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Ardennenoffensief
In de periode van 16 December 1944 tot 25 januari 1945 vond er in de Belgische Ardennen het laatste grote offensief van de Duitse Wehrmacht en de Waffen SS plaats. Deze veldslag werd uiteindelijk door de geallieerden gewonnen.
Maar … het slechte weer in December 1944 bood de Duitse troepen dekking tegen de oppermachtige geallieerde luchtmacht. Het maakte ook de wegen van de Ardennen vrijwel onbegaanbaar. Het offensief leidde tot spanningen tussen de Britten en de Amerikanen. De geplande geallieerde aanvallen op het Duitse Rijnland werden zes weken uitgesteld.
Zowel Duitsers als Amerikanen leden forse verliezen aan tanks en manschppen. De veldslag had tot gevolg dat het oostelijke front door de Duitsers werd verwaarloosd en eind januari stond het Rode Leger voor Berlijn.
Battle of Ardennen
In the period from December 16, 1944 to January 25, 1945, the last major offensive of the German Wehrmacht and the Waffen SS took place in the Belgian Ardennes. This battle was ultimately won by the Allies.
But… the bad weather in December 1944 provided cover for the German troops against the supreme Allied air force. It also made the roads of the Ardennes virtually impassable. The offensive led to tensions between the British and the Americans. The planned Allied attacks on the German Rhineland were postponed for six weeks.
Both Germans and Americans suffered heavy losses from tanks and men. The battle resulted in the Eastern Front being neglected by the Germans, and the Red Army faced Berlin in late January.
A hand can be strong to break things, or soft enough to tickle like a feather.
(Taken with 3G iPhone)
The Anton trilogy (2 of 3)
These are my Mother’s hands, she suffers from Dupuytren's Disease (DD), an affliction in which shortening and thickening of fibrous tissue causes the fingers to bend towards the palm. It is painless, but prevents the fingers being fully straightened. It is named after Baron Guillaume Dupuytren, the French anatomist who described an operation to correct the affliction. It is more popularly known as the "Viking disease". Tradition has it that the disease originated with the Vikings, who spread it throughout Northern Europe and beyond, as they travelled and intermarried.
Greek and Roman literature contain no record of anything resembling DD. The Icelandic sagas of the 12th and 13th centuries, however, describe a number of “miracle cures” for a condition sounding very similar to DD. Researchers have found no evidence of DD in early Anglo-Saxon and Gaelic medical literature. In addition, the more extensive medical literature of medieval Europe before 1614 shows no evidence of the condition.
In his 1963 book, Australian hand surgeon John Hueston wrote, “Dupuytren’s contracture is virtually confined to people of European descent”. Its highest incidence is recorded in Iceland. As expected, the incidence is also high in Scandinavia. In a large 1962 review of published figures, P. F. Early listed the countries of Europe and countries with large populations of North European descent, in order of the incidence of DD: Denmark, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States. The incidence in Sweden was matched by that in Edinburgh. Two different Scottish studies by James and Ling showed such a high family incidence of DD that they described it as being an inherited disorder transmitted through a single gene.
My Mother’s maiden name was Tingle. Tingle is the old Norse word for the cross-member inside a ship that joins the gunwales towards the tip of the prow. (Here is an illustration of the Tingle from the Oseberg ship www.flickr.com/photos/30591976@N05/4685539760/in/photostr... , the well-preserved Viking ship discovered in a large burial mound at the Oseberg farm near Tønsberg in Vestfold county, Norway). Her paternal Grandfather was born in Lincolnshire, often called England’s most Scandinavianised county and her paternal Grandmother hailed from Whitby (The White farm in Old Norse). Thus a Viking origin for my Mother’s DD would seem to fit fairly securely.
So why the inverted commas around Viking?
Well theories are only as good as the evidence found to support them. Like many medical theories, that of the origin of DD, was originally based on evidence taken from ‘developed’, i.e. Western countries. Now as more data from other areas of the World is collected theories are being revised. Researchers have now found that Dupuytren's Disease is also widespread in some Mediterranean countries, like Spain and Bosnia, which could be accounted for by Norse traders, Viking raids and Scandinavian soldiers serving in the Varangian Guard of the Byzantine Emperor. The discovery of cases in the Punjab (though Vikings traded in Baghdad) and Japan are less easy to explain. Perhaps the Vikings travelled further a field than is thought, or maybe the cause of Dupuytren's Disease lies further back in the human genetic story. Or possibly there is another theory just waiting for new evidence to support it…
Good health/God helse/God hälsa/Iechyd da/¡Salud!
** As I promised you, today I show more details of the new hand fans. I have just listed them at my shop: littleenchantedworld.tictail.com/products
I hope you like them! Wishes of a wonderful weekend for all of you. **
My grandparents. Their hands tell just as good of a story as they do. Still so in love after 60+ years of marriage. :)
“The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.”
These are the hand of two of my young cousins (age 6 & 3) that were in my brother's wedding Friday evening. It was a western theme, so they had corn to throw instead of bubbles or rice. After the ceremony, I noticed the younger of the sisters holding the corn in her open hand. As I was getting ready to take a shot, her older sister came up and put her hands in between the other's. I thought it made a sweet image. These two little girls were such a blast.
Studio setup:
Octagonal light box behind the hand, 1/1 power
Rectangle light box picture right slightly behind the hand, 1/2 power
Water repellent fluid on the hand and water from a spray... ;-)
In Japan Cherry Blossoms symbolize being an enduring metaphor for the ephemeral nature of life. The transience of the blossoms, the extreme beauty and quick death, has often been associated with mortality; for this reason, cherry blossoms are richly symbolic.
Cherry blossoms are inviting, delicate, comforting and short lived. When in bloom they give a sense of renewal and awakening in the spring time. Eventually, the delicate leaves and petals begin to fall creating a soft blanket on the ground and return to the soils of earth. The delicate skin of two hands coming together forms a connection of warmth and comfort. Sometimes this is abruptly ended, torn apart and leaving one hand lost, grasping for the other to stay.
I chose this picture of me holding onto this cherry blossom branch in symbol of losing the delicate life and skin of my son much too soon.
My oldest son Devon was born with a genetic disorder (Hunter Syndrome). All boys with Hunter Syndrome have curved hands and eventually they may not be able to function due to nerve damage. When Devon passed away, I sat for many hours holding his hand. I never want to forget exactly how they feel.
Although I'll never stop grasping in my heart, I also know that I have to let it go. Even though it all came to an end much to soon, the essence of that delicate skin can be found inside my every heart beat.
February 24, 2019 - Hands Up, Marilyn! What did I do wrong?! Marilyn Monroe looking shocked about getting arrested in front of the police car!
"I know what it takes to move on,
I know how it feels to lie
All I wanna do
Is trade this life for something new
Holding on to what
I haven’t got"
Me: Hey~~~Baby~~~~~！！！！Come on~~~~~~
JIU: Sure —__,—?
Me: Sorry, Boss! _(:з」∠)_
Finally, I did this. I was tagged a lot to do this. OTZ
Hope you guys like him！
Meme - Hand in Hand
1. Take one of your dolls NOW and make a shot of her/his hand in your hand
2. Tag how many friends you know we have the dolls (if you want, tag me too)