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Household requires extra analysis after younger physician left paralyzed in wake of taking Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in Mexico — RT World Information
An investigation has been launched by public well being authorities in Mexico after a younger physician was left paralyzed minutes after taking the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. Her household have requested for extra analysis to be carried out.
Karla Cecilia Perez was left partially paralyzed in her legs and arms mere hours after receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech jab on December 30 and was instantly positioned within the intensive care unit of the hospital in Coahuila, in Nuevo Leon state. She additionally introduced difficulties with talking, in keeping with media studies.
She skilled a lot of seizures along with pores and skin rash, weak spot, and respiratory difficulties all inside half an hour of receiving the vaccine. She has since been preliminarily identified with encephalomyelitis (irritation of the mind and spinal wire).
Perez is now in secure situation and is now not experiencing seizures, however her household has referred to as for extra testing to look at doubtlessly hidden unwanted side effects of the Pfizer/BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine, in addition to additional evaluation of her situation to see whether or not she had any underlying allergic reactions which can have triggered the acute response.
"We're not insisting that it was attributable to the vaccine. Nevertheless, it's essential to make clear whether or not it's related to the inoculation with the vaccine. We're not arguing that it was the explanation. There ought to be some analysis to verify," Carlos Palestino, the girl's brother-in-law, stated.
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Previous to the inoculation, Perez had reportedly skilled antagonistic allergic reactions to the antibiotics trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole which might trigger seizures, pores and skin rashes and anaphylactic shock in some sufferers.
Earlier in December 2020, the US Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention recorded no less than 4 cases of partial facial paralysis (Bell's Palsy) in recipients of the Pfizer vaccine.
Nevertheless, in keeping with the Mexican Public Well being Ministry, amongst all recipients of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine in human trials, no circumstances of encephalitis (swelling of the mind) have been recorded.
Perez stays underneath commentary and is present process therapy together with a course of steroids and anti convulsive medication to scale back the chance of recurring unwanted side effects.
Perez' household say they sounded the alarm to attract consideration to the case within the hopes that the younger physician can be cured and that others could be spared related unwanted side effects, however burdened they aren't attempting to dissuade the general public from getting vaccinated.
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The Goddess Artemis in Ancient Greek Art
Artemis in Ancient Greek Art
Artemis Introduction
Her Nature and Personality
History of Artemis
Symbols of Artemis
Powers Artemis
Worship of Artemis
Myths and Stories about Artemis
Pictures of Artemis
Resources for Artemis
Ancient Priestesses of Artemis
Ask a Question about Artemis
Questions and Answers about Artemis, Set I
Questions and Answers about Artemis, Set II
Homer Odyssey 6.102″… Artemis, the archer, roves over the mountains, along the ridges of lofty Taygetus or Erymanthus, joying in the pursuit of boars and swift deer, and with her sport the wood-nymphs, the daughters of Zeus who bears the aegis, and Leto is glad at heart–high above them all Artemis holds her head and brows, and easily may she be known, though all are fair…"
Today Artemis is identified from Greek mythology as the virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon and the twin sister of Apollo. Artemis is the goddess of wild Nature, a virgin huntress for the other deities. She is goddess of the moon, as her brother Apollo is god of the sun. She has a triple aspect associated with the sky as Selene, the moon goddess, Artemis on earth, and Hecate in the lower world. This triple aspect is also associated with youth maturity and death. She is often represented as a lithe young woman with a bow and arrow. Her femaleness is associated with youth and birth. The bow and arrow, with which she shoots her victims, represents death, often caused by sickness. Her realm then, as conceived by her parents is wild nature, with maidenhood and the protection of nursing mothers in that realm. Death due to sickness is also included.
Ancient Sparta referred to her as 'Artemos'(cutter, cook) which is the preferred derivation. This is consistent with Indo-European 'ar-', 'To fit together' and 'tem-', 'To cut'. This is in contrast with the idea that Artemis came from the Minoan pantheon because her nature is much like the goddess pictured as Potnia Theron or Mistress of the Animals. Homer Iliad XXI, 470 actually refers to Artemis as Potnia Theron. Though the phrase 'Potnia Theron' seems to describe imagery from the Minoan Culture this phrase is clearly Indo-European. It strickly means 'lady of the beasts' from Indo-European 'poti-', 'powerful, lord' and 'ghwer-', 'beasts'. It is possible that her name comes from Minoan words we do not understand, but it is also possible she was given an Indo-European name that describes her Minoan character. There is an Indo-European root 'arkw-' which means 'bow and arrow'. If 'teme-' or 'dark' is taken as the latin meaning as 'rash or blind' then meaning like 'rash arrows' might make some congruency with the nature of Artemis. This seems close enough to suggest that the name is more likely to be Indo-European than Minoan.
The Homeric conception of Artemis is that she is the daughter of Zeus and Leto and the twin-sister and counterpart of Apollo. Artemis was born the day before Apollo on the 6th of the month. Tradition assigns them different birthplaces, Apollo in Delos and Artemis in Ortygia. Artemis is the protector of chastity and the young men and women who defy Aphrodite. Like her brother, she not only deals out death, but she is also a healing and purifying divinity.
Artemis is not one of the major players of the Iliad, but she does play her part. Along with her brother Apollo, she supports the side of the Trojans. In the Iliad, Book XXI, Apollo decides not to battle Poseidon over the Trojans. "But now he had to listen to the biting comments of his Sister Artemis, Mistress of Beasts and Lady of the Wilds, who did not mince her words to him." Later Hera tells her "'Are you proposing to stand up to me? I know your bow and arrows, and what a lioness you are to women, whom Zeus allows you to destroy at your own discretion; but if you match yourself with me you will regret it. You would find it better sport to slaughter wild deer in the mountains than to fight with your superiors." Hera then proceeds to beat Artemis with her bow and arrow. "Meanwhile the Maid herself had reached Olympus and gone to the Bronze Palace of Zeus, where she sat down on her father's lap and sobbed, with her divine robe quivering on her bosom."
She was the patroness of wild animals.
Artemis is with her dogs. She is often shown with hunting dogs as though she liked the thrill of the hunt. Once her dogs brought down the quarry she killed it. So hunting dogs are one of her symbols.
Frazer identifies Artemis with Hecate.
Of all the deities Artemis has the most complex nature. She could be
paradoxically compassionate and vengeful, or nurturing and destructive, or even pacific and bloody.
Here are revealing quotes from the Iliad:
"The Curetes and the Aetolians were fighting and killing one another round Calydon- the Aetolians defending the city and the Curetes trying to destroy it. For Artemis of the golden throne was angry and did them hurt because Oeneus had not offered her his harvest first fruits. The other gods had all been feasted with hecatombs, but to the daughter of great Zeus alone he had
made no sacrifice. He had forgotten her, or somehow or other it had escaped him, and this was a grievous sin. Thereon the archer goddess in her displeasure sent a prodigious creature against him- a savage wild boar with great white tusks that did much harm to his orchard lands, uprooting apple-trees in full bloom and throwing them to the ground." (Book IX)
(Book XXI) "But his sister the huntress Artemis, patroness of wild
beasts, was very angry with him and said, "So you would fly, Far-Darter, and hand victory over to Poseidon with a cheap vaunt to boot. Baby, why keep your bow thus idle? Never let me again hear you bragging in my father's house, as you have often done in the presence of the immortals, that you would stand up and fight with Poseidon."
(Book XXIII) "…and Artemis slew the daughters, because Niobe had
vaunted herself against Leto; she said Leto had borne two children only, whereas she had herself borne many- whereon the two killed the many. Nine days did they lie weltering, and there was none to bury them, for the son of Saturn turned the people into stone; but on the tenth day the gods in heaven themselves buried them, and Niobe then took food, being worn out with weeping."
One of the daughters of Niobe shot with an arrow by Artemis. Artemis was the goddess who caused death though her arrows normally referenced a death by disease.
The myths of Artemis appear to have begun in Anatolia with a fertility festival. Following the suggestions of Jane Ellen Harrison the fertility festival appears to have involved the mating of a divine pair who have been selected perhaps for their beauty. Because of the fact that the divine pair will be married they are to undergo an initiation ceremony. The initiation of the boy involves his conversion from a thing of woman to both a warrior and a father. To prepare the boy a dance of men occurs to welcome him to their group and a visit with an older woman occurs who educates him in the way of sex. This has all the trappings of a death and rebirth, the death of the boy as part of a woman and the birth of a warrior as father and warrior. Likewise there is a dance of women to welcome the girl. She dies as a virgin and maiden to be reborn as a mother. This is truely the sacrifice of the virgin. Finally the two are united as a married pair. The fruitfulness of this pair assured the fruitfulness of nature. At first the festival involves real young people with totem animals that are seen to unite. As a part of the festival examples of the totems are sacrificed so that the power of the totem can be passed to those who partake. Later the festival is interpreted as dramatizing the same activity by divine beings. The sacrifice is then interpreted as a gift of influence to the gods in return for their favor and power. Because the object of the festival is the fertility of all nature the range of sacrifice increases.
Initially the focus on death probably related to the cycle of the seasons and the death of many things in the winter with their rebirth in the spring. But the notion of sacrifice is also related to the transitions that occur with maturity. The emphasis on virginity seems to have been a development associated with the recognition of the male role in the birth of a child. This came with the desire for the father to be able to identify his own children. His marriage to a virgin seems to be desirable in this case. The concept of the chase that Artemis pursues seems a development from the original festival with its ritual dancing. The idea of Artemis as a youthful virgin hunter may be a role reversal. The truth is that the male must engage in a hunt to find his mate, a suitable virgin. The true activity of the virgin is not as the hunter but rather as the hunted. The desire of the male hunter is to shoot his semen into the virgin to impregnate her. So the symbols of Artemis may reflect more of a male concern rather than a female one. Yet the notion of the female as hunted may be to painful to consider. Thus the role reversal. Now we have the virgin female Artemis resisting the advances of the male and chasing animals in the wood. The concept of virgin sacrifice fits here but is also an aberration. We have the difficult association of sex and death. The desire of the male is to impregnate the virgin so she can give birth. The death of the virgin in a sacrifice is non-productive. Yet the virgin sacrifice in Ancient Greece is most often associated with Artemis and is consistent with the literal reversal of roles. Instead of being impregnated with shots of semen, she shoots her arrows and kills her victim. Thus the sacrifice of virgin girls seemed appropriate as they are in her realm.
In Anatolia Artemis was probably associated with the older woman and mother. The young man became her consort and was probably associated with the god that became Apollo. In this form Artemis was associated with mother earth much like Gaea. She was a nature goddess that provided the good things of the earth.
The cult of Artemis seems to have moved from Anatolia to Crete. Though there is no written evidence of Artemis in Minoan culture Artemis is identified with Potnia Theron. Even Homer makes this connection. There are a number of Minoan images that can be identified in this way. In addition "Potnia" turns up on Linear B tablets. On the Francois Vase dated ca. 570 B.C. – 560 B.C. Artemis appears as identical to Potnia Theron. Clickhere There is no text associated with the Boeotian vase. Artemis (c. 680 B.C.). This image even appears on a Minoan seal stone: Click here. The concept of Artemis fits well with the profusion of animal nature present in Minoan art.
With the advent of a more patriarchal religion, possibly associated with the conquest of Minoa by the Mycenaeans, Artemis became associated more with the younger girl and less with the older one. Apollo became the brother rather than the consort. This may reflect the changed emphasis on the role of the male in the production of babies. To Neolithic families babies were extremely important and women were placed in a higher status because they produced them. But when the role of males became more recognized there was a concern that the lineage of the male be maintained. Virginity became much more important as a way of guaranteeing male lineage. Chastity also became important for this reason. Also the emphasis on the safe birth of the babies may reflect the safe delivery of the baby into the hands of the male. These seem to be severe restrictions placed on the female by the male. Some celebrations of Artemis seem to reflect the transition of the carefree girl to the restricted maiden as she achieves the age of puberty and maturity. The popular image of Artemis seems to present a fusion of the carefree girl and the restricted maiden and so may represent the point of transition from one into the other.
Some have argued that the profusion of nature justifies sacrifice as a proof of this profusion. But the transition from a situation where the power of a totem animal was assimilated to one where the same power was achieved by a gift to the goddess seems more likely. It is Artemis in the past that seemed to demand sacrifice in exchange for some power or other. Even human sacrifice was called for by Artemis in the form of Iphigenia to let the ships sail to Troy.
This seems strikingly related to the initiation of the maiden in the original fertility rite.
Because her cult did not come to Greece until about 1500 BCE, some have concluded that Artemis was a recent addition to the Greek Pantheon. Though she may have acquired new aspects at that time her worship is much older. Around 125 AD her cult died in Greece and she was no longer worshipped there.
A number of wild animals are sacred to her: hind, bear, boar, goat, zebu, and lion. She is often shown with bow and arrow, mural crown, and a torch. In the classical period she is shown with the crescent moon in her hair.
Robert Graves says that the silver fir is a female tree with leaves closely resembling the yews, sacred in Greece to Artemis, the Moon-goddess who presided over childbirth, and it is the prime birth-tree of Northern Europe. He also says that cranes were sacred to Artemis.
Powers of Artemis
The realm of Artemis is not easy to delineate. She seems to be a goddess of the cycles of nature, birth, life, death, and rebirth. More definite is her role in death by disease and the protection of children and suckling animals. Her virginity seems to relate to this more indirectly in that it seems related to the value of virginity to a maiden before marriage.
Some quote examples of these aspects:
Homer, Iliad, 5.53 "for Artemis herself had taught him to smite all wild things that the mountain forest nurtureth."
Homer, Iliad, 9.532 "For upon their folk had Artemis of the golden throne sent a plague in wrath that Oeneus offered not to her the first-fruits of the harvest in his rich orchard land;"
Homer, Iliad, 21.470 But his sister railed at him hotly, even the queen of the wild beasts (πότνια θηρῶν), Artemis of the wild wood,"
Surely one power of Artemis is the power to kill. Another power relates to protection. She may also relate to the power to grow though she seems confused with Demeter in this regard. Her image is of a girl but it is not clear that his is related to her power. But as a girl she is related to an athletic ability.
A poem from the Anthology:
"Maid of the Mere, Timarete here brings.
Before she weds, her cymbals, her dear ball
To thee a Maid, her maiden offerings,
Her snood, her maiden dolls, their clothes and all.
Hold, Leto's Child, above Timarete
Thine hand, and keep her virginal like thee."
This presents a ritural of a rite of passage.
There is this, another reference to a rite of passage, in Pausanias, Description of Greece, 3.16.9
9] I will give other evidence that the Orthia in Lacedaemon is the wooden image from the foreigners. Firstly, Astrabacus and Alopecus, sons of Irbus, son of Amphisthenes, son of Amphicles, son of Agis, when they found the image straightway became insane. Secondly, the Spartan Limnatians, the Cynosurians, and the people of Mesoa and Pitane, while sacrificing to Artemis, fell to quarreling, which led also to bloodshed; many were killed at the altar and the rest died of disease.
[10] Whereat an oracle was delivered to them, that they should stain the altar with human blood. He used to be sacrificed upon whomsoever the lot fell, but Lycurgus changed the custom to a scourging of the lads, and so in this way the altar is stained with human blood. By them stands the priestess, holding the wooden image. Now it is small and light,
[11] but if ever the scourgers spare the lash because of a lad's beauty or high rank, then at once the priestess finds the image grow so heavy that she can hardly carry it. She lays the blame on the scourgers, and says that it is their fault that she is being weighed down. So the image ever since the sacrifices in the Tauric land keeps its fondness for human blood."
What follows is a quote that reflects the worship of Artemis but also some limitations on her power:
Homer, Iliad, 16.178 "And of the next company warlike Eudorus was captain, [180] the son of a girl unwed, and him did Polymele, fair in the dance, daughter of Phylas, bear. Of her the strong Argeiphontes became enamoured, when his eyes had sight of her amid the singing maidens, in the dancing-floor of Artemis, huntress of the golden arrows and the echoing chase. Forthwith then he went up into her upper chamber, and lay with her secretly, [185] even Hermes the helper,1 and she gave him a goodly son, Eudorus, pre-eminent in speed of foot and as a warrior. But when at length Eileithyia, goddess of child-birth, had brought him to the light, and he saw the rays of the sun, then her did the stalwart and mighty Echecles, son of Actor, [190] lead to his home, when he had given countless gifts of wooing, and Eudorus did old Phylas nurse and cherish tenderly, loving him dearly, as he had been his own son."
Of first importance in this passage is the fact that Polymele participated in a choral dance on the dancing floor of Artemis. Choral dancing must have been part of the worship of Artemis in Southern Thessaly (Phthia), the realm of Achilles. The presence of a dancing floor suggests the dance was in a temple compound dedicated to Artemis. Such dancing must have involved some involvement with Artemis and related to her nature. So the chorus must have been composed of virgin maidens. Deception is the nature of Hermes so his presence is there by deception. It was the custom for the women's quarters to be on the upper floor and so it is possible that Hermes deception was that the appeared among the woman as a woman. Even though Polymele was a devotee of Artemis and dedicated to virginity she was not protected from being impregnated by a deceptive man. Polymele is not rejected or condemned for this. But her son passes to the care of her father who brings him up to be a brave warrior. Homer actually seems to praise Polymele a the mother of such a fine warrior and mentions her devotion to Artemis as a good quality. So Artemis has her role in the development of a great warrior whereas a power consistent with her might have prevented his being born.
She bestowed tall stature on the daughters of Pandareos.
Otus wooed her.
She sent the Calydonian boar
She was angry with Oeneus for forgetting to sacrifice to her.
Admetus forgets to sacrifice to her.
Heracles killed the hind with the golden horns that were sacred to her.
She causes the death of Acteon who accidentally saw her bathing.
She made Phylonoe immortal.
She became angry with Adonis.
She was not honored by Broteas
Pelops neglected to perform his vow to her.
She gathered flowers with Persephone.
She gave a dog to Procris.
She became angry with Agamemnon. As a result he tried to sacrifice Iphigenia.
Iphigenia brought her image from Tauric land to Brauron.
The priesthood at Aricia was open to runaway slaves who gained victory in a single combat.
She was purified for the slaughter of Python.
She shot at Titus.
She showed people where to dwell.
She slew Orion.
She killed the Aloads.
She slew Buphagus, Callisto, Cenchrias, Coronis, and the children of Niobe.
She had wrath at Oeneus.
There may be two women named Atalanta, both who lived at the same time. One Atalanta was born in Arcadia, the daughter of Iasius or Iasion and Clymene. Her father so wanted a son that he took the baby and exposed her on a hill. Exposure was a form of infanticide. A malformed baby would be exposed to the elements and wild creatures to test its viability. If it could survive on its own it was left alone, otherwise it died. Oedipus also was a victim of exposure. After Atalanta was exposed she was kept alive by a she-bear who came often to suckle her. This makes her very much like a feral child. No mention is made of her language development so she must not have lived with the bear that long. Hunters who raised her to be a great hunter then found her. She wanted to remain a virgin, but she was attractive enough to have suitors. Thus her story is quite similar to the story of the goddess Artemis. One wonders if the two
stories are related. The other Atalanta was born in Boetia the daughter of Schoeneus. She was famed as a runner, who also desired to be a virgin, but was attractive. She also could pass for Artemis. In fact, in Greek art there is no visual way of distinguishing images of Atalanta and Artemis.
Atalanta, golden apple, and a dog of the type found in ancient Greece (Porcelain from Czechoslovakia).
A picture of Atalanta: Click
Answer: No one knows what Atalanta really looked like. The following picture
of her was painted in 540 BCE. She lived about 1500 BCE: <a
href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/vaseindex?lookup=Munich+596″>Click
here. Any of the pictures of Artemis will do quite well.
An article on Atalanta: Atalanta
Images from the Ancient World
Figures at the temple of Artemis, Ephesus.
Low-relief with horse and hound.
Artemis as Potnia Theron on the Francois vase, ca. 570 BCE – 560 BCE, Florence 4209
Apollo with Hermes, Artemis, Leto, Poseidon Vase from ca. 530 BCE – 520 BCE., Toledo 1956.70
Apollo and Artemis: Pan Painter, ca 490 BCE (Image not Available)
Apollo and Artemis attacking giants
Aphrodite, Artemis, and Apollo: Olympian Gods in council–the pro-Trojan faction
Apollo and Artemis: Niobid Painter, ca 460-450 BC(Image not available)
Artemis Shooting Boston 10.185
Artemis Malibu 85.AE.101
Artemis Berlin F 2531
Artemis Philadelphia MS5466
Artemis, upper half Toledo 1956.70
Paris and Artemis Louvre G 115
Leto and Artemis Boston 00.347
Artemis feeds a long-necked bird
Information about Artemis and a view of the famous statue of Artemis, The
Diana of Versailles, is available at: <a
href="http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Artemis.html">Click here and at: <a
href="http://www.calvin.edu/academic/clas/aatribu.htm">Or here
Later pictures of Artemis:
Antoine Houdon 1741-1828 Diana the huntress 1790
Artemis of Gabii
GOUJON, Jean (b. ca. 1510, d. ca. 1565, Bologna). Diane and the Stag. 1550-54
Diana by St. Gaudens
Diana's Hunt by Arnold BÎcklin
Diana of the Hunt by John Liston Byam Shaw
Diana by Walter Crane
Diana and Endymion by Walter Crane
Images of Artemis are indexed at: <a
href="http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/gods/artemis_i.html">Click here
Artemis by Melissa Graham: <a
href="http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~clit387/artemis.htm">Click here
The Perseus project has an index at: Click here
Artemis text and picture references
Arge 'bright':
Hunter and high priestess of Artemis of the Red Deer.
Aura 'air' or 'wind':
A priestess of Artemis who lived in the mountains, she may be a demoted wind Goddess. Later
writers who did not understand her role claimed that she was a Maenad.
Comaetho priestess of Artemis — Melanippus loved Comaetho but Comaetho's father refused their marriage. Comaetho lived in her temple. Melanippus came to the temple and made love to Comaetho thus making the place their bridal chamber. Artemis was angered by their insolence and sent a plague on their people. The people sought advice form the Delphic oracle. The oracle said that they should appease Artemis by sacrificing Comaetho and Melanippus to her. As a result, each year the fairest youth and maiden were sacrificed to the goddess.
Deione 'queen of spoil':
A war queen and priestess of Artemis.
Hilaera 'shining':
The daughter of Philodice and priestess of Artemis.
Io – priestess of Artemis and ancestor of the Danaids.
Iphygenia, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.
A priestess of Artemis.
Phanothea or Phemonoe 'bright Goddess' or 'nimble speaker':
Goddess who invented the hexameter in poetry, later only remembered as a priestess of Artemis.
Polymela 'honeycomb':
A high priestess of Artemis.
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Checkers can enter on unoccupied points, or on points occupied by a single opposing checker; in the latter case, the single checker is hit and placed on the bar.
More than one checker can be on the bar at a time. A player may not move any other checkers until all checkers on the bar belonging to that player have re-entered the board.
A roll of 1 may be used to bear off a checker from the 1-point, a 2 from the 2-point, and so on. When bearing off, a player may also move a lower die roll before the higher even if that means the full value of the higher die is not fully utilized.
For example, if a player has exactly one checker remaining on the 6-point, and rolls a 6 and a 1, the player may move the 6-point checker one place to the 5-point with the lower die roll of 1, and then bear that checker off the 5-point using the die roll of 6; this is sometimes useful tactically.
As before, if there is a way to use all moves showing on the dice, by moving checkers within the home board or bearing them off, the player must do so.
If the opponent has not yet borne off any checkers when the game ends, the winner scores a gammon , which counts for double stakes.
To speed up match play and to provide an added dimension for strategy, a doubling cube is usually used. The doubling cube is not a die to be rolled but rather a marker with the numbers 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64 inscribed on its sides, to denote the current stake.
At the start of each game, the doubling cube is placed on the bar with the number 64 showing; the cube is then said to be "centered, on 1".
When the cube is centered, the player about to roll may propose that the game be played for twice the current stakes.
Their opponent must either accept "take" the doubled stakes or resign "drop" the game immediately. Whenever a player accepts doubled stakes, the cube is placed on their side of the board with the corresponding power of two facing upward, to indicate that the right to re-double belongs exclusively to the player who last accepted a double.
For instance, if the cube showed the number 2 and a player wanted to redouble the stakes to put it at 4, the opponent choosing to drop the redouble would lose two, or twice the original stake.
There is no limit on the number of redoubles. Although 64 is the highest number depicted on the doubling cube, the stakes may rise to , , and so on.
In money games, a player is often permitted to " beaver " when offered the cube, doubling the value of the game again, while retaining possession of the cube.
A variant of the doubling cube "beaver" is the " raccoon ". Players who doubled their opponent, seeing the opponent beaver the cube, may in turn then double the stakes once again "raccoon" as part of that cube phase before any dice are rolled.
The opponent retains the doubling cube. White doubles Black to 2 points, Black accepts then beavers the cube to 4 points; White, confident of a win, raccoons the cube to 8 points, while Black retains the cube.
Such a move adds greatly to the risk of having to face the doubling cube coming back at 8 times its original value when first doubling the opponent offered at 2 points, counter offered at 16 points should the luck of the dice change.
Some players may opt to invoke The Murphy rule or the "automatic double rule". If both opponents roll the same opening number, the doubling cube is incremented on each occasion yet remains in the middle of the board, available to either player.
The Murphy rule may be invoked with a maximum number of automatic doubles allowed and that limit is agreed to prior to a game or match commencing.
When a player decides to double the opponent, the value is then a double of whatever face value is shown e.
The Murphy rule is not an official rule in backgammon and is rarely, if ever, seen in use at officially sanctioned tournaments.
The Jacoby rule , named after Oswald Jacoby , allows gammons and backgammons to count for their respective double and triple values only if the cube has already been offered and accepted.
This encourages a player with a large lead to double, possibly ending the game, rather than to play it to conclusion hoping for a gammon or backgammon.
The Jacoby rule is widely used in money play but is not used in match play. The Crawford rule , named after John R.
Crawford , is designed to make match play more equitable for the player in the lead. Whether the game is worth one point or two, the trailing player must win to continue the match.
To balance the situation, the Crawford rule requires that when a player first reaches a score one point short of winning, neither player may use the doubling cube for the following game, called the Crawford game.
After the Crawford game, normal use of the doubling cube resumes. The Crawford rule is routinely used in tournament match play. If the Crawford rule is in effect, then another option is the Holland rule , named after Tim Holland , which stipulates that after the Crawford game, a player cannot double until after at least two rolls have been played by each side.
It was common in tournament play in the s but is now rarely used. There are many variants of standard backgammon rules. Some are played primarily throughout one geographic region, and others add new tactical elements to the game.
Acey-deucey is a variant of backgammon in which players start with no checkers on the board, and must bear them on at the beginning of the game. The roll of is given special consideration, allowing the player, after moving the 1 and the 2, to select any desired doubles move.
A player also receives an extra turn after a roll of or of doubles. Hypergammon is a variant of backgammon in which players have only three checkers on the board, starting with one each on the , and points.
The game has been strongly solved , meaning that exact equities are available for all 32 million possible positions. There are also different starting positions.
Nackgammon is a variant of backgammon invented by Nick "Nack" Ballard  in which players start with one less checker on the six point and midpoint and two checkers on the 23 point.
Russian backgammon is a variant described in as: In this variant, doubles are more powerful: Gul Bara and Tapa are also variants of the game popular in southeastern Europe and Turkey.
The play will iterate among Backgammon, Gul Bara, and Tapa until one of the players reaches a score of 7 or 5. Coan ki is an ancient Chinese board game that is very similar.
Plakoto , Fevga and Portes are three versions of backgammon played in Greece. Together, the three are referred to as Tavli.
Other minor variants to the standard game are common among casual players in certain regions. For instance, only allowing a maximum of five checkers on any point Britain  or disallowing "hit-and-run" in your home board Middle East.
Backgammon has an established opening theory , although it is less detailed than that of chess. The tree of positions expands rapidly because of the number of possible dice rolls and the moves available on each turn.
Recent computer analysis has offered more insight on opening plays, but the midgame is reached quickly. After the opening, backgammon players frequently rely on some established general strategies, combining and switching among them to adapt to the changing conditions of a game.
Strategies can derive from that. The most direct one is simply to avoid being hit, trapped, or held in a stand-off.
A "running game" describes a strategy of moving as quickly as possible around the board, and is most successful when a player is already ahead in the race.
The "priming game" involves building a wall of checkers, called a prime, covering a number of consecutive points. This obstructs opposing checkers that are behind the prime.
A checker trapped behind a six-point prime cannot escape until the prime is broken. Because the opponent has difficulty re-entering from the bar or escaping, a player can quickly gain a running advantage and win the game, often with a gammon.
The backgame is generally used only to salvage a game wherein a player is already significantly behind. Using a backgame as an initial strategy is usually unsuccessful.
For example, players may position all of their blots in such a way that the opponent must roll a 2 in order to hit any of them, reducing the probability of being hit more than once.
Players often use mental calculation techniques to determine pip counts in live play. Backgammon is played in two principal variations, "Money" and "Match" play.
Money play means that every point counts evenly and every game stands alone, whether money is actually being wagered or not. The format has a significant effect on strategy.
In a match, the objective is not to win the maximum possible number of points, but rather to simply reach the score needed to win the match.
For example, a player leading a 9-point match by a score of 7—5 would be very reluctant to turn the doubling cube, as their opponent could take and make a costless redouble to 4, placing the entire outcome of the match on the current game.
In money play, the theoretically correct checker play and cube action would never vary based on the score. In , Emmet Keeler and Joel Spencer considered the question of when to double or accept a double using an idealized version of backgammon.
In their idealized version, the probability of winning varies randomly over time by Brownian motion , and there are no gammons or backgammons.
To reduce the possibility of cheating, most good quality backgammon sets use precision dice and a dice cup. Online cheating has therefore become extremely difficult.
Paul Magriel was a key witness for the defence, contradicting Dr. Roger Nelson, the expert prosecution witness, by saying, "Game theory, however, really applies to games with imperfect knowledge, where something is concealed, such as poker.
Backgammon is not such a game. Everything is in front of you. The person who uses that information in the most effective manner will win.
After the closing arguments, Judge Stephen S. Walker concluded that backgammon is a game of skill, not a game of chance, and found the defendant, backgammon tournament director Ted Barr, not guilty of promoting gambling.
Enthusiasts have formed clubs for social play of backgammon. A backgammon chouette permits three or more players to participate in a single game, often for money.
One player competes against a team of all the other participants, and positions rotate after each game.
Chouette play often permits the use of multiple doubling cubes. Backgammon clubs may also organize tournaments.
Large club tournaments sometimes draw competitors from other regions, with final matches viewed by hundreds of spectators. Winners at major tournaments may receive prizes of tens of thousands of dollars.
Starting in January , tournament directors began awarding GammonPoints,  a free points registry for tournament directors and players, with GammonPoint awards based on the number of players and strength of field.
The first world championship competition in backgammon was held in Las Vegas , Nevada in Tim Holland was declared the winner that year and at the tournament the following year.
For unknown reasons, there was no championship in , but in , Tim Holland again won the title. In , Lewis Deyong, who had promoted the Bahamas World Championship for the prior three years, suggested that the two events be combined.
By the 21st century, the largest international tournaments had established the basis of a tour for top professional players.
Major tournaments are held yearly worldwide. The event was recorded for television in Europe airing on Eurosport. In , the WBA collaborated with the online backgammon provider Play65 for the season of the European Backgammon Tour and with "Betfair" in When backgammon is played for money , the most common arrangement is to assign a monetary value to each point, and to play to a certain score, or until either player chooses to stop.
The stakes are raised by gammons, backgammons, and use of the doubling cube. Backgammon is sometimes available in casinos. Before the commercialization of artificial neural network programs, proposition bets on specific positions were very common among backgammon players and gamblers.
Backgammon software has been developed not only to play and analyze games, but also to facilitate play between humans over the internet.
Dice rolls are provided by random or pseudorandom number generators. Real-time online play began with the First Internet Backgammon Server in July ,   but there are now a range of options;  many of which are commercial.
Backgammon has been studied considerably by computer scientists. Neural networks and other approaches have offered significant advances to software for gameplay and analysis.
The first strong computer opponent was BKG 9. Early versions of BKG played badly even against poor players, but Berliner noticed that its critical mistakes were always at transitional phases in the game.
He applied principles of fuzzy logic to improve its play between phases, and by July , BKG 9. It won the match, 7—1, becoming the first computer program to defeat a world champion in any board game.
Berliner stated that the victory was largely a matter of luck, as the computer received more favorable dice rolls. In the late s, backgammon programmers found more success with an approach based on artificial neural networks.
Its neural network was trained using temporal difference learning applied to data generated from self-play. Tesauro proposed using rollout analysis to compare the performance of computer algorithms against human players.
The rollout score of the human or the computer is the difference of the average game results by following the selected move versus following the best move, then averaged for the entire set of taken moves.
Without them, these programs play no better than a human novice. For the bearoff phase, backgammon software usually relies on a database containing precomputed equities for all possible bearoff positions.
Computer-versus-computer competitions are also held at Computer Olympiad events. The history of backgammon can be traced back nearly 5, years to its origins in Mesopotamia modern-day Iraq.
Modern Iraqis continue to enjoy playing the game. It used tetrahedral dice. In the modern Middle East, backgammon is a common feature of coffeehouses.
Race board games involving dice have a long history in Iraq, including the Royal Game of Ur in Babylon. In the modern Arab Levant and Iraq it is called tawle which means table, and it is also called shesh besh shesh means 6 in Aramaic and Phoenician , but derives from Phoenician.
However, shesh also means 6 in Persian and 5 is likely to be closely related to "Penj" meaning 5. Shesh Besh is commonly referred to the situation when a player scores a 5 and 6 at the same time on dice.
The board consists of 24 triangles with alternating colours — these are called points. The points are separated into four equal groups, known as Home and Outer boards.
Every player has 15 checkers in predefined locations on the board and tries to move all of them safely to his home board. The main objective of the game is to move all checkers you own to your own home board and then bear them off.
The first player do achieve that is declared a winner. Points, that have only one checker on them are called Blots. The player that has checkers on the board must return them to play before playing his other checkers.
It is possible to have no possible moves — in this case the turn is ended and the opponent rolls the dice. By default, every game yields 1 point per win.
If your opponent accepts, the yield is doubled, if he declines, the current doubling cube value is assigned to you.
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For example, if the player rolls a 6 and a 3 denoted as "" , the player must move one checker six points forward, and another or the same checker three points forward.
The same checker may be moved twice, as long as the two moves can be made separately and legally: If a player rolls two of the same number, called doubles, that player must play each die twice.
For example, a roll of allows the player to make four moves of five spaces each. On any roll, a player must move according to the numbers on both dice if it is at all possible to do so.
If one or both numbers do not allow a legal move, the player forfeits that portion of the roll and his or her turn ends.
If moves can be made according to either one die or the other, but not both, the higher number must be used. If one die is unable to be moved, but such a move is made possible by the moving of the other die, that move is compulsory.
It may also land on a point occupied by exactly one opposing checker, or "blot". In this case, the blot has been "hit", and is placed in the middle of the board on the bar that divides the two sides of the playing surface.
A checker may never land on a point occupied by two or more opposing checkers; thus, no point is ever occupied by checkers from both players simultaneously.
Checkers may not enter on a point occupied by two or more opposing checkers. Checkers can enter on unoccupied points, or on points occupied by a single opposing checker; in the latter case, the single checker is hit and placed on the bar.
If the opponent has not yet borne off any checkers when the game ends, the winner scores a gammon , which counts for double stakes. To speed up match play and to provide an added dimension for strategy, a doubling cube is usually used.
The doubling cube is not a die to be rolled but rather a marker with the numbers 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64 inscribed on its sides, to denote the current stake.
When a player decides to double the opponent, the value is then a double of whatever face value is shown e. The Murphy rule is not an official rule in backgammon and is rarely, if ever, seen in use at officially sanctioned tournaments.
The Jacoby rule is widely used in money play but is not used in match play. The Crawford rule , named after John R. Crawford , is designed to make match play more equitable for the player in the lead.
Whether the game is worth one point or two, the trailing player must win to continue the match. To balance the situation, the Crawford rule requires that when a player first reaches a score one point short of winning, neither player may use the doubling cube for the following game, called the Crawford game.
After the Crawford game, normal use of the doubling cube resumes. The Crawford rule is routinely used in tournament match play.
If the Crawford rule is in effect, then another option is the Holland rule , named after Tim Holland , which stipulates that after the Crawford game, a player cannot double until after at least two rolls have been played by each side.
Acey-deucey is a variant of backgammon in which players start with no checkers on the board, and must bear them on at the beginning of the game.
The roll of is given special consideration, allowing the player, after moving the 1 and the 2, to select any desired doubles move.
Plakoto , Fevga and Portes are three versions of backgammon played in Greece. Together, the three are referred to as Tavli. Other minor variants to the standard game are common among casual players in certain regions.
For instance, only allowing a maximum of five checkers on any point Britain  or disallowing "hit-and-run" in your home board Middle East.
Recent computer analysis has offered more insight on opening plays, but the midgame is reached quickly.
After the opening, backgammon players frequently rely on some established general strategies, combining and switching among them to adapt to the changing conditions of a game.
Money play means that every point counts evenly and every game stands alone, whether money is actually being wagered or not.
The format has a significant effect on strategy. In a match, the objective is not to win the maximum possible number of points, but rather to simply reach the score needed to win the match.
In money play, the theoretically correct checker play and cube action would never vary based on the score.
In , Emmet Keeler and Joel Spencer considered the question of when to double or accept a double using an idealized version of backgammon.
Backgammon is not such a game. Everything is in front of you. The person who uses that information in the most effective manner will win. After the closing arguments, Judge Stephen S.
Walker concluded that backgammon is a game of skill, not a game of chance, and found the defendant, backgammon tournament director Ted Barr, not guilty of promoting gambling.
One player competes against a team of all the other participants, and positions rotate after each game. Chouette play often permits the use of multiple doubling cubes.
Backgammon clubs may also organize tournaments. Large club tournaments sometimes draw competitors from other regions, with final matches viewed by hundreds of spectators.
Winners at major tournaments may receive prizes of tens of thousands of dollars. Starting in January , tournament directors began awarding GammonPoints,  a free points registry for tournament directors and players, with GammonPoint awards based on the number of players and strength of field.
By the 21st century, the largest international tournaments had established the basis of a tour for top professional players. Major tournaments are held yearly worldwide.
The event was recorded for television in Europe airing on Eurosport. In , the WBA collaborated with the online backgammon provider Play65 for the season of the European Backgammon Tour and with "Betfair" in When backgammon is played for money , the most common arrangement is to assign a monetary value to each point, and to play to a certain score, or until either player chooses to stop.
The stakes are raised by gammons, backgammons, and use of the doubling cube. Backgammon is sometimes available in casinos.
Before the commercialization of artificial neural network programs, proposition bets on specific positions were very common among backgammon players and gamblers.
Backgammon software has been developed not only to play and analyze games, but also to facilitate play between humans over the internet. Dice rolls are provided by random or pseudorandom number generators.
Real-time online play began with the First Internet Backgammon Server in July ,   but there are now a range of options;  many of which are commercial.
Berliner stated that the victory was largely a matter of luck, as the computer received more favorable dice rolls.
In the late s, backgammon programmers found more success with an approach based on artificial neural networks. Its neural network was trained using temporal difference learning applied to data generated from self-play.
Tesauro proposed using rollout analysis to compare the performance of computer algorithms against human players. Check regularly to see the newest posts from VIP Backgammon!
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The main objective of the game is to move all checkers you own to your own home board and then bear them off. The first player do achieve that is declared a winner.
Points, that have only one checker on them are called Blots. The player that has checkers on the board must return them to play before playing his other checkers.
If your opponent accepts, the yield is doubled, if he declines, the current doubling cube value is assigned to you. You can read the complete rule set we have implemented on our Rules Page.
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James Lance Bass (* 4. Mai 1979 in Laurel, Mississippi) ist ein US-amerikanischer Sänger, Schauspieler und Filmproduzent. Lance Bass wurde als Bass-Sänger der Boygroup 'N Sync international bekannt.

Kindheit
Lance Bass wurde in Laurel, Mississippi, als Sohn von Jim Bass, einem Labortechniker, und Diana Bass, einer Grundschullehrerin, geboren. Lance Bass hat eine ältere Schwester.

Im Alter von zehn Jahren zog Bass nach Clinton, Mississippi. Dort wurde er Mitglied im Kirchenchor einer der Southern Baptist Convention angehörenden Kirchengemeinde und sang ebenso im Schulchor. Lance Bass besuchte die Clinton High School. Er wurde Mitglied in der Organisation Mississippi Show Stoppers, einer landesweiten US-amerikanischen Gruppierung. Lance Bass schloss sich der Gruppe Attache an, die als Chorformation die Vereinigten Staaten bereiste.

Als Schüler zeichnete sich Lance Bass mit seinen Leistungen in Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften aus. Das Weltall faszinierte ihn, und er wollte Astronaut bei der NASA werden.

'N Sync
1995 gründete sich 'N Sync aus den Ex-Mickey-Mouse-Club-Moderatoren JC Chasez und Justin Timberlake zusammen mit Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone und Jason Galasso als "Bass" (tiefere Stimmlage); Lance Bass ersetzte wenig später Galasso. 1996 ging die Gruppe in Deutschland auf Tournee und zwei Jahre später in den Vereinigten Staaten. 2002 beschloss die Band, trotz andauernder Erfolge, ihre Auflösung.

Filmproduzent und Darsteller
2001 produzierte Lance Bass die Filmkomödie On the Line, in der er auch eine der Hauptrollen spielte. Bass trat mehrmals als prominenter Kommentator bei I Love the '80s auf und spielte sich selbst in Kurzauftritten in den Filmen Verflucht (Cursed) von Wes Craven und in Zoolander. Joey Fatone und er gaben ihre Stimmen Figuren in den Animationsfilmen Kim Possible und Robot Chicken.

In dem Film Chuck und Larry – Wie Feuer und Flamme hatte Lance Bass 2007 einen kurzen Auftritt als Sänger der auftretenden Band auf der Hochzeit eines gleichgeschlechtlichen Paares. In Tropic Thunder spielte Bass 2008 erneut sich selbst, als zum Ende der Filmhandlung auf der Oscar-Verleihung eine Liebesbeziehung zu dem homosexuellen Gangsterrapper "Alpa Chino" aufgedeckt wird.

Privates
Während seiner Zeit als Mitglied der Boygroup 'N Sync hatte Lance Bass eine Beziehung mit der Schauspielerin Danielle Fishel. Von den Bandmitgliedern von 'N Sync eröffnete er Joey Fatone als erstes, dass er homosexuell ist, da er zu diesem ein sehr gutes freundschaftliches Verhältnis pflegt. Am 26. Juli 2006 outete sich Bass im Magazin People und äußerte sich dahingehend:

Nach seinem Coming Out hatte Bass eine Beziehung mit dem Schauspieler Reichen Lehmkuhl, die im Januar 2007 endete. Anfang September 2013 gab er bekannt, sich mit seinem Freund Michael Turchin verlobt zu haben. Die beiden waren seit Dezember 2011 liiert. Am 20. Dezember 2014 heirateten sie in Los Angeles.

Des Weiteren erlangte er 2002 in den Vereinigten Staaten mediale Bekanntheit durch seinen Versuch, als Tourist an der russischen Weltraummission Sojus TMA-1 teilzunehmen. Es gelang ihm aber nicht, die dafür benötigten Finanzmittel durch die Medien aufzubringen. Lance Bass ist Funkamateur mit dem Rufzeichen KG4UYY.

2007 brachte Bass seine Autobiographie mit dem Titel Out of Sync heraus.

Filmografie
 Filme
 1999: Tarzan – Das Konzert (Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins)
 2000: Longshot – Ein gewagtes Spiel (Longshot)
 2001: On the Line
 2001: Zoolander
 2002: Kingdom Hearts (Kingudamu Hātsu) (Videospiel)
 2004: Seek & Hide
 2005: Verflucht (Cursed)
 2005: Lovewrecked – Liebe über Bord (Love Wrecked)
 2007: Chuck und Larry – Wie Feuer und Flamme (I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry)
 2007: Girl Camp
 2008: Tropic Thunder
 2009: Rex
 2014: Such Good People

 TV-Serien
 1993: Emerald Cove (1 Folge)
 1999: Ein Hauch von Himmel (Touched by an Angel) (1 Folge)
 2000: Eine himmlische Familie (7th Heaven) (1 Folge)
 2002: Die Simpsons (The Simpsons) (1 Folge)
 2003: Greetings from Tucs (1 Folge)
 2004: Kim Possible (1 Folge)
 2004: Higglystadt Helden (Higglytown Heroes) (1 Folge)
 2006: Meister Mannys Werkzeugkiste (Handy Manny) (3 Folgen)
 2007: Rick & Steve the Happiest Gay Couple in All the World (1 Folge)
 2009: Valley Peaks (2 Folgen)
 2021: The Circle USA
 2022: The Masked Singer (1 Folge, Gastauftritt)
 als Fernsehproduzent
 2000: *NSYNC & Britney Spears: Your #1 Video Requests... And More!
 2001: On the Line
 2004: *NSYNC's Challenge for the Children
 2005: Love Wrecked
 2019: Single Parents (2 Folgen)

Auszeichnungen
Am 6. Oktober 2006 erhielt Lance Bass den Visibility Award der Human Rights Campaign.

Lance Bass schaffte es als bisher jüngster Musiker in die Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame.

Weblinks

 Webseite von Lance Bass

Einzelnachweise

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Filmschauspieler
US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1979
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Plan healthy changes to your diet as a number of small, manageable steps. Start with simple health changes like adding a salad to your lunch or dinner each day. Avoid big drastic changes. Your small, positive healthy changes will soon become habits, you can then begin to add more healthy changes.
Cook your own meals. Preparing your meals at home can help you control what you're eating and better manage exactly what goes into your meals. You'll eat fewer calories while avoiding the chemical additives, added sugar, and unhealthy trans fats of prepackaged and takeout foods.
You will need to reduce your intake of unhealthy foods in your diet, foods like donuts, fries and processed foods. Replace them with healthier choices, like switching to grilled salmon instead of fried chicken. Keep in mind that trading your daily breakfast bacon for a donut is not an example of a healthy choice and won't lower your risk for heart disease or improve your health.
Simplify your diet. Forget counting calories or daily weigh-ins, think of your diet as an expanding variety of color, variety, and freshness. Focus on avoiding packaged and processed foods and opting for more fresh ingredients and single ingredient foods: a banana, an apple, a baked potato.
Learn to read the labels. You need to know what's in your food and you will soon discover that food manufacturers often hide large amounts of sugar or unhealthy fats in your packaged food. Yes, even foods claiming to be healthy, gluten-free or low-fat are often packed with added sugar.
Drink more water. Water helps your body eliminate waste products and toxins, and many of us go through life dehydrated. Too little water leads to fatigue, a lack of energy, and headaches. Drinking more water and staying hydrated will also help you make healthier food choices as you will not be "feeding" your thirst with empty calories from sodas and colas.
Practice moderation. You should feel satisfied at the end of a meal, but not overly stuffed. Moderation means eating slightly less than you do now, not necessarily eliminating the foods you love. You can still enjoy the occasional slice of pizza, just not the entire pizza.
Practice portion control. Just think smaller portions. If you are dining out, choose an appetizer over an entrée, and split a dish with a friend. Stop supersizing, your serving of meat, fish, or chicken should be about the size of a deck of cards and a serving of "sides" like mashed potato, rice, or pasta should be about the size of a light bulb. Enjoy your meals on smaller plates and bowls, which will "trick" your brain into thinking you are still eating a larger portion.
Eat more slowly. It takes several minutes for your brain to signal your body that it has had enough food, so eat more slowly and stop eating before you feel full. If possible, avoid eating alone or in front of the television or computer which often leads to overeating.


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India successfully test-fires BRAHMOS Extended Range cruise missile
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BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile
As part of capability enhancement endeavour, a major milestone was achieved on 11th March 2017 when an enhanced version of the BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile with an Extended Range (ER) was successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) Chandipur at sea in Balasore, off the coast of Odisha.
In a historical first, the formidable missile system once again proved its mettle to precisely hit enemy targets at much higher range than the current range of 290 km, with supersonic speed of 2.8 Mach.
During the launch at 1130 hrs, the land-attack version of the supersonic cruise missile system met its mission parameters in a copybook manner. It was a text book launch achieving 100% results, executed with high precision from the Mobile Autonomous Launcher (MAL) deployed in full configuration.
The new benchmark which was set by Chairman DRDO Dr. S Christopher during Aero India 2017 in Bengaluru has been remarkably achieved by BrahMos Aerospace.
The unique BRAHMOS weapon system has empowered all three wings of the Indian armed forces with impeccable anti-ship & land attack capability.
The technology upgrade comes after India's full membership to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), which removed caps on range of BRAHMOS cruise missile.
"With the successful test firing of BRAHMOS Extended Range missile, BRAHMOS-ER, the Indian Armed Forces will be empowered to knock down enemy targets far beyond the 400 kms. BRAHMOS has thus proved its prowess once again as the best supersonic cruise missile system in the world," Dr. Sudhir Mishra, CEO & MD of BrahMos Aerospace, said from the launch site.
Dr S Christopher congratulated the BrahMos team, DRDO & NPOM scientists involved in today's successful mission.
The launch was witnessed by Deputy Chief of Army Staff, Director General Artillery, Corps Commander and many other senior officers from Indian Army. BrahMos Project Director Mr. VSN Murthy, and Programme Director Mr. Dasharath Ram along with other senior officers from DRDO & BrahMos were also present during the launch.
BrahMos is a joint venture between DRDO of India and NPOM of Russia.
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Barbara Cooney (* 6. August 1917 in Brooklyn, New York; † 10. März 2000 in Damariscotta, Maine) war eine US-amerikanische Autorin und Illustratorin von 110 Kinderbüchern, die über sechzig Jahre hinweg veröffentlicht wurden. Sie erhielt zwei Caldecott Medals für ihre Arbeit an Chanticleer and the Fox (1958) und Ox-Cart Man (1979) sowie einen National Book Award für Miss Rumphius (1982). Ihre Bücher wurden in 10 Sprachen übersetzt.

Für ihren Beitrag als Kinderbuchillustratorin wurde Cooney 1994 in den USA für den alle zwei Jahre verliehenen internationalen Hans Christian Andersen Preis nominiert, der höchsten internationalen Auszeichnung für Kinderbuchautoren.

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Cooney wurde in Zimmer 1127 des New Yorker Hotel Bossert als Tochter von Russell Schenck Cooney (einem Börsenmakler) und seiner Frau Mae Evelyn Bossert (einer Malerin) geboren. Sie hatte einen Zwillingsbruder und zwei jüngere Brüder. Die Familie zog nach Connecticut, wo sie die Buckley Country Day School und später ein Internat besuchte. Schon früh begann sie zu zeichnen und zu malen, wobei sie von ihrer Mutter ermutigt wurde, aber selbständig lernen durfte.

Cooney schloss das Smith College mit einem Abschluss in Geschichte ab, arbeitete aber weiter an ihrer Kunst und belegte Kurse für Radierung und Lithografie bei der Art Students League of New York. Sie begann, Kontakte in der Verlagswelt zu knüpfen. Ihre erste professionelle Illustration war für Ake and His World des schwedischen Dichters Bertil Malmberg, das 1940, ein Jahr nach ihrem Abschluss, veröffentlicht wurde.

Während des Zweiten Weltkriegs diente Cooney im Women's Army Corps. Bald nach ihrem Dienst lernte sie Guy Murchie kennen und heiratete ihn 1944. Sie bekamen zwei Kinder, Gretel und Barnaby. Später ließ sie sich scheiden. Im Juli 1949 heiratete sie Charles Talbot Porter; mit dem sie zwei weitere gemeinsame Kinder hatte, Phoebe und Charlie Porter.

Cooney setzte ihre Arbeit als Illustratorin fort. 1959 gewann sie die Caldecott Medal für Chanticleer and the Fox, für das sie eine eigene Version der Chaucerschen Fabel The Nun's Priest's Tale, selbst eine Variation der Aesopschen Fabel Vom Fuchs und Raben, schrieb und illustrierte.

Ab den 40er Jahren reiste Cooney häufig, um sich für ihre Illustrationen und ihre Schriften inspirieren zu lassen. Zu Hause lebte sie in Damariscotta, Maine, in einem Haus, das einer ihrer Söhne für sie gebaut hatte.

Unter ihren zahlreichen Büchern illustrierte Cooney den Ox-Cart Man (1980) des amerikanischen Dichters Donald Hall, für den sie ihre zweite Caldecott Medal erhielt. 1975 illustrierte sie When the Sky is Like Lace. Das von Elinor Lander Horwitz geschriebene Buch wurde von der New York Times zum herausragenden Buch des Jahres gewählt. Mit ihrem Buch Miss Rumphius (1983), das sie schrieb und illustrierte, gewann sie den National Book Award for Young People's Literature.

1996 ehrte der Gouverneur von Maine, Angus King, Cooney, indem er einen Tag zu ihrem Namen als Barbara Cooney Day ausrief. Ihr letztes Buch, Basket Moon (2000), wurde sechs Monate vor ihrem Tod am 10. März 2000 in ihrem Haus in Damariscotta veröffentlicht.

Teile ihrer Originalkunstwerke werden am Bowdoin College in Maine ausgestellt.

Während ihrer gesamten Karriere verwendete Cooney eine Vielzahl von Techniken, wobei sie Feder und Tinte, Acrylfarben und Pastellkreide bevorzugte. Ihre Illustrationen werden oft als Volkskunst bezeichnet. Meistens wählte sie Volksgeschichten zur Illustration. Auch wenn viele ihrer Bücher in Schwarz-Weiß gehalten sind, waren "heart and soul are in color".

Illustrierte Bücher

In deutscher Sprache erschienen sind:

Weblinks
 Barbara Cooney Papers, Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center, University of Connecticut
 Interview with Barbara Cooney, All About Kids! TV Series #113 (1992)

Einzelnachweise

Autor
Illustrator (Vereinigte Staaten)
Geboren 1917
Gestorben 2000
Frau
US-Amerikaner


A sweet chutney, perfect for Thanksgiving and Christmas. It's delicious on meats.
In a large saucepan, mix the cranberries, apples, orange peel, sugar and water. Bring to a boil. Boil 5 minutes, or until the berries are soft. Remove from heat and stir in the liqueur. Transfer to sterile jars and refrigerate until serving.


I've learned so much more in the past two years mostly about batteries and I am excited to share with you all the new improvements! Thank you for those who have already sent me your ideas, it's very helpful and I've included most of them.
The Off Grid Solar store is live and we have an amazing deal on battery inverters. See this YouTube post to learn more!
Are you a maker that's eager to be energy independent? An inquisitive builder who wants to know how solar energy can power your life? This handbook describes how to use solar technology completely detached from the grid.
The U.S. Federal Government was slow and reluctant to send appropriate resources to aid the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. Before the storm, Puerto Rico's archaic power plant was already in decline as well.
One month after Maria, only 20% of the island has electrical power restored, and the grid is not expected to be completely restored for six more months. Solar energy is the only smart, sustainable, long-term solution to Puerto Rico's power problem. To help John and a team of volunteers build a large-scale community solar power charging station, click below.
To encourage the U.S. government to support Puerto Rico's shift to solar energy, call your senators and ask them to support legislation that combats climate change and subsidizes solar.
I was recently a guest on the podcast Off Grid Build with hosts Paul and Dan, who are super interesting and funny guys. They've built their own off grid "earthships" in Taos, New Mexico. Now they're building an off grid house in upstate New York and sharing their progress on YouTube. They are extremely hands-on, and we had a great (and long) conversation about solar, micro grids, lithium batteries, and the pros/cons with off grid systems. Watch the podcast on YouTube below.
Which is the best battery for an off grid energy system?
I believe right now we are at a clear crossroads when it comes to choosing a battery type for energy storage for off grid energy systems. We are at the transition between lead-acid batteries, the tried-and-true technology used for decades, and lithium-ion's promise of higher density, improved resiliency, and longer cycle life.


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Goddess warrior of pop turned Hollywood royalty, the Grammy®, Oscar®, Emmy® and Golden Globe® award-winning Queen of re-invention has conquered it all.
It's now time to turn back time with this fiercely fabulous kick-ass new musical, from the writer of Jersey Boys, to honour the original Queen of sass – the inimitable Cher.
From a young kid with big dreams, to the dizzying heights of global stardom, The Cher Show tells the incredible story of Cher's meteoric rise to fame, flying in the face of convention at every turn. In a dazzling glitter fest of flamboyant glory, sparkling with Cher's signature wit and style, you'll be spinning in the aisles to the sounds of her biggest hits, including The Shoop Shoop Song, I Got You Babe, If I Could Turn Back Time, Strong Enough and Believe. A joyous party musical celebrating independence and individuality - be inspired by the greatest influencer of our time! Cher the love and believe again!
Written by Tony award-winning Rick Elice (Jersey Boys), this brand new UK production is directed by Arlene Phillips (Grease, Starlight Express), choreographed by Oti Mabuse (double Strictly winner) with costumes by Gabriella Slade (Spice World Tour, SIX).
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Again apologies for the silence. Where have you been my vast army of Blog Followers have asked (they have said it, honest, just not in the comment box).
Writer's block. Really, it is… and it isn't just about not knowing what to write next. It's about not knowing what to write at all. How disastrous is that for an aspiring Writer!
"Writer's Block", I always thought, is one of those phrases that is really just an excuse for not wanting to do your homework. Well it always worked for me. But actually, according to Wikipedia, it is a condition, primarily associated with writing – although pop culture cartoonist Charles Schulz is said to have had it – in which "an author loses the ability to produce new work or experiences a creative slowdown".
That's me. And it seems I'm not alone. F. Scott Fitzgerald, Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, Joseph Conrad, Ernest Hemingway and Leo Tolstoy. And if you don't get writers block after writing War and Peace then you can't call yourself a Writer, I say.
I am reliably informed by writer friends of mine that this can range from having difficulty coming up with original ideas, to not being able to string two words together, to not being able to write another sentence for years. All sounds pretty feasible, and forgivable, if you are a seasoned author. But if your a first time writer, such as myself who has only got the one book under her belt, the chances are it's more about lacking the confidence and self-belief – that there is more than the one book lurking inside you. Or, as is more likely to be the case for me, other distractions have just gotten in the way.
Having spent more years than I would have liked writing Road to Damascus I've thrown myself back into full-time work and sitting in front of a screen tapping out my usual Sunday evening drivel doesn't seem as much fun when I'm also spending five days a week tapping out drivel.
But the simple fact is, on a good day, I like writing. Although I'm not sure I like blogging. The average observer reading those words would ask, "What's the difference?" The writing snob among us would reply, "A world." It has taken me nearly ten months of blogging to work out that a weekly blog isn't going to make me a better writer, but it may help with the discipline of writing. But lately even this basic truth has evaded me.
Like writing a school essay, writing 500 words each week on a random thought, event, or rant, as often has been the case, provides enough interested for the 2 hrs it takes to produce them (if I'm lucky), and even less time to read them, but there is little to sustain the mind.
Therefore, with this realisation staring me in the face, I am going to let the writing snob in me take control once again. To doggedly bash out 500 words for the sake of doing it is a little like doing Churchy 'good works' – serves no one but the worker.
From now on I'm going to let the cat do the typing. Stay tuned.
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Short, personal and quirky posts are often both more appealing & digestible for the reader and easier to crank out for the producer. Look at facebook, though please don't use it as an index of quality. It's also good to reply to comments because that builds rapport with the audience.
Fancy doing a combined photoblog together? Talk to me if you're interested.
Maybe we'll get a chance to chat this Sunday?
I did look out for you honest. Failing that lets grab a beer.


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Le bâtiment de la Mission, aussi appelé hôtel de la Mission ou maison de la Mission, parfois simplement la Mission, est un ancien établissement conventuel, aujourd'hui divisé entre la municipalité et la cure, situé à Fontainebleau, en France. Il est adjacent à l'église Saint-Louis, dialoguant par une cour intérieure. Il est partiellement inscrit aux monuments historiques depuis 1949.

Historique

Fondation
En 1662, motivé par le nouveau curé Antoine Durand, Louis XIV rachète le terrain restant de l'hôtel de Martigues, qui a été le sujet d'un don en  de son héritière Henriette de Lorraine, duchesse de Mercœur. L'année suivante sur cet emplacement, le roi fait construire un « hôtel de la Mission » pour y loger les desservants de la nouvelle paroisse Saint-Louis. Un vaste jardin est aussi emménagé à l'emplacement de l'actuelle place de la République. Louis XIV donne l'hôtel à la congrégation de la Mission, fondée par Vincent de Paul. En échange, la communauté des lazaristes est demandée à y faire entretenir dix prêtres à perpétuité : l'un curé et les autres chargés de le seconder dans l'administration des sacrements, les fonctions curiales et la prédication.

Par ailleurs, les dimensions d'un tel édifice et le nombre de desservants élevé laissent planer le doute quant à sa fonction réelle sachant que le bourg qu'une population de seulement  : on pourrait ainsi supposer qu'il s'agirait plus d'un couvent que d'un presbytère. En effet, l'incompétence ou à l'absence de clergé dans certaines paroisses pauvres de la campagne poussait la Société des prêtres de la Mission » à y remédier par la prédication.

Municipalisation révolutionnaire puis répartition
En 1793, l'État confisque les biens des congrégations religieuses à son profit. Le bâtiment est attribué à la municipalité, qui y installe des services publics, en outre une gendarmerie et un grenier d'abondance. Il accueille la mairie et le tribunal en 1800.

L'établissement subit une période de questionnement sur sa propriété entre la municipalité et l'église depuis le début de sa municipalisation. Après la Révolution, l'Église revendique le bâtiment. À la nomination du nouveau curé Thiébault, ce dernier menace de ne pas s'installer dans le presbytère occupé. En 1830, un arrêté préfectoral, toujours en vigueur, impose la séparation de l'édifice entre la municipalité et la cure. La restitution des locaux est néanmoins demandée par le curé Charpentier. Une correspondance volumineuse est échangée entre l'évêché, le ministère de l'intérieur, la préfecture et la mairie.

Statut patrimonial et juridique

Les façades et les toitures du bâtiment font l'objet d'une inscription au titre des monuments historiques par arrêté du , en tant que propriété de la commune.

Services

Office de tourisme
L'office de tourisme se situait sur la rue Royale, dans une ancienne station-relais d'essence de forme ovoïdale datant de 1930, dont le maître d'œuvre est Albert Bray, architecte du palais. Il est déplacé le , dans l'ancienne salle des élections, au rez-de-chaussée du bâtiment de la Mission, avec un accès depuis la place de la République. Les nouveaux bureaux offrent un nouvel espace de 160 mètres carrés.

Références

Bibliographie

Annexes

Articles connexes
 Liste des monuments historiques de Fontainebleau
 Église Saint-Louis de Fontainebleau
 Place de la République (Fontainebleau)
 Congrégation de la Mission

Liens externes

Monument historique à Fontainebleau
Monument historique inscrit en 1949
Bâtiment à Fontainebleau