Eugene J Mehalik

Eugene Galien Laloue (1854 - 1941) Paris la Belle poque Some artists or writers are content to have a pseudonym so as to disguise their work. Eugne Galien Laloue was particularly adept at establishing several identities, since over the course of his career he worked under three pseudonyms: J. Lievin after a soldier he met during the Franco-Prussian war, E. Galiany an Italianized version of his own names, and L. Dupuy after Dupuy Lon who lived in his same area. While these are three confirmed names that he used, there is the possibility that he used other names as well. Even his name Galien is questionable, since on occasion he spelled it with one l and on his birth certificate it is spelled Gallien. Why the artist went to such great lengths to perplex audiences and historians is the question that remains to be answered. Despite preoccupation with the reclusive nature of this man, he depicted Paris and the surrounding landscape with his cool palette; in doing so he became another recorder of popular Parisian life. He balanced his architectural interest in Paris with several landscape views and was an equally if not more proficient draughtsman. He was born on December 11, 1854 in Montmartre, the oldest of eventually nine children. His father, Charles, died when he was sixteen years old, after which point his mother, Endoxie, found him a job at the local notary. He left school to fill the position. But shortly after he felt the nationalistic urge to enlist in the military. Quitting his job and faking his name in 1871, he left for his military duty which led him through the end of the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871. By then he had decided to become a painter. For such an eager participant in the military, to turn immediately to painting must have been a reaction against the bloody events of the Franco-Prussian war; a way to forget what he had seen. In 1874 he was employed by the French Railway lines as an illustrator, depicting the rail track that was being laid from Paris to the provinces. Concurrently he began painting the surrounding landscapes as well. www.galien-laloue-collector.com

nterview with retired Captain Ray Lewis of the Philadelphia Police Department on J17 in front of the Capital Building in Washington D.C. Capt. Lewis was arrested at Occupy Wall Street on November 17 for participating in the peaceful protest. Interview by: Eugene Davidovich

Before Nazi Germany embraced eugenics, most U.S. states did. One state is in the midst of a debate over the proper atonement for its past sins. A second North Carolina governor has apologized to victims of its nearly half-century sterilization campaign...[Margaret] Sanger was hardly alone among progressives in advocating genetic cleansing. Sidney and Beatrice Webb, W. E. B. Du Bois, George Bernard Shaw, Emma Goldman, and other leftist icons of the past century vigorously supported eugenics.

Has eugenics faded away with time, or has the pseudo science morphed and cloaked itself under new auspices? Were some of the original founders of population control?... #J D Rockefeller, #Oppenheimer, #vaccines, #Thailand, #Africa

Harrison's Manual of Medicine by Eugene Braunwald, Anthony S. Fauci, Dennis L. Kasper, Stephen L. Hauser, Dan L. Longo, J. Larry Jameson (Price: $7.50, Rating: 4, Pages: 1000). Isbn: 0071373772, 9780071373777. Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional. Publication date: 2001-07-25. (internal medicine, harrison manual medicine, eugene braunwald, anthony fauci)

Student Workbook: A Practical Introduction To Research Methods In Psychology by Eugene B Zechmeister, Jeanne S Zechmeister, John J Shaughnessy (Price: $30.00, Pages: 276). Isbn: 0070727058, 9780070727052. Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages. Publication date: 1996-10-01. (instructors, psychology, research methods, student workbook)

John J. Puccio reviews Chopin: Waltzes, with Eugene Mursky, piano, on a Profil compact disc.

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