B1 (thiamine) B2 (riboflavin) B3 (niacin) B5 (pantothenic acid) B6 B7 (biotin) B12 Folic acid – Folic acid is a B vitamin. It helps the body make healthy new cells. Everyone needs folic acid. For women who may get pregnant, it is really important. When a woman has enough folic acid in her body before […]
Where does our national debt come from? One of the fundamental things to understand when considering the debate about reducing our national debt is how we accumulated so much in the first place. To explain the impact various policies have had over the past decade, shifting us from projected surpluses to actual deficits and, as
In economics, increases in the level of prices. Inflation is generally thought of as an inordinate rise in the general level of prices. Four theories are commonly used to explain inflation. The quantity theory, promoted in the 18th century assumes that prices will rise as the supply of money increases, refined, arguing that the prescription
Energy Guidance: Appliance Shopping With the EnergyGuide Label If you’ve shopped for appliances, you’ve seen the bright yellow EnergyGuide label. Recently revised so it’s easier to use, the label tells you how much energy an appliance uses. The EnergyGuide label can help you compare the energy use of different models as you shop for an
Oscar-Claude Monet was a founder of French Impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement’s philosophy of expressing one’s perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting. Born: November 14, 1840, Rue Laffitte, Paris, France Died: December 5, 1926, Giverny, France Monet grew up in Le Havre where, in
Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France. Born: October 25, 1881, Málaga, Spain Died: April 8, 1973, Mougins, France Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, 1881, in Málaga, Spain. The son of an academic painter, José Ruiz Blanco,
Vincent Willem van Gogh was a major Post-Impressionist painter. A Dutch artist whose work had a far-reaching influence on 20th-century art. Born: March 30, 1853, Zundert, Netherlands Died: July 29, 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise, France Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch painter whose formal distortions and humanistic concerns made him a principal forerunner of 20th-century expressionism. Born
Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. Born: February 25, 1841, Limoges, France Died: December 3, 1919, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Renoir was born in Limoges in 1841 and moved to Paris in 1845. He was apprenticed as a decorator in a porcelain factory at the
Georgia Totto O’Keeffe was an American artist. Born near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, O’Keeffe first came to the attention of the New York art community in 1916. Born: November 15, 1887, Sun Prairie, WI Died: March 6, 1986, Santa Fe, NM Among the great American artists of the 20th-century, Georgia O’Keeffe stands as one of the
Norman Perceval Rockwell was a 20th-century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of American culture. Born: February 3, 1894, Manhattan, New York City, NY Died: November 8, 1978, Stockbridge, MA Picture a nation of patriotic citizens unencumbered by want or fear, free to
Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse was a French artist, known for his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter. Born: December 31, 1869, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France Died: November 3, 1954, Nice, France Henri Matisse worked as a law clerk in Paris before
Johann Pachelbel Born: 1653, Nuremberg, Germany Died: March 3, 1706, Nuremberg, Germany German composer and organist. He was taught by two local musicians, Heinrich Schwemmer and G. C. Wecker. In 1669 he entered the university at Altdorf and was organist of the Lorenzkirche there, but left after less than a year for lack of money
Ludwig van Beethoven Born: December 1770 in Bonn, Germany Died: 26 March 1827 (cirrhosis of the liver, plus dropsy) Ludwig van Beethoven is the most famous classical composer of the western world. Beethoven is remembered for his powerful and stormy compositions, and for continuing to compose and conduct even after he began to go deaf
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) was an Italian violinist and composer whose concertos were widely known and influential throughout Europe. Antonio Vivaldi was born in Venice on March 4, 1678. His first music teacher was his father, Giovanni Battista Vivaldi. The elder Vivaldi was a well-respected violinist, employed at the church of St. Mark’s. It is possible,
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Born: 7 May 1840 in Votkinsk, Russia Died: 6 November 1893 in St. Petersburg Russian composer Peter (Pyotr) Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most-recognized melodies of classical music, and his ballet The Nutcracker endures as a winter holiday favorite. He began composing in St. Petersburg in the 1860s, while studying and
General Audience. All ages admitted. This signifies that the film rated contains nothing most parents will consider offensive for even their youngest children to see or hear. Nudity, sex scenes, and scenes of drug use are absent; violence is minimal; snippets of dialogue may go beyond polite conversation but do not go beyond common everyday
Ansel Adams (1902-1984) is one of the most celebrated photographers of all time. His images of the American landscape, and especially those of the American West, are familiar to millions. Born and raised in San Francisco, Adams studied music as a youth with the hope of becoming a concert pianist. At age 14, while on
By using common household materials, you can make a camera that will produce pictures. Making and using a pinhole camera will acquaint you with the basic elements of photography while providing an inexpensive and interesting way to take pictures. This bulletin explains how to make and use two types of pinhole cameras-a cartridge pinhole camera
