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C 23.1 The FINA Doping Panel shall consist of six (6) persons. No two members of the Doping Panel shall be from the same country or Sport Country. Members of the Doping Panel shall serve for a period of four (4) years, or until their successors are appointed.
C 23.2 Members shall nominate persons for consideration for appointment to the FINA Doping Panel by providing notice of such nomination in writing, signed by the President of the Member, to the FINA Executive Director at least two (2) months prior to the commencement of the General Congress.
C 23.3 Members shall nominate persons for consideration for appointment to the FINA Doping Panel who are known for their ability, their impartiality and their knowledge about the FINA Rules as well as their experience of sport in general and the Aquatic sports in particular. They shall also have legal training, experience and knowledge of doping matters.
C 23.4 Members of the FINA Doping Panel shall be appointed by the FINA Bureau at its first meeting following its election. The appointment of the members of the FINA Doping Panel shall be made in accordance with applications received from individuals nominated by the Member to which they are affiliated.
C 23.5 Members of the FINA Doping Panel may be appointed for such number of successive terms as considered appropriate by the FINA Bureau.
C 23.6 On the proposal by the President, the FINA Bureau shall appoint one of the members of the FINA Doping Panel to be Chair.
C 23.7 A person may not serve on the FINA Doping Panel if he or she:
a) is a member of the Bureau or of a Technical or Specialised Committee of FINA, or
b) cannot speak English or French.
C 23.8 If a member of the FINA Doping Panel should die or retire, a replacement shall be decided in accordance with FINA Rule C 19.11
C 23.9 The FINA Doping Panel shall conduct hearings and impose sanctions pursuant to FINA DC Rules.
C 23.10 Whenever necessary the Chairman of the Doping Panel shall appoint three persons from the Doping Panel to adjudicate all matters before it. No member of the Doping Panel shall be appointed to hear a specific case when he or she is a citizen of the country of the individual or organisation suspected of violating FINA Rules; the Chair of the Doping Panel may also determine situations in which a Panel member should not be applied due to other potential conflicts.
C 23.11 Where testing has indicated the presence of a banned substance or there is suspicion or evidence of a violation of FINA Rules relating to doping control, and, contrary to DC 8, a Member federation refuses to allow a competitor a hearing, the competitor may demand a hearing on the issues raised before a FINA Doping Panel.


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According to Bob's instruction, I masked off my 4x5 neg carrier yesterday and did some printing.
I have to say that I was astounded by the difference in sharpness compared to the glassless carrier. Grain was MUCH more apparent, but looked very nice. The problem now is all the dust that is also visible. I never thought I'd have to spot my prints as much as is now evident. It makes me wonder if the extra sharpness is worth it, as I never really felt I was lacking sharpness prior to this...
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Top Vatican ecumenical official in Moscow for meetings with Orthodox leaders
Catholic World News - December 16, 2013
Cardinal Kurt Koch, the president of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, is in Russia this week for meetings with leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Cardinal Koch will meet with Patriarch Kirill II of Moscow, and with Metropolitan Hilarion, the head of the external-relations department for the Moscow patriarchate. The cardinal will speak at the Moscow Theological Academy on the progress in Orthodox-Catholic dialogue. His visit to Moscow comes at a time when Orthodox officials have shown a new interest in improving ties with Rome, and broached the possibility of a "summit meeting" between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill.
Cardinal Koch will also meet with Catholic officials, including Archbishop Paolo Pezzi of Moscow, and preside at a jubilee celebration for the basilica of St. Catherine in St. Petersburg.
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Burglars strike homes in Barefoot Bay
BAREFOOT BAY — At least three homes in the "bird" section of Barefoot Bay were burglarized Wednesday, according to the Brevard County Sheriff's Office.
The break-ins were reported Wednesday morning in the area of Egret Circle north of Micco Road, Lt. Tod Goodyear said. At each of the homes, the residents were seasonal residents and were not expected to return for several weeks, he said.
The suspect used a rock to smash the glass doors at the homes, the Sheriff's Office said. At least one television was removed from one of the homes, but a complete inventory of the stolen goods was not available Thursday.
No suspect information was available.
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Bonita Bay East unveils their seasonal golf program featuring competitive prices to match each player's playing schedule.
The Elite Player's Seasonal Program, offers unlimited golf from Oct. 1 through March 18, 2013, for $3,450 per person or $3,950 per couple.
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BRIDGES, WILLIAM B. (?–?). William B. Bridges, early Texas farmer and public official and one of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred, immigrated from Arkansas to Texas as early as April 1824 and received a sitio of land now in Jackson County on July 21 of that year. In April 1831 Mexican officials filed a character certificate and a land application under his name, listing him as a single farmer from Arkansas who was twenty-three years of age. In 1838 Bridges received a headright certificate for a labor of land in Gonzales County. W. B. Bridges was listed in the July 17, 1841, issue of the Austin Texas Sentinelqv as being delinquent in paying his 1840 taxes in Gonzales County. Bridges may have served as justice of the peace in Fayette County in 1843. On September 17, 1871, the Columbus Citizen reported the burial of a William Bridge, who had come to Texas "around 1825."
Lester G. Bugbee, "The Old Three Hundred: A List of Settlers in Austin's First Colony," Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association 1 (October 1897). Louis Wiltz Kemp Papers, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Stephen L. Hardin, "BRIDGES, WILLIAM B.," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbr45), accessed October 10, 2015. Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.


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Naughty Or Nice
December 13, 2010 9:37 AM
Facebook has a program that has "watched" your status updates. This Christmas, FB will determine, based on the updates, whether you've been naughty or nice. So, we thought we'd just flat out ask you. Been Naughty or nice? Click 'more' to hear what some people said.


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Appleton, WI -- The Beloit College Baseball team finally got back on the field after a rainy weekend and rode a pair of complete games to a sweep of Lawrence University in Appleton on Monday night, winning 7-1 and 12-2.
Jordan DeGeorge went complete in game one while Alex Norman followed that up with a game two complete-game effort.
The complete-game efforts were just the fourth and fifth nine-inning complete games on the Buccaneer books. The most recent before Monday night was Rick Krajewski against the same Lawrence squad on April 20, 2008.
With those two performances leading the way, the hitters took care of the rest.
In game one, Beloit scored a run in each of the first three innings. Ryan Schmitz had a sacrifice fly in the first, Jon Siil hit a sac fly in the second and Andrew Heer knocked an RBI single in the third to give DeGeorge all he'd need.
LU got their lone run on a solo home run in the fourth to make it 3-1.
The Bucs added a run in the seventh on Schmitz's second sacrifice fly of the game before he knocked in his third run of the game with a single in the ninth and Heer added two more RBIs with a two-run single.
In game two Heer hit an RBI double in the opening inning to stake Norman to a lead before he took the mound. Mike Kovach scored on an error in the third and then Hunter Nelson had an RBI fielder's choice and Matt Bartz hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth to make it 4-0.
The Vikings scored once in the fourth before the Buccaneers made it 7-1 in the sixth on Bartz's RBI single, a sacrifice fly by Kovach, and a Scott Slubowski single.
LU got its final run in the bottom of the sixth to pull within 7-2 but Beloit scored twice in the seventh, once in the eighth and twice in the ninth to close it out.
Kovach had a two-run single in the seventh, Rick Chernik an RBI single in the eighth, and Schmitz a two-run double in the ninth.
Kovach, Bartz, Chernik and Heer each had three hits in the game.
The same two teams will finish up their four-game series on Tuesday night at Pohlman Field in Beloit. The opener gets going at 4:00 p.m.


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K-pop Drops the Big Bucks: Top Ten High-Budget MVs
What would you do with a few hundred grand? Travel the world? Buy a new car? Shoot a high-quality music video? K-pop agencies are all over that last choice, and MV costs in the last couple of years have soared to astronomical heights. Maybe one day we'll get the chance to casually slip, "Oh, we spent X hundred thousand dollars on Z today, no big deal!" into a random conversation. Until then, let's just gawk at price tags on these ten costly videos.
Over $100,000 USD
10. "Step" – KARA
The multicolored setpiece alone cost over $90,000 dollars. Keep in mind we didn't include the costs for 30+ dance extras, the production crew, the Swarovski jewelry the girls are wearing…
09. "Volume Up" – 4Minute
The Gothic castle set for "Volume Up" set Cube Entertainment back by over $130,000. And is that the final D&G Spring/Summer 2012 collection I spy on the ladies? Jelly, those were limited editions.
08. "Loving U" – SISTAR
How do you top the glitz and glamor of a Las Vegas MV shoot? Mosey on over to a tropical paradise. If you had $172,000 to spend on a music video, why not do it on a beautiful Hawaiian island? Logic!
07. "Venus" – Shinhwa
The MV for Shinhwa's triumphant return to K-pop was shot in five different locations and required special CG and wire effects. When you get right down to it though, the six members basically played tag with the female lead to the tune of $175,000.
Over $200,000 USD
06. "Love Song" – Big Bang
The continuous shot format of "Love Song" required each individual scene to be filmed over the entire length of the song. Equipment included a jimmyjib, a motion control camera, a remote head crane, aviation shooting, flying cams and steady cams. They also built their own two-lane road in the middle of nowhere. Honestly, it's a shock they didn't exceed $200,000.
05. "Hot Boy" – Big Star
Viewers raved over Big Star's debut MV, complimenting it for being incredibly high quality for a rookie group. Brave Brothers spares no expense for his in-house artists and dropped over $260,000 on his newest.
04. "One 4 U" – A-JAX
OK, we understand where the money went for this MV. About $42k was spent on CG alone, and the whole shebang totaled up to over $260,000 USD.
03. "Lonely" – 2NE1
At about $180,000, wardrobe costs for the "Lonely" music video actually passed the production cost of the song. That means the price tag on the whole thing was up in the $300,000 area.
Over $500,000 USD
02. "Honey Honey" – GangKiz
We were going to go ahead and let "Honey Honey" take the top spot, but technically, the music video filming coincided with T-ARA's European vacation. Scenes from the MV were filmed in Italy, Austria and Switzerland, racking up to almost $900,000 in production costs.
01. "Cry Cry" – T-ARA
"Cry Cry" was a 20-minute music mini-drama to the tune of one billion Won. That's over $870,000 dollars on a music video, y'all. Blockbuster, indeed.


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Fighting Jughandles: From The Newsroom
A shore lawmaker is proposing a measure to ban the future construction of jughandles across New Jersey.
Tuesday's Headlines
- State Senator Jim Holzapfel says jughandles are actually accomplishing the opposite desired result on traffic flow.
- Governor Christie was a guest of David Letterman.
- Senator Bob Menendez breaks his silence over recent allegations.
- Senate President Steve Sweeney's jobs bill advances.
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As far as I can tell, there is very little visible difference between the finish of the MAKE Matte Lipstick and the MAKE Silk Cream Lipstick. Both give a soft lip look without shimmer or gloss. However, the texture of the two options is significantly different. Where the Silk Cream is smoother, the Matte is thicker and less moist, but it gives a wonderful, buildable lip color. Because the matte texture clings to the lip and doesn't (by design) shine, you do need a good base texture on the lip. Make sure to exfoliate and moisturize to remove dead skin that might clump the color.
The colors are misleading in the pictures provided here. I own both the Jakarta, which is a deep, vampy burgundy with a lot of purple tint, and Tulipa Palermo, a very, very bright peachy pink with cool undertones. And, despite the color in the tube, which looks like an orangey tan, I've seen images of Tangerine on the lip, and they are similarly bright. Very bright.
I just received my Make- Jakarta(color) matte lipstick. I love the texture. The only down side it's a lot more brown side v.s. the deep wine color the picture and description leads you to believe. I suppose that is the problem with buying online.1
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I Hear You Like Bad Girls Too
A good girl takes Lana Del Rey's relationship advice.
January 21, 2013 - 7:00 am
What's so appealing about listening to a woman sing about abject misery over and over again? Maybe it's that she feels it.
There's a theory called "hyperreality" that states that over-exposure to TV (and later, the internet) has made current generations numb to reality. Instead of viewing TV or internet images as pictures of real things, we instead view real things as potential pictures to be shown on TV or the internet. We struggle more with the concept of real things in front of us that could physically affect us because we experience most of the world through a lens.
I think there's a form of hyperreality that affects relationships too. If you spend more time texting your boyfriend than you spend in his presence, is he your boyfriend or do you visualize him as a specific ringtone and a welcome name on your screen? Do you have feelings for him, or feelings for hearing from him? When he shows up on your doorstep, do you feel a jolt of pleasure, or is it like he's been there all along and it's just a bit more difficult to run down and unlock the door instead of simply sliding a button on your phone? People have relationships on Facebook that are more meaningful to them than the time they spend together. Their dates exist to provide more pictures for their profile. Even if you didn't mean to fall into this pattern, it's so easy it seems unavoidable. A lot of us just become numb.
Numb to what specifically? To distance, I think. And distance suddenly appears to me to be one of the most important parts of establishing closeness in a relationship. Lana Del Rey's heroine suffers when her men disappear, not because she misses their texts, but because she misses their bodies, their real presence in her life. And that feeling seems so much more real than the disappointment when a guy you sorta liked unfriends you online.
When you're in touch with someone 24/7, the times you're together physically blend with the times you're "practically together" electronically. For Lana Del Rey, it's more simple: when her man is away, she hurts.
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RPM acquires leading nail enamels business
Published September 6, 2012
RPM International Inc. has acquired Kirker Enterprises, Inc., a leading manufacturer of nail care enamels, coatings components and related products for the personal care industry. Based in Paterson, New Jersey, Kirker has annual sales in excess of $100 million. "Kirker will operate as a stand-alone company within our RPM2 business group," said Frank Sullivan, RPM chairman and chief executive. "Through our many companies, RPM has among the broadest coatings technologies in the world, and Kirker will be able to access these technologies to bring even more innovation to the personal care industry."
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Sesame Street welcomes Abby Caddaby to its cast
Move over, Elmo, and step aside Zoe; there's a new girl on the street. For the first time in over 13 years a new female Muppet will join the cast of Sesame Street as it enters it 37th season (dang, I'm just as old as Sesame Street) on August 14th.
The Muppet's name is Abby Caddaby and she will be a pink F.I.T. (Fairy in Training) whose catch phrase will be 'that's so magic'. According to Sesame Workshop, Abby will use rhyme and magic to express herself to her new neighbors. She will also be attending school with Baby Bear and sit in a class taught by Mother Goose (Shirley Jones).
In addition to this new character, Sesame Street will be shifting some of its focus this year to teach children how to live healthy lifestyles by eating right and exercising. Look for Cookie Monster to munch on more carrots this year than cookies. Also look for appearances by Jamie Foxx, the Today show's Matt Lauer, and T.R. Knight from Grey's Anatomy.


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I don't write about hot women's clothing very often. Mostly because I'm just not all that into it but Constantina struck me as crossing the line from snobby high fashion into the realms of the fashion conscious shopper – bother environmentally and style wise, and whether they intended to or not.
Their designs span from fun and funky to the kinds of dresses you see in 90's rich-bitch movies – minus the shoulder pads. Last night I watched A Shrimp on the Barbie with Cheech Marin (don't laugh, it's actually a really great movie) and not only was one of my favorite companies, Stussy, on the hat, shirt and jacket of Cheech throughout the entire film but his co-star Emma Samms wore a constant supply of rich-bitch dresses and mini jackets. One thing I always love about 80s and 90s movies is the fashion and I often wonder why people don't still dress like that (although they may in rich circles, I wouldn't know).
It just so happens to be that Constantina, being from Australia, Â shows much of the same fashion gusto seen in A Shrimp on the Barbie by complete coincidence I'm sure. Slinky tight dresses, jumpsuits, ripped tees, animal prints and priceless body flattering fits, especially around the shoulders and waist.
What makes the company cross the line from posh cleb obsessed fashion is
1.They're Australian
2. They don't sell their items in retail stores, only online and at home showings. In the true style of Avon and Cutco Knives, they come door to door to sell you rockin fashion. Who else does that?
3. Because they don't sell in retail stores they avoid mass producing their products – prices stay low and pieces stay somewhat exclusive.
4. They have names for their collections like "Safari nights" , "Tribal Resort", "Native Retreat" and "Sunset Camouflage"  – slightly humorous in the best style – the completely serious style.
Here's a few of the styles I like and are especially  reminiscent of 90's rich bitch movies:
Like I said, you wont be finding them in retail stores and assuming most of you dont live in Australia, you wont be getting a home visit from these styles anytime soon. Maybe they'll be shipping internationally soon but for now you can check out their styles, copy them, be jealous or pine for them here. Â http://www.constantina.com.au
For the most part I like them as an interesting business model. A punky designer keeping it real school Avon style (you know at least half of your moms sold avon).


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Is 'leave no trace' bad for conservation?
Did you ever pick a wildflower? Build a stick fort? Stray from the footpath while walking in the wilderness?
In an article at Slate, author Emma Marris argues those nature-marring childhood joys, while contrary to the modern 'leave no trace' ethic, help children bond with wilderness and create adults that value its conservation.
Marris consults park rangers, authors, research and government officials in search of a balance between enjoyment and overuse of public wild lands. A study in 2010 showed that adults who are passionate about conserving nature likely spent their childhood playing outdoors, often in ways that were "not environmentally sensitive by adult standards."
Some of Marris' more hot-button questions deal with how hard children should play on high-traffic sites like those managed by the U.S. National Park Service, the toughest rules-keeper out there. There are lots of kids who barely experience nature except for the occasional family trip to an NPS site, Marris points out. Does it suppress their love of nature to corral them onto pre-worn footpaths? Would they be more likely to cherish these wild places as voting adults if, as children, they were allowed to follow their imaginations into nature and use what they find there to create stories, solve problems and make themselves at home?
Marris doesn't want to "let kids skateboard on the arches at Arches," but she says setting aside some kid space for play would be a reasonable concession.
As a nature-lover who grew up cutting trails, building forts and lashing clovers together as a trespasser in private woodland, I can't deny the importance of that interactive, unsupervised play in nature. It started an addiction.
But I'm not everyone, and there is one important voice missing from Marris' article: that of actual, present-day children.
Do kids have a bad impression of Bryce Canyon because they can't climb off-trail around the rocks? Do they go home remembering being told "No"?
Or do they just incorporate the restraints of stewardship into their expectations? "Yeah, it'd be fun to make a rope swing at Arches. It also would be fun to topple a goblin, but that's not going to happen either." Do they get so excited about what they CAN do within the bounds of leave-no-trace that prohibitions are forgotten? After swimming The Narrows, is it a loss not to have a patch of flowers to pick, too?
Are kids today missing out on true intimacy with the outdoors, or are they just learning to behave better than we did? What do you think?
More importantly, what do your kids think?
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My first thought was, "Damn, I'm pregnant". I mean, I have just made it through a quarter of life so, it can't possibly be old age that is making me sleep so much. But then, you just can't wake up thinking you're pregnant, you know-- you have to do something to turn up that way. But to account for the amount I'm sleeping, not working-- logging into Facebook, finding no new updates (because people are either sleeping or have work), logging out, and opening a new tab in the browser to log right back in about 33 seconds later, still nothing, and slide back in bed-- I think the term 'lazy' cannot possibly encompass or define the extent of my activity, or inactivity, if you may.
Honestly! These young bones! For past three weeks, I went about with 4-5 hours of snatched sleep. I felt so awesome, even with the glaring dark circles under my eyes, to tell people, "Ho oh ohh, I am sleeping, only like four-five hours a day, yeah, just that much, ha ha ha... you know, work, responsibilities, blah blah blah" with my voice tinged with the subtle oh-it's-nothing inflection, and the cool, slight, affected indifference. After all, there's no point in long hours if you can't show it off (lesson learned in grad school)!
So, I am not working right now. Which means I am sleeping. Of course the state of "no worries" really worries me, as if there's something I should worry about and I am forgetting. Of course I am a worrier. It gives an useless fool like me the ultimate sense of purpose. Like I'm important enough to have worries- in a list of worries that features the economic turmoil of a country, the hungry children in Africa, the new drug-resistant tuberculosis bug. No wonder I feel important when I have to worry- about cooking fish, replying to my boss, scheduling dates, finishing assignments etc etc.
But I am sleeping. Almost all the hours of the day till he shouts and drags me out of the bed. He grumbles about going to work, coming back and cooking, and washing the dishes. But I am a sleep-induced zombie as I mutter, "I'm on vacation."
And vacation equals sleep. Period. Argument closed.
I am a grad student after all.


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The Rebirth of Political Theater
December 20, 2004
It is a truth universally acknowledged that as a nation's politics grow more regressive, its arts tend to become more rambunctious. This is especially true in the theater. At the same time that the newly re-elected Bush administration is eliminating all traces of opposition from its Cabinet and its agencies, the volume of dissent is being turned up again on the American stage. Let us savor this precious privilege. An administration so eager for conformity in its inner circles will eventually try to impose it on the culture and the citizenry at large.
Chop Socky
April 13, 2004
In an interview following the release of Reservoir Dogs in 1992, Tim Roth ventured that "I honestly think you could take the same script but reshoot it with women and it would work. It would be the most controversial film ever. ... You could call it Reservoir Bitches." It took more than a decade, but with Kill Bill Volume 1 (out on video this week), Quentin Tarantino finally made his Reservoir Bitches. And while it's not the most controversial film ever (nor even of the past twelve months), that was clearly the director's aspiration.


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Perlcast 7
The seventh Perlcast has finally been released. This is a big one running just over 25 minutes (18 MB)… ouch. Anyway, I think that everyone will really enjoy this one because I do less talking and more listening. That's right. Perlcast is proud to announce it's first interview, an overview of Catalyst with one of its maintainers, Marcus Ramberg. The IRC channel that Marcus mentioned was the #catalyst channel on the irc.perl.org server.
Also, in the news there were four stories. Links to the stories can be found here:
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3) Security Advisory
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Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" was downloaded 16,000 times last week, thanks in part to President Obama's a capella moment at the Apollo Theater last week.
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President Obama delivered his pitch for college affordability at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Friday morning, making it very clear that the best way to reach young voters is to remind them about student debt.
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China is totally important and just like the United States and Britain, it now has its own special section in The Economist.
Jan 27, 2012 8:46AM ET
Apple CEO Tim Cook didn't specifically mention The New York Times' exposé on working conditions at Foxconn in his company-wide email yesterday, but it's clear that this was the first attempt at damage control.
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Cartoonist Lisa Benson makes a point about GOP primaries.
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President Obama spoke Thursday in Las Vegas, Nevada at a UPS center to promote American-made energy and his "An America Built to Last" campaign, and he also addressed, at least implicitly, his Republican detractors.
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It may be too little too late, but CNN's John King finally caught Newt Gingrich in lie and determined that Gingrich never offered ABC any of his personal friends to rebuke Marianne Gingrich's claims of Newt's open marriage requests.
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We don't really know what was said during Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and President Obama's tarmac finger-pointing run-in in Phoenix yesterday, other than that the president took umbrage with his portrayal Brewer's book Scorpions for Breakfast.
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Rescuers in Rio de Janeiro are searching for at least 19 missing people after two buildings collapsed around 9 p.m. Wednesday evening.
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After his silly excuse for abandoning ship, it's becoming impossible to trust what Captain Francesco Schettino says. So, we're finding it a bit difficult to accept the new transcripts of Schettino blaming an unnamed and unyielding manager for sailing too close to shore.
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The very fictional Chief Executive Intern at Business Insider, Haley Amber Feinberg, has one of the most entertaining Davos reports at the moment. Who cares if it's fake?
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The latest New York City public health campaign was so determined to make it very clear that diabetes leads to amputation that it created a fictional amputee.
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Rep. Michele Bachmann has announced today that she'll be seeking her fourth term in Congress, reports the AP.
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UN11,695 "The Catamount " Climber's Log
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|From Tarryall
Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2015
|Back in June, I failed miserably. I left the trail in the wrong place and ended up in the worst bushwhack of my life. This time, I went with someone who had been there before - as well as 3 others. We still went the wrong way, but ended up going to Tarryall first, then found our way up the Catamount. Nice summit and summit register. The scrambling was too short, though.
|Posted Sep 22, 2015 9:55 am
|Failed attempt,Heavy weather came in, and couldn't find the right chute. Will be back soon! Great remote area!
|Posted Aug 15, 2013 10:10 am
|The Best Approach
Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2009
|Reading all the difficulties others have had on this mountain, I for once am glad that I must have stumbled onto the easiest approach. From the sounds of the post below, others have had nightmare bushwhacks just trying to get to the peak. I climbed Tarryall from Twin Eagles first and had an excellent preview of Catamount. Down the backside of Tarryall, it is an easy 15-20 minute hike to the route. Having seen it from Tarryall made finding the proper route much easier. I did however find the scrambling dirty and somewhat lackluster. Still a great summit in a great area.
|Posted Jun 9, 2009 6:05 pm
|Route Climbed: East Face Date Climbed: October 3, 2005
|The best climb ever! Challenging and tons of fun!
|Posted Oct 21, 2005 1:29 pm
|Route Climbed: East Face Date Climbed: October 3, 2005
|This little mountain was a formidable challenge. It was hard to see exactly where we were heading through the trees. We finally made it up to what I thought was the easier, left chimney. After ascending the chimney, I found myself facing a move, and another above it, that I wouldn't have been able to make. I decided that I might be in the more difficult right chimney. I descended the chimney and traversed to the right and then climbed up onto the ridge crest. Sure enough, the summit block was to my immediate left. I climbed back down and we traversed to the left and finally found the left chimney. A interesting climb up the chimney, cracks, ledges, and a traverse out of a little cul-de-sac, and we were finally on the well guarded summit. The summit register had only one entry for 2005, just two days before our ascent. We signed our names on the same page with Mike Garrett. The golden aspens along the hike were an added treat.
|Posted Oct 4, 2005 1:57 pm
|Route Climbed: East Face Date Climbed: 5-25-2003
|This was one of the most difficult climbs I had attempted in my life. Traversing up and down, looking for crack systems to escort me up through those near vertical granite slabs for 2 hours was mentally tough on me. When Josh finally summited via a tough class 4 route it gave me hope of actually getting up. Then I realized it wasn't going to be my day for I could not make one commiting exposed move. I physically could not make that "stretch move". At that point I new my day was over. And then I heard the words "I think I found another way up, and it looks like you might be able to make it!" I was not ready to give up. I had to down climb 150 ft. of very steep granite slabs with my pack and Josh's pack( he didn't bring it up the chimney). Carrying the two packs made it impossible to get to the other easier class 4 chimney. I had to wait for Josh to descend the easy chimney and come get his pack and then hold mine while I went for it. I made it. I felt great! Then the weather changed.
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There was lots of talk but no action at Knox County Commission Monday on several key issues impacting schools, including making superintendents an elected position, creating partisan school board elections, and the extent of Knox County School security.
Commissioner Dave Wright proposed a resolution to support efforts at the state level to change state law, giving voters the chance to elect superintendents.
Although the resolution's language is drafted to affirm Knox County's
support on the issue, Wright insisted the purpose of the vote was only
to inform state elected officials whether Knox County wishes to see the
issue move forward.
"This is not about the qualifications or the process" Wright. "This is
just about whether or not this should be killed right now out right at
the state level."
Wright says he thinks it's an issue voters deserve to weigh in on.
"The message we have here before us is we can't afford to say the
electorate 'you're incapable of making an informed decision,'" said
Wright in response to the opposition.
Other commissioners said the vote felt rushed.
Wright says that State Senator Becky Duncan Massey is eager for the county to weigh in on the subject. He says she doesn't intend to take it before the legislative body without local support.
Commissioner Mike Hammond, who successfully proposed tabling the issue, said it's best left in the hands of the state-for now.
"Let's let the state decide this," said Hammond. "If it passes and the governor vetoes it, and they override his veto, and it comes to us- then we can have all kinds of robust discussion."
Many school board and PTA members seemed eager for robust discussion. Several dozen people showed up, many holding signs discouraging electing superintendents.
Currently, it's up to the school board members to hire a superintendent.
Many argue this provides a greater degree of accountability than an election, because the school board can fire the superintendent if their work is unsatisfactory.
They argue making the job an elected position could mean voters had to wait several years before replacing a ineffective or unsuccessful leader.
Great Schools Partnership staff member Virginia Babb told commissioners if their goal is to represent the will of the people, they ought to carefully consider their vote.
"For your body to pass a resolution at this point saying you represent what Knox Countians believe in, I don't think is truly representing what everybody in Knox county believes in," said Babb.
Wright also called for a vote on a resolution he proposed in support of state efforts to allow for partisan school board elections.
That also prompted several commissioners to ask for more time.
"I do think we need to take care of our own house, we have several pressing issues. This isn't one of them," said Commissioner Sam McKenzie.
"I would like for us to step back for a moment, because we're looking at something that's going to affect all of Knox County," said Mike Hammond, who said he wanted more public and school board input.
Commissioner Richard Briggs said he felt partisan elections would offer voters more information on their candidates.
"It's just another piece of information that can be found out," said Briggs. "They can check the voting records."
He also called it a "meaningless vote" at this point.
Briggs encouraged commission to hold off on having lengthy discussions about the issue unless the state passes it.
Commissioners also questioned Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre, School Board President Karen Carson, and Public Building Authority President Dale Smith about whether the McIntyre and Carson had overstated to the public last week the extent to which school security issues had been remedied.
In recent weeks there has been much scrutiny of school security systems, especially the ones at Hardin Valley Academy and Powell Middle School after an audit revealing system deficiencies came to light.
Hammond asked Smith about the contents of a PBA board meeting where it might have been suggested that Carson and McIntyre had represented the security issues at the two problem schools had been fixed, contrary to what the PBA learned.
Smith said he was informed by the Knox County Law Office last week that, while firewall issues were fixed at the schools, "no other work had been done at those two schools."
Carson and McIntyre responded that they had never maintained the other issues were entirely resolved, which is the reason there is an ongoing lawsuit against the contractor.
But both maintained that all security systems at buildings across the school district, including surveillance systems, are "functioning" but Carson said functioning encompasses a wide range of performance.
Both said systems may need improvement.
Carson said she was "shocked" to hear an audio recording of a PBA board meeting where they asserted that one surveillance camera at a main entrance of Hardin Valley Academy was so deficient, a teacher or administrator wouldn't be able to tell if a shooter entered the building.
"I called Dr. McIntyre up and said 'I want to go to Hardin valley now, I want to see,'" said Carson.
She said she went with the superintendent to the school and tested the camera herself.
"I could absolutely see down hallways, I clearly would be able to identify if there was somebody," said Carson.
McIntyre said along with firewall issues, both schools now have working key-less entry systems.
Carson said there will be a meeting on Tuesday attended by the police chief, sheriff, county mayor, PBA chairman, school board president and McIntyre to further discuss school security.


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Florence: Heart of the Renaissance
Fifteenth-century Florence was the home of the Renaissance and the birthplace of our modern world. In this first of two episodes, we'll gaze into the self-assured eyes of Michelangelo's David, enjoy Botticelli's Birth of Venus, delve into the 3-D wonders of Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise, appreciate Fra Angelico's serene beauty, and climb the dome that kicked off the Renaissance. Then we'll cross the Arno to where Florentine artisans live, work, and eat...very well.
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I Fratellini
Via dei Cimatori
Hotel Loggiato dei Serviti
Piazza S.S. Annuziata 3
Tel. 055-289-592
Fax 055-289-595
Museum of San Marco
One block north of the Accademia, this 15th-century monastery houses the greatest collection anywhere of frescoes and paintings by the early Renaissance master Fra Angelico. The ground floor features the monk's paintings, along with some works by Fra Bartolomeo. Upstairs are 43 cells decorated by Fra Angelico and his assistants. While the monk/painter was trained in the medieval religious style, he also learned and adopted Renaissance techniques and sensibilities, producing works that blended Christian symbols and Renaissance realism. Don't miss the cell of Savonarola, the charismatic monk who rode in from the Christian right, threw out the Medicis, turned Florence into a theocracy, sponsored "bonfires of the vanities" (burning books, paintings, and so on), and was finally burned himself when Florence decided to change channels (tel. 055-238-8608). While you can reserve an entrance time here, it's entirely unnecessary.
Hi, I'm Rick Steves back with more of the best of Europe. This time we look at the city that pulled Europe out of the Middle Ages and into the modern world…Florence.
Fifteenth century Florence was the home of the Renaissance and birthplace of our modern Western world. Within a few hundred yards of where I'm standing you can enjoy the greatest art created during that exciting age.
And we'll do just that: gaze into the eyes of Michelangelo's David, enjoy Botticelli's Birth of Venus, delve into the 3D wonders of Ghiberti's glorious bronze gates, appreciate Fra Angelico's serene beauty, and climb the dome that kicked off the Renaissance. And beyond the art, Florence knows how to embrace life. We'll cross the Arno to where Florentine artisans live work…. and eat very well…[oh, beautiful]… But first, a little background.
After the fall of ancient Rome, Europe wallowed in centuries of relative darkness. There was little learning, commerce, or travel. Then, in about 1400, here in Florence, there was a Renaissance. This exciting rebirth of the culture of ancient Greece and Rome swept from here all across Europe.
In architecture, the Renaissance brought a return to the balanced domes, columns and arches of the ancient world. In painting, it revived realism and emotion. Artists rediscovered the wonder of nature and the human body. Portraying beautiful people in harmonious surroundings, they expressed the optimism and confidence of this new age.
The suddenly perky Western civilization made up for lost centuries with huge gains in economics, science, and art. Florence was the center of it all — and for good reason. This was where capitalism was replacing feudalism. Being the middleman of trade between west and east, the city had money and it knew what to do with it.
Wealthy merchant and banking families — like the Medici who ruled Florence for generations — showed their civic pride by commissioning splendid art. And Florence — recognizing and paying creative genius like no one else — unleashed an explosion of innovation.
The Renaissance was an age of humanism. A time of confidence: when people worked hard, business was respectable, and excellence was rewarded. The Church no longer put a ceiling on learning and the great pre-Christian thinkers — like Plato and Aristotle — were back in vogue.
In about 1400, with the advent of Renaissance, man — now alert — begins to stand on his own, moving out of the shadow of the church. This David by the early Renaissance Florentine sculptor Donatello is one of the first freestanding male nudes sculpted in Europe in a thousand years. It's art for art's sake adorning not a church but a rich man's courtyard. While the formal subject is still Biblical — David slaying the giant — Goliath's severed head is at David's feet — truth be told, it's a classical nude…a celebration of the human body. A generation before this would have been shocking — but with the Renaissance, it's art.
Florence was long an economic powerhouse. Rather than its church, it's the city hall — once the palace of the Medici family — that towers over the main square. Michelangelo's David originally stood here — this is a copy.
The original David is the centerpiece of the nearby Accademia Gallery, which feels like a temple to humanism. At its altar...one very impressive human.
The shepherd boy, David, sizes up the giant… thoughtful and self assured, he seems to be thinking, "I can take him." The statue was an apt symbol, inspiring Florentines to tackle their Goliaths….
When you look at David, you're looking at Renaissance man.
Artists now made their point using realism. They did this by merging art and science. For instance, Michelangelo actually dissected human corpses to better understand anatomy. This humanism was not anti-religion. Now, people realized that the best way to glorify God was not to bow down in church all day long, but to recognize their talents and to use them.
Artists like Michelangelo even exaggerated realism to make their point: notice David's large and overdeveloped right hand. This is symbolic of the hand of God. It was God that powered David to slay the giant...and Florentines liked to think God's favor enabled them to rise above rival neighboring city-states.
The nave-like hall leading to David is lined with Michelangelo's unfinished prisoners — struggling to break out of the marble. Michelangelo believed these figures were divinely created within the rock. He was simply chiseling away the excess. Here we see the Renaissance love of the body as Michelangelo reveals these compelling figures. While these statues are called unfinished…perhaps Michelangelo was satisfied he'd set them free…and he moved on to other challenges.
Now that the old center of Florence is essentially traffic free, the city itself is more enjoyable than ever. Early in the morning the service trucks make their deliveries. Then the people happily take back the streets. The city is easy to navigate and its sights are close together. Everything in this episode is within a 15 minute walk. And without the noise and distraction of cars, the architecture is easier to appreciate.
The Renaissance lasted roughly two centuries. The High Renaissance or 1500s is well known for the work of Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael. But the first half of the Renaissance, the 1400s is often overlooked.
While the main structure of the Florence Cathedral are medieval, its remarkable dome and much of the art decorating its façade, baptistry and bell tower define this first century of the Renaissance.
The Duomo — that's Italian for cathedral — is huge — the largest anywhere when finished in the 15th century and still in the top 20. The church's claim to fame is its dome — the first of the Renaissance and the first great dome built in Europe in over a thousand years. The church was built in Gothic times but rather than being capped by another spire, it was left with a gaping hole waiting for technology to catch up with the city's vision. In 1420, Filippo Brunelleschi won the job and built the dome that kicked off the architectural Renaissance.
Brunelleschi's dome — which inspired those that follow from the Vatican to the US Capitol — showed how art and science could be combined to make beauty. And today, it rewards those who climb to the top with a grand Florence view.
While the Duomo's architecture and statues are impressive, the baptistery, across from the Cathedral, is centuries older. The Baptistery is separate because in medieval times you couldn't enter the church until you were baptized. Its interior glitters with Byzantine-style mosaics created in the 13th century, long before the Renaissance. These vivid scenes, bringing countless Bible stories to life, inspired the medieval faithful.
Jesus sits at the center of it all, overlooking creation on Judgment Day. He gives the ultimate thumbs up…and thumbs down. On his right, Angel Gabriel blows his trumpet bringing good news to the saved…and on the thumbs down side…well, you don't want to go there.
Some say the Renaissance began in 1401 over the excitement caused by a city-wide competition to design and build new doors for the Baptistery. Lorenzo Ghiberti won the commsion and spent decades on this project.
These bronze panels, Ghiberti's "Gates of Paradise," were revolutionary in their realism. By utilizing the mathamatical laws of perspective, Ghiberti helped give the art world a whole new dimension — depth. He pulled out all the stops to create maximum three-dimensionality: The tiles have lines which converge to a vanishing point. This bench is fore-shortened to exentuate its depth. Elements are added to establish a foreground distinct from the middle and the back ground. The effect? As viewers we become part of the scene.
While the panels, like most of the art you see outside, are copies, the originals of the cathedral's greatest treasures are stored safely out of the elements in the adjacent cathedral museum.
After nearly 150 years of construction, Bruneleschi's dome was up and the Cathedral was nearly complete. Then they began decorating the interior with the finest art of the day.
The cathedral's statues and reliefs showed a realism and emotion unprecedented in European art. The work of Donatello was a ground-breaking example.
This balcony for the choir, captures the exuberance of the age. Dancing and swirling in a real space, oblivious to the columns, Donatello's happy angels celebrate the freedom and motion of this new age.
Some say Donatello invented the Renaissance style that Michelangelo would perfect half a century later. He was an eccentric, innovative, work-a-holic master who lit up his statues with an inner spirituality or soul.
Donatello's Mary Magdalene — carved out of wood — is provocative...shockingly realistic. The prostitute, rescued from the streets by Jesus, folds her hands in prayer. Her once-beautiful body has been scarred by the fires of her fasting and remorse. While her physical body is neglected and her eyes are hollow, her spirit stands strong.
The museum's most famous piece — sculpted a generation later — is this Pieta by Michelangelo. The broken body of the crucified Christ is tended by three mourners — his mother Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Nicodemus. Michelangelo sculpted Jesus taller than life — notice the zig-zag of his body. This accentuates its weight making the theological point of the statue clear — Jesus is dead.
Nicodemus is a self-portrait of the 80 year old Michelangelo. After spending a lifetime bringing statues to life, Michelangelo reflects tenderly upon his savior — looking down thoughtfully at what could be one of his final creations.
I'm meeting my Florentine friend, Tommaso at i Fratellini — a venerable hole in the wall much loved among locals for its tasty sandwiches and wine sold by the glass.
Tommaso: Grazi. Thank you. And when you are done you leave it on the rack.
Rick: Boy, it's intense in the city.
Tommaso: Yes, it is. Well if you want to leave the tourists let's cross the river and let's go to where the real Florentines live and work.
Rick: Where's that?
Tommaso: The Oltarno area.
There's much more to this town than tourism as you'll quickly find in the characteristic back lanes of the Oltrarno district. Artisans, busy at work, offer a rare opportunity to see traditional craftsmanship in action.
You're welcome to drop in to little shops but remember, it's polite to greet the proprietor. Your key phrase is "Can I take a look?" ..."Posso guardare?"
Here in this city of art there's no shortage of treasures in need of a little TLC.
Rick: This is beautiful. How old is this painting?
Artist: This is a 17th century painting.
Rick: From Florence?
Artist: We don't know. Maybe the area is Geneva.
Rick: Geneva.
Each shop addresses a need with passion and expertise. Fine instruments deserve the finest care. Grand palaces sparkle with gold leaf thanks to the delicate and exacting skills of craftspeople like this.
A satisfying way to finish an Oltrarno experience is to enjoy a Florentine steakhouse which any Italian meat lover knows means Chianina beef. The quality is proudly on display.
Steaks are sold by weight and generally shared; the standard serving is about a kilo for two, meaning about a pound per person. The preparation is simple and well-established. Good luck if you want it well done.
Rick: Oh, look at this. Oh, beautiful. Chianina beef…So the meat is called Chianina?
Tommaso: That's its name because it comes from the Chianti.
Rick: Oh, Chianti. Okay. And tell me about this concept of the good marriage, of the food, you know.
Tommaso: Well, when you have a Chianina meat, you want to have some Chianti wine. And they go together well, they marry together, we say "si sposa bella."
Rick: Si sposa bella. A good marriage. In other words, the wine is from Tuscany and the meat is from Tuscany.
Tommaso: Exactly. You don't want to have a wine from somewhere else but Tuscany.
We're staying at Hotel Loggiato dei Serviti. This spiffed up 16th century monastery offers a good mix of character and comfort. From the understated elegance of its lounges and breakfast room, stone stairways lead to comfortable bedrooms. Once the cells of monks; today's rooms - with air-conditioning, antique furniture, and mini-bars — wouldn't be recognized by their original inhabitants.
A block away is another monastery — with simpler cells than our hotel…but better art. The Monastery of San Marco, with its peaceful cloister is now a museum &mdash welcoming the public to enjoy the greatest collection of frescoes and paintings by Fra Angelico.
Working in the mid-1400s, Fra Angelico — equal parts monk and painter — fused medieval spirituality with early Renaissance techniques.
In this painting, he creates a realistic scene set in what many consider the first great Renaissance landscape. Christ is mourned by both haloed saints, and contemporary Florentines. The scene is holy, but rather than in heaven, it's set on a lawn in Tuscany…among real trees and people.
The monks lived above the cloister and greeting them at the top of the stairs was Fra Angelico's sublime Annunciation. The quiet beauty and exquisite detail in these 500-year old frescos can put even a busy tourist in a peaceful and reflective state of mind.
The halls are lined with monk's cells, each with a single meditation-enhancing fresco. Studying these religious scenes, we can see how Fra Angelico thought of painting as a form of prayer and why it's said he couldn't paint a crucifix without shedding tears.
This is the cell of Savonarola, the charismatic monk who, by giving fiery sermons denouncing the decadence of the Renaissance threw out the Medici and, for a time, turned the city into a theocracy.
Ruling the city, he sponsored "bonfires of the vanities" — in which his followers would collect and burn jewelry, fleshy paintings, anything considered too modern, hedonistic and humanistic. Even the Florentine painter Botticelli got caught up in this moralistic hysteria — tossing some of his own "decadent" paintings onto the fires of Savonarola.
Finally, when Florence decided it preferred the Renaissance to a Church-sponsored return to the Dark Ages, Savonarola himself was burned.
Today's Florence could provide plenty of decadence for a Savonarola rant, but if you want to enjoy a splash of materialism or just appreciate the fine symmetry of Italian window displays, Florence can fill the bill.
For shoppers, Florence means high quality and top fashions. Wandering through medieval streets, while being tempted by a seductive array of fine fashion and Italian design can make for a delightful afternoon.
The Ponte Vecchio or old bridge has been busy with shoppers since before the Renaissance. Jewelry is a Florentine specialty. The bridge is lined with gold and silver shops — a tradition that goes back centuries.
Nearby, the Medici family ruled Florence from this grand palace, the Palazzo Vecchio. Their offices — or Uffizi — were next door. Now, these offices hold the finest collection of Italian paintings anywhere — the Uffizi Gallery.
Each day here, and throughout Europe, frustrated tourists who don't study their guidebooks waste precious hours in museum lines. Meanwhile, travelers who made a reservation by phone or purchase the city museum pass — as we did — are allowed right in.
The Uffizi's collection — displayed on one comfortable floor, takes you on a sweep through Italian art history from the 12th through the 17th century.
Gilded Gothic altarpieces, like this Annunciation by the Sienese master Simone Martini, must have dazzled the faithful in the 1300s. The stars of the Florentine class of 1500 are all here: Leonardo da Vinci's Annunciation is exquisite. Michelangelo's Holy Family shows he can do more than carve statues. And Raphael, considered a synthesis of the power of Michelangelo and the grace of Leonardo, captures a delicate moment in his Madonna of the Gold Finch. And the collection follows art after the Renaissance with masterpieces like Parmigianino's slippery Lady with the Long Neck.
For me, the Uffizi — like Florence itself — is all about the thrilling leap from medieval to modern — as happened when Europe moved from Gothic to Renaissance. These altarpieces are Gothic — being pre-Renaissance they simply tell their story through symbolism rather than realism. The gold leaf sky isn't realistic…but it implies a rich and holy setting. The angels are stacked — like a totem pole. Flanking this cross, panels — like painted pages — tell the story of the crucifixion…but with little sense of depth. Yet artists were trying…To show Jesus' head leaning out…it actually does.
Giotto, while still Gothic, is often considered the first modern painter. Notice the progress. A more realistic setting places Mary and baby Jesus on a throne occupying a believable space. The kneeling angels in front and peek-a-boo saints behind create an illusion of depth.
If the Renaissance was a foundation of our modern world, a foundation of the Renaissance was Classical art. Sculptors, painters, and poets alike turned to ancient work for inspiration.
Two thousand year old Roman and Greek statues like these decorated gardens of the wealthy.
This ancient art was considered the epitome of beauty. Kings made copies. Napoleon stole his favorite pieces. In the 19th century young aristocrats on the grand tour came here and swooned.
In the Renaissance — as in the ancient world — people saw the glory of God in the beauty, order, and harmony of the human body — God's greatest creation.
Classical statues clearly inspired Sandro Botticelli. For me, his Birth of Venus is the Uffizi's purest expression of Renaissance beauty. The goddess of love, born from the foam of a wave, is just waking up.
Botticelli combines the beauty of nature and the human body — the hands, wings, and robe mingle with the wind. With Venus' flyaway hair, the airy spaciousness of the distant horizon, and the flowers — caught at the peak of their beauty, tumbling in slow motion — the world itself is fresh and newborn.
Botticelli's Primavera, or "Springtime", shows the Renaissance finally in full bloom. The warm winds blow in causing Flora to sprout flowers from her lips. Meanwhile, the figure of Spring spreads petals from her dress…the Three Graces dance….a blindfolded cupid happily sprays his little arrows, and in the center stands a fertile Venus, the classical goddess of love.
Visiting Florence leaves lovers of art and good living with rich memories. And while much of the great art of the Renaissance remains here, the influence of that cultural explosion — the Florentine Renaissance — reverberates throughout the world and for that, we can be thankful.
I hope you've enjoyed our look at the artistic splendor of Florence. Let's explore more of this great city and more of Europe together again soon. Until then, I'm Rick Steves. Keep on travelin'. Ciao.


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