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Obesity and Breast Cancer
I learned from your site and others that there are many risk factors for breast cancer. My question is whether larger waist size is a risk factor for breast cancer.
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Thank you for your interest and question.
Obesity (large waist size) has a complex relation to risk of developing breast cancer. Higher body mass index (weight (kg)/height (m2)) is associated with a lower risk of breast cancer before menopause and with an increased risk of cancer after menopause, particularly among women who do not use postmenopausal hormones (JAMA 1997 Nov 5; 278(17): 1407-11). The question of whether body fat distribution contributes further to the risk of breast cancer is of considerable debate. In some studies, central obesity measured by either waist circumference or waist: hip circumference ratio has been associated with increased risk of breast cancer among postmenopausal women, whereas the association has been weak or equivocal among premenopausal women (Breast Cancer Res Treat 1995 May; 34(2): 129-37; Int J Cancer 1992 Apr 22;51(1):14-9). But in another study, no significant association was observed (Br J Cancer 1994 Feb; 69(2): 352-7). In a recent study from Harvard School of Public Health, a total of 47,382 US registered nurses were followed for 8 years for identification of incident cases of breast cancer (Am J Epidemiol 1999 Dec 15; 150(12): 1316-24). Waist circumference was identified as a risk factor for breast cancer, particularly in postmenopausal women who have never taken hormone replacement therapy.
More research is needed to better understand the impact and association of obesity on breast cancer risk. But, it is important to know that obesity is clearly related to heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes risks. The American Cancer Society recommends maintaining a healthy weight and limiting your intake of high-fat foods, particularly those from animal sources.


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Senate bill passes that would bring abortion education into classrooms in grades as low as seventh
A bill filed in February to include abortion education in students� health care studies advanced through the North Carolina Senate on Wednesday.
Under Health Curriculum/Preterm Birth, North Carolina public schools health instructors will be required to teach students abortions can cause preterm births in subsequent pregnancies.
The legislation passed the Senate Monday 38-10, primarily sponsored by three Republican senators.
In 2011, more than 10 percent of North Carolina births were preterm, which is considered any birth 37 or less weeks before the woman�s due date, according to NCFamily.org.
A comprehensive and age-appropriate health curriculum will be taught from kindergarten through ninth grade under the legislation, and the N.C. Child Fatality Task Force (CFTF) recommended including abortion education.
Lenoir County Schools adopted a safer-sex program � Making Proud Choices � at the end of 2012, teaching eighth graders lessons on sexually transmitted diseases, HIV and pregnancy prevention. Previously, schools only taught abstinence but must now include preventative studies.
Abortion is not part of the curriculum of any district health studies.
Rochelle Middle School health teacher Bonnie Wagner, who taught the Making Proud Choice curriculum this year, said she thinks adding induced abortion education to instruction will be beneficial.
�So many of them hear the wrong information,� said Wagner, who�s heard murmurs of the topic among students. �If they learn the correct stuff and know what the purpose of an abortion is, then � they�ll have a better opinion of it.�
She said including the risks of the procedure will fit with the school�s STD program because of the broad range of sex education subjects discussed.
Tammy McMillian, who has a 14-year-old son attending Rochelle, said students will still experiment with sex, but they should be educated.
�To be informed and properly educated about stuff like that is better than not knowing and finding out the hard way,� she said. �If they are informed, then maybe they�ll make better choices.�
But one mother of a Rochelle student felt any discussion about abortions should be excluded from classroom instruction.
�It�s just shocking to hear that they would even consider that,� said a parent who wished not to be identified. �I don�t think it�s necessary. These are middle-schooled aged kids, and I don�t think they need to be introduced to abortions.�
A primary sponsor of the bill was N.C. Sen. Warren Daniel, a Republican who represents Cleveland and Burke counties in Western North Carolina.
�I am hopeful that if young men and women are fully educated about the risks of induced abortion as it relates to preterm births,� he wrote in a statement to The Free Press, �they will be better able to determine whether terminating pregnancy is the right choice for their future reproductive health.�
While there are no clinics in Lenoir County that perform abortion procedures, the local Eastern Pregnancy Information Center serves six area counties on educating women about the procedure and providing free pregnancy tests and ultrasounds. There are also nearby sources for abortion education.
�If (a woman) is thinking about abortion,� said Blake Honeycutt, director of Carolina Pregnancy Center in Greenville, �we try to educate her on the risks and the side effects of abortion, both psychical in emotional.
�We also explain the procedures to her, just so that she�ll understand what it is that she's getting ready to undergo. We don�t want her to walk into it being surprised and not prepared. We do it in a very non-biased way, explaining it using a presentation that�s strictly medical education.�
Honeycutt said she was not well-versed enough in the medical impacts of abortions on preterm births but was aware of articles on NCFamily.org addressing abortion and prematurity.
According to an article on the site by Martin McCaffrey, who Daniel called an expert and an expert the CFTF relied on to make abortion education recommendation to the General Assembly, �preterm birth does not have a single identifiable cause, but it has been associated with a number of factors.�
Among smoking, terminating a pregnancy has been associated with the risk of preterm birth.
The article indicated because an abortion is one of the most commonly performed procedures in the world, it can have a significant �impact on the future reproductive health of a young woman,� and informing women about the risks is important.
Abortion education is only one facet of educating students on preventable causes of preterm birth, according to SB 132. The controversy is that it will be included.
The bill was referred to the House Committee Health and Human Services Wednesday.
Jessika Morgan can be reached at 252-559-1078 or at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @JessikaMorgan.
Facts about abortion and prematurity in North Carolina, 2011
n 10.4 percent of 12,750 births were born preterm
n 137 case studies demonstrate an association between an induced abortion and preterm birth
n Abortion is associated with:
262 very preterm births
86 very preterm deaths
18 cases of cerebral palsy
Source: NCFamily.org

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Five players scored in double figures as Burlington Christian Academy drubbed The Elon School 83-43 Thursday night in boy�s basketball. Josh Folwell led the Royals (10-4) with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Andrew Carden added 13 points, while Jamison Jeffers and Jay Saunders scored 12 points apiece. Romeo Ferguson had 10 points. Jeffers also dished out 15 assists.
Bryce Poremba led The Elon School with 12 points. B.J. Bradshaw added 10 points for the Commodores (4-6).
-- VOYAGER ACADEMY 60, RIVER MILL 54: At Durham, River Mill dropped a Carolina 12 1A/2A Conference game despite a game-high 17 points from R.J. Alvarado. William Curasi added 11 points and Alek Burke chipped in 10 points for the Jaguars (6-8, 4-4).
Gary Ford led Voyager (7-6, 4-3) with 16 points, Diante Parker scored 12 and Patrick Lesper added 11 points.
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At Durham, Kayla Burns scored a game-high 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead River Mill to a 61-18 victory against Voyager Academy. Kena Brincefield added 15 points, while Marla Crawford and Daijah Faucette had 11 points apiece.
Lenaja Ruffin snatched 10 rebounds for the Jaguars (13-1, 8-0). Crawford recorded nine steals and six assists, while Lenaira Ruffin had six assists.


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A home's square footage is a number easily misrepresented, especially when determining ever-ambiguous "liveable space." Measurements can be taken in numerous ways, and what to include in those measurements -- garages, basements or porches -- is often unclear.
"It's actually a bit of a problem," said Michael Dreyfus, CEO and broker at Dreyfus Sotheby's International Realty in Palo Alto, of these numerous subtleties.
Robert Bustamante, director of compliance and support at MLSListings Inc., has noticed the issue on a local level, recalling a few cases in Palo Alto where an agent misrepresented a home's square footage online.
But misrepresentation is a tricky thing, Dreyfus explained. Issues of what to include and how to measure are magnified by nuances in law and ethics, complicating the distinctions between intended accuracy and purposefully opaque data.
"There are customs ... that vary from community to community," Dreyfus said. "There's no universal way of arriving at that number."
Bringing in a professional home appraiser might seem like a sure-fire way to get an accurate measurement. But some appraisers, for example, will wrap a measuring tape around the outside of a house to garner its square footage. Others will measure room by room, and still others will come in with high-tech processes like lasers to produce a magic number.
And what to include in that number is a blurry concept. Some sellers or agents may want to include a home's basement, for example, especially if it's heated, has windows or has been turned into a home theater.
Dreyfus said that basements are real space that often cost sellers real money. And a seller who put money into the home, whatever room, wants to see a return on investment. Of course, sellers may often want to include spaces that other parties may not find relevant or valuable.
"There's a habit amongst new home builders to include all square footage," Dreyfus said. "Some get as aggressive as including covered porches." He added that there is no California law that regulates how a home's square footage must be calculated.
There are only rules within the real-estate community that can supply a sense of direction. The National Association of Realtors (NAR), for example, has a Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice that guides its members. But homebuyers should remember that not all real-estate agents belong to NAR, and are thus not all Realtors. Additionally, since home appraisers, property managers and real-estate counselors can be members of NAR, not all Realtors are real-estate agents.
Article 12 of the Code states, "Realtors shall be honest and truthful in their real-estate communications and shall present a true picture in their advertising, marketing, and other representations."
Violating any part of the Code could mean expulsion from the organization or fines.
Another such regulated place is MLSListings. Multiple listing services are data-sharing companies that evolved over the years from paper records into online databases. Its clients do not have to be members of NAR to join, according to Jim Harrison, president and CEO of MLSListings, though all of the site's users must comply with guidelines that borrow from NAR's own regulations.
According to Harrison, MLSListings also strives to clarify the concept of "livable space" for its users.
"If you put furniture in it, it's livable space," said Harrison, noting that common sense and a required training process can help clarify the term for Realtors and real-estate agents who post on the site.
On the company's website, the expectation is that agents will blow the whistle on each other if they notice questionable numbers pertaining to square footage or any other data.
"It's a self-policing, self-regulating community," Bustamante said. But, he added, "We're not property inspectors."
According to Bustamante, the company will fill in a listing's square footage with information gathered from tax records. But this number can and should be changed if the poster has a more up-to-date number.
"The agent has the obligation to correct it," he said, explaining that an agent must also attribute the information's source, which could be the agent himself, the seller or an appraiser.
"We like to use existing plans if available," Dreyfus said by email of himself and his associates. "If not (available), we will use the County Assessor number unless we have a reason to doubt that number. Then, we may hire someone to measure the property."
Beyond the stand-alone number for square footage, MLSListings supplies fill-in boxes for other measurements, like the garage's square footage. But trouble abounds when agents disregard these distinctions, either intentionally or not.
Bustamante said that agents are generally given 48 hours to amend a posting if its accuracy has been called into question. An accused agent may also be subject to a hearing, in which a panel would look at established patterns of behavior.
"There's an entire process that allows you to discover intent," Bustamante said.
If an agent doesn't adjust material deemed incorrect, fines ensue, varying by offense from $100 to $2,500 for the first lapse. The maximum amount an agent may be fined is $15,000 in total for a single violation.
MLSListings also employs a support team to help its users clean up their data if needed. And if an inaccurate listing isn't updated by its poster, the company will change it.
Despite the fact that companies like MLSListings don't enforce California law, Dreyfus said that "deliberate misrepresentation is a lawsuit. ... It's dead wrong and dead actionable."
Misrepresentation is fraud, but it takes a jury to determine whether it's of material value that information, such as square footage, should have been listed as X as opposed to Y. A jury would also determine if an agent knowingly misrepresented such information.
Bustamante said that one Palo Alto property with misrepresented square footage was a simple case the agent needed only to elaborate that the home's square footage included a garage.
Another Palo Alto case was not so easy. Bustamante labeled it a "ships in the night scenario." By the time the company had notified the agent that he or she had posted inaccurate information, the home was already sold.
But, as Harrison said, "Just because (a property) is sold, it doesn't mean it's too late to fix" the information.
In this case, MLSListings notifies all parties involved. Next, the company "unilaterally (corrects) all these to be materially correct," according to Bustamante, meaning it will update its own records so that the square footage of the home is accurate the next time it is sold. MLSListings' records also feed into and update other public sources, such as Realtor.com, Zillow and Trulia.
"This thing that's happening, it's new," Bustamante said of these recent cases. "We don't see the value (of misrepresentation)."
Dreyfus, too, deemed the method bad practice.
But according to Harrison, misrepresentation in real estate doesn't happen often.
"Very rarely does anyone go in and put in a ficticious square-footage number," he said.
Dreyfus added that in many cases, the difference between 1,800 square feet and 2,200 square feet may not even be noticeable. But due to the lack of a standardized measuring system, factors like a home's location and amenities may be better gauges of desirability.
"Be wary of buying at price per square foot," Dreyfus cautions. "There's a lot of gray in there."


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In 1898 Baumann joined Otto Sverdrup's expedition with the Fram to northwest Greenland and the islands north of Canada. He was firrst mate and second-in-command, with authority over the five scientists on board. This latter position caused some disagreements, since Baumann did not quite see the need for all the scienti?c work - which in fact was a considerable result of the expedition, and his military manner did not suit the scientists. He took part in several of the expedition's long dog-sledge journeys as observer and surveyor, and he taught Sverdrup and others modern surveying calculations.
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King is rumored to be considering a run for governor in 2010 and had said that if Gov. David A. Paterson appointed Caroline Kennedy to fill Hillary Clinton's Senate seat, he would have run against her.
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The Prophet Sulayman (as) and The Queen of Saba
She was asked to enter the lofty Palace: but when she saw it, she thought it was a lake of water, and she (tucked up her skirts), uncovering her legs. He said: "This is but a palace paved smooth with slabs of glass." She said: "O my Lord! I have indeed wronged my soul: I do (now) submit (in Islam), with Sulayman, to the Lord of the Worlds."(Surat an-Naml: 44)
Historical records regarding the meeting of Sulayman (as) and the Queen of Saba were brought to light by investigations made in the old country of Saba in South Yemen. Examinations made on the ruins revealed that a "queen" lived in the region between 1000 and 950 BC and travelled towards the north (to Jerusalem).
Kingdom of Saba
The Queen of Saba was very impressed when she saw Sulayman's (as) palace and she submitted to Islam with Sulayman (as). A map showing the two-way route of the queen of Saba..
What happened between these two rulers, the economical and political power of their countries, their regimes and some other information are all explained in the Surat an-Naml. The story, which is narrated in a large part of Surat an-Naml, begins its reference to the Queen of Saba with the news which the Hudhud (a Hoopoe bird), a member of Sulayman's (as) army, gives to Sulayman (as):
But the Hoopoe tarried not far: he (came up and) said: "I have compassed (territory) which thou hast not compassed, and I have come to thee from Saba with tidings true. I found (there) a woman ruling over them and provided with every requisite; and she has a magnificent throne.
I found her and her people worshipping the sun besides Allah: Satan has made their deeds seem pleasing in their eyes, and has kept them away from the Path -so they receive no guidance- (Kept them away from the Path), that they should not worship Allah, Who brings to light what is hidden in the heavens and the earth, and knows what ye hide and what ye reveal. Allah!- there is no god but He!- Lord of the Throne Supreme!" (Sulayman) said: "Soon shall we see whether thou hast told the truth or lied!" (Surat an-Naml: 22-27)
After receiving this news from the Hoopoe, Sulayman (as) gave the following commands to him:
"Go thou, with this letter of mine, and deliver it to them: then draw back from them, and (wait to) see what answer they return."(Surat an-Naml: 28)
The Qur'an tells about the events that developed after the Queen of Saba received the letter:
(The queen) said: "Ye chiefs! here is delivered to me - a letter worthy of respect. It is from Sulayman, and is (as follows): 'In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful: Be ye not arrogant against me, but come to me in submission (to the true Religion).'"
She said: "Ye chiefs! advise me in (this) my affair: no affair have I decided except in your presence."
Sulayman's (as) Temple
They said: "We are endued with strength, and given to vehement war: but the command is with thee; so consider what thou wilt command." She said: "Kings, when they enter a country, despoil it, and make the noblest of its people its meanest thus do they behave. But I am going to send him a present, and (wait) to see with what (answer) return (my) ambassadors."
Now when (the embassy) came to Sulayman, he said: "Will ye give me abundance in wealth? But that which Allah has given me is better than that which He has given you! Nay it is ye who rejoice in your gift! Go back to them, and be sure we shall come to them with such hosts as they will never be able to meet: We shall expel them from there in disgrace, and they will feel humbled (indeed)."
He said (to his own men): "Ye chiefs! which of you can bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?" Said an 'Ifrit, of the Jinns: "I will bring it to thee before thou rise from thy council: indeed I have full strength for the purpose, and may be trusted."
According to some records, after Solomon's Temple was destroyed, the only wall of the temple that remained was turned into the "Wailing Wall" by the Jews. After conquering Jerusalem during the seventh century, the Muslims built the Mosque of 'Umar and the Dome of the Rock where the temple once stood. Jerusalem still retains this. In the picture above is seen Dome of the Rock.
Said one who had knowledge of the Book: "I will bring it to thee within the twinkling of an eye!" Then when (Sulayman) saw it placed firmly before him, he said: "This is by the Grace of my Lord!- to test me whether I am grateful or ungrateful! and if any is grateful, truly his gratitude is (a gain) for his own soul; but if any is ungrateful, truly my Lord is Free of all Needs, Supreme in Honour !"
He said: "Transform her throne out of all recognition by her: let us see whether she is guided (to the truth) or is one of those who receive no guidance."
So when she arrived, she was asked, "Is this thy throne?" She said, "It was just like this; and knowledge was bestowed on us in advance of this, and we have submitted to Allah (in Islam)." And he diverted her from the worship of others besides Allah: for she was (sprung) of a people that had no faith. She was asked to enter the lofty Palace: but when she saw it, she thought it was a lake of water, and she (tucked up her skirts), uncovering her legs. He said: "This is but a palace paved smooth with slabs of glass." She said: "O my Lord! I have indeed wronged my soul: I do (now) submit (in Islam), with Sulayman, to the Lord of the Worlds." (Surat an-Naml: 29-44)
Sulayman's (as) Palace
Solomon's Temple had the most advanced technology of the time and a superior understanding of aesthetics. In the upper plan is shown the centre of Jerusalem during the Prophet Sulayman's (as) reign.
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2) Queen's palace
3) Sulayman's (as) palace
4) Entrance with thirty-two pillars
5) Law court
6) The Forest of Lebanon
7) The house of the high priests
8) The entrance of the Temple
9) The courtyard of the Temple
10) The Temple
In the chapters and verses that refer to the Queen of Saba, the Prophet Sulayman (as) is also mentioned. While it is told in the Qur'an that he has a magnificent palace and kingdom, many other details are also given.
According to these, Sulayman (as) had the most advanced technology of his day. In his palace were striking pieces of art and other valuable objects, which impressed all those who saw them. The floor at the entrance of the palace was made of glass. The Qur'an describes this palace and its effects on the Queen of Saba in the following verses:
She was asked to enter the lofty Palace: but when she saw it, she thought it was a lake of water, and she (tucked up her skirts), uncovering her legs. He said: "This is but a palace paved smooth with slabs of glass." She said: "O my Lord! I have indeed wronged my soul: I do (now) submit (in Islam), with Sulayman, to the Lord of the Worlds."(Surat an-Naml: 44)
Prophet Sulayman's (as) palace is called "Solomon's Temple" in Jewish literature. Today, only the "Western Wall" of the so called temple or palace stands and this is the place named "The Wailing Wall" by the Jews. The reason why this palace as well as many other places in Jerusalem were later demolished, is because of the mischievous and arrogant conduct of subsequent Jews. The Qur'an informs us about this as follows:
And We gave (Clear) Warning to the Children of Israel in the Book, that twice would they do mischief on the earth and be elated with mighty arrogance (and twice would they be punished)! When the first of the warnings came to pass, We sent against you Our servants given to terrible warfare: They entered the very inmost parts of your homes; and it was a warning (completely) fulfilled.(Surat al-Isra: 4-5)
Then did We grant you the Return as against them: We gave you increase in resources and sons, and made you the more numerous in man-power. If ye did well, ye did well for yourselves; if ye did evil, (ye did it) against yourselves. So when the second of the warnings came to pass, (We permitted your enemies) to disfigure your faces, and to enter your Temple as they had entered it before, and to visit with destruction all that fell into their power.(Surat al-Isra: 6-7)
All the people described in the previous chapters deserved punishment because of their rebellion and ingratitude for Allah's favours, and therefore they suffered disaster. Having wandered from one place to another for centuries without any country or state, and finally finding a home in the holy lands at the time of Sulayman (as), the Jews were again destroyed because of their transgression beyond all bounds, and because of their corruption and disobedience. Modern Jews, who have settled in the same region in the recent past, are again causing corruption and are "elated with mighty arrogance", just as they did before the first warning.


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Camille Corot, in full Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, (born July 16, 1796, Paris, France—died February 22, 1875, Paris), French painter, noted primarily for his landscapes, who inspired and to some extent anticipated the landscape painting of the Impressionists. His oil sketches, remarkable for their technical freedom and clear colour, have come to be as highly regarded as the finished pictures that were based upon them.
Early life and career
Corot was born of prosperous bourgeois parents. His mother, who was Swiss-born, had a fashionable milliner's shop, which Corot's father—a draper by trade—helped manage. Camille was a poor scholar and even less adept when he tried to follow his father's trade. Finally, at age 25, he was given a small allowance by his father and allowed to become what he had always dreamed of being: a painter.
Like every young French artist, Corot spent much time studying the paintings in the Louvre, and he had some private instruction from Achille-Etna Michallon and Jean-Victor Bertin, both followers of the Neoclassical landscape painter Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes. From the beginning, however, Corot preferred to sit outdoors, rather than in studios, sketching what he saw and learning by firsthand experience.
In the autumn of 1825 Corot went to Rome, and the three years that he spent there were the most influential of his life. He painted the city and the Campagna, the countryside around Rome; he made a trip to Naples and Ischia; and he returned to Paris by way of Venice. He was very happy. He told a friend in August 1826: "All I really want to do in life…is to paint landscapes. This firm resolve will stop me forming any serious attachments. That is to say, I shall not get married." He was as good as his word and never married. Romantic companionship played no part in his life, which was entirely devoted to painting.
Back in France, Corot settled into a routine to which he kept for the whole of his life. He always spent the spring and summer months painting outside, making small oil sketches and drawings from nature. He acquired a mastery of tonal relationships that formed the basis of his art, for the balance and gradation of light and dark tones was always more important to him than the choice of colour. In the winter Corot would retire to his Paris studio to work on some much larger pictures, which he liked to have ready for exhibition at the annual Salon when it opened in May.
His first important work, The Bridge at Narni, was shown at the Paris Salon in 1827, when he was still in Italy. In 1833 he exhibited a large landscape of the forest of Fontainebleau, which was awarded a second-class medal: this gave Corot the right to show his pictures without submission to the jury for their approval.
From May to October of 1834 Corot made his second visit to Italy. He painted views of Volterra, Florence, Pisa, Genoa, Venice, and the Italian lake district. He collected enough material in small sketches to last him the rest of his life, although he returned to Italy briefly in the summer of 1843, for the last time.
When he grew older, Corot moved around less. In 1836, however, he made important trips to Avignon and the south of France; he went to Switzerland in 1842 and on several other occasions, to the Netherlands in 1854, and to London in 1862. His favourite regions of France were the forest of Fontainebleau, Brittany, the Normandy coast, his family property at Ville-d'Avray near Paris, and, later in life, Arras and Douai—in the north of France—where close friends lived.
Throughout his life Corot liked occasionally to paint straightforward topographical landscapes, depicting buildings such as the cathedral at Chartres (1830) or the belfry at Douai (1871) exactly as they appeared to him. But the basic division in his work was between the sketch made from nature—small, direct, spontaneous—and the large, finished picture done for the Salon. In the early 19th century the sketch was thought to be unsuitable for public exhibition, and there were only a few connoisseur collectors who would buy such pictures. The finished landscapes were preferred. These were considered even more dignified if they included a few small figures who could be identified with the heroic characters of legend, literature, or the Bible. Thus, Corot exhibited pictures with such titles as Hagar in the Wilderness (Salon of 1835), Diana Surprised by Actaeon (Salon of 1836), Homer and the Shepherds (Salon of 1845), and Christ in the Garden of Olives (Salon of 1849).
As landscape was his major interest, Corot used figures in his work in an incidental manner, much as they were used in the work of the 17th-century painter Claude Lorrain. In the 1860s Corot invented a new kind of landscape, the Souvenirs, in which he made compositions out of standardized elements—usually a lake with diaphanous trees painted in an overall silvery tonality—to evoke a mood of gentle melancholy. At the end of his life, he also painted a number of portraits and figure studies, especially of young women posed in his studio holding a flower or a musical instrument or looking at a landscape on the easel. These more private pictures Corot almost never exhibited.
During the 1830s Corot showed regularly at the Paris Salon and had some critical success. Yet he sold very few pictures and was glad of his father's allowance. Then, in 1840, the state purchased one of his works, The Little Shepherd, and, five years later, the poet and art critic Charles Baudelaire could write in his review of the 1845 Salon that "Corot stands at the head of the modern school of landscape." In 1846 he was made a member of the Legion of Honour, and, when his father died, in 1847, Corot was able to feel that he had justified the family's support of his ambition to be a painter.
Years of success
By the 1850s collectors and dealers were eagerly seeking his pictures, and Corot henceforth had no material worries. He went on sending big pictures to the Salons, where they fetched high prices. At the 1855 Paris Universal Exposition he was awarded a first-class medal for painting, and Emperor Napoleon III bought a picture from him. In 1867 he was promoted to being an officer of the Legion of Honour. Although he was a prolific artist and painted more than 3,000 pictures, demand outran supply, and Corot was much imitated and faked. During his lifetime, Corot achieved popularity largely through his later, self-consciously poetic landscapes, which were characterized by sensitive tonal effects and a delicate range of silvery colours. The portraits and figure studies of the last 20 years of Corot's life, such as The Studio (several versions, c. 1865) and The Pearl (1868–70), bear witness to Corot's innate classicism and his absolute mastery of tonal painting. In the 20th century, appreciation of Corot shifted to show a marked preference for the earlier, more naturalistic sketches over these later ones.
Success made little difference to Corot, who was a man of extremely conservative habits. He always worked very hard because he loved his art, but this left him little time for other things. He liked to talk about the harmonies of his painting, and his late work in particular—both portraiture and landscape—aspires to the qualities of music. He kept the modern world firmly out of his pictures: there is never a sign of the vast railway network that covered France in his lifetime or of the industrial and commercial development that transformed the country.
Corot enjoyed the company of fellow painters and was a close friend of the Barbizon group of artists, especially Jean-François Millet, Théodore Rousseau, and Charles-François Daubigny. He used his money to give unostentatious help to less successful friends, such as the caricaturist Honoré Daumier. Without going out of his way to support them in public, Corot was sympathetic to younger painters. He gave lessons to the later Impressionists Camille Pissarro and Berthe Morisot and had many pupils and disciples. "Papa Corot" was universally loved for his unfailing kindness and generosity during his last years.
Corot's place in the history of 19th-century painting is an assured one. When he started painting, the landscape sketch was regarded primarily as raw material for more considered work and was of no great artistic consequence in itself. Corot was one of the first to show that the sketch had qualities of vitality and spontaneity, a basic truth to nature that a more finished picture lacked. At the time of his death the sketch had triumphed, and any artificiality or contrivance in landscape painting was regarded with suspicion. Corot had helped to prepare the way for the Impressionist landscape painters, who learned much from him and looked upon him with respect and veneration.
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Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz has canceled plans to sell Anschutz Entertainment Group and remains committed to returning professional football to Los Angeles, he said Thursday.
AEG CEO and President Tim Leiweke also has left the company, Anschutz said. He refused to discuss the sudden departure of Leiweke, who was widely credited with overseeing major projects in Los Angeles that included Staples Center, L.A. LIVE and the Home Depot Center in Carson over the last 17 years.
In a rare interview, Anschutz said he plans to take a more active role in both AEG's day-to-day operations, and in moving forward the planned Farmers Field football stadium downtown.
Stepping up his cheerleading efforts, the normally reserved Anschutz challenged the National Football League to come to Los Angeles. The city approved plans for a football stadium in downtown last year.
No team has committed to return and the NFL has expressed unhappiness with AEG's financing plan for the stadium.
"It's time for the NFL to get serious and decide what they want to do," Anschutz said. "It doesn't do any good to sit on the sidelines all the time. Clearly a deal can get done. And by the way, this isn't a terribly complicated deal to get done. "
Thursday's announcement comes six months after Anschutz started seeking bidders for the Los Angeles-based AEG. The company's assets include the Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings, the Galaxy and other sports teams, arenas and ticketing facilities around the world.
Anschutz sought as much as $10 billion for AEG. Top candidates for bidding reportedly included Santa Monica-based Colony Capital and Los Angeles billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong.
On Thursday, Anschutz said that the term of the sale hadn't been met. He said the sale also had too much "noise" and too much public attention.
Steve Horowitz, partner at Inner Circle Sports in New York City, which had bid on AEG in the early stages of the sale, expressed surprise the deal was called off.
"You had real bidders at real numbers," said Horowitz.
But it was the departure of Leiweke, who has been with the company since 1996, that was more stunning. He renewed his contract in August, extending it for another five years. He also had a profit sharing interest in AEG, according to numerous sources.
Sources said there was strained relations between AEG and the NFL. One person familiar with the discussions said Leiweke, known for his blustery, aggressive style, irked some at the NFL by overstating the status of the football team deal to politicians and to team representatives.
He was also closely associated with the sale process, and met with all of the buyers. There was some speculation in L.A. that Leiweke hoped to retain a part of AEG after it was sold.
Marc Ganis, CEO of Chicago-based Sportscorp, said Anschutz is clearly seeking to show the public that he, not Leiweke, is charge.
"Anschutz is also reminding people, that oh, by the way, the 'A' in AEG stands for Anschutz, not Leiweke," Ganis said.
The NFL has previously rejected AEG's terms of the deal for bringing football back to L.A.
Longstanding issues concern AEG's stake in an NFL team, how much the developer is willing to pay for that stake, and who would control issues such as marketing and licensing at the football stadium.
"We continue to monitor all stadium developments and remain interested in multiple sites in the Los Angeles area," said NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy.
Councilwoman Jan Perry, who represents parts of downtown, hopes the decision will bring more certainty to L.A.'s effort to bring back professional football.
"When (Anschutz) announced he wanted to sell the company, it seemed like it threw folks in a quandary," Perry said. "Now, let's see if it goes back in the other direction. I suspect it will. "
Last year, the city approved AEG's plans for a 60,000 seat football stadium and expanded Convention Center downtown. City officials and city planners devoted months to the project.
Echoing Anschutz's statement on Thursday, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa called for the NFL to commit to Los Angeles.
"Now that AEG is no longer for sale and they have indicated that bringing an NFL team to LA remains a priority, I call on AEG to live up to its commitment by immediately sitting down with the NFL to reach an agreement," Villaraigosa said.
Staff Writers Rick Orlov and Aldo Svaldi contributed to this report.