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Best Places to See Colonial Brazil
Central & South America Brazil
Jenna Francisco
Jenna Francisco is a freelance writer who frequently visits Brazil.
After being conquered by the Portuguese, cities with beautiful colonial architecture were settled along the country's coast as well as in the interior, where gold, coffee, and sugar cane became huge industries. These cities remain places where you can get a feeling for historic Brazil and see UNESCO World Heritage sites and Baroque churches.
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Olinda is situated on a hill above the coastal city of Recife in northeast Brazil is one of the best places in Brazil to see colonial architecture. This small city was founded in the 16th century by the Portuguese and later flourished with the sugar cane industry. Most of the city's historic buildings that you see now date from the 18th century.
Olinda's historic center has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of the center's colonial architecture, gardens, and twenty Baroque churches. Besides being a place to see colonial architecture, Olinda is known for its location near the sea and the coast's beaches. Every August, Olinda hosts a folklore festival that celebrates the folklore traditions of the culturally rich northeast Brazil.
Parati, Rio de Janeiro
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Parati (pronounced pah-rah-CHEE), sometimes spelled Paraty, has great beauty and charm and therefore is one of the most tourist-oriented places to visit in Brazil. It is one of the most visited places along this beautiful stretch of coast called the Rio-Santos way. Its history dates to the 1700s when Parati was an important port for the gold rush that occurred west of here in Minas Gerais.
Parati's charm comes from the small cobblestone streets lined with simple colonial style houses, seaside churches, and its location between the Atlantic Ocean and the mountains that line the coast of Brazil. The historic center of town is closed to traffic, making a pleasant place for visitors to stroll that evokes the city's past.
Parati hosts several festivals throughout the year, including FLIP, a well-known festival of international literature held annually in July; the Festival da Pinga, which celebrates the national alcohol made from sugar cane, in August; and the Festival de Nossa Senhora dos Remedios in early September.
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais
Ouro Preto (pronounced OH-ru PRAY-tu) is the most important historic town of the state of Minas Gerais. While it may seem that colonial towns should be found on the coast, which was settled first, the inland state of Minas Gerais was a center of colonial Brazil. This hilly, rural state, west of Rio and north of Sao Paulo, was founded because of the gold and gems found here. The wealth that resulted from the mining industry made Minas Gerais the center of colonial Brazil in the 18th century.
The entire town of Ouro Preto is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its winding cobblestone streets comprise an outdoor museum of colonial architecture of the finest kind in Brazil. The ornate detail found on the exteriors, from the balconies to the light fixtures, make this town one of the most beautiful towns in the country, but the history and number of grand churches make it also one of the most interesting places to visit.
Salvador, Bahia
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Salvador is one of Brazil's best known cities and tourist destinations. As one of colonial Brazil's finest former capitals, Salvador has a large, well-preserved historic center. This area, called Pelourinho, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of its ornate Baroque churches, cobblestone squares and streets, and colorful colonial architecture. In addition to the city's architecture and history, Salvador offers visitors a close-up view of the importance of music in Brazilian culture.
Iguape, São Paulo
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MEK Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll over 91,700
Written by Yoosef Lesani on August 21, 2020 . Posted in NEWS
(PMOI / MEK Iran): Coronavirus death toll over 91,700.
The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK Iran), the main opposition to the Iranian regime, has reported that as of Thursday 20th August, more than 91,700 people across Iran have died after contracting COVID-19.
The (PMOI / MEK Iran) has been reporting on the situation because it was clear the regime would try to cover up the extent of the crisis. And it is right to do so because the regime's official death toll stands at just 20,125 – a fraction of the true figure.
The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/#MEK) announced on Thursday, August 20, 2020, that the #Coronavirus fatalities in 394 cities across #Iran are, unfortunately, more than 91,700. #Covid_19
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— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) August 20, 2020
Several parts of the country have been classed as red zones where there is a high circulation of the virus and where hospitals are becoming dangerously close to being unable to accept further patients.
Officials in a number of the country's provinces are warning that medical and personal protection supplies are running very low. Others are also reporting that the price of essentials, including face masks, is rising sharply.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, on the other hand, is denying that these reports are true, stating that there is an abundance of hygiene services available to the public, even free of charge. He is also maintaining that the country is dealing with the health crisis well considering the circumstances. Rouhani implied that countries with higher resources are not faring much better.
The evolution of the pandemic is set to continue on a long road ahead. The head of the Coronavirus Task Force in Tehran has indicated that restrictions are going to have to continue over the upcoming months. Alireza Zali said that schools may need to prepare for a limited physical presence, for example. He also spoke about the population density in the country's capital, explaining that this has an effect on health and treatment systems.
The Tehran province also has the highest number of slum dwellers and a high number of commuters to the city every day.
#Iran Coronavirus Update
More than 91,700 people have died of the novel #coronavirus in 394 cities checkered across all of Iran's 31 provinces, according to the Iranian opposition PMOI/MEK.
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— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) August 20, 2020
The dean of the Isfahan Medical Sciences University said that in the previous 24 hours between 100 and 150 new hospitalizations have taken place. Furthermore, during the past five days, there have been approximately 900 people hospitalized. The dean said that there is a high chance of the month of September seeing a further significant increase in the number of people being hospitalized.
He also drew attention to the exhaustion experienced by medical workers, indicating that physicians have not been paid in 14 months and other medical workers for seven. The dean of the university highlighted that the focus must remain on the virus and that medical staff should not be dealing with other pressures.
Reporting by PMOI/MEKIran, August 20, 2020—Over 91,700 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 394 cities…
Posted by People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran – MEK IRAN on Thursday, August 20, 2020
University entrance exams have also been held, with many candidates nothing that the appropriate safety measures were not implemented as promised. Of course, this means that another surge could come as a result.
The regime's handling of the pandemic has been shocking. The people have been left extremely vulnerable and the government focused on the economic impact of the virus and the unrest in society that is about to spill over.
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran's (NCRI):
The abnormal surging trend of the number of coronavirus victims in Iran is a product of the criminal policies of Khamenei and Rouhani.
The abnormal surging trend of the number of #coronavirus victims in #Iran is a product of the criminal policies of Khamenei and Rouhani. pic.twitter.com/TnCBCiRZEc
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) August 17, 2020
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books about 'Lunar Influence on Terrestrial Organisms' and the
'Moon Lore' of ancient and indigenous peoples
Below are a selection of books about the 'Lunar Influence on Terrestrial Organisms', which reflect a wide variety of ideas from both current scientific research, and the traditional 'Moon Lore' of ancient peoples from around the world. While many scientists have tended to scoff at any suggestions that our planet's satellite, the Moon, could have any effect on Earth's multiplicity of life-forms, the peoples of antiquity, and those peoples still living close to nature today, knew and know differently.
Modern studies of the natural behavioural cycles of animals and plants, the emerging science of 'Phenology', has so far tended to view any 'early' behaviour, such as the flowering of plants and the arrivals of migratory birds, as evidence of the definite effects of 'global warming'. Yet other studies of a wide variety of species have found surprisingly consistent correlations of plant and animal behaviour with particular phases of the moon.
"Astrological Nonsense!" scream a closed-minded assortment of 'ologists', desperate to prevent anything they define as 'pseudo-science' from getting a wider public hearing. And, of course, in such an intolerant climate 'pseudo-science' becomes the forbidden fruit that consequently must be tasted by innocent enquiring minds.
But a new study of the biological timings of the major annual events in the life-cycles of many animals, fish, birds and plants shows that there is no such phenomenon as the so-called 'early' or 'late' flowerings of plants, the rutting of deer, or the runs of salmon. Naturalist, fisherman, big game hunter and author, Bernie Taylor, demonstrates in his book 'Biological Time', that many events in the natural world are 'cued by solar and lunar cycles of light and darkness', and that ancient peoples were well aware of this:
"The works of art in the cave at Lascaux, France, dating back to 17,000 years ago, were solar-lunar calendars that aided Ice-Age men in knowing when and where to hunt large mammals.
Ancient Mesopotamian calendars and religious rituals were used to time the
opportune periods to harvest a wide range of plants and animals." ...
"Biological Time" by Bernie Taylor
"Biological Time presents an extraordinary hypothesis about how plants and animals are timed and the knowledge of this phenomenon by prehistoric, ancient and indigenous people. The work is supported with archeological evidence and a wide range of examples from salmon, deer, and geese to grapes.
Biological Time is for the naturalist, outdoors person, scientist and all those who wonder what clocks nature follows.
The works of art in the cave at Lascaux, France, dating back to 17,000 years ago, were solar-lunar calendars that aided Ice-Age men in knowing when and where to hunt large mammals. Ancient Mesopotamian calendars and religious rituals were used to time the opportune periods to harvest a wide range of plants and animals.
The solar-lunar calendars and ceremonies of indigenous people on the Northwest Coast of North America and in the South Pacific Islands were primarily designed to gauge when fish are most easily harvested."
"Moon Rhythms in Nature: How Lunar Cycles Affect Living Organisms"
by Klaus-Peter Endres, Wolfgang Schad & Christian Von Arnim (Translator)
"Professor Wolfgang Schad, Ph.D., studied biology, chemistry, physics, and education. Klaus-Peter Enders, Ph.D., was a member of the Max-Planck Working Group on structural molecular biology in Hamburg. Both authors lecture at the Institute for Evolutionary Biology at the University of Witten-Herdecke in German.
This fascinating study brings together a wide range of observations of lunar influences on living organisms from plants to humans. For the reader without specialist knowledge, it offers an introduction to the complex subject of lunar influences on the Earth's biosphere. A brief introduction to the Moon and its rhythms in astronomical terms is followed by a study of the tides and complex ocean movements with which numerous organisms are connected in their life process. Selected organisms are described in detail with a chapter on the spectrum of human rhythms leading into a description of the whole concept of time.
This brilliant book distills wide-ranging observations of lunar influences on the earth's biosphere from plants to humans. Following an introduction to the astronomy of the moon rhythms is a study of how the tides and other intricate ocean movements are connected with the life processes of numerous organisms."
"Gardening and Planting by the Moon" by Nick Kollerstrom
"You won't have to get up in the middle of the night to sow your carrots! Country folk know that planning their work in harmony with the rhythms of the moon produces better crops. It's that easy. They get higher yields and better flavour in vegetables and flowers with stronger display and heightened colour.
This guide computes everything you need to know about the daily influence of the moon and the planets that will respond to it. Here is a fine means of self-discipline for keen gardeners that provides an essential timetable for the year ahead"
"Planting by the Moon: Gardener's Calendar" by Nick Kollerstrom
"Look at the moon, sow your carrots and watch them grow! This book and its clear, comprehensible calendar make plain that the Earth moves to many rhythms. We all pay attention to the daily passage of the Sun, but the Moon has an equal, more mysterious significance. Think of the titles, the equinoctial storms, women's cycles and the documented findings of scientists who have traced variations in metabolic rates of trees, tomatoes and small mammals: each in perfect harmony with the lunar pulse. We connect the growth of crops and garden plants to the warmth of the Sun and the gentle nourishment of the rain but there are also deeper energies at work, released and engendered by the more occult rhythm of the Moon. Nick Kollerstrom, who is an historian of science and a long-term student of the influence of the Moon on botanical and biological factors as various as the growth rate of lettuces and the fertility rate of thoroughbred horses, has written a revealing and detailed introduction to his calendar which gives a factual perspective to claims that more orthodox gardeners will discount at their peril - their marrows could be bigger or taste better. The calendar is a much clearer exposition of the lunar and astronomical factors that should influence the timing of planting and sowing than has hitherto been available here or abroad. The reader does not need higher degrees in astronomy, astrology or biochemistry to understand the various symbols and recommendations. There is also an excellent pair of (organic) gardening guides and timetables: one modern, the other from the 18th century."
"The Lunar Garden: Planting by the Moon Phases" by E.A. Crawford
"The moon has long been a symbol of fertility. Farmers know that plants are keenly attuned to the basic cycles of the heavens, and, just like the tides and rainfall, respond to changes in the rhythms of the moon. Farmers have practiced the technique of planting and working the soilaccording to the lunar cycles for centuries. Today, scientific experiments and the bio-dynamic farmers have verified the ancient theory that plants growth is sensitive to changes in the moon's magnetic field.
In this informative primer on the art of gardening by the moon,easy-to-follow directions include simple charts, a three-year planting table, and a list of commonly grown plants and how they are affected by lunar cycles. Also included are four seed packets containing Nasturtium, Radish, Spinach, and Squash, representing the four essential elements--Air, Earth, Water, and Fire. Each plant is discussed with advice on sowing and growing and simple recipesfor each are included. Complete with fascinating history and tips to ensure success. THE LUNAR GARDEN is a common-sense guide to implementing these ancient horticultural traditions in your own garden--whatever the size."
"Guided by the Moon: Living in Harmony with the Lunar Cycles"
by Johanna Paungger, Thomas Poppe, & David Pendlebury (Translator)
"Johanna Paungger and Thomas Poppe are among the best-selling authors in Germany, where their German-language edition of this book has been a fixture on the bestseller lists for over six years. Translated into seventeen languages, it has sold three million copies and spawned the publication of dozens of other lunar books and calendars worldwide. Paungger and Poppe live in Austria.
You've probably always known that the moon's rhythms affect the world in certain ways—the ebb and flow of the tides, women's menstrual cycles, the most beneficial times to plant and harvest—but are you aware of its influence on virtually all the important areas of your daily life? If not, you're not alone; this ancient body of knowledge has practically vanished from use as more and more people have migrated from agrarian to urban living. But now, in Guided by the Moon, authors Johanna Paungger and Thomas Poppe reintroduce this wisdom and show you how to use it to determine the timing most likely to bring you success in anything you do. In concise, easy-to-understand language, Paungger and Poppe offer tips and advice that will help you make the best decisions in everything from health, beauty, and housekeeping to nutrition, gardening, and family outings. Complete with a comprehensive lunar calendar through 2010, Guided by the Moon will be an invaluable resource for you in your quest to harness the moon's power to live a happier, more harmonious life."
"Moon Lore: Myths and Folklore from Around the World"
by Gwydion O'Heaghra
"Moonlore is a collection of authentic tales brimming with mythical characters from diverse times, places and cultures. The universal connection of each story is the lore of our Moon, the heavenly body that has guided humans from the beginning of time. In the grad tradition of oral storytelling, Moonlore weaves past, present and future in classic stories that entertain and inform. Is there a difference between a January Moon and a June Moon? How do we celebrate a Harvest Moon? See what the Hindi Wisemen saw in the Moon long ago. Revisit "Jack & Jill" in an old Germanic legend that casts them as the Moon's dark spots. Recognize a Wort Moon, a Wolf Moon, and a New Moon.
Meet ancient lunar dignitaries and find out what some people do "once in a Blue Moon. " Practically all cultures hold dear some myth about the Moon. These myths offer glimpses at life from all corners of the globe, drawing us together in universal experiences that, like the Moon, touch us all. Moonlore is storytelling at its finest, a classic tribute to the "Lady of the Night" so brilliantly reflecting humankind's many-faceted face. Highly recommended reading!"
"The Clementine Atlas of the Moon" by Ben Bussey & Paul D. Spudis
"The highly successful Clementine mission to the Moon in 1994 gave scientists their first global look at the Moon, and both the near and far side were mapped. This atlas is based on the data collected by the Clementine mission. It covers the entire Moon in 144 Lunar Astronautical Charts (LACs), and represents the most complete lunar nomenclature database in existence, listing virtually all named craters and other features. This is the first atlas to show the entire lunar surface in uniform scale and format.
A section of colour plates show lunar composition and physical properties, and the atlas also includes a brief history of lunar science and exploration. The Clementine Atlas of the Moon will appeal to both professional planetary and space scientists, and serious amateur astronomers."
"The Geometry of Biological Time" by Arthur T. Winfree
"From cell division to heartbeat, clocklike rhythms pervade the activities of every living organism. The cycles of life are ultimately biochemical in mechanism but many of the principles that dominate their orchestration are essentially mathematical. The Geometry of Biological Time describes periodic processes in living systems and their non-living analogues in the abstract terms of nonlinear dynamics. Enphasis is given in phase singularities, waves, and mutual synchronization in tissues composed of many clocklike units. Also provided are descriptions of the best-studied experimental systems such as chemical oscillators, pacemaker neurons, circadian clocks, and excitable media organized into biochemical and bioelectrical wave patterns in two and three dimensions.
Geometry of Biological Time deals with dynamics of processes that repeat themselves regularly. Such rhythmic return through a cycle of change is an ubiquitous principle of organization in living systems. In this revised and updated edition the author plans to extend the thread from 1980 to the present concentrating on areas which he personally feels have been interesting and where he feels there will be much activity in the future. This involves going through spatial biochemical, electrophysiological, and organismic dynamical systems and patterns that were discovered by pursuing the theme of phase singularities that the original book introduced."
"The Living Clock: The Orchestrator of Biological Rhythms"
by John D. Palmer
" An introduction to a basic property of life, one mostly unknown to science and the public until the latter half of the last century: humans, plants, and animals have within their bodies a kind of clock that synchronizes much of what they do throughout their lives to the time of day and the seasons, and in the case of the sea-dwelling organisms, the tides. This timepiece performs its service autonomously - it rules silently within us without us giving a thought to it. Three chapters are devoted to the human clock: its disruptive action in transmeridional travel and shift work, its oversight in most every aspect of our physiology, and how doctors being aware of its action can save lives. Other major subjects describe the role in piloting birds in homing and migration, guiding the seasonal reproduction of plants and animals, and its influence on shore dwellers. The book closes with a description of the clockworks' escapement.
From one-celled paramecium to giant blue whales, we all have internal clocks that regulate the rhythms we live by. In The Living Clock, John Palmer, one of the world's leading authorities on these rhythms, takes us on a tour of this broad and multifaceted subject, examining everything from glowing fruit flies to the best cures for jet lag. Palmer has a wonderful sense of humor and an eye for the startling fact. We learn that fiddler crabs--in a lab where there are no time nor tide cues--remain active when low tide would occur and motionless during high tide, the same pattern they follow in their natural habitat."
"The Influence of the Moon: Some Important and Interesting Facts Bearing Upon the Rhythm of Life"
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It's fair to say that Ms Stella McCartney has always been at the forefront of eco practices – here, instead of using virgin cashmere, she uses a revolutionary fabric called Re.Verso™ which is made from off-cuts from an Italian factory. This sweater is woven from the yarns along with a touch of wool to give it a weightier handle, and shaped for a regular crew-neck profile. The pastel-yellow shade will look really nice under tweed blazers and dark overcoats. Shown here with Joseph coat, Acne Studios trousers, Acne Studios sneakers.


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Undergirding the day-to-day operations of the business is a shared belief that life is made available and manifested in the pace of our living and the aggregate choices we make—both individually and collectively. At MO, we strive to exemplify this ethos by offering goods that not only effortlessly integrate into daily life, but also enrich the perception and experience of it. Similar to how a well-tailored suit lends itself to the individual it was made for, accentuating the particular body type and conveying a unique personality, we aim for our products and designs to be a coherent extension of the user.
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Party and play (PnP), também chamado chemsex, é o consumo de drogas para facilitar ou aumentar a atividade sexual. Sociologicamente, refere-se a uma subcultura de usuários de drogas recreativas que se envolvem em atividades sexuais de alto risco sob a influência de drogas dentro de subgrupos. Isso pode incluir sexo desprotegido durante sessões com múltiplos parceiros sexuais que podem durar dias.

A droga de escolha é tipicamente a metanfetamina, conhecida como crystal meth, tina ou T, mas outras drogas também são usadas, como mefedrona, GHB, GBL, e nitritos de alquila (conhecidos como poppers). O termo slamsex está associado a usuários que injetam as drogas.

Alguns estudos descobriram que as pessoas que participam dessas festas sexuais têm maior probabilidade de contrair infecções sexualmente transmissíveis, incluindo HIV/AIDS, por terem relações sexuais desprotegidas com um grande número de parceiros sexuais. Por isso, é considerada "uma prioridade de saúde pública".

Terminologia
A prática é apelidada de "party 'n' play" ("PNP" ou "PnP") por alguns participantes. Outros se referem a ele como "high 'n' horny" ("HnH", "chapado e com tesão"). Um estudo acadêmico chama a prática de "uso de drogas sexualizado" ou SDU.

O termo PnP é comumente usado por homens gays e outros homens que fazem sexo com homens (HSH) na América do Norte e na Austrália, enquanto o termo chemsex está mais associado à cena gay na Europa.

História

Subculturas de uso de drogas psicoativas existem há muito tempo nas comunidades gays urbanas, desde a era disco dos anos 1970 e antes. Essas substâncias têm sido usadas para dançar, socializar, celebrações regionais e outros fins. A ascensão de sites online e aplicativos de conexão na década de 1990 deu aos homens novas maneiras de cruising e encontrar parceiros sexuais, incluindo a capacidade de organizar encontros sexuais privados em suas casas.

Desde o início dos anos 2000, locais históricos de socialização gay, como bares, clubes e eventos de dança, diminuíram em número em resposta a uma série de fatores, incluindo gentrificação, leis de zoneamento, restrições de licenciamento e o aumento do número de homens enrustidos ou sexualmente instáveis que estão sob a influência de drogas e da crescente popularidade das tecnologias digitais para fins sexuais e sociais.

Nesse contexto, o PnP surgiu como uma forma alternativa de festa sexualizada que permitia aos participantes evitar o escrutínio público e a natureza potencialmente crítica e provocadora de ansiedade do "espaço público". Drogas recentemente populares, como a metanfetamina e o GHB/GBL, substituíram as drogas de boates, como o ecstasy, nesse contexto.

Embora as sessões PnP tendam a ser organizadas em torno do sexo, há alguma evidência de que elas podem servir a uma variedade de propósitos sociais para seus participantes, incluindo a oportunidade de conhecer outros gays, fazer amigos e se envolver em jogos e experiências eróticas. Em alguns casos, as sessões PnP desempenham um papel na formação de redes sociais soltas que são valorizadas e nas quais os participantes confiam. Para outros homens, o aumento da dependência de aplicativos e sites de encontros para arranjar sexo pode resultar em uma sensação de isolamento que pode exacerbar o risco de dependência de drogas, especialmente no contexto da falta de outros locais para socialização gay e formação de comunidades sexuais.

Um estudo de 2014 descobriu que uma das principais razões para usar drogas antes e durante o sexo era aumentar a confiança sexual e reduzir sentimentos de dúvida, em relação a sentimentos de "homofobia internalizada" da sociedade, preocupações sobre um diagnóstico de HIV ou "culpa relacionada ter ou desejar sexo gay". Uma questão-chave de autoconfiança para os participantes do estudo foi a "imagem corporal", uma preocupação que foi intensificada pelo foco dos aplicativos de redes sociais na aparência, porque nesses aplicativos há um foco em corpos masculinos idealizados que são "tonificados e musculosos". Os homens também estavam ansiosos com seu desempenho sexual e, como tal, usar drogas pode reduzir essas ansiedades e permitir que eles desfrutem mais do sexo.

Críticas
Observou-se que geralmente faltam dados confiáveis e pesquisas relevantes e esta situação está gerando um clima de pânico moral. Em artigo publicado pelo The Guardian, argumenta-se que uma reportagem exagerada pode dar ao público uma impressão distorcida da magnitude desse fenômeno e que pode aumentar o nível de ansiedade coletiva.

Ver também
 Sexo e drogas
 Sexo grupal

Subcultura
Saúde sexual
Cultura das drogas
Sexo e drogas

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The worlds of fantasy and sci-fi are filled with incredible weaponry, but I've always been most intrigued by the swords. From lightsabers to Excalibur, I'm fond of many of these incredible blades from my favorite series, but one I love the most is Sting from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
Sting is probably one of the most recognizable swords in fantasy. Appearing in Tolkien's books as well as other media inspired by them, like the live-action films, Sting first showed up in Chapter 2, "Roast Mutton," of The Hobbit. There, in a troll cave, Bilbo Baggins takes "a knife in a leather sheath" which is described as something that "would have made only a tiny pocket-knife for a troll, but it was as good as a short sword for the hobbit." The blade, which was made by elves, comes in handy during Bilbo's journey, and in the eighth chapter, after killing a spider, Bilbo names it Sting.
After Bilbo's adventures in The Hobbit, the sword continues being useful to the Baggins family when Bilbo passes it on to Frodo in The Fellowship of the Ring. Frodo and Sam both use the sword during their journey to Mordor throughout the trilogy, as they encounter everything from Gollum to Shelob in their path.The trusty sword is key to helping the hobbits ultimately triumph.
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Q: Can't log in to Github for Mac client after changing my computer's name I changed my computer's name, and now I cannot log into the Github for Mac client.  When I try to log in through the "preferences" section in Github for Mac, I get a "Login or password is incorrect" message.  I am certain that they are in fact, correct.
I figured this had something to do with my SSH key being tied to my computer name, so I generated a new SSH key.
After changing my SSH key, and adding it through github.com, I ran:
ssh -T git@github.com

I get the success message:
Hi alexweissman! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.

I also did
git config --global user.email <my-email-address>

Which seemed to work without any complaint.
Strangely, when I attempt to sync a commit, and it prompts me for my username and password, it accepts it without any complaint.  I suspect that Github for Mac has cached my old SSH key somewhere and is somehow trying to use that in conjunction with the "remember me" feature.
I am running OSX 10.8.5.

A: Try this:
Go to https://github.com/settings/applications and revoke the access to GitHub For Mac. Then try the login

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Fasting and Feasting
Justice - Uniting Church
Spiritual Growth - Jewish
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By Judith Levitan
The Jewish calendar is permeated by a number of fasts and feasts – each which provide opportunities for spiritual growth.
One of the key times of feasting occurs during the festival of Passover.
Passover is a festival that celebrates freedom. It commemorates the biblical story of the liberation and exodus of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt.
The story is told, literally, over dinner. There is an order to the way in which the story is told that involves various rituals. This orderly meal is called a 'seder'.
The opening act of the 'feast' of Passover is to lift up a piece of matzah (unleavened bread traditionally eaten at Passover) and invite those who are less fortunate than us to join our meal.
The quote fro the 'seder' text is: "This is the bread of affliction that our ancestors ate inEgypt, All who are hungry let the come and eat."
By recognizing those who do not have food to eat, and inviting them to join our meal, the feast of Passover connects issues of social justice to the time of feasting.
We also create connection and community by sharing a meal, our common story and the common experience of the 'seder'.
The biblical origin of this 'orderly meal' conveys the same messages of community and connection. The bible talks about each family sharing a meal of the 'pascal lamb' not only within the family unit but with other families who could not afford to eat, or those people who did not have family.
The feast of Passover therefore creates opportunities to strengthen community ties.
The act of fasting also creates opportunities for spiritual growth.
The most holy day of the Jewish calendar is Yom Kippur, the day of atonement. It follows 10 days of spiritual reflection (and consequently social action) from the start of the Jewish New Year. This is a period of time to reflect, take stock of your actions of the past year, repair relationships and give charity. This period of 10 days culminates on the Day of Atonement – Yom Kippur.
Yom Kippur is a day of prayer, reflection and meditation. Spirituality is attained by abstaining from the physical pleasures, such as eating.
Our tradition says that we become like angels on this day – our physical needs are not the focus. We achieve a level of spirituality by departing from the physical elements of our existence, which at the most basic level is food.
However, this level of spirituality is not sustainable – we must eat to survive. The day of atonement is followed by another period of feasting: The feast of the Tabernacles.
The feast of Tabernacles and the Feast of Passover are agricultural festivals linked to thelandofIsrael. The Feast of Tabernacles occurs in Israel at the time of the harvest. This is traditionally at time of plenty and bounty.
It is apt that it is at this time of the year that we construct temporary dwelling structures (booths) in which we are supposed to eat and sleep. By doing this we recognise that the food and bounty with which we have received are not ours, but rather a gift from G-d to be shared.
Jewish agricultural laws are founded on this concept. When harvesting the fields, Jewish farmers are commanded to leave the corners of the fields for the poor to come and harvest for themselves. Once again the principles of equity and social justice come into play. Food that comes out of the earth is a gift to be shared.
Fasting and feasting throughout the Jewish year create opportunities for spiritual growth and social action. Fasting and feasting remind us that food is a gift that connects individuals families and communities to eachother.


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Władysław Mazurkiewicz (* 31. Januar 1887 in Warschau; † 1963) war ein polnischer Diplomat.

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Władysław Mazurkiewicz war der Sohn von Michalina Piotrowska und Jan Mazurkiewicz und heiratete Nieves Ramos Montero, ihr Sohn war Ladislao Mazurkiewicz. Er studierte in Warschau Rechtswissenschaft und bis 1909 an der Lomonossow-Universität. Er trat 1917 in den auswärtigen Dienst des Regentschaftskönigreich Polen, leitete 1918 die Konsularabteilung und 1919 die Personalabteilung im Außenministerium.

Von 1921 bis 1. April 1922 war er Geschäftsträger in Rio de Janeiro. Anschließend leitete er bis zum 30. Juni 1936 die polnische Auslandsvertretung in Buenos Aires; zunächst als Geschäftsträger, wurde aber am 27. Mai 1925 als Gesandter akkreditiert. Zeitgleich war er Gesandter in Montevideo, Asunción, Lima, La Paz und Quito.

Von 1937 bis 1939 war er Professor an der Wolna Wszechnica Polska (Free Polish University). Ein Jahr später wurde er bis 1945 als Gesandter der polnischen Exilregierung in London in Santiago de Chile berufen.

Veröffentlichung
Zasady indemnizacji strat wojennych w ich rozwoju historycznym", Wydział Rejestracji Strat Wojennych przy Radzie Głównej Opiekuńczej, Warszawa 1917.

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Polnischer Botschafter in Brasilien
Polnischer Botschafter in Argentinien
Polnischer Botschafter in Uruguay
Polnischer Botschafter in Paraguay
Polnischer Botschafter in Bolivien
Polnischer Botschafter in Chile
Polnischer Botschafter in Ecuador
Polnischer Botschafter in Peru
Jurist im auswärtigen Dienst (Polen)
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Gestorben 1963
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Former P-G editor Dye honored for Live54128 work
Richard Ryman
Former Press-Gazette Media Executive Editor John Dye was honored for his work at reducing obesity in the Green Bay area.
Dye, 63, of De Pere, was one of 38 national Purpose Prize fellows chosen by Encore.Org, which recognizes social innovators 60 years and older. Encore.org is a nonprofit organization which taps the skills and experience of people in mid life and older to improve communities worldwide.
Dye was chosen for his work with Live54218, which grew from a January 2010 editorial in the Press-Gazette that challenged readers to "Think Bold" about the community. Obesity prevention through active lifestyles and healthy eating emerged as the top idea. A coalition that included the Press-Gazette, Greater Green Bay Chamber, health care providers, businesses and education organizations created Live54218.
"Close to 20 percent of low-income toddlers are obese," said Dye, who retired from the Press-Gazette in 2012. "And more than two-thirds of our entire population is either overweight or obese, impacting our ability to learn, be productive members of the workforce and driving up health care costs for everyone. It's in everyone's best interest to turn those numbers around."
Live54218 drew its name from its mission of creating environments that promote daily consumption of five fruits and vegetables and four bottles of water, having fewer than two hours of computer, television and gaming screen time, participation in at least one hour of physical activity and sleeping eight hours a night.
"John is an outstanding community champion for the health of our residents and his guidance on our executive committee is invaluable," said Jen Van Den Elzen, Live54218's executive director.
Live54218's countywide Walk and Bike to School Days engage more than 10,000 students yearly. Its Farm to School program provides locally produced fruits and vegetables to eight school districts in Brown County and educates children on healthy eating. The organization works to increase the opportunity for farmers to sell locally grown produce and to help low-income residents buy healthy food through a Farmers' Market program. Live54218 also helps in the collection of data on obesity and its impact on the community.
"We educate on individual behavior change and create community environments to support it," Dye said.
Encore.org selected six Purpose Prize recipients and 38 Purpose Prize fellows from a pool of 800 nominees. The Purpose Prize, in its ninth year, has recognized more than 430 winners and fellows whose work showcases the value of experience and innovation.
The award was presented Tuesday during Encore.org's annual meeting in Tempe, Ariz.
— rryman@greenbaypressgazette.com and follow him on Twitter @RichRymanPG or on Facebook at Richard Ryman-Press-Gazette. Contact him at (920) 431-8342.


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Joseph Wilhelm Mengelberg (Utrecht, 28 maart 1871 – Zuort (Zwitserland), 22 maart 1951) was een Nederlandse dirigent die van 1895 tot 1945 aan de leiding stond van het Concertgebouworkest in Amsterdam. Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog werd hem door zijn gedragingen tijdens de Duitse bezetting van Nederland de toegang tot het Nederlandse muziekleven ontzegd.

Biografie

Opleiding en muziekcarrière

Willem Mengelberg werd in Utrecht geboren als vierde kind in een rooms-katholiek kunstzinnig gezin met zestien kinderen, van wie er enkele vroeg overleden. Zijn vader was de beeldhouwer, kerkinterieurbouwer en architect Friedrich Wilhelm Mengelberg, moeder was Helene Schrattenholz. Beide ouders waren Duitsers van afkomst. Vader en zoon behoorden tot een tak van de familie Mengelberg die meerdere kunstenaars heeft voortgebracht.

Mengelberg kreeg pianoles en ging op tienjarige leeftijd zingen in het koor Sint Gregorius Magnus (Kathedrale Koor Utrecht) van de Utrechtse kathedraal. Hij studeerde piano, compositie en orkestdirectie, dit laatste bij Franz Wüllner de vriend, vertrouweling en medewerker van Johannes Brahms, aan het conservatorium van Keulen. Na zijn glansrijk afstuderen ging hij in 1892 in Luzern werken als koor- en orkestdirigent. In 1895 werd hij uitgenodigd om Willem Kes bij het Concertgebouworkest in Amsterdam op te volgen. Dit gebeurde mede op voorspraak van Johan Cornelis Marius van Riemsdijk, een van zijn muziekleraren in zijn jonge jaren. Kes had het orkest omgevormd tot een gedisciplineerd beroepsorkest. Mengelberg bouwde het in vijftig jaar verder uit tot een van de toonaangevende orkesten ter wereld.

Mengelberg werd veel gevraagd voor het geven van gastdirecties over de hele wereld. Tussen 1921 en 1930 was hij voor de helft van zijn tijd werkzaam bij de Philharmonic Society of New York (nu de New York Philharmonic), waaraan vanaf 1927 ook zijn 'rivaal' Arturo Toscanini verbonden was. Beroemd - en typerend voor de uitvoeringspraktijk van die tijd - waren zijn uitvoeringen van Bachs Matthäus Passion, die vanaf 1899 jaarlijks in Amsterdam plaatsvonden met het Toonkunstkoor Amsterdam. Op 14 april 1911 leidde hij een zeer grote uitvoering in Frankfurt met 1650 musici.

Mengelberg was bevriend met Gustav Mahler en dirigeerde in Amsterdam vele uitvoeringen van diens werk. Dit groeide uit tot de Mahlertraditie van het Concertgebouworkest, met als hoogtepunt het Mahlerfeest in 1920. Mengelberg stond toen op de top van zijn roem, ook internationaal. Hij heerste over de programmering van het orkest en het daarmee (toen nog) één geheel vormende Concertgebouw. Vanuit die positie deed hij veel voor grote namen als Mahler en Richard Strauss, maar ook voor zijn tweede dirigent Cornelis Dopper, wiens symfonieën vaak op het programma stonden. Componisten wier werk hij onspeelbaar achtte, zoals Matthijs Vermeulen, uitten echter felle kritiek op zijn conservatisme en op zijn machtige positie in het Nederlandse muziekleven. Die bleef echter onaantastbaar, dankzij zijn grote landelijke populariteit die zich niet beperkte tot het concertpubliek alleen. Die positie was echter niet vanzelfsprekend en het heeft jaren geduurd voordat hij zich het overwicht over het orkest had verworven. Hij zag de jonge en ambitieuze Evert Cornelis, die moderne ideeën had, als een bedreiging en door de commotie rond Vermeulen maakte hij in 1919 gebruik van de kans zich van deze tweede dirigent te ontdoen.

Tijdens de bezetting en na de oorlog

In de jaren dertig bleek Mengelberg sympathiek te staan tegenover het opkomende nazisme. In 1930 werd hij met alle egards ontvangen door de Italiaanse dictator Benito Mussolini. En na de machtsovername van de nazi's in 1933 was hij regelmatig te gast in Nazi-Duitsland.

Ook op 10 mei 1940 was Mengelberg in Duitsland. Hij verbleef ondanks de acute oorlogsdreiging in Frankfurt am Main. Twee weken later reisde hij door naar het Duits-Oostenrijkse kuuroord Bad-Gastein om te kuren; begin juli vertrok hij naar Berlijn voor grammofoonopnamen en concerten met de Berliner Philharmoniker. Terwijl Nederland bezet was door Duitsland trad Mengelberg op in de hoofdstad van het Duitse Rijk. Op 5 juli 1940 verscheen een interview in de Völkischer Beobachter, de officiële krant van de heersende NSDAP. Het pro-Duitse en collaborerende ochtendblad De Telegraaf publiceerde onder de kop 'Mengelberg heeft vertrouwen in onze cultureele toekomst' in Nederlandse vertaling grote delen van dit interview. De goede naam van Mengelberg liep door de volgende passage onherstelbare schade op: "Toen de wapenstilstand gesloten werd, bleven wij den heelen nacht op; het was in Bad-Gastein, en al was ik er tien maal voor de kuur, wij zetten ons met alle vrienden, lieten champagne komen en vierden dit grootsche uur. [...] Europa komt in nieuwe banen. [...] Natuurlijk waren er in Holland personen en kringen die anders georiënteerd waren, maar naar ik hoor laat zich vaststellen, dat die al rijkelijk veel geleerd hebben. [...] Wat zijn het allemaal kortzichtige lieden geweest. En hoe verstoken van alle inzicht waren de politici der Westelijke mogendheden, die den oorlog veroorzaakt hebben."

Willem Mengelberg werd vanaf dat moment door veel Nederlanders als een landverrader gezien. In Amsterdam werden anonieme pamfletten verspreid met daarop de tekst: "Professor Mengelberg drinkt champagne, terwijl Nederland capituleert".

Later in 1940 verscheen onder de kop Een interview over een interview een tweede interview in De Telegraaf. Willem Mengelberg verklaarde dat hij helemaal geen champagne op de Nederlandse capitulatie had gedronken en dat het eerder gepubliceerde interview was gehouden op verschillende momenten. De redactie van de Völkische Beobachter zou van alles door elkaar hebben gehaald.

Tijdens het hoger beroep tegen de uitspraak van de Ereraad heeft ook de advocaat van Willem Mengelberg met succes aangevoerd dat het interview in de Völkischer Beobachter onbetrouwbaar was. De redactie zou gebruik hebben gemaakt van teksten uit verschillende gesprekken over gebeurtenissen op verschillende tijdstippen.

Tijdens de Duitse bezetting in Nederland verdween veel sympathie voor Mengelberg. Hij was tussen 1942 en 1944 vooraanstaand lid van de Nederlandsche Kultuurraad. Hij bleef concerten dirigeren in aanwezigheid van hooggeplaatste nazi-leiders, zoals rijkscommissaris Arthur Seyss-Inquart, en liet zich met hen fotograferen. Hij verdedigde zijn opstelling door erop te wijzen dat "de muziek, net zoals de zon, voor iedereen bestemd" was. Dit argument werd niet geaccepteerd, omdat hij geen publiekelijk protest had laten horen toen de joodse orkestmusici in 1942 het Concertgebouworkest hadden moeten verlaten. Hij was echter wel degelijk naar Seyss-Inquart gestapt om voor deze orkestleden te pleiten, en kreeg toestemming er drie in het orkest te houden. Voor de andere dertien kreeg hij gedaan, dat ze op de Lijst-Frederiks werden geplaatst, waardoor ze lange tijd bleven gevrijwaard van deportatie.

Mengelberg wist aan het begin van de bezetting nog muziek uitgevoerd te krijgen van zijn joodse (maar later tot het katholicisme bekeerde) vriend Mahler, maar dit werd hem later verboden. Ook van andere joodse componisten zoals Mendelssohn of van Russen als Tsjaikovski, die hij altijd graag had gedirigeerd, mocht de muziek op bevel van de Duitse bezetter niet meer gespeeld worden. Mengelberg legde zich er zonder protest bij neer.

Tijdens de bevrijding in 1945 was Willem Mengelberg in Zwitserland. Hij had in 1944 voor het laatst in Nederland opgetreden in een Beethovencyclus met het Concertgebouworkest. De nazi's, die andere Nederlanders niet lieten reizen, stonden hem wel toe om naar het neutrale Zwitserland te vertrekken.

De Ereraad, bestaande uit J.C. van Oven, Jos Vranken, Eduard Reeser en H. van den Bosch, sprak op 2 juli 1945 zijn eerste 'vonnis' in een lange rij van zuiveringen uit. Willem Mengelberg werd levenslang uitgesloten van het Nederlandse muziekleven. Later werd dit beperkt tot zes jaar. Hij had zich volgens de ereraad tijdens de oorlogsjaren zodanig schuldig gemaakt aan "ontoelaatbare handelingen in strijd met de nationale eer, dat hij nooit weer de dirigeerstaf in Nederland behoort op te heffen."

Onderscheidingen

Mengelberg was in de jaren tot aan 1940 binnen Nederland een ware volksheld, werd koninklijk onderscheiden, kreeg eredoctoraten en vele buitenlandse onderscheidingen.
 1898: Ridder in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau (al na drie jaar dirigeren)
 1902: Officier in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau (bij bevordering)
 1903: Officier de l'Instruction Publique
 1907: Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw
 1907: Eremedaille voor Kunst en Wetenschap van de Huisorde van Oranje
 1913: Eremedaille voor Kunst en Wetenschap van de Huisorde van Oranje in goud
 1914: Commandeur 2e klasse in de Orde van de Dannebrog van Denemarken
 1914: Commandeur 2e klasse in de Orde van de Italiaanse Kroon
 1927: doctor honoris causa van de Columbia-universiteit New York
 1932: Commandeur in de Kroonorde en de Orde van Leopold II van België
 1932: Commandeur in de Orde van Isabella de Katholieke van Spanje
 1932: Commandeur in de Orde van het Legioen van Eer van Frankrijk
 1934: bijzonder hoogleraar in de reproductieve toonkunst aan de Universiteit Utrecht
 1939: Grootofficier in de Orde van Sint-Gregorius de Grote van de Heilige Stoel

Hij verloor tijdens de eigen zuiveringsactie van de Huisorde van Oranje door Koningin Wilhelmina in 1947 zijn exclusieve eremedaille in een door haar genomen besluit op grond van een, in haar ogen, "eerloze daad". Ook zijn twee onderscheidingen van de Nederlandse staat - de Orde van Oranje-Nassau en de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw - moest hij in 1950  inleveren na de wettelijk geregelde zuivering van de staatsorden. De buitenlandse onderscheidingen kon Mengelberg echter wel behouden, zelfs de onderscheidingen van staten die geallieerd waren geweest en geen lid van de Asmogendheden.

Een ander eerbetoon werd verricht door liedtekstschrijver Jacques van Tol; hij noemt Willem Mengelberg in zijn lied (van voor de oorlog) "De bokswedstrijd" ook wel "Concertgebouw" genoemd, gezongen door Louis Davids.

Postuum
Na de bevrijding kreeg hij in 1945 bij de zuivering van de Centrale Ereraad voor de Kunst een dirigeerverbod voor zes jaar. Eduard van Beinum, die al "eerste dirigent" was naast Mengelberg, werd nu de enige chef-dirigent. Kort voordat de periode van zes jaar zou aflopen, overleed Mengelberg in zijn chalet (Chasa Mengelberg) in Zuort in het Zwitserse kanton Graubünden. Op zijn 80e geboortedag werd hij begraven op Friedhof Friedental (zijn vrouw Mathilde Mengelberg-Wübbe rustte hier al sinds 1943) in de plaats Luzern waar hij in 1892 zijn muzikale carrière begon. Een goed jaar later (7 juni 1952) werd het echtpaar herbegraven; van een tamelijk onpersoonlijk 'Hallengrab' (ligplaatsen HF 504 en 505) naar een persoonlijker plek (nr. 1323, vak 36).

Willem Mengelberg wordt tot op de dag van vandaag beschouwd als een van de grootste dirigenten van de 20e eeuw. Zijn dirigeerstijl is gedateerder en minder 'modern' dan die van tijdgenoten als Felix Weingartner en Arturo Toscanini - vooral door zijn romantische voorkeur voor veel rubato. De herinnering aan hem wordt levend gehouden door de Willem Mengelberg Vereniging die (anno 2010) in Nederland ongeveer 90 leden telt. In 1971 en 1995 werden in het Gemeentemuseum Den Haag tentoonstellingen gewijd aan zijn leven en werk.

Hij werd door de dirigent Riccardo Chailly - vijftig jaar na zijn dood - geëerd als de man die het Concertgebouworkest groot had gemaakt. Chailly, die hem zeer bewondert, legde een krans op Mengelbergs graf en bezocht in de zomer van 2010 de Chasa Mengelberg.

In 1993 werd in het dagblad Trouw de vraag gesteld of het niet tijd werd voor rehabilitatie van de grote musicus Mengelberg.

Een postume beoordeling van de rechtsgang
In 2012 reconstrueerde de jurist Frederik Heemskerk de naoorlogse zuivering en rechtsgang. De leden van de Ereraad gaven in 1945 een eerste oordeel over Mengelberg. Zij oordeelden dat hij zich "zo schuldig had gemaakt aan ontoelaatbare handelingen in strijd met de nationale eer" dat hij een levenslang dirigeerverbod binnen Nederland kreeg opgelegd. De in Zwitserland verblijvende Mengelberg werd niet gehoord of opgeroepen. Hij kreeg geen gelegenheid zich te verdedigen en ontving geen afschrift van de uitspraak van de Ereraad. Daarom noemde Heemskerk de leden van de Ereraad 'beunhazen'.

Ook bij het hoger beroep dat in 1947 op de nieuwe Wet Zuivering Kunstenaars was gebaseerd, kon Mengelberg zelf geen verklaring afleggen, terwijl 23 getuigen wel waren gehoord. De Nederlandse regering had hem zelfs een paspoort geweigerd waarmee hij naar Nederland had kunnen reizen om de zitting bij te wonen. Heemskerk kwam tot het oordeel dat zijn advocaat de afwezige Mengelberg "slecht had verdedigd". De Raad van Beroep sprak Mengelberg wel vrij van de eerdere beschuldiging dat hij een glas champagne had gedronken op de Nederlandse capitulatie in 1940.

Met het verdere oordeel was Heemskerk het wel eens: Mengelberg had door zijn grote roem een voorbeeldfunctie moeten vervullen. Dat heeft hij niet gedaan, maar in plaats daarvan hield hij zich aan het verbod op het uitvoeren van composities van "joodse componisten" en het spelen van "joodse muziek". En ook toen de joodse orkestleden ontslagen werden liet hij geen protest horen. Heemskerk kwam tot het oordeel dat er sprake was van een "grote mate van schuld".

Dirigeerstijl

Typerend voor Mengelberg en duidelijk hoorbaar op diverse opnamen zijn de twee ongeduldig klinkende tikjes die hij aan het begin van een uitvoering met zijn dirigeerstok gaf op de lessenaar. Mengelberg stond erom bekend dat hij grote aandacht besteedde aan composities tijdens zeer grondige repetities, waarbij hij ook langdurig op de orkestleden insprak om hen het belang van een compositie als geheel en vele details daarin te laten inzien. Bij de New York Philharmonic werd dat weleens als vermoeiend ervaren. De gevreesde tirades jegens orkestleden van zijn collega Toscanini waren echter niet zijn stijl. In Amsterdam leek zijn positie onaantastbaar, maar heeft hij soms toch met tegenwerking van orkestmusici te maken gehad.

Hij aarzelde niet om veranderingen aan te brengen in de partituur als hij meende dat dit verhelderend was. Hij bracht ook, naar het gebruik van zijn tijd, veelvuldig coupures aan, bijvoorbeeld in de Matthäus-Passion (J.S. Bach) die hij jaarlijks in Amsterdam dirigeerde.

In zijn opnamen met het Concertgebouworkest is zijn typerende gebruik van portamento duidelijk te horen, waarbij de linkerhand van alle strijkers op exact dezelfde manier glijdt van de ene noot naar de andere. Dit resultaat van jarenlang gedisciplineerd repeteren met het Amsterdamse ensemble kon hij niet overbrengen op andere orkesten waar hij te gast was.

Een ander markant kenmerk is zijn voorkeur voor rubato om de levendigheid van de muziek te versterken, mede waardoor hij er een improvisatorische suggestie - all'improviste - mee werkte. Hoewel het rubato in zijn tijd een algemene praktijk was, zijn de tempofluctuaties soms zo extreem, dat dit een twistpunt is geworden. Dit aspect van zijn dirigeerstijl roept zowel bewondering als afkeer op. In bijvoorbeeld de symfonieën van Brahms zou het zicht op de grote lijn erdoor verstoord worden. Vaak wordt aangehaald dat zijn vriend Mahler zijn benadering van diens symfonieën zeer bewonderde, waardoor Mengelbergs interpretaties Mahlers eigen wil zouden vertegenwoordigen. Mahler overleed echter in 1911 en Mengelbergs opnamen uit de late jaren dertig, bijvoorbeeld die van de Vierde symfonie, weerspiegelen een decennialange ontwikkeling van zijn omgang met deze muziek. De vertolkingen van Mahlers assistent Bruno Walter, die evenzeer authentiek genoemd zouden kunnen worden, vertegenwoordigen een heel andere kijk op dezelfde muziek.

Vergeleken met een tijdgenoot als Felix Weingartner, die een moderne dirigeerslag ontwikkelde en wars was van hyperromantische interpretaties, kunnen Mengelbergs opnamen op 21e-eeuwse luisteraars een gedateerde indruk maken. Ondanks de bewondering die hem ook van latere dirigenten als Chailly ten deel valt, heeft hij nauwelijks school gemaakt. Zijn opvolger in Amsterdam Van Beinum, die al in de jaren dertig "tweede eerste" dirigent was, had een andere dirigeerstijl en een andere houding tegenover de musici. Toch wordt Mengelberg om de magische kracht van zijn vertolkingen beschouwd als een van de grootste dirigenten van zijn tijd.

Familiebanden

Mathilda Elisabeth Augusta Maria (Tilly) Wubbe (Amsterdam, 5 september 1875- Luzern, 11 oktober 1943) kwam uit een koopmansgeslacht, zong jarenlang als sopraanstem in het Toonkunstkoor; ze was opgeleid door sopraan en zangpedagoge Elisabeth Hortense (Betsy) Bonger (1870-1944), die in de periode 1896 tot 1899 driemaal met het Concertgebouworkest zong. Wubbe is vastgelegd door Pier Pander en Felicien Bobeldijk.
Wubbe was tante van Eleonora (Nora) Elisabeth Marie Wubbe (1904-2002), de eerste echtgenote van Rudolf Mengelberg.
Willem en Rudolf Mengelberg waren verre achterneven van elkaar: de vaders van hun betovergrootvaders waren broers.

Literatuur
Biografieën
 Hugo Nolthenius: Willem Mengelberg. Hollandia, Baarn, 1920
 Wouter Paap: Willem Mengelberg. Elsevier, Amsterdam-Brussel, 1960
 Frits Zwart: Willem Mengelberg, een biografie 1871-1920. Prometheus, Amsterdam, 1999.
 Frits Zwart: Willem Mengelberg, een biografie 1920-1951. Prometheus, Amsterdam, 2016.
Monografieën
 A. van den Boer: De psychologische beteekenis van Willem Mengelberg als dirigent. L.J. Veen, Amsterdam, 1925
 Edna Richolson Sollit: Mengelberg and the symphonic epoch. Ives Washburn, New York, 1930
 In het Nederlands vertaald als Mengelberg. Tjeenk Willink, Haarlem, 1931
 Edna Richolson Sollit: Mengelberg spreekt. Kruseman, 's Gravenhage, 1935
 E. Bijsterus Heemskerk: Over Willem Mengelberg, Heuff, Amsterdam, 1971
 Frederik Heemskerk: Dossier Mengelberg. De geschiedenis van een zuiveringszaak. Boom, Amsterdam 2015.
Gelegenheidsboekwerken
 Paul Cronheim (red.): Gedenkboek Mengelberg. Martinus Nijhoff, 's Gravenhage, 1920
 A.F. Bax, R. Beins, K.A. Burgmeijer, C.C.J. von Gleich: Willem Mengelberg. Herdenkingstentoonstelling 20 maart - 9 mei 1971, Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, 1971.
 Frits Zwart, Katja Brooijmans, Onno Mensink: Willem Mengelberg dirigent conductor. Tentoonstelling 3 mei t/m 25 juni 1995, Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, 1995.
Lexicons etc.
J.H. Letzer: Muzikaal Nederland 1850-1910. Bio-bibliographisch woordenboek van Nederlandsche toonkunstenaars en toonkunstenaressen - Alsmede van schrijvers en schrijfsters op muziek-literarisch gebied, 2. uitgaaf met aanvullingen en verbeteringen. Utrecht: J. L. Beijers, 1913, pagina 118
Geïllustreerd muzieklexicon, onder redactie van Mr. G. Keller en Philip Kruseman, medewerking van Sem Dresden, Wouter Hutschenruijter (1859-1943), Willem Landré, Alexander Voormolen en Henri Zagwijn; uitgegeven in 1932/1949 bij J. Philips Kruseman, Den Haag; pagina 448
 noemt abusievelijk ook Karel als voornaam

Externe links
 Willem Mengelberg in Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland - inghist.nl
 Willem Mengelberg ... een eigenzinnig pionier
 Discografie
 Willem Mengelberg Vereniging
 Willem Mengelberg, Bach's Mattheus Passie en het Philips-Miller opnamesysteem - soundfountain.com

Nederlands dirigent


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Stephen Lendman: NATO Intervening in Syria!
March 9, 2012 by mosesman
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This war in Syria is fomented and supported by the west. Make no mistake about it. It is not because the Syrians want change. I do not believe the Syrians want war or for that matter the majority wants Assad ousted. It is the handiwork of the CIA and its genocidal Al Qaeda thugs/mercenaries.
NATO Intervening in Syria!
by Stephen Lendman, http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/
On March 6, the BBC reported Obama saying Washington won't intervene in Syria unilaterally. At the same time, he stopped short of ruling out joint Western aggression. In his first 2012 news conference, he said:
"The notion that the way to solve every one of these problems is to deploy our military, that hasn't been true in the past, and it won't be true now." "We've got to think through what we do through the lens of what's going to be effective – but also through what's critical for US security interests."
Since taking office, Obama launched more belligerence than all his predecessors. He's not shy about initiating more. As a result, his comments ring hollow, especially given his record as a serial liar. Believe nothing he says.
On March 5, Russia Today (RT) headlined, "Stratfor leaks: NATO commandos in illegal special ops in Syria," saying:
According to hacked Stratfor emails released by WikiLeaks, NATO forces already operate covertly in Syria. The company's analysis director, Reva Bhalla, wrote them for internal use.
They discusses "a confidential Pentagon meeting in December." Allegedly, senior US, UK and French analysts attended. Western powers categorically denied involvement. It's known they've been supplying opposition forces with heavy weapons for months.
Syrian National Council leader Bassma Kodmani admitted it. Moreover, Assad's forces intercepted smuggled supplies and uncovered internal caches. Bhalla claimed US officials "said….SOF (special operations forces) teams are already on the ground, focused on recce (reconnaissance) missions and training operations forces."
She also said the December meeting focused on possible US air strikes. Comments included saying Washington has "high tolerance for killings," but won't initiate attacks without "enough media attention on a massacre like the" falsified one attributed to Gaddafi on Benghazi.
Attacks are "doable, (but) the air campaign in Syria makes Libya look like a piece of cake." At issue, is Syria's ballistic missile capability and alleged chemical weapons.
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CANNES, FRANCE—Multiple sclerosis symptoms can be confusing: They differ person to person, and even day to day for the same patients. Roche's Floodlight Open app aims to clear that confusion for individuals—and deliver data for broader understanding of the disease.
The opt-in Floodlight app is designed to be easy to use and to collect data from multiple inputs all day, every day. Over time, it paints an overall picture of each patient's particular case.
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The smartphone app works partly by sitting in a patient's pocket gathering passive data. Patients actively contribute by completing digital activities—like tracing patterns with their fingers or pinching a digital tomato—and self-reporting their symptoms.
The combined data give patients and caregivers a more accurate view of an individual's disease, but they also contribute to a de-identified database that is open for use by researchers, data scientists and even other drug developers.
Sara Bamossy, co-CEO of Pitch, the agency working on the project, said, "The app is designed to be very patient-friendly. The Floodlight website uses clear and transparent language, so you can understand not only how it works but why you would want to participate."
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The ultimate goal? Advance real-time remote patient monitoring with smartphones. And not just in multiple sclerosis. Roche is already piloting a similar program for people with Parkinson's disease.
"We hope it will drive smarter, more efficient R&D, because the studies we do using the current clinical endpoints are very long and very large. It makes it quite burdensome for patients and physicians, and it increases the likelihood that a study might fail even when a drug works," Li-Kwai-Cheung said. "Having a tool that's more sensitive and precise to measure disease progression is a big benefit to a company that's investigating new therapies."
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Families will get the chance to come together this holiday season and take a train ride to the North Pole on The Polar Express for a one-hour trip from Tavares, Fla.
Once aboard the train, the car host will travel up the coach and punch each passenger's ticket, just before sweet holiday treats and hot chocolate are served by dancing chefs. The passengers will then get a chance to read along to the classic story, "The Polar Express," by Chris Van Allsburg.
Once the train arrives to the North Pole, Santa Claus and his helpers will board the train to greet guests and give each child their first gift of Christmas – a silver sleigh bell, just like in the story. The entire trip will be filled with live entertainment and characters to help create lasting memories.
The Polar Express Train Ride runs on a point-to-point route through Lake County from Tavares, Fla. Tickets are required for each passenger, and can be purchased online, with Standard Class Coach seating starting at $38.
Guests are encouraged to arrive one hour prior to their departure time, and are even encouraged to come in their pajamas, just like the children who board the train in the story. Boarding the train will take place adjacent to the Will Call ticketing area at Tavares Square.
Guests can book tickets to ride The Polar Express starting on Nov. 17 through Dec. 30.
For more information, and to purchase tickets, visit orlandothepolarexpressride.com.
I can't wait to take my grandchildren. Sounds like fun!!!
Is this the same set up as 2016 or has the format changed. When I took my son the beverages and cookies were given on the platform and it was carols not a book. Also the children were not given bells.
It may have changed. We're not sure.
I'm so excited for my grandchildren..