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The Elephant Celebes

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The Elephant Celebes
Max Ernst, 1921
Oil on canvas
125.4cm 107.9cm (49.37in 42.48in)
Tate Gallery, London
The Elephant Celebes (or Celebes) is a 1921 painting by the German Dadaist and Surrealist Max Ernst. It is among the most famous of Ernst's early surrealist works and "undoubtedly the first masterpiece of Surrealist painting in the De Chirico tradition." It combines the vivid, dreamlike atmosphere of Surrealism with the collage aspects of Dada.

Description and influences
Giorgio de Chirico was an inspiration for the early Surrealists, and Celebes' palette and spatial construction show his influence. The painting also attempts to apply Dada's collage effects to simulate different materials. Ernst's realistic portrayal of the constituent elements produces a hallucinatory effect that he associated with collage, and was trying to achieve in this painting. Regarding the art of collage, Ernst said, "[It is] the systematic exploitation of the coincidental or artificially provoked encounter of two of more unrelated realities on an apparently inappropriate plane and the spark of poetry created by the proximity of these realities."
The central focus of the painting is a giant mechanical elephant. It is round and has a trunk-like hose protruding from it. The figure's round body was modeled after a photograph in an anthropological journal of a clay corn bin from a southern Sudanese tribe, the Konkombwa. Celebes suggests "ritual and totemic sculpture of African origin", evidenced by the totem-like pole at right and the figure's bull horns. The painting uniquely combines found imagery and tribal elements.
Ernst's creature has a frilly metallic cuff or collar, and a horned head and tail. The low horizon emphasizes the creature's bulk, and the gesture of the headless mannequin introduces the viewer to the figure. The mannequin wears a surgical glove, a common Surrealist symbol. This nude figure may have a mythological connotation, suggesting the abduction of Europa by Zeus while disguised as a bull. The mostly empty sky contains more incongruities: there are two fish "flying" at left (one writer considers the scene to be underwater). The black shape to the right of the fish looks like an oncoming airplane, and there is a trail of smoke in the right part of the sky. These may be allusions to the "mechanical terror of the war experience" which led to Ernst writing, "On the 1st of August 1914 Max Ernst died. He was resurrected on the 11 November 1918 as a young man who aspired to find the myths of his time." Celebes, then, seems to represent the myth of destruction.
"Celebes" was once the popular name for the island of Sulawesi, one of the Greater Sunda Islands of Indonesia. Ernst told Penrose that the title Celebes was derived from the opening words of a German schoolboys' rhyme with sexual connotations:
Der Elefant von CelebesHat hinten etwas gelebesDer Elefant von SumatraDer v?gelt seine GrossmamaDer Elefant von IndienDer kann das Loch nicht finden
The elephant from [C]elebeshas sticky, yellow bottom greaseThe elephant from Sumatraalways fucks his grandmammaThe elephant from Indiacan never find the hole ha-ha
In this context, the totemic pole may be interpreted as a phallic symbol.
History
The painting's less common but original title is Celebes, according to inscriptions on the front and back of the canvas. Ernst painted Celebes in Cologne in 1921. The French poet and Surrealist Paul uard visited Ernst that year and purchased the painting and took it back to Paris. Eluard would buy other of Ernst's paintings, and Ernst painted murals for Eluard's house in Eaubonne. It remained in Eluard's collection until 1938 and was then purchased by the English artist Roland Penrose. It has been in the collection of the Tate Gallery, London since 1975 and is displayed in the Tate Modern. The back of the canvas is decorated with some doodles that are seemingly unconnected to the subject matter on the front of the canvas, including two figures holding golf clubs adjacent to the word "GOLF" .
Sources
^ a b Wilson, Simon (Mar. 1978). "'Dada and Surrealism Reviewed' at the Hayward Gallery". The Burlington Magazine 120 (900): 178+181184. 
^ a b c d e f Jeffett, William (1990). "Max Ernst" in James Vinson (ed.), International Dictionary of Art and Artists vol. 2, Art. Detroit: St. James Press; pp. 86465. ISBN 1-55862-001-X. 
^ a b c Klingseohr-Leroy, Cathrin (2004). Surrealism. Taschen. p.50. ISBN 3822822159. 
^ Walther, Ingo F., & Robert Suckale (2002). Masterpieces Of Western Art: A History Of Art In 900 Individual Studies From The Gothic To The Present Day. Taschen. p.608. ISBN 3822818259. 
External links
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To all my fellow regulars, and others in here as well,
I'm going to the tavern tonight and tomorrow night to do the karaoke thing. I thought it would be fun to make a trivai game out of it. The next series of questions will all be songs that I'll be doing tonight. I'll do the same again tomorrow as well. Enjoy, and good luck. Bonus if you know the next line, take care.
What song is this, and whose the singer:
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Learning the Japanese Language

"IMPOSSIBLE," you say? Not necessarily. Why, if you think about it you may already know some words in Japanese, such as kimono and sake (rice wine)! Did you know that if you say the English pronoun "I," it sounds as if you are saying "love" in Japanese (ai)? Or that if you say "cow" in English, the same pronunciation means "to buy" in Japanese (kau)?

Some claim that a person can learn Japanese overnight merely by poring over a 'How-to-Learn' book. Though it is not quite that easy, one can quickly master enough Japanese to have an enjoyable time visiting Japan as a tourist.

From Where?

Even more complicated than the Japanese language itself are various ideas regarding its origin. Two decades ago, Leptcha, a language spoken in a valley of the Himalaya mountains, was found to be closely related to Japanese. Others claim that Japanese bears greater affinity to Korean than to any other language.

What is the relationship between Japanese and Chinese? Due to the use of Chinese ideographic script, which we call "Kanji," Japanese is often thought to have close connections with Chinese. But the differences are considerable. Chinese is a "monosyllabic" language, containing words of only one syllable. Japanese, however, is "polysyllabic," having numerous words of two or more syllables. In Chinese, word meaning is conveyed by pitch and word order, while in Japanese the meaning is conveyed by the words themselves and by the word endings.

Nearly 2,500 years ago, the Japanese language had, basically, the same grammar as that used today. But by the end of the ninth and tenth centuries, changes began taking place. This made it necessary to know one set of words for reading and another set for speaking. The result was that until the end of World War II, one had to know 3,000 to 5,000 Chinese characters and two sets of syllabaries of 50 characters each in order to read any weighty material.

Since 1945, however, the essential Kanji have been somewhat simplified and reduced to a little less than 2,000. The language also has adopted many English words. Nowadays, besides these Kanji characters, schoolchildren are taught two sets of romanization. This requires hours of work at memorizing as well as writing practice until, by the end of grammar school, children have learned 881 Kanji, and, by the end of high school, 1,850. Reading college textbooks, however, requires knowledge of about 3,000 Kanji.

Let's Say Something in Japanese

Perhaps you are anxious to test your ability at speaking Japanese. The pronunciation is easy enough, as there are, basically, only 50 different sounds possible. What presents the biggest problem is grammar. But for now, we'll stick to simpler matters.

To begin with, there are five vowel sounds, all pronounced as in Italian: A as in far, I as e in me, E as in nest, O as in old, U as in push, when the U is a short vowel; when long, the U is as oo in soon. It is very important to learn the short and the long vowel sounds. A rather frequent mistake made by missionaries is confusing so shi ki (organization) with sM shi ki (funeral). Not a few audiences have been shocked at hearing about God's great heavenly funeral, rather than God's great heavenly organization. Another easy mistake is that of calling a young girl shM jM (orangutan) rather than shM jo (young girl). Clearly, both the learner of Japanese and the listener are benefited by having a sense of humor.

Often the same vowel, or phonetic sound, is used consecutively, as in a ta ma (head), ko ko ro (heart), or to ko ro (place). Sometimes a phonetic sound is lost through contraction when saying certain words. For instance, when pronouncing kM fu ku (happy), one drops the middle u and slurs the f and k together. This results in the pronunciation kM f'ku. Practice saying it several times and you will see how easily the Japanese rolls off your tongue! Another basic word is the pronoun "I," which in Japanese is wa ta ku shi. It is pronounced correctly wa ta k'shi, with the loss of a u and the slurring of the k into the shi sound. In recent years "I" has been still further abbreviated to become wa ta shi.

Consonants can be tricky too. For example, the single-consonant "k" in the word kM ka gives us "school song," while the double consonant in the word kok ka makes it "national anthem."

Are there any rules as to which syllable should receive accent? Authorities differ, but some agree that it is better not to accent any syllable than to accent the wrong one. For example, the city of Numazu is pronounced nu ma zu, with equal emphasis on each syllable.

Especially since the seventeenth century, Japanese has borrowed many words from European languages. For instance, the Portuguese word "pao" (bread) becomes pan in Japanese. The Dutch "blik" (tin) is bu ri ki. "Butter" in English becomes ba ta. Another English word, "strike," expands to five syllables, with two different meanings. It is su to ra i ku in baseball jargon, but when some want better pay or working conditions, the word becomes su to ra i ki.

Other Things of Interest

One must realize that Japanese word order differs from that in most other languages. On a visit to Japan, you might say in English: "I would like to visit Mount Fuji." In Japanese you would say, "Watak'shi wa Fuji San o hMmon shitai desu." The literal word order is: "I Fuji Mount visit want." In Japanese the verb always comes at the end of the sentence. As noted above, verb endings are also most important. To know whether an expression is in the present or the past tense, or whether it is a positive or negative response to a previous question or statement, one must listen to the very last syllable of a sentence.

An unusual feature of the Japanese language is its system of honorifics or keigo. All conversations must take into consideration three things: the speaker, the one spoken to and the person spoken about. Besides these, the speaker must consider the respective positions, ages, belongings, families, friends and social groups embraced by the conversation. These factors affect-to name just a few-vocabulary, suffixes, prefixes and verb endings used in conversation. The pronoun "you," for example, is represented by many different Japanese words, according to the status of the person addressed. The polite way is often to use the person's name instead, or to omit the "you" altogether. One making one's residence in Japan should be determined to learn the various forms of address. The visitor on a temporary basis, however, will be forgiven blunders of this type. The Japanese, as a whole, are delighted to hear people make the effort to speak their difficult tongue.

Let's Read Kanji

Even though you may not know the correct pronunciation of a Kanji character, you often can know its meaning. Do not be afraid of what may appear at first sight to be "chicken scratches" all up and down a page. Although opinions vary, there is a fairly easy way to learn to read Kanji. This system of writing has, basically, 300 "building blocks." By combinations of these, all the thousands of Kanji are formed. Shall we try a few?

The character for ka wa (river) comes from the flowing river [Artwork-River Drawing] and looks like this [Artwork-River Drawing]. Now, if you squeeze that river [Artwork-River Drawing], what do you have but the character for water [Artwork-Japanese Characters], mi zu?

A traveler in Japan will find it helpful to know the characters for "entrance" and "exit" that are in train stations and other public places. First take a mouth [Artwork-Mouth Drawing], form it into [Artwork-Japanese Characters] and pronounce it ku chi. Now picture a small river running into a large river [Artwork-River Drawing], square it up [Artwork-Japanese Characters], and you have hai ru or iru, meaning "to enter." Put the two together [Artwork-Japanese Characters], smooth out the pronunciation, and you have the word for entrance, i ri gu chi, or, literally, 'enter mouth.' To leave the station, you must know another character. So think of a flower growing out of the ground [Artwork-Flower Drawing]. Shape it up a bit [Artwork-Japanese Characters], and you have the character for de ru (to leave). Put [Artwork-Japanese Characters] with [Artwork-Japanese Characters] and you have [Artwork-Japanese Characters], meaning 'coming out mouth,' or exit, pronounced de guchi. That wasn't nearly as hard as you expected, was it?

Many of the characters tell a story, as does the man [Artwork-Man Drawing] [Artwork-Japanese Characters], standing by a tree [Artwork-Tree Drawing], which becomes [Artwork-Japanese Characters]. The two together [Artwork-Japanese Characters] constitute the Kanji for vacation, pronounced ya su mi. How about a man leaning on a shovel [Artwork-Man Drawing], next to his horse [Artwork-Horse Drawing]? Put them together and you have e ki, or station [Artwork-Japanese Characters], as in "Tokyo Eki," where you can catch the bullet train.

There are many, many more to learn, and while requiring effort, it is a thoroughly fascinating and entertaining study. Over the years the writing of Kanji is being progressively simplified. As the older and younger generations differ in their way of writing Kanji, often a letter received from a grandmother or grandfather will have to be read and "translated" by someone living nearby who is in the same age group as the writer of the letter.

Some Reasons for Learning Japanese

There are many reasons that may prompt persons to learn Japanese. With some individuals, it may be simply a hobby that helps to broaden their views of people from a different culture and environment. Others will want to learn Japanese for business reasons. Tourists will enjoy their visit to Japan all the more if they know some basic Japanese. But to gain a real working knowledge of Japanese, one would have to live in this country for some years.

If you wish to learn Japanese, you can visit our site learn japanese. Our word of advice is: "Ganbatte kudasai!," that is, "Stick to it!"

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Nokia N82 - Enjoy the Thrill of Music

The Nokia N82 has fascinating looks and allures people with its strong capabilities. This handset has HSDPA software installed in it. Besides the physical features include a high definition screen, a 5MP camera, music player, FM radio and a memory card slot.

The camera of this mobile can be used for capturing very high resolution pictures. These images can be shared with others using Bluetooth technology. Bluetooth is also very effective in sharing ringtones with other compatible devices. In fact the camera too can be used to record videos of special moments of one's life. These recordings can be transferred to other devices by making use of cable cords. There are also other connectivity options such as GPRS, HSCSD, EDGE, 3G, WLAN, Bluetooth, Infrared and USB port. These connectivities ensure faster accessing of internet and download of games.

The handset can also be used to download ringtones, games and pictures. These picture files can be viewed on the TFT screen of the mobile. The screen gives a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels and supports 16 M colours. The screen is thus a fantastic option for the users to watch videos and play games whenever there is leisure time. Internet surfing also becomes possible due to the presence of the wide screen. The WAP browser comes handy in this operation.

Nokia N82 is available in an enigmatic colour combination of silver and black. There are also entertainment options in the handset such as the presence of a music player that can play songs in formats such as MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA. There is a FM radio that brings entertainment with the radio Jockey hosting a number of entertainment programs. Then there is also a TV out option that enables people to watch pictures and video on a TV screen. The battery of the phone gives standby time of 225 hr and a talktime of 4 hr 20 min. The mobile has 8 GB of large memory space.

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South East Europe - Next Hotspot for Energy Investing?

This interest has been supported by an institutional process of establishing a single energy market in the region to attract investments and to allow for cross-border energy trade and integration with the European Union energy market.

Treaty Establishing the Energy Community in South East Europe (Energy Community Treaty) came into force in mid-2006 with the objective to extend the EU internal energy market to South East Europe and beyond. The Parties that entered into this Treaty included the European Community, on the one hand, and seven South East European nations, namely, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo. Georgia, Moldova, Norway, Turkey and Ukraine also entered into this Treaty as observers. As a result, the Treaty established the largest energy market in the world, with an aim to ensure a stable investment environment for attracting investments in the region and to contribute to security of energy supply in wider Europe.

This energy market integration process has sparked interest among many global energy companies searching for new markets to expand their operations but also to establish a strategic position in the world’s largest energy market. The seven aforementioned countries in South East Europe have large hydro- and thermal-power generation potential. Moreover, some countries are in the process of privatizing their energy companies, which are relatively undervalued and offer a good investment potential. This potential is particularly present in the electricity sector and is attractive because 60% of the global trade in electricity takes part within the market regulated under the Energy Community Treaty. Some countries in the region are already net electricity exporters, including Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. This electricity surplus and a potential for a substantial expansion of generation capacity has attracted the attention of many global companies, including EFT Group (U.K), EnBW AG (Germany), CEZ Group (Czech Republic), and even some Eurasian companies, such as BMG/Kaztransgas and the U.S. corporate giant, General Electric.

Moreover, the region’s accession to the European Union has also been a key reason for the Russian oil and gas giants, such as Gasprom and Lukoil, to seek investments in this part of the world in order to establish a broader access to the European Union market and to strengthen the EU dependency on Russian oil and gas supplies. As a result, Russian Gasprom has entered into a partnership with Serbia’s oil industry (NIS), Zarubezhneft has acquired monopoly over oil refining businesses in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Lukoil has acquired oil distribution networks in the region. The EU-based companies have also acquired assets in the oil production in the region, with the Hungarian MOL taking a minority stake in Croatian INA. On the other hand, it is important to note that the region may represent a special interest for oil and gas companies given its strategic location in the context of the oil and gas pipelines, especially those that bring alternative energy supplies that aim to reduce EU’s dependency on oil and gas from Russia.

Integration of South East Europe into a broad energy market within the Energy Community Treaty has created many opportunities for investment in the region. The region’s economic transition and robust growth, driven to a large extent by domestic demand, has already attracted capital from several EU nations, with the lion’s share of investments coming from Austria, Slovenia, and Germany. The region’s energy sector has been a focus of the recent privatization and investment deals, with a fierce competition among investors trying to get hold of undervalued assets offering large potential in the integrated energy market. The battle for the energy market in the region will likely intensify as the global economies recover and demand for energy re-exerts pressure on energy prices.

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