What portal did CERN open now?
Stephen Hawking says the ‘God Particle’ that scientists believe created the world could actually end it, too.
Saturday SLOW
Appreciation Friday: Artist Georgia O'Keefe
In 1929, aged 41, Georgia O’Keeffe took a trip to New Mexico. By then, with the help of her husband, Alfred Stieglitz – an influential photographer and manager of the first modern art gallery in the United States – she had long outgrown her roots as a Wisconsin dairy farmer’s daughter, and established herself as America’s pre-eminent modernist painter.
And she's from Wisconsin (like me) which makes me a giant fan... Georgia O’Keeffe is at Tate Modern, London SE1 (020 7887 8888), from July 6 until Oct 30; tate.org.uk
j'adore francais
BOOM: I love you! J'taime. Tres Bien? Merci beaucoup.
8 Secrets to Eating like the French! SOURCE
Researchers analyzed the diets of 2,600 French adults who for seven days recorded everything they ate. The researchers then teased out several distinctly French dietary styles.1. They are masters of portion control. The most popular diet of all, describing 23% of the population, was a “small eater” diet—one that encompassed all kinds of foods, but significantly less of them. People who ate this diet also ate fewer calories.
2. They don’t fear full fat. In fact, 89% of people in the study ate full-fat cheese, while only 8% ate the low-fat kind. Another French study this year found that cheese, rich in saturated fat as it is, isn’t harmful for health when kept to two daily servings. And new research suggests that they have the right idea: people who eat full-fat dairy tend to less obese than those who eat low-fat dairy.
3. They eat spare amounts of fried and processed food. Only 29% of people reported eating processed fried or breaded foods in those seven days. In the U.S., 50% of people ate fried foods at least once in a given week—and 8% of them did so four to six times per week.
4. They eat fish. About 70% of people reported eating unprocessed fish in the past week. Roughly 30% of Americans eat seafood once a week, but nearly half eat fish only occasionally or not at all.
5. They drink. 68% of the population reported drinking alcohol in the past week—mostly wine.
6. They generally eat healthy food. About 13% of people stuck to a Mediterranean diet, rich in fish, fruit, vegetable oils, full-fat dairy and unprocessed foods. Just as popular was what the researchers classified as a “health-conscious diet”—though theirs was dominated by neither quinoa nor green juice. A healthy diet in France means one filled with multigrain bread, soups, fruit, tea, lower-fat foods and—most surprisingly of all—cakes and pastries. “It’s really interesting, because we can see that individuals who seem to be healthful didn’t forget the pleasure dimension of eating,” says Rozenn Gazan, the main author of the study. “It’s an important aspect in France.”
7. Their not-as-healthy foods are nothing like America’s. About 17% of French people had a “traditional” diet, heavy in fat, sugar and salt—but from wine, salami, cheese, bread, red meat, grains and desserts. Fast food on this list is noticeably absent.
8. They keep things simple. About 10% of the population followed what the researchers deemed a basic diet, eating mostly simple, unprocessed foods like cheese, eggs, potatoes, butter, yogurt and animal fat, as well as pasta and bread.
This report made clear that the French embrace a wide range of foods, and in reasonable quantities. “It’s clear that there is not one way of eating,” Gazan says. “But in most of the dietary patterns, the pleasure and conviviality and social dimension of diet remains really strong in France.”
French people are the best at everything, according to all the literature. READ WHY
Google Cultural Institute
After coming across this first link from the Google Cultural Institute, I thought I’d take a look at some interesting art this time. BIG BOOM!
https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/project/art-camera
The ultra definition in these works is incredible. Working with museums around the world, Google has used its Art Camera system to capture the finest details of artworks from their collection.
https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/project/art-camera
The ultra definition in these works is incredible. Working with museums around the world, Google has used its Art Camera system to capture the finest details of artworks from their collection.
Wednesday's word
So tacky or lame that is has a certain ironic appeal.
Lava lamps, and trucker hats are very kitschy.
Simple Definition of kitsch
- : things (such as movies or works of art) that are of low quality and that many people find amusing and enjoyable
Source: Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary
Full Definition of kitsch
- 1 : something that appeals to popular or lowbrow taste and is often of poor quality
- 2 : a tacky or lowbrow quality or condition <teetering on the brink of kitsch — Ron Miller>
kitsch
adjectiveStranger Things Have Happened: The Revolutionary Monarch
Stranger Things Have Happened: The Revolutionary Monarch
His-story has lots of booms - this essay helps us understand it.
His-story has lots of booms - this essay helps us understand it.
think with me
Don't ya feel like we've been had... as in duped?
The Catholic Church should be closed down and the trillions in cash, paintings and buildings/land, could be spread around to END POVERTY around the world.
Please think this thought with me - "close the Catholic Church down"... BOOM we all think alike...
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