they really pull through and show their worth."
Dennis Glover adds, "Millennials will invoke change.We're going to see some dynamic looks at how we operate within the operating room and all our areas, as we question whether what we do now is the best way to do things moving forward. These insights and the other extraordinary qualities Millennials bring to the profession will forge a positive future for nursing and nurse management."
Kate Christmas, RN. "Attracting and Retaining Millennial Nurses," Bernard Hodes Group, 2008.
American Nurses Association. "Nursing by the Numbers" fact sheet, May 2011.
Susan Adams, Forbes.com. "The 25 Companies Where Top Millennials Most Want to Work In 2015," June 2015.
Sarah Leavitt. "The Future of Nursing is in Their Hands: Managing Millennial Nurses," Nursing Community Journal, July 2015.
Eric Darienzo. "How to Attract and Retain Millennial Nurses," Monster.com.
Nurse.com. "Engaging millennials: Leaders work on retaining younger generation of nurses," August 2015.
Tricia Hussung. "Effective Techniques for Managing Millennials in the Workplace," King University Online, June 2016.