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As Josef Pieper put it in his essay Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power, when language is unmoored from truth, from reality, communication is impossible. There can be no dialogue. There can only be monologue, only "fine speeches," something at which our pro-abortion and pro-homosexual-"marriage" President, who has unmoored himself from moral truth for the sake of power, seems to have mastered.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TX (Catholic Online) - The Chinese sage Confucius taught a perennially true concept called Zheng Ming or Cheng ming. It is a principle applicable in all reality, whether it be moral, theoretical, or religious. But, in our day, it is particularly important in politics.
Confucius insisted that language must be grounded in reality, and that the abuse of language for the purpose of advancing an ideology was the bane of life in common and a sign of bad governance. In short, Confucius insisted that the common good required that we should call a spade a spade, and then continue to refer to it as a spade. And (to continue using the gardening tool metaphor) if someone begins to call a spade a shovel, or, even worse, a hoe, then, before one can get back to good gardening, one must begin by rectifying names. The spade must be called a spade, and not a hoe, or gardening goes awry.
In Book 13, Verse 3 of the Analects of Confucius (Lun yu), we find the concept elegantly put during the course of a dialogue between the disciple Tsze-lu and Confucius:
Tsze-l� said, "The ruler of Wei has been waiting for you, in order with you to administer the government. What will you consider the first thing to be done?"
The Master replied, "What is necessary is to rectify names [Zh�ng m�ng]."
"So! indeed!" said Tsze-l�. "You are wide of the mark! Why must there be such rectification?"
The Master said, "How uncultivated you are, Y�! A superior man, in regard to what he does not know, shows a cautious reserve. If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success. When affairs cannot be carried on to success, proprieties and music will not flourish. When proprieties and music do not flourish, punishments will not be properly awarded. When punishments are not properly awarded, the people do not know how to move hand or foot. Therefore a superior man considers it necessary that the names he uses may be spoken appropriately, and also that what he speaks may be carried out appropriately. What the superior man requires is just that in his words there may be nothing incorrect."
Confucius was insistent that language needed to be used correctly, and that if language was abused by those in power, it spelled disaster in morals, in the arts of governance, and in justice. Ultimately, the failure to use language correctly resulted in intellectual, moral, and political confusion.
This principle is not solely an Eastern concept. It is a human concept.
We find it quite central in Plato's and Aristotle's struggle against the Sophists. The Sophists violated the principle of the Zheng Ming. Protagoras was, of course, one of the chief offenders. It was Protagoras's and his fellow sophists' refusal to abide by the truth, and instead to "make the weaker reason appear stronger," as Aristotle put it in his Rhetoric (1402a223-5), which merited their condemnation.
As an aside, there seems to be a relationship between sophistry and disbelief in God. Protagoras, it might be remembered, believed that man, and not God, was the measure of all things. Those who believe in God, on the other hand, seem to have a greater respect of language and a greater concern for its fixity: after all, they believe in dogma, which is truth expressed in human language, and so language is naturally tied to truth. It seems to bear out that if man is considered to be the measure of all things, then there is no measure of things, since the measurer and the measured are the same. In such instances, language becomes a tool for the powerful, and so is subject to fluctuation at the whim and advantage of the ruler.
The Zheng Ming principle is quite settled in Scripture as well. Words are important to sacred writ; after all, St. John's Gospel famously begins with: "In the beginning was the Word." The Word, which is Truth, is preeminent. "If you abide in my word, you are my disciples indeed." (John 8:31) God's language is always true, and needs no rectification.
But humans are called to conform to the never-changing Word. St. Paul demands from the Galatians and Colossians that they avoid sophistry and shun those who use sophistry. (Gal. 3:1; Col. 2:4). St. Paul admonishes that deacons should not be "double-tongued," which of course all sophists are. (1 Tim. 3:8) The Lord, of course, admonished us that our "Yes" should be "Yes," and our "No" should be "No," therefore avoiding any ambiguity or equivocation in our speech. (Matt. 5:37)
With the loss of its moral moorings and its embrace of moral relativism, our society and so also our political environment have rejected the principle of "rectification of names." In fact, the opposite seems to have come about, a "de-rectification" of names is de rigueur.
Dishonest use of words is endemic in our political debate. We live in an age of political euphemisms (words that make things seem better than they are) and dysphemisms (words that make things seem worse than they are), of "political correctness," and of "double speak." From a political standpoint it is not only disconcerting, it is foreboding.
As Josef Pieper wrote in his essay Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power:
"The degradation, too, of man through man, alarmingly evident in the acts of physical violence committed by all tyrannies (concentration camps, torture), has its beginning, certainly much less alarmingly, at the almost imperceptible moment when the word loses its dignity. The dignity of the word, to be sure, consists in this: through the word is accomplished what no other means can accomplish, namely, communication based on reality."
Do not think we have not gotten to the point of tyranny. To some extent, tyranny is in the eye of the beholder. According to the cries of the millions of children murdered in their mother's womb each year (don't think God or those with well-formed consciences don't hear it), tyranny reigns in this country. Naturally, this crime against humanity is shrouded in political euphemisms, and we can even see that phenomenon that Steven Pinker called the "euphemism treadmill."
The "baby" in utero was first depersonalized to its medical term, "fetus" (which means "child" in Latin), and then "product of conception" or even "blob of tissue." By the use of such euphemisms, the truth is covered up.
Advocates of "child slaughter," of course, would resist such a frank name, and so they called themselves "abortion rights" or "women rights" advocates (conveniently neglecting the victim), or even the more attenuated "pro choice" advocates. With each euphemism reality is further disguised.
We see it in other areas as well. Sodomy, which is an unnatural act and used to be a criminal offense, was softened to homosexuality, and then to gay, or, even more innocuously, someone with an alternative sexual orientation. Each of these euphemisms is further and further away from reality.
Murder of the sick was changed to "euthanasia" (Greek for "good-death"), then to "mercy-killing," and now "death with dignity." With each link in the euphemistic chain reality becomes more clouded.
Sometimes it works the other way.
Catholic bishops, who this election year took a particularly courageous stand against abortion and homosexual marriage, used to be referred to as "Most Reverend," or "Very Reverend," but now, in a rather quick de-rectification of names, they have been called "bigots" by such groups as the Rainbow Sash Movement (National LGBT Catholics). I have also seen them called "pedophile pimps." One can trust that such a dyphemisms will soon make it into the mainstream, if they are not there already.
We must unmask such pretensions of the de-rectifiers. Truth demands it, for if we do not resist the trend to call things not as they are, but as we might wish to perceive them, then truth perishes.
As Josef Pieper put it in his essay, when language is unmoored from truth, from reality, communication is impossible. There can be no dialogue. There can only be monologue, only "fine speeches," something at which our pro-abortion and pro-homosexual-"marriage" President, who has unmoored himself from moral truth for the sake of power, seems to have mastered.
So what should Catholics and all other men and women of good will do?
Why, follow the advice Confucius gave to Tsze-l� to his question, "What will consider the first thing to be done?"
"What is necessary is to rectify names."
Zheng Ming.
Andrew M. Greenwell is an attorney licensed to practice law in Texas, practicing in Corpus Christi, Texas. He is married with three children. He maintains a blog entirely devoted to the natural law called Lex Christianorum. You can contact Andrew at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Thank God for 'Doubting Thomas'. His doubts healed the wounds of our own disbelief. They also open up- for all who look with the eyes of faith - a deeper understanding of the redemptive effect of the wounds of Jesus - and the role our own wounds can have in our continuing call to conversion as we join them to His. Thomas the doubter became the Thomas the model believer, an example for each one of us.
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CHESAPEAKE (Catholic Online) - The Second Sunday of Easter was "Divine Mercy Sunday". Our Gospel for the Liturgy (John 20: 19-31) recounted one of the Post-Resurrection appearances of Jesus Christ to his disciples. The glorified Jesus appears to his disciples, coming through locked doors and says "Peace be with you." He breathes upon them the Holy Spirit, creating them anew. He also communicates His authority to forgive sins to the Apostles who will continue His redemptive mission through the Church, which is His Body.
However, Thomas was not present for this encounter. The Beloved disciple John records this exchange between the Risen Lord and Thomas which follows: "Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.So the other disciples said to him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nailmarks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe."
"Now a week later his disciples were again inside and Thomas was with them.Jesus came, although the doors were locked, and stood in their midst and said, "Peace be with you." Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe." Thomas answered and said to him, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus bore His Wounds,now glorified, in His Risen Body. Thomas touched those wounds - and so can we.
This encounter led to Thomas being called "Doubting Thomas" by some. Yet the tradition tells us that this so called "doubting Thomas" died a martyr for his faith. He became a messenger of Mercy to India, a missionary who shed his own blood for the Master whom he encountered on that day. His insistence on touching the Holy Wounds presented the Disciple John another opportunity to explain for all of us the implications of the Bodily Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Thomas�s response in his beautiful encounter with the Risen Lord, "My Lord and My God" reveals the heart of prayer. It also speaks to the essence of faith. His proclamation is a call to adoration and a living communion with God. His response has become the exclamation for millions, myself included, when faced with the Mystery of Mysteries, the Holy Eucharist at the elevation during every Mass. I suggest that Thomas was not a doubter, rather he was a believer. And he is a model for all of us at every Eucharist which is always the Feast of Mercy. Pope St Gregory the Great who occupied the Chair of Peter between 590 and 604 preached a marvelous homily on this encounter between Thomas and the Risen Lord. In it he asked:
"What conclusion, dear brethren, do you come to? Surely it was not by chance that this chosen disciple, was missing in the first place? Or that on his return he heard, that hearing he doubted, that doubting he touched, and that touching he believed? It was by divine dispensation and not by chance that things so fell out. God�s Mercy worked wonderfully, for when that doubting disciple touched his Master�s wounded flesh he cured the wound of our disbelief� So this doubting disciple, who actually touched, became a witness to the reality of the resurrection"
We are invited to become living witnesses in our own day to the reality of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Thomas touched the wounded side of beloved Savior to heal the wounds of our own disbelief. This past Sunday we joined with our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI and Catholics throughout the whole world in celebrating the Feast of Divine Mercy. To Saint Faustina Our Lord said: "I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners. On that day the very depths of my tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the fount of my mercy".
We were invited to approach the throne of Mercy and cry out with St. Thomas: "My Lord and My God" (Jn 20:28). Those who do so are forever changed. Peter became a messenger of mercy through his encounter with the Risen Lord. He was so filled with the Spirit of the Risen Lord that the Lord could continue His redemptive mission through him, accomplishing miraculous deeds. In the Acts of the Apostles, our first reading at the Liturgy, we read that even the shadow of Peter would effect merciful healing .(Acts 5 12-16) Those who encounter the Risen Jesus are changed, transformed by Mercy made manifest.
The beloved Disciple John was imprisoned on the Island of Patmos. We heard his words in our second reading. (Rev. 1) There he received a merciful vision from the Risen Lord which became the Book of Revelation.In this encounter with the Risen Lord He heard these words: "Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last, the one who lives. Once I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever. I hold the keys to death and the netherworld."
And then there was Thomas. Jesus turned Thomas�s doubt into an event of Mercy for generations to come. Out of a true repentance born from seeing Mercy Incarnate, touching the wounds of His Divine love, came those wonderful words that have formed the most profound of personal prayers for millennia. "My Lord and My God" Pope St Gregory was right, "Thomas� doubt healed the wounds of all of our doubts". At the Liturgy of Canonization for Sister Mary Faustina Kowalski, Sunday, April 30, 2000, the late Venerable Pope John Paul II proclaimed:
"Before speaking these words, Jesus shows his hands and his side. He points, that is, to the wounds of the Passion, especially the wound in his heart, the source from which flows the great wave of mercy poured out on humanity. From that heart Sr Faustina Kowalska, the blessed whom from now on we will call a saint, will see two rays of light shining from that heart and illuminating the world: "The two rays", Jesus himself explained to her one day, "represent blood and water" Divine Mercy reaches human beings through the heart of Christ crucified and Risen.
"My daughter, say that I am love and mercy personified", Jesus asked of Sr Faustina. Christ pours out this mercy on humanity though the sending of the Spirit who, in the Trinity, is the Person-Love. And is not mercy love's "second name" understood in its deepest and most tender aspect, in its ability to take upon itself the burden of any need and, especially, in its immense capacity for forgiveness? Jesus told St. Faustina: "Humanity will not find peace until it turns trustfully to divine mercy"
St. Faustina Kowalska wrote in her Diary, "I feel tremendous pain when I see the sufferings of my neighbors. All my neighbors' sufferings reverberate in my own heart; I carry their anguish in my heart in such a way that it even physically destroys me. I would like all their sorrows to fall upon me, in order to relieve my neighbor."
At every Eucharist let us echo these beautiful words of Thomas, "My Lord and My God". Let us ask the Lord of Mercy for the grace to become true messengers of Mercy to this age so desperately in need of it.
Thank God for 'Doubting Thomas'. His doubts healed the wounds of our own disbelief. They also open up for all who look with the eyes of faith a deeper understanding of the redemptive effect of the wounds of Jesus - and the role our own wounds can have in our continuing call to conversion as we join them to His.
Thomas the doubter became the Thomas the model believer, an example for each one of us. On every Feast of Divine Mercy we are in vited to echo his marvelous proclamation "My Lord and My God". We also ask that through the intercession of Saint Faustina, that the Lord of Mercy give us each the graces we need to become true messengers of Mercy to an age filled with despar and disbelief.
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Lance Lynn seems to be the ideal person to have on the mound for the St. Louis Cardinals with an opportunity to secure a fourth consecutive playoff appearance.
The problem is that they haven't been able to score much during his recent starts.
St. Louis looks to provide Lynn with some support as it seeks an eighth victory in nine games Sunday night against the visiting Cincinnati Reds.
The Cardinals (87-68) dropped their magic number to one for a postseason spot and five for its second straight NL Central title with Saturday's 8-4 win over the slumping Reds.
Tony Cruz hit a three-run homer, Kolten Wong had a two-run blast and Randal Grichuk added a solo shot for St. Louis, which has won four straight. It holds a 3 1/2-game lead on second-place Pittsburgh after the Pirates fell 1-0 to Milwaukee.
''I like the home runs,'' manager Mike Matheny said. ''You guys always accuse me of not liking them, but especially those three-runners that Tony did. We know we have the kind of team that can do that and it's nice to see them.''
That type of offensive output surely would help Lynn (15-9, 2.68 ERA), who has continued to pitch well lately - especially against the Reds. He's 2-1 with a 1.80 ERA over his last six starts, a stretch that began with seven scoreless innings in a 7-3 win over Cincinnati on Aug. 20.
Lynn's loss in that stretch came in another solid performance against the Reds as he allowed one run in eight innings of a 1-0 defeat Sept. 11. The right-hander was sharp again Tuesday while giving up one run in seven innings of the Cardinals' 3-2, 12-inning loss to Milwaukee.
"I thought he was very consistent with what we've seen the last few starts," Matheny said. "It was exactly what we needed. We just needed to give him some more (runs)."
Lynn is 3-1 with a 3.12 ERA in four starts against the Reds this season, and he'll look to help the Cardinals complete a three-game sweep while dealing Cincinnati a season high-tying seventh straight defeat.
The Reds (71-84) have been outscored 30-8 during their skid and had scored twice in their previous four games. Zack Cozart went 2 for 4 with a solo homer while Brandon Phillips also had two hits and an RBI.
''You're seeing us having to go out there and really struggle so mightily to try to find a way to win a ball game,'' manager Bryan Price said. ''Certainly nobody's enjoying this current portion of our schedule. The way we've played for the last 60 games has been miserable.''
Cincinnati will counter Lynn with Alfredo Simon, who is wrapping up an overall successful season - the first of his seven-year career as a full-time starter.
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Interpol searches for British terror widowBy CASSANDRA VINOGRAD
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This undated image provided by Interpol shows Samantha Lewthwaite. Interpol has issued an arrest notice for Lewthwaite, the fugitive Briton whom news media have dubbed the white widow.LONDON Interpol, acting on a Kenyan request, issued an arrest notice Thursday for Samantha Lewthwaite, the fugitive Briton whom news media have dubbed the white widow.
Lewthwaite, 29, is a Muslim convert whose first husband participated in the 2005 London suicide bombings that killed 52 commuters on subways and a bus. Kenyan authorities want her in connection to a 2011 plot to bomb holiday resorts there.
Officials have not presented any evidence linking her to the terrorist attack on an upscale Nairobi shopping mall, and the Interpol notice did not mention it. But comments from Kenyas foreign minister that a British woman was involved led some U.K. news media to speculate that Lewthwaite participated in the attack, which killed scores of people.
The Interpol notice said Lewthwaite is wanted on charges of possessing explosives and conspiracy to commit a felony in December 2011.
If she indeed embraced the jihadi cause, it would mark a dramatic turnaround for the grieving widow who originally criticized her late husband, Jermaine Lindsay, for taking part in the London transit attacks.
She told The Sun newspaper two months after the attacks that her husband had fallen under the influence of imams at radical mosques.
How these people could have turned him and poisoned his mind is dreadful, she was quoted as saying. He was an innocent, naive and simple man. I suppose he must have been an ideal candidate. He was so angry when he saw Muslim civilians being killed on the streets of Iraq, Bosnia, Palestine and Israel and always said it was the innocent who suffered.
Lewthwaite, the daughter of a former British soldier, was born in Northern Ireland and grew up in Aylesbury, a commuter hub northwest of London.
She converted to Islam reportedly while in her teens and went on to study religion and politics at the School Of Oriental and African Studies in London. It was around that time she met Lindsay, first in an Internet chat room and later at a London demonstration against the war in Iraq.
The couple married in an Islamic ceremony on Oct. 30, 2002, and moved back to Aylesbury a year later.
Local city councilor Raj Khan, who knew Lewthwaites relatives in Aylesbury, recalls her as an average, British, young, ordinary girl.
She was not strong-headed. And thats why I find it absolutely amazing that she is supposed to be the head of an international criminal terrorist organization, he told Britains Press Association.
Fifteen days after the London attacks, Lewthwaite gave birth to the couples second child, a daughter. In the immediate aftermath of the bombings, she insisted that her husband a carpet fitter wasnt the sort of person whod do this.
After it became clear the Jamaica-born Briton had been involved, Lewthwaite condemned the attacks and then stayed largely out of view until March 2012, when her name surfaced in a Kenyan investigation into terror funding.
Officials at first said they were looking for someone using her identity then later said they were looking for her. They alleged that Lewthwaite and other foreigners traveled to Kenya in late 2011 to plan a bomb attack on the Kenyan coast over the Christmas holidays.
Authorities said Lewthwaite who was pregnant by her new Kenyan husband was in charge of finances for the planned attack, and suspected she had rented several houses in upmarket areas in Mombasa to assemble a bomb.
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Kenyan anti-terrorism police suspected Lewthwaite was working with Musa Hussein Abdi, who was shot dead with an al-Qaida boss in Somalia in June 2011. In December 2011, they found a woman they believed to be Lewthwaite in his house but let her go after she showed them a South African passport.
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Cornelis Gerritsz DeckerTweetNetherlands (1625 - Haarlem 1678 ) - Artworks
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Cornelis Gerritsz Decker - River Landscape With Farmstead
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Auction: Auctionata -Oct 6, 2014 - BerlinLot number: 89
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Lot 89: Cornelis G. Decker, River Landscape with Farmstead, 17th C. Description: Oil on wood Haarlem, Netherlands, 17th century Cornelis Gerritsz. Decker (c.1618-1678) - Landscape painters of the Dutch Golden Age Monogrammed lower right 'C D [...]' The work is registered in the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), Den Haag, under the number 10429 and listed under the full title 'Rivierlandschap met boerderij op rechteroever (river landscape with farmstead on the right bank)' Original exhibition frame from 1937 Dimensions: 40.8 x 35.4 cm Provenance: Christie's (Vienna), auction 29/10/1996 - 30/10/1996, lot 40, with ill. in colors; private collection, Sweden Decker painted primarily river and canal landscapes, often with plain farmhouses or dilapidated huts on the banks; the auction record for one of his paintings is currently set at €84,000 The present painting is a work by the Dutch painter Cornelis Gerritsz. Decker. The latter created many such river views and landscapes, often with ruined architecture bathed in a differentiated play of light. The artist's finely executed works testify to his keen interest in the materiality of old and weathered objects and buildings. In contrast he often sets an atmospheric light and bright color scheme. The painting is monogrammed lower right 'CD [...]'. Inspection under UV-light reveals small retouchings to the sky and the house, as well as larger retouching to the boat. In the sky upper left there is a trace (approx. 3 x 3 cm) of an attempt to clean the surface. Partially the edges are rubbed, the varnish is slightly dirty on the surface due to age. There is a fine crack in the wood panel on the lower right. The frame is in good condition with light wear. The framed work measures 65.8 x 60.1 cm, the panel measures 40.8 x 35.4 cm. Provenance: Stenmans Konstsalong, Gösta Herman Stenman (1888-1947), Stockholm, Schweden (acquired in 1937); Gallery Maria Gillhausen, Munich (acquired between 1939 and 1943); Galerie Maria Almas-Dietrich, Munich (acquired on January 13, 1944 ); Acquired by Adolf Hitler in 1944 for the planned 'Führermuseum' in Linz; Linz no.: 3237/1125; May 1945: Seizure of the storage in Altaussee by the U.S. Army; 17 July 1945: Registration in the Central Collecting Point Munich MCCP, Munich no.: 4562; January 18, 1952 restitution to the Bundesdenkmalamt Salzburg by MCCP, thereafter stored in Kartause Mauerbach near Vienna; October 29, 1996 auctioned by the State of Austria in the so-called Mauerbach Benefit Sale at Christie's: Christie's (Vienna), auction 29/10/1996 - 30/10/1996, lot 40., with ill. in colors since then private collection, Sweden Cornelis Gerritsz. Decker (c. 1618-1678) Between 1635 and 1678 Cornelis Gerritsz. Decker was active as a landscape painter in his home town of Haarlem. He was a pupil of Salomon van Ruysdael. Decker painted mainly farmhouses on riverbanks and under trees, wooded areas and the like. At first sight his works are idyllic sceneries, but often infused with more sinister and mysterious overtones as found in the works by his contemporary Jacob van Ruisdael. Artists such as Jan Wijnants and Philips Wouwerman further influenced Decker. For the figural scenes within his paintings, he sometimes collaborated with artists such as Adriaen van de Velde (1636-1672) and Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685). From 1643 onwards Decker was a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke. (tfa)
Cornelis Gerritsz Decker - Holländische Flusslandschaft Mit Wäscherin Am Ufer
Auction: Van Ham -May 16, 2014 - CologneLot number: 434
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Description: DECKER, CORNELIS GERRITSZ. Haarlem um 1620 - 1678 - zugeschrieben Holländische Flusslandschaft mit Wäscherin am Ufer. Öl auf Holz. 34,5 x 28,5cm. Rahmen. Rückseitig: Auf der Tafel Klebeetikett des Kölner Kunstsalons Abels . DECKER, CORNELIS GERRITSZ Haarlem ca. 1620 - 1678 - attributed Dutch Riverscape with Laundress by the Riverside. Oil on wood. 34,5 x 28,5cm. Framed. Verso: Adhesive label of the Cologne Art Salon Abels on the panel.
Cornelis Gerritsz Decker - Wooded Riverbank With A Building
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Lot No. 25 Description Cornelis Decker (Haarlem 1625-1678), Wooded riverbank with a building, monogrammed at lower right: C. D., oil on panel, 35.6 x 32.5 cm, unframed The works by the Haarlem-based landscapist Decker closely resemble those by Claes Molenaer, Salomon Rombouts, and Roelof van Vries. Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo estimate EUR 2.000,- to 4.000,- USD 2.600,- to 5.200,-* conversion Online Catalogue: Old Master Paintings - 11.06.2013 - 16:00 Old Master Paintings Auction Date: 11.06.2013 - 16:00 Location: Palais Dorotheum Public Viewing: 05.06. - 11.06.2013 Category: Old Master Paintings Absentee bidTelephone bidWatch Terms and conditions Increments Items marked "+" are subject to full legal VAT of 20 %, those marked "-" are subject to reduced VAT of 10 %. Items marked "V" (consignment sales) are sold in the name and for the account of the consigner. Items marked "0" are not liable to VAT. Items marked "*" might be liable to Resale Royalties. * Prices shown in currencies other than the currency used for the auction (foreign currency information) are strictly for information only! Items will be sold in local currency and the final price in any other currency is based on the actual rate of exchange at time of rendering the account. Figures for foreign currency information are rounded and based on the up to date rate of exchange of 30.05.2013 Where can I view this item? How do I bid? How do I take possession of my item? What fees are added to the highest bid (the hammer price)? Information about packing/shipping/collection
Cornelis Gerritsz Decker - Landscape With Horsemen And Peasants Before A Ruined Farm House.
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DECKER, CORNELIS GERRITSZ (circa 1620 Haarlem 1678) Landscape with horsemen and peasants before a ruined farm house. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right: C: Decker. 81.3 x 65.6 cm. Provenance: Swiss private collection. CHF 8 000.- / 12 000.- € 6 670.- / 10 000.- DECKER, CORNELIS GERRITSZ (um 1620 Haarlem 1678) Landschaft mit Reitern und Bauern vor einer Bauernhausruine. Öl auf Leinwand. Unten rechts signiert: C: Decker. 81,3 x 65,6 cm. Provenienz: Schweizer Privatbesitz. CHF 8 000.- / 12 000.- € 6 670.- / 10 000.-
Cornelis Gerritsz Decker - A River Landscape With Fishermen On The Riverbank
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Description Cornelis Gerritsz Decker (1625-1678Haarlem) A river landscape with fishermen on the riverbankOil on panel Traces of a signature lower left 27.5 x 30.5 cm (103/4 x 12 in) Provenance with Thomas Agnew & SonsLtd. condition report Scuffs and scratches throughout to paintsurface, retouching throughout visible under UVlight, would benefit from cleaning


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Rightware®, the leader in user interface (UI) design and implementation software, is proud to announce that the latest version of the Kanzi® UI Solution is the first release targeting the millions of graphics designers and application developers working on UI solutions for touch screens. Targeting every designer from the large corporations working on mission critical UI designs to the medium-sized design studios to the individual designers looking to try something new, this latest version of Kanzi is one of the biggest additions to Rightware since its inception, focusing on ease of use and introducing new versions of the product, targeting an even greater potential audience.
Rightware's Kanzi 2.6 Software for creating unique 3D User Interfaces for touch screens (Photo: Business Wire)
"This is one of the most significant updates we've made to Kanzi," stated Jonas Geust, CEO at Rightware. "Recognizing that Kanzi has already become mission critical technology in several verticals, we've started focusing on an initiative to deliver a top-to-bottom product family with high-end capabilities for both the larger and smaller design teams. Our goal is to make Kanzi the best UI development choice for everyone and the latest release is our first step towards that goal."
Kanzi is quickly becoming just as popular a choice with key customers and partners in the car industry as it is in the consumer electronics industry. Kanzi combines a powerful Kanzi Studio, a UI content creation tool running on PC, with a resource efficient cross platform graphics and user interface engine, Kanzi Engine, in one complete package. This is a complete solution for rapid creation and immediate deployment of advanced 2D and 3D graphical user interfaces for mobile, automotive, set-top-box, smart TV and other embedded devices.
"The User Interface and Infotainment System has become key differentiator among luxury cars, whether it's delivering the necessary information to the driver or offering state-of-the-art entertainment options to the passengers," said Mathias Halliger, head of architecture, MMI system at Audi. "Our deep relationship with Rightware, demonstrates how we are able to continue to lead the industry in infotainment and instrument cluster design. We are excited about the continuous progress that Kanzi has shown, and we are thrilled it will continue to be a part of our award-winning infotainment systems."
Kanzi has played a key role in revolutionizing the in-dash infotainment system in the automotive industry, with design wins at Audi and other leading car manufacturers and Tier-1 suppliers as well as several smartphone and tablet manufacturers. The company is looking to expand aggressively into new and emerging markets including, entertainment, mobile tablet, smart TVs and other embedded verticals.
Significant new Kanzi features include:
- All new 3D model import from industry standard FBX and Collada formats
- Accurate and flexible presentation of text using 3D and 2D UI controls
- Layout system extended for 2D UI layers including stack and grid controls
- Proportional layouts to support UI deployment to diverse screen sizes
- Hardware texture compression supporting now ATC, ETC and DXT
- Precise rendering of transparency using pre-multiplied alpha
Features for usability and productivity:
- Context-sensitive access to reference documentation and new quick tutorials
- Video tutorials to support early learning
- Visual editing of the UI project with real time preview tools
- Quick access to materials in new material library
- Many more improvements to project navigation, event triggers, animation editor…
Refactored features:
- Easy creation of shadows with shadow map composer
- Accurate and fast rendering of reflections with cube-map composer
- User defined custom composers for post-processing effects such as motion blur
- Significantly reduced run time memory consumption with new resource management
"We are incredibly proud of this release," stated Ville Illves, COO at Rightware. "Last year we took a deeper look at what designers and developers wanted, and began working based on their feedback. It took hard work to do this while keeping the intuitive and easy-to-use design that makes Kanzi desireable. We are sure that designers and developers are happy with the progress that we've made thus far."
The New Product Family
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For a complete list of products and features, please visit: http://www.rightware.com/kanzi-ui-solutions/
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Rightware® is the market leader in advanced User Interface technology, serving mobile, automotive and other embedded industries with its Kanzi® solution for rapid user interface design and deployment. Rightware also develops industry leading system performance analysis tools and its renowned product portfolio includes the Basemark™ product family for various benchmarking purposes, including industry standard benchmarks for OpenGL ES, OpenVG, OpenCL, Android, Linux, and Windows Mobile performance measurement. Rightware is headquartered in Espoo, Finland and has offices in Saratoga, CA, Shanghai and Munich. More information: www.rightware.com
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The 3rd International Internet of @ThingsExpo, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo - to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY - announces that its Call for Papers is now open. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the biggest idea since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago.
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An entirely new security model is needed for the Internet of Things, or is it? Can we save some old and tested controls for this new and different environment? In his session at @ThingsExpo, New York's at the Javits Center, Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, reviewed hands-on lessons with IoT devices and reveal a new risk balance you might not expect. Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, has more than nineteen years' experience managing global security operations and assessments, including a decade of leading incident response and digital forensics. He is co-author of t...
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The Internet of Things will greatly expand the opportunities for data collection and new business models driven off of that data. In her session at @ThingsExpo, Esmeralda Swartz, CMO of MetraTech, discussed how for this to be effective you not only need to have infrastructure and operational models capable of utilizing this new phenomenon, but increasingly service providers will need to convince a skeptical public to participate. Get ready to show them the money!
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Hampton Inn And Suites Norco
Hampton Inn And Suites Norco in Norco
Hampton Inn And Suites Norco
Hotel Guest Rating: 9.4/10
1530 Hamner Ave.
Norco, CA 92860
Welcome to the Hampton Inn And Suites Norco
Free breakfast, free internet and all the comforts of home win raves from Priceline guests at the non-smoking Hampton Inn and Suites Norco.
Hotel Features
This 83-room hotel on three floors offers free Wi-Fi, flat-panel cable TVs, work desks and chairs, coffeemakers and beds with lots of pillows and fluffy white duvets. Suites have sofa beds, microwaves and refrigerators. The hotel's free breakfast buffet offers hot and cold options to get your day going the right way, and the full-service business center has your back while you're on the road. The convenience store and laundry facility come in handy, and after a long day, the outdoor pool, hot tub and fitness center are just what the doctor ordered to keep you in shape. Parking for cars and horse trailers is free at this hotel.
Hotel Location
Hampton Inn and Suites Norco is two miles from Riverside Community College. Cresta Verde Golf Club is two miles from the hotel, and Butterfield Stage Trail Park is a 20-minute drive. Glen Ivy Hot Springs can be reached in 20 minutes. Ontario International Airport is 15 miles, and Los Angeles International Airport is 58 miles.
Guest Favorites
Priceline guests said they are "completely satisfied" with the "spacious and nice" rooms and the "good breakfast" at Hampton Inn and Suites Norco.
Hampton Inn And Suites Norco Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Air conditioning individually controlled in room
- Alarm clock
- Buffet breakfast
- Business center
- Cable television
- CNN available
- Cocktail lounge
- Complimentary buffet breakfast
- Complimentary cocktails
- Complimentary in-room coffee or tea
- Conference facilities
- Exercise gym
- Express check-in
- Female traveler room/floor
- Fire safety compliant
- Fitness center on-site
- Free high speed internet connection
- Free parking
- Hairdryer
- Heated guest rooms
- Heated pool
- High speed internet access fee
- Interior corridors
- Iron
- Ironing board
- Late check-out available
- Laundry/Valet service
- Meeting rooms
- Non-smoking
- Non-smoking rooms (generic)
- On-site business center
- On-site business center is staffed
- On-Site parking
- Outdoor pool
- Parking
- Parking lot
- Photocopy center
- Pool
- Public address system
- Public area air conditioned
- Remote control television
- Secured parking
- Security
- Sundry/Convenience store
- Valet cleaning
- Voice mail
- Welcome drink
Hotel Information
Upon check-in photo identification and credit card is required. All special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges. Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
Hotel Guest Reviews of the Hampton Inn And Suites NorcoOur hotel ratings and reviews are from real hotel guests. Priceline.com ensures that its reviews are guests-only by proactively sending hotel surveys to customers after they've completed their hotel stays. In the post-stay surveys, priceline.com hotel customers are asked a number of questions about their stay and the hotel. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, the survey asks guests to rate their overall experience and specifically rate the hotel's cleanliness, staff and location. Priceline.com does not allow site visitors to post unsolicited hotel reviews.
October 16, 2014
Solo Traveler
THe hotel was very clean,The breakfast was good and hot.The staff was great.
January 24, 2014
Business Traveler
January 19, 2014
Family Traveling with Young Children
This guest did not leave comments about this hotel.
December 28, 2013
Family Traveling with Teens
Staff was great, good food, excellent stay!!
October 29, 2013
Group Traveler
February 18, 2013
Group Traveler
New(ish) hotel. All rooms we have stayed in have been clean and well-kept. Less than 4 minutes from the Assembly hall of Jehovah's Witnesses (If that is what you came for) However, if you are just looking for an overnight stay off the freeway, be aware that Norco is known for it's foul smelling cattle yards and the smell tends to hang in the air on some nights/days. But if you need to stay in Norco, I couldn't suggest a cleaner hotel for better price. ...
December 29, 2012
Family Traveling with Young Children
December 28, 2012
This hotel makes you feel very welcomed, you can tell a lot about a company from the staff it hires. They are the best, they care and are helpful if you have a need. The rooms are very clean and fresh, everything is up to date. The breakfast was great, something for everyone.
December 26, 2012
Convenient freeway (I 15) access. Parking in back was accessible with good lighting, and convenient. The room was very clean and the hotel was quiet.
October 15, 2012
Senior Travelers
eating area was comfortable. The staff was friendly and helpful.
The hotel itself was nicely decorated and had an up-to-date, but comfortable and welcoming feel to it. The grounds were well maintained, although due to the location and limited property space there wasn't much to see.
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Steve Asmussen trainee Curlin, winner of this year's Preakness Stakes (gr. I), began his serious preparations for an expected engagement in the $5-million Breeders' Cup Classic - Powered by Dodge (gr. I) by working a half-mile on Keeneland's Polytrack surface in :51.80 Oct. 9.


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Quality Inn & Suites Maison St. Charles
1319 St. Charles Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: (504) 522-0187
Fax: (504) 529-4379
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1319 St. Charles Ave. , New Orleans, LA, US, 70130
- Phone: (504) 522-0187
- Fax: (504) 529-4379
4.0 out of 5 (352 reviews)
77% of guests recommend this hotel
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