#Boichard

[simena]

Jean Alcide Henri Boichard (detail)

[gogmstuff]

1860s dresses (from top to bottom)-

ca. 1860 Lady by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (Christie's - Live auction 2282 Lot 304). From artsdiary365.wordpress.com/2010/01/05/portrait-of-a-lady-by-f-x-winterhalter-christies-new-york/; fixed cracks & spots w Pshop 2088X2574.

1862 Viscondessa de Meneses, Carlota Emília de Mac-Mahon Pereira Guimarães by Luís de Meneses, her husband (Museu do Chiado - Lisboa, Portugal). From Wikimedia 1900X2874.

1863 Comtesse Adolphe de Rougé, née Marie de Saint-Georges de Vérac by Charles Gomien (location ?). From Wikimedia 2496X3086.

1863 (or after) Friederike Marie Lau, née Meudtner by Eduard Magnus (auctioned by Lempertz). From their Web site 1840X2378.

1864 Mlle. L.L. (Young Lady in a Red Jacket) by Jacques Joseph Tissot (Musée d'Orsay - Paris, France). From museoteca.com/r/en/work/1062/tissot_james/portrait_de_mlle_l_l_/!/ 3164X3976.

1866 Marquise de Miramon, née Thérèse Feuillant by Jacques Joseph Tissot (Getty Museum - Los Angeles, California, USA). From the lost gallery's photostream on flickr shadows inc. exposure 2898X4828.

1860s cape (Fashion Museum - Bath, Somerset, UK). From tumblr.com/lenkaastrelenkaa 1280X1811.

The fitting by Jean Alcide Henri Boichard (Christie's Live Auction 5875 Lot 55). Fixed spots with Photoshop 4069X2816.

[catherine-reznitchenko]

Façade du château de la Reine Blanche by Catherine Reznitchenko Via Flickr: Détail de façade du château de la Reine Blanche à Coye-la-Forêt, Oise, Picardie, France. Site: www.catherine-reznitchenko.fr

[hanakogames]

always vaguely regretted that I didn’t buy the print of this i found in an antique shop once. i could have just about afforded it then. i don’t know why i’m fond of it, it’s kind of dumb, but it’s not a super well-known image either so chances of stumbling over other prints are low.

[history-of-fashion]

1800 Joseph-Alexandre Boichard - Portrait of a woman 

(Madama Palace)

[mapsontheweb]

France at the time of stagecoaches, electric trains, aviation. Handbook of Geography of 3e under the direction of V. Prévot, J. Boichard and À.-M. Whistle at Belin Editions - 1972.

via @lecartographe

[evoldir]

Fwd: Course: INRA-Morocco.FarmAnimalGenomics.Jan21-24

Begin forwarded message: > From: evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca > Subject: Course: INRA-Morocco.FarmAnimalGenomics.Jan21-24 > Date: 19 December 2019 at 09:05:41 GMT > To: rdmpage@gmail.com > > > > > Dear all, > > The pre-registration deadline for such training has been extended to > December  29, 2019. > > Please do not hesitate to advertise and forward this message to people > who might be interested > > Best regards, > On behalf of the organizing committee, > > > > On Nov 21, 2019, at 23:20, Benjelloun Badr > wrote: > > Dear all, > > The National Institute of Agronomic Research in Morocco > INRA-Morocco organizes a 4-day > course, in the framework of the EU Horizon 2020 project IMAGE > . This event will follow the 1-day workshop > farm-animal-genetic-resources-fangr-january-20th-2020-rabat#overlay- > context=fr/content/registration-workshop-farm-animal-genetic-resources- > fangr> that will be organised within IMAGE project with Moroccan decision > makers and stakeholders. > > Title: Biobanking for a sustainable management of Farm Animal > Genetic Resources (FAnGR): novel approaches in genomics, reproductive > technologies and economics. > > Aim: Give an update on the role of biobanking for a sustainable > management of farm animal genetic resources (FAnGR) with a focus on > the use of novel methods in genomics, reproduction, economics and the > possibility to carry out practical cases of interest to participants. > > Date:  21-24 January 2020 > > Location: Beni Mellal city, Morocco > > Level: postgraduate (experience with Unix and SNP data is preferred. > Laptops required for the exercices) > > Language: French & English > > Infos, agenda & pre-registration not later than December 20, 2019: here > > (the form can be filled in French also) Learning goals > > How to assess neutral and adaptive genetic diversity in the era of whole > genome data?  How to effectively conceive and manage efficient genebanks? > How could the use of cryo-conserved material help to restore profitable > traits?  Can we facilitate the effective use of gene bank samples in > breeding by novel genome-assisted methods and tools?  How to sustainably > manage indigenous populations?  Course content Assessment of genomic > diversity Progress in genotyping Adaptive/productive introgression > Functional genomics Economic assessment of conservation Conservation > strategies Conception and use of animal genebanks Sustainable Management > of livestock populations Legal issues Practical exercises > > Confirmed lecturers Michèle Tixier-Boichard (INRA France) Badr > Benjelloun (INRA Morocco) Sipke-Joost Hiemstra (Wageningen University & > Research) Dominic Moran (Edinburg Univ.)  Julie Demars (INRA France) > Gwendal Restoux (INRA France) Philippe Monget (INRA France) Bouchra > ElAmiri (INRA Morocco) Jack Windig, (Wageningen University & Research) > > Organising committee (workshop & training) Abdelmajid Bechchari > (INRA Morocco) Abdessamad Ouhrouch (INRA Morocco/USMS Beni Mellal) > Badr Benjelloun (INRA Morocco) Bassou Bouazzama (INRA Morocco) > Bouchra El Amiri (INRA Morocco) Fatima Ezzahra Labdidi (INRA > Morocco/USMS Beni Mellal) Fouad Elame (INRA Morocco) Hayat Lionboui > (INRA Morocco) Ichrak Hayah (UMV Rabat/INRA Morocco) Imane Thami Alami > (INRA Morocco) Kaoutar Elfazazi (INRA Morocco) Marouane Jbilou (INRA > Morocco) Michèle Tixier-Boichard (INRA France) Mohammed BenBati (INRA > Morocco) Mouad Chentouf (INRA Morocco) Moussa El Fadili (INRA Morocco) > Mustapha Ibnelbachyr (INRA Morocco) Otman Sebbata (INRA Morocco) Paul > Boettcher (FAO) Reddad Tirazi (INRA Morocco) Samir Fakhour (INRA Morocco) > Sipke-Joost Hiemstra (Wageningen Univ. & Research) Tarik Benabdelouahab > (INRA Morocco) We will have slots for poster sessions during the > 1-day workshop and the training. People applying for the training may > optionally submit their abstracts related to the topics of the events > using the email address image.trainingmorocco2019@inra.org.ma A book > of abstracts will be edited for the training. > > If you have further questions please check this link > . > You can also contact me or email the address > image.trainingmorocco2019@inra.org.ma > > Kind regards > > On behalf of the organising committee, Badr Benjelloun > > > > > > Badr Benjelloun, PhD Livestock genomics INRA Tadla, Morocco Email: > benjelloun@inra.org.ma Phone: +212 662351942 Skype: b.badr66 > > > badr.benjelloun@gmail.com > via IFTTT

[simena]

Georges Lucien Boichard - Élégante à la coiffe rouge (detail)

[cirqueduroyale]

Queen Quinn the beast tamer! 

Based off this Cirque d'Hiver poster by J. Boichard

[yahoonewsphotos]

Photos of the day - February 13, 2017

A horse feeds in a snow covered field in Bedford, Massachusetts; Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is greeted by U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington; Marcel Hirscher of Austria competes during the FIS Alpine Ski World Championships Men's Alpine Combined in St. Moritz, Switzerland; and, A Keeshonden faces his handler during competition during the 2017 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York, New York.

These are just a few of the photos of the day for February 13, 2017.

(Photos: CJ Gunther/EPA, Kevin Lamarque/Reuters, Alexis Boichard/Agence Zoom/Getty Images, Justin Lane/EPA)

See more photos of the day on Yahoo News.

[soniaaristo]

Bassoon finalists at the Tchaik

Bassoon finalists at the Tchaik

These are the finalists in the first-ever contest for bassoonists at the International Tchaikovsky Competition:

Descours Lola / France

  Lefevre Marceau / France Stevensson Sebastian / Sweden Giannotti Raffaele / Italy Spackova Michaela / Czech Republic Szymon Michalik / Poland Batrakova Anastasia / Russia Jeon Jisu / South Korea Boichard Marie / France Kreshchenskyi Mark / Ukraine Radzevich…

[history-of-fashion]

ab. 1805 Joseph-Alexandre Boichard - Portrait of a young woman

(Madama Palace)

[universallyladybear]

Et le fond est pris et que les éléments d’architecture devant être mis en valeur les circulations domestiques sont souterraines intégrées aux terrasses conciliant les exigences d’une maison de campagne…

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De terre à la farine elle est transformée en levain avec farine et eau puis passage dans un endroit chaud pour fermenter avant de l’incorporer dans la farine et la levure rajouter.

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Petit Four Et le fond est pris et que les éléments d'architecture devant être mis en valeur les circulations domestiques sont souterraines intégrées aux terrasses conciliant les exigences d'une maison de campagne...

[evoldir]

Fwd: Course: INRA-Morocco.FarmAnimalGenomics

Begin forwarded message: > From: evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca > Subject: Course: INRA-Morocco.FarmAnimalGenomics > Date: 22 November 2019 at 07:51:02 GMT > To: rdmpage@gmail.com > > > Dear all, > > The National Institute of Agronomic Research in Morocco > INRA-Morocco organizes a 4-day > course, in the framework of the EU Horizon 2020 project IMAGE > . This event will follow the 1-day workshop > > that will be organised within IMAGE project with Moroccan decision makers > and stakeholders. > > Title: Biobanking for a sustainable management of Farm Animal Genetic > Resources (FAnGR): novel approaches in genomics, reproductive technologies > and economics. > > Aim: Give an update on the role of biobanking for a sustainable management > of farm animal genetic resources (FAnGR) with a focus on the use of > novel methods in genomics, reproduction, economics and the possibility > to carry out practical cases of interest to participants. > > Date:  21-24 January 2020 > > Location: Beni Mellal city Morocco > > Level: postgraduate (experience with Unix and SNP data is > preferred. Laptops required for the exercices) > > Language: French & English > > Infos, agenda & pre-registration not later than December 20, 2019: here > > (the form can be filled in French also) Learning goals > > - How to assess neutral and adaptive genetic diversity in the era of >  whole genome data? > - How to effectively conceive and manage efficient genebanks? > - How could the use of cryo-conserved material help to restore >  profitable traits? > - Can we facilitate the effective use of gene bank samples in breeding >  by novel genome-assisted methods and tools? > - How to sustainably manage indigenous populations? > > Course content > Assessment of genomic diversity > Progress in genotyping > Adaptive/productive introgression > Functional genomics > Economic assessment of conservation > Conservation strategies > Conception and use of animal genebanks > Sustainable Management of livestock populations > Legal issues > Practical exercises > > Confirmed lecturers > Michèle Tixier-Boichard (INRA France) > Badr Benjelloun (INRA Morocco) > Sipke-Joost Hiemstra (Wageningen University & Research) > Dominic Moran (Edinburg Univ.) > Julie Demars (INRA France) > Gwendal Restoux (INRA France) > Philippe Monget (INRA France) > Bouchra ElAmiri (INRA Morocco) > Jack Windig, (Wageningen University & Research) > > Organising committee (workshop & training) > Abdelmajid Bechchari > Abdessamad Ouhrouch > Badr Benjelloun > Bassou Bouazzama > Bouchra El Amiri > Fatima Ezzahra Labdidi > Fouad Elame > Hayat Lionboui > Ichrak Hayah > Imane Thami Alami > Kaoutar Elfazazi > Marouane Jbilou > Michèle Tixier-Boichard > Mohammed BenBati > Mouad Chentouf > Moussa El Fadili > Mustapha Ibnelbachyr > Otman Sebbata > Paul Boettcher > Reddad Tirazi > Samir Fakhour > Sipke-Joost Hiemstra > Tarik Benabdelouahab > > We will have slots for poster sessions during the 1-day workshop and the > training. People applying for the training may optionally submit their > abstracts related to the topics of the events using the email address > image.trainingmorocco2019@inra.org.ma A book of abstracts will be edited > at the end of the training. > > If you have further questions please check this link > . > You can also contact me or email the address > image.trainingmorocco2019@inra.org.ma > > On behalf of the organising committee, > Badr Benjelloun > > > > > > Badr Benjelloun, PhD > Livestock genomics > INRA Tadla, Morocco > Other email: benjelloun@inra.org.ma > Phone: +212 662351942 > Skype: b.badr66 > > Benjelloun Badr > via IFTTT

[marilynngmesalo]

’I’M TOO OLD FOR THIS’: Lindsey Vonn crashes, slides downhill face first

’I’M TOO OLD FOR THIS’: Lindsey Vonn crashes, slides downhill face first ’I’M TOO OLD FOR THIS’: Lindsey Vonn crashes, slides downhill face first http://bit.ly/2UCl40i

ARE, Sweden — One of the hallmarks of Lindsey Vonn’s career has been the way she bounces back from major crashes time and time again.

So perhaps it’s fitting that the most successful female skier of all time will enter her last race before retiring following yet another tumble into the safety netting.

Vonn straddled a gate mid-air during the super-G at the world championships Tuesday and ended up sliding down the hill face first.

WATCH as Lindsey Vonn crashes out of control in the super-G race today in Sweden.😲

More ➡️ https://t.co/QvB9NVokCE pic.twitter.com/2d2c7dblc6

— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) February 5, 2019

“I’ve got a bit of a shiner. I feel like I’ve been hit by an 18-wheeler, but other than that I’m great,” Vonn said with a laugh. “My knees are the same as they were before the race. I think my neck’s going to be sore. I got the wind knocked out of me, my ribs are oddly sore. It’ll be fine. Sunday will be great.”

Vonn quickly got up after the fall and skied down the hill under her own power after being tended to by medical personnel. Then she sat and happily answered reporters’ questions during a half-hour news conference.

The 34-year-old Vonn, the all-time leader in women’s World Cup wins, announced last week that she will retire after racing the super-G and downhill at the worlds — meaning that Sunday’s downhill is her final race.

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“Don’t count me out,” Vonn said. “I’ve got one more chance. Maybe I’ll pull off a miracle, maybe I won’t. … I’m going to try my hardest. Just because I get knocked down, it doesn’t mean I don’t get back up.”

Vonn’s long history of crashes has included frightful falls at the 2006 Turin Olympics and 2013 worlds. Her legs are so battered that she will have knee surgery for the seventh time soon after she retires — to repair the left knee ligament she tore during training in November.

“I need complete reconstruction. That will be fun. Hopefully my last surgery,” Vonn said.

Vonn was planning on retiring in December but moved up her last race upon realizing last month after failing to finish a super-G in Italy that her knees just can’t handle anymore pounding. She has discussed the long-term health risks for her body with her doctors.

“I’m screwed. I’ve known that for three years now,” Vonn said. “It’s only a matter of time. The analogy I was given was, I only have a certain amount of steps left. And I’ve run out of steps at this point. I know I’ll have pain for the rest of my life but I wouldn’t change it. … I got no cartilage, no meniscus, I got rods and plates and screws. There’s a lot going on. My head is still good, that’s all I need.”

It didn’t take Vonn long to process on why she crashed. When she barrelled through a gate, the panel fitted between the two poles detached and got stuck on her boots. When she hit the ground she slid downhill face first, using her hands to keep her head from hitting the snow, then came to a stop in the netting.

BIG CRASH LINDSEY VONN 🇺🇸 🙏🏻 see looks Oke! #superG #are #lindsey pic.twitter.com/88n1DgQLnv

— Freddy🎗 Road to Kona Hawaii (@freddyrosink) February 5, 2019

“I had the right line coming in, that roll or jump had kind of a crown, it wasn’t exactly smooth and I think one of my skis hooked up and sent me into the panel,” she said. “The header into the fence wasn’t the best.

“My immediate thought was ’What the hell? Why am I in the fence again?’ It was like, ’Why am I here? I’m too old for this.”’

Vonn was wearing a safety air bag device under her racing suit, which inflated as she tumbled over and softened the impact when she hit the safety nets.

Lindsey Vonn crashes out during the FIS World Ski Championships Women’s Super G on Feb. 5, 2019 in Are Sweden. (Alexis Boichard/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)

On a highly technical course, many other skiers also failed to finish their runs. American teammate Laurenne Ross also crashed and of the 43 starters, 14 failed to finish.

Mikaela Shiffrin won the race despite nearly making a similar error to Vonn toward the end of her run, correcting her direction in mid-air as she, too, was heading directly into a gate.

“I just squeaked by,” the American said. “That’s the sport. It’s such a fine line between the risk you have to take in order to win and then the risk where you take it’s just a little bit too much.”

Upon seeing Vonn’s crash, Shiffrin looked away from the big video screen in the finish area. Sofia Goggia, who took silver, clasped her helmet with both hands, and the crowd gasped. One American fan appeared to be crying.

“That’s Lindsey. She (goes) 100 per cent or nothing,” said Austrian racer Nicole Schmidhofer, who finished 11th. “That’s why she has won so many races and why she’s an Olympic champion.”

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Skier Marie-Michèle Gagnon feels 'reborn' in her sport after devastating crash

New Post has been published on https://www.articletec.com/skier-marie-michele-gagnon-feels-reborn-in-her-sport-after-devastating-crash/

Skier Marie-Michèle Gagnon feels 'reborn' in her sport after devastating crash

Last year, alpine ski racer Marie-Michèle Gagnon was on her way to representing Canada at another Olympic Games when she lost her edge coming around at turn in Lake Louise. 

The safety net did its job by keeping her on the course, but when she finally came to a stop she realized right away that her 2018 Olympic dream was in jeopardy. 

Doctors would confirm her fears a few days later, when an MRI concluded the Lac-Etchemin, Que., native suffered torn ligaments in her knee and her shoulder.

Gagnon says the reality of what it meant hit her when she called her father to tell him the news. 

“For some reason that hit a note, and I started bawling for like five minutes. And then it went away. It was done. I had my five minutes,” she said.

“I guess I knew the risk of my sport, and I had never [torn] the ACL before, which is kind of a rite of passage in our sport.”

Watching the Olympic Games from home

Gagnon watched the 2018 Olympics from home and admits that seeing her events play out without her was difficult. 

“I wish I had been there but I never felt sad. I always try to be optimistic, my mom is always like that, so I kept going in that direction,” she said.

Her focus was on getting back on her feet and into competition. The planning kept her mind off what she was missing and kept her focused on what was next. 

“It was bad timing for sure. But you fall and you get back up and that’s about it.”

After blowing out her knee and shoulder last year in a crash, Canadian skier Marie-Michèle Gagnon is competing again. But instead of taking it slow, she wants to go fast — really fast. 2:04

Gagnon refocuses on speed 

Gagnon made her career racing in slalom events and twice represented Canada at the Olympics in that capacity.

But even before her injury at Lake Louise in 2017, she was angling for a change. 

“I’m kind of boycotting slalom,” she now says.   

Gagnon wants to go as fast as she can, and that means competing in the downhill — the most fast-paced of the alpine skiing events.

She says that thinking back to her childhood and learning to ski on her local hill, Mont Orginal, speed is what hooked her on the sport. 

“You talk with all my old coaches and my old trainers and they all say, ‘You just loved to go fast’. I would go from the top of the hill and all the way down without a turn and in my tuck position. I just loved it.” 

If Gagnon qualifies for the 2022 Olympics, they will probably be her 3rd and final games. (Alexis Boichard/Agence Zoom/Getty Images/File)

So now that she’s healthy, she says she wants to start listening to the little kid inside her head and pursuing her dream of competing in the downhill at the Olympics. 

“I’m following my heart. I feel like I’m reborn in my sport. I quit one part and I’m starting over in a new one.”

The 2022 Olympics, if she qualifies, will probably be Gagnon’s third and final games. Competing in the downhill would represent achieving her ultimate goal.

Conquering Lake Louise 

But before Gagnon can think of competing in Beijing 2022, she had to overcome the mental hurdle of retaking to the course where her Pyeongchang dreams were dashed. 

She did that Friday, when she competed in the downhill and completed the course without incident.

The result wasn’t her strongest — her time was 44th out of 47 athletes. 

But it was one of the first steps in a four-year journey back to the sport’s biggest stage, and Gagnon is no stranger to setbacks. 

“You just keep going. In skiing there are so many days when you don’t win. I’ve only won two World Cups of two-hundred and something races, so I’m used to not getting what I want everyday. Adversity, it just makes when you win that much sweeter.” 

Austria’s Nicole Schmidhofer won the season-opening women’s World Cup downhill event in Lake Louise, Alta. 2:16

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