The taking of Christ

                                       The taking of Christ 

Completed around 1602, originally commissioned by the Roman nobleman Ciriaco Mattei, it is housed in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin. It depict the arrest of Jesus Christ. Aside from Caravaggio's mastery of lighting , color and shade , the story of the painting's disappearance and recent discovery are notable. Considered lost by the late 18th century, the painting's whereabouts were unknown until 1990, when it was recognized in the residence  of the Society of Jesus in Dublin.Complicating this was the fact that there are at least 12 known copies of "the taking of Christ" in all. There are 7 figures: from left to right we have John,Christ, Judas, 3 soldiers and a man holding a lantern to the scene. They're standing, Judas has just kissed Jesus to identify him to the soldiers. The main light source is not evident but it comes from the upper left.

Marie Curie

                                Marie Curie

Marie Curie was a Polish scientist who won a Nobel prize in both Chemistry and 

Physics. She enabled radioactive isotypes to be isolated for the first time. During the 

First World War, Curie developed the practical use of X-Rays and she also 

discovered two new elements. Her work was made more remarkable because of the 

discrimination which existed against women in science at the time. She was the first 

female professor at the University of Paris and broke down many barriers for 

women in science. She was born on 7 November 1867, Warsaw Poland. She was the youngest of five children and was brought up in a poor but well-educated family. At an early age she became committed to the ideal of Polish independence from Russia She yearned to be able to teach fellow Polish woman who were mostly condemned to zero education.

Unusually for women at that time, Marya took an interest in Chemistry and Biology. Marya went to Paris, where after working as a governess she was able to study at the Sorbonne, Paris. Struggling to learn in French, Marya threw herself into her studies, leading an ascetic life dedicated to education and improving her scientific knowledge. She went on to get a degree in Physics 

It was in Paris that she met Pierre Curie,He was a renowned Chemist. Pierre asked her to marry him, Marya initially refused but, after persistence from Pierre, she relented.

Marie pursued studies in radioactivity, this led to the discovery of two new elements like polonium or radium .

Radium was discovered to have remarkable impacts. It was from this discovery of radium and its properties that the science of radiation was able to develop. It was found that radium had the power to burn away diseased cells in the body

The Curries agreed to give away their secret freely;

For their discovery, they were awarded the Davy Medal (Britain) and the Nobel Prize in Physicsin 1903. Marie Curie was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize.

In 1906, Pierre was killed in a road accident, leaving Marie to look after the laboratory and her two children. Irene won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935, jointly with her husband.

In 1911, she was awarded a second Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of actinium and further studies on radium and polonium.

The success of Marie Curie also brought considerable hostility, criticism and suspicion from a male-dominated science world. 

The onset of World War I in 1914, led to Marie Curie dedicating her time to the installation of X-ray machines in hospitals. By, the end of the First World War, over a million soldiers had been examined by her X-ray units.

Curie was also proud to participate in the newly formed League of Nations, through joining the  International Commission for Intellectual Cooperation in August 1922.

Marie Curie was known for her modest and frugal lifestyle. She asked any financial prizes to be given to research bodies rather than herself.

Marie Curie died in 1934 from Cancer. 

Marie Curie pushed back many frontiers in science, and at the same time set a new bar for female academic and scientific achievement.

FINGER COUNTING

                                                          FINGER COUNTING

Finger counting or dactylonomy is the counting along one's fingers. It can also serve as a form of manual communication ,it varies between cultures and over time.For example people from North America and UK will raise their right index ,middle and ring fingers to signal number 3,  Europeans to signal the number 3 will raise their middle,ring and thumb. In China and Japan they can count from 1 to 10 with one single hand.

BODY LANGUAGE IN RELATIONSHIPs

             

Body language can reveal a lot about your personality.

Eye contact: is the most important contact there is,happy couple make plenty of it.

Full body hugs: is when people hug with their full bodies,it's a sign of warmth and closeness.

Arm around : means support and strength .

Pointing feet: when a man or a woman is interested in someone,they point at them with their feet, while they're standing or even sitting.

Opposite ends: sitting at opposite ends of a table puts you in competition, over who's the boss,if only a subconscious level.

Hold the purse: asking a man to hold her purse means a woman trusts him a lot.

Baring teeth: if he's baring teeth or jabbing his finger at your chest, he may be unconsciously trying to threaten you, even if he doesn't actually touch you.

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HIGH SCHOOL CHANGES "SEXIST" WOMEN'S STUDIES COURSE.

             HIGH SCHOOL CHANGES "SEXIST" WOMEN'S STUDIES COURSE.

A school in Canada has been criticized online for its women's studies course.Critics thought it had sexist subjects that were unfit for women in 21st century. these included "polite conversation", dinner party etiquette and "nail application skills". The course did also have lesson on web design, the role of women in history and beauty in the media.A leading critic wrote that this is unbelievably sexist, women's studies is not fashion and putting on a lunch. She said the course looked like it was from 1950s. Another critic said it was very offensive and disrespectful.The school has now removed the subjects. A spokesman said that it looks like we're supporting stereotyping girls.

WOMEN'S MARCH 2017

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8 every year. It commemorates the movement for women's rights.In Italy, to celebrate the day, men give yellow mimosas to women.Communist politician Teresa Mattei chose the mimosa in 1946 as the symbol of IWD in Italy because she felt that the French symbols of the day, violets and lily-of-the-valley, were too scarce and expensive to be used effectively in Italy.

The women's strike was a worldwide protest, it started in January, but on March 8 women and men partecipated to " A day without a woman", a movement that seeks to show the vital role women play in both the domestic and global economy. It also aims to bring attention to the lower wages, sexual harassment, discrimination and job insecurity that women often face. Those taking part are encouraged to take te day off from paid or unpaid work, avoid shopping for one day and wear red  ( which was chosen because it signifies love and sacrifice and it is the colour of energy).

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Instagram

                                     INSTAGRAM

Instagram is an online mobile photo-sharing site that allows its users to share pictures and videos. Originally a distinctive feature was that Instagram had photos in a square shape and users can also apply digital filters to their images.Instagram was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger and it was launched in October 2010 as a free mobile app. In 2011, Instagram added hashtags(#) to help users discover both photos and each other. The service was acquired by Facebook in 2012. On August 2016 Instagram launched a new feature called "Instagram stories", it allows users to share photos and videos which disappear after 24 hours, then Instagram added also live video.

                                      WHAT IS BULLISM?

Bulling is a form of aggressive behavior manifested by the use of  force to affect others.It can include verbal aggression, physical  assault or  coercion. In particular for race,religion, gender, sexuality, or ability. Bullying consists of three basic types of abuse – emotional, verbal, and physical. It typically involves methods of coercion such as intimidation.  In the US as this occurs so many times,  some states have laws against it.

Bullying is an act of repeated aggressive behavior in order to intentionally hurt another person, physically or mentally. Bullying is characterized by an individual behaving in a certain way to gain power over another person. Bullying increases the risk of suicide, depression is one of the main reasons why kids who are bullied commit suicide.

    QUOTATION:

    " I told him that I did not believe that they could burn people in our age, that humanity would never tolerate it . . ."

Elie Wiesel, Night (The Night Trilogy, #1) 

This represent the atrocities in nazi period

SONG:

https://youtu.be/GaR_1K2uGUs

in this song guccini wonders why the man kills a fellow  

 LINK VIDEO:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t5XJkCYs4RI

This video talks about the holocaust's liberation. It conveys to us the joy of prisoners.

PHOTO:

In this photo we can see the inscription at the entrance of the camp. The letter "B" is written on the contrary, is like an author's rebellion because what is write it doesn't reflect the reality of the concentration camp

AHS

                   

American Horror Story is an American antology horror tv series,created and produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. Each Season is conceived as a self-contained miniseries.The first season is subtitled "Murder House". It takes place in LA during the year 2011 and centers on a family that moves into a house haunted by its deceased former occupants. The second season, subtitled Asylum, takes place in Massachusetts during the year 1964 and follows the stories of the patients and staff of an institution for the criminally insane. The third season, subtitled Coven, takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana during the year 2013 and follows a coven of witches who face off against those who wish to destroy them. The fourth season, subtitled Freak Show, takes place in Jupiter, Florida during the year 1952 and centers around one of the few remaining American freak shows. The fifth season, subtitled Hotel, takes place in Los Angeles, California during the year 2015 and focuses on the staff and guests of a haunted hotel.Although not officially confirmed, Murphy has implied that a sixth season has been ordered. He said of the season, "The next thing we're crafting up is very very different than Hotel, not smaller. But just not opulent. More rogue and more dark." He later tweeted that he had asked Hotel co-star Gaga to join the untitled cycle. Murphy said that all the seasons are connected.

            

Vans is an American manufacturer of shoes.It was born in California. The company also produces hats ,backpacks, socks, T-shirts and hoodies. It was founded in 1966 by two brothers Paul and James Van Doren, Gordon Lee and Serge D'Elia.

                                                    

 Harrods is an upmarket department store located in London.The Harrods motto is Omnia Omnibus Ubique — All Things for All People, Everywhere.In this shop you can find anything,but it's really expensive. Harrods founder was Charles Henry Harrod first established his business in 1824 then Harrod's son expanded the shop. Harrods has a dress code policy, they turn away people with a mohican hair cut, soliders in uniform or a scout troop. 

                                            ROSA PARKS

Rosa Parks was born in 1913, she was an African-American Civil Rights activist. On December 1,she refused to obey bus driver James F. Blake's order to give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger, after the white section was filled. She attended the Highlander Folk School, a Tennessee center for training activists for workers' rights and racial equality. She was also active in the Black Power movement and the support of political prisoners in the US.In her final years, she suffered from dementia. 

                                         HALLOWEEN 

Halloween  is a yearly celebration observed in a lot of countries on 31 October, the eve of theWestern Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. Typical festive Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, decorating, carvingpumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories and watching horror films.  

                                        THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada as a day of giving thanks. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and on the second Monday of October in Canada.  Thanksgiving has its historical roots in religious and cultural traditions and has long been celebrated in a secular manner as well. 

                                        BLACK FRIDAY

Black Friday is the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States,it has been regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season in the US. Black Friday is not a public holiday, but California and some other states observe "The Day After Thanksgiving" as a holiday for state government employees.

                             BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Black History Month is an annual observance in the United States,Canada and the United Kingdom for remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African Diaspora. It is celebrated annually in the United States and Canada in February and the United Kingdom in October. The precursor of Black History Month was created when Carter J. Woodson and the Association for the study of Negro Life and History decided that the "Negro History Week" was the second week of February.

                                         SUPER BOWL

The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League. The day on which the Super Bowl is played is called "Super Bowl Sunday". It is the second-largest day for U.S. food consumption, after Thanksgiving Day. In addition, the Super Bowl has frequently been the most-watched American television broadcast of the year. 

                                       ROBERT BURNS

Robert Burns was born on 25th January 1759 in Alloway and he died on 21th July 1796. He was a Scottish poet and He's regarded as the national poet of Scotland. He was a pioneer of the Romantic Movement.His poem (and song) "Auld Lang Syne" is often sung at Hogmanay, and "Scots Wha Hae" served for a long time as an unofficial national anthem of the country.Other poems and songs of Burns include:"A Red, Red Rose";"A Man's a Man for A'That";"To a Louse";"To a Mouse";"The Battle of Sherramuir";"Tam o'Shanter and "Ae fond kiss".

A RED RED ROSE 

O my Luve's like a red, red rose
That's newly sprung in June; 
O my Luve's like the melodie
That's sweetly play'd in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I:
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry:

Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun:
I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.

And fare thee well, my only Luve
And fare thee well, a while! 
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho' it were ten thousand mile. 

HAGGIS

Haggis is a savoury pudding containing sheep's pluck  minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt.Haggis is a traditional Scottish dish, considered the national dish of Scotland as a result of Robert Burns' poem Address to a Haggis of 1787. Haggis is traditionally served with "neeps and tatties and a glass of Scotch whisky.

WISKY

Whisky is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash. Whisky is typically aged in wooden casks, generally made of charred white oak.

                                           TAOISM

• Taoism is a type of belief, or a way of thinking about life.
• Tao is the name of the force or the "Way" that Taoists believe makes everything in the world.
• The most important text in Taoism, says:"the Way that can be explained in words is not the true Way." 
• Taoism first showed up in writing in China about 2000 years ago.
• Taoists focus on living a simple and balanced life in harmony with nature.
• Taoists believe that conflict is not good and that if you have a problem with something, it is better to find a way around it.
• Taoism is one of five religions officially recognized in China