#grand est department

[gentlemanpixelator]

Toul. Place de la République.

[softmeadowland]

The Vosges Mountains, in North-East France, are a low mountain range, bordering Germany and extending between the French regions of Lorraine and Alsace.

A regions of splendid lakes and pine trees, with a rich diversity of plant and animal species. The Vosges biosphere is labelled at the UNESCO. Dears, chamois, badgers, foxes, beavers, grey wolves, hares, boars, lynxes, groundhogs… The western capercaillie is an endangered bird in the Vosges mountains, less than six of them exist today in the region.

Wild lilies, martagon lily, wild orchids, wild pansies, forest violets, gentian, anemones, sundews are flowers that we can find in the Vosges.

The Arnica flower is a medicinal plant used for bruises, wound healing, muscle aches, insect bites, swelling from broken bones and joint pain. 90% of the wild Arnica flower production comes from the Markstein plateau. Many pharmaceutical brands use arnica flowers freshly picked from the Vosges peaks - Weleda orders two tons of these flowers every year.

Quartz, Aragonite, Bismuthite, Hydrozincite, Cérusite, Rhodochrosite, Azurite, cuprite, copper, hematite, fluorine are minerals that are found in the Vosges.

[travelella]

Colmar, Haut-Rhin Department, Grand Est Region, France

Thomas Bormans

[aedesluminis]

"Summoned by a king who knows no other greatness than the happiness of his people, the representatives of the nation have broken the fetters forged by despotism: feudalism is destroyed, the great work of our regeneration has begun and advances day by day. After having renounced to those privileges, that destroy public prosperity, the provinces want to forget themselves and to blend into the more regular division of departments and districts. These departments, these districts and the smallest portions of the empire will have a similar organisation. The variety of customs, immense source of abuse, will henceforth be replaced by the most exact uniformity in the laws of administration and justice: with such a beautiful order, shall we let the ancient chaos of our measures persist? Is it not about time to remove so many chances of mistakes, frauds and trials? The present moment is all the more appropriate for a general reform of measures, since the newly adopted principles leave prejudices powerless; and since the people, already disposed towards other more important changes, which have broken their habits, would receive with docility an innovation whose great advantages they could themselves feel."

- Claude-Antoine Prieur-Duvernois, "Mémoire sur la nécessité de rendre uniformes dans le royaume toutes les mesures d'étendue et de pesanteur"

Original in French (modern transcription): "Appelés près d’un Roi qui ne connaît de grandeur que la félicité de ses peuples, les représentants de la nation ont brisé les fers qu’avait forgé le despotisme : la féodalité est détruite ; le grand œuvre de notre régénération est commencé, et s’avance de jour en jour ; les provinces, après avoir renoncé à des privilèges destructeurs de la prospérité publique, vont s’oublier et se confondre dans la division plus régulière des départements et des districts ; ces départements, ces districts, et les plus petites portions de l’empire, auront une organisation semblable ; la variété des coutumes, source immense d’abus, sera désormais remplacée, dans toute la France, par l’uniformité la plus exacte dans les lois d’administration et de justice : avec un ordre si beau, laissera-t-on subsister l’ancien chaos de nos mesures ? N’est-il pas temps enfin d’ôter tant d’occasions d’erreurs, de fraudes et de procès ? Le moment actuel est d’autant plus convenable à une réforme générale des mesures, que les principes nouvellement adoptés laissent les préjugés sans force ; et que les peuples, déjà disposés par d’autres changements plus importants, qui ont rompu leurs habitudes, recevraient avec docilité une innovation dont ils pourraient eux-mêmes sentier les grands avantages."

[saras-devotionals]

Quite Time 2/28

What am I feeling today?

I just wish I had gone to bed earlier. I’m very tired and know I have a long day ahead of me. I also didn’t finish all my work so I’m stressed about a couple of those deadlines🥲

Sermon: The Lord Declares War! (Part 3/3)

Exodus 5:22 NIV

“Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Why, Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Is this why you sent me?”

we can relate to Moses here (why would God send us to do His work when it doesn't turn out the way we planned?) We can get discouraged and in our own head about it but keep reminding yourself that God’s plan is far greater than we can ever imagine for ourselves.

2) God Declares War on Counterfeit Imitations of the Truth!

ask yourself: am I fighting God in in any way? In what este/areas of my life and I resisting Him? Is there still something I’m holding on to?

I can get moody and distant. I can let how I’m feeling take control of me instead of being in control of my emotions.

Exodus 7:1-7 NIV

“Then the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet. You are to say everything I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his country. But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in Egypt, he will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and with mighty acts of judgment I will bring out my divisions, my people the Israelites. And the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out of it.” Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord commanded them. Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.”

This plagues were meant to humble the Egyptians (leading the question of whether we declare war on false doctrines - bc they had their many gods) not that many people want to be entertained and not saved.

Lastly, I do wonder why it says God hardened Pharaoh’s heart. I believe it’s been explained to me but I don’t remember and wonder why? Why do that? Since He had the power to harden, why didn’t He choose to soften? Or would that just not have worked in the grand scheme of things?

1 Timothy 1:3-8 NIV

“As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer or to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things promote controversial speculations rather than advancing God’s work—which is by faith. The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. Some have departed from these and have turned to meaningless talk. They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm. We know that the law is good if one uses it properly.”

The law is good if we know how to use it properly! No false teachings! There are some people that claim to teach of Jesus and Christianity but it is not biblically sound and therefore is a false teaching.

2 Timothy 3:7-9 NIV

“always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these teachers oppose the truth. They are men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.”

With those In sin, we are meant to call them out (in love) and even here is an example of calling out people by name.

Romans 8:1-4 NIV

“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.”

Communion: what does the cross mean to [……]?

To him it meant liberation!

[chibrary]

title: "Commentaires" source: charlesleclerc.com, as archived by the wayback machine format: website page season: 2008, karting

Some excerpts from the Leclerc family's commentaries on the 2008 karting season, as translated by @maudlintrash:

"Charles est devenu le plus jeune champion de France de la categorie cadet depuis sa creation (non pas la creation de Charles mais du championnat), et......, le seul pilote a avoir reussi un vrai grand chelem dans ce même championnat, a savoir, pôle position, meilleur tour et victoire dans toutes les manches, meilleur tour et victoire en pré finale et en finale. cela demandait d être verifie, c est fait."

Charles has become the youngest champion of France in the junior category since its creation (not the creation of Charles but of the championship), and……, the only driver to have gotten a grand slam in that same championship, you know, pole position, fastest lap, and victory in all heats, fastest lap and victory in pre-final and the final. This needed to be verified, it’s done.

"En attendant G E N I A L  le suspense et Bravo au meilleur.

Ceci etant ca enerve le Papa du Charlot qui serre les fesses au depart de la premiere manche parce que le Petit il part à l exterieur con (a prononcer avez l acssent du sud SVP). 1ere manche. Comme indique plus haut, Papa n en mene pas large au depart mais finalement tout se passe bien, merci Anthoine. Victoire de Charles, donc contents parce qu il est beau !!!!

2 ieme manche Victoire de Charles donc contents parce qu il est beau aussi !!!! Et puis au lit parce que le lit c est bien. Apres tout on verra demain."

In waiting, W O N D E R F U L suspense and Bravo to the winner! This annoys Charlot’s papa, who clenches his ass from the start of the first lap because the Little One was on the damn outside (to pronounce have 1 southern aksent plz). 1st heat. As written above, Papa hung tough at the start but at last, everything went well, thanks Anthoine. A win for Charles, therefore happy because it’s beautiful !!!! 2nd heat A win for Charles, and happy because it’s beautiful too !!!! And then to bed because bed is nice. After all, we’ll see tomorrow.

[bunnys-kisses]

howdy fellow bunnies!

firstly, thank you for following me! over the past few days i've made a lot of new friends! it is so nice to read your comments and support for my fics!

i do have an announcement! i have been working on an original story! it is a queer male romance novel involving rugby! i have it currently posted on wattpad and ao3 for your viewing pleasure! while it's a little different than my standard reader inserts, i hope that you can find enjoyment in the story! mulligriber "Alfred "Alfie" Hill had become content with the day to day of university. As a top student in the English department, he was fine with his days being filled with classes and homework. It left him little time to think about how isolated he became. But at a department party he wins tickets to see the university's rugby team "The Grand Blues". There he meets the hooker of the team and transfer student Ciaran Stewart who is more than happy to bring Alfie into the world of rugby. Will Alfie continue to keep his head buried in his books or will he join Ciaran for a night out on the town?"

it's totally free to check out and read, i update weekly at 6pm est! i hope to post more fan fiction in the future, so thank you for following!

read it! ao3 // wattpad

xoxo, bunny

[ausetkmt]

Last month, two dozen people were indicted in Georgia on charges of smuggling Mexican and Central American immigrants to the United States and forcing them to live in camps and work on farms.

Authorities comparing the illegal operation to “modern-day slavery.”

Operation Blooming Onion

A multi-agency investigation led by Homeland Security named “Operation Blooming Onion” spanned over at least three years revealed at least 100 victims of modern-day slavery were exploited into the U.S. and imprisoned under inhumane conditions as contract agricultural laborers.

In November 2018, several agencies began to investigate the Patricio transnational criminal organization for allegedly engaged in human trafficking, visa fraud, forced labor, mail fraud, money laundering and other crimes.

The newly unsealed 54-count indictment in USA v. Patricio also alleges that in or before 2015, the suspects and their associates would fraudulently use the H-2A work visa program to smuggle foreign nationals from Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras into the U.S. under the pretext of serving as agricultural workers.

“The American dream is a powerful attraction for destitute and desperate people across the globe, and where there is need, there is greed from those who will attempt to exploit these willing workers for their own obscene profits,” said David H. Estes, Acting U.S. Attorney.

“Thanks to outstanding work from our law enforcement partners, Operation Blooming Onion frees more than 100 individuals from the shackles of modern-day slavery and will hold accountable those who put them in chains.”

Inhumane working conditions

Authorities say the illegal operations took place within the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Georgia; the Middle District of Florida; the Southern District of Texas; and Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and elsewhere. 

According to the indictment, the suspects required the workers to pay unlawful fees for transportations, food, and housing — while illegally withholding their travel and identification documents, and subjected the workers “to  perform physically demanding work for little or no pay, housing them in crowded, unsanitary, and degrading living conditions, and by threatening them with deportation and violence.”  

At least two workers died under the working conditions, another was repeatedly raped, while others were kidnapped and threatened with death.

Workers were also forced to work at gunpoint, dig onions with their bare hands, paid 20 cents for each bucket harvested, and many were sold or traded to other conspirators.

$200M illegal operation

Authorities say the suspects reaped more than $200 million from the illegal operation — buying land, homes, vehicles and businesses while funneling millions of dollars through a casino.

Additionally, the indictment alleges that in late 2019 — three of the conspirators attempted to intimidate and persuade a witness to lie to a federal grand jury and deny any knowledge of the illegal activities of the Patricio organization.

The defendants face charges that can carry up to a life sentence.

According to the Department of Justice, the operation represents one of the country’s largest human-trafficking and visa fraud investigations.

“OCDETF Operation Blooming Onion maximized the expertise of multiple law enforcement agencies and leveraged analytical and coordination support from OCDETF’s International Organized Crime Intelligence and Operations Center (IOC-2) to target an international criminal organization engaged in human trafficking and visa fraud,” said OCDETF Director Adam W. Cohen.

“The U.S. Attorney’s Office’s leadership of this multi-agency law enforcement effort positions us to disrupt and dismantle the operations of transnational criminal networks that pose the greatest threat to our communities and to the Nation.”

[joshandlukas]

Impacto y Inspiración de los Jugadores Latinoamericanos en el Béisbol

¡Hola a todos! Bienvenidos a nuestro blog. Hoy, Lukas habló sobre la historia temprana del béisbol en latinoamérica. Ahora, voy a hablar sobre la historia más tarde, en que el béisbol creció mucho y los jugadores de Latinoamérica comenzaron a romper barreras. 

El béisbol de las Grandes Ligas cambió mucho cuando empezaron a jugar más jugadores latinos en las Ligas Grandes. Esto empezó en los años 1930 y 1940. Joe Cambria, un buscador de talentos para los Senadores de Washington, fue muy importante en este cambio. Él buscó muchos jugadores en Cuba. Uno de ellos fue Fermín Guerra y otro fue Alejandro Carrasquel, el primer jugador de Venezuela en las Grandes Ligas. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, los equipos necesitaban jugadores porque muchos de Estados Unidos estaban en la guerra. Entonces, contrataron a más jugadores latinos. Los Senadores casi ganaron un campeonato en 1945 con muchos jugadores de Cuba. Los jugadores latinos también jugaron en las Ligas Negras, en equipos como los New York Cubans. Ellos ayudaron a luchar contra la discriminación en el béisbol. En los años 1950, los jugadores latinos se hicieron más famosos. Minnie Miñoso fue muy importante porque ayudó a que los jugadores negros y latinos pudieran jugar en las Grandes Ligas. Roberto Clemente, un jugador de Puerto Rico, también fue muy importante. Él no solo jugaba bien, sino que también luchó contra la discriminación. Con el tiempo, más jugadores de República Dominicana, Puerto Rico y México llegaron a las Grandes Ligas. En los años 1980, Fernando Valenzuela de México fue muy famoso. Ahora, muchos equipos de béisbol en Estados Unidos tienen programas en español para los fans latinos. Han traído mucho talento y han hecho que el béisbol sea un deporte para todos.

Creo que los jugadores latinoamericanos de béisbol tienen un gran impacto en el deporte y en la cultura de América Latina. Los jugadores de las grandes ligas, que son conocidos en todo el mundo, pueden ser una inspiración para los niños latinoamericanos. Ellos inspiran no solo a los niños que quieren jugar béisbol, sino también a aquellos con sueños y metas. Ver a personas de su cultura en la televisión puede hacerles sentir fuertes. Además, los latinoamericanos han derrotado muchos desafíos para unirse a las grandes ligas, y esto puede motivar a otros a lograr cosas difíciles. Su participación también ayuda a promover sus culturas e identidades. Es una oportunidad para que representen a sus países y para que otros aprendan sobre ellos.

También creo que el béisbol en los países latinoamericanos puede crecer mucho cuando están representados por grandes jugadores en las grandes ligas. Esto puede animar a otros a querer jugar y seguir a los grandes jugadores latinoamericanos. En resumen, la participación de los latinoamericanos en las grandes ligas de béisbol no solo puede inspirar a otros a alcanzar sus sueños, sino que también permite que muchas personas conozcan sus culturas. Además, su éxito en el béisbol puede ser un ejemplo de superación y dedicación para todos.

¡Muchas gracias! Hasta pronto.

Josh

Fuentes:

[child-of-hurin]

So protects them the night, and the friendly shadow of the great pine. “Tristan,” says the queen, “Do the seafarers not swear that this castle of Tintagel is enchanted, and that by this enchantment, twice a year, in winter and in summer, it is lost and disappears from sight? For it is lost now. Is this not the marvelous orchard of which the harp lays speak: a wall of air encloses it on all sides; there are flowering trees and fragrant soil; there lives the hero, never-aging in the arms of his friend, behind that very wall of air that no enemy can breach?" Already on the towers of Tintagel the lookouts ring out their horns to announce the dawn. “No,” says Tristan, “our wall of air has already been breached, and this is not that marvelous orchard. But one day, friend, we will go together to the Fortunate Land from which no one returns. There stands a castle of white marble; in each of its thousand windows gleams a lighted candle; in each, a bard plays and sings an endless melody; the sun does not shine there, and yet no one misses its light: it is the happy land of the living." But atop the towers of Tintagel, dawn shines on the great alternating blocks of azure and green.

Chapter 6, The Great Pine

"Friend, close your arms tightly around me so that, in this embrace, our two hearts break and our souls depart! Take me to the fortunate country you once spoke of: to the country from which no one returns, where illustrious musicians sing endless songs. Take me!" "Yes, I will take you to the fortunate land of the Living. The time is approaching; have we not already drunk all misery and all joy? The time is approaching; when all is accomplished, if I call you, Isolde, will you come?"

Chapter 18, Folie Tristan

— Joseph Bédier, Le Roman de Tristan et Iseult (1922)

(My free translation — somehow these passages were omitted from Hilaire Belloc's English translation)

These are some of my favorite passages of the Bédier version, and I can't find anything like this in either Béroul or Gottfried, so I wonder where it comes from... I love the image of the disappearing castle, but I especially love the ambiguity on whether they're talking about the after-life (which Tristan calls the Land of the Living) or about Avallon — both? They feel like one and the same, here...

Original French below:

Alors la nuit les protège et l'ombre amie du grand pin. « Tristan, dit la reine, les gens de mer n'assurent-ils pas que ce château de Tintagel est enchanté et que, par sortilège, deux fois l'an, en hiver et en été, il se perd et disparaît aux yeux ? Il s'est perdu maintenant. N'est-ce pas ici le verger merveilleux dont parlent les lais de harpe : une muraille d'air l'enclôt de toutes parts ; des arbres fleuris, un sol embaumé ; le héros y vit sans vieillir entre les bras de son amie et nulle force ennemie ne peut briser la muraille d'air ? » Déjà, sur les tours de Tintagel, retentissent les trompes des guetteurs qui annoncent l'aube. « Non, dit Tristan, la muraille d'air est déjà brisée, et ce n'est pas ici le verger merveilleux. Mais, un jour, amie, nous irons ensemble au Pays Fortuné dont nul ne retourne. Là s'élève un château de marbre blanc ; à chacune de ses mille fenêtres brille un cierge allumé ; à chacune, un jongleur joue et chante une mélodie sans fin ; le soleil n'y brille pas, et pourtant nul ne regrette sa lumière : c'est l'heureux pays des vivants. » Mais, au sommet des tours de Tintagel, l'aube éclaire les grands blocs alternés de sinople et d'azur.

Chapitre 6

– Ami, ferme tes bras et accole-moi si étroitement que, dans cet embrassement, nos deux cœurs se rompent et nos âmes s'en aillent ! Emmène-moi au pays fortuné dont tu parlais jadis : au pays dont nul ne retourne, où des musiciens insignes chantent des chants sans fin. Emmène-moi ! – Oui, je t'emmènerai au pays fortuné des Vivants. Le temps approche ; n'avons-nous pas bu déjà toute misère et toute joie ? Le temps approche ; quand il sera tout accompli, si je t'appelle, Iseut, viendras-tu ?

Chapitre 18

[the-paintrist]

Jules Bastien-Lepage - Self portrait - 1880

oil on canvas, height: 31 cm (12.2 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 25 cm (9.8 in) 

Panier (0)Musée Jules Bastien-Lepage et de la Fortification, Montmédy

Montmédy (German: Mittelberg) is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Jules Bastien-Lepage (1 November 1848 – 10 December 1884) was a French painter closely associated with the beginning of naturalism, an artistic style that emerged from the later phase of the Realist movement.

His most famous work is his landscape-style portrait of Joan of Arc which currently resides at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City.

Bastien-Lepage was born in the village of Damvillers, Meuse, and spent his childhood there. Bastien's father grew grapes in a vineyard to support the family. His grandfather also lived in the village; his garden had fruit trees of apple, pear, and peach up against the high walls. Bastien took an early liking to drawing, and his parents fostered his creativity by buying prints of paintings for him to copy.

Jules Bastien-Lepage's first teacher was his father, himself an artist. His first formal training was at Verdun. Prompted by a love of art, he went to Paris in 1867, where he was admitted to the École des Beaux-arts, working under Cabanel. He was awarded first place for drawing, but spent most of his time working alone, only occasionally appearing in class. Nevertheless, he completed three years at the école. In a letter to his parents, he complained that the life model was a man in the pose of a mediaeval lutanist. During the Franco-Prussian war in 1870, Bastien fought and was wounded. After the war, he returned home to paint the villagers and recover from his wound. In 1873 he painted his grandfather in the garden, a work that would bring the artist his first success at the Paris Salon.

After exhibiting works in the Salons of 1870 and 1872, which attracted no attention, in 1874 his Portrait of my Grandfather garnered critical acclaim and received a third-class medal. He also showed Song of Spring, an academically oriented study of rural life, representing a peasant girl sitting on a knoll above a village, surrounded by wood nymphs.

His initial success was confirmed in 1875 by the First Communion, a picture of a little girl minutely worked up in manner that was compared to Hans Holbein, and a Portrait of M. Hayern. In 1875, he took second place in the competition for the Prix de Rome with his Angels appearing to the Shepherds, exhibited again at the Exposition Universelle in 1878. His next attempt to win the Prix de Rome in 1876 with Priam at the Feet of Achilles was again unsuccessful (it is in the Lille gallery), and the painter determined to return to country life. To the Salon of 1877 he sent a full-length Portrait of Lady L. and My Parents; and in 1878 a Portrait of M. Theuriet and Haymaking (Les Foins). The last picture, now in the Musée d'Orsay, was widely praised by critics and the public alike. It secured his status as one of the first painters in the Naturalist school.

After the success of Haymaking, Bastien-Lepage was recognized in France as the leader of the emerging Naturalist school. By 1883, a critic could proclaim that "The whole world paints so much today like M. Bastien-Lepage that M. Bastien-Lepage seems to paint like the whole world." This fame brought him prominent commissions.

His Portrait of Mlle Sarah Bernhardt (1879), painted in a light key, won him the cross of the Legion of Honour. In 1879 he was commissioned to paint the Prince of Wales. In 1880 he exhibited a small portrait of M. Andrieux and Joan of Arc listening to the Voices (now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art); and in the same year, at the Royal Academy, the little portrait of the Prince of Wales. In 1881 he painted The Beggar and the Portrait of Albert Wolf; in 1882 Le Père Jacques; in 1885 Love in a Village, in which we find some trace of Gustave Courbet's influence. His last dated work is The Forge (1884).

Between 1880 and 1883 he traveled in Italy. The artist, long ailing, had tried in vain to re-establish his health in Algiers. He died in Paris in 1884, when planning a new series of rural subjects.

[gentlemanpixelator]

Strasbourg. La Place du Corbeau et la Cathédrale.

[tengomilpalabrasparati]

Cumpleaños 🎂

Mark Wahlberg mantiene con 52 años sus espectaculares músculos

El estadounidense es un hombre muy dedicado a cuidar el cuerpo y para ello madruga todos los días y entrena con pasión. No obstante, en el año 2022 tuvo que cambiar de manera profunda su físico para rodar 'El milagro del padre Stu', ya que debía interpretar a un boxeador tanto en su época de competición como tras varios años afectado por una lesión. Entonces amplió su dieta de calorías, engordó y cumplió con lo esperado engordando varios kilogramos, pero apenas ha pasado un año y ya ha logrado volver a sus marcados abdominales y fuertes músculos.

El actor se levanta a las 2,30 de la mañana y realiza dos entrenamientos diarios, acompañados de una gran ingesta de calorías

Tras tomar un primer desayuno donde no falta la avena, los huevos, la crema de cacahuete y los arándanos, el actor realiza un primer entrenamiento . Sí, sobre las 3,30 de la madrugada se encamina al gimnasio y allí, junto a su entrenador personal , realiza una primera rutina. Después, se toma otro desayuno a base de de batido de proteínas y tres hamburguesas de pavo.

Sobre las 7,30 de la mañana, hora habitual de muchos para levantarse, Mark Wahlberg se va a jugar al golf , porque, además de entrenar en el gimnasio, al actor le gusta mantenerse activo practicando este deporte y otras actividades. A las 10,30 de la mañana se toma su tercer desayuno que se es una ensalada con lechuga, pepino, tomate, aguacate, aceitunas, pollo a la parrilla y huevos duros. A las 13 h come y a las 15,30h vuelve a tomar otro tentempié, justo antes de su segundo entrenamiento en el gimnasio. A las 17,30h toma la cena a base de pescado y verduras. Y sobre las 20h se va a dormir para poder levantarse seis horas después.

Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (Boston, Massachusetts, 5 de junio de 1971) es un actor, modelo, cantante y productor de televisión estadounidense. Como cantante, integró el grupo de rap Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch, que alcanzó un enorme éxito con el disco Music for the People. Como actor, fue nominado a los Oscar 2006 en la categoría de mejor actor de reparto por la película "The Departed".

Es hermano del también actor y músico Donnie Wahlberg. Recibió una estrella en el paseo de la fama de Hollywood el 29 de julio de 2010.

Es el más joven de nueve hermanos

Wahlberg se casó con la modelo Rhea Durham, el 1 de agosto de 2009, en Beverly Hills, cerca de donde ellos viven.​​ El matrimonio tiene cuatro hijos, dos niñas: Ella Rae (n. 2003) y Grace Margaret (n. 2010) y dos niños: Michael (n. 2006) y Brendan Joseph (b. 2008).​

Wahlberg es un ferviente católico;​ va todos los días a la iglesia a orar y asiste con su familia a misa todas las semanas.

En junio de 1986, Wahlberg, que entonces tenía 15 años, y tres amigos persiguieron a tres niños afroamericanos mientras gritaban “Kill the nigger, kill the nigger" y les lanzaban piedras.​ Al día siguiente, Wahlberg y otros persiguieron a un grupo de escolares que estaban realizando una excursión en la playa, y les gritaron insultos, lanzaron rocas y llamaron a otros chicos para que se unieran en el acoso.​ En agosto de 1986, se interpuso una demanda civil contra Wahlberg por violar los derechos civiles de sus víctimas, el caso llegó a resolución el mes siguiente.​​​

Otro incidente racial ocurrió en abril de 1988, cuando Wahlberg de 17 años y drogado con fenciclidina,​ atacó a un vietnamita de mediana edad en la calle, llamándole “vietnamita de mierda” y golpeándolo con un pedazo grande de madera hasta dejarlo inconsciente. Más tarde, ese mismo día, Wahlberg atacó a otro vietnamita, golpeándolo en el ojo. Cuando Wahlberg fue arrestado y trasladado a la escena del crimen, les dijo a los policías: “Ese es hijo de puta al que le abrí la cabeza”.​ Los investigadores también afirmaron que Wahlberg realizó "numerosos insultos raciales como ‘gooks’ o ‘slant-eyed gooks’”.​​

Wahlberg fue acusado de tentativa de homicidio, afirmó ser culpable de agresión y fue finalmente condenado a 2 años de cárcel, aunque solo cumplió 45 días de su sentencia.​​ Wahlberg creía que había dejado a la segunda víctima (llamada Johnny Trinh) permanentemente ciego de un ojo, aunque Trinh declaró que había perdido el ojo en la Guerra de Vietnam, mientras servía en el ejército vietnamita del sur, que luchaban junto a las tropas estadounidenses.​​​​

En agosto de 1992, Wahlberg le rompió la mandíbula a un vecino suyo en un ataque.​ Los documentos del tribunal afirman que en 1992, Wahlberg "sin provocación ni causa alguna, pateó vilmente y repetidamente" a un hombre en la cara mientras otro hombre sostenía a la víctima en el suelo. Los documentos del tribunal afirman que en 1992, Wahlberg "sin provocación ni causa alguna, pateó cruel y repetidamente" a Crehan en la cara mientras otro hombre, Derek McCall, sostenía a la víctima en el suelo. El abogado de Wahlberg afirmó que Wahlberg y McCall, que es negro, fueron provocados después de que Crehan calificara a McCall de insulto racial.​

En 2006 Wahlberg dijo que lo correcto sería que hablase cara a cara con Trinh, el vietnamés a quien golpeó en el ojo, para hacer las paces, ya que no lo había hecho.​ En 2016 mientras solicitaba un indulto por su condena de asalto a Trinh, Wahlberg dijo haber hablado con Trinh y haberse disculpado por “sus horribles actos”. Trinh anunció públicamente haberle perdonado.​​

En 2014 Wahlberg solicitó el indulto por sus condenas.​​ Su petición de indulto creó controversia.​

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Riquewihr, Haut-Rhin Department, Grand Est Region, France

Thomas Bormans

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Laisser votre enfant jouer aux jeux vidéo… Mais pourquoi pas ?

Pensez-vous que les jeux vidéo font perdre du temps, même s’ils suscitent l’intérêt de presque 2 milliards de joueurs dans le monde ? Et si je vous disais que ce loisir, souvent méprisé par les parents, peut en fait produire des effets bénéfiques pour votre enfant.

La clé !

Des études démontrent qu’un temps de jeu de 45 minutes maximum peut apporter amusement et distraction à votre enfant, tout en l’aidant à développer certaines aptitudes motrices et cognitives. La clé, c’est 45 minutes et pas plus ! Les avantages obtenus plafonnent après ce laps de temps et tout ce qui dépasse cette durée est en fait une perte de temps.

Les bienfaits :

Nous avons tous entendu parler des effets néfastes des jeux vidéo, tels que l’addiction au jeu, la réduction en exercice physique, le manque de temps pour les études, l’isolement, et l’agressivité. Mais voici quelques bienfaits à noter pour vos enfants :

La santé mentale :

La dopamine est produite lors du jeu et ça rend de bonne humeur;

Jouer détend et réduit le stress;

Il y a un sentiment d’accomplissement lors du jeu.

Des effets bénéfiques pour le cerveau :

Améliore la concentration et la mémorisation en traitant beaucoup d’information en même temps, par exemple l'enfant effectue plusieurs tâches à la fois, prend des décisions rapidement, et développe des stratégies de jeu;

Les jeux vidéo peuvent possiblement aider les enfants avec la dyslexie;

Développe la coordination main-œil, les réflexes, et le temps de réaction;

Améliore la vision périphérique et les contrastes vus.

Une plus grande sociabilité avec d’autres joueurs :

Dépendant du jeu vidéo, ça nécessite le travail en équipe, et ainsi, nécessite la coopération et la résolution de problèmes;

Améliore la communication avec les autres;

Accrois les comportements prosociaux chez l'enfant.

Pourquoi pas!

Quand on pense à ces avantages, 45 minutes ne semblent pas si mal. Peut-être que cela vous donnera une pause nécessaire pour vous concentrer sur vous-même, la cuisine, une émission de télévision, ou autre chose ! Et peut-être que votre enfant vous remerciera.

Abonnez-vous :

Si cet article vous a intéressé et que vous souhaitez en savoir plus sur le comportement humain et le monde numérique dans lequel nous vivons, souscrivez-vous !

Bibliographie :

Parat, A. (2022, 26 août). Quels sont les effets positifs et négatifs des jeux vidéo ? GoStudent. https://insights.gostudent.org/fr/effets-positifs-et-negatifs-des-jeux-video

Radio-Canada. (2016). Jeux vidéo : le pour et le contre. Curio.https://curio.ca/fr/catalogue/16145b68-339b-47bf-bae6-624b26e910d3?in=631&out=1175

Statistica Research Department. (2022, 4 mai).  Le marché du jeu vidéo - Faits et chiffres. Statistica. https://fr.statista.com/themes/9063/le-marche-du-jeu-video/#topicOverview

Unsplash. (s.d.). https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1584651766658-1b7b47a2cb79?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxzZWFyY2h8OXx8ZW5mYW50JTIwamV1eCUyMHZpZCVDMyVBOW9zfGVufDB8fDB8fA%3D%3D&auto=format&fit=crop&w=500&q=60

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☞Today in History. On today’s date 177 years ago, Tuesday, July 14, 1846, world–renowned Norwegian-American pogonotrophist-extraordinaire Hans Nilson “King Whiskers” Langseth (1846-1927) was born at the village of Eidsvoll in Akershus County, Norway.

☞Hans Langseth’s claim to fame is his beard, which was the longest ever recorded at 18 feet 6 inches when it was measured at the town of Barney, North Dakota in 1912 when he was 66 years of age.

☞In 1867, Hans Langseth emigrated to the United States. He spent much of his life as a farmer, but for a while he toured with a travelling freak show, exhibiting his beard to the public. He eventually tired of show business & left the freak show after numerous nonbelievers yanked his whiskers to see if they were real. Late in his life, Langseth made the decision to cut off his beard, but he only got part way through it & couldn’t finish the job.

☞Langseth met his earthly demise at the venerable age of 81 on November 10, 1927 when he died from the effects of unspecified natural causes at the town of Wyndemere, in Richland County, North Dakota. He was buried in Elk Creek Church Cemetery in Kensett, Iowa. When he died, his beard measured 17 feet, 5 inches. In 1967, Hans Langseth’s famous beard was donated to the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.

Il y a 177 ans, le mardi 14 juillet 1846, l'extraordinaire pogonotrophe norvégien-américain de renommée mondiale Hans Nilson "King Whiskers" Langseth (1846-1927) est né dans le village d'Eidsvoll à Akershus Comté, Norvège. Sa renommée est sa barbe, qui était la plus longue jamais enregistrée 5m60 lorsqu'elle a été mesurée dans la ville de Barney, Dakota du Nord en 1912, alors qu'il avait 66 ans. En 1867, Hans émigre aux États-Unis. Il a passé une grande partie de sa vie en tant que fermier, mais pendant un certain temps, il a tourné avec un spectacle itinérant de monstres, exposant sa barbe au public. Il a fini par se lasser et a quitté le freak show après que de nombreux non-croyants lui aient arraché les moustaches pour voir si elles étaient réelles. Vers la fin de sa vie, Langseth a pris la décision de se couper la barbe, mais il n'a fait qu'une partie du chemin et n'a pas terminé. A sa disparition terrestre à l'âge vénérable de 81 ans le 10 novembre 1927 des suites de causes naturelles non précisées dans la ville de Wyndemere, dans le comté de Richland, dans le Dakota du Nord. Il a été enterré au cimetière de l'église Elk Creek à Kensett, Iowa. À sa mort, sa barbe mesurait 5m30. En 1967, la célèbre barbe de Hans Langseth a été donnée au département d'anthropologie de la Smithsonian Institution à Washington, DC 16 juillet 2023