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Villa Farnesina: The myth of Amor and Psyche
To which problem is the fresco a solution?
The story of Amor and Psyche on the walls of the Villa Farnesina in Rome is a Greek myth, a love story and was painted there by Raphael and his school in the 16th century. Owner of the Villa Farnesina at that time was Agostino Chigi. In this Wiki page we try to find to which problem the fresco of Amor and Psyche is a solution.
Raphael's life
Raphael or Raffaello Santi is born on March 28, 1483 in Urbino, a city in the north of Italy. His father, Giovanni Santi, was both a poet and a painter, who served the Duke of Urbino, Guidobaldo da Montefeltro. Giovanni taught his son his first artistic skills and was definitely important for the young painter's formation. However little of that is actually visible in the paintings Raphael made when he started painting independently.[1] Giovanni Santi died on the first of August, 1494, when his son was just eleven years old. Raphael's mother, Magia Ciarla, had passed away a couple of years before, in 1491. Giovanni had remarried a year after his first wife's dead, but that gave some trouble in the family. Although little is known about Raphael in the years before 1500, it is said that the fact that he was an orphan at such an early age gave him strength. He became a master early and received his first commission when he had not yet turned eighteen.[2]
Around this time Raphael went to Perugia, where he started working as an assistant in the workshop of Pietro Perugino, an Italian Renaissance painter of the Umbria school. The precise year of his arrival is a heavily debated issue, but there are indications that suggest that Raphael already started working for Perugino in 1494 or 1495.[3] Raphael not only learned from Perugino, but also from other artists like Pinturicchio, who was a former pupil and assistant of Perugino.[4] In 1504 Raphael was ready to move on and went to Florence, where he emerged himself in Florentine art. The exact date is again difficult to establish because Raphael received several commissions from his Umbrian patrons in the following years.[5] In Florence Raphael is amongst others influenced by the great Renaissance painters Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.[6] A few years later, in 1508, Raphael went to Rome to work for Pope Julius II.
In 1509 he starts working on the Stanze della Segnatura, the study and private library of the pope. The frescoes like for example the School of Athens are amongst the most famous works that the painter has ever produced. Apart from this commission Raphael also produced other works for the pope and for his cardinals and friends. In 1514 he even was appointed as architect of the Saint Peter's Basilica. Occasionally Raphael was also employed by other people. Raphael now had a high reputation and was a most wanted artist. Patrons competed for portraits, altarpieces, and frescoes.[7] A very special one was the rich banker Agostino Chigi. As a private patron, he could have Raphael produce works of art with secular, mythological subjects. This is said to be important for the one of Raphael's essential sides, the revival of the antique gods in painting.[8] Later we will tell more about Chigi.
Chigi's first commission for Raphael was the decoration of his chapel in Santa Maria della Pace in the beginning of 1511, probably at a time when pope Julius was in Bologna. When Julius II returned in June 1511 the work on the chapel was postponed and Raphael started working again for the pope. In the same year Chigi employed Raphael to paint the fresco of the nymph Galatea in a loggia of his new villa.
Except for this fresco Raphael was busy working for the pope and other friends so further work for Chigi was not possible.[9] In 1517 Chigi is able to hire Raphael again and had him decorating the ceiling of the entrance loggia of his villa with scenes of the story of Amor and Psyche. Raphael died a couple of years later in 1520 on the age of thirty-three.
Renaissance in Raphael's work of Amor and Psyche
The fresco of Amor and Psyche from Raphael is a typically Renaissance work of art. The story told on the ceiling of the loggia is the myth of Amor and Psyche, which is a Greek myth from the Classical period. No Christian story is to be told, but a pagan fable. The figures on the ceiling look very similar to people in real life; the proportions of the bodies and the ratios between the figures are correct.
Raphael is the artist of the fresco of Amor and Psyche. Agostino Chigi, the owner of the Villa Farnesina, wanted Raphael to paint his ceiling and not some unknown artist. This differs from the Middle Age idea that is it is all about the fresco and not about the painter who made it.
The Sienese banker Agostino Chigi was born in 1466 in family of merchants who became bankers. He learned the banking business in his father's bank and soon became familiar with the finances of the Papal States. When he was twenty years old Agostino started his first bank in Rome and a couple of years later, after the election of Pope Alexander VI Borgia in 1492, business flourished. Agostino became very rich and started to lend money to the high society members like Cesare Borgia, Piero de' Medici, Guidobaldo da Montefeltro and even to the French king Charles VIII.[10] Apart from these affairs Chigi made his fortune mainly by obtaining the lease for the alum mines in Tolfa. This valuable mineral salt was badly needed for the textile production and Chigi became in possession of the papal monopoly in Europe on this product. He exploited this business very well and the church as well as Chigi himself hugely benefited from this.[11] Because of his luxurious lifestyle Chigi was sometimes called 'il Magnifico'.[12]
After the pontificate of Alexander VI, Agostino maintained a close relationship with the popes. He lended sums of money to Pope Julius II della Rovere that were needed for the papal elections.[13] In 1509 Julius accepted Chigi into the papal family and with his permission the Della Rovere oak became part of the Chigi arms (originally six hills crowned with a star).[14] Julius II en Chigi shared more than a business relationship. They were both lovers of art, literature, theatre and the ancient world.[15] Chigi had for example an excellent knowledge of Greek literature and even established his own printing office in order to publish texts of Greek writers.[16] Agostino also befriended the next pope Leo X Medici by lending him money and organizing feasts.[17]
Agostino Chigi was not only a man of intellectual but also of earthly pleasures. He was fond of banquets, parties and women. After his first wife Margherita Saracini died childless in 1508, he had many affairs and extramarital children. One of his mistresses was the beautiful courtesan Imperia with whom he also had a daughter. But even before Imperia died in 1512 Chigi had begun courting the daughter of the Marquis of Mantua, Margherita Gonzaga. His attempts to persuade her into marriage failed however and in 1511 Chigi met Francesca Ordeaschi when he was on a dept-collecting mission to Venice. Francesca was a girl a poor family and therefore not thought of as proper match for the rich aristocratic banker. However, that did not stop Chigi. The couple lived together until their marriage in 1519[18] and even had four extramarital children. This match was of course subject of gossip and laughter in the Roman high society and in 1519 Chigi decided to regularize his position with a proper wedding.[19] Pope Leo X had already urged him to do so.[20] A year after the marriage in 1520 Agostino Chigi died.
The Villa Farnesina
Before the building of the Villa Farnesina, Chigi and his first wife lived in a house in the Via dei Banchi. In 1505 Chigi purchased a site on the other site of the Tiber, near the Via della Lungara. The architect and painter Baldassarre Peruzzi was commissioned to design a magnificent villa. Peruzzi finished his plans in 1506 and the building began soon after this. The property was completed by stables, designed by Raphael, and beautiful gardens which gave the residence an astonishing appearance. In 1508 interior decoration began and Chigi entrusted this to famous artists like Peruzzi, Sebastiano del Piombo and Raphael. In 1511 the architecture was completed. Although some rooms had not yet been decorated the villa was ready for its inhabitants and Chigi moved in. In the years following the decoration was finished and the result was a residence worthy of its owner.[21]
The entrance to the villa was on the north side of the building. Guests arrived in the Loggia of Amor and Psyche, the room that had been decorated by Raphael and his pupils in 1517. The pergola's and pavilions in the garden gave the impression of extending the festive garlands of fruit that are part of the interior decoration.[22] The loggia became a continuation of the garden and a place of tranquility. The frescoes of the myth were arranged in a way that fitted the situation of the house. On the left was the festive side, showing the marriage of Amor and Psyche, nearby the loggia of Galatea where guests were invited for dinner. On the right side was the fresco Council of the Gods, showing the way to Chigi's office where he frequently dealt with contracts and business matters.[23]
In his villa Chigi received many members of the Roman high society including princes, cardinals and the pope himself.[24] The villa is notorious for its banquets, feasts and intimate diners. On 30 April 1518 Chigi organized for example a banquet in the honor of pope Leo X.[25] Also famous is the banquet for the Roman aristocracy in 1518 on the occasion of the christening of his son Lorenzo Leone. It is said that gold en silver vessels used for the banquet were thrown into the Tiber to show Chigi's wealth. The story goes that Chigi had ordered nets to be laid in the river so that the gold and silver could be retrieved the next day.[26] On the 28th of august 1519 Agostino Chigi married Francesca Ordeaschi and a memorable wedding banquet was held in the Villa.[27]
After the death of Chigi in 1520 his heirs wasted the family fortune and did not take proper care of the villa. During the Sacco di Roma in 1527 the house was invaded by soldiers who even left markings on some of the frescoes on the first floor. The villa was sold to the rich family Farnese in 1590, who already owned a palazzo in the city. This is the reason why the villa is called the 'Villa Farnese'. In the years following the villa was heavily neglected. The villa had several owners until it was acquired by the Italian state in 1927. It was used to house the Italian Academy from 1929 until 1994. Thereafter it has been the property of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei who is still the current owner of the Villa Farnesina.[28]
The fable of Amor and Psyche
Psyche was told to be the youngest of three daughters of a King.[29] She was widely renowned for her beauty and people honoured and praised her in a way as if she was the goddess of Love, Venus, herself.
In fact, Venus envies the beauty of the mortal girl and gives order to her son to let Psyche fall in love with a horrible and ugly creature. In one of the frescoes this scene is imaged as Venus points out Psyche to Amor.
At night, Amor makes himself invisible and enters Psyche's room. The moment he wants to touch her with his arrow, Amor awakes and looks him right in the eye. Astonished by her beauty, Amor scratches himself with the arrow and falls deeply in love with Psyche. As Amor reports to Venus, she is outraged and curses Psyche, such that no man would ever marry her.
It worries Psyche's parents that despite her beauty no man proposes to her, therefore they consult the oracle of Apollo. His advice is to abandon her on a mountaintop, as she is not destined for mortal men. Once on that mountaintop Zephyr the West wind lifted her up and brought her to a flowery dale. In this pleasant place she was visited each night by her destined husband. Amor visited her every night, but charged her not to look at him as she should not doubt his love.
However, in time Psyche starts to long for her family and asks if she can get a visit by her sisters. As her sisters are brought to the valley, they envy the splendor their sister is living in. The sisters deceive Psyche and tell her that rumors go that her husband is in fact a tremendous monster. They advice her to take an oil lamp and a knife that night to see whether this story is true. When she lightens her lamp that night, she sees that she is betrayed by her sisters. Her husband is in fact the most delightful of all gods and as she leans over to have a better look on his face a drop of oil falls on the shoulder of Amor, which awakens them. Amor is very disappointed and flies away immediately as 'Love cannot dwell with suspicion'.[30]
Psyche was convicted to go to her home city and told her sisters what happened. Both sisters thought that this could be the chance for them to marry Amor and went to the mountaintop. As they jumped from the mountaintop expecting Zephyr to pick them up, this of course did not happen and they both fell dead on the ground.
Psyche looks everywhere for Amor until she came along the temple of Ceres. Ceres advices Psyche to go directly to Venus and to ask her for forgiveness. Afterwards Juno gives her the same advice. This scene is given in this fresco in which Psyche is imaged together with Ceres and Juno.
So, Psyche enters the temple of Venus and appears before the outraged Venus. Venus orders Psyche to sort out an enormous pile of grain before that evening. Alone, Psyche would have never finished this on time, but Amor stirs up an ant and its companions to help Psyche, such that she completes this task.
Venus thinks of another task. This time Psyche is asked to retrieve some golden wool from a group of golden sheep, which are in fact vicious and will probably kill her. This time a river-god helps Psyche to complete the task. Venus is enraged when Psyche returns with the wool and thinks of another assignment for Psyche. She gives her a crystal vessel, which she has to fill with some water from the innermost source of a stream. Again, Psyche is saved by others and returns the filled vessel to Venus. In the fresco you can see Psyche with the vessel on her way back to Venus. Psyche is carried by Amorini.
The moment Psyche returns the filled vessel to Venus is also depicted.
It is clear that Venus dislikes the fact that Psyche succeeded another assignment and therefore she thinks of one last impossible task. Psyche has to go to the underworld to ask the queen of the underworld to put a bit of her beauty in a box she was given by Venus. Again, with help of others she manages to fill the box with some beauty. On her way back, Psyche again lets her curiosity rule, and wants to have a look in the box. She wanted to put a little of the beauty on her cheeks to be even more charming when she meets Amor again. However, the only thing the box is filled with is an infernal sleep.
Luckily, Amor has forgiven Psyche and longs so much for her that he saves her and wipes the sleep from her face. Afterwards Amor visits Jupiter and begs him for his help. Jupiter gives his approval to the love between Amor and Psyche, which is represented in the following fresco by a kiss.
Jupiter is able to convince Venus to give her approval for a marriage as well; their conversation is depicted in the following fresco.
Furthermore, Jupiter calls for a Council of the Gods, in which they discuss the marriage and Jupiter explains that it is his will that Amor and Psyche do marry. The Council of the Gods is depicted in one of the main inner frescoes.
After the Gods gave their approval, Jupiter calls for Mercury. Mercury is depicted in one of the frescoes.
Mercury has to bring Psyche to the heavenly assembly, where she will get a cup of ambrosia, which will make her immortal. In another fresco you can see Mercury offering Psyche the cup of immortality.
Finally, the marriage of Amor and Psyche can take place. This marriage has a prominent place, since it is depicted in one of the center frescoes. In this fresco we see among others the Three Graces again, who sprinkle perfume on Amor and Psyche. Besides that we see the Hours with butterfly wings, which represents immortality.
Not every fresco fits exactly the story as it was once written down in Lucius Apuleius' novel, 'The Golden Ass'. The next fresco was painted just to show Amor's love for the Three Graces. In this fresco Amor is said to point out Psyche to the Three Graces. If we would have followed the direction to which Amor points in Chigi's period, we would have seen a fresco of Psyche. At the moment this lower fresco is not observable anymore. Several smaller frescoes in between the images that tell the story, show Amorini with attributes of a god, such as Mars and Mercury.
What did he paint, and what not.
In this paper we wrote about Raphael's life and that he was the painter of the Amor and Psyche fable on the ceiling of the Villa Farnesina. That is correct, but we cannot and must not ascribe all the work of Amor and Psyche to Raphael. Actually, just a tiny part of the fresco is made by Raphael. A great part, if not most part of the fresco is made by Raphael's school. For example; all the fruits and flower festoons were made by Giovanni da Udine.[31] When you have a look at the last fresco, you see the three graces; it is said that the female figure, seen from the back is made by Raphael himself, but the rest of the figure is made by his student Giulio Romano.[32]
Why the Greek myth Amor & Psyche
As told earlier in this wiki page, in the Renaissance period people got interested in the Classical period. They got interested in the culture and art from the Romans and Greeks. The myths about the Greek and Roman gods are part of that Roman and Greek culture are. The fable of Amor and Psyche is also a myth.
The room with frescoes of Amor and Psyche, the loggia, was painted and finished by Raphael in 1517.[33] At that time the Renaissance was at its peak, so it is not strange in that period of time that a Greek myth from the Classical time was painted in a loggia.
As already said in the earlier chapters, Agostino Chigi was a man who liked to show his wealth to everybody. Choosing Raphael to be the painter of the loggia of the Villa Farnesina, is a logical thing to do for a man like Chigi; Raphael was in Chigi's time a very famous en well-known painter and if you could tell visitors that Raphael painted your loggia, people would be very impressed.
So if it is not strange that a myth was painted in the loggia and that Raphael painted the myth, the next question we must ask, is who decided that the myth of Amor and Psyche had to be painted on the walls of the loggia. The books do not give us a clear answer to that question; some say it was the idea of Agostino Chigi and others say it was the idea of Raphael.
Paolo D'ancona says it was Raphael who had the idea to paint the myth of Amor and Psyche on the walls of the loggia and that Raphael used the story of Amor and Psyche from Apuleius Golden Ass.[34]
Writers like Roger Jones and Nicolas Penny say the opposite, that it was the idea of Agostino Chigi himself to have the myth of Amor and Psyche on the walls of the Villa Farnesina.[35]
Unfortunately, we cannot answer that question, but that does not mean we cannot find the reason why precisely that myth, and no other myth, had to be painted in the Villa Farnesina.
In the 16th century the story of Amor and Psyche was often used at marriages, because the myth is a story of two people falling in love. There are examples that the story of Amor and Psyche is painted on dowry chests.[36] The most well-known idea about the myth is that it is an allegory of the immortality of the soul.[37] However, the fresco of Raphael does not encourage that view.[38] So, pointing people to the fact that the human soul is immortal, cannot be the reason behind the fresco.
Another explanation for some people why the myth of Amor and Psyche was painted is that Agostino Chigi wanted to show the visitors who came to his villa that his marriage was approved by the highest counsel. There are several arguments that support that opinion and these will now be explained. It is said that Chigi compared himself and his life with that of Amor. Amor, just like Agostino Chigi, was a man of high-society and had friends and family in high places. Amor's lover was Psyche, a woman of low birth in comparison with Amor himself. Agostino was in deeply in love with Francesca Ordeaschi, a woman without money and no important family to speak of. Before Agostino married his mistress Francesca, he already had four children with her. Francesca, you could say, was Agostino's Psyche. A marriage between Agostino, a man from the upper-class, and Francesca, a woman from the lower-classes of society, in that period of time, the 16th century, would be just as undesirable as a marriage between a god, Amor, and a mortal woman, Psyche. As you can see on the ceiling of the loggia, lots of people opposed the love and marriage between Amor and Psyche. The sisters of Psyche did not approve of the marriage between those two. It is said that one of the graces in that fresco has the face of Chigi's former mistress Imperia[39], with whom he had a relationship until she died. After she died, he fell in love with Francesca. If Imperia had known about the relationship between her lover and Francesca, she probably would not have liked the two of them being together. The face of Imperia in the fresco is another clue that Chigi compares his love story with that of Psyche and Amor.
Eventually Jupiter, the highest god, approves of the marriage and says in the counsel of the gods that it is his wish that Amor and Psyche get married. In the story of Agostino it is the pope, Leo X, who wants that Agostino marries his mistress Francesca Ordeaschi. So, the marriage of Agostino and Francesca got, just like the marriage between Amor and Psyche, divine blessing.
In the middle of the ceiling we see a large fresco, which depicts the marriage between Amor and Psyche.
As one can see, the highest divine authority Jupiter also attends this wedding. This fresco shows us another final similarity between the Amor and Agostino. The Pope, the highest divine authority on earth, attended the wedding between Agostino and Francesca, just like Jupiter attended the wedding between the god and his girl. The marriage between Agostino and Francesca was held at the Villa Farnesina in the year 1519, after the fresco was finished. So every guest who came to the wedding and later on visited the villa could see that the marriage between Agostino and Francesca had a divine blessing.
Because of the many similarities between the myth of Amor and Psyche and the story of Agostino and Psyche, such as the face of Imperia in the fresco as one of the disapproving sisters, the pope, just like Jupiter, gave the couple his blessing at the wedding and the fact that the marriage was held at the Villa Farnesina, after the fresco was finished, we think it is more logical that the fresco was painted to show everybody that the marriage had a divine blessing, than that it was painted to show the immortality of the soul, or that Agostino just wanted Amor and Psyche in his loggia, because it was normal for newlyweds to have the love story of Amor and Psyche painted on one of their belongings.
Pagan gods
An interesting question is whether pope Leo X approved that pagan gods are depicted on the fresco of Amor and Psyche. Would he have mind being compared to Jupiter when he gave his blessing for the wedding of Chigi and Francesca? It would be logical to assume that he did. The head of the Catholic Church could not be compared to a pagan god, could he? But a search in literature, especially the work of Seznec, suggests otherwise.
A good starting point is the opinion of people about pagan gods. There are indications that suggest that people in the Middle Ages were not that suspicious of pagan gods and maybe even saw them as good magicians. A popular view (in literature) was that Greek and Roman culture had brought them civilization, an inheritance that in the 12th and 13th century was acknowledged[40]. In the Middle Ages mythological figures were also used as patrons and progenitors[41]. In the Renaissance these views and practices remained and even became stronger[42]. Pagan figures were visible in pictures, even in the Medieval times. Not uncommon were drawings placing the profane and sacred history together, showing roman gods and Christian figures[43]. This continued in the Renaissance period.
Of course the use of pagan gods caused a lot of protests and critical comments by the church and the clergymen in the middle ages and renaissance. This did not stop however the establishment of mythology in art and literature[44]. It is even said that the influence of churchmen who tried to lead artists away from profane subjects resulted in even more pagan works of art. For example a lot of important pagan decoration in the 16th century was made for cardinals[45]. Not only their counsel but also their commissions supported this art. Seznec says that this had been going on for centuries and can be explained by the inner conflict of the clergy. The churchmen, as theologians, should condemn the pagan art but as humanists loved it[46].
This could give an explanation why pope Leo X approved the fresco. As a Medici he probably received a first class humanistic education[47]. Furthermore he was a great lover of art and he generously spend a lot of money to support musicians, artists and literary men[48]. It seems plausible that this was the reason of his approval. We can however not be entirely sure due to lack of written accounts on this.
Which symbols - which people recognized that time - are used?
This audience of prominent people was used to luxury and splendorous banquettes which were often organized, also in the Villa Farnesina. The wedding of Amor and Psyche in one of the two larger frames is probably imaged as a banquette because of that.
The hierarchy that comes across in the story of Psyche and Amor is not new for the audience. In the fable the sovereign god is Jupiter, who is depicted by lighting and an eagle. He is more important than all other Gods who overrule in turn all mortal people. Jupiter is decisive in the story as his will to make Psyche immortal and marry Psyche and Amor is obeyed. At that time people were familiar with a strong hierarchy. In Rome the Pope was the sovereign authority, after which came the clergy and nobility, followed by the regular workers. Just as Jupiter was decisive in the fable, the Pope was decisive in everyday life in Rome.
Raphael clearly wanted to involve his audience in the paintings by pointing the eyes of some of the figures point at us. For example, Mercury looks at the audience and even seems to approach the audience. Also in both larger frescos there is one person of the group who looks at us. This makes these images more exciting and even involves the audience today with these frescoes. Also, figures in the fresco that look away or look down often view in the direction of other (former) frescoes that are somewhat related to them.
Between all the paintings, beautiful festoons with flowers, vegetables and fruits are frescoed. Of course, these were painted to make the room more luxurious, but these were symbolic for the voluptuousness and fertility of nature[49]. This is quite vividly shown by the erotic image of a gourd and a fig.
Problems and solutions
Our research has been centered around one main question which is answered in this section; To what problem is the Loggia of Amor and Psyche the solution?
The most important problem Chigi encountered was that he wanted to preserve his position in the Roman society. We found out that Chigi had an affair with a girl of simple origin in contrast to Chigi who was a wealthy banker and was even integrated in the papal family by Pope Julius II della Rovere. This on top of their four extramarital children caused a lot of gossip and laughter among the Roman high society. So, Chigi faced a problem of regaining his reputation. Villa Farnesina was visited by many prominent persons from the Roman high society and the loggia was the first room they entered. Therefore, the frescoes in the entrance hall were an opportunity to show visitors that Chigi had the blessing from 'a higher power' for his marriage with Francesca. We discovered that the fable of Amor and Psyche had many similarities with that of Chigi and Francesca. Chigi clearly wanted to show Roman society that Francesca was his Psyche and that they had a 'divine' blessing for their love. Furthermore, by making Raphael - one of the most celebrated and renowned artists at that time - decorate this room Chigi could show to all his wealth and power. The actual gossip around Chigi was raised to a higher level by Raphael in this art work. The abundance of symbols and several interpretations of the fable make it possible to sublimate the story of Chigi and Francesca. All this would hush the voices of laughter and gossip and would restore Agostino Chigi's reputation of honorable and powerful businessman who was supported by the highest powers of all.
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- Konrad Oberhuber, Raphael The Paintings, (Munich: Prestel, 1999), 187.
- Gianfranco Malafarina, The Villa Farnesina in Rome, (Modena: Franco Cosimo Panini, 2010), 6.
- Carlo Cresti and Claudio Rendina, Villa's en palazzi in Rome, (Groningen: Könemann, 1999), 106.
- Gianfranco Malafarina, The Villa Farnesina in Rome, (Modena: Franco Cosimo Panini, 2010), 6.
Carlo Cresti and Claudio Rendina, Villa's en palazzi in Rome, (Groningen: Könemann, 1999), 106-107.
- Gianfranco Malafarina, The Villa Farnesina in Rome, (Modena: Franco Cosimo Panini, 2010), 12.
- Carlo Cresti and Claudio Rendina, Villa's en palazzi in Rome, (Groningen: Könemann, 1999), 107-108.
Gianfranco Malafarina, The Villa Farnesina in Rome, (Modena: Franco Cosimo Panini, 2010), 6-7.
- Thomas Taylor, ed. Fable of Cupid and Psyche, (Whitefish: Kessinger Publishing, 2003).
- Jalic Inc.: http://www.online-mythology.com/cupid_psyche/. 26th September 2012.
- Paolo D'ancona, ed. The Farnesina frescoes at Rome, (Milan: Edizioni del millione, 1955), 57.
- Paolo D'ancona, ed. The Farnesina frescoes at Rome, (Milan: Edizioni del millione, 1955), 90.
- Paolo D'ancona, ed. The Farnesina frescoes at Rome, (Milan: Edizioni del millione, 1955), 55.
- Paolo D'ancona, ed. The Farnesina frescoes at Rome, (Milan: Edizioni del millione, 1955), 57.
- Roger Jones and Nicholas Penny, ed. Raphael, (New Heaven and London: Yale University Press, 1983), 183.
- Roger Jones and Nicholas Penny, ed. Raphael, (New Heaven and London: Yale University Press, 1983), 184.
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- Roger Jones and Nicholas Penny, ed. Raphael, (New Heaven and London: Yale University Press, 1983), 184.
- Jolie Jacobs: http://www.rome-nu.nl/liefdesverhalen/14314-agostino-en-imperia-verborgen-liefde-in-rome.html.
- Jean Seznec, The Survival of The Pagan Gods (Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1972), 17-19.
- Jean Seznec, The Survival of The Pagan Gods (Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1972), 20.
- Jean Seznec, The Survival of The Pagan Gods (Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1972), 20-22.
- Jean Seznec, The Survival of The Pagan Gods (Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1972), 28-29.
- Jean Seznec, The Survival of The Pagan Gods (Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1972), 263-264.
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- Jean Seznec, The Survival of The Pagan Gods (Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1972), 265-266.
- It is not absolute certain that he actually did receive such an education but there are indications that he did. Bonner Mitchell, Rome in the High Renaissance The Age of Leo X (Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 1973), 14.
- Bonner Mitchell, Rome in the High Renaissance The Age of Leo X (Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 1973), 17.
- Janick, J. and H.S. Paris. "The Cucurbit Images (1515 - 1518) of the Villa Farnesina, Rome". Annals of Botany. 97 (2006): 165 - 176.


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|An Iranian woman reads the reformist daily Nosazi in Tehran (Photo: AFP).
For the second time this year, President George W. Bush's comments on Iran played an important role in the internal struggle between reformists and conservatives in that country.
Whereas Bush's State of the Union remarks earlier this year, in which he called Iran part of an "axis of evil," managed to unite—albeit temporarily—the different factions of the Iranian government against what was portrayed as American interference, his remarks on July 12 had the opposite effect. "The people of Iran want the same freedoms, human rights, and opportunities as people around the world. Their government should listen to their hopes," Bush stated.
His remarks came at the height of internal arm-wrestling within the Iranian government and provided the conservatives with an opportunity to consolidate their power. As Alireza Alavitabar, former editor of the outlawed reformist Sobheh-e Emrouz told Hayat-e-No (reformist, July 15), "The reformists obliviously stood by and watched."
But that was not all. Bush's statement coincided with the third anniversary of the student uprising in Tehran of July 9, 1999, when the University of Tehran's dormitory was attacked by paramilitary vigilantes and security forces after a peaceful student demonstration. The anniversary made the headlines of all reformist dailies. The most influential, Nowruz (reformist, July 9), chastised the judiciary for its failure to put the attackers on trial, "waiting three years in vain for justice to be carried out."
On July 10, the paper printed the full text of the resignation letter of Ayatollah Taheri—the leader of Friday prayers in Isfahan—in which he accused the conservatives of tyranny and corruption. The next day, the conservatives (who dominate Iran's Supreme National Security Council) banned all newspapers from writing against or in favor of Taheri's comments.
Most newspapers questioned the legality of such an order, and in an unprecedented move, Nowruz left the space it had allotted for its seven articles about Taheri's remarks blank, with the explanation: "The article was removed on the National Security Council's order" (July 10).
On the same day, one of the editors of Nowruz, Abbas Abdi, criticized reformist President Mohammad Khatami for his lackluster policies and asked him to take a stronger position against the conservatives: "You have to act according to the pact you made with the people. There is nothing worse than breaking your promises," Abdi asserted. Abdi's article and Taheri's resignation marked a new phase in the ever-increasing political confrontation in Iran, and it unleashed a barrage of insults from the conservatives.
Joumhouryieh Islamyieh (conservative, July 11) explained, "Taheri is surrounded by anti-Islamic elements." Another conservative newspaper, Jam-e-Jam (July 13), called Abdi's suggestion "an American project carried out by those who want to act outside of the system." President Bush's statement on July 12 caused a knee-jerk reaction among some reformists, but it provided a golden opportunity for conservatives who were quick to assert that "reformism is in fact an American project" (Kayhan, conservative, July 14).
While most reformists kept quiet about Bush's statement, some of them tried to dodge the "American crony" accusation by taking an anti-American stance. "The biggest help the American president can provide to reformists is not to interfere in the internal affairs of the great nation of Iran," said Mostafa Tajzadeh, a reformist leader, in an interview with Nowruz (July 14). In a typical lengthy editorial, the publisher of Kayhan, Hossein Shariatmadari—who was selected by the supreme leader—opined that Bush's statement was part of a larger American plot to topple the Islamic regime with the help of the reformists. "Bush's statement had two sides," he asserted. "One, admitting that their plot, which was to be carried out on July 9, didn't work, and two, consoling its fifth column—the hypocrites—who are in a political quagmire."
Kayhan's editorial caused a flurry of articles and speeches by conservative politicians, who condemned Bush's statement as interference in internal affairs.
Most reformists silently observed the conservatives' consolidation of power. Alireza Alavitabar was the only reformist who criticized Khatami's government for losing an opportunity for rapprochement with the United States. "If Clinton's position was better vis-à-vis Iran, then why didn't we use that opportunity to protect our national interests?" Alavitabar asked in Hayat-e-No (July 18). "Why do the reformists have to pay for the conservatives' irrational policies? Why do we have to witness them destroying every opportunity?"

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Yesterday and today….my how the years pass for our old alma mater.
In about seven more years, the school building will be 100 years old!
Here's a little history about the Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church.
Catholic Church History
"The first Catholic Church was stablished in St. Thomas in 1775 when the Danish government issued a decree.
This was done because escaped slaves from St. Thomas went to Puerto Rico (under Spanish rule then), and were baptized by the Roman Catholic Church.
They then refused the requests of the Danish government to return them on the grounds that St. Thomas offered them no Church for their newly adopted faith.
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I was told that, as a German, I don't have that. But who should I thank then? Merkel? Heck no. America is a free country and everyone has the right to thank Obama for ruining the video upload yesterday.
Anyways, today is Saturday or something and I have a Japanese cold. Yeah, those are the ones that kill you. I figured it'd be best to spend my last few hours by writing a blog post. For science.
Today is also the first day of Comiket, for those of you who don't know their way around Japanese culture like me, that's a huge convention for people who want to spend all of their money on fan made art of their favourite cartoon characters. Think of it as Deviant Art: The Convention. For some of you that might sound great and for others it might sound scary and confusing and that's what it mostly is.
Today I don't have any new pictures because I spent most of the day in bed, so I'll just dump a few old ones. Be warned, they might not be in order.
|Obligatory find the popular Disney character reference.
|This is on top of the Nagoya tower. It's a place where couples kiss and be a couple. I thought about kissing someone but only I was there.
|This is Nagoya at night seen from the Nagoya tower. It looks very nice. The park in the middle of the picture is called Central Park and is famous for German food. Yeah, let that sink in.
That's it for now. I will now try to find a Seben Ereben to buy some Hagen Datsu.
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#throwbackthursday: The Empress Lilly
On our last few trips, I've kept saying "I have this vague memory of a character breakfast on a riverboat with a big paddle wheel" and no one seemed to know WHAT I was talking about! I remembered it being in Magic Kingdom and someone said what I was remembering was actually eating at the Crystal Palace. I kept insisting it was definitely a boat with a paddle wheel.
As I was going through the old photo albums looking for a picture for an earlier post, I came across a pic of the paddleboat, and the breakfast we had there, as well as a note "After breakfast on the Empress Lilly, we headed over to EPCOT".
Ah-ha! Mystery solved. Turns out I wasn't imagining things: the Empress Lilly was a real restaurant. It was closed in 1995 and re-opened as Fulton's in Downtown Disney and the paddle wheel was removed. Phew! Here's to not being completely crazy.... :-)


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May 2012 Archives
Webinar Reminder
| May 31th, 2012 by Jordan McRae
A reminder about our upcoming webinar on June 13th at 1pm EST. During this webinar NTG and Appcelerator will discuss mobile development strategies. We are particularly excited that Appcelerator's Mike King will be joining us to share his thoughts and insight. Prior to joining Appcelerator, Mike was Research Director for Mobile at the Gartner Group. He has authored Gartner's Magic Quadrants for MCAP…Read more »
Getting started with AIR and BB10
| May 23th, 2012 by Rod Nolan
I just started to play with the latest BB10 SDK for Adobe AIR. I had a couple of issues right away so I'm going to document them here to save you the headache. First, make sure you download the correct SDK. Sounds simple, I know, but it wasn't immediately apparent that there are currently two different SDKs available for download. BlackBerry PlayBook SDK for Adobe AIR, easy to find but not the…Read more »
4 Steps to Create a Mobile Development Strategy
| May 23th, 2012 by Jordan McRae
Probably the single most common question I hear when talking to companies about their mobile projects is along the lines of: How can I use a single code base to support Native, Hybrid and mobile web applications?This is not at all surprising. Mobile apps can help organizations to better reach customers, or improve internal workflows, or reinforce their brand, or deliver a myriad of other benefits.…Read more »
BlackBerry Hackathons - Come out and Play(Book)!
| May 16th, 2012 by Oliver Merk
I'm currently in Bogotá, Colombia taking part in my third Hackathon on behalf of RIM. These hackathons are two-day events where local developers get the opportunity to interact directly with experts in PlayBook development. They also get a free PlayBook just for showing up!We typically have a team of three experts covering AIR, HTML5/WebWorks and Native development. Most of the events have been focused…Read more »
Android: Using the Soundpool Class and MediaPlayer for online streams
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By Alain Thibodeau - Consultant Android: Using the Soundpool ClassThere are times when you want to play a short sound in your application warning the user that something has happened, or just to add sound effects. Using the MediaPlayer is a good way of playing a sound, but it is system taxing if you are using more than one sound, and playing them at the same time. The SoundPool class will allow you…Read more »


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But the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that kratom carries similar risks, including addiction and death, and the agency is working to block shipments.
he FDA said it is aware of 36 deaths involving products made with kratom and hundreds of calls to poison control centers, which increased tenfold between 2010 and 2015. In some cases, kratom is mixed with opioids like oxycodone, the ingredient in OxyContin, according to the agency.
"The FDA must use its authority to protect the public from addictive substances like kratom, both as part of our commitment to stemming the opioid epidemic and preventing another from taking hold," FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, said in a statement .
Gottlieb said the agency has seized and destroyed shipments of kratom at international mail facilities.
Kratom remains legal under federal law although some states have banned the plant, including Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Tennessee and Wisconsin. It is sold in various forms, including capsules and powders.
The Drug Enforcement Administration had planned to ban the plant by adding it to a list of illegal drugs that includes marijuana, heroin and LSD. But the agency backed away from that plan last October after a flood of public complaints including a letter signed by 62 members of Congress and a protest at the White House organized by the American Kratom Association.
A spokesman for the group could not immediately provide comment Tuesday morning.
The group has said categorizing kratom as an illegal substance would stymie medical research into its potential therapeutic uses. The DEA said last October it would delay a decision until the FDA issued a recommendation.
Despite Tuesday's warning about the risks of kratom an FDA spokeswoman said the agency's scientific review is ongoing. There is no timetable for completing the review.
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University of Kansas
No. 9 Kansas prevails 67-57 over No. 24 Oklahoma State in hard-fought game
According to accepted laws of physics and gravity, Kansas guard Frank Mason is not supposed to be the Jayhawks' leading rebounder in a gritty conference victory over a top-25 opponent.
If you believe Kansas' official roster, Mason stands 5 feet 11. If you believe his head coach, that height might closer to 5 feet 10. If you stop by a KU practice and listen to the junk and insults being thrown about, you will probably hear a teammate take a shot at Mason's little-man status.
"They kind of tell me," Mason says, "they don't know how I grab those rebounds because I'm a midget."
Kansas' players like to call Mason the heartbeat of their team, a tiny pulsating muscle that maintains the rhythm and offers the energy to make this whole thing work. But even then, they are a little surprised when Mason does something like he did Tuesday night at Allen Fieldhouse.
On a night defined by fouls, whistles and some choppy play, Mason dived into the muck and delivered something beautiful, finishing with 16 points and a team-high nine rebounds as No. 9 Kansas held off No. 24 Oklahoma State 67-57 and improved to 3-0 in the Big 12 conference.
"I love playing in a game like that," Mason said. "It just makes the game more fun. I just like to be out there when guys are physical."
By most measures, this was not an appealing basketball game. The teams combined for 49 fouls, 71 free throws and three technicals. It took more than 2 1/2 hours.
Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford called it one of the "crazier-called" games that he can remember. Kansas coach Bill Self joked that he was happy he didn't consume more liquid at halftime.
"I'd have been in trouble," Self said.
Mason, though, is the type of player that relishes a night like this. He was in double figures for the 13th straight game. He splashed in a three-pointer with 9 minutes left, a haymaker from the wing that stretched the Jayhawks' lead to 55-44. He was there down the stretch when the Jayhawks took a few punches and countered right back.
"Frank is definitely our best playmaker," Kansas' Kelly Oubre said. "He does everything."
By late in the second half, the Jayhawks had a 10-point cushion — one would need as starting forwards Jamari Traylor and Perry Ellis spent most of the second half in foul trouble.
The foul trouble meant that sophomore forward Landen Lucas was thrown into crunch-time minutes, ahead of freshman Cliff Alexander. Self also stuck with freshman guard Devonte' Graham, whose defense — along with that of sophomore Wayne Selden — helped limit Oklahoma State's Phil Forte, the Big 12's leading scorer, to just two points in the second half.
"I thought Wayne was fabulous, and I thought Devonte' was fabulous," Self said.
For most of the night, it was vintage Kansas defense. The Jayhawks protected the rim. They held the Cowboys to just 31.4 percent shooting. They were physical and active and suffocating for stretches, improving to 14-2 overall and 3-0 in the Big 12 for the ninth straight year.
And yet, Self was mostly unsatisfied with his team's effort, which included two technical fouls in the first half. While Kansas took a 32-28 lead into the locker room, the first half was marked by a minor dust-up with just more than 12 minutes left.
Moments after a dead ball near the KU bench, Oklahoma State's Le'Bryan Nash bumped into Oubre and shoved him toward the Jayhawks' bench. A small fracas erupted, with Traylor and Alexander stepping toward Nash and assistant coaches spilling onto the court.
Nash was assessed a technical for the shove, while Traylor was handed one for his role in escalating the situation. As the officials went to the monitor to confirm the calls, Self ripped into Traylor in front of the Kansas bench.
"Why do you get a technical over this?" Self would say after the game. "Act like you've at least been there before."
The rest of Self's post-game comments were not much more positive. His team played selfish, he said, taking a momentary step back heading into Saturday night's road test at Iowa State.
In some ways, it was a hard game to love. The Jayhawks dominated the boards, and Mason made plays, and Kansas found another way to win.
But as the clock pushed toward 10 p.m., Self was mostly glad it was over.
"It was a bad game, long game, everything," Self said. "The only thing that was good tonight was that we won. But yeah, it took forever."
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In the sixties, a band called "The Zombies" sang: "It's the time of the season for loving." Now that December has rolled around, it's the time of the season for freezing if you live north of the equator, and reasonably far from it. Those of us who actually experience four distinct seasons usually agree that it is good for the soul to see our environment change. Still, as we dump cat litter under our snow tires before giving the car yet another push, many of us would like to skip over winter. We curse its arrival every year, and even vacation far from it when the opportunity presents itself.
Winter is very particular. You can examine a picture of downtown Montreal in mid-February, and know with absolute certainty that you are looking at the winter season. Snow is the symbol of winter, and after a quarter of a metre of the stuff got dumped on my walkway and driveway last week, I set out at 6:30 am to displace it.
The first thing I observe every winter as I dig my shovel into the fresh snow is how quiet it is. I live less than one kilometre from a highway, and yet I hear no car engines as I stand outside. The reason for this is that the ground surface is covered in snow, which absorbs more sound than pavement otherwise would. I really like the quiet. After five minutes of intense work, if I listen carefully, I can actually hear my heart beating. The next thing I remark is that the air is so fresh. Again, it is the snow that has covered the surface, normally teaming with dust particles.
Later, as the sun rises, the intensity of light striking my eye is nearly blinding. I am not staring at the sun, but bright light is attacking my eyes from all directions. While the snow absorbs the sound, it actually reflects the light. The colour white actually contains the entire colour spectrum; it is a linear combination of the three primary colours, red, blue, and yellow. The black pavement represents an absence of colour. It absorbs the photon energy from the sun and heats up, but does not reflect much.
The snow, with its white colour, has no need for the wavelength of the Sun's light and so it reflects it. One can spend a long morning skiing on a clear day without sunglasses on to appreciate just how reflective a surface the snow is. If you were to then enter a chalet for lunch, you would think someone forgot to turn the lights on, as it would seem so dark by comparison, and the human eye takes some time to adjust.
Oh, and did I mention it gets cold? It gets very cold, particularly at night, when the Sun's radiation does not reach us. The temperature of the air can be as low as -30 degrees Celsius, and even colder if you are somewhere that is essentially uninhabitable like Winnipeg. But even minus 30 C is beginning to approach absolute zero temperature, the minimum allowable value for matter to exist. Absolute zero corresponds to 0 degrees Kelvin (-273.15 degrees Celsius). I suppose it could be worse than Montreal. The temperature of satellite components in orbit can be as high as 300 C, and as low as -250 C, depending on whether the Earth is blocking the Sun or not, and the direction that the satellite is facing. The surface of the Earth avoids these giant temperature fluctuations thanks to the atmosphere, which acts as a spongy, protective barrier.
We must note however that the -30 C mentioned above may not include wind chill. What is the wind chill factor anyway? In the absence of wind, the warm skin exposed to the cold air loses its heat due to conduction, the most basic method of heat transfer. Conduction is what happens when your warm bare feet cool as they step along the colder kitchen floor. If the air is moving with respect to your exposed skin (i.e., wind), then conduction's evil cousin, convection, will take effect. Depending on the wind speed, -30 C can quickly feel like -45 C. The precise decrease in apparent temperature depends on the surface area of exposed skin, but this can be approximated. Safety tip: mittens will prevent frostbite for a longer period of time than gloves, since gloves force each poor finger to fend for itself.
While we are on the subject of freezing, have you ever noticed that the sunniest days are also the coldest? This occurs because, in the absence of clouds, the snowy surface reflects the Sun's radiation back to where it came from; we don't keep as much of the heat. The beautiful blue sky is then a tease as you stare outside your window in the morning. Only your furnace, which is currently in overdrive, is aware of the cold recurring smacks in the face that await you as you head to your car on this morning, cursing that your garage is full of junk and that your automatic starter battery died last winter.
Speaking of driving, the winter roads require their own specific survival guide. If you can manage to see through your windshield, which is affected by changes in temperature and humidity, and once you regain feeling in your fingers, then the real challenge of winter driving begins. In the best of cases, where one can see and be seen (Clean the snow off of your car ... Yes, all of it!), all drivers must contend with surface irregularities. During the course of a one hour drive, the road conditions can change a fair bit.
Traction in a car is directly related to the friction coefficient between the car's tires and the surface itself. A lot of friction is a good thing in a car, as it allows you to speed up or slow down much faster. When the friction coefficient reduces to near zero (as it does when driving over black ice), one's speed and direction is left mostly in the hands of God. The force of friction is dependent on the contact force between the surface and the friction coefficient, or abrasiveness of contact. We can maximize the coefficient by installing winter tires, but it will only take us so far; reducing speed is a necessity for safe driving in winter on icy or snowy days.
The contact force between road and tire should be maximized for the wheels responsible for breaking and accelerating. The engine is directly above the front tires, making for a high contact force for front-wheel-drive cars. Though not good for gas consumption, rear-wheel-drive cars should have about 50 kg of bags of dry cement placed in the trunk above each rear wheel to increase traction during the winter.
With all of the above precautions taken, applying the break can still cause the entire car to rotate, which should surprise anyone new to driving. Why does this occur? If the friction coefficient is high on one side of the car, where the surface is pavement, but low on the other, where the surface is snow, then the force on one of the braking tires is greater. The difference in applied forces about the center of mass of the vehicle and its passengers causes a moment or torque in it, which then causes a corresponding angular acceleration. In lay terms, if your left wheel has better traction than the right, your car will spin about this tire (it will involuntarily turn counter-clockwise). If, in the same scenario, you tried to accelerate, a clockwise rotation would occur. Driving a four-wheel drive vehicle can ease winter driving, though not fully eliminate the "car = bull riding" phenomenon.
Considering the additional challenges that winter imposes on drivers, it is not surprising that half of all car accidents in Montreal occur during the three winter months of December, January, and February. I would not be surprised if these stats extended to other snow-covered cities. The stat implies that the frequency of car accidents increases by a factor of three during winter. To keep our safety constant, we should all drive three times more carefully in the winter. So, put down the cell phone, stop texting, and eat your sandwich later.
Why don't we all just move away? It seems that some retirees smarten up and move to Florida, where snow is a figment of one's imagination. The joke may be on the Floridians, as their climate will become too hot during certain months by the year 2050 if global warming trends continue. By that time, snowbirds that fly south will be replaced by sweathogs that stampede north. Who knows, Montreal's climate may become agreeable year round. Consider this carefully before putting your northern property up for sale.
Hopefully these tips and insights into winter have been helpful for you. I will end this commentary with a look at why we have seasons at all. For this, as with most big, important questions concerning the Earth, the answer lies with our immediate master: the Sun. If the axis of Earth's rotation were exactly perpendicular to the plane of our orbit around the Sun, we would have no seasons. January and July would be indiscernible for any given location on Earth. Thankfully, Earth's axis of rotation is inclined by about 23.45 degrees; this is its angle of inclination. This angle changes ever so slightly over time, but the effects of this minor wobble on our seasonal oscillations are negligible.
Why is the Montreal winter so different from the Vancouver winter? After all, the two cities are roughly the same distance from the equator. The main reason for this is due to their proximity to two very different large bodies of water. Large bodies of water distribute heat around our planet, functioning like massive conveyer belts. An oceanographer or atmospheric scientist could offer a more detailed description on these dynamics than I. As much as I would like to research this topic right now, I cannot, because I need to start scraping the sheet of ice covering my car if I plan on arriving to work on time.


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Revolting Rhymes Part Two
Jack grows up with his heart set on next-door neighbour Cindy. She has her eye turned by the eligible prince at the ball, and Jack gets distracted by a giant beanstalk at the bottom of his garden. Will they find true love?
- Year
- 2016
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running Time
- 29 mins
- Director
- Jan Lachauer, Jakob Schuh; Co-Director: Bin-Han To
- Producer
- Martin Pope, Michael Rose
- Co-Producer
- Mike Buckland
- Executive Producer
- Dominic Gregory, Elizabeth Kilgarriff
- Editor
- Benjamin Quabeck, Jan Lachauer
- Screenwriter
- Jan Lachauer (adaptation), Jakob Schuh (adaptation), Roald Dahl (original book), Quentin Blakes (original book illustration)
- Production Designer
- Nadya Mira
- Sound
- Sound Designer and Mixer: Adrian Rhodes
- Music
- Ben Locket; Additional Music: Terry Davies, Pete Grogan
- Principal Cast
- Voice Cast: Rose Leslie, Gemma Chan, Dominic West, Rob Brydon, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Bel Poweley, David Walliams, Bertie Carvel, Dylan Issberner, Amelie Forester-Evans
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The U.S. government warms up for WAR against its own citizens
Americans should prepare themselves immediately:
There has been a growing concern on the U.S. government's relentless hyperactivity in the name of national security. But now it turns out that the government is warming up for a full scale war on its own citizens. The Department of Homeland Security or the DHS has recently purchased almost two billion ammunition rounds, 2700 mine resistant vehicles and 7,000 assault weapons, reports Natural News. Keeping in mind that the jurisdiction of the DHS is limited within the country, it is clear that these weapons would be used on none other than American citizens themselves, warns a former U.S. Army captain. More of the news is covered at: http://www.naturalnews.com/039681_DHS_domestic_war_arms_race.html#ixzz2Oq7rFEjs .
So, what would you do if tomorrow or a day later DHS personnel arrive at your house to grab you on charges of crimes that you never committed? Would you give up? Or you would give them a fight? If you refuse to fall prey to the whims of the DHS, you have to prepare yourself properly. Preparation does not only mean stacking up guns and bullets, you have to make arrangements so that you can survive for a long time with stored foods. In order to get an idea of what foods can help you survive with good health visit the Natural News store at: http://store.naturalnews.com/Preparedness_c_19.html .
Mike Adams has been reporting on the atrocities of the U.S. government for years and now it's high time that you join him in making America a better place to live. Interact with him through his Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mike-Adams-the-Health-Ranger/242442979101381) and know more about what the government is trying to do and what you need to do in return. This will help create public opinion that would compel the government to think of the consequences before formulating an anti-public policy.
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About Me
- Tyler Legg
- Charlotte, NC, United States
8 comments:
- Fishing Tales said...
Congrats on a well done fishing blog. It looks great.
- February 13, 2009 7:09 PM
- Tar Heel Fly Fishing said...
Appreciate it Fishing Tales. Glad you like THFF. If you have any particular suggestions feel free to share.
Thanks again,
Tyler, THFF
- February 13, 2009 8:31 PM
- farioreo said...
Hi Tyler.I left you a message on chaguas blog from spain.I have an 18 year old that likes to fly fish.So you are name is Tyler? as in Tyler Hansbrough?the mizzou player that plays at N.C for Roy.I like your blog and your tar heel trout streams.take care,farioreo.
- February 14, 2009 10:17 PM
- Tar Heel Fly Fishing said...
Thanks for the compliment...Hehehe Yeah..don't get confused with Hansbrough and I, 2 WHOLE different sports!!...UNC is having a good season, they beat Duke the other night...
- February 14, 2009 10:55 PM
- farioreo said...
You are lucky.here in kansas City we dont have nay trout for at least 200 miles.and the best=Meramec,table rock,white river etc anywhere from 280 to 320 miles.Mywife is from northern spain so I fish there about 4,5 weeks in the summer for brownies,sea run brownies and atlantic salmon.Anyway,my biggest dissapointment was K.U beating their ex coach Roy last year.Boy,do we dislike those jayhawks!My son will be a mizzou tiger next year.Enjoy the weather.next week back to the 20s here.Good fishing!farioreo.
- February 15, 2009 11:26 AM
- Tar Heel Fly Fishing said...
Uh Oh, you're kindof stuck in the middle. Think on the bright side, your closer to the famous rivers of Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming than we are here in NC.
- February 15, 2009 3:36 PM
I hope your weather model comes together and dumps about 6-8 inches through central North Carolina this weekend!!!!
- February 18, 2009 4:42 PM
- Tar Heel Fly Fishing said...
I know it, 6-8 would be nice, but after looking at the latest computer models and listening to area meteorologists, it's looking like snow is looking quite possible, but, not as much as it showed yesterday. We are at that point where we just have to wait and see.
- February 18, 2009 5:50 PM
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June 6 (UPI) -- Boeing has received an $11.6 million contract modification from the Department of Defense for production engineering support for the installation and integration of systems required for the F/A-18 E/F and EA-18G and Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System follow-on test and evaluation.
Most of the work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md., and the rest will be performed in St. Louis, Mo. The work is expected to be completed by May 2018. Fiscal 2017 Navy aircraft procurement funds of $11.6 million will be obligated upon the programs award and none will expire at the end of the fiscal year.
The F/A-18 series of multirole fighters is capable of operating from airstrips and aircraft carriers. It is designed for both air-superiority missions and land attack, and can carry a variety of ordnance ranging from air-to-air missiles and precision-guided bombs to standoff munitions.
The Electromagnetic Air Launch System is designed for the Gerald R. Ford-class of aircraft carriers. It uses a magnetic system to propel and launch aircraft as opposed to earlier steam driven designs.


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text: DigitalThis Week In Viral Videos – A Tea Partier, A Surprised Rat & The Biggest iPhone You've Ever SeenAfter a full week, packed with the hustle and bustle of elections, and possibly a big work load as well, you're probably gearing up for the weekend. What better way to prepare then with a round-up of some of the best videos from the past week?By Megan O'Neill|November 5, 2010 ShareBy Megan O'Neill|November 5, 2010 Share After a full week, packed with the hustle and bustle of elections, and possibly a big work load as well, you're probably gearing up for the weekend. What better way to prepare then with a round-up of some of the best videos from the past week? This week we've got a great assortment of videos for you, from an awesome iPhone touch-top table to a singing flash mob, a 7-year old rapper, a Tea Party laugh-a-thon, and an adorable surprised rat. Enjoy the videos, and enjoy your weekend! Table Connect for iPhoneThree developers from Austria have built an awesome new product called Table Connect for iPhone. They demo the product – a huge table with a touch-screen top that you can plug your iPhone into and control the phone on a much, much larger screen. Can you imagine playing Angry Birds on this thing? That would be sick.The T-Mobile Welcome BackEveryone loves flash mobs, and T-Mobile has been one of the top players in the flash mob game. The T-Mobile Dance, a flash mob in Liverpool Street Station, has been viewed over 23 million times on YouTube; their sing-along in Trafalgar Square has over 3.4 million times; and now they've got a singing flash mob video on YouTube that is spreading like wildfire. With over 1.6 million views this week, 'The T-Mobile Welcome Back' surprises passengers at Heathrow airport with a heartfelt, welcome back singing performance. What's really cool about this is that it is a completely vocal performance – even the instruments are people's voices.Hi, I'm a Tea-PartierRemember Brian Maupin, the Best Buy employee who almost lost his job because of a funny 'iPhone4 vs HTC Evo' video he uploaded to YouTube? This week a Tea Party parody of the iPhone vs Evo video is going viral and has gotten over 1 million views. The video came just in time for the election. "Democrats want to make you drive a p**** electric car, because they believe in a made up thing they call global warming. But it snowed last winter, so global warming is clearly a lie."A cute rat with a cute shockAnd could this little guy, who has been making his way up the YouTube charts this week, be the new 'Dramatic Look'?7 Year Old Raps Ke$haLast week we wrote about 7-year old YouTube rapper Mattyb and his spoof of Willow Smith's 'Whip My Hair'. Mattyb has been getting a lot of coverage lately – some good and some bad – and this week he's back with yet another hit, a Ke$ha cover where he raps about himself and tells all the haters out there a thing or two. Sharehttp://adweek.it/2l48E2G copy Adweek Adweek


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Asian American NFL Owners Speak Out on Trump, the Flag and the Knee
AsAm News, News Report, Posted: Oct 25, 2017
The two Asian American owners of NFL franchises have voiced their opposition to Donald Trump's comments about football players, team owners and the professional football league.
Labor Union Files Complaint Against Dallas Cowboys Owner
NorthStar News Today, News Report, Posted: Oct 11, 2017
Local 100 of the United Labor Union that filed the complaint against Jerry Jones because he threatened to bench any players who took a knee during the national anthem.
Trump is Trying to Change the Narrative on NFL Protests
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President Trump is trying to change the narrative concerning protests by NFL players, and black men must stop him.
This Was Never About the Anthem
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When Trump called the mothers of NFL players "bitches" in Huntsville, Ala., his conservative base cheered him on because he vilified the men for disrespecting "our flag."
Feds: Butte College Broke Gender Law: Alleged Rape by Football Player Investigated
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The U.S. Department of Education has concluded its years-long investigation into Butte College's handling of a student rape allegation.
Warriors Planned Move to San Francisco Highlights City's Racist Past
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The move from Oakland to San Francisco will bring the Warriors back to a city that four decades earlier rejected them.
O.J. Simpson's Parole Is Not in Jeopardy Because He Let Loose the Juice in His Prison Cell
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Originally reported by the Daily Mail, the rumor was repeated by other outlets including the New York Post, Death and Taxes and Perez Hilton, among others.
Pacquiao Loses Welterweight Crown to Horn, Open to Rematch
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Manny Pacquiao lost his WBO world welterweight title to Jeff Horn in the Battle of Brisbane Sunday, but the Filipino pugilist seems intent to take his hardware back, reports INQUIRER.net
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The Black Surfers Collective hosts surf outings every second Sunday of the month at the Inkwell, a historic beach for Blacks in Santa Monica.
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text: The next character for my Greek mythology series. Medea, the daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis and Wife of Jason from the Argonauts. Known as a sorceress and adviser. A very dark figure, who at some point kills her own very young brother and dismembers his body in order to escape. Many years later After Jason outcasts her because he falls in love with another woman, she kills her own two children to punish Jason. I wanted to capture her insanity. Of course, this is just glimpse of her personality.


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I have to say, I'm a little disappointed in myself for not thinking of this sooner, because how obvious an idea is this? Use tulle for tissue!
I love tulle for its almost magical airiness, the way that the colour is so changeable, from light wisps of just a layer or two, to intense hues when you pile it up. It's such a fun material to play with.
And it really adds something extra to tissue in a gift bag. So you don't have to use yards and yards of tulle, mix the netting in with tissue paper. Here I used white tissue so the pale peach tulle would show better. But how fun would a teal tulle look against pale blue tissue, or neon orange look against yellow? Just cut squares of tulle roughly the size of sheets of tissue, then fluff and fill the gift bag as usual, alternating between pieces of netting and tissue.+ Gift wrapping and photography by Corinna vanGerwen