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Information on the life of the famous French Artist Claude Monet
Born Oscar-Claude Monet - Paris, France - 14th of November, 1840 / Died - Giverny, France - 5th of December, 1926
Popular Claude Monet paintings include "Impression, Sunrise", "La Promenade", "Rouen Cathedral", and "Water Lilies".
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Claude Monet Biography
- Claude Monet Facts
Born as: "Oscar-Claude Monet"
Monet was born on: 14th of November, 1840
Born at: Paris, France
Monet Died: 5th of December, 1926 Giverny, France.
Claude Monet, also known as Claude Oscar Monet, was the original founder and practitioner of the French Impressionist movement in painting. Some of his best known works include Impression, Sunrise (for which the movement was named), Water Lilies, and Haystacks.
Monet was born Claude Oscar Monet on November 14, 1840 in Paris, France to Claude-Adolphe, a grocery store owner, and Louise-Justine Aubree, a singer. As the younger of two sons, Monet's father hoped that he would continue the family grocer store business, but Monet had other ideas. To his father's dismay, Monet openly declared his love of art and his hopes of living life as an artist.
In 1851, at the age of eleven, Monet began his studies at the Le Havre school for the arts and began selling charcoal paintings to locals in the area. After studying under the watchful eye of Jacques-Francois Ochard for a few years, Monet met and befriended Eugene Boudin who helped Monet master oil paints and "plein air" techniques. In 1857, Monet's mother passed away and he left school to live with his aunt, Marie-Jeanne Lecadre.
On a visit to the Louvre in Paris, Monet observed painters mimicking the work of famous artists. Instead of copying styles of other painters, Claude Monet, who always traveled with his paints, sat by the window and painted the view. His life in Paris brought him closer to other painters, many of whom he befriended. One of these painters was Edouard Manet.
In 1861 Monet joined the First Regiment of African Light Cavalry in Algeria where he stayed for two years. Although he was originally supposed to remain in Algeria for seven years, his aunt petitioned for his return after he contracted typhoid. In exchange for his unfulfilled work with the Cavalry, Monet agreed to study art at a university. After trying his hand at academics, Monet began studying with Charles Gleyre in 1862 and met Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, and Frederic Bazille with whom Monet shared ideas on new, rapid painting techniques.
- During his time with
Gleyre, Monet met Camille Doncieux with whom he had a son, Jean,
in 1867. Shortly thereafter, Monet ran into financial difficulties
and attempted suicide in 1868. Camille helped him recover and they
married in June of 1870.
When the Franco-Prussian War began in July of 1870, Monet and Camille decided to leave France and take refuge in England where Claude Monet studied other artists like John Constable and Joseph William Turner. Although his paintings were denied exhibition by the Royal Academy, Monet refused to give up and, instead, moved to Zaandam to continue his work. In the fall of 1871 Monet returned to France where he settled in Argenteuil near Paris.
During his time at Argenteuil, Monet focused more on developing his impressionistic style, painting the famous Impression, Sunrise in 1872 which later served to name the impressionist movement.
Camille fell ill in 1876 and never fully recovered. Although she eventually gave birth to their second son, Michel, Camille's body was weak and she passed away on September 5, 1879 from tuberculosis. Monet painted Camille Monet, on her death bed, a last tribute to his wife.
Camille's death was very difficult on Monet and he grieved heavily for several months. Eventually Monet became even more determined to create masterpieces and he started painting in groups and series. He and his children moved into the home of Ernest Hoshede, a patron of the arts. After Hoshede experienced some financial problems, Monet moved to Poissy with Hoshede's wife, Alice, and her six children and later to Giverny where Claude Monet planted a vast garden that later inspired his famous works featuring willows and water lilies. Although they'd been estranged for many years, Alice waited until after her husband's death to accept Monet's hand in marriage. They exchanged vows in 1892.
Monet continued his focus on series' paintings, using his garden as constant inspiration. After his wife's death in 1911 and Jean's death in 1914, Monet developed cataracts that affected his ability to see accurate colors. Claude Monet even went back and adjusted some of these colors after his surgery.
Claude Monet died in 1926 from lung cancer. He is buried in the cemetery of the Giverny church. His remaining family and heirs bequeathed his Giverny home and gardens to the French Academy of Fine Arts in 1966.
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By Dr. Mercola
I was introduced to the Paleo Diet concept over 25 years ago in 1985 when I read Dr. Boyd Eaton's seminal New England Journal of Medicine paper Paleolithic Nutrition. This was among the first to suggest that our genome evolved according to the nutrition requirements of ancient man, and modern-day dietary changes have occurred much too rapidly for adequate genetic adaptation.
The result is that the Standard American Diet now in no way resembles that of our ancestors, and this mismatch may be triggering some of the common "diseases of civilization," such as:
✓ Heart disease
✓ Type 2 diabetes
✓ Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
✓ Hypertension
✓ Lung and colon cancers
✓ Obesity
✓ Diverticulosis
✓ Dental caries
Ancestors' Diet Was Far Richer in Antioxidants
There are many experts who believe that one of the main benefits of following a Paleo-type diet is related to the enormous amount of antioxidants that were consumed. Our ancestors' diet was made up of 50 percent fruits and vegetables, compared with just 13 percent today -- and fruits and veggies are, of course, excellent sources of antioxidants.
As the generations have gone by, modern man has largely replaced fruits and vegetables with cereal grains, to the detriment of our waistlines and our health. According to Dr. Eaton, our antioxidant intake would be 4.5 times higher if we ate as many fruits and vegetables as our ancestors, and nearly 7 times higher if we ate wild fruits.
Why Fruit Used to be Healthier
You probably know that one of the primary ways you can improve your health and weight, and reduce your risk of chronic disease, is to limit your intake of fructose, including that found in fruit.
As a standard recommendation, I strongly advise keeping your TOTAL fructose consumption below 25 grams per day. But for most people it would also be wise to limit your fructose from fruit to 15 grams or less, as you're virtually guaranteed to consume "hidden" sources of fructose in processed foods.
The truth is that even though fruit is obviously much healthier than soda, too much of it can be nearly as detrimental to your health as soda. It is a quantity issue and once you exceed a threshold limit when you have insulin resistance, you are asking for trouble.
This was much less of an issue in ancient times because they were consuming wild fruits. The wild fruits of our ancestors were smaller and resembled most closely what a blueberry is today. Modern cultivated fruits are much larger, which means they have a lot more sweet inside and less skin. The sweet "pulp" or "flesh" of the fruit is where much of the fructose is, whereas the skin holds the antioxidants.
Since wild fruits were much smaller than today's fruits and thus had a much larger proportion of their volume as skin and seeds, they provided a healthy source of antioxidants with limited amounts of fructose.
Since most of the wild type fruits are not commercially available to us today we need to be very careful about making sure we have a full complement of antioxidants that replicate our ancestors' dietary patterns. For most of us this will mean supplementation since we simply do not have access to these types of fruits today.
Why it's So Important to Eat a Wide Variety of Antioxidants
Antioxidants are nature's way of defending your cells against attack by these free radicals, thereby helping you resist aging and disease. If you don't have adequate antioxidants to step in and combat free radicals, then oxidative stress tends to lead to accelerated tissue and organ damage. This is what makes antioxidants so crucial to your health.
It's important to understand, though, that there are different types of antioxidants.
Antioxidants are often lumped together into one category in how they protect your cells from free radicals, but they are actually very different. For instance, certain antioxidants are water-soluble while others are fat-soluble. Why is this important? Because the interior of your cells and the fluid between them are composed mainly of water, whereas your cell membranes are made largely of fat.
Free radicals can strike both the interior of your cells and the cell membrane, so you need to be sure you're consuming both water-soluble and fat-soluble antioxidants to protect you.
If you consume only water-soluble antioxidants, such as anthocyanins, polyphenols or resveratrol, your cell membranes will still be vulnerable to free radical damage. Likewise, if you consume only fat-soluble antioxidants, such as astaxanthin and ubiquinol, the interior of your cells are still vulnerable. Consume them both, and you're giving your cells a far more comprehensive shield against free radical damage.
Consuming plenty of raw, locally harvested, organic vegetables is one of the best ways to get the antioxidants your body needs, in levels that most closely replicate the Paleo Diet. Juicing is a convenient way to increase your intake, especially if you eat the pulp.
Additionally, reducing your sugar and fructose intake will decrease your antioxidant stress so that you will need less, and the ones that you have will work better and last longer. So limit sugars, including fructose, and processed foods, and increase your intake of veggies to optimize your antioxidant intake. You can also wisely select targeted nutrients to supplement your food choices.

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Omokage Lucky Hole is perhaps the most ironic thing I've seen come out of Japan
Those of you who follow me on Twitter (For the love of God, do not follow me on Twitter.) will probably notice frequent mention of something called "Omokage Lucky Hole". Omokage Lucky Hole is–as wonderfully described by Japanese Wikipedia–a "Japanese … Continue reading
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Comic Update: Billions of billions of blue blistering barnicles!!
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In a super-sized Act I, the boys cover what they have been up to lately, including the Name the Gooch Contest. There is a ton of talk about painting queues board games and epic discussion about the Huzzah Hobbies EW tournament. Luke talks a little about some quality issues and we touch on street barricades. In Act II, Luke talks more about his thoughts on the Japanese and the guys talk Early War in general. In Act III, we talk about commonly overlooked rules and the importance of following the rules for hit allocation and saves.
In After Hours, the guys discuss the impact of RHQ rankings and tournament play. They also discuss the practical applications of seeing players based on rank. We wrap up with talk of Eric's trip to Disney and Universal.
Check out Episode 65 After Hours!


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Obviously being called M G Website Design I design websites and you can see what's included in our prices page.
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AJ Styles, who is currently holding the TNA Championship outside the company with a storyline to crown a new champion in a tournament, is still only under contract with TNA until the end of the year according to a report by Dave Meltzer. This was reportedly the case as of a few days ago. Styles agreed to an extension back in August that kept him under a deal until the end of the year. Many were under the impression that he had agreed to a new deal with winning the TNA Championship at Bound for Glory and the current angle they are doing with him outside the company.
Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter


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I love this dress I purchased a couple of years ago at Opening Ceremony in NY. It's by Swedish label NAKKNA. Worn with Current Elliot jeans, and Balenciaga sandals.
Jane and I stopped at a local park to shoot pictures of a great vintage Teal Traina dress, and snapped a few pictures of the beautiful Koi fish residing there.


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LindaShorey wrote:Well, I have seen more than enough real snow for one lifetime I think you did a fantastic job, Minnie. As with any light, if folks haven't seen blue-hour snow, they may reject or they may be intrigued. I personally love it. btw, when the sun is out, shadowed snow is extremely blue and I would see no reason to "mitigate."
thanks Linda. Yes, I have been called on the blue-sky snow before - a mountain shot with a bright blue sky that painted the snow a rather striking blue. I was intrigued with it, but was largely encouraged to mitigate the blue.


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2.4 Beta Released
Today we released django-cms 2.4 Beta.
What is new in 2.4?
ATTENTION: Before you upgrade to 2.4 be sure to read the upgrade docs!
Has been removed as it is no longer in use. From 2.4 onwards, all pages exist in a public and draft version. Users with the `publish_page` permission can publish changes to the public site. A big kudos goes out to Björn Sandberg for the implementation.
Removed the MultilingualMiddleware
We removed the MultilingualMiddleware. This removed the very ugly monkey patching of the reverse() function as well. As a benefit we now support localization of urls and Apphook urls with standard django helpers.
`CMS_LANGUAGES` has been overhauled. It is no longer a list of tuples like the `LANGUAGES` settings.
This was marked deprecated in 2.3 and has now been removed.
Plugins in Plugins
We added the ability to have plugins in plugins. Until now, only TextPlugin supported this. For demonstration purposes we created a MultiColumn Plugin. The possiblities for this are endless and will massively reduce the number of templates required.
Imagine: StylePlugin, TablePlugin, GalleryPlugin, CachePlugin with SubPlugins.
The column plugin can be found here:
At the moment, the plugins in plugins is limited to frontend editting.
3.0 will see a major overhaul of the frontend editing to address the new possiblities for plugins in plugins.
We need your helpt to bring the translations for django CMS up to speed for the final release. You can find and translate all the languages on transifex.com:
Please take a minute or two and translate some strings :)
How to get it?
This beta release is not released on pypi. Get it on github or via pip:
pip install -e git://github.com/divio/[email protected]#egg=django-cms