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Jurgen Klopp broke the internet when he appeared on Monday Night Football a few weeks back, captivating a nationwide audience and explaining his tactical philosophy quite brilliantly.
Some neutrals complained that the show was too Liverpool focussed, but it certainly won't be this Monday coming – with Ryan Giggs joining Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville ahead of our fixture at Anfield with our bitterest rivals Manchester United, according to the Mirror.
Unbelievable tale surfaces about how Sheikh was hours away from £400m Liverpool purchase
Giggs has recently been rejected for the Swansea job, losing out to Bob Bradley, so you can imagine there'll be some mighty interesting talking points ahead of the game.
Interestingly, the show will be filmed outside of the studio for the first time in eight years and instead will be produced live from the stadium, with Neville co-commentating alongside Martin Tyler during the game itself.
That sounds like a lot of United bias, but with Carra on the screen, we can be assured that we'll get a fair Liverpool perspective. He'd never let his old Manc rivals steal the show, and Giggs' lack of charisma means he'll struggle to get a word in anyway.


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Judges 12. Jephthah and the Ephraimites
1 And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire. 2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands. 3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this t against me? 4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites. 5 And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; 6 Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand. 7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
8 And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. 9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. 10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem. 11 And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. 12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun. 13 And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. 14 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. 15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
May GOD bless Nigeria, America and Israel and take care of us; May GOD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the LORD lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!
May the grace the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen!
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Epub: Deluca et al. Casting light on multiple sclerosis heterogeneity: the role of HLA-DRB1 on spinal cord pathology. Brain. 2013 Mar 12.
Background: Clinical heterogeneity in multiple sclerosis is the rule. Evidence suggests that HLA-DRB1*15 may play a role in clinical outcome. Spinal cord pathology is common and contributes significantly to disability in the disease.
Aim: To study the influence of HLA-DRB1*15 on multiple sclerosis spinal cord pathology.
Methods: A post-mortem cohort of pathologically confirmed cases with multiple sclerosis (n = 108, 34 males) with fresh frozen material available for genetic analyses and fixed material for pathology was used. HLA-DRB1 alleles were genotyped to select a subset of age- and sex-matched HLA-DRB1*15-positive (n = 21) and negative (n = 26) cases for detailed pathological analyses. For each case, transverse sections from three spinal cord levels (cervical, thoracic and lumbar) were stained for myelin, axons and inflammation. The influence of HLA-DRB1*15 on pathological outcome measures was evaluated.
Results: Carriage of HLA-DRB1*15 significantly increased the extent of demyelination (global measure 15+: 23.7% versus 15-: 12.16%, P = 0.004), parenchymal (cervical, P < 0.01; thoracic, P < 0.05; lumbar, P < 0.01) and lesional inflammation (border, P = 0.001; periplaque white matter, P < 0.05) in the multiple sclerosis spinal cord. HLA-DRB1*15 influenced demyelination through controlling the extent of parenchymal inflammation. Meningeal inflammation correlated significantly with small fibre axonal loss in the lumbar spinal cord (r = -0.832, P = 0.003) only in HLA-DRB1*15-positive cases.
Conclusion: HLA-DRB1*15 significantly influences pathology in the multiple sclerosis spinal cord. This study casts light on the role of HLA-DRB1*15 in disease outcome and highlights the powerful approach of using microscopic pathology to clarify the way in which genes and clinical phenotypes of neurological diseases are linked.
HLA-DRB1*15 is the genetic variant that is common in Northern Europeans that is associated with susceptibility to MS. This study looks at MSers with and without this gene variant. This shows that people with this variant have a few more inflammatory lesions and immune cells in the spinal cord than people without this variant and so they had a bit more demyelination. How this genetic variant causes this is just speculation one idea is that myelin epitopes breakdown and the peptides made from the break down of proteins fit better into the HLA-DRB1 and so they present this to T cells more and so they can make more lesions and so you get more demyelination, but I think you can make up many different scenarios to explain things. What is needed are more laboratory studies.


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When it comes to urban fantasy books; some of the best ones have been out for several years while others have found rent acclaim and praise as quality novels. If you are looking for some amazing reads that will make it difficult to stop reading, any of the below should be checked out.
Obsidian Son: Nate Temple Series Book 1
By Shayne Silvers
This is the first book in a series of dark fantasy books that follows Nate Temple. Nate Temple is a wizard on a mission to track down a monster that murdered his parents. He is sidetracked from his plans when shifter dragons come to town and supernatural hitmen start following him. Silvers has written one of the best fantasy books to reach audiences everywhere in a long time.
Pandemic (The Extinction Files Book 1)
By: A.G. Riddle
This is the first of two urban fantasy books that follow the rise of a worldwide pandemic that originates in Kenya. It is a race against time as scientist Dr. Peyton Shaw tracks and discovers the nature of the outbreak. This is a mystery and a science fiction thriller that will keep you on your toes.
Something Wicked: A Why Choose Academy Series novel Book 1
By: Emma Dean
The coven in San Francisco is in pieces and Mika Marshal has just started attending University of Morgana a semester late because of it. As a witch, Mika wants to know how to control her powers before they get anyone killed…again. This is a novel where friendships are hard and all Mika wants is to get through school. This is made more difficult with her out of control powers.
An Ember in the Ashes
By: Sabaa Tahir
Freedom is a word Laia and Elias know nothing about. Slave and soldier and neither are free in the Martial Empire. The book was inspired by ancient Rome where the poor (Laia) eke out their lives at least until Laia's brother is arrested for treason. Laia makes an agreement to spy for the rebel faction to help save her brother and meets Elias the professional soldier. This is one of the best fantasy books to be released in years.
Katana Shodan: The Scroll of the Five Masters Book 1
By: Ken Warner
Using Chi is a requirement to be sent to the Hall of the Dragon. After Katana stops attackers using Chi her life changes dramatically. Katana learns more about the attack she stops through the arrival of a mysterious band of warriors that try to steal a scroll which holds the key to immortality. Katana is now facing a dim mak master and is facing a fight she is preparing to make. This is a gripping story that is the first of the Asian Myth and Legend Series.


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Sebastian Eggert, MD is a Swiss board-certified forensic pathologist and Deputy Head of the Division of Forensic Pathology at the Institute for Forensic Medicine of the University of Zurich. 2003 he graduated at the University of Goettingen, Germany. He obtained his doctorate in 2011. From 2005 to 2008 he worked at the Institute of Forensic Medicine of the University of Basel. Between 2008 and 2010 he practiced at the Mexico City"s Forensic Medical Service and from 2010 to 2012 he worked at the Institute of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Cantonal Hospital of Grisons. Since 2012 he is working at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Zurich and obtained the board certification as a specialist in forensic pathology. In 2014 he made a further education in Radiology, main focus on computed tomography, at the Institute of Radiology, Cantonal Hospital Baden. Since 2015 he is a team member of the Virtopsy group. His main scientific interest covers post mortem imaging of gunshot victims and phantom elaboration in computed tomography. He is member of the Swiss Society of Legal Medicine (SGRM).


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NAPERVILLE, Ill. – The University of Chicago women's track and field team turned in a complete team performance to win North Central College's Pat Heenan Invitational on Friday. The Maroon men finished third in the team scoring.
UChicago's women topped the 10-team field with 169.50 points, beating out host North Central's 140.50 points. On the men's half, North Central led the way with 206 points and the Maroons were third with 89 points.
The Maroons tallied an impressive seven victories. Junior Mary Martin placed in the top three in a trio of events. She ran the anchor leg on the winning 4x400-meter relay alongside first-year Meg Fitzpatrick, senior Emma Koether and first-year Kaela Jolibois (3:56.72). Martin also took third in both the long jump and 200 meters.
First-year Isabel Maletich submitted big marks in the jumps – she was first in the long jump at 5.60 meters and second in the triple jump at 11.51 meters. UChicago swept through the distance races with sophomore Emma Dyer in the one mile (5:08.94), sophomore Sophie Elgamal in the 3,000 meters (10:11.57) and sophomore Annika Hildebrandt in the 5,000 meters (18:47.67).
The women's pole vault saw two Maroons tie at 3.50 meters, with junior Isabel Garon finishing first and sophomore Sidney Lampert taking second. Fitzpatrick was a multi winner in the 4x400-meter relay and 400 meters (59.16).
UChicago's men captured two wins on the day, which included a photo finish in the 3,000 meters. Sophomore Chase Gardner won the aforementioned race by a mere 0.03 seconds over sophomore teammate Ryan Cutter, as the Maroons captured the top three placements.
The men's 4x400-meter relay was also victorious (3:24.63), with contributions from junior Tyson Miller, junior Elliott Paintsil, senior Ben Chaimberg and first-year Dillon O'Loughlin.
UChicago Top Finishers (Women)
One Mile – Emma Dyer (1st, 5:08.94); Kaitlyn Van Baalen (2nd, 5:12.34)
3,000 meters – Sophie Elgamal (1st, 10:11.57); Claire Brockway (2nd, 10:17.26)
Pole Vault – Isabel Garon (1st, 3.50 meters); Sidney Lampert (2nd, 3.50 meters)
Long Jump – Isabel Maletich (1st, 5.60 meters); Mary Martin (3rd, 5.45 meters)
400 meters – Meg Fitzpatrick (1st, 59.16)
5,000 meters – Annika Hildebrandt (1st, 18:47.67)
4x400-meter relay – 1st, 3:56.72 (Meg Fitzpatrick, Emma Koether, Kaela Jolibois, Mary Martin)
Triple Jump – Isabel Maletich (2nd, 11.51 meters)
High Jump – Alexandra Thompson (2nd, 1.62 meters)
200 meters – Mary Martin (3rd, 25.61)
UChicago Top Finishers (Men)
3,000 meters – Chase Gardner (1st, 8:31.52); Ryan Cutter (2nd, 8:31.55); Henry Myers (3rd, 8:34.26)
4x400-meter relay – 1st, 3:24.63 (Tyson Miller, Elliott Paintsil, Ben Chaimberg, Dillon O'Loughlin)
Shot Put – Alexander Scott (2nd, 16.12 meters)
Triple Jump – John McCormick (3rd, 13.97 meters)
- Saturday, Feb. 16 @ 11:30 AM – Margaret Bradley Invitational at UChicago


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Hey everyone! Just wanted to check in on how everyone's Flower Collection is going. I'm not as far along as I would have liked, but I'm working on it. I know I'll be able to finish it at least once, and maybe get half way through a second time.
Since I've got flowers on the brain, I decided to take a look at some of the flower-shaped foods in Webkinz World! I'm sure that I missed a bunch, but these ones were flower-shaped and had flower in their name, so were easy to find. Which is your favorite?
I think my favorite is the Flowerbed Flapjacks. There's just something about it that is appealing. Well, back to my collection… good luck everyone!


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It's 2014, and as this blog enters its fourth (OMG REALLY??), yes that's right fourth year in operation, the time has come to once again evaluate how things are going and set some objectives for the new year ahead. This is the third time I have carried out this exercise, and while looking back over them it's fair to say the first and second editions don't exactly read like the most gripping pieces of literature, the purpose here is not to cure narcolepsy. Rather, it's to bind me to some KPIs, so you'll have to bear with me while I work my way through these and accept my apologies if it's all a bit on the dull side. If you can stick with it though, the following will contain some hints about some top secret future developments…
2013 goals were:
- To rank consistently in the top 60 on Open Parachute by the end of the year, and to eventually become the highest ranking sports blog in New Zealand.
- Keep improving my local football coverage and keep trying to fill the void left by the New Zealand football magazines that have disappeared from our newsagent shelves in recent years.
- Cover at least one New Zealand game every weekend when possible, and to post something else that's of interest to me around Wednesday each week.
- Keep improving my photography.
- Gradually expand the number of perspectives being offered here.
- Refresh the look of the blog annually.
I'm very happy with progress on the first part of goal 1. From July to November, the blog only ranked outside the top 60 once – in October (62nd), and on the whole the audience seems to be steadily growing all the time. November saw the blog hit a record high of 45th in the rankings with 4,810 unique visits, partly due to one spectacular day when Scarves on Statues was linked to on the BBC website. When the second part of the objective was written, Sportsfreak was not participating in the rankings so all I had to do was beat Rugby Tips to achieve that elusive number one sporting spot. That has since changed, and I now need to more than double my best ever month so far to get there, but this was always a long term ambition, and in my mind it's still achievable, particularly if the blog can pick up a bit more of an international audience. For 2014 though, I'll just be really happy if this can keep growing to the point where 5,000 unique visits a month is not out of the question if I push myself.
Goal two has also largely been met, even if there is obviously still plenty of room for improvement. One of the measures of success has been the proliferation of other football blogs that have sprung up around the joint! They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and if even in a small way I have inspired others to add to the profile of grassroots New Zealand football then that is fantastic.
Some new features were added in 2013, most notably the on-camera post-match interviews and the monthly general debate threads. There is more innovation to come in 2014, including a wee project I'm currently quite excited about that sees me trying my hand at penning some fiction, in the form of a regular football serial. Provided I'm just as happy with it closer to the time as I am now, this will be published during the 2014 NRFL season. Watch this space…
Goal 3 has mostly happened. I worked out the other week that I blogged games on 52 occasions in 2013, so an average of exactly one per week hits that nail pretty much on the head. I'm also aware that all the research suggests that the more regularly you post on a blog, the more your readership grows. Ideally, it should be every day, but that is too much of a commitment for me with my job being quite demanding at times and also with my political commitments in 2014 (election year) no doubt set to place even more strain on my free time. Having said that though, I do plan, with the help of guest posts and stuff I can write in bulk well in advance of posting, to slowly work my way up to several posts per week.
Goal 4 is still a work in progress. The new lens didn't eventuate, partly because my camera crapped out and I ended up having to spend a small fortune on a new body, but I still feel like I'm getting better and better all the time, learning new tricks as I go. That photography course I was thinking about taking last year is still on the medium term agenda… But actually, picking it up as I go along is pretty satisfying and I have also been very grateful for the few tips and pointers I have scrounged off good people on the side-lines such as Grant Stantiall.
Goal 5 – partial tick. I tripled the number of long-form interviews I achieved in 2012, admittedly only from one to three, but I also started videoing short post-match interviews after NRFL games part-way through the season. This was a successful innovation and will continue when winter returns again. I will also push myself to do at least a couple more in-depth interviews during the course of 2014.
Goal six was achieved with an ever growing number of guest posts from a range of different types of football people. From a football club chairman in Mt Maunganui talking about guest player regulations to a Toronto FC fan in Canada talking about Ryan Nelsen, I think this occurred to a greater extent that I imagined and I am quite keen for that to continue to be the case. I also have an idea for a regular series of guest posts that I will be approaching semi-prominent football people to write for me very soon and hope to have that bearing fruit by March.
Which just leaves aesthetics. You have probably already noticed a change in the look of the place. I still think once a year is a good interval of time to change things up to keep things fresh and interesting. If nothing else, I get bored looking at the same thing every day for more than a year. This year I have moved away from one fixed header image to define the site, and towards showing off a selection of my favourite photographs from the previous twelve months. There are 18 different images that come up at random, so you should hopefully see a different one every time you come to the site, refresh a page or click on a link. I have also provided all 18 original images in gallery form in my usual way above and below so you can browse through them if you are so inclined. I realise the Gareth Morgan one is not for the feint hearted and may drive some traffic away, but that's the risk you take for art sometimes… 😉
For the sake of nostalgia, here's a look at the history of header images on this site:
Finally, to everyone who has read this post this far, if you have managed to hang in there through all the above then you probably read a lot of my stuff from start to finish, and I owe you a big vote of thanks. Thank you for stopping by as often as you do, and I look forward to hopefully keeping you entertained in the New Year ahead.
Buon anno!
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Enzo Giordani
A grassroots sports photography enthusiast based in Auckland, New Zealand, and a fan of the most magnificent football club on earth - A.S. Roma.


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To enable the broken-hearted to receive healing from pain, whether it be derived from separation, broken relationships, painful relationships, loss, financial hardship – that all shall be equipped to be able to receive healing, being released into complete freedom.
To give hope to the helpless, hope to the sick, wisdom and knowledge to all that are facing life challenges and find themselves in a storm.
To enable sole parents to grow & mature in their relationship with God, as well as be enabled to create a healthy and sustainable environment to raise children. For sole parents to be enabled and equipped with life skills that allow them and their children to be healthy spiritually, physically, emotionally and financially. To teach sole parents life skills that enable and empower them to fulfill their purpose within the vision God has for them.
He heals those who have broken hearts. He takes care of their wounds Psalm 147:3


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Recognizing Women Who Influence Change, Innovation, and Standards of Excellence in Mid-Market Companies
SYOSSET, N.Y., July 24, 2018 – The Top 25 Most Influential Women of the Mid-Market 2018 has been announced by CEO Connection®, the only membership organization exclusively for mid-market CEOs. This list recognizes outstanding women in the U.S. based on their ability to influence change, innovation, and standards for excellence in companies with annual sales between $100 million and $3 billion.
List of Top 25 Most Influential Women in the Mid-Market (in alphabetical order):
- Olu Beck, Wholesome Sweeteners
- Sandra Cochran, Cracker Barrel
- Judy Faulkner, Epic Systems Corporation
- Sheila Flavell, FDM Group
- Lesa France Kennedy, International Speedway Corporation
- Gina Fyffe, Integra Holdings
- Mary Ann Heino, Lantheus Medical Imaging
- Tina Hodges, Advance Financial
- Lisa Hook, Neustar, Inc.
- Julie Howard, Navigant Consulting
- Judy McReynolds, ArcBest Corporation
- Kim Ann Mink, Innophos Holdings, Inc.
- Elaine Osgood, Atlas Travel & Technology Group, Inc.
- Winnie Park, Paper Source
- Mary Powell, Green Mountain Power
- Martine Rothblatt, United Therapeutics Corporation
- Susan Salka, AMN Healthcare Services., Inc.
- Ninfa Saunders, Navicent Health
- Karyn Schoenbart, The NPD Group
- Anne Sempowski Ward, Curio
- Luvleen Sidhu, BankMobile
- Sally J. Smith, Buffalo Wild Wings
- Jeanne Thoma, SPI Pharma, Inc.
- Cynthia Tidwell, Royal Neighbors of America
- Marita Zuraitis, Horace Mann Educators Corporation
The 2018 honoree list includes dedicated philanthropists and community leaders. Beyond their success in the boardroom, each of these women have a story to tell.
"We are honored to recognize such a prestigious group of women who have truly made an impact on their company and have given back to their community," says Kenneth Beck, CEO of CEO Connection. "We have identified top CEOs through our Mid-Market 500 and Mid-Market 1000 lists, and are now pleased to share this new select group on the Most Influential Women's List with the business community."
Honorees will be recognized at the 2018 Mid-Market Convention on September 23-25 at The Wharton School in Philadelphia, PA. Referred to as the "Davos for the Mid-Market," this exclusive global gathering brings together the leadership of the mid-market top business experts and senior government officials to help each other and change the world.
"I am excited to see the diversity of sectors that are represented on our list this year," said Dr. Kathryn Ritchie, Founder & CEO of KR Strategy, and Chair of CEO Connection's Most Influential Women of the Mid-Market List Advisory Board. "The breadth of impact that female CEOs are having in the mid market is broadening. It is wonderful to see the real and rich penetration of their leadership."
For more information and to register for the convention, visit www.midmarketconvention.com/registration.


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Building healthy communities
We may know broadly what makes us healthier and happier, but it's difficult to translate that research into policy and practice. Particular challenges are our ageing population, the growing complexity of chronic disease and mental health, and the social, emotional and environmental impacts on health.
La Trobe University focuses on research that attacks disadvantage, builds health and wellbeing, and advocates access to high-quality systems and services. We have a growing reputation in the Asia-Pacific region for our work in strengthening equitable health systems for communities most disadvantaged by poverty, poor educational achievement and reduced life opportunities.
Action on autism
Research indicates that one in 100 children are affected by an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). One such child is the grandson of philanthropist Olga Tennison. She donated A$2.3 million to La Trobe to establish Australia's first centre dedicated to ASD research.
This donation has helped consolidate our position as a national leader in ASD research. This was further strengthened in 2013 when we were named the core partner in a new A$100 million co-operative research centre for 'Living with Autism Spectrum Disorders'
Research at the centre is making a difference through a range of work including identifying the early signs of autism in children as young as 12 months, leading to earlier intervention and better long-term outcomes for children.
Making sense of the world
In 1981, two La Trobe researchers realised that the digital era provided massive opportunities to evaluate data in ways never before possible.
Associate Professor Tom Richards and Professor Lyn Richards developed a software product called NUD*IST to help make sense of 'big data'. The early popularity of the program led to the establishment of QSR International, which is now the largest privately-owned qualitative research software developer in the world. QSR products are used to help interpret and understand data by more than 1.5 million people in more than 150 countries. The results inform health research, social policy and literature reviews.


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Once again raising the bar on avant-garde green architectural icons in the furthest corners of the world, Sir Norman Foster has just revealed his designs for a new ecological tower in Khanty Mansyisk, Siberia. Similar to his entertainment center in Kazakhstan, the stunning tower will combine a cloud-piercing aesthetic with mixed-use functions and some of the most cutting-edge green building technologies.
The tower will provide a location for living, working, and leisure, designed sustainably to minimize site impact and be sensitive to the harsh Siberian climate. Never one to sacrifice aesthetics for function, Foster has cladded the 280-meter tower in faceted glass to maximize daylight through the winter months while reflecting natural light to illuminate the interior spaces.
In terms of green features, the tower centers around a South-facing atrium, which maximizes daylight and solar gain, minimizing the need for artificial lighting and providing insulation during the colder months. The structure will also rest lightly on the land and rely on renewable energy sources.
Space for residential, office, hotel, and retail programs will be integrated, topped off by a dramatic viewing platform and restaurant at the tower's summit.
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The Butterfly Effect
Smart people are saying, that in theory, a wave of the butterfly's wing in Ohio can eventually cause a tsunami somewhere in Japan. That is the so called 'butterfly effect'. But how does it affect testing?
We are living in a world that you may find beautiful if you are a fan of constant changes. Technology is constantly gaining more and more weight in our lives. Humanity is becoming more and more dependent from IT. Internet nowadays allows you to do lots and more of your daily tasks without even getting out of home. But that also has a negative side. If something breaks or malfunctions it may cause colossal damage. Thus the pressure on the tester community is growing. Software quality assurance now has quality standards that are getting harder to achieve every day. That is the wave of the butterfly's wing.
The impact on QA
Mankind now requires testers that are professionals of the highest standards. Lots of methodologies, techniques, tricks, tips and books are constantly coming out in order to improve skills of our testing. But that is not enough. The market is cruel and the next effective way of the flow of things will be having specialized institutions where people will be able to dedicate years studying testing.
And the process has already began. Back in 2012 a group from the Dutch Testing Society has begun working in this field. They are creating a special quality-slash-testing education program for universities and applied science universities. The group that is working on the project consists of both specialists of the education and testing fields.
The tsunami
Everybody needs to be prepared for this step of professional education. The step that is but a nasality for the IT society to take in order to be capable of facing newer issues. So the new 3.0 tester community will see the world in a couple of years. Thus we, the old-school guys, will have to brace ourselves and get as ready as possible for the new experiences, innovations and other. Watch out and don't get washed away! Software quality assurance testing is gaining speed.


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Leylin felt that he had correctly deduced the gist of the story.
In ancient times, after the Mother of Ten Thousand Snakes had failed to take over the Shadow World, she brought her descendants with her and migrated to the Purgatory World. It was probably during this time that she had infiltrated the Icy World!
However, the inhabitants of the Icy World's naturally resisted this invasion.
According to Leylin, the Scorpion Man seemed to have received some powerful spiritual insight. Being able to interfere with the strength of a Morning Star creature through the spirit was either the work of the female giant, or the will of the world.!
The result was the death of the female giant, but with the great effort on the part of the Ice Mountain Wyvern, the Mother of Ten Thousand Snakes' plans to invade the area were thwarted.
In the great battle, the female giant had been killed, and a droplet of her blood had landed on the back of Scorpion Man, which had wounded him greatly. Unable to avoid the spatial crack, he was swept in.
In the end, Scorpion Man had travelled to the Twilight Zone through this spatial pathway and had then died from his injuries.
Even so, he still had the strength of a Morning Star Magus, and the blood of the female giant, whose power was inconceivable. Hence, after his death, this entire region was affected by the radiation from ice, forming a topography and climate similar to that in the Icy World!
The Icy Jade Scorpions evidently had some connection with the Scorpion Man, but this connection had degenerated. Its human upper torso had completely disappeared, and there were no other obviously similar characteristics.
"It's because of this that Icy Jade Scorpions could survive! They were actually creatures from another world. They could only survive and reproduce because of the radiation of extreme cold here."
Leylin sighed and thought about the Mother of Ten Thousand Snakes.
He reckoned that the Mother of Ten Thousand Snakes should have attacked the Icy World after migrating from the Purgatory World, due to the fact that this world must have been extremely important to her and her race.
After the setback when trying to seize the Shadow World, she had no choice but to withdraw and bring her race to Purgatory World.
However, the fire attribute of the Purgatory World did not quite suit snakes, which were more compatible with the shadow element. After reproducing and beginning to adapt, their race even began to have some fire elemental attributes in their blood, but they were also mixed with the chaotic will of the Purgatory World in their bloodline.
This could be the origin of the emotional instability of warlocks with the bloodline of the Giant Kemoyin Serpent. After all, snakes were usually not so emotionally unstable as to lose control and rage.
Based on Leylin's deductions, the issue with ancient Warlocks with snake bloodlines should have been an apathetic nature, and they might have even needed to hibernate. However, with the chaotic will added in from their time in the Purgatory World, their emotions were also altered.
The original characteristic of coldness had become a fiery temper!
Hence, the Mother of Ten Thousand Snakes had attacked the Icy World once more, probably hoping to use the chilliness there to treat the emotional instability issue with her bloodline!
Of course, her plan failed in the end, but the Icy World had also paid a large price.
For this reason, the Icy Jade Scorpion Breath from the Icy World was useful in treating the emotional instability that stemmed from Leylin's bloodline.
"Sigh… what a complicated relationship!" Leylin held his forehead, which was starting to hurt from how hard he was thinking.
"Though these are all but conjectures, my thoughts should be correct. It doesn't matter even if I'm wrong, since the Mother of Ten Thousand Snakes, Ice Mountain Wyvern, and the Purgatory, Icy, and Shadow Worlds are too far away to even matter…"
Leylin smiled wryly, "I just need to know one thing, which is how the breath of the Icy Jade Scorpion Emperor can heal my emotional instabilities. That will be enough!"
"A.I. Chip! Set up a plan to extract the Icy Jade Scorpion Breath and design my treatment process!"
Leylin immediately ordered.
[Mission establishing, beginning analysis! Setting up data model!] After receiving the command, the A.I. Chip quickly began to operate.
Meanwhile, Leylin, deep in thought, stroked his chin.
Honestly, after seeing that ancient war, it was impossible for him not to be stirred up. That droplet of blood that had dripped onto the back of Scorpion Man had stirred up Leylin's interest as well as his desire to conduct research on it!
That was a strength that far surpassed Morning Star Magi—it might even be equal to a great rank 5 Magus. It could even be from a bloodline that was at rank 6 or 7, which even ancient Magi would have would have found difficult to attain!
If Leylin gained it, how much stronger could he become?
Though Warlocks could not change their bloodlines, doing research on the blood of these existences was sure to be unbelievably useful for his future.
In addition, the Scorpion Man had had the strength of a Morning Star Magus while he was alive. There was no need to refine his blood. It was the purest bloodline possible from an ancient creature.
Leylin's breathing became rough just from wishing that he could enter deeper into the icy caves and look for the remains of the Scorpion Man.
However, he then smiled wryly.
Based on the remaining memories left in the bloodline of the Icy Jade Scorpion Emperor just now, Leylin knew that Nature's Alliance and the other small guilds only controlled a tiny area of the icy caves.
Deeper underground, there lived all sorts of icy creatures that were ten or even hundreds of times stronger than the Icy Jade Scorpion Emperor, all of which formed their own small Icy World.
The remains of the Scorpion Man were probably at the deepest level of this Icy World!
There, rank 2 icy creatures would be running rampant. It wouldn't even be surprising if rank 3 creatures emerged there.
Even if Leylin became a rank 3 Warlock, was not sure that he would be able to leave without a scratch. He would need to at least have the strength of a Morning Star Magus to completely break into this place to get the remains and bloodline.
"Strength! It all comes down to strength!" Leylin smiled wryly and gave up on any thoughts of exploring further in.
Though those were great items, Leylin was not going to risk his life for them!
Leylin had always been very prudent. If he was less than 70% confident, or if his life would be in danger, he would definitely choose not to take this risk.
Besides, in a situation where the icy caves had existed for such a long time and yet nobody had realised their true origins. Leylin was not afraid that other Magi would come here. There were also the icy creatures down there, which were a great defensive line.
He had already figured things out. Once he had enough power, he would come back here and obtain the presents from Icy World.
"Things need to be done one at a time. First, I need to deal with the problem of my emotional instability!"
Leylin's pupils returned to their calm state, his expression revealing his rationality.
Outside the icy caves in the Twilight Zone.
"Take note. The expedition into the icy caves is very dangerous this time. Though you are all the cream of the crop in our guild, as long as you haven't become an official Magus, you have virtually no way to protect yourself in there. Take care not to leave the sight of the team leader, understand?"
A valiant looking middle-aged man dressed in armour was currently preaching to a group of acolytes.
"Hey, Mully! Are you bringing acolytes down there again?" Old Madre, who was guarding the area, greeted him with a smile.
"Yes! The joint conference is beginning soon. It's best to raise the strength of these little monkeys under me. It can't be helped even if it's a little dangerous."
"How is it? Have there been any icy explosions or migrations of dangerous creatures within the caves?"
"Currently, I haven't received any reports that mention such a thing. Furthermore, there's currently a famed professor from Nature's Alliance in there. If there is a problem, you can ask him for help, especially since we're all allies!"
Old Madre laughed and then mentioned Leylin.
"Professor Leylin who came from the eastern capital? I heard that he's a master at the peak of rank 1!"
Though Mully said all this, he still looked unwilling to accept this. It looked like even if he really met Leylin, they wouldn't be able to get along.
After all, it was shocking that a peak rank 1 Magus had entered a small guild such as Nature's Alliance.
Like many other Magi, Mully thought that Celine was bragging.
"Celine really is quite pitiful. She's been going around looking for help nonstop. Nature's Alliance is in a very dangerous position."
Old Madre sighed, but a glimmer of delight flashed in his heart.
Whether it was Leylin or Mully being on the losing end in there, it was still going to be a delight to see.
"Hmph! Whose fault is it that you two are always harbouring evil intentions towards my Celine?"
Madre thought in his heart while revealing an enthusiastic grin. Compared to when Leylin had entered, he was much more passionate while explaining things of note to the acolytes.
From an outsider's perspective, Old Madre was still a very respectable senior.
At this moment, large amounts of chilly gusts of wind blew out form the crack in the ground, and the acolytes could not help but wrap themselves tightly in their clothes.
"This means someone is coming up… huh! They're fine!"
Old Madre was bewildered.
"What's going on?" Mully rushed over and asked.
"It's Magus Leylin! He's out! Magus Celine has already come here quite a few times to check if he's out yet. I need to inform her!"
Old Madre did not take him seriously, even complacently laughing after seeing Mully clenching his two fists.
A figure with a large, icy mountain on his shoulder rushed out from the crack.
"Are you Leylin, the new, famed professor that joined Nature's Alliance?" Mully sounded impolite.
"Yes! What's the matter?" He was beaming widely.
This person was naturally Leylin. In this period of time, after constantly extracting the breath of the Icy Jade Scorpion Emperor, he had already healed the emotional instability from his bloodline using the treatment designed by the A.I. Chip.
The extreme chill originating from Icy World, as well as support from the A.I. Chip had completely expelled the chaotic will in his bloodline that came from Purgatory World.
Though there might still be an issue deeper in his DNA, the A.I. Chip calculated that until he became a Morning Star Magus, the emotional instability of Warlocks would not be an issue. Leylin was therefore in a good mood.
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The New Hindu Year (चैत्र, कृष्ण पक्ष, विक्रम सम्वत २०७२) is starting tomorrow i.e. 8th April 2016. The auspicious days of Chaitra Navratri will also be starting from tomorrow. Each day of these nine days are dedicated to a cosmic energy which we refer to as Goddess or Mother. All the nine Goddesses are various aspects of the same primordial Shakti which is the origin for this cosmos.. sakal srishti. Seers and tantric adepts who can connect with these energies can tell you that there are reasons in worshiping them in a specific order over these 9 days the first Goddess being Ma Shakti Shailputri.
ॐ देवी शैलपुत्र्यै नमः॥Ma Shailputri
"Shailputri" means " Daughter of Mountains." She is known as Shailputri as she was born as daughter of Himalayas. The first day of Navratra is devoted to Ma Shailputri. On the first day of Navratri we should contemplate on the Shakti principle of Shailputri.
Ma Shailputri is depicted as divine goddess sitting on a Vrish (Bull). She has Shool (Trident) in right hand and Kamal (Lotus) in left hand. Worshiping Ma Shaiputri rids a Sadhak/Sadhika (practitioner) from any ill effects of Moon, further also this connection bestows good fortune as moon is the governing planet.
Ma Shakti Shailputri resides in Muladhara Chakra (Root Chakra). The spiritual journey of a Sadhak starts by arousing the Kundalini which lies dormant in Muladhara Chakra, so on first day we should contemplate and worship Ma Shailputri with the intention of kundalini awakening. She is the Muladhara Shakti. Muladhara or Root Chakra is also the abode of Prithvi Tattva (Earth Element). So on first day Tattva Shakti Sadhak and Sadhika should do first make sankalpam and Guru Vandana then proceed to Prithvi Tattva Sadhana. Doing Prithvi Tattva Sadhana helps a Sadhak in becoming stable and grounded in the Sadhana. It helps in awakening this Shakti principle. This marks the start of the spiritual journey which takes a Sadhak towards his life purpose – Bhukti (Fulfillment of Material desires) and Mukti (getting rid of sufferings of Yama or Kaala). Contemplating on Ma Shailputri while doing Prithvi Tattva Sadhana blesses Sadhak with immense strength to walk on spiritual path.
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु माँ शैलपुत्री रूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥
I bow down at the lotus feet of my Guru and Goddess and pray. "May you receive all the divine grace from Goddess in this New Year."
– Ma Shakti Devpriya Anand Nath
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Apple CEO Tim Cook today met with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace, and over the course of 45 minutes, the two discussed topics like education, the economy, and taxes in Europe, according to French news sites.
Apple would like to extend its "Everyone Can Code" educational initiative to France, and plans to discuss its expansion with the Ministry of National Education.
Introduced in 2016, Everyone Can Code is aimed at adding coding lessons into elementary schools and colleges. Hundreds of elementary schools have adopted Everyone Can Code material in the United States, and community colleges across the country have also begun offering App Development with Swift classes.
As rumored, Apple also plans to open an installation at Parisian startup incubator "Station F" in an effort to help French app developers create and launch iOS apps. Station F is the largest startup facility in the world and other companies like Facebook, Microsoft, and Ubisoft, already run startup programs at the incubator.
The two also discussed the relationship between Apple and French suppliers and how it can be improved, with Apple planning to work with additional French suppliers for future products.
Taxes in Europe were the last topic of discussion. Cook and Macron discussed the need for tech companies to contribute to the economy in the countries in which they operate. Led by Macron, France and Germany have called for an aggressive overhaul of how tech companies pay taxes across the European Union with the aim of introducing a more unified corporate tax system across Europe.
Cook and Macron are said to have had a constructive discussion on taxes, with no deadlock in the dialogue, but both agreed that a solution will ultimately be enacted by the European Union rather than France.
Cook had a busy day in France. In addition to meeting with Macron, he also visited iPhone X component supplier Eldim, the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, "My Little Paris" recommendation startup, and "CoachGuitar," a company that makes an app for teaching people how to play the guitar.
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Directions to MassMutual Center
The MassMutual Center is located in Springfield's Downtown section, minutes from hotels, bus and train stations. Patrons should enter the MassMutual Center at the entrance on the corner of Dwight Street and Bruce Landon Way.
Traveling North on I-91: take Exit 6 (Springfield Center), onto East Columbus Avenue. Continue up East Columbus Avenue (about ¼ mile) to Court Street. Take a right onto Court Street and proceed past Symphony Hall, City Hall and Sovereign Bank. The MassMutual Center is located at the corner of Court and Main Street across from Court Square.
Traveling South on I-91: take 91 South to Rt. 291, then bear right to exit on Chestnut Street (Exit 2). Proceed to Liberty Street and bear right, then turn left onto Dwight Street. Civic Center Garage can be accessed via Harrison Ave or Bruce Landon Way.
Traveling West on Rt. 90: take Exit 6 off the Mass. Turnpike to Rt. 291. From Rt. 291 take Dwight Street Exit. Turn left at the end of the ramp and follow Dwight Street to the MassMutual Center.
Traveling East on Rt. 90: take Exit 4 onto I-91 South.


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Trimming and clipping your dog doesn't stop in the front. One of the most important areas is the hind end under the dog's tail, since it comes in contact with the ground often and may get covered with dirt and feces. With a good set of scissors, you can trim your dog's hind end like a pro.
Step 1
Place your dog on a grooming table or stationary location that reaches at least to your waist. If he will not stand for grooming, have someone help hold him when you're trimming his hind end.
Step 2
Hold the scissors in one hand and raise the tail with your other hand. Hold the tail straight up to prevent your dog from trying to sit.
Step 3
Clip the hair from the anus outward and down the back side. Skim the hair carefully with the scissors not to cut too close or nick the anus. Leave the hair approximately 1/2 to 1/4 inch long.
Step 4
Cut the hair down from the anus towards the gentiles. Use a set of blunt-end scissors if you are worried you may cut too close to the skin. Pull the hair out with one hand and cut long strokes downward from the anus to the feet until the hair is the desired length.
Step 5
Lift one of the dog's back legs and pull the skin tight to prevent nicking it. Cut the hair from the underside of his belly down the inside of the leg. Repeat this on the other side.
Don't cut the hair too close to the skin. This may cause itching and discomfort when it grows back. If your dog has sensitive skin, apply petroleum jelly or an ointment to the trimmed area.
Items You Will Need
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The purpose of our programs is to foster independence through respect, dignity of rights and encouragement of growth.
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Civil Rights Attorneys: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Workplace discrimination presents an intimating and difficult situation with your employer. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, codified as 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2, prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including gender and pregnancy), and national origin. Discrimination involves treating a person (applicant or employee) unfavorably in any aspect of his or her employment because of his or her race, color, national origin, sex (including gender and pregnancy), or religion. Specifically, it is unlawful for employers and employment agencies to do any of the following:
- (1) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; or
- (2) to limit, segregate, or classify his employees or applicants for employment in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his status as an employee, because of such individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Here are a number of common examples in which your employer is prohibited from discrimination because of the above-referenced characteristics:
- Hiring (including failure to hire) and firing
- Compensation, assignment, or classification of employees
- Transfer, promotion, layoff, or recall
- Job Advertisements
- Recruiting (including selection of interviews because of these protected characteristics)
- Testing
- Use of company facilities
- Training and Apprenticeship programs
- Fringe benefits
- Pay, retirement plans, and disability leave
- Other terms and conditions of employment
In the context of religion, for example, religious discrimination involves treating a person (an applicant or employee) unfavorably because of his or her religious beliefs. The law protects not only people who belong to traditional, organized religions, such as Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, and Judaism, but also others who have sincerely held religious, ethical, or moral beliefs. Some examples include prayer time and religious garb and grooming practices.
Unless it would present undue hardship on the employer's operation of the business, an employer must reasonably accommodate an employee's religious beliefs or practices, including schedule changes or leave for religious observances, but also to such dress or grooming practices that an employee has for religious reasons (e.g. wearing a particular head covering or religious dress, wearing certain hairstyles or facial hair, and an employee's observance of a religious prohibition against wearing certain garments (e.g. pants or miniskirts). Undue hardship sometimes arises when the religious accommodation is too costly, compromises workplace safety, decreases workplace efficiency, infringes on the rights of other employees, or requires other employees to do more than their share of potentially hazardous or burdensome work. If you need an accommodation for religious purposes, you must notify your employer to begin the informal interactive process to determine what accommodation may be provided to you.
If you believe you have been discriminated against in any aspect of your employment because of your race, color, national origin, religion, or sex (including gender or pregnancy), contact a Columbus or Toledo attorney at Bryant Legal, LLC immediately to ensure your rights are properly protected.


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In an interview with a radio station in Brazil, Boston Celtics guard Leandro Barbosa said that he asked the team to move him. When asked about it by reporters in Boston, Barbosa and GM Danny Ainge said there was no trade request. Per the Boston Herald: "In a translation of the story, Barbosa is quoted as saying, 'I will not lie to you. I tried to get out several times, but Danny Ainge does not want to let me go.' Shown both the translation and the actual story yesterday, Barbosa said the remarks are not his. 'It never came out of my mouth like that,' he said. Asked bluntly if he is trying to get the Celtics to trade him, Barbosa said, 'No, I want to play. I want to be here. That's it.' The 6-foot-3 guard has been playing sparingly of late, though Doc Rivers did lament after Wednesday's loss to New Orleans that he didn't use him earlier in the game, because the club was in need of his energy. […] 'I knew it was going to be like this when I came here,' he said, echoing comments he made when he signed during the middle of training camp. Ainge flatly denied Barbosa has asked to be dealt. 'I've never had any conversation like that with Leandro,' said the Celts' boss. 'I have no idea where that came from, but it's just not true. We like Leandro very much, and I'm sure he's going to help us a lot before this season is over.'"
Leandro Barbosa Said He Wanted a Trade Then Denied it


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Vivian Johnson is an Oakland-based photographer, with an eye for capturing lived-in spaces, architectural details, and interesting personalities. Vivian works often with interior designers and is available for travel, as she loves shooting beautiful spaces and places around the world. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle, Rue Magazine, Apartment Therapy, and MyDomaine. She is also a part of Found Artists


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Time to kick Russia out of the BRICs?
It may end up sounding like a famous ball-point pen maker, but an argument is being made that Goldman Sach's famous marketing device, the BRICs, should really be the BICs. Does Russia really deserve to be a BRIC, asks Anders Åslund, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, in an article for Foreign Policy.
Åslund, who is also co-author with Andrew Kuchins of "The Russian Balance Sheet", reckons the Russia of Putin and Medvedev is just not worthy of inclusion alongside Brazil, India and China in the list of blue-chip economic powerhouses. He writes:
The country's economic performance has plummeted to such a dismal level that one must ask whether it is entitled to have any say at all on the global economy, compared with the other, more functional members of its cohort.
I have just returned from Moscow, which is always dreary around this season. But this year, the mood among the capital's eloquent liberal economists has hit a new low. For the last seven years, Russia has undertaken no significant economic reforms. Instead, the state has been living off oil and gas, like a lucky but undeserving rentier."
Economically, Åslund has the numbers on his side. The International Monetary Fund estimates that the Russian economic will contract by 6.7 percent this year, while China will grow 8.5 percent and India 5.4 percent. There is less of a case for Brazil, with a contraction of 0.7 percent projected, but it is still doing far better than Russia.
But the BRICs concept is not just about economics. As mentioned, it is a marketing device to urge investors to focus on the big emerging players. From an investment standpoint, it could be argued that Russia is leading the BRICs. Its stock market is up 128 percent this year versus around 80 percent for the other three.
At very least, however, Russia's economic underperformance and stock market outperformance does suggest it is the outlier of the group.
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We Russians don't care about being considered part of BRIC, it is Western investors that care. As far as FDI opportunities you will find Russia far more open to Western investment than China or Brazil with their protectionist policies. Russia has less growth opportunity in the way of cheap labour, but far more in resources and skilled human capital. Russia is the leader in technology in BRIC and joint partnerships can bring about rapid economic development that won't be experienced in the other countries for quite some time.
Well, while it is relatively easy to focus on the % change of GDP we also might want to look into the per capita numbers: Russia's per capita GDP is c$9800, while India's is c$1000, China's is c$3500 and only Brazil shows a similar level of c$6800. Relatively higher GDP levels in Russia and Brazil are not a coincidence, both countries are actively supplying the world and other BRIC members with raw materials and food and all these goods are both important and valuable. At least Brazil and Russia do not deserve to be blamed for this.One of the purposes to introduce the BRIC term was to distinguish a group of emerging countries which have a considerable potential to drive the world economy relying on a political end economical system based on global capitalism. Russia with its fast emerging market economy and liberal tax system is one of the leaders in BRIC actually. To remind, the corporate profit tax in Russia is 20%, the personal income tax is flat 13% rate and the VAT is 18%. Yes, Russia's economy has sharply contracted in 2009. The three key factors hitting Russia simultaneously were the plummeting prices for resources, the unprecedented capital flight and an economy overheated by inflation, previous inflows of capital and short term leverage. Despite all the blows the Russian government is getting even more committed to the market reforms, modernisation and deregulation. Just compare the political system of Russia and China and the way the economy and financial system are regulated in China and you will realize that Russia is well ahead in imposing the liberal economic rules.Inflation has been zero in Russia since mid August and is on target to be 9% this year. The analysts at Troika Dialog (leading Russian investment bank) expect it to fall to 6.5% in 2010. For the first time since the fall of the Soviet Union, they expect single digit Russian inflation for a sustained period in 2010. This would imply greater profits and higher valuation multiples for stocks, strong GDP growth of at least 5%, and better conditions for the formation of long term domestic capital. As you saw in Brazil and Turkey, this is likely to drive outperformance.
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Russia simply repeats Lenins' NEP over and over again. Periods of free capitalism intertwine with times of communistic confiscation. It's a dodgy place to do business if you're not an insider. I suggest to visit Poland.
Look up Anders Åslund on wiki…"Åslund was a firm believer and key advisor in the controversial "shock therapy" measures that were applied to the Russian economy with appalling results.."However, I do believe Russia needs to get out of the elitist mind set currently plaguing its politics, and business circles. Instead of wasting 9 billion dollars on Winter Games, they should put that money into providing decent living standards to its citizens and dealing with corruption.And they need to stop feeding its people crap that the world is against them, and that we should stick together because we are better then the rest of them, that just leads down the path were most people don't even want to go.Russian is a home to a great people, with tremendous resources, and a true desire and will to succeed that seems to suffer from occasional misdirection.
No, No! It should be formed another Union – Venezuela, Iran, Russia, Uzbekistan, Sudan – VIRUS.
Couldn't agree more Jezza.I think the most damning indictment of Russia is its declining population and low life expectancy. At just 60, the average life expectancy of a Russian male is low not just by European standards but by South American and Asian too.Russia is certainly resource-rich but it's a basket case. Sometimes worth a punt, yes, but as a long term investment for your hard earned pension pot? No chance.
Tell me something I don't know…Russia has always been a third world country with noticeable achievements in sports and too little to show in technology or anything else that matters in the modern world.I find the most staggering number in this context to be the life expectancy of the Russian male: 59It says all about the Russian economy, society, infrastructure – and future.What else can one say about a country who's barely surviving thanks to the exportation of raw materials such as natural gas, oil and timber?This is ridiculous (but not funny)
I agree that Russia is considered as a member of BRIC mainly by Western Investors.It is clear that the crisis has hit the country quite severely. But it is worth to note that Russia and the CIS region represent one of the main FDI destinations for Western Capital.Despite the fact that Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan are treated as less friendly environments, there is still a huge appetite from investors to some particular companies and industries, e.g. take Gazprom eurobonds! Oversubscribed! Major share of the bonds went to US investors… Lukoil, KazMunaiGas issuances – good trend indeed.
First I think the idea of 'alliance' is usually a good thing, especially in economics, and second that Russia should indeed remain in the BRICs mix because of its potential. And it appears that Medvedev has shouted a wake-up call in regard to too much past dependence on oil and gas, especially with their recent problems with Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, etc. For one thing, oil and gas are as political as they are economic, and the political aspect is still a relative minus for Russia, whereas diversified business can be a gigantic plus for Russia, more than for India or China. And I think the perspective of 'perpetual Leninism' is becoming weaker and weaker with time, as well as the notion of 'western vs eastern'. Russia can easily look and move in both directions and is better set to capitalize (literally) in the future than some other countries. As I've met many young Russians in the past several years, I've felt more confident that the next 10-20 years will bring a complete paradigm shift in business and political climes, IF substantial positive steps can be taken to minimize the corruption and distrust that still seem to pervade.
I remember Åslund from Sweden around 1990. Then he predicted millions of Russians would soon leave the country and many of them hit the Swedish border with Finland in the north. The local governments set up emergency centers expecting thousands of impoverished Russians. The only ones who finally showed up were people from Murmansk who came to visit the new Ikea store.
I work for a multi-national company incorporated in the U.S. and with operations in both China and Russia. Furthermore, my wife was born and raised in Russia. China far outclasses Russia as a place to do business. The Russian bureaucracy is absolutely smothering – and seems to be intentionally designed to reap bribe money. The Chinese, rather than attacking business via denial of needed permits as is done in Russia, go out of their way to ensure a smooth entry into the country for new business.Medvedev and Putin have both stated publicly that corruption needs to be uprooted. Unfortunately, the corruption vine is so entangled in Russia's economic tree that it will take a serious and sustained effort to bring Russia to a true free-market economy. But both men seem to be just giving lip service to the problem. As things now stand, only state-owned corporations can freely negotiate the Russian bureaucracy without fear of administrative attacks.That's too bad, because I'd really like to see expanded economic opportunities for my in-laws now living in Russia.
DD,Completely agree with you. Though, I would not say "seems to suffer from occasional misdirection". It is constant misdirection ;)Russia's elite is leading Russia through complete control of the media and discrediting and containing all opposition.
This has got to be one of the stupidest comments I've read lately. Is he gonna kick out every oil fiefdom as well, to be fair? Or the US, seeing that they are in a deep recession? And what about Japan, having been in a drawn out recession for fifteen or so years?It is fashionable to admire China and India (and Brazil, to a lesser degree) these days, but they are still only just emerging without anyone knowing if it's gonna last (back to Japan, we go), whereas Russia (formerly the Soviet Union) has been a world power for more than half a century, and a strong regional power for centuries before that, before the concept of a world power in the modern sense even existed.
no doubt Russia has to be kicked out of BRIC as well as out of G20. There is nothing to get out of that country anymore, why would somebody consider it as developed country.
Russia needs to be broken up, it is far too large to be ruled effectively either by a despot or a democratic government. The country is slowly dying off, the current elite only cares about maintaining power and lining their coffers while their children are raised in western Europe.A new generation needs to grow up in Russia that is willing to fight for freedom, democracy and the rule of law not just be treated as pawns and slaves of the state.Eventually Putin will die off and hopefully there is a Russia left when that happens.
The GPD per capita used above to measure the richness of China or India compare to Brazil and Russia was not necessarily accurate nor appropriate. China and India's population is measured by billion while Brazil and Russia's million. Let's use China as an example. China has 1.3 billion of population. When we equalize the measuring unit to million, it becomes 1,300 million. Russia has only 140 millions of population. You can see China has 9.28 times of people more than Russia. Of course, the GDP per capita for China is much lower than Russia and Brazil, simply because the R & B have much less population. However, not to forget that the middle to high income (comparable to those developed countries) population of China could simply outnumber the total population of Russia or Brazil. Just simply see the reality by visiting Louis Vuitton's website. They have already put China on their front page for selection while the rest of the BRI countries are absent from the list.
how lame of you to say that russia must be kicked off. dont forget russia it is still learning to be a capitalist country. and when they mastered that china and india will tremble. "even the tallest bamboo knows how to bend." right now russia is bending to adapt on its new found freedom. china if ever it lose its grip on its peple it will surely colapse remember china is still a communist country. although india is a capitalist country it cant sustain its wealth without natural resources.
india russia are friend so no problem!
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Angelica Kauffman
Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann RA (30 October 1741 – 5 November 1807), usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman,[a] was a Swiss Neoclassical painter who had a successful career in London and Rome. Remembered primarily as a history painter, Kauffmann was a skilled portraitist, landscape and decoration painter. She was, along with Mary Moser, one of the two female founding members of the Royal Academy in London in 1768.[2][3]
Angelica Kauffman
Self-portrait by Kauffman, 1770–75
Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann
30 October 1741
Chur, League of God's House, present day Graubünden, Switzerland
|5 November 1807 (aged 66)
|Known for
Early lifeEdit
Kauffman was born at Chur in Graubünden, Switzerland. Her family moved to Morbegno in 1742, then Como in Lombardy in 1752 at that time under Austrian rule. In 1757 she accompanied her father to Schwarzenberg in Vorarlberg/Austria where her father was working for the local bishop.[6] Her father, Joseph Johann Kauffmann, was a relatively poor man but a skilled Austrian muralist and painter, who was often traveling for his work. He trained Angelica and she worked as his assistant, moving through Switzerland, Austria, and Italy. Angelica, a child prodigy, rapidly acquired several languages from her mother, Cleophea Lutz, including German, Italian, French and English.[7] She also showed talent as a musician and was forced to choose between opera and art. She quickly chose art as a Catholic priest told Kauffman that the opera was a dangerous place filled with "seedy people."[8] By her twelfth year she had become known as a painter, with bishops and nobles being her sitters.
In 1754, her mother died and her father decided to move to Milan.[8] Later visits to Italy of long duration followed.[9] She became a member of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze in 1762.[10] In 1763 she visited Rome, returning again in 1764. From Rome she passed to Bologna and Venice, everywhere feted for her talents and charm. Writing from Rome in August 1764 to his friend Franke, Winckelmann refers to her popularity; she was then painting his picture, a half-length; of which she also made an etching. She spoke Italian as well as German, he says, and expressed herself with facility in French and English - one result of the last-named accomplishment being that she became a popular portraitist for British visitors to Rome. "She may be styled beautiful," he adds, "and in singing may vie with our best virtuosi".[9] In 1765, her work appeared in England in an exhibition of the Free Society of Artists. She moved to England shortly after and established herself as a leading artist.[8]
Years in Great BritainEdit
While in Venice, Kauffman was persuaded by Lady Wentworth, the wife of the British ambassador, to accompany her to London. One of the first pieces she completed in London was a portrait of David Garrick, exhibited in the year of her arrival at "Mr Moreing's great room in Maiden Lane." The rank of Lady Wentworth opened society to her, and she was everywhere well received, the royal family especially showing her great favor. Her firmest friend, however, was Sir Joshua Reynolds. In his pocket-book her name as "Miss Angelica" or "Miss Angel" appears frequently; and in 1766 he painted her, a compliment which she returned by her Portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Another instance of her intimacy with Reynolds is to be found in her variation of Guercino's Et in Arcadia ego, a subject which Reynolds repeated a few years later in his portrait of Mrs Bouverie and Mrs Crewe.[9]
In 1767 Kauffman was seduced by an imposter going under the name Count Frederick de Horn, whom she married, but they were separated the following year.[9][11] It was probably owing to Reynolds's good offices that she was among the signatories to the petition to the king for the establishment of the Royal Academy. In its first catalogue of 1769 she appears with "R.A." after her name (an honour she shared with one other woman, Mary Moser); and she contributed the Interview of Hector and Andromache, and three other classical compositions.[12] She spent several months in Ireland in 1771, as a guest of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and undertook a number of portrait commissions there. Her notable Irish portraits include those of Philip Tisdall, the Attorney General for Ireland, and his wife Mary, and of Henry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely and his family, including his niece Dorothea Monroe, the most admired Irish beauty of her time.[13] It appears that among her circle of friends was Jean-Paul Marat, then living in London and practising medicine, with whom she may have had an affair.[14][b]
Her friendship with Reynolds was criticized in 1775 by fellow Academician Nathaniel Hone, who courted controversy in 1775 with his satirical picture The Conjurer.[c] It was seen to attack the fashion for Italian Renaissance art and to ridicule Sir Joshua Reynolds, leading the Royal Academy to reject the painting. It also originally included a nude caricature of Kauffman in the top left corner, which he painted out after she complained to the academy. The combination of a little girl and an old man has also been seen as symbolic of Kauffman and Reynolds's closeness, age difference, and rumoured affair.[17][15]
From 1769 until 1782 Kauffman was an annual exhibitor with the Royal Academy, sending sometimes as many as seven pictures, generally on classical or allegoric subjects. One of the most notable was Leonardo expiring in the Arms of Francis the First (1778).[18][d]
In 1773 she was appointed by the Academy with others to decorate St Paul's Cathedral, a scheme that was never carried out, and it was she who, with Biagio Rebecca, painted the Academy's old lecture room at Somerset House.[18]
History paintingEdit
While Kauffman produced many types of art, she identified herself primarily as a history painter, an unusual designation for a woman artist in the 18th century. History painting was considered the most elite and lucrative category in academic painting during this time period and, under the direction of Sir Joshua Reynolds, the Royal Academy made a strong effort to promote it to a native audience more interested in commissioning and buying portraits and landscapes. Despite the popularity that Kauffman enjoyed in British society, and her success there as an artist, she was disappointed by the relative apathy of the British towards history painting. Ultimately she left Britain for the continent, where history painting was better established, held in higher esteem and patronized.[20]
History painting, as defined in academic art theory, was classified as the most elevated category. Its subject matter was the representation of human actions based on themes from history, mythology, literature, and scripture. This required extensive learning in biblical and Classical literature, knowledge of art theory and a practical training that included the study of anatomy from the male nude. Most women were denied access to such training, especially the opportunity to draw from nude models; yet Kauffman managed to cross the gender boundary to acquire the necessary skill to build a reputation as a successful history painter who was admired by colleagues and eagerly sought by patrons.[21]
Later years in RomeEdit
In 1781, after her first husband's death (she had been long separated from him), she married Antonio Zucchi (1728–1795), a Venetian artist then resident in England.[18] Shortly afterwards she retired to Rome, where she befriended, among others, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; yet, always restive, she wanted to do more and lived for 25 years with much of her old prestige.[18]
In 1782, Kauffman's father died, as did her husband in 1795. In 1794, she painted, Self-Portrait Hesitating Between Painting and Music, in which she emphasizes the difficult choice in choosing painting as her sole career, in dedication to her mother's death.[7] She continued at intervals to contribute to the Royal Academy in London, her last exhibit being in 1797. After this she produced little, and in 1807 she died in Rome, being honored by a splendid funeral under the direction of Canova. The entire Academy of St Luke, with numerous ecclesiastics and virtuosi, followed her to her tomb in Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, and, as at the burial of Raphael, two of her best pictures were carried in procession.[18]
By 1911, rooms decorated with her work were still to be seen in various quarters. At Hampton Court was a portrait of the duchess of Brunswick; in the National Portrait Gallery, a self-portrait (NPG 430).[18][22]
There were other pictures by her in Paris, at Dresden, in the Hermitage at St Petersburg, in the Alte Pinakothek at Munich, in Kadriorg Palace, Tallinn (Estonia)[18][23] and in the Joanneum Alte Galerie at Graz. The Munich example was another portrait of herself, and there was a third in the Uffizi at Florence. A few of her works in private collections were exhibited among the Old Masters at Burlington House.[18]
Kauffman is also well known by the numerous engravings from her designs by Schiavonetti, Francesco Bartolozzi and others. Those by Bartolozzi especially found considerable favour with collectors. Charles Willson Peale (1741–1827), artist, patriot, and founder of a major American art dynasty, named several of his children after notable European artists, including a daughter, Angelica Kauffman Peale.[18]
A biography of Kauffman was published in 1810 by Giovanni Gherardo De Rossi.[18][10] The book was also the basis of a romance by Léon de Wailly (1838) and it prompted the novel contributed by Anne Isabella Thackeray to the Cornhill Magazine in 1875 entitled "Miss Angel".[18]
The Angelika Kauffmann MuseumEdit
The Angelika Kauffmann Museum in Schwarzenberg, Vorarlberg (Austria) was established in 2007. This location is in the same area that her father called home. The annually changing exhibitions focus on different aspects and themes of her artistic work.[24] In the 2019 exhibition "Angelika Kauffmann – Unknown Treasures from Vorarlberg Private Collections", many of her paintings were shown to the public for the first time, as a large parts of her oeuvre are owned by private collectors.[25] The museum is housed in the so-called "Kleberhaus", an old farmhouse in the typical architectural style of the region.[26]
Miranda and Ferdinand in The Tempest, 1782.
A Sleeping Nymph Watched by a Shepherd, about 1780, Angelica Kauffman V&A Museum no. 23-1886
Kauffman's 1787 painting of Goethe, then 38 years old
Scene from the 1802 première in Weimar of Goethe's Iphigenia in Tauris, with Goethe himself as Orestes in the centre.
Troilus and Cressida, Act V, Scene II (1789), one of her many Shakespeare tableaux. Engraved in 1795 for an edition of Shakespeare by the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery.
Kauffman's El juicio de Paris at Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Kauffman (seated), in the company of other "Bluestockings". Richard Samuel, 1778.
Portrait of a Woman as a Vestal Virgin (1780s)
Death of Alcestis, 1790
Notes and referencesEdit
- ^ Kauffman is the preferred spelling of her name in English; it is the form she herself used most in signing her correspondence, documents and paintings.[1]
- ^ Conner attributes the allegation to Jacques Pierre Brissot, who reported it as hearsay in his Mèmoirs, 1754–1793 (1912), but does not find the evidence for it compelling.[14]
- ^ The original sketch was discovered in Brazil in September 1966 and bought by Tate Britain the following year.[15] The finished painting's whereabouts were unknown until it appeared at auction in 1944. It was acquired in 1967 and is now in the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin.[16][15]
- ^ King Francis I had become a close friend of Leonardo da Vinci during the artist's last years, and Vasari records that the King held Leonardo's head in his arms as he died. Aside from Kauffman, this story was portrayed in romantic paintings by Ingres, Ménageot and other French artists, though some historians consider it legend rather than fact.[19]
- ^ Roworth 1992, p. 193.
- ^ The Royal Academy n.d.
- ^ NMWA n.d.
- ^ Townsend 2008, p. 105.
- ^ Johns 2011.
- ^ AKRP: Chronology.
- ^ a b AKRP: Biography.
- ^ a b c Ratiner 2005.
- ^ a b c d Dobson 1911, p. 697.
- ^ a b Roworth 2004.
- ^ Roworth 2013.
- ^ Dobson 1911, pp. 697–698.
- ^ Loftus 2014.
- ^ a b Conner 2012, pp. 3, 13.
- ^ a b c d Postle 2001.
- ^ National Gallery of Ireland n.d.
- ^ Rosenthal 2006, pp. 226–227.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Dobson 1911, p. 698.
- ^ White 2000, pp. 261–262.
- ^ Roworth 1997, pp. 766–770.
- ^ Roworth 1997, p. 766.
- ^ Art Museum of Estonia 2013.
- ^ "Angelika Kauffmann Museum - Tourismus Schwarzenberg". www.schwarzenberg.at. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "The Angelika Kauffmann Museum in Schwarzenberg". Bregenzerwald in Vorarlberg. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Angelika Kauffmann Museum - Tourismus Schwarzenberg". www.schwarzenberg.at. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Dobson, Henry Austin (1911). "Kauffmann, Angelica". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 697–698.
- Baumgärtel, Bettina, ed. (n.d.). "Biography". Angelika Kauffmann Research Project. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- Baumgärtel, Bettina, ed. (n.d.). "Chronology". Angelika Kauffmann Research Project. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- Conner, Clifford D. (2012). Jean-Paul Marat: Tribune of the French Revolution. Revolutionary Lives. Pluto Press. ISBN 9780745331935.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "Art Museum of Estonia". EKM Digitaalkogu. 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- Johns, Elizabeth (4 February 2011). "Keepsakes of the Beloved: Portrait Miniatures and Profiles 1790 to 1840". Traditional Fine Arts Organization. Retrieved 2 December 2018.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Loftus, Simon (Winter 2014). "From chaplains to lords". Irish Arts Review.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "The Conjuror". National Gallery of Ireland. n.d. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- "Angelica Kauffman: 1741–1807". The National Museum of Women in the Arts. n.d. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- "NPG 430; Angelica Kauffman". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- Postle, Martin (2001). "Sketch for The Conjuror, Nathaniel Hone, 1775". Tate Britain. Retrieved 3 December 2018.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Ratiner, Tracie, ed. (2005). "Kauffman, Angelica". Encyclopedia of World Biography. 25 (2nd ed.). Detroit, MI: Gale. pp. 229–231 – via Gale Virtual Reference Library.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Rosenthal, Angela (2006). Angelica Kauffman: Art and sensibility. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300103335.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Roworth, Wendy Wassyng, ed. (1992). Angelica Kauffman: A Continental Artist in Georgian England. London: Reaktion Books. ISBN 9780948462412.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Roworth, Wendy Wassyng (1997). "Kauffman [Kauffmann], Angelica". In Gaze, Delia (ed.). Dictionary of Women Artists. 2. London and Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 764–770. ISBN 1-884964-21-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Roworth, Wendy Wassyng (2004). "Documenting Angelica Kauffman's Life and Art". Eighteenth-Century Studies. American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. 37 (3): 478–482. doi:10.1353/ecs.2004.0031. eISSN 1086-315X. ISSN 0013-2586 – via Project MUSE.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Roworth, Wendy Wassyng (2013). "Kauffman [Kauffmann], Angelica". In Gaze, Delia (ed.). Concise Dictionary of Women Artists. Routledge. pp. 401–406. ISBN 9781136599019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "Angelica Kauffman RA (1741–1807)". The Royal Academy. n.d. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- Townsend, Joyce, ed. (2008). Preparation for Painting: The Artist's Choice and its Consequences. Archetype Publications. ISBN 9781904982326.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- White, Michael (2000). Leonardo: The First Scientist. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9780312203337.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Retrospektive Angelika Kauffmann (270 works, c. 450 ill. ), Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseum (15 November 1998 – 24 January 1999); München, Haus der Kunst (5 February - 18 April 1999); Chur, Bündner Kunstmuseum (8 May – 11 July 1999).
Further readingEdit
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Angelica Kauffman
- Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). The American Cyclopædia. .
- Bettina Baumgärtel (ed.): Retrospective Angelika Kauffmann, Exh. Cat. Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseum; Munich, Haus der Kunst, Chur, Bündner Kunstmuseum, Ostfildern, Hatje 1998, ISBN 3-7757-0756-5.
- Kauffmann, Angelica. (2001). "»Mir träumte vor ein paar Nächten, ich hätte Briefe von Ihnen empfangen«. Gesammelte Briefe in den Originalsprachen. Ed. Waltraud Maierhofer. Lengwil: Libelle, 2001. ISBN 978-3-909081-88-2 (Letters in German, English, Italian, French; introduction and commentary in German.)
- Kauffmann, Angelika. (1999) "Briefe einer Malerin." Ed. Waltraud Maierhofer. Mainz: Dieterich'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung.
- Manners, Lady Victoria and Williamson, Dr. G.C. Angelica Kauffmann, R.A.: Her Life and Works. London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1924.
- Natter, Tobias (ed.). Angelica Kauffmann: A Woman of Immense Talent. Ostfildern: Hatje-Cantz, 2007. ISBN 978-3-7757-1984-1.
- The European Magazine and London Review, April 1809 "Memoir of the Lady Angelica Kauffman, R. A." by Joseph Moser, Esq.
External linksEdit
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Angelica Kauffmann.
- Information Angelika Kauffmann in Schwarzenberg ((in German), also contains information and articles both in English and Italian)
- Vorarlberg Landesmuseum in Bregenz
- Index to the edition of her correspondence on the publisher's site
- Angelica Kauffman Research Project
- 80 paintings by or after Angelica Kauffman at the Art UK site


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