The Dolomites, also known as the Dolomite Mountains, Dolomite Alps or Dolomitic Alps, are a mountain range in northeastern Italy.  They form part of the Southern Limestone Alps and extend from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Valley (Pieve di Cadore) in the east.  The northern and southern borders are defined by the Puster Valley and the Sugana Valley.  The Dolomites are in the regions of Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Friuli Venezia Giulia, covering an area shared between the provinces of Belluno, Vicenza, Verona, Trentino, South Tyrol, Udine and Pordenone.  Other mountain groups of similar geological structure are spread along the River Piave to the east—Dolomiti d'Oltrepiave; and far away over the Adige River to the west—Dolomiti di Brenta (Western Dolomites).  A smaller group is called Piccole Dolomiti (Little Dolomites), between the provinces of Trentino, Verona and Vicenza.  The Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park and many other regional parks are in the Dolomites.  In August 2009, the Dolomites were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.  The Adamello-Brenta UNESCO Global Geopark is also in the Dolomites.  The Dolomites, also known as the "Pale Mountains", take their name from the carbonate rock dolomite.  This was named after the 18th-century French mineralogist Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu (1750–1801), who was the first to describe the mineral.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolomites 

February 1, 2024  Over the past three decades, Thomson Reuters has relied on artificial intelligence (AI) to help its clients—and its own employees—sift through troves of digital documents to discover those most relevant to the issue at hand.  But when generative AI (genAI) burst onto the scene in late 2022, the company was forced to rethink its AI strategy to stay ahead of competitors and address an insatiable client demand for industry-specific information.  Thomson Reuters in November 2023 unveiled its genAI strategy and product rollout after its integration with Microsoft Copilot, along with a $650 million acqusition of genAI tech provider Casetext and a pledge to invest $100 million annually in new genAI tools for internal and client use.  Lucas Mearian   Thank you, Muse reader!  https://www.computerworld.com/article/3712565/qa-how-thomson-reuters-used-genai-to-enable-a-citizen-developer-workforce.html    

September 20, 2023  The Golden Hind was the name of Sir Francis Drake’s galleon when he circumnavigated the world between 1577 and 1580—the first English ship to do so.  At the corner of Locust and Summit streets in Toledo, Ohio large hand-painted murals will be a hallmark of a new development, which has about 70,000 square feet of building.  Developers named Ostrich Towne in tribute to the alley, known as Ostrich Lane, a key element to the project.  Kimberly Wynn  https://www.newsbreak.com/toledo-oh/3164004341685-ostrich-towne-to-open-in-toledo-s-vistula-neighborhood   

Naples yellow, also called antimony yellow or lead antimonate yellow, is an inorganic pigment that largely replaced lead-tin-yellow and has been used in European paintings since the seventeenth century.  While the mineral orpiment is considered to be the oldest yellow pigment, Naples yellow, like Egyptian blue, is one of the oldest known synthetic pigments.  Naples yellow was used in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, finding widespread application during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.  Prior to its earliest occurrences in European paintings, the pigment was commonly employed in pottery, glazes, enamels, and glass.  The pigment ranged in hue from a muted, earthy, reddish yellow to a bright light yellow.  A Latin treatise from the late 17th-century by Andrea Pozzo referred to the pigment as luteolum napolitanum, which is the first recorded use of the term "Naples yellow"; its English name first appeared in print in 1738.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples_yellow

Eloise Harriet Stannard was one of the fourteen children of landscape painter and drawing teacher Alfred Stannard and Martha Stannard.  Her uncle was the painter Joseph Stannard; both her father and her uncle were members of the Norwich School of painters, Britain's first provincial art movement. Eloise and her aunt Emily Coppin Stannard (Joseph's wife) would become the only two notable women artists associated with the Norwich School.  See https://www.jigidi.com/jigsaw-puzzle/eg4xt65n/eloise-harriet-stannard-british-1829-1915-still-life-with-holly-and-mistletoe/

Feb. 9, 2024  World-renowned conductor Seiji Ozawa has died of heart failure at his home in Tokyo.  He was 88.  The acclaimed Japanese maestro led the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1973 to 2002, longer than any other conductor in the orchestra’s 128-year history.  From 2002 to 2010, he was music director of the Vienna State Opera.  https://turnto10.com/news/local/seiji-ozawa-world-renowned-former-boston-symphony-orchestra-conductor-has-died-feb-9-2024   

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