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Strolling by Spruce Ledge...N.C.Wyeth...
Strolling by Spruce Ledge,
Peering at The Doryman
at in the N.C. Wyeth New Perspectives exhibition at the
Portland (Maine) Museum of Art on January 12, 2019,
painted January 16, 2020
7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink
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N. C. Wyeth: New Perspectives
N. C. Art Then, N. C. Art Now
by Bruce McMillan
He got to stand outside or
in his studio, painting,
so many years ago, while
pausing and contemplating.
We get to stand inside a
fine art museum, peering,
so many years later, while,
Note: The painting on the left, Bright and Fair, also called Eight Bells, Port Clyde, Maine, is of N. C. Wyeth's home in Port Clyde, which he called Eight Bells in honor of Winslow Homers painting, Eight Bells, (see the Homer painting HERE). See the 1936 N. C. Wyeth painting in the exhibition of his home in detail along with a photograph of him painting it HERE, oil on canvas, 52" x 42" (w x h), 1936, Farnsworth Museum, Rockland Maine. See a 1922 H. C. Wyeth painting of the same view of his home with a photo of him painting it HERE.
Strange but True FactN. C. Wyeth's mother's maiden name was Henriette Zirngiebel, and ironically, it was his mother who encouraged his art career while his father, Andrew Newell Wyeth II, called an artist's life "shiftless, almost criminal."
Dark Harbor Fishermen
N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945), American
Tempera on hardboard (Renaissance Panel),
38" x 35" (w x h), 1943
Bequest of Elizabeth B. Noyce, 1996
Catalogue Notes:
Wyeth had painted the same composition in oil on canvas in 1935, a painting he exhibited under the title of "Herring!". By 1944, the artist was trying to sell this painting. In April, the price during the National Academy exhibition was $2,000. Later in the year, at the Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts exhibition the price had dropped to $1,500.
The frame, carved by Maurice Fincken, was probably cut down to fit this painting. Fincken's name appears in Wyeth's address book, "107 Wayne Ave., / Aldan, Pa."
See this 1943 painting done in tempura in detail at the Portland Museum of Art website HERE or in the Brandywine database website HERE. See the first draft 1935 painting first done in oil, in the Brandywine database website HERE. It's in the Phyllis and Jamie Wyeth Collection. Both paintings were painted from his same charcoal sketch. See N.C. Wyeth's charcoal sketch for this painting HERE
In a Dream
I Meet General Washington
Oil on canvas, 79" x 72" (w x h), 1930
Curatorial Note:
In 1930, atop scaffolding to complete a mural of George Washington for a bank in Trenton, New Jersey, N.C. Wyeth lost his balance and almost fell 30 feet to the marble floor. The shock resulted in a dream that haunted him until he committed his vision to canvas. In that dream, Wyeth watched the Battle of Brandywine unfold before him as Washington narrated. The site of the battle is not far from Wyeth's studio, and with his lifelong love of history he was familiar with details of the encounter.
To dispel the dream which he described as "amazingly vivid," Wyeth painted himself on shaky scaffolding in the foreground, palette and brushes in hand, speaking to Washington. British and American troops march across an autumnal colored landscape, and Major General Lafayette appears in the woods on the left. In the lower left corner, young Andrew Wyeth, accompanied by his dog, sits sketching as he often did in his father's studio.
Wyeth wrote to his brother, "This is the painting that I am certain excels anything done to date." Although the painting was based on a dream, Wyeth felt, "this fact in no way interferes with its abstract attraction as a painting to be engaged for color, pattern, technique and intriguing interest."
See this painting in detail at the Brandywine website HERE.
Strolling by Black Spruce Ledge
(Lobstering Off Black Spruce Ledge),
left, and peering at Lobsterman
(The Doryman), right.
See Black Spruce Ledge (Lobstering Off Black Spruce Ledge) in detail HERE.
See the artist's charcoal sketch for this painting HERE. A lantern slide of this drawing was probably used in the transfer of the design to the panels for both 1939 and 1941 versions.
Curatorial remarks:
In the summer of 1939, N.C. Wyeth began working in tempera, a medium he learned about from his son-in-law Peter Hurd and his son Andrew. In late August he wrote, "I start tomorrow on my first tempera panel for myself. I shall have a full month to do what I want." Later in the fall, he wrote to Peter Hurd "Three new Maine temperas you haven't seen deal with the lobstermen..." One of the three was this painting which the artist sold to Forbes Lithographic Mfg. Company for $750 in January, 1940.
Forbes reproduced the image as an art print and a calendar image, both entitled "Lobstering Off Black Spruce Ledge." Wyeth completed another version of the painting in 1941.
The 1939 charcoal drawing appears in a lantern slide, that was undoubtedly used in the transfer of the design from paper to canvas panel.
In an undated and unattributed review of New York 1939 (probably by Henry McBride, in the New York Sun, BRM library), the author felt that this picture demonstrated the influence of modern photography on the artist's work, "...the clouds in the picture...might almost have been first caught by the camera, so like they are to the effects seen in prize-winning photos."
Studying The Lobsterman
(The Doryman)
I observed that this painting on loan from the MET in New York was one of the most studied in the exhibition, viewers pausing a long time to take it in.
The Lobsterman (The Doryman)
Tempera on hardboard, 47" x 23" (w x h), 1944
Gift of Amanda K. Berls, 1975
The doryman was N.C. Wyeth's son Andrew Wyeth's friend and model Walter Anderson (1923-1987). In September 1944, N. C. Wyeth wrote to Andrew Wyeth, "My two panels, plus the one of Walt which I have just about completed are unquestionably 'way and beyond anything I've ever done in or of Maine. My "Walt" is probably the best." This and two other temperas Wyeth did during his eight-week stay in Port Clyde during the late summer of 1944 were done on gesso panels that Wyeth prepared himself, rather than the manufactured Renaissance Panels he used for commercial work at that time.
The painting's presence in the 1945 Commencement Day exhibition is noted in a letter Wyeth wrote to his daughter Henriette: "A Mr. McCann from Greenport, L.I. (an alumnus) bought "Walt in the dory" from my small display. I kind of hated to let it go but he paid my price so I couldn't refuse."
To the first owner, Thomas McCann, Wyeth wrote "It may be of interest for you to know that this painting is done with egg tempera on a wood panel. It is varnished with Damar and should last as well as the works done during the early Renaissance. The picture was done in Port Clyde, Maine, and the island back of the fisherman is Caldwell's, just at the mouth of the Georges River. The doryman is an actual character--and an old friend of mine--a flaxen-haired lobsterman named Walt Anderson."
Even during the N. C. Wyeth's lifetime, the painting, The Lobsterman (The Doryman), had alternate titles: The Doryman, In Penobscot Bay, Caldwell's Island, and Off Caldwell's Island.
See this at the MET Museum, New York, web page HERE.
See this at the Brandywine Database HERE.
The Brandywine River Museum holds a drawing study in charcoal, In Penobscot Bay, 1944.
See this charcoal study HERE.
On a personal note, I was the island caretaker for McGee Island off Port Clyde, from 1973-1975. Walter Anderson was the local calm digger usually found at the dock where I came ashore to pick up the mail and groceries. Walt would stand next to my son, 4-then-5-year old Brett, hold his hand out to measure his height, and comment on how much he'd gown since the last trip in. My acquaintance with Walt led me to write the following letter-to-the-editor, which appeared in DownEast magazine.
The Painter and the Pirate, a twelve-page article with paintings by Andrew Wyeth of his friend and subject, Walter Anderson, appeared in the September 2001 issue of DownEast. The following letter was published in the November issue.
Vol. 48, Number 4
Andrew Wyeth's Friend
Thanks for the well-written article on Walter Anderson by Edgar Allen Beem. It brought back some nice memories. From 1973 to 1975 I was an island caretaker off Port Clyde, and on my trips ashore for mail and supplies I always stopped to chat with the local character, a fellow named Walt, who hung around the dock wearing his distinctive, well-worn clamming boots. He had all sorts of tales about the islands, including the one I was working on.
Many months after I'd gotten to know Walt, he mentioned he was looking forward to seeing his friend, Andy, who was coming up to visit and paint. I wondered to myself whose house they were going to paint, but before I could ask, I figured out from the context of his conversation that Walt wasn't talking about a house painter. Then I realized his Andy was none other than Andrew Wyeth. I wasn't sure if this was a tall tale or not, but there was a real nugget of sincerity in the way he talked about his friend and their childhood together. Two days later as I was boating back to my island, I noticed a painter out painting on one of the islands.
Thanks to Walt, I knew who it was, and thanks to Ed Beem's fine article now I know even a bit more.
Shapleigh, Maine
Online HERE.
Departing the Exhibition
I admired N. C.'s exquisite and unusual use of light. I said good-bye to Mother and the cove.
(Treasure Island, page 58, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1911), Alternate Title(s):Hawkins Leaves Home; Jim Hawkins Leaves Home; Jim Hawkins Leaves Town, oil on canvas, 36" x 47" (w x h), 1911.
N. C. Wyeth had members of the Taylor family of Chadds Ford model for Mrs. Hawkins and Jim. Fifteen-year-old Walter Taylor posed for Jim Hawkins; Walter died tragically at the age of 18 in 1914. Margaret Taylor posed for Mrs. Hawkins. This painting was one of three the artist chose to represent his work in the first exhibition of paintings by pupils of Howard Pyle, held in Wilmington, DE in 1912.
Wyeth himself had repainted portions of the picture by 1920. In a January 17, 1920 letter, Wyeth mentioned to former Pyle student Sidney Chase that a particular varnish he had used liberally about 1911 was yellowing badly; as an example, he cited "Jim Hawkins leaves Home." He repainted the "illuminated" section of the image, "on account of the blues turning snuffy green and the clear whites turning yellow," "Just a word about the varnish..."
See this painting in detail on the Brandywine website HERE.
I departed the exhibition,
leaving the guard to patrol the gallery.
The show's catalogue book, N. C. Wyeth: New Perspectives, Yale University Press, 216 pages, reprint edition (June 25, 2019), at the museum is $45, but is $24.50 on amazon with free next day shipping using amazon prime HERE.
The book's cover features his painting, The Harbor at Herring Gut, 1925, seen HERE. It features, familiar to me, Port Clyde.
Curatorial notes:
Two weeks after the death of his mother, the artist wrote to his father on August 27, 1925, in reference to this painting, "I believe it marks an important epoch in my painting--with one lash I have cut my moorings to certain old habits and feel free now to develop along a much larger line....I feel that the intensity of the past weeks with you and Mama played a tremendous part in sustaining my courage to carry on this work."
The painting, strikingly different from previous work, incorporates many of the principles expounded by Christian Brinton, friend and art critic who collected Russian folk art. Despite the element of fantasy, Mosquito Head, the Marshall Point Light, several distinctive buildings in Port Clyde and the steam boat "Governor Douglas" are all recognizable. An anonymous reviewer for the Wilmington newspaper Every Evening saw the influence of 19th century bird's eye views.
In an undated letter to friend Edward K. Robinson, Wyeth wrote, "I am working much more intensively than ever and really believe that I am pulling into an idiom of expression that will amount to something...I am enclosing three photos of three canvases done in the past year which slightly indicate my direction....You will perhaps recognize a "composite" or inventory of Port Clyde. (This canvas has stirred considerable interest in two different shows.)" The letter contained a photograph of the painting, "The Harbor at Herring Gut," on the reverse of the photo Wyeth had written "Port Clyde--An Impression."
See the show on the Portland Museum of Art website HERE.
I shared some notes on the dory paintings of N.C. and Andrew Wyeth with Carol Douglas, which she expanded into a fascinating post, Beautiful Glimpses of the Past HERE.
Window Sun Colors...
Window Sun Colors
Sitting Model
bright sun light breaks up into it's color components
on the form of our model at our drawing group
in Kennebunkport, Maine, on January 8, 2020
140 lb. Arches cold press fine grain 100%
cotton watercolor paper, framed, $150
SPL December Studies...
SPL December Study 1
of the Springvale (Maine) Public Library
where there's a Bruce McMillan Corner in the
SPL Children's Room, HERE,
on December 28, 2019, painted January 11, 2020
140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
and permanence, and #3 graphite on 140 lb.
Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
Library Blocks (2013)
painted in 2013, 7" x 5" (w x h),
collection of the Springvale
Public Library.
Male Model Sitting Studies
Male Model Sitting Study 1
at our drawing group in Kennebunkport, Maine
A Gala and Forelle...
A Gala and Forelle Snow Life
a Gala apple (Malus domestica, cultivar Gala) and
a Forelle pear (Pyrus communis, cultivar Forelle)
on a snow drift by the woods behind my home
on December 19, 2019, painted January 8, 2020
Cosmic Crisp in Snow Space
A new apple variety from Washington state
on January 5, 2019, painted January 6, 2020
Snowfall Clouds...Monet Winter
Snowfall Clouds
Departing Ocean Drive
along Ocean Drive in Kennebunkport, Maine
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rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
Claude Monet's 1895 Norway Winter
Monet painted twenty-nine snow scenes in Norway. Over his lifetime he painted over a hundred winter scenes, more than any other Impressionist.
Houses in the Snow, Norway
Claude Monet (1840-1926) French
Claude Monet's stepson, Jacques Hoschede, married a Norwegian who lived in Oslo, then called Christiania. In February 1885 55-year-old Monet made the long trip by train and ferry to visit them.
When Monet arrived in Oslo, he spent some time in search of painting subject matter. His stepson took Monet south of Oslo to the artist's colony village of Sandvika (or spelled Sandviken), which is on a fjord, and with a view of Mount Kolsaas. After painting a series of village landscapes, Monet painted three canvases of two distant houses in a landscape blanketed in white snow
Monet ended up in a farmhouse nine miles west of Oslo that was occupied by other artists in or near the village of Sandvika.
Norwegian Landscape, Sandviken
First, Monet painted scenes of the local fjord and the village, painting six of the village. He included the distinctive iron arch bridge. Two years before this trip he'd begun his landscaping project which included a Japanese arch bridge seen in many of his water lily paintings.
Sandvika, Norway
He painted a series of paintings of Mount Kolsaas. The view of Mount Kolsaas reminded Monet of Japanese woodblock prints of Mount Fuji. He painted thirteen views of Mount Kolsaas. In Monet style, he painted plein air at different times of the day, thus in different light, and in different weather conditions.
Sandviken, Norway
Sandviken is the village beneath Mount Kolsaas, seen from the village.
Monet wrote, "This country is, undoubtedly, infinitely more beautiful without snow, or at least when there isn't so much of it."
Mount Kolsaas in Norway
The winter of 1895-1896 was quite harsh. Going out in an average daily high of -13°F, Monet painted plein air views of the surrounding area. Using shovels, he cut paths in the snow to reach his painting locations.
In a letter to Gustave Geffroy, his friend, Monet said that conditions were so cold in Norway that his beard froze. He wrote, "I painted part of the day today, while it was snowing continually: you would have laughed to see me entirely white, my beard covered in icy stalactites."
Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris
He completed the paintings and his visit in mid-March of 1895.


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January 7, 2016 • As tension boils between the two regional powers, witnesses say it's not clear that Iran's embassy sustained damage, or was even hit.
January 5, 2016 • The bitter rivalry may be more bad news for the long-suffering people of Syria. Also, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has come off looking ineffectual.
January 5, 2016 • Kuwait also summoned Iran's ambassador Tuesday to give him a note of protest over the failure to protect Saudi Arabia's diplomatic missions.
January 4, 2016 • The Saudi-Iran rivalry has been a fundamental fault line in the Middle East for decades and complicates almost every major issue in the region, from the Syrian civil war to global oil markets.
January 4, 2016 • The kingdom's execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, who was highly critical of the Saudi government, marks a turning point in Saudi-Iranian relations and has sent shock waves through the region.
January 3, 2016 • Saudi Arabia's execution of Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr has inflamed sectarian conflict and been strongly condemned by Iran. Now the Saudis have ordered Iranian diplomats out of the country.
January 2, 2016 • Angry over the execution of Shiite cleric Sheik Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia, protesters gathered at the Saudi Embassy in Tehran, reports Iran's semi-official news agency. Some entered the building.


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Jefferson Park ist ein Stadtteil in der Region South Los Angeles in Los Angeles. In Jefferson Park leben 10.453 Einwohner auf 1,82 km².

Geografie
Jefferson Park wird im Osten durch die Western Avenue, im Norden durch Adams, im Westen durch den Crenshaw Boulevard und im Süden durch den Exposition Boulevard und durch die Rodeo Road begrenzt. Er grenzt im Norden an Arlington Heights, im Nordwesten an Mid-City, im Westen an Crenshaw, im Süden an Leimert Park und im Osten an West Adams. Die Hauptstrassen des Stadtteiles sind der Adams Boulevard, Jefferson Boulevard, Exposition Boulevard, die 6th Avenue, die 10th Avenue und die Arlington Avenue.

Demografie
Im Jahr 2000 lebten in Jefferson Park 49,95 % Hispanier, 43,13 % Afroamerikaner, 34,44 % andere, 4,79 % zwei oder mehr Rassen, 4,17 % Asiaten, 1,24 % Weiße nicht Hispanics, 0,55 % Indianer und 0,05 Pazifische Inselbewohner.

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Resume Improvement Mobile App Released by Career Confidential
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Michelle Obama Talks Out About Women Aging
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Do what you love and love what you do…I say that OUT LOUD, VERY LOUD! Recently, I watched a guy on You tube and he spoke about doing what you love. He encouraged you to quit spending every day of your life doing something or working somewhere that you do not enjoy.
Folks, we only pass through this life once. You get one chance, so you can either make it happen or make it miserable. I made the decision to quit my job 7 years ago to pursue "doing what I love!" Not that I did not "like" my job, but I did not LOVE IT! I was not passionate about it. Plus, I have two children and it really seemed to be more functional for the family for me to work at home. I can truly say that after seven years, I have found my niche. Art is my niche. It makes me happy, it makes me smile and it makes others smile. Although it has not been the easiest road to travel, I STILL love what I do. I have had to change things about it to make it more lovable, but that is what life is all about, CHANGE. No I am not making my millions..at least not yet, anyway! Lol But, I am doing what I love and that is what is important!
So, I encourage you to step out in faith, and see where the road may take you. Look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself, what do I want to do everyday for the the rest of my life? DO THAT! What do you enjoy? What are you good at? What are you passionate about? Believe in what your doing. If you don't believe in it, Get Out!
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Taboo disease
Rabiya Javeri Agha
Young people, particularly women, suffering from depression are frequently told they need to get married.
Two men and a woman came visiting a working woman in Islamabad. They told her she was ill and they would take her to a hospital. She denied their claim and refused to go with them. Her protest was dismissed. She was gagged and forcibly taken away while her roommate watched helplessly.
Nine days later, the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) received a call from Shamera*, the roommate, who said her friend Almas* had been forcibly taken away and was being kept at a rehabilitation centre on the outskirts of Islamabad. A police team and officials from the Health Department accompanied the NCHR team that rescued the woman who is 35 years old and an MPhil student. She has a senior job at a multinational company. She has since been found sane and articulate, if shaken.
In a detailed interview at the Commission it transpired that Almas's abduction and incarceration was a part of an attempt by her parents to persuade her to marry the man of their choice. The anger and frustration she had exhibited at the prospect of an unwelcome arranged marriage was diagnosed by a local psychologist as 'depression.' The psychologist also referred her to the mental health centre from where she was later recovered. The fact that a therapy centre connived and plotted in the abduction of a healthy adult woman raises important questions about regulation of mental health facilities in Islamabad.
While all the provinces have Mental Health Acts, no Mental Health Act governs the federal capital. Despite being a signatory to World Health Organisation's Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2030, Pakistan has no national mental health plan. Nor has the government made sufficient budgetary allocations to address mental health. According to a Cambridge University article titled 'Pakistan's Legal Failure To Account For Mental Illness', the government's expenditure on mental health is 0.40 percent of its total health expenditure.
Other than psychiatrists, mental health professionals, including counsellors, psychologists and therapists in Islamabad are not regulated or licensed by any national accreditation body. According to the Islamabad Healthcare Regulatory Authority (IHRA), of the 20 plus private mental rehabilitation homes in Islamabad, none has a full time psychiatrist. The rehabilitation home that incarcerated Almas also had no regular licensed psychiatrist on full time duty.
The lack of regulation of mental health centres means that anyone can offer mental health counselling, treatment and rehabilitation housing without appropriate checks. This is particularly alarming in Pakistan, where estimates indicate that approximately 40 percent of the population (88 million) suffer from common mental disorders.
Mental health is both a cause and consequence of poverty, violence, extremism and political unrest. According to a PBS report A Curse From God — the Stigma of Mental Illness in Pakistan, the country "has been in a state of post-traumatic stress, from the Afghan war, ethnic tension, religious violence and terrorism."
Pakistan has approximately 500 registered psychiatrists for a population of over 220 million people. This averages one psychiatrist for 440,000 people in the country. Some 90 percent of Pakistanis who suffer from some sort of mental disorder remain untreated. The shortage of certified psychiatrists gives space to self- proclaimed therapists and counsellors who exploit the poor and unknowing. More often than not, young people, particularly women, suffering from depression are told that they simply need to get married. Thousands of troubled persons are taken to shrines where they are beaten and chained to have djinns exorcised. Ignorance and limited availability of proper mental health practitioners lead to quackery and opportunism.
Pakistan has about 500 registered psychiatrists for a population of over 220 million. This averages a psychiatrist for 440,000 people in the country. About 90 percent of Pakistanis who suffer from some sort of mental disorder remain untreated.
Archaic methods of drugging patients - even use of electric shock therapy - are commonplace. Complaints of blackmailing patients are also common. Almas recounted horror stories of several patients at the centre where she had been kept. She spoke of being locked away in solitary confinement, of being repeatedly drugged and remaining in a state of disorientation. One can only imagine the vulnerability of people with actual mental illnesses.
In Pakistan, the shame and stigma attached to mental health also means very few people seek medical help and treatment when they need it. Fear of being labelled, of being discriminated and fear of societal disapproval forces family members and patients to remain in denial or seek alternate non-medical support and redress. Thus, therapy centres and non-medical, unregulated counselling agencies have sprung up throughout Pakistan.
In 2018, the federal capital set up the Islamabad Healthcare Regulatory Authority (IHRA) as an autonomous health regulatory body enacted under the Islamabad Health Regulation Act. According to its mandate, the IHRA aims to improve the quality, efficiency and safety of healthcare services delivery by adopting evidence-based regulatory standards for registration and licensing of healthcare establishments, health professionals and equipment, and developing and enforcing minimum standards of safety for patients, healthcare professionals and other staff in healthcare establishments in the ICT.
According to the Act, healthcare professionals include psychiatrists and psychologists but not therapists or counsellors. Therapy and rehab centres operate outside the purview of the regulators. Without licensing, regulation and standards, quackery and exploitation continue. Almas's mother had paid the rehabilitation home Rs 200,000 to house and 'treat' her daughter for 'depression.'
In order to address the huge gaps in licensing and standardisation of mental health facilities, the NCHR and Taskeen Sehatmand Pakistan, a non-profit organisation working for prevention of mental illness in Pakistan, are developing a policy brief on mental health and human rights. In its fact finding report, the NCHR has collected quantitative data on number and types of mental facilities available in Islamabad. The NCHR has also developed a gap analysis of mental health legislation in Pakistan and in collaboration with Taskeen drafted a Mental Health Bill for Islamabad which will be made public shortly.
It is about time the discourse on mental health was brought to the fore. Public education to increase knowledge about mental illnesses and the implementation of laws and policies will ensure that regulated support is available to those in need. Acceptance and education on mental illnesses by society and proper regulatory mechanisms provided by the government are essential to combat this problem. State regulatory mechanisms include standards regarding consent, dignity and care, proper staffing and monitoring and evaluation systems.
Almas's is likely just one of many sad and horrific stories that takes place in our federal capital, just the tip of the iceberg with regard to mental health problems in Pakistan.
We need to talk more openly about mental health and without discrimination. It is time Pakistan realised that invisible disabilities, such as mental health, are among the most neglected yet essential issues for development and human rights in the country.
The writer is the chairperson of the National Commission for Human Rights
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Le rouran, ou rouanrouan est la langue éteinte supposée des Rourans, un peuple et un État ayant existé de 330 à 555 dans la région de l'actuelle Mongolie.

Dénomination
De nombreuses transcriptions pour le même nom de ce peuple existent. Les plus fréquentes sont ruanruan (ou rouanrouan) et rouran. Les formes ruru, juan-juan, rou-rouan, dàtán, tántán, et jou-jouen sont aussi utilisées. Le nom de ce peuple en chinois est 柔然.

Étymologie
L'ethnonyme a été reconstitué à travers des transcriptions chinoises 柔然 Róurán (en chinois han tardif : *ńu-ńan, en chinois médiéval ancien : *ɲuw-ɲian, en chinois médiéval tardif : *riw-rian) en *nönör. Cette reconstruction a été comparé au mongol нөхөр nöhör qui signifie "ami, compagnon, camarade". Selon Klyashtorny, *nönör désigne "stepnaja vol'nica", un groupe de nomades de la steppe, les "compagnons" des premiers dirigeants des Rourans. Dans l'ancienne société mongole, un nökür était une personne qui quittait son clan pour servir un chef de guerre. Si cette hypothèse est exacte, le terme Róurán 柔然 ne désignait pas une ethnie, mais les premiers fondateurs du khaganat.

Cependant, cette théorie est contestée par Golden, qui suggère que 柔然 était un exonyme des Tuoba pour désigner les Rourans.

Il est aussi possible qu'avant d'être un ethnonyme, ce terme était le surnom d'un des chefs rourans, Cheluhui (车鹿会).

La question sur l'origine du nom "Rouran" est donc toujours ouverte.

Classification
Différentes tentatives de classification du rouran ont été faites :

La première, en 1935 par Boodberg, qui suggère qu'il s'agissait d'une langue mongole, en analysant des transcriptions chinoises de noms. Atwood (2013) affirme que le mot *k'obun est un cognat du moyen mongol kö'ün. Vovin remarque que le vieux turc a emprunté des mots à une langue inconnue et non-altaïque, peut-être le rouran. Il affirmait que cette langue était un isolat, c'est-à-dire une langue qui n'est apparentée avec aucune autre langue. Si les indices étaient peu nombreux à l'époque, avec la découverte de la Brāhmī Bugut et la Khüis Tolgoi, Vovin a changé d'avis et affirme désormais qu'il s'agit d'une langue mongole étroitement apparentée au moyen mongol, mais pas identique.

Crossley (2019) considère que les indices sont trop peu nombreux pour prouver une relation, elle considère plutôt cette langue comme un isolat ou une langue inclassable.

Helimski (2000, 2003) affirmait anciennement que le rouran était une langue toungouse, en se basant sur les inscriptions Buila, mais De la Fuente (2015) conteste cette affirmation.

Histoire
Le rouran se serait séparé des autres langues xianbei vers la fin du IIIème siècle, et aurait été à l'origine parlé au Sud du lac Baïkal et au Nord de l'actuelle Mongolie. La langue se serait étendue en Asie intérieure après la fondation du khaganat Ruanruan en 330. Les Rourans se seraient ensuite déplacés vers l'Ouest après la chute du khaganat en 555 à la suite de la rébellion des Göktürks, et seraient devenus les Avars pannoniens, peuple qui s'est installé en Pannonie durant le VIème siècle. Cependant, l'origine de ce peuple est débattue, certains affirment aussi que les Avars étaient d'origine turcique, toungouse, iranienne ou ouralienne. Une autre théorie suggère que les Rourans se sont déplacés vers l'Est et sont devenus les Shiwei et les Tatars (différents des Tatars modernes). Il est possible que l'extinction de la langue rourane s'est produite vers 560.

Caractéristiques

Lexique

Le linguiste Alexander Vovin a reconstruit des mots rourans que le vieux turc a emprunté :

 küskü "rat"

 ud "ox"

 luu "dragon" (en chinois médiéval : luŋ)

 yund "cheval"
 laγzïn "cochon"

 qaγan "empereur"

 qan "khan"

 qaγatun "impératrice"

 qatun "la femme du khan"

 aq "crotte"
 and "serment"
Avec la découverte de la Brāhmī Bugut et de la Khüis Tolgoi, Vovin dresse une liste du vocabulaire attesté, et le compare avec celui du moyen mongol.

Morphologie
La syntaxe de cette langue est SOV (c'est-à-dire que l'ordre normal des mots dans une phrase est sujet-objet-verbe), bien que la forme OSV ait aussi été utilisée. Elle est agglutinante, ce qui signifie qu'elle n'utilise que des suffixes, et non des préfixes. Elle possède des cas grammaticaux (à l'instar du latin), dont le nominatif et l'accusatif.

Les mots sont classés dans trois grandes catégories :

 les nominaux (dont les noms, les adjectifs, et les pronoms),
 les numéraux (bien qu'aucun ne soit attesté)
 les verbes

Il y a aussi les particules.

Les propositions dépendantes sont liées aux indépendantes par des formes adnominales de verbes ou par d'autres assemblages. Il n'y a pas de pronoms relatifs.

Les adjectifs sont une sous-catégorie des noms, ce qui signifie qu'ils peuvent prendre la marque du pluriel ou subir des déclinaisons (comme le génitif, la seule que l'on peut trouver dû au peu de textes connus).

Les verbes peuvent se décliner selon différents paramètres (temps, mode, voie active/passive, et peut-être l'aspect). Les verbes se différencient en formes non-finales (les "converbes"), des formes adnominales et des formes finies. Les deux derniers se confondent parfois : le temps du converbe dépend du temps de la forme verbale finie, cela veut dire que les marques temporelles ne sont présentes que sur les formes finies.

Il est aussi connu que le suffixe pour le féminin en rouran était -tu-.

Phonologie
Diverses caractéristiques sur la phonologie du rouran sont connues :

 l'absence de voyelles moyennes
 la présence de l- au début de certains mots
 le groupe consonental -nd inabituel pour les langues dites "altaïques"

Vovin remarque que les deux derniers paramètres sont présents en vieux turc et dans les langues toungouses.

Ce dernier ajoute d'autres caractéristiques :

 la préservation du *p- et du *b- au début de certains mots (partagé avec le proto mongol).
 la perte du *p- et du *b- médians.
 l'absence de palatisation qui transforme ti en či comme en moyen mongol.
 très peu de mots commencent par des voyelles nasales, ce qui est peut-être dû à des influences turciques. Aucune des transformations suivantes sont présentes dans les textes connus.
 *m- > b-
 *n- > d- > y-
 Il existe des transformations et des insertions de voyelles séparant des groupes consonentiques initiaux. ex : qra- ("voir") > qara- en moyen mongol ; drö > törö ; etc...
 Le rouran était peut-être une langue palatisante comme le khitan et les autres langues mongoles, comme le démontrerait le marqueur du pluriel -ńAr, bien que la forme -nAr ait aussi existé.
 La présence d'une variation interne entre les voyelles sourdes et voisées. ex : ɣačar ~ qaǰar
 Le son š uniquement présent avant i et le son s avant les autres voyelles.
 Le son y- au début des mots n'est présent dans aucun texte connu.
 Le -g à la fin de certains mots peut se décliner en -v ou en absence de son. ex : čiv < čig ; türǖg ~ türüg
 Le rouran possède sept voyelles:

 Il possède l'harmonie vocalique, et elle est peut-être de nature palatale.
 Il y a deux cas où le son u devient le son o. ex : qato > qatun ; ǰalo- > ǰalu-
 Dans certains cas, le son i devient le son ɑ. ex : ǰa'a- > ǰi'a- ; taya- > tayi-

Références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie

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Langue morte
Langue non classée
Isolat (linguistique)

Langue en Chine
Langue en Mongolie
Langue médiévale


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Artists and Empire at the Tate
April 8, 2016 Andrea Gibbons	Leave a comment
Artists and Empire, the Tate's description of the point of it:
At its height the British Empire was the largest empire in history and the most influential global power. originating with a few overseas possessions and trading posts, it grew to encompass dominions, colonies and protectorates rules or administered by the United Kingdom. In 1922 the Empire covered almost a quarter of the world's total land area; by the end of the century it had diminished to just a few overseas territories. During this contraction, 'Empire; became a highly provocative term.Its history of war, conquest and appropriation is difficult, even painful, to address but its legacy is everywhere: not just in public monuments, but in social structures, culture and in the fault lines of contemporary global politics.
This is what the booklet says. No slavery. Empire become provocative only as it contracts? It seems unlikely that a project of Empire was not provocative at all times, especially amongst those being Empired. The blurb on the website is slightly different:
In 21st century Britain, 'empire' is highly provocative. Its histories of war, conquest and slavery are difficult and painful to address but its legacy is everywhere and affects us all. Artist and Empire brings together extraordinary and unexpected works to explore how artists from Britain and around the world have responded to the dramas, tragedies and experiences of the Empire.
A bit better, that. Hard for Britain to do, but something that must be done. It was a thought provoking collection. It mostly filled me with rage, sat with nausea in my stomach. I confess, though, that is knowledge and rage I myself brought in through the door. I am not sure that there was too much open critique offered of Empire here in the Tate Britain, founded by Sir Henry Tate with all of his money from sugar grown in the colonies by slaves. From comments by the elderly middle class people seeing the exhibit with me, I got little sense there was too much critique going on in their minds either. Even though they sat staring at art deriving from a history of murder, occupation, exploitation, enslavement, genocide, extinction. Fairly neutrally curated given the subject.
So there were curiously neutral descriptions of paintings like this one:
'Portrait of Poedua 1777-85' by John Webber. The caption on the wall went on to say that she was painted by Webber while being held captive by Captain Cook, a hostage to force her father to round up some runaway sailors.
So this guy took a women being held against her will, stripped her, wrapped her in a rather British sheet and painted her.
But I am ahead of myself. I found the first two rooms most interesting, though the last room was my favourite. But we shall start with 1. Mapping and Marking. Because I love maps. And it behooves me not to forget just how they were used to control not just territories but also how we think about them. This was a stunning example of London at the centre of the world, and its lines of communication (England's empire in Red):
Gill, c 1945
They also had Crane's map of Empire — from before the real 'scramble' for Africa, so it's not quite as pink as the later map above.
I also learned that when Charles II married Catherine of Braganza (Portugal) in 1661, he got with her Bombay and Tangiers. They were painted and etched meticulously for him, fortifications and all.
A picture of bucanneers, explorers, men I once knew as heroes Cavendish, Drake and Hawkins (that guy who chose to have a slave as part of his new coat of arms given his promotion by Elizabeth I). These were not display.
2. Trophies of Empire — the art, artefacts, and natural history. I love natural history. Again, force myself to remember what so much of these beautiful paintings of flora and fauna mean — the control and exploitation of nature, the constant 'discovery' of what native peoples knew already even as their knowledge was being erased. This history was present here to some extent.
In light of this, this portrait of Banks becomes chilling — such a key figure in botany, part of Cook's voyage, President of the Royal Society, here wrapped in a cloak from his travels to the South Pacific, more exotic weapons collected beside him…these too were to be found here on display.
Portrait of Banks (1773) by Benjamin West
The collection of wild animals, the founding of zoos. The beginnings of collections such as that at the Grant Museum of Zoology.
George Stubbs, Cheetah and Stag with Two Indians by George Stubbs, 1764–1765
3. Imperial Heroics. This is a rather disgusting room, but what is fascinating is just how many last stands there are. Not of those peoples fighting for their homes and sovereignty, but of British soldiers being brave. Being portrayed as the victims. Being shown as the face of determined masculine civilization standing against the savage. I think this needed a bit more reframing, as these pictures tend to reinforce the dominant narrative of Empire. I liked the mocking installation of such narratives in the centre of the room, but it wasn't really calculated to awaken the consciences of the people sharing the room with me I thought.
Desperate heroism … Charles Edwin Fripp's The Last Stand at Isandlwana, 1885. Photograph: Council of the National Army Museum
General Gordon's Last Stand – George William Joy
There was some interesting looks here at 'historical' paintings though, a lot of them focusing on Mysore, the war of conquest there repainted in a very different way, particularly this scene of a 'kindly' taking of hostages.
'The Reception of the Mysorean Hostage Princes by Marquis Cornwallis', 1792. Oil on canvas by Robert Home (1752-1834), c1793
Robert Home has even painted himself into the canvas as an eyewitness. This was most interesting, this claim of authenticity and this stamp of one version of events over something that was clearly of a very different nature.
4. Power Dressing? The appropriations and subversions of European dress were interesting, but Europeans decking themselves out in the finery of colonised peoples? We still see that every day.
5. Face to Face — portraits, and some chilling ones. Both European looks at the 'other' but some very welcome looks back at Europeans. I particularly loved this view of Queen Victoria.
Yoruba artist, Nigeria, Figure of Queen Victoria, c.1898, Wood.
I particularly hated the portraits made for Queen Victoria's collection so she could better know her Indian subjects, though they were beautifully done. One of them forms the exhibition's marketing materials. Men brought over for an exhibition of traditional crafts, though they were in fact trained in those crafts while in a Colonial prison.
6. Out of Empire and Legacies of Empire
Art of the diaspora, critical art, quite wonderful art. 'Trophies of Empire' by Guyanese Donald Locke, his compatriot Aubrey Williams' powerful work. Sonia Boyce, Avinash Chandra, Ronald Moody, Ben Enwonwu and others. A very good way to end the thing I think, it left me liking it more than I expected, expelled some of the anger building up as I wandered through the rooms.
One of my favourite things — the title of Sonia Boyce's 'Lay Back, Keep Quiet and Think of What Made Britain So Great' (1986).
I found the exhibition overall immensely thought provoking and moving — yet the presence of many of these objects in a British museum at all is a problematic thing, particularly for the objects of art and worship that were stolen, like the beautiful heads from Benin. A lot of this shit needs to be given back. Their very presence shows there is a lot more needing doing than just facing the past, so while this call for restitution had some voice here it was oddly discordant with the rest. Walking through, I did find these objects a powerful way to understand better the nature and impact of empire, even knowing their presence here in London is a troubling legacy of empire itself.
Particularly emotive given my own recent interests were the donations of several statues of beautiful African art by Sierra Leonan Krios — descendants of former slaves and Black men who fought for the British in the American Revolution, all sent by English abolitionists to colonise a piece of Africa. Their history was missing from this, I brought it with me. On one of the pieces donated, it noted the intent of the donation was probably as an attempt to show the richness of African culture to a European audience. An effort to find empathy, respect, understanding.
I found that donation encapsulates many of the complexities of empire, of museums, of just such collections as this. It did indeed face Britain's Imperial Past, was even perhaps more critical than I might have expected given the probable pressures to refrain from critique. But it remained something of a mixed message, and in too many ways Britain still isn't truly facing its Imperial Past.
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Glad to see another Silva fan!
I love the Silva books. I'm a huge fan of the Gabriel Allon series. One summer, I went back and read the books in order of Allon's time line, not publication order, which was fun. If interested, the order would be: The Kill Artist, The English Assassin, The Confessor, A Death in Vienna, Prince of Fire, The Messenger, The Secret Servant, Moscow Rules, The Defector, Rembrandt Affair, and Portrait of a Spy.
I read Piano Shop on the Left Bank some years ago and really loved it. I also just finished the Happiness Project and wonder if anyone else read it? I liked it but had several criticisms of the project and the writing. I still thought it was worth reading though.


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After quite a bit of online research regarding all things polymer clay, I've finally taken my first leap into the medium — crafting homemade buttons. I started out with some el-cheapo clay (Sculpey) which a lot of people apparently gripe about in terms of durability. But as I don't plan on machine washing these buttons nor do I predict any delicate figurine sculpting in my future, I reckoned it was safe to take the thrifty route for my first attempt.
I thought that it would be a good idea to make molds out of some buttons from my stash, so I bought some of this molding compound which was super easy to use. I simply followed those abbreviated directions on the side of the box and it seemed to work fine. Thing is, though making the molds was easy, using them was another thing entirely. Too impatient to look up more online tutorials, I set my molds aside and proceeded to roll little balls of the clay and stamp them down into discs using some textured trinkets (pendants mostly) from my jewelry box. I made texture stamp molds of some decorative surfaces so the designs on my buttons would be in relief rather than in grooves (make sense?). I pricked buttonholes with a toothpick, baked them as directed, let them cool, and went to town with acrylic paint. Also decoupaged a few (like the green one pictured at bottom right below) with some ink-jet-printed tissue paper. I love the results! Really can't believe how quick and easy these were to make. Now to practice my molding skills.
wow, those are amazing! i never even considered that buttons wre something one could make at home. that green one is fabulous.
These are great. i've been trying to make blank pendants with polymer clay to later add images but find my finger prints keep ruining them, any tips?
@craftytips – i'm a total beginner using polyclay so might not have the best advice. my work, too, has its fair share of fingerprints! the only way i avoided them was to flatten the discs directly onto the baking surface itself and put that into the oven untouched — that is, if it looked right after flattening. if not, i picked up my little ball of clay, kneaded, and tried it again. hope this helps!
By the way I love your tag line 'Thanks but i'd rather stay in and make stuff' – wow, you hit the nail on the head. It's all I want to do!
hi, I tried making sculpy buttons but I couldn't get them out of the mold with out distorting them, or do you bake them in the mold? (although I made molds out of sculpy that was baked – not molding compound) one more question, you used plain white sculpy clay not colored, right?
they look great- good idea on the decoupage. I have been wanting to make custom buttons for but was really discouraged after my first attempt.


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Learning in Public: To What End?
Is a Culture of Learning Required To Learn in Public?


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Interviews Shows we love
"When faced with my own mortality, how does an idiot cope?" | Mandy Tootill talks beating breast cancer with a sense of humour for Twin Peaks at Vault Festival
Tell us about the show you're bringing to the Vault Festival, Twin Peaks.
Twin Peaks is essentially a glimpse into my life just as I am about to turn thirty and discover I have breast cancer. It's no secret that I'm an idiot, but when faced with my own mortality, how does an idiot cope? You'll have to come see the show to find out, but I can tell you it does involve marigolds and a mannequin's head called Celine.
What made you want to write a show about breast cancer?
I think it was just my experience. Being a young woman with cancer, I was quite surprised at how people react. I always describe it as a bit like Voldemort, cancer, the sheer mention of its name can send people running in the opposite direction.
So I started thinking, well what makes people do that? It's fear. I think sometimes, by using humour, we can help break down these barriers and talk about serious subjects and try to remove some of that fear. That's why, essentially, I wanted to do this show, to get people talking and open up about something that they're frightened of talking about.
This is obviously a very serious and personal topic. Was it ever difficult making it funny?
If I'm honest, I'm quite an upbeat person. Like I said, I'm an idiot. Things tend to go wrong around me without trying. So there's a lot of funny things that happened to me during my experience, so I drew on those. Humour helped me get through it. That's where the idea for the show started.
When I fell into comedy, nobody knew I had cancer. To celebrate being five years clear I decided to get up on stage and do a set about some of my experiences. Not only did people laugh about it, but I did get some really good reactions from it.
Somebody approached me after the show to say that they'd had a lump that they were ignoring because she was young, she was a quite a similar age to me. After hearing what I'd said, it provoked her to go get it checked out. She's fine, but it got me thinking, if there's something positive that could come out of this experience, if I could help others and maybe prevent them going through a similar experience then that's got to be a good thing.
What do you think it is about humour that helps people to cope with difficult experiences?
I think it depends on the person, it's different for everybody. I can only speak personally from my experience. Laughing is like a medicine. It releases endorphins and serotonin and all sorts. It just makes you feel better. There's nothing as good as having a good laugh at something. I think that's the best way I can explain that.
What inspired you to include burlesque and music in this show?
I started off in stand up and then I moved into sketch comedy and formed a sketch comedy group with a friend of mine, which evolved into us becoming burlesque producers and hosts. So I've spent a lot of time in the cabaret world, which has influenced me. A lot of my comedic influences are people like Morcambe and Wise and Victoria Wood, who have that ability to be able to go from doing stand up to character comedy to good old fashioned songs. I suppose I've taken that and put it into the show in the hope that it will appeal to everyone. So there's something there for everyone.
What do you hope people take away from your show?
By using comedy and burlesque, I hope that it will provoke somebody to think "Hey, I'm going to start checking my breasts." I hope it raises awareness, I hope it opens the lines of communication about talking about something that maybe people are frightened of talking about. I know that previous audience members have said that to me.
And just that it's okay to talk to somebody who has got cancer. You might now know the right thing to say, you might say the wrong thing, but say something. It's still the same person underneath.
What would your advice be to someone trying to talk to a person in that situation?
Just be yourself. It's the same person. I remember it's so isolating. It really is. You're caught up in your tests and appointments and treatments, so just hearing about somebody's day and what they've been up to is such a good thing. Just be yourself.
Are there any other shows you're looking forward to at the Vault Festival?
I come from the cabaret world so I'm really looking forward to catching one of the cabaret shows that I haven't seen before, The Bitten Peach. I'm also looking forward to seeing Nathaniel Hall's First Time. We've worked together and it's such a good show. It's so important, I'm really looking forward to seeing that again.
Do you have any advice for anyone looking to break into comedy?
Just be brave and give it a go. Get out there and try things and don't be disheartened if those things don't work. Just keep trying.
The main thing is, only do it if you're enjoying it. If you're not enjoying it, stop or try something different.
Mandy is performing Twin Peaks on 29th February and 1st March.
Book your ticket here.
Find out more about Vault Festival here.
You can keep up with Mandy's work by checking out her website and following her on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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You can now pay for the metro with trash. this machine in Taiwan takes bottles and kitchen waste as payment and reimburses people with money on their metro passes.
One of the Taiwanese said, " This is my first using it. It is very near to my house. I can collect cash on my EasyCard. and contribute to the protection of the environment, so i think it is quite convenient."
The booth is new initiative to give people more opportunities to get rid of their trash. Usually residents in Taipei have to hold onto their trash and have to wait until the right garbage truck comes around for them to toss the garbage in. If residents miss the truck, they have to hold on to their trash.
Taiwanese says, " I think it is very convenient. For example, i have work after 8 PM or 9 PM, and garbage collecting trucks are all gone at that time. But i can come here anytime i want and collect cash for my EasyCard. It is also easy to use.


chemistry of the living cell resembles the chemistry of organic reactions.
is the logic of biological phenomena.
according to their individual chemical properties.
ask what functional role they serve within the organism.
(a) Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx), a baboon native to West Africa.
energy. Herbivores and carnivores derive their energy ultimately from these primary producers.
which ATP and NADPH are the two most prominent examples (Figure 1.3).
ATP and NADPH, two biochemically important energy-rich compounds.
stability and order. In contrast, inanimate matter, as exemplified by the universe in totality, is moving to a condition of increasing disorder or, in thermodynamic terms, maximum entropy.
FIGURE 1.5 ● The DNA double helix. Two complementary polynucleotide chains running in opposite directions can pair through hydrogen bonding between their nitrogenous bases. Their complementary nucleotide sequences give rise to structural complementarity.
with the highly evolved patterns of replication prevailing today.
include water, whereas figures for the human body do.
Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, Mo, I, Ni, and Se.
All biomolecules contain carbon. The prevalence of C is due to its unparalleled versatility in forming stable covalent bonds by electron-pair sharing.
share three electron pairs to form triple bonds.
FIGURE 1.6 ● Covalent bond formation by e pair sharing.
that brings order to this astounding potentiality?
The dimensions of mass* and length for biomolecules are given typically in daltons and nanometers,† respectively.
biomolecules possess that make them so appropriate for the condition of life?
structural integrity is maintained by noncovalent forces, not by covalent bonds.
pH, and ionic strength that are consistent with cell life.
ability to carry out photosynthesis. They are the biological agents for harvesting light energy and transforming it into metabolically useful chemical forms.
boundary of the first cell. The membranes of organelles, such as nuclei, mitochondria, and chloroplasts, differ from one another, with each having a characteristic protein and lipid composition suited to the organelle's function.
an essential condition for proper organellar function.
plan of the cell. Nevertheless, we find no obvious explanation within these features for the living characteristics of cells. Can we find other themes represented within biomolecules that are explicitly chemical yet anticipate or illuminate the living condition?
them is the necessity for information and energy in the maintenance of the living state.
has a "sense" or direction to its structure (Figure 1.9).
are built by combining the C-1 of one sugar to the C-4 O of the next sugar in the polymer.
of water (dehydration synthesis reactions).
repetitive. Nucleic acids and proteins are information-rich molecules; polysaccharides are not.
(Figure 1.10). Not all biological macromolecules are rich in information.
over, as in cellulose or starch, which are homopolymers of many glucose units.
are unique, akin to the letters and punctuation that form this descriptive sentence. In these unique sequences lies meaning. To discern the meaning, however, requires some mechanism for recognition.
The structure of any molecule is a unique and specific aspect of its identity.
the spheres represents an atom in the structure.
hydrophobic molecules or molecular regions coalesce.
called dispersion or London dispersion forces, which diminish as 1/r 6.
in a benzene crystal contributes 7 kJ of van der Waals energy per mole.
enzyme lysozyme and a sugar substrate that it binds is about 60 kJ/mol.
interpenetrate, strong repulsion occurs. Such repulsive van der Waals forces follow an inverse 12th-power dependence on r (1/r 12), as shown in Figure 1.13.
forces hold two atoms together. The limit of approach of two atoms is determined by the sum of their van der Waals radii (Table 1.4).
than van der Waals interactions because they require the presence of complementary hydrogen donor and acceptor groups.
induced by the environment). Between two ions, the energy falls off as 1/r.
the energy between an ion and an induced dipole falls off as 1/r 4.
serve as H bond donors and acceptors.
Ionic bonds in biological molecules.
and supramolecular assemblies of living cells.
interactions involve structural complementarity between molecules.
between complementary molecules and ultimately culminates in unique physiological activities. Biological function is achieved through mechanisms based on structural complementarity and weak chemical interactions.
that is driven by weak forces accumulated through structural complementarity.
of macromolecules. The loss of structural order in these complex macromolecules, so-called denaturation, is accompanied by loss of function (Figure 1.17).
of the intricate structure of a protein.
constitute cellular metabolism—the ordered reaction pathways by which cellular chemistry proceeds and biological energy transformations are accomplished.
reactions proceed is a very important factor in maintenance of the living state.
cells; the temperature cannot be raised, acid or base cannot be added, the pressure cannot be elevated, and concentrations cannot be dramatically increased.
whose sole biological purpose is to catalyze its specific reaction (Figure 1.19).
of the enzyme carbonic anhydrase, the rate constant for this reaction, k cat, is 106/sec.
anhydrase is a 29-kD protein.
the rates of cellular reactions are appropriate to cellular requirements.
All living cells fall into one of two broad categories—prokaryotic and eukaryotic. The distinction is based on whether or not the cell has a nucleus.
multicellular life forms, including the Fungi, Plant, and Animal kingdoms.
cells and eukaryotic cells, although convenient, is an artificial distinction.
outpace our understanding of what the proteins are and what they do.
they form a widely spread group. Certain of them are pathogenic to humans.
that protects the cell and gives it its shape. The characteristic structural organization of a prokaryotic cell is depicted in Figure 1.21.
allows most small molecules to pass.
(30S) subunit and a large (50S) subunit.
such as sugars or -hydroxybutyric acid.
energy are located in the membrane.
Ribosomes are the sites of protein synthesis.
network of filaments constituting the cytoskeleton are also depicted. (photos, top, Dwight R.
animal cell and a higher plant cell, respectively.
variety of proteins are embedded.
a double membrane, the nuclear envelope.
nucleolus, is the site of ribosome assembly.
occupy about one-fifth of the cell volume.
vesicles often stacked into a complex.
secretory material packaged by the Golgi.
use molecular oxygen and generate peroxides.
and other materials with the environment.
Important enzymes are also located here.
it is translated into protein by ribosomes.
delivery to other cellular compartments.
on protein synthesis in the cytosol.
cell and gives it its ability to move.
in lipid and protein composition.
communication pass through the walls.
and strength on plant tissue.
of important enzymes are localized here.
the analogous features in animals.
the primary source of energy in the light.
obvious compartment in plant cells.
the lysosomes of animal cells.
of nutrients and cellular waste products.
the nucleic acid and allows it to gain entry to the cells that are its specific hosts.
by encapsulating the nucleic acid within a protein coat called the capsid.
protection, autonomy, and transfer between cells.
infection leads to cell death and disease.
your thoughts on this question, pro and con, into a rational argument.
c. What is the surface area of an E. coli cell? What is the surfaceto-volume ratio of an E. coli cell?
concentration of this protein in the cell?
volume is occupied by ribosomes?
a. What is the volume of a single mitochondrion?
5. Assume that liver cells are cuboidal in shape, 20 m on a side.
lipids, polar but uncharged carbohydrates, and even nucleic acids?
8. Why is it important that weak forces, not strong forces, mediate biomolecular recognition?
2nd ed. New York: Garland Press.
Service, R. F., 1997. Microbiologists explore life's rich, hidden kingdoms. Science 275:1740–1742.
5th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders College Publishing.
Loewy, A. G., Siekevitz, P., Menninger, J. R., Gallant, J. A. N., 1991.
Cell Structure and Function. Philadelphia: Saunders College Publishing.
Molecular microbial ecology. ASM News 62:463–470.
ater is a major chemical component of the earth's surface. It is indispensable to life. Indeed, it is the only liquid that most organisms ever encounter.
energy transformation. First, let's review the remarkable properties of water.
higher boiling point, melting point, heat of vaporization, and surface tension.
hydrogen bonds is the crucial fact to understanding its properties.
molecules (Figure 2.2). A local tetrahedral symmetry results.
the decreased density of its crystalline state, ice.
bonds are represented as solid lines, whereas hydrogen bonds are shown as dashed lines.
HOO bond is 0.995 nm, the HOO hydrogen bond length in ice is 0.18 nm.
In ice, the hydrogen bonds form a space-filling, three-dimensional network.
substantial disorder is now present.
moves, reorients, and interacts with new neighbors, as illustrated in Figure 2.3.
geometry but contains a large number of strained or broken hydrogen bonds.
switch H-bond allegiances; fluidity ensues.
2.4). Although hydration shells are stable structures, they are also dynamic.
FIGURE 2.3 ● The fluid network of H bonds linking water molecules in the liquid state.
would move a distance of only 0.003 m.
is more than twice that of methanol and more than 40 times that of hexane.
*The dielectric constant is also referred to as relative permittivity by physical chemists.
by van der Waals forces and weaker hydrogen bonding. Thus, the solute molecules readily dissolve in water.
clathrates are involved in highly ordered structures. That is, clathrate formation is accompanied by significant ordering of structure or negative entropy.
hydrophobic interaction is more correct than the misleading expression hydrophobic bond.
that define the limits and compartments of cells (see Chapter 9).
amphiphilic molecules in aqueous solution.
another and thereby maintain a relative stability in solution.
give order to the solvent and diminish the dynamic interplay among H2O molecules that occurs in pure water.
its crystalline lattice (freeze) or escape into the atmosphere (boil or vaporize).
22.4 atm of pressure to be negated (Figure 2.8).
1/1000 the osmotic pressure that 1000 free glucose molecules would.
mol; the concentrations are equal because the dissociation is stoichiometric.


Tyson Foods Inc. has issued a voluntary recall of 5 lbs. bags of Tyson®Fully Cooked Panko Chicken Nuggets, because they may be contaminated with small pieces of blue rubber.
The bags of nuggets were shipped to "club store distribution centers. and then sold by club stores nationwide.
According to a company statement, these particular nuggets have been on the shelves since November 28th, 2018. There have been no known injuries and very few complaints, but the company is recalling over 36,000 lbs. of the product.


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Restaurants have Mixed Feelings about Third-Party Delivery
By Victoria Campisi
Food delivery services are becoming increasingly popular, but not every restaurant is convinced.
Delivery apps like Grubhub, Uber Eats and Postmates are changing the way people get their meals. People are now able to select food from a huge number of restaurants, without even having to leave the house.
The $13 billion third-party food delivery market is projected to grow at a 13.5% annual rate, according to Pentallect. That's almost five times the total food industry rate.
According to the report, 3% of consumers have used a third-party restaurant meal delivery service and 6% a grocery delivery service in the past 30 days.
However, one national chain elected to stick to its own in-house program. Jimmy John's recently launched a marketing campaign vowing to never use delivery apps such as Uber Eats, Grubhub and Door Dash.
The company is the first national restaurant chain to come out publicly against third-party delivery apps, according to The Verge. "We are, faster, fresher, better value and more consistent at delivery than the third-party services," James North, CEO of Jimmy John's told The Associated Press.
The company says its 45,000 drivers can best ensure fast, quality service. "We just don't trust anybody else to deliver our product," said North.
Though it may be the first to speak out against them, Jimmy John's isn't the only company to reject third-party delivery. Domino's, Panera Bread and Olive Garden also made the choice not to use them, reported NBC Chicago.
Domino's has been delivering its own pizzas for 60 years, and Olive Garden tested third-party delivery but claims its customers weren't satisfied.
In some cases, these services can take longer than ordering directly from a company and can be unreliable. Additionally, delivery services eat into a restaurants' profits. Grubhub charges a commission of 12-18% per order; Uber Eats charges as much as 30%.
Meanwhile, Taco Bell and Dunkin' seem to have different feelings toward the third party delivery business, because both companies recently launched partnerships with GrubHub.
On Feb. 7, Taco Bell unveiled that it would be making delivery available nationwide with Grubhub. The partnership was "uniquely designed for an even faster experience." The company said it integrated its point-of-sale system directly into the Grubhub app, allowing for pickup to be timed to the moment an order is ready.
"Our approach to delivery is a recipe for success all around, not only benefiting our customers but also our team members, franchisees and Grubhub drivers, by streamlining how orders hit our kitchens and when they are picked up," said President of Taco Bell, North America, Julie Felss.
Dunkin' CEO Dave Hoffmann said on an earnings call that the company would be partnering with Grubhub for a delivery pilot which integrates directly with its point-of-scale system. "Grubhub is number one in the delivery space and we are excited to add them to our list of high-quality partners," said Hoffmann.
As the food delivery space becomes more and more competitive, and now more restaurants opting for in-house delivery, it will be interesting to see who stays afloat in the industry.
Meatless Burgers Go Mainstream
Plant-based burgers are finding their way on to more and more menus — and customers are responding.
Impossible Foods Plant-Based Meatless Vegan Beef Quick Service
Cut Back on Beef, Save the Planet
Americans will need to reduce beef consumption to a burger and a half a week to feed the planet 30 years from now.
Beef Meat Plant-Based Milk Dairy Ice Cream
delivery third-party delivery grubhub taco bell dunkin' jimmy john's postmates
Victoria Campisi
The Food Institute
Victoria writes for the weekly Food Institute Report and the daily news update, Today in Food. Victoria graduated from Montclair State University with a B.A in Journalism and has a background in Nutrition and Food Science. She can be reached through her email at Victoria.campisi@foodinstitute.com.
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WE CAN CELEBRATE LEMONS ALL YEAR-ROUND!
Lemons are available year-round on your lemon trees in and around Sacramento and the central valley. They are at their peak in May, with a whole new crop that can stay on your tree, just for the picking when you need them. So, don't strip your tree when the new crop comes on and you will never have to buy another lemon.
You can grow Eureka and Lisbon lemons and also the relatively sweet Meyer varietiy. It is really nice to have a Meyer and another variety as well.
Lemons are citrus fruits and a good source of vitamin C, which is a potent antioxidant that helps to keep the immune system strong.
You can use both the flesh and the peel (as a zest if the lemon is organic) in all types of dishes. The juice from a Meyer lemon is wonderful in a Caesar Salad dressing made from scratch. Or you may want to bake with them, as in a Lemon Olive Oil Cake or Lemon Cookies.
Lemons are also a wonderful resource as a natural cleaning product for your home. Try using lemon halves before bringing out possibly toxic chemical cleaners. You can use them as a bleaching agent on clothing.
Clean your tea kettle or coffee pot with lemons.
For mineral deposit build up in your tea kettle, fill the kettle with water, add a handful of thin slices of lemon peel and bring to a boil. Turn off heat and let sit for an hour, drain, and rinse well. For coffee pots, add ice, salt and lemon rinds to the empty pot. Swish and swirl for a minute or two, dump, and rinse.
Lemons are very effective in removing grease from your stove and countertops.
Sprinkle some salt (for abrasion) on a juiced lemon half and rub on the greasy areas and wipe up with a towel. Note: Be careful using lemon on marble counter tops, or any other surface which may be sensitive to acid.
Add 2 Tbsp lemon juice to 10 drops of (real) lemon oil and a few drops of jojoba oil to clean and polish wood furniture.
Do a little search and you can find many more uses for lemons!