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© Paul Gilbert @ Royal Russia. 09 June, 2013
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© Paul Gilbert @ Royal Russia. 09 June, 2013
The Church of the Saviour Not Made by Human Hand was named after a legendary Byzantine icon, a copy of which was brought to St. Petersburg by order of Empress Anna Ioannovna. This large neo-classical church on Konyushennaya Ploshchad - "Stable Square" - is an integral part of the architectural ensemble that once made up the Imperial Stables. The first wooden church was built on this site in 1737, while the current building was designed by Vasiliy Stasov and erected in 1817-1823. Significantly expanded and altered forty years later by the serf architect Pyotr Sadovnikov, the church retained its neo-classical grandeur, with soaring Doric columns and deep porticos beneath bas-reliefs depicting Christ's entry into Jerusalem and the bearing of the cross.
In the last years of his life, the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin was a regular visitor to the church from his nearby apartments on the Moika Embankment. After his fatal duel with Georges Dantes, his body was carried from this church to his final resting place at the Svyatagorsky Monastery, and to this day the bells are rung to mark his birthday and the day of his death.
During the Soviet years, the church became Police Precinct No. 28, with toilets installed on the site of the alter. The building was returned to the Orthodox Church in 1991, and has since been fully restored.
Although the building's facade is in chronic need of restoration, the interior of the church is richly decorated with marble and gilt, and worth a quick inspection. The church is fully functioning, with ceremonies to mark all Orthodox holidays, as well as the anniversary of the Icon of the Saviour Not Made by Human Hand (August 29), a copy of which takes pride of place in the church's iconostasis. The church is also regularly used for concerts by pupils of the church's Sunday school.
© Paul Gilbert @ Royal Russia. 09 June, 2013
Next year marks the 250th anniversary of the State Hermitage Museum, an occasion which will be marked by some very exciting exhibitions and events. Among them is the long-awaited restoration of the former Grand Church of the Winter Palace.
The restoration of the church will also include a reconstruction of the three-tier iconostasis (the original iconstasis was destroyed by the Soviets in 1938) at the cost of 128.8 million Rubles (more than 4 million USD). Specialists will reconstruct the framework of the iconostasis, manufacture the lost ornamental gilded stucco carvings, restore icons which survived, and reproduce those destroyed by the Bolsheviks. The State Hermitage will also pay 70 million Rubles for repairs to the church dome and the cross.
The Grand Church of the Winter Palace was originally built by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700-1771) in the Baroque style in 1763. It was considered "one of the most splendid rooms" in the palace. After a devastating fire in 1837, the church was rebuilt by Vasily Stasov (1769-1848) who recreated its original look.
The space of the church is divided into three architectural volumes; two of them - the one closest to the entrance and the altar portion - are provided with double rows of windows. The central volume is crowned with a dome and accentuated by pylons with double fluted Corinthian columns. The walls are decorated with the Corinthian pilasters alternating with the arched windows that give light to the church on two sides. The lower row of the windows is separated from the upper one with the highly projected and fractured cornice. The gilded stucco ornament made of papier-mache is the principal artistic decoration of the church along with the ceiling painting The Ascension of Christ by Pyotr Basin and the images of the four evangelists by Fiodor Bruni on the vault sides under the dome. The crimson draperies and gilded chandeliers complete the impressive décor of the interior.
The new church was consecrated by Metropolitan Filaret on May 25th, 1839 in the presence of the Imperial family. At the end of the 19th century a belfry was added with five bells.
The wedding of Emperor Nicholas II and Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt took place in the church on 26 November [O.S. 14 November], 1895. Artist: Laurits Tuxen (1853-1927)
The Cathedral was the repository of multiple relics and memorabilia related to the Romanovs. It was used as the imperial family's private place of worship, with the imperial family's members usually praying in a special room beyond the sanctuary. This was the place where Nicholas II prayed at the liturgy before exiting onto the balcony to face the crowd on the day of declaring war on Germany in 1914. In May 1918, the church was officially closed for worship.
For decades the church has served as an unconsecrated exhibition hall of the State Hermitage Museum. The newly restored church will be part of a new permanent exhibit dedicated to Russian religious art. The newly restored Grand Church of the Winter Palace is scheduled to open in 2014.
Paul Gilbert @ Royal Russia. 08 June, 2013
After being closed for nearly 30 years, the palace-estate complex of the Yusupov family at Arkhangelskoye (situated about 20 km west of Moscow) has once again opened its doors to visitors.
Arkhangelskoye is a perfect example of an historical monument reflecting several eras of Imperial Russia. Rich in history, the estate has retained the main features of the old manor building, and various other buildings scattered throughout the vast park. The characteristic features of several artistic styles are united to reveal its classic foundation.
In the early 1980s, a decision was made to carry out a complex repair and restoration work around the manor complex, and therefore, in November 1985 the palace was closed to visitors, and the museum began work in preparation for the upcoming restoration. The work lasted only two years. The staff was reduced to 18, the exhibits moved to temporary storage. The restoration costs were disproportionately higher than the funding received from government coffers. Therefore, the museum began to work on the restoration of the vast park surrounding the palace. Today, it is considered one of the finest parks not only Moscow but also Russia.
A qualitatively new stage in the history of the museum began in January 1997 when, in accordance with a decree of the Russian Federation, "On measures for the preservation and further use of the historical and cultural monuments at Arkhangelskoye in the Moscow region," the Arkhangelskoye Museum-Estate was transferred from the Ministry of Defence to the Ministry of Culture, and received the new status and the official title of "Arkhangelskoye State Museum-Estate".
Views of the cermonial halls restored in 2007
After the restoration of several palace interiors in the spring of 2007 - the museum was able to open for the first trial show tour during the summer season. Visitors got their first look at three ceremonial halls - Entrance Hall, Antechamber and the Oval Room.
Since then there has been ongoing restoration of the state rooms located on the first floor of the palace, including: the State Dining Room, Tiepolo Hall, North Hall, Antique Hall, South Hall, front bedroom, and the Imperial Hall.
On May 31st, 2013, after years of restoration the Arkhangelskoye State Museum-Estate unveiled the next room - the Main Dining Room. The multi-style decor which includes Egyptian frescoes and chandeliers, as well as a collection of rare Japanese and Chinese vases is both spectacular and elegant.
The video (in Russian) shows visitors to Arkhangelskoye getting their first peek at the newly restored dining room
While the palace is now officially open, the parmount task of the museum will now be the preparation and opening of more rooms, with several planned for this summer. Now comes the hard work: the restoration of paintings, frames, objets d'art and furniture which will fill the rooms of the palace-museum. Much of this work will be carried out by experts selected by an advisory board. Their restoration will be based on old photographs which depict the interiors as they looked before the Revolution.
On a more personal note, I have been travelling to Moscow since 1986, a year after Arkhangelskoye closed its doors. I have visited the estate on several occasions over the years only to find it closed and falling into a sad state of disrepair. I look forward to my next visit to Moscow in which Arkhangelskoye will be on my list of places to visit. I look forward to seeing yet another fine example of the Yusupov legacy.
© Paul Gilbert @ Royal Russia. 08 June, 2013
The Alexander Solzhenitsyn Memorial House of Russians Abroad hosted the conference, The Romanov Dynasty: The Tradition of Philanthropy and Patronage in Moscow this week. The conference was held from June 4th-6th and focused on the history of the Russian Imperial family with government institutions, charities and the contribution of members of the Imperial family in the development of Russian culture, education and science.
Speakers from more than a dozen countries presented 60 papers (in Russian), including Russia, Azerbaijan, Germany, Canada, Greece, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Serbia, United States, Ukraine, Finland and France.
The conference program includes works in the following:
· Charity and helping the poor in Russia under the auspices of the Romanov dynasty, prominent patrons of the Russian Imperial family as an example of public service
· The Romanov dynasty and Russian culture
· The Romanov dynasty and Russian science and education
Here is a partial list of the speakers and the topics presented at the conference:
· Natalia Feodorovna Gritsenko (Moscow, Russia) The Romanov Dynasty – 300 Years of Service to Russia
· Dr. Alexander Rostislavovich Sokolov (St. Petersburg, Russia) Russian Charity Under the Patronage of the Romanov Dynasty
· Galina Ulyanov, PhD. (St. Petersburg, Russia) The Empress Maria Feodorovna: Half-Century of Russian Charity (1866-1917)
· Father Andrei Pasternak (Moscow, Russia) The Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna and the Concept of Charity, from Her Letters
· Edward Kasinets (New York, USA) Armand Hammer and Treasures of the Romanovs
· Fr. Vladimir Tsurickov (New York, USA) The Romanov Collection and the Diaspora – The Preservation of Historical Memory
· Marina E. Soroka, PhD. (Montreal, Canada) Charity: A Commitment of Personal Debt? Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna Before and After 1917
· Dmitry M. Sofyin, PhD. (Perm, Russia) The Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich as Philanthropist and Cultural Activist
· Veronica A. Shenshin, PhD. (Helsinki, Finland) The Romanovs and Culture – the Spiritual Life, Education and Health in the Grand Ducky of Finland (1808-1917)
· Amir A. Khisamutdinov, Professor of History (Vladivostock, Russia) The Romanov Family and Charity in the Russian Far East
· Irina L. Zhalnina-Vasilkiotti (Athens, Greece) Charity of the Romanovs in Greece in the Twentieth Century
· Sergey Kulikov, PhD. (St. Petersburg, Russia) Emperor Nicholas II and the Sick and Wounded Soldiers During the Great War, 1914-1918
· Lubov Zhvanko (Kharkov, Ukraine) The Role of the Committee of Grand Duchess Tatiana Nicholayevna in the Assistance of Assistance of Refugees of World War One
· Konstantin Milovidov (St. Petersburg, Russia) Assistance by Members of the House of Romanov to the Grand Army Prisoners of War, 1812-1814
· Tatyana G. Frumenkova, PhD. (St. Petersburg, Russia) Empress Maria Feodorovna as Head of the Educational Institutes (1797-1828)
· Victoria V. Tevlina (Tromso, Norway) The Participation of the Romanov Dynasty in the Development of Scientific Research in the Field of Social Assistance in the Late 19th to early 20th Centuries
· Emma A. Annenkov (St. Petersburg, Russia) Prince P.G. Oldenburg – The Enlightened Philanthropist
· Anastasia Koltochihina (Moscow, Russia) Philanthropic Activities of Princess E.M. Oldenburg as an Example of Public Service
· Konstantin Semenov (Moscow, Russia) The Last Leuchtenberg – The Fate of Prince Sergei Romanovsky
· Dr. Katherine Basargina (St. Petersburg, Russia) The Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich – Head of the Imperial Academy of Science
· Denis N. Shilov, PhD. (St. Petersburg, Russia) The Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich and His Role in the Development of Historical Science in Russia
· Natalia S. Andreeva, PhD. (St. Petersburg, Russia) The August Historian and His German Correspondent (Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich and T. Schiemann)
· Nadezhda V. Slepkov (St. Petersburg, Russia) The Contribution of the Romanov Family in the Creation and Collection of the Zoological Museum in St. Petersburg
· Elena Gruzdeva (St. Petersburg, Russia) The Grand Duke Konstantin – Honorary Trustee of the Women's Pedagogical Institute
· Anna Bazhenov (Lublin, Poland) In Search of a Solution to the Polish Question: The Romanovs and Imperial Warsaw University (1869-1915)
· Rafiq Farhad Dzhabbarov, PhD. (Baku, Azerbaijan) Russian-Muslim Women's College Named After the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna in Baku
· Fr. Alexander Bertash (Bremen, Germany) Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna and Her Founding the Sisters of Mercy Intercession Community
· Svetlana Fomenko (Pont-a-Mousson, France) The Karageorgevich Palace Complex in Belgrade Developed on the Architectural Traditions of the Russian Imperial Residences in the Crimea
· Marina Vershevskaya Vilovna (St. Petersburg, Russia) The Romanov Dynasty and the Phenomenon of "Russian Wiesbaden"
· Gregory A. Moses (Moscow, Russia) The August Patronage in the Music World: Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich and the Russian Musical Society
· Olga Kuzminichna Zemlyakova and Victor V. Leonids (Moscow, Russia) Relics of the History of the Romanov Dynasty in the Collection of the Russian Cultural Foundation
· Valentina Ushakov (St. Petersburg, Russia) Monuments of Charitable Activities of the Romanov Dynasty
· Natalya Mozohina, PhD. (St. Petersburg, Russia) Representatives of the House of Romanov and Charity in Late Nineteenth – Early Twentieth Centuries
· Marina V. Udaltsov (Moscow, Russia) The Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna – Trustee, Protector and Charity Art Associations
· Galina K. Schutskiy (Moscow, Russia) Emperor Alexander II – Founder of the House of Romanov Boyars Museum
· Elena Konyukhova (St. Petersburg, Russia) The Dukes of Mecklenburg-Stelitz, Their Ancestors as Philanthropists and Oranienbuam�amp;#339;озо�amp;#8230;ина �а�amp;#8218;ал�amp;#338;� �лек�анд�amp;euro;овна , кандида�amp;#8218; и�к�amp;#402;���amp;#8218;воведени� (Ро��и�, Санк�amp;#8218;-
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The exhaustive acts of charity of the Romanovs are often overlooked by contemporary historians who prefer to portray members of the Romanov dynasty as evil demigods who did little to alleviate the sufferings of the lower classes. This conference surely proves otherwise, and is also an indication of the magnitude of resources held in Russian archives, museums, libraries and other institutions which remain untouched by Western scholars, historians and writers.
Paul Gilbert @ Royal Russia. 06 June, 2013
In honour of the 400th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty, the Alexander Solzhenitsyn Memorial House of Russians Abroad in Moscow is hosting a new exhibition entitled The Romanovs: The Finishing Touches to the Biography.
The exhibition coincides with the conference The Romanov Dynasty: the Tradition of Philanthropy and Charity, which was held June 4-6 at the Solzhenitsyn Memorial House (please refer to above article for more information about this conference).
The exhibit consists of three sections dealing respectively with Emperor Nicholas II, Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholayevich, Jr., and Prince Gabriel Konstantinovich (son of the famous poet, KR) and includes letters, documents, photographs and personal items of the Russian Imperial family from the archives of the Solzhenitsyn Memorial House.
The first section shows the family life, and the military and political activities of Nicholas II. On display is a unique album of photographs of Nicholas as Tsesarevich (from the private collection of General M.N. Plautin). In addition are documents from the Coronation of Nicholas II at Moscow in 1896 (from the Dolgorouky-Dietrichstein Family Foundation), and another album of photographs of the Imperial yacht Shtandart, which offer a collection of historic images of the Imperial family onboard the famous yacht during happier times. A number of items from the Ipatiev House are also on display from a private collection of T. Venturoy-Laduska (Shcheglova). These items were handed down from Nikolai Uspensky, the confessor of Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna.
The second section is dedicated to Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholayevich, Jr., who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Russian army at the beginning of World War One. It features the correspondence of the Grand Duke from the collection of Prince Nikolai Leonidovich Obolensky (obtained by A.I. and N.D. Solzhenitsyn) with foreign royals and heads of state, such as King Alexander I Karadjordjevic of Serbia, King Alfonso III of Spain, Winston Churchill, along with documents on the interaction of the Grand Duke with church organizations, as well as a collection of letters of condolences on the death of Grand Duke Nicholas in 1929.
Finally, the third section of the exhibition is devoted to the Konstantinovich branch of the Romanovs, and in particular the Prince of the Imperial Blood Gabriel Konstantinovich. This section is based on documents from the private collection of the Prince (obtained by A.I. and N.D. Solzhenitsyn). They include rare photographs of Gabriel, his memoirs, and those of his wife, Antonia Rafailovna, plus his correspondence with his mother, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna. This section also presents documents that reflect his life in exile and the various organizations he was affiliated with.
The exhibition will run from June 6th to August 15th at the Alexander Solzhenitsyn Memorial House of Russians Abroad, which is located at Ulitsa Nizhnaya Radishchevskaya 2 in Moscow. �ижн�� Ради�amp;#8240;ев�ка�, д. 2 It was founded 17 years ago by Alexander Solzhenitsyn; his widow is on their board. The Foundation is also partly supported by the city of Moscow.
The Foundation hosts conferences, exhibitions, lectures, films and occasionally concerts, publishes a wide range of texts and is building an archive of material relating to the activity, usually to the literary activity, of Russians outside Russia. It is a substantial operation, located in a large modernized building and with a professional staff of 40.
© Paul Gilbert @ Royal Russia. 06 June, 2013
A stunning Faberge cigarette case has sold at Bonham's in London for £205,250 ($317,000 USD).
Bonhams offered a number of Fabergé pieces in this year's auctions, but this one comes with a story.
The double-headed Romanov eagle and inscription, "From your loving Alix, Peterhof 29 May 1897," testify that this was a gift from the Tsarina, Alexandra, to her husband, Tsar Nicholas II, on the day their second daughter was born.
Bonhams' Sophie Law sees the design as a reflection of shy Alexandra's dual existence in public and private life: "A grand, stately dynastic eagle set against lilac enamel, a favourite colour of the Empress's."
PROVENANCE (Courtesy of Bonhams)
- Purchased by Empress Alexandra Fedorovna, 28 April 1897
- Presented by Empress Alexandra to Nicholas II, 29 May 1897, on the occasion of the birth of their second daughter Grand Duchess Tatiana (29 May 1897 - 17 July 1918)
- Collection of Emperor Nicholas II, St. Petersburg
- Moved to the safe storage of the Kremlin Treasury in late 1917 for safekeeping
- Nationalized as part of Imperial treasures after October 1917 and probably de-accessioned in late 1920s
- Acquired by an American businessman in Moscow, at the Torgsin store on 18 August 1931 for 103 roubles (copy of the original invoice is offered with the lot)
This historic cigarette case, recently discovered in the collection of an American family, can easily be considered as one of the most important artistic discoveries of the Russian art season.
Made by the legendary Fabergé firm this stunningly beautiful cigarette case features delicate gilded vines intricately arranged into arabesque cage work showcasing lavender guilloché enamel. The elaborate design and flawless craftsmanship alone suggest Imperial ownership, but the dominating presence of the large Romanov double-headed eagle leaves no doubt that the cigarette case has a Russian Imperial provenance. Furthermore, the inscription on the lid confirms that its significance goes beyond its stunning beauty.
In a perfect facsimile reproduction of the last Russian Empress's handwriting, the inscription reads, 'from your loving Alix. Peterhof 29 May 1897'. The cigarette case was a gift from the Empress Alexandra Fedorovna to her husband Emperor Nicholas II on the day that their second daughter, Tatiana, was born at Lower Palace at Peterhof, a family summer retreat. Alexandra's pregnancy was difficult; period documents recorded that Empress Alexandra had spent seven weeks bedridden due to concerns about her delicate condition and the danger of miscarriage. The Imperial couple was under considerable pressure to produce an heir to the Russian throne; without a male heir, the future of the Empire and the order of succession would have been uncertain. Only two years earlier, the joy of first pregnancy was tinged with sadness that the first-born child was a girl. Named Olga, she was enthusiastically welcomed by the Imperial parents, but met with almost palpable disappointment by the Court.
Given the enormous pressure of this second pregnancy, one might argue that the Empress deliberately commissioned the dynastic Romanov double-headed eagle as the main decorative element on the cigarette case in the hope that the second pregnancy would yield a male heir. Her hopes did not materialize until 1904 when Tsarevich Aleksei, the fifth child of Nicholas and Alexandra, was born.
The offered lot was a personal gift from the young Empress, born Alice Victoria Helen Brigitte Louise Beatrice, the daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig IV of Hesse-Darmstadt, who only three years earlier moved from a small German principality to the cosmopolitan St. Petersburg to marry her beloved Nicholas, heir to the Russian throne. The premature death of her father-in-law Emperor Alexander III made them an Imperial couple before the young Nicholas and Alexandra were even fully acquainted with each other. The ascent to prominence was not an easy transition for the naturally reserved and shy Alexandra, simply known as 'Alix' to her immediate family.
Alexandra struggled with the duality of both roles: a public figure symbolizing Imperial grandeur and a private figure with a personal relationship with her family. The cigarette case reflects this duality; a grand, stately dynastic eagle set against lilac enamel, a favorite colour of the Empress. The personal quarters at the Alexander Place at Tsarskoe Selo were furnished and decorated in a lavender and lilac palette, reflecting Alexandra's preference for a delicate hue of this unusual colour.
The State Russian Historical Archives preserved a bill submitted by the Fabergé firm on 3 June 1897 to Empress Alexandra's office that included all purchases made by the Empress from the beginning of that year. Listed on 28th April under the firm's inventory number 56102 is 'a cigarette case of lilac enamel with eagle and diamond' purchased for 350 rubles.
The case became part of a collection of more than two hundred cigarette cases accumulated by Nicholas II, a serious smoker, who frequently received cigarette cases for birthdays and holidays. When the First World War broke out, the State Imperial regalia and many cherished personal possessions of the Imperial family were transported to the Armory in the Kremlin for safekeeping. This was the last time Nicholas II saw the cigarette case.
Between 1917 and 1931, the whereabouts of the cigarette case are unclear. The case was likely kept at the Kremlin art storage until a new government resolution instructed curators to evaluate stored collections and to allocate objects 'without museum and cultural significance.' Those 'newly-found' treasures were used to finance the First Five-Year Industrialization Plan. Items made of gold and silver, especially those associated with the Imperial family and their immediate aristocratic circle, were de-accessioned and initially sold at European auctions. Then in 1931, they were sold through Torgsin shops frequented by affluent European and American diplomats, businessmen and tourists. At that time, foreign visitors were allowed to bring foreign currency to Soviet Russia, but were forbidden to take it out. They were encouraged to shop these treasure troves for Russian and European antiques and for personal mementos of the Russian Imperial family. That is exactly how the present cigarette case ended up in the family of the current owner.
The original receipt issued by Torgsin store located on Armianskii pereulok 2 listed the cigarette case as a 'gift from the last Tsarina to Tsar Nicholas II.' According to a written note preserved in the family, it was sold for 103 rubles. The American businessman discovered Torgsin's store on his second business trip to Russia where he purchased the Imperial cigarette case, a pair of porcelain vases, Yusupov silver (also offered in this auction, lots 178 and 197), Imperial porcelain plates and a marble clock. Later, he left his family a vivid description of his experiences at the Torgsin shop:
At the 'Torgsin' shop, exclusively for trade with foreigners. What an attractive shop, such gorgeous things. At the jewelry counter I fingered a string of pearls, then I noticed many intimate trinkets and I asked, 'Where did you buy all these things?' 'Well', the Russian stuttered, 'you see they became nationalized'. An American engineer enlightened us. 'This is what the Soviets stole from everyone, for if you had a house worth more than $1500.00 all you had was taken and this is the government fence; stolen goods. They have 40 of these shops stretching from Manchuria to the Baltic'.
Regardless of how this cigarette case was viewed by Soviet cultural authorities in 1931, at least its commercial importance was not entirely lost on the Soviet officials who even then could appreciate its appeal to the American and European collectors.
Lovingly preserved by three generations of an American family, the cigarette case survived many odds to tell the story of a romantic but doomed love, the Russian revolution and the displacement of Russian cultural patrimony. As an embodiment of all these complex and intertwined personal and historical narratives, this lot stands as a particularly fascinating object. The exceptional quality and unparalleled elegance of the cigarette case exemplify the enduring qualities associated with the famous Fabergé Firm and the legendary opulence and luxury of the Russian Imperial court.
© Bonham's (London). 06 June, 2013
In August 2014, which marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, a museum called the Museum of the Great War will open at Tsarskoye Selo. The former Sovereign's Martial Chamber will house the museum, as this building was initially planned as a tribute to Russia's military achievements. It was Russia's first war museum up until 1919.
Construction began on the Sovereign's Martial Chamber in 1913 and by 1917 the so-called "People's Museum of the Great War of 1914-1917 was opened there. The collection was based largely on gifts from Elena Tretyakova to Emperor Nicolas II. The museum closed shortly after the Revolution and the collection was divided up among other mueums. Some of the items ended up at the Artillery Museum and others are the Russian Museum. The collection of the Museum of the Great War is being assembled anew.
The Museum of the Great War will include authentic weapons, banners, medals and uniforms. The Sovereign's Marshall Chamber is situated in the Alexander Park near the former Imperial Farm.
For more information on this new museum, please refer to the following Royal Russia links;(1) Restoration of World War I Museum at Tsarskoye Selo
© Paul Gilbert @ Royal Russia. 06 June, 2013
The St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly have voted against moving the Tsar Alexander III monument from its current location in the courtyard of the Marble Palace on Millionnaya Ulitsa to its original historical location at Ploshchad Vosstaniya, Baltinfo news agency reported on Monday. The idea to move the monument was initiated by Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky. The issue was discussed with deputies eventually deciding that the relocation would be unreasonable.
The equestrian monument by the scultptor Paolo Trubetskoy was unvelied on May 23rd, 1909 at Znamienskaya Square (Vosstnaniya Square since 1918). The location was chosen because it was near the Nikolayevsky Train Station (Moskovsky since 1924) as the Emperor is considered the founder of the Trans-Siberian Railway.
In 1937 it was removed from Ploshchad Vosstaniya and placed in an interior court yard of the Russian State Museum where it was ostensibly separated from the city. According to popular folklore of the day, the monument became "the prisoner of the Russian museum."
In 1994, the statue was moved to the courtyard of the Marble Palace where it remains to this day.
© Paul Gilbert @ Royal Russia. 04 June, 2013


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A controversial diet that calls for hormone injections.Top Rated Diet Pills of 2016
- Established: 1950s
- Founder: Dr. A.T.W. Simeons
- Accessibility: Injections and drops
- Diet Type: Extremely low calorie along with hCG drops or injections
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A potential diet supplement administered through injections or oral drops, the hCG Diet is a very controversial weight loss method. HCG stands for the hormone Human Choriogonadotropin, which is the same hormone that is produced by women in their early stages of pregnancy.
During pregnancy, the surge of this hormone signals the hypothalamus in the brain to start moving nutrients and fat into the placenta. When used as part of a weight loss program, it is the fat-mobilization aspects of the hormone that has garnered attention for its seeming ability to help facilitate weight loss.
Even though the FDA has approved hCG shots for fertility reasons, there is no scientific evidence that shows the hCG Diet can significantly promote weight loss. Although it is used in conjunction with a very low calorie diet, any weight loss that occurs is likely to be due to the reduced caloric intake rather than the hCG shots or drops themselves.
Many side effects have been shown in those who take hCG shots for weight loss. Blood clots, depression, headaches and ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in women have all been cited as common, and even deadly, side effects associated with hCG use. HCG drops avoid the inconveniences of a daily injection, but no clinical studies have been conducted to determine if hCG drops have any change in side effects.
Typically, the hCG Diet lasts for three weeks and is monitored by a health professional.PRO
- May promote weight loss when used in combination with a reduced calorie diet
- Not considered safe
- Weight loss is more likely to due to extremely restricted caloric intake rather than injections or drops
- Weight loss is temporary
- Side effects can be very serious. According to the Mayo Clinic, side affects associated with hCG include fatigue, irritability, headache and male breast enlargement.
hCG injections and drops contain the hormone Human Choriogonadotropin.ADMINISTRATION
An injection of 125 iu of hCG is administered daily or a daily dose of oral drops.DIET and EXERCISE
Those who use hCG injections to lose weight must also follow a very strict diet that amounts to no more than 500 calories a day.
For the first two days of the injection you are allowed to eat excessively. Following the third injection, you must adhere to the 500-calorie diet until 72 hours following the last injection given. Sugars, very sweet fruits, processed foods and heavy starches are not allowed.
An hCG Diet protocol outlined by advocate Dr. A.T.W. Simeons looks like this:
- Breakfast: Coffee or tea with artificial sweetener and one tablespoon of milk. Lunch is 100 grams of lean meat, poultry or fish in addition to one low-glycemic vegetable like spinach, celery, cucumbers or cabbage. One Melba toast and one fruit like half of a grapefruit or an apple is also allowed.
- Dinner is the same as lunch.
In addition, shots of apple cider vinegar can be taken as a daily supplement. Products and make-up that contain any fatty substances like mineral oil or almond oil cannot be used.
Websites dedicated to promoting the hCG Diet contain recipes and additional protocol information and tips.CONCLUSION
The hCG Diet is highly regimented and a very controversial weight loss program that involves the administration of either hormone injections or oral drops coupled with a very low-calorie diet. Popular amongst steroid users and those daring and desperate to lose weight quickly, the hCG Diet is not a weight loss program that is readily endorsed by health and medical professionals for its obvious flaws and real risks for dangerous side effects.Common Misspellings
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I am so happy with the results of the HCG diet. I tried everything! From eating healthy and going to the gym, and the Quick Trim diet. Eating healthy just helped me maintain my weight and Quick Trim had me using the bathroom all day long. I couldnt find a diet program that worked for me. Until my friend, introduced me too the HCG diet! At first I was scared to only take in 500 calories a day but it got easier as the days passed. The only time i got hungry pains was when i worked because I worked in a cafe around food all day! Other than that, I was satisfied with only 500 calories. Overall, I am 18 years old and wanted to lose 20 lbs. I started this program at 137lbs and with five days to go i weighed my self in today at 125.2 :) I never been so happy with my body. I feel great and look great!! I highly suggest you try this diet if you have the will power
Be careful using this diet. It is not a healthy way to eat. I had talked to my Doctor about this diet when I learned of it. She told me not to do it. She said there has been many women who have ended up with cancer after doing the HCG diet, two of her female patients had went on the HCG diet, then went back to see my Doctor and found out they both had breast cancer, both ladies had done the HCG. There are other stories like this. Be aware people! Check things out before you decide on something that may hurt you in the long run. Eating (healthy) less calories based on your wieght now and exercising for 45-60 minutes a day with help you do it a healthy way. That's what I'm aiming for! There are many sites on-line that are free and will calculate the right amount calories for you, and also exercise suggestions. Be careful and do what's best for your body.
I have heard so many people say that this diet isn't a permanent solution to weight loss, but really what diet is?! You have to bust your butt with any diet to keep the lb's off. I did weight watchers, loss 25 lb's and gained it all back. I tried nutrisystem and couldn't even get through a month of the program because the food was so disgusting! My advice to everyone out there is to follow something you can stick to. It's going to take a lot of dedication and it's going to be hard, but do whatever works for you! Not everyone will respond the same but it's worth a try!
I have been miss lead. I have read so many comment on how awesome this diet is and for the first couple of days it was ok..now 7 days later I have horrible leg cramps and I'm hungry all the time! it doesn't teach me how to eat well I think about food more than I ever have. This was just not as good as people made it out to be.
And what about striae? I have some after pregnancy and don't want to get more!
Can anyone recommend a legitimate place to get the HCG drops? I am having a hard time with the overwhelming number of sites!! Thank you very much!!
Miserable, hungry all
The time... No energy lost 10 PDs the first week, I have two more weeks to go but I miss cheese and eggs and considering just stopping my injections and doing low carb while dh finished the cycle.
We joined a gym and I would rather workout and not fill so deprived!
was on it oin well into my 2nd week, when I felt so bad, I thouht I was oing to die. I work as a MedTech in a hospital lab so I went to the ER. My H & H were critically low. The MD told me to get 2 units of blood. When my peripheral blood smear was done, it showed gross anemia and hemolysis. My RBC's were being shredded apart. Like DIC and blood clots. It was sent off for a Pathologist Eval. I could have died from blood loss and coaulation or clotting problems. It took me weeks to feel good again. If you're in medicine, you know what hemolysis looks like on a blood smear. I didn't have any normal cells. There were ghost cells, target cells, schistocytes, Macrocytes, just a classic textbook slide for clotting. DO NOT USE THIS. YOU COULD DIE> I ALMOST DID>
The loading days are unnecessary. We are all going in this diet because we load up too much everyday obviously. Any two days before you start are loading days. I didn't dare do that-got my drops & started next morning. I also make sure not to eat or drink 20 mins before or after the
Sublingual drops for betters absorption. A couple times a day I do a tblsp. of apple cider vinegar diluted in about a half cup of water(holding my breath) for energy. I do allow myself a Crystal Light a day. I'm losing, but who wouldn't in LCD like this. If I work out-I eat an apple before, water during, and drink half an Isopure after. I'm an RN-I understand the replace what you use as far as
Protein and electrolytes. But I'm also trying to tone while I'm losing(no loose skin)! My total goal to lose is about 25 lbs. The first few days and during PMS are the hardest!!!
the HCG diet is fantastic. Yes, it is regimented.. I read all these "cons" and they are false... I have yet to hear of a side effect in my 5 years being involved in this diet. Have the discipline to follow it exactly and you WILL get long term results. "Weight loss is temporary" Sure.. if you go back to eating a gallon of ice cream before bed... you need to adjust your life style... for me, the killer is beer.. lol. This is a great program that gives you fast results and keeps you pumped about the sacrifices you're making to reach your goals. Yahoo groups has a few going that can help you with this diet as well. Good luck to you!
I am starting this diet on monday and am super excited.. I really hope it works for me I purchased it for $45.00 at a place by my school and its for 40 days.. I am a bit nervous but after reading how everyone has lost im super stoked
where did yyou buy yours from!!!???
It worked great but its not a permanent solution. you need to be conscious of what you eat. after you lose all the weight you need to maintain it by eating healthy. you can eat what you want but dont over do it. be consciouse of what and how your eating. be healthy!!
i love the hcg diet!!! ive heard that i shouldnt work out but i also heard i could so i have been lol i love 7 lbs. in 7 days..and ive been eating super healthy. ive kinda been cheating too but im a woman i cant help it i need to eat!! lol im doing the diet and everything with a friend which is a big help. its only been one week and ive had some clients tell me i look skinnier in the face and stomach :) ive been having some cramps but nothing too serious! so overall i love it :)
I'm losing weight faster for sure, but this is miserable with the dictated vegetable & fruit. I could lose weight and not be so awrfully hungry like i was by doing 1000 calories a day and walking on my treadmill for 30 minutes. This is like being a prsioner at Auschwitz.
How important are loading days? Hello, I was wondering how important the loading days are? I just hate to add to the weight I need to lose. Thanks, Karla
This is my 10th day and I have lost 11 lbs. I will be on the diet for 45 days but I was wondering what is the next stage?
I started this diet March 28th .. I gained 4 pounds on the 2 "loading days" But after my first 500 calorie day, i lost it all! Its now april 5th and i'm down a total of 9 pounds. I started at 164 and after the loading days got to 168. I'm now at 158.9. But as much as i love this diet i hate it! The first 4 days of the 500 calorie diet were so hard. I woke up in the middle of the night with stomach cramps because i was so hungry. I then decided i couldnt take anymore and had some carbs to help settle my stomach. I have cheated a few days meaning ( a couple bites of rice or a couple crackers, i even had a chocolate chip cookie the other day) Each day i have continued to loose! After the first couple days i was motivated to keep going. I havent been under 160 in 2 years so i am so excited to see the scale keep droping!
I'm also not following the protocol to key. I have 2 proteins a day and usually one fruit and one veggie. I find myself not hungry sometimes and am i so sick of the plain food already. I cant wait until i can eat carbs again! I'm doing this for 23 days because i have already lost almost 10 , i hope to loose about 10-15 more. I am planning to not cheat the rest of the time. The only side effect i have noticed is i am EXTREMELY emotional. Everything upsets me and there have been days where I just want to stay home and cry. Besides that I am loving this diet and cant wait to see final results.
i would like to try this prooduct
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"A Guy's Guide to the World of Infertility," How to Make Love to a Plastic Cup is a light-hearted, laugh-out-loud funny, yet at the same time helpful and informative handbook to all things infertility-related written with the male wannabe babymaker in mind. Greg Wolf, who has "been there," delivers the goods in a humorous, direct way that every potential dad will love…and every hopeful mom will want to purchase for the often clueless man in her life.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
The man's guide to anything and everything in the infertility universe
Greg Wolfe went through four cycles of IVF on his rocky journey to fatherhood—and now, with profound sympathy and side-splitting humor, he lays it all out for guys on similar baby-making quests. How to Make Love to a Plastic Cup is not your typical nuts and bolts (no pun intended) medical guide but a helpful handbook designed specifically with the male partner in mind, with answers to his most pressing questions about the infertility process, including:
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- Is it necessary for me to fill the whole cup at the fertility clinic?
From understanding a woman's cycle to "porn etiquette" at the clinic, How to Make Love to a Plastic Cup has everything a man needs to know to get the job done!
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The hoops heat is on!
Basketball fans in Wayne County are anticipating a huge week coming up with two area high school teams qualified for the state tournament.
The Honesdale Lady Hornets, a team some are calling the Cinderella story of the year, took home gold this past weekend with a big win over Scranton Prep in Carbondale.
The Lady Hornets captured the district title and now advance on to the state tourney for the second year in a row.
Honesdale will play Danville at 7 p.m. Saturday at Marywood College in Dunmore. It's the same site where they played in the tournament last year.
For Wallenpaupack, the Lady Bucks advanced to the state tournament with a big win over Wyoming Valley West at Lackawanna College in an overtime thriller.
The Lady Bucks travel to Scranton High School this Friday for a 7:30 p.m. showdown with Parkland High School.
This is their first ever District 2 Class 4A girls basketball championship.
It is expected fans of both teams will be traveling in droves down the Casey Highway to watch their teams in action later this week.
Turn to page A11 for all of the details about the two big wins which took place this past weekend.
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Ludacris' Ludacris Foundation will host various events over the holiday season to benefit Atlanta area children.
Today (October 30), the superstar rapper will team with BET to provide 30 Metro Atlanta children with the opportunity to learn about how to eat and cook easy meals, for a healthier lifestyle.
"We want to express the importance of eating healthy and taking care of your body," said Ludacris.
The private event takes place at the Adamsville Recreation Center from 3:00pm-5:00pm and is for boys and girls aged 8 to 12 years old.
On Friday (November 2), Ludacris, BET talk show host Jeff Johnson and educational consultant Eric Troy will host a town hall meeting for 100 local high school youth.
Select students from Douglas High School will discuss their dreams, obstacles and options that are available to them.
The town hall meeting will take place from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm at Douglas High School in Atlanta.


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With unemployment climbing in the United States and other OECD countries, job creation is a key objective for policymakers. In the US, President Barack Obama recently proposed to increase public spending by about $600 billion over the next two years to create an additional four million jobs. But Obama is also concerned with reversing a sharp rise in income inequality (which is now at an 80-year high).
Is it possible for leaders to do both at the same time? The answer is unequivocally yes, but only if they focus on government spending rather than reforming their tax systems. That lesson is even more powerful for other advanced countries like Germany and France, which spend a far higher percentage of GDP on public programmes (35% and 43%, respectively, in 2005) than the US (only 25%).


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The A.R.C. and Governor Ernie Fletcher unveiled Appalachia's energy blueprint Thursday. This blueprint for the 13 A.R.C. states was created to encourage the use of our natural resources like coal and to promote energy related jobs. Several other announcements were made Thursday as well.
It's a blueprint to energize Appalachia and to cure what Governor Fletcher called the "sickly economy" of the region. The blueprint was developed by an energy advisory council representing the 13 A.R.C. states. The council came up with three main goals.
"Making sure we're using energy very efficiently. It talks about renewable sources whether it's wind or solar. It also talks about new technology," Governor Fletcher said.
To make this blueprint a living, working document, A.R.C. Federal Co-Chair Anne Pope says there are five keys.
"We need to encourage public sector investments. We need to encourage research and analysis energy resources, workforce development, public awareness, and outreach and the fifth is in support of policies both on local levels and state and federal levels," Pope said.
Governor Fletcher says 75 percent of energy needs have been reduced by energy efficiency alone, but the president of Kentucky Power questions whether residents will be able to change bad habits to save energy.
"Are people in East Kentucky and Appalachia willing to change their lifestyle a little bit to take advantage of reduced costs for off peak time usage of electricity or are they interested in efficiencies such as weatherizing their homes and buying new energy-efficient appliances," Kentucky Power President Tim Mosher said.
To encourage private and public investments, there will also be a 400 thousand dollar challenge grant competition for projects in developing renewable energy resources and efficiency.
The final announcement is for an A.R.C. Clean Coal Conference to be held in 2007 in hopes of discussing technology and the future of energy production in the region.
It was a busy morning for Governor Fletcher at the conference. He also signed two executive orders to immediately impact energy efficiency.
Pike County Schools Assistant Superintendent Roger Johnson usually doesn't turn on his overhead lights because he wants to save energy and money.
"Just look at the energy consumption when you have schools that have electric bills every three months of 47 to 50 thousand dollars, that's a lot of money in energy alone," Johnson said.
He says they spend a million dollars a year on electricity for the schools, and they're not alone. Governor Fletcher says it costs 120 million dollars a year statewide. In an executive order, he gives schools officials ways to be more energy efficient.
"People taxes can only go up so high. It's a limit on how much funds you're going to take in to pay for things so you're gonna have to reduce costs," Johnson says.
Johnson says they've already started saving energy.
Governor Fletcher also wants school officials to look towards the future. The order says any new school buildings must be designed and constructed to meet energy star guidelines. The governor says they're cheaper to operate and more sustainable.
"We're installing a controller here at the office to help save energy and we'll be installing one at one of our high schools, Pike County Central High School," Johnson said.
Johnson says he's always looking for ways to save energy and he's glad other school districts now must do the same.
Department of Education Spokesperson Lisa Gross tells us she supports the governor's energy efficiency order and says many new school buildings in the state are already being built with the new guidelines.
Governor Fletcher also signed an executive order directing his Finance and Administration Cabinet to replace older state vehicles with more fuel-efficient ones.
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A.R.C. speakers also say there's more ways than coal for Appalachian states to promote economic growth.
Speakers say agriculture can also be used to create new products and industry such as timber and growing organic foods. Officials say communities can search for uses of their land to create businesses.
"They have a lot of natural resources in the community, that with a lot of care and planning and partnerships, they can conserve for the future," said Kelly Novak, National Research Manager.
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CRUTCH chronicles the life of Bill Shannon, an internationally renowned artist, break dancer and skate punk, who wields his crutches as tools of expression and weapons of provocation.
A decade of exclusive access, plus a lifetime of archival footage, depict Shannon from his early years as a disabled child who refused to sit idle and watch able-bodied kids play, to his rise as an award-winning dancer and cutting-edge performance artist whose work finds outlet at prestigious venues worldwide, including Cirque du Soleil, the Sydney Opera House, the Tate Modern, and the Chicago MOCA.
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From childhood "cripple" to international provocateur, CRUTCH is an emotional journey of an artist's struggle to be understood.
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Sachi Cunningham is a filmmaker, photographer and Assistant Professor of Multimedia Journalism at San Francisco State University. Her award winning stories have screened at festivals worldwide, and on outlets including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, PBS FRONTLINE, FRONTLINE/World and the Discovery Channel. The Emmys, Webbys, and Pictures of the Year International have honored Cunningham's work. A graduate of UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism and Brown University, Cunningham's documentaries focus on international conflict, the arts, disability, and the ocean environment. On land she has turned her lens everywhere from the first presidential election in Afghanistan, to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In the water, she has swum with her camera along side everything from 350-pound blue fin tuna to big wave surfers, to Olympian, Michael Phelps. Once an assistant to actress Demi Moore and Director/Producer/Writer Barry Levinson, Cunningham brings a decade of experience in feature films and commercial productions in New York, Hollywood and Tokyo to her career in journalism and filmmaking.
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Chandler Evans is a writer/director, whose award winning videos have garnered over 50 million views online. Evans has written for shows on CBS and the CW. His work in advertising includes writing and directing commercial spots for companies such as Procter & Gamble, Disney, KB Homes, and Singapore Airlines. He wrote VISIONS OF EVEREST, a feature documentary about Erik Weihenmayer, the only blind man to summit Mount Everest. Evans wrote and directed a groundbreaking, participatory web series for Disney Studios and, most recently, was Buzzfeed.com's top video producer/director. Evans has an MFA in screenwriting from UCLA.
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Producer Mitchell Peck is most recently the producer of CROOKED ARROWS (20th Century Fox), a $15 million family film released domestically nationwide in 2012; after a successful theatrical run, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions purchased the movie for international distribution in 2013. In 2011, Peck produced PRIEST (Sony Pictures), a $70 million vampire movie that launched the studio's summer release schedule. Throughout his 20 years in the business, Peck has sold more than a dozen movies and television shows to Hollywood's major studios, including MGM, Disney, Columbia, 20th Century Fox, Sony, MTV, Screen Gems and New Line, while working with A-list actors, directors, screenwriters and producers. Peck graduated from Columbia University and attended USC Graduate Film School.
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Earl Cole has a diverse background working in entertainment, branding and the arts. He currently works with partnerships at GOOD Worldwide Inc, a social impact media agency. He previously worked at Disney, Sony Pictures and Fox, from film development to product marketing. He is also an accomplished musician and composer and is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). In addition to his artistic endeavors, he has worked in the fields of advertising and technology, working with brands such as Honda, Microsoft, NBCUniversal and T-Mobile. In 2007, Cole was cast to participate on the CBS TV show, Survivor, and was voted as the show's first unanimous winner. A determined philanthropist, he donates his time to several charities and non-profit organizations. He is the Founder and President of the Perthes Kids Foundation, 501(3)(c), which raises global awareness for children and families dealing with Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease, a degenerative hip bone disorder that makes it painful to walk, that Cole himself suffered from as a child, and also serves as a catalyst to this film.


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Popular grammy-winning singer-songwriter John Mayer recently had to cancel all of his performances and the release of his upcoming album due to vocal problems. He has what is called a granuloma, a type of growth, on his vocal cords. This type of problem often stems from lack of good vocal technique.
What I think is interesting here is not that this happened to a popular singer—I can't tell you how many times famous national act singers have to cancel performances, parts of tours or entire tours due to "vocal fatigue", laryngitis, exhaustion or other code words for voice problems. What's surprising is how many of my voice students are shocked that a singer of this stature has voice problems at all.
Here's the deal: most of us don't know how our bodies are set up to breathe and sing efficiently, and just because you become famous doesn't mean you've figured out how to sing correctly. During the first 12 years of my professional singing career I didn't know one bit of the info I now teach in singing lessons. I thought getting hoarse every night, being exhausted after my performances, struggling with endurance, having a hard time hitting high notes, etc. was just part of singing in a band.
Well, guess what---it's not. All of those, and just about any other problems you can have singing are mostly due to moving away from the way you breathed and made sound when you were an infant. We don't care if people like our singing when we're little. We had fun experimenting with weird sounds, making loud giggles and gurgles, and letting our voice be an extension of what we were feeling at that moment. And....it was gloriously fun.
With adults constantly telling us to be quiet and with the ever-present pressure of being "cool" for our peers as we became teenagers, it's a wonder anyone enjoys singing at all as they get older.
This is where learning the proper mechanics of singing can change your life. Even if you don't see yourself as a performer, taking voice lessons or learning from a book (my book Sing Free Now! 3 Steps to Power, Passion and Confidence comes out October 20th) can help empower you to feel confident about speaking, singing and anything having to do with your voice.
Imagine yourself unhesitatingly saying "yes!" to giving a speech, leading a workshop, chairing a committee or singing a song when someone asks. If this sounds too scary to even think about, consider that there's a part of you that secretly would love to say yes if you just didn't have to worry about whether your voice worked well and sounded good. What most people don't know is that singing well is a learned activity—not just for those born with "talent".
You can change how your voice works if you're willing to do the work. Everyone that can hear the sound of their own voice can learn to sing with freedom and confidence. The problem is, we don't get an instruction manual for our voice—just ask John Mayer. So, if you want to change your experience of singing, check out my new book Sing Free Now! and the Skype lessons I give via the internet. Hear you later!
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The heavy and light registers of every voice (sometimes called "chest" voice and "head" voice or falsetto) can operate automatically as you sing higher or lower pitches and you can learn to manually shift registers to get different sounds. This gives you the option of sounding the way you want to on any given word or line in a song. The Sing Free Now! Method helps you create many choices—not just one sound when you sing.
Singing in pure heavy register with dark vowel color to establish the strength of the voice. I teach you how to make a tone called "dark vowel color" that will allow you to sing higher notes with more ease and control that you ever thought possible. This teaches the body how to set up for high notes and will allow you to then sing them with whatever tone you want (yes, you can intentionally change the tone of your voice.)
Modifying vowels to "oo" as pitches get higher. This technique will help you to sing high notes easier by slightly changing the pronunciation of vowels. The effects of this are dramatic.
Modifying vowels to "ah" as pitches get lower. This technique will give you stronger and more present low notes.
Singing different ratios of balanced registration. You will be able to blend heavy and light register in whatever ratios you want to create more colors on your palette to paint with. Another way to have many options with which to sing—not just one "right" sound that most voice teachers demand you use.
If you think of your body as if it were the crew in the engine room of a ship and your mind as if it were the captain of the ship, you can learn to send commands to your body and get the vocal results you desire. I teach you how to assign a number on a scale of 1-to-10 to any vocal element so that the crew in the engine room knows exactly what your intention is. With the Sing Free Now! Method you'll just have to picture the sound you want and your body will make that sound.
Through song analysis and dynamics exercises I will show you how to introduce emotion and style to your singing. This allows you to connect the story of the song to your audience--your main job as a singer. If the audience is captivated by your story-telling, perfect delivery becomes less critical and you leave the audience wanting more.
We all have a Vocal Defense Mechanism (VDM) that is a subconscious system working to protect you from harming your voice, from embarrassing yourself, and from working too hard during singing. Singing a loud note, singing a high note, or singing anything that seems in the least bit threatening can trigger this mechanism. It often sabotages your singing, making it harder for you to do what you want with your voice. The Sing Free Now! Method shows you how to override the VDM so that you can sing what you want to sing the way you want to sing it.
It is often easier and faster for you to develop a performance sound by practicing a sound you would not perform with. This sound may seem unmusical to you at first but it will develop the strength, coordination, and control you need to make the performance sound you want. It will get you to that point more quickly than banging your head against a performance sound that you cannot make at first.
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While some people may not look forward to their Wednesdays, we can't help but be excited about today due to the brand new MeeGo 1.1 User Interface screenshots that just made their way to the Internet. And, to make it better, today actually marks the first day of the MeeGo Handset User Experience Project, which seems to be designed to showcase MeeGo in its current form. Nokia is still planning on launching MeeGo 1.1 on Nseries devices later this year, and from what these screenshots show, they're doing well for themselves.
And if you're a developer interested in the next mobile Operating System from Nokia and Intel, you can download a preview image from the first day of the handset project, which you'll be able to browse the source code with and go from there. And while the images and video are great to look at, probably the best piece of information comes from the MeeGo blog, which states that the team has been hard at work on MeeGo 1.1 for quite awhile, and they're planning to launch it this coming October. Go ahead and check out the video below. If you're at all a fan of Nokia, then you'll be happy to know that they've still got a few tricks up their sleeve.
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"The big reason we are doing this is the holidays are coming up. While everybody works out in January to lose weight they gain during this time, we want to not add that extra five pounds during the holiday season," said Amy Gordin, ReStart's director of rehabilitation services.
"And we want to help businesses and employers control their health care costs - the easiest way to do that is through prevention. The healthier people are, the less they spend on health care and the more productive they are."
From Dec. 1 through Feb. 1, participating teams will keep track of exercise activities, each of which are worth a certain amount of points (see sidebar).
"They keep a daily log which they turn in to their captain weekly, and then their captain turns it in to me," said Kylie Wibbenmeyer, wellness coordinator for ReStart.
Wibbenmeyer said she doesn't think it will be too difficult to get the maximum 15 points in a day. "What's going to be hard is getting your points every day," she said.
Wibbenmeyer said there will be regular updates on which team is in the lead. "The scores are going to be posted in every Wednesday paper," said Sharon Urhahn, director of marketing for Missouri Delta Medical Center.
Team scores will be determined by taking a team's total number of points and dividing it by the number of team members to come up with an average so there is no advantage for large teams.
All members need to fully commit to the effort, however. "One person can pull down your average," said Urhahn.
Ideally teams will have between three and five members, according to Wibbenmeyer. If a team is much larger than that, they will be encouraged to split into two or more teams. Teams must have at least three members.
The City of Sikeston, for example, is putting several teams together from different city departments and will also be competing against each other for internal prizes.
While teams may typically be formed of co-workers, it is not a requirement. "This isn't just for people at work - we're trying to get teams of moms together, civic groups, church groups, charitable organizations," said Urhahn.
"I'd love to get high school students to do it," Wibbenmeyer said. She added this is a competition geared toward adults, however, so high-school students will be the youngest age group allowed to participate.
Some teams have already registered including ReStart staff members. The "ReStart Renegades" and the "ReStart Racers" will be rivals in "some good, healthy competition," Gordin said.
A kick-off event is scheduled for 8-10 a.m. and from noon until 2 p.m. Dec. 1. Teams may register at the kick-off, but are encouraged to register as soon as possible so Wibbenmeyer can have an idea of how many T-shirts they will need. "I've already sent out a lot of packages to teams that are interested," she said.
Representatives from the health department, Regal Health Club, the YMCA, MDMC and a pharmacist from Super D will be present during the kick-off event.
"They're going to be screening for different things like body fat, blood glucose, body mass index," Wibbenmeyer said. "They will do respiratory testing for those that are going to try to quit smoking."
The screenings and tests as well as a T-shirt are all included in the registration fee, which is $10 per team member.
Prizes will be awarded for first, second and third place teams as well as some special awards for things like "most improved."
Among the prizes for winners are a six-month membership to the YMCA, heart rate monitors, pedometers and "Shape Up Sikeston" sweatshirts.
Wibbenmeyer said the ReStart staff hope to make this an annual event, and if enough interest is shown maybe even hold it twice per year.
Gordin said she hopes the program "will address the huge increase of diabetes in Southeast Missouri and pre-diabetes that can be completely turned around with exercise."
"There's a lot of complications associated with obesity," said added, "and now they're even linking a lot of cancers with obesity."
Gordin said exercising also reduces in the risk of cardiovascular disease and cited a recent study which determined obese women are 16-times less likely to get cardiovascular disease if they exercise.
Holiday depression and stress are other reason for the program. "Exercise elevates chemicals that help prevent depression," said Gordin.
Shape Up Sikeston! is being sponsored by Meeks Printing, ReStart, Regal Health Club, the YMCA of Southeast Missouri and the Standard Democrat.
ReStart staff remind those who wish to participate that it is important to check with their physicians to determine what program best fits their current level of fitness before beginning any exercise.
For more information contact Wibbenmeyer at 472-7375.


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Doug Kim is a frequent lecturer on patents, trademarks, copyrights, and licensing, and will be speaking at POSSCON on Tuesday, April 14th. The title of his presentation is, The Law and Open Source: What You Must Know. In this interview with him prior to his talk, find out more about his background... Read more
Open Knowledge and the Open Definition Advisory Council have announced the release of version 2.0 of the Open Definition, an important standard that communicates the fundamental legal conditions that make content and data open.
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In part one of my Mozilla Public License piece, I mentioned license compatibility as a major feature of MPL 2.0. In fact, it's such a major - and complicated - issue that it warrants its own explanation.
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Here in Baltimore, we talk about crime a lot. Even when we're not discussing crime, we're still discussing crime. Much like the way neighbors bond over a blizzard or unexplained power outage, crime brings people together in neighborhoods across the city.
Except when it doesn't.
I was involved in a particularly unpleasant exchange on Twitter (okay, I totally butt into an ongoing conversation) between Justin Fenton, crime reporter for the Baltimore Sun, a good friend (I'll call her LR), and a random man who I picture as a puppy-kicker and wife-beater combo. Maybe that's a little biased, but he wasn't nice.
A few days ago, a man in Bolton Hill (overall, a nice neighborhood) was robbed outside his home, inside his home, and then driven around the city in the back of his car while the robbers withdrew money from various ATM machines. LR suggested that perhaps the police should have alerted the neighbors — a reasonable expectation — instead of having the news story and subsequent police bulletin show up randomly a week later. Justin Fenton, who I'm sure hears all sorts of crazy crap from the slackjaws who tend to comment on crime stories in the Sun, said that it's difficult for news reporters to always report on things in a timely fashion, because sometimes the police are less than cooperative when asked for information about crime — hence the lateness of some crime stories. Again, a reasonable assertion.
Then comes the random guy (I'll call him RG) — claiming that if the police issued alerts every time a crime happened, it would cause "mass hysteria" or people would become "apathetic" to the alerts. Then, of course we were subjected to one of the Common Baltimore Arguments About Crime: LR was simply expecting to be alerted because she lives in Bolton Hill (read: uppity snooty folks think they deserve more than the rest of us) and if this happened in RG's neighborhood, none of us (especially the snooty lady from Bolton Hill) would give a damn. At which point, LR and I both got off the crazy train and allowed RG the pleasure of tweeting to…himself…and his followers.
But this brings me to the point of this post, in albeit a rather roundabout way. What is it about crime in Baltimore that it overtakes every aspect of our lives? It's like black mold in Chinese-made drywall. Just when you think it's gone — wham….here comes yet another aspect of your life that's affected — usually in a negative, or very odd, way.
Just one example: I have become an expert at stealth surveillance, and can spot a potential pickpocket, rapist, robber, or general ne'er-do-well a mile away. I am also an expert at plotting escape routes on the fly, can memorize bizarre details about what the people around me are doing or wearing, and I wear big rings — not only because I like big rings, but because I'm convinced they'll make good (and legal!) weapons, if need be. I've put considerable time into thinking about this, as perhaps you can tell.
Because I have been the victim of a violent crime. More than once. In Baltimore, two-and-a-half times. I say "half" because the potential third crime never actually commenced, as I (and my 4″ heel) gained the upper hand. Huzzah!
You never truly realize how pervasive Baltimore's criminal culture is until it directly affects your life, or that of someone close to you. Until then, it's just a story by Justin Fenton, or something you see on TV as you're doing the dishes. It's like being sprayed by a skunk — you never realize how truly mind-blowingly bad it is until you've tried (for the third or fourth time, unsuccessfully) to wash it away. Then one day it starts to dawn on you…it's everywhere. As you may have guessed, this is only the first in a series of posts about crime in Baltimore, and how it affects you in ways you've probably never thought of before.
Oh, and the alerts from the police department I mentioned before? There was a program for that — released with quite a bit of fanfare, if I recall. I signed up, and Have. Never. Received. A. Single. Text.
Welcome to Baltimore.
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I know of the local Internet troll of which you speak, and I see he was at it again.
I really should post about my Twitter annoyances. If I only had an outlet for such thoughts.