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Amelia Hoskins / Art, Cosmos, Resonance / 2. March 2022 / 0 Comments
Blake and Francisco de Holanda
One of the greatest achievements of artists is to show the knowledge, understanding and consciousness of their own era. Holanda's geometric vision of cosmic creation, which must have been 'out of this world' in 1545, shows the great interest in science, whilst still including 'God the creator'.
The First Day of Creation, by Francisco de Holanda (1545)
Holanda uses spectacular overlapping triangles of light leading into a vortex, creating the world with atmosphere. Now we know the universe is electric, it makes perfect sense. Holando's work was only discovered in mid-20th century in an obscure notebook in National Library of Spain. Its clear he was profoundly influenced by visionary contemporary philosopher Jacob Boehme; whom Blake also revered.
Light as Life Force
Holanda combines the human figure as ethereal God with power of light in 'Light of Creation' with Alpha and Omega at his fingertips; a purist Biblical vision, but combining the advancing knowledge of physics. We can interpret this image today as a fine depiction of the electric universe, which science is still catching up with. The figure of 'God' is neither here nor there in being either correct or incorrect: it serves as a symbol of divine creation.
Both Blake and Holanda were visionary painters of both human and cosmic energy, aware of developments in cosmology and mathematics in attempting to understand the creation of the universe.
Blake (with his knowledge of modern politics and Freemasons even in 1800s ) takes the idea of the Sun as God (Pagan origins worldwide) in 'Satan In His Original Glory' 1805; Subtitled 'Thou Wast Perfect in Thy Ways from the Day That Thou Was Created, Till Iniquity Was Found in Thee" as the outcome of total rationalisation. The sun is beautifully depicted by a body in golden light, but around it are humanity being tossed about in the Sun's power. Despite the worship of the Sun throughout mankind's history, as life giver, Blake saw the weakness in single minded cults, and was right to be concerned, now we know science has run amok which is far removed from the natural environment Blake so revered in his poetry.
Blake is aware of the 'Luciferian' god of light of the Illuminati Order, known to Blake through his knowledge of Freemasonry, with lineage from Zoroastrian and Babylonian 'sun god'. For Blake, focusing on 'light' as a divinity is a mistaken frame of mind, which has been used to control mankind for all time. The Sun-Satan holds the royal orb and sceptre of control, with all of human activity floating in its wake, after the French Revolution. Blake reverses the hands holding the orb and sceptre, indicating the fall of Christianity and Kings: easily relatable to British vs America war.
Today we could interpret Blake's painting as the disguise of bio-techno-Satanists introducing genetic modification for their idea of a great new future of Luciferian transhumanism, with the people as flotsam and jetsom surviving under the controls of technocracy which holds all the controls over science. Blake's work was moving towards consciousness of human spirit.
Both Blake and Holanda depict a dark red background orb, the heat of energy or the sun, as seen similarly in Blake's Ancient of Days, which also depicts geometric ordering, or measuring. The architect's tool is again forming the triangle.
Photo author's own from Blake exhibition Tate Gallery, London 2020, shows accurate colours.
Referenced from Blog TheHumanDivine To be continued....
Amelia Hoskins / Seeds / 25. July 2021 / 0 Comments
Flowers - Seeds - Cosmos
Star shapes are one of the most common forms in nature; flowers and seeds. A developing seed pod stores light energy as a cosmic star does. 'As above so below'. Daisy type flowers under Aster = Greek 'star'.
Glorious purple-magenta Salsify flower, also in yellow. Genus: Tragopogon porrifolius, Sunflower family, asteraceae evolved 85m yrs ago. This is wonderful evolution and we can assume the plant is very 'wise'. Salsify flowers are time machines which close at 12:00 mid day, as they know exactly when the sun is past its zenith; hence the folk name 'John-go-to-bed-at-noon' . Bees love it. The triple rows of daisy type petals are perfectly formed. Each Salsify seed ( achene ) has a 'parachute' to ensure spread far and wide on the wind. Each a 'star form' within a globe of 'stars' creating one spherical star form. Parachutes touch each other which enables them to hold together, while the seed base is loosening from the hub. Once some go, then they all must follow.
[Author Note: To be linked to Salsify new reconstructed gallery]
Leek flowers - Allium flower forms in a tight pod, or spathe, which then bursts out as a star cluster with many more points than the ancient Salsify. Each tiny bud opens as a tiny star flower. White is common: this pink one with magenta stalks maybe ampeloprasum
Tulip Star Forms - Pointed 'Persian' varieties seen on persian carpet designs. This type of star comprises two rows of 3 petal sets which form triangles, like two triangles one inverted upside down over the other.
COMPARISON SIZES OF STARS - Unbelievable!
This video animation explores the cosmos stars, from our SUN up to Sirius, B-Centauri, Gacrux, blue hyper giant Pistol Star, yellow hyper giant RHO Cassiopeiae and unbelievable power of super-mega-gigantic red hyper giant Stephenson 2-18 (two thousands times bigger than the Sun).


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Back-to-school donations give boost to local communities in Boston, Austin
Two Delaware North locations reached out into their local communities over the past week to help children and families prepare for the upcoming school year.
TD Garden, owned and operated by Delaware North, last week hosted its 10th Annual Back-to-School Distribution, a charitable event held each year to donate school supplies and other items to students and organizations in Boston. The event, which is organized through Garden Neighborhood Charities, the philanthropic arm of TD Garden, took place this year in partnership with The Salvation Army Massachusetts Division and the city of Boston.
The Back-to-School Distribution, which usually takes place on the arena floor at TD Garden, was moved this year to The Salvation Army's Kroc Center in Boston to allow for an outdoor, open-air distribution. Boston police and fire personnel volunteered at the event, which also included an onsite COVID-19 vaccination clinic led by The Dimock Center, a local healthcare provider.
Even in its new location, the Back-to-School Distribution delivered on its promise to provide 3,000 Boston-area students with a backpack full of school supplies (including notebooks, crayons, glue and highlighters), library books from Boston Public Library, hygiene products from Hope & Comfort, and new apparel from Hilco Global. The effort also included a $10,000 donation from Garden Neighborhood Charities to the Salvation Army for pandemic-related efforts during the upcoming year.
"The purpose is to make sure these kids are in a good place to go back to school and they have everything they need," said Amy Latimer, president of TD Garden and chief growth officer for Delaware North. "There's a [COVID-19] vaccination truck available, as well as hygiene [items] and winter coats. We're really just trying to meet the needs of what the community is in need of and we're happy to do it."
Along with support from the Boston Bruins Foundation, Garden Neighborhood Charities has donated 40,000 backpacks and more than $425,000 since 2012. This donation reflects Garden Neighborhood Charities and its partners' commitment to equip students with all they need to be successful this year and well into the future.
Watch a video recap of the Bruins' event.
Meanwhile, in Austin, Texas, Delaware North's team at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport took part in in its own back-to-school supplies donation for a local elementary school. A collaboration between Delaware North and its joint-venture partners, along with the airport's leadership, helped collect school supplies and other items to fill 70 backpacks that were delivered to Del Valle Independent Schools, which is less than 10 miles away from the airport.
"We always jump at the opportunity to help out and make a difference in our community," said Terry Mahlum, general manager for Delaware North at the Austin airport. "This is an important and sometimes challenging time of the year for families who have kids going to school, and we hope this donation makes it a bit easier for our neighbors."

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Randy Remorse
Randy Rainbow apologizes for past racist and transphobic tweets
By David Hudson August 21, 2020 at 9:08am · 56 comments
Randy Rainbow (Image: YouTube)
Comedian Randy Rainbow has apologized for old tweets that have resurfaced.
The Emmy-nominated performer has built a massive following for his political satire. His videos usually find him mocking the Trump administration through cleverly re-written show tunes. Famed for ridiculing politicians on the right, it was, therefore, all the more shocking when tweets – dating back to 2010-2011 – emerged that played on racist, transphobic and anti-semitic stereotypes.
Related: Randy Rainbow goes into hiding after dozens of old racist and transphobic tweets resurface
"Why is it OK to call it a 'white noise' machine, yet offensive to say that I bought it to drown out all the 'black noise' in my building?" he said in one.
In another: "Black & White cookies R a delicious metaphor for racial harmony 🙂 But they taste better if U keep both halves segregated. I mean separated!"
And in another: "Comedy is so delicate. One wrong word and a joke can offend an entire group of people. Especially with dirty jews," Rainbow tweeted. "I mean jokes! Dirty jokes!"
In other tweets he used the word 'tr*nny' for trans people or poked fun at butch lesbians.
When news of the tweets re-emerged on Wednesday, Rainbow did not immediately respond to requests for comment and most of the tweets were deleted. Late yesterday, he addressed the controversy in an interview with The Advocate.
"Twitter has recently reminded me about 10 years ago, in my maiden quest to be funny, I tweeted some jokes that were completely offensive and insensitive to look back on them now, especially with no context or nuance and through the prism of where we are in 2020 with racial inequality and the fight for social justice, which I'm proudly a part of," he said.
"In light of issues that are now at the forefront, which I'm passionate about and have spoken up about over the years, these tweets just sound racist and awful. I'm embarrassed by them. They make me sick to my stomach, in fact, and I deeply apologize to anyone I offended."
Rainbow said he was still experimenting with the comic persona that he has gone on to develop, and emulating the shock approach of people such as Joan Rivers and Howard Stern.
Related: Randy Rainbow's racist & transphobic tweets resurface. There are dozens.
"The comedy landscape was completely different back then. This kind of edgy shock comedy was not only acceptable but a prevalent style. I was an aspiring comedian in my 20s working the stages in gay nightclubs where we said the most outlandish, raunchy things we could think of. I was searching for my comedy voice, my persona, and I was emulating styles and jokes of people that I was seeing in the mainstream."
He went on to say, "Any jokes that I tweeted out around this time were meant to be read in the voice of this character I created, and the intention was always that my forced ignorance would be the butt of the joke.
"Now, comedy is not evergreen. Jokes have timestamps and reflect the times you're in when you wrote them. Our world has shifted dramatically over the past 10 years and it's moving even quicker.
"I am incredibly sorry. I would never intentionally do anything to hurt anyone. I learned many years ago, over the last decade, that there are things that you must be sensitive about. There are issues that I was not aware of back then. In 2010, we weren't anywhere near where we are now. Right now, systemic racism is killing people, anti-Semitism is on the rise, Black trans women are being murdered at a horrifying rate. And the insensitive words of those actually in power are actually killing people. I continue to educate myself, I continue to listen and learn.
"I am in no way a racist. I am in no way transphobic. I'm a gay Jew who was brought up in a very open, accepting family," he added. "There is not a racist or intolerant bone in my body. When I say that I have evolved with the times, I mean that my comedy has. I did not need to be taught not to be racist or transphobic because I never was."
He argues that we are living in very different times ("A decade ago, there was room to be irreverent and insensitive about things because the real adults — the people in power — were not being reckless."). He also believes he has been targeted because his attacks on the right are upsetting some people during a crucial election year in the U.S.
He ends by asking people to take his old tweets in the context they were written.
"I am a comedian. I'm not a politician … This scandal I'm going through might seem a little more scandalous to some because I now have this voice in the political world. I am known as the guy who calls out bigotry and racism, which is what I want to do. That's how I want to use my platform. That's what's really in my heart. So these recent tweets resurfacing are not skeletons in my closet; they're crappy jokes in my shoebox from a decade ago. I think we just need to be careful about considering the source."
H/T: The Advocate
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HDTex
And here come all the "forget you" posts screaming louder than he could possibly apologize because no apology is ever good enough. Naturally.
You know what, I demand an apology in advance for being called a bigot for pointing that out. Which I already don't accept because forget you, you're a bigot. 🙂
August 21, 2020 at 9:08am Log in to Reply
Nothing the right wing troll accounts love more than playing victim. It's so cute how you were trying to post about Randy Rainbow but ended up making the post about yourself.
August 21, 2020 at 9:08am
@Cam: It's cute how you're nothing but an insult machine. Forget, as I said, you. It's an injunction to make a cogent argument or else. You, of course, went right for the bait. The spicy, spicy irresistible bait placed for the unintelligent. As always.
@HDTex
Translation: You had your response already written out, and even though it doesn't apply you posted it anyway.
Tell your manager at the troll farm that you didn't earn your 5 kopec coffee bonus today.
August 21, 2020 at 12:08pm
I think it was a good apology along with a decent explanation about the history of the "jokes" where he put them into context. Looking back at them in the time frame he even admitted they were crappy. If people still want to opine and play victim to being "hurt" over them, well . . .
play on I guess, I've accepted his apology and will move on.
Unlike so many right wingers, he takes some responsibility here, not one of those B.S. apologies that act like people being offended are stupid, but IF they were offended then they are sorry for them.
A better apology than many.
Aw, lookit you pretending to accept an apology after being so vocal about how awful it was in the previous thread. That's so cute, how far a few words go with you.
I'm so sorry for offending you in the past and expect that this sentence will bury all previous issues between us. If it doesn't, I know you're a complete hypocrite.
So let's see, the right wing troll account first was freaking out and saying nobody should apologize ever because they wouldn't be accepted, then it tries to attack somebody for pointing out that this apology wasn't a bad one.
Precious, I get it, you have an agenda, but try to make it less obvious. Also, maybe try some anger management, exercise, or an edible. You seem really stressed.
trsxyz
A very eloquent statement from Randy. I understand & accept your explanation and your regret. All is forgiven in my book.
August 21, 2020 at 11:08am Log in to Reply
Hear hear!!! I totally agree.
Am I the only one who finds Randy Rainbow to be completely annoying?
Jared MacBride
ScottOnEarth
No, you aren't. Far before this 'scandal,' I thought he was incredibly annoying and obnoxious and can't watch any of his videos.
August 21, 2020 at 4:08pm
Can't stand him! Ugghhh
Contrarius
Randy has helped to keep me sane through the last couple of years. He made bad jokes ten years ago, and he wasn't smart enough to delete them from his account; he's not perfect. But he's doing a great service by continuing to poke holes in the people in power who need poking, and I love him for that!
LegionKeign
Apology Accepted. Now get back to work!
Typical BS apology. Blame it on the times, blame it on the nature of comedy, blame it on anyone except the person responsible. Those "jokes," besides not being funny were racist in any context and at any time.
August 21, 2020 at 12:08pm Log in to Reply
Except he did point out what he did.
Interesting you left that out.
blonbb469
Hey Randy, I mean Cam, ENOUGH. You have more than made your point…
August 21, 2020 at 1:08pm Log in to Reply
You already gave this new troll screename away??? Wow, you're not good at this are you?
tjack47
We need to lighten up. They were intended as jokes. They failed to hit the mark with me, but I grew up with Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Eddie Murphy and Lisa Lampanelli, not to mention Don Rickles. Maybe this is why I'm find it all inoffensive. I loathe cancel culture, and if a person has demonstrative growth since, why would anyone want to go digging up bones?
david_warner
Unfortunately, people seem to enjoy being outraged! I don't have to name names … all you have to do is read the comments above yours.
Me too. This would be considered tame compared to those comedians. I find this just silly.
Lenny Bruce was considered 'cutting-edge' at one time and was also arrested on stage if my memory serves me.
RobF
Not good enough, Randy! A thousand lashes from a wet noodle flogger!
justgeo
Get out of the dudes ass! There can be no comedy when we all are so precious that we can't recognize there is truth in stereotypes when 'others' are asshole irritating stupid fools.
marshal phillips
A gay Jew could make anti-trans & racist "jokes"? Who knew!
But he's apologized; case closed. He should continue satirizing Tweety Bone Spurs bigly.
I totally agree. Thank you!
Ryan99
They weren't funny jokes, but I don't know any comedian who doesn't tell unfunny jokes sometimes.
I would rather save my wrath for people who are actual enemies not friends with motor mouths.
michael_totzke
I believe him.
Eric R. Wilson
Ummm, save it, queen…. You've been unveiled for exactly what you are…. Buh-bye.!!
They were offensive and I accept his apology. That being said, I disagree with this comment:
"A decade ago, there was room to be irreverent and insensitive about things because the real adults — the people in power — were not being reckless."
Tell me when in US history in the last 50 years have people in power not been reckless. If you think you found any please look into the history more deeply.
Georgeiv2
Give it a break all you pearl clutching types who just love to be shocked I am reminded of the old lady who complained that from her window she could see two guys making love . when challenged she replied if you stand on the dressing table and lean to the left you can see what I mean !
Mr Rainbow I understand your point and accept your explanation as if it were actually needed ,
Love your current work , and glad you found your niche I wait with anticipation for your next song.
Good luck and remember that not all of us Gays out here are prats stay proud .
Sure but he could have made jokes about his own heritage, instead he went racist on Hispanics, Blacks and Asians. His family is in showbiz his father a talent agent
I love Randy; at least, I love post-Obama-Era Randy, and yeah, I guess we white people thought then our society had solved a lot of problems that we'd actually just done a great job of papering over. We did this under Clinton too. Something about Dem Presidents really lets us white people use our delusions, I suppose. No wonder we're just dyin' for Joe Biden to rocket us back to post-racist mindset.
In any case children, "I'm sorry if…" and "I'm sorry but…" are not proper apologies. "I'm sorry that…" is the correct phrasing. "I'm sorry that my shitty, ignorant tweets from a decade ago were offensive then, as they are offensive now. I've grown. I've learned. I'm still growing. I'm still learning. I will try to do better."
He more or less said as much(?), but still: Always room to improve.
Kangol2
It's called White liberalism, but look, I get where you're coming from. Don't beat yourself up, just work for real change and equality in all the ways you can.
DuMaurier
The one about snow being like the guys he sleeps with was pretty funny. I think if he'd done it "Guys I have sex with when I'm drunk" it'd have been funnier and truer.
DavinaH
I have never found it funny when any comedian uses racist and or homophobic jokes, whether in the past or now. This only shows how shallow and unimaginative they really are. At least he apologized, but really, this kind of behavior was not acceptable 10 years ago either! 🙁
eeebee333
Carry on, Randy. I'm 100% with you.
At 63, I'm probably much older that most of the commenters here. I happen to think some offensive (read "politically incorrect") is funny. I suspect I always will.
SpoogeSF
I'm with you triple e! Politically incorrect humor can be hilarious whether it comes from Randy Rainbow, Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy or dare I say it….Larry the Cable Guy. My husband's niece is one of those "safe space" politically correct people who spends her whole life being offended. We lose great allies like Al Franken all the time because of the cancel culture displayed above. Eric R wilson and Davina, my eyes roll at your comments!
Mr-DJ
So first maybe we should cancel George Carlin, Don Rickles, Chris Rock, Seth Green, and Joan Rivers….? Sorry, but I will remain a big fan of RR. His videos are brilliant.
rocknstan
Randy makes a compelling argument for cancel culture.
Dramatists know that comedy is "distancing," and thus when one makes a joke at the expense of a group, our distance from "those people" only grows.
It has only been a (relatively) short time since blackface "comedy" routines were performed in our nation's public high schools. Look at the old yearbooks of white communities from the 1950s.
TheAbsoluteTRUTH
As hilarious as Don Rickles was ( and still is too me watching old you tube videos) the overly politically correct left would make his only career in 2020 that of " would you like a frosty with that" nobody can laugh at anything anymore…previous poster was correct…eddie murphy, pryor, joan rivers, lisa lampanelli, redd foxx, lawanda page none of them could work today because everyone has a sensitive stick up there ass
Eddie Murphy is a Black man and he has always been funny, he is allowed to make fun of his experiences. Lisa Lampanelli using the N word is not funny… but sure man keep supporting these people.
His initial jokes were wack and some were outright offensive in their racism, but his apology sounds genuine and is not the usual "if someone was offended by what I said" BS.
pavel20
i think this was a well-thought out, articulated and sincere apology. it was interesting to see how many were critical that there wasn't an immediate apology. i, for one, am tired of the rapid, damage control boilerplate apologies that get put out within minutes of these kind of situations coming to light. i hoped randy was taking the time to think through what happened and how to respond with a meaningful apology. it looks like that's just what he did.
This kind of humor doesn't bother me, but who is he trying to fool by saying this kind of humor was prevalent in 2011? If they were 25 years old I'd understand, but we were well into the special snowflake era by 2011.
Are you Black are Hispanic or Asian?
Gary Q VV
Hi Randy. All is understood and forgiven. You're still one of my most important modern day Gay/LGBTQ heroes. You are loved for standing up against Trumpism's discriminations including: racism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia. Plus, his fragile ego and fake-induced paranoia of insecurity make Trump a formidable evil foe. Thanks for everything, Randy. Your #1 fan, Gary Q VV.
phillycap
I'm not sure it's fair to hang a person for comments that were 12 years old. Which makes him what? About 21, 22? He's clearly not THAT person now. Let's go look at some of your stupid tweets from 12 years ago if you want to judge. We've all done something stupid online, if we have the balls to admit it.
I really do feel bad for comics these days. The only safe targets are themselves and Donald Trump. Even typically apolitical comics have been forced to have a few Trump jokes in their set.
I hate the man, and I laugh at the jokes, but I often wonder where comedy will go once he's out of office. We're going to need a Truth and Reconciliation commission just to get the comedy industry running again!
ThinkPIease
According to the Democrat's handbook he is CANCELED! Bye Bye Felicia
LumpyPillows
They were jokes. Get over it.
jackmister
I am willing to accept Randy's apology. His explanation sounds legitimate and he seems truly sorry. I used to make "jokes" years ago that I would not think of making today. Fortunately, I am not well-known enough to be held under a microscope.
I feel bad that I'm not having a freakin' cow over this. To all those who are annoyed by the COMPLETELY "unforgivable"and TOTALLY "atrocious" things that Randy apologized for . . . I apologize for not being as high and mighty as I probably should be. Have a nice day and a swell forever!
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Mohammad Syful Islam (, born 12 August 1946) is a Bangladeshi artist.

Early life and education
He was born in Meherpur to father Mohammad Naimuddin Biswas, a government official and Rahela Khatun. He had six other siblings, two brothers and four sisters. His family called him Hiller which later became Hitu. His father was an avid writer, who wrote several short novels and poetry. These writings were published in 1993 in Dhaka in the name of Kalsrot. From his childhood, Syful was very much fond of old classical Renaissance paintings, Russian and Chinese revolutionary paintings. He studied at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 1975.

Career

In 1975, opposing education ministry and foreign ministry's approvals- Bangobandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, as President of Bangladesh sent him to Russia with a special fellowship for portrait painting training. The same year he was assassinated. Islam returned to Bangladesh the following year.

He did portraits of people such as AK Fazlul Huq, Maulana Bhashani, Rabindranath Tagore, Kazi Nazrul Islam and other famous personalities. His first commissioned work was the Kalema Tayyab in 1982.

A gold medalist in Bangladesh Calligraphy, Islam is also the former teacher of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Besides being commissioned for completing the portraits of all Bir Sreshtho of the country, in addition to Chiefs of Staffs of the National Armed Forces, Islam has completed portraits for other foreign delegates and personalities. They include that of:

 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
 Emperor and Empress of Japan
 King and Queen of Malaysia
 Emir of Kuwait

 Josip Broz Tito
 Kurt Waldheim
 Ronald Reagan
 Indira Gandhi

Personal life
He married Shahnaj Parveen in April 1975. She is from an Urdu-speaking family; her mother was from Kashmir and father was from Bombay. They have a son named Cézanne, after which his gallery is named.

References

External links
 Official Website
 Exhibition- Presenting the Sri Lankan scene Article by Daily Star

1946 births
Living people
Bangladeshi artists
Bangladeshi portrait painters
Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture alumni

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Einojuhani Rautavaara
Song of My Heart
Orchestral Songs
Gabriel Suovanen, baritone
Booklet with liner notes written by the composer, in English, German, French and Finnish, and the song lyrics in the original language and in English; slipcase
October 2006 (Finland)
January 2007 (internationally)
Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016)
Three Sonnets of Shakespeare (1951/2005) 7:48
1 That Time of Year 3:02
2 When I Do Count the Clock 2:47
3 Shall I Compare Thee 1:59
Fünf Sonette an Orpheus (Five Sonnets to Orpheus) (1955-56/1960) 12:26
4 Da stieg ein Baum (A Tree Arose) 2:12
5 Und fast ein Mädchen wars (A Maiden Almost) 2:11
6 Ein Gott vermags (A God Can Do It) 2:38
7 O ihr Zärtlichen (O Tender Ones) 3:23
8 Errichtet keinen Denkstein (Raise No Memorial) 2:02
Die Liebenden (The Lovers) (1958-59/1964) 18:28
9 Liebes-Lied (Love Song) 3:37
10 Der Schauende (Man Looking) 6:43
11 Die Liebende (Woman Loving) 4:43
12 Der Tod der Geliebten (The Death of the Beloved) 3:24
Guds väg (God's Way) (1964/2003) 6:19
13 Guds väg (God's Way) 2:04
14 Barnet (The Child) 1:52
15 Pingst (Pentecost) 0:56
16 Dröm i katedralen (Dream in the Cathedral) 1:29
Three Songs from the Opera Aleksis Kivi (1997) 12:19
17 Ikävyys (Melancholy) 4:45
18 Laulu oravasta (The Squirrel) 3:21
19 Sydämeni laulu (Song of My Heart) 4:13
These are important songs by an indispensable composer, realized with one of the most striking performances of a male singer caught on disc in the past year.
Christopher Williams, Fanfare Magazine, January/February 2008
This exceedingly successful production offers interesting insight into the Lied oeuvre of Einojuhani Rautavaara. His songs cannot be better performed than by Gabriel Suovanen with Leif Segerstam and the Helsinki Philharmonic.
Tobias Pfleger, klassik.com, March 20, 2007, *****
Baritone Gabriel Suovanen sings all of this music with warm tone and great musical intelligence, and he couldn't be better accompanied than by Segerstam and the Helsinki Philharmonic.
David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com, February 2007, Disc of the Month, Artistic Quality 10 / Sound Quality 10
A beautifully produced survey of Rautavaara's songs. (...) Ondine's sound, as ever, is first rate.
Guy Rickards, Gramophone, December 2006
This production combines half a century of musical poetry. (...) A wonderful, sometimes even dreamlike recording, which requires much calm from the listener, but gives back to him at least as much calm and beauty.
Rasmus van Rijn, klassik-heute.com, September 10, 2006
This is the first anthology on CD of Finnish cult composer Einojuhani Rautavaara's orchestral songs. Rautavaara composed these Shakespeare and Rilke songs in his twenties but revised them later and in recent years when he reaffirmed his love of literature and poetry. The religious and metaphysical dimension in his music is manifest in the song cycle God's Way, a setting of Swedish poetry by Bo Sitterlind. The three final songs are Rautavaara's own excerpts from his opera Aleksis Kivi and employ texts by the great Finnish poet.
Baritone Gabriel Suovanen is accompanied by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and their Chief Conductor Leif Segerstam, who have a lengthy pedigree in their compatriot's music.


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March was the last month for the Pizza Hut Book It reading program. We will continue with a new reading log after spring break.
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Religion: We will continue our First Communion preparation. Our First Communion retreat will be April 6th and 7th. Our First Communion celebration will be on Saturday, April 27th.
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My name is Mrs. Magaña. This is my 13th year as an educator and my fourth year at St. Giles. I previously taught second grade at St. John de la Salle Catholic Academy in Chicago's Rosemoor community. I also taught second grade at Noblesse International School in the Philippines, and fourth grade at St. Jude School in Joliet.
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Chelsea DuVall is an international playwright, teaching artist and theatre-maker. She completed her Masters in Fine Arts in Acting at the California Institute of the Arts (2015), and her Bachelors of Arts in Theatre Studies, with a minor in Art History at Northern Illinois University (2010).
Chelsea has extensive technique training and experience in the following; Meisner (acting), Fitzmaurice Voicework, Roy Hart Theatre of Voice, Linklater Voice, Alexander (body), Suzuki (movement), Droznin (movement), Grotowski (movement), Chekhov (movement) and Williamson (movement). Movement and body disciplines play a large role in her work as a performer and theatre-maker.
She was fortunate enough to study playwriting during her time at CalArts under the mentorship of playwright and poet, Douglas Kearney, and playwright, Alice Tuan. Her writing is grounded in socio-political and biographical topics, explored through poetic language, experimental theatrical devices and performative techniques. Chelsea is fiercely dedicated to multidisciplinary collaborations and to the development of new and experimental performance texts.
Chelsea has worked internationally in the development and production of new work in the following countries; Germany, Russia, Scotland, Iceland and Poland. During the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival she performed the title role in Francesca, Francesca…, a new bio-fictional play about the life and art of famed photographer Francesca Woodman. In July 2016 she production managed the premiere of Source Material Collective's new opera, of Light, a project mentored by world-renown performance artist, Marina Abramovic. Her works (anti)Matter and Francesca, Francesca… were seen in Seattle in 2016/17.
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William Haley Face (2 August 1827 – 16 August 1894) served as Acting Master of CSS Teaser during the Battle of Hampton Roads (March 8–9, 1862). He was also at the center of an international incident in 1885 when, serving as a pilot with the Virginia Pilot Association, he was abducted by the Captain of a Russian warship.

The Civil War and the Battle of Hampton Roads
Face was recognized in the official report of the battle by Franklin Buchanan, Flag Officer, Confederate States Navy.  Buchanan, the captain of the ironclad CSS Virginia during the battle, cited Teaser for actions in support of Virginia'''s attack on the Federal fleet:

"Lt. Commanding Webb (William A. Webb) specially notices the coolness displayed by Acting Master Face... when facing the heavy fire of artillery and musketry from the shore..."Teaser took an active part in both days of the battle, acting as tender to Virginia. She received the thanks of the Congress of the Confederate States for this action.

Face had previously commanded the boat (June 1861 – January 1862). Teaser was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Purchased at Richmond, Virginia by the State of Virginia in 1861, she was assigned to the naval forces in the James River with Lieutenant James Henry Rochelle, Virginia State Navy, in command prior to June 1861.

Almost a year before the battle, in April 1861, as Virginia moved toward secession, the Federals laid torch to the Gosport Navy Yard to prevent its huge store of munitions from falling into Southern hands. Just as the fire was set, Face (commanding the steamer Raney) completed the first successful transfer of gunpowder from the Navy Yard to the future Confederate capital of Richmond. According to reports in newspapers North and South, Face was a "Virginia pilot, who was very prompt and energetic in the performance of the important duties assigned him, when men of nerve and action were in demand for special service."The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Tue, Feb 11, 1862; Page 2

Face was later assigned to be the first pilot for the second CSS Virginia when she was commissioned in May 1864.

Career as a Virginia Pilot

Face did not serve in the U.S. Navy before the War, having made his profession as a pilot. Soon after the end of the conflict, Capt. Face was one of the 22 members of the Virginia Pilot Association upon its founding in 1866. The Pilot Association represents the ship pilots who guide all commercial shipping... and some military shipping... through the navigable waters of the state of Virginia.

Strelok incident

In late April 1885, at the height of the diplomatic crisis between England and Russia known as the Panjdeh incident, Face was forced by Captain Nicholas Skrydloff of the Russian corvette Strelok to assist in that ship's stealthy exit from the Norfolk, Virginia harbor in order to evade the English man-of-war Garnet, which had been assigned to keep tabs on it. After a night on the town in Norfolk, including attending a concert with three of his officers, Skrydloff returned to his ship and summoned Face, indicating his intention to set sail in a few hours, at 2:00 the next morning. Face replied that he would be back in plenty of time, but the Russian officer insisted that the pilot come on board at once. The Richmond Dispatch reported that Skrydloff suggested in broken English, "You sleep late pelot " – adding with a shrug of the shoulders – "Come on board to-night." Having finally relented, Face was shown to his cabin, but no sooner had he taken a seat, than he sensed the ship was underway. Making his way to the pilot house, Face observed that Strelok's lights were out, and before long she was proceeding at full speed with all sails deployed and her engines "doing their best." Face informed Captain Skrydloff that he was breaking the law, to which the Russian responded with a laugh, "all right, pelot, it is so funny, you know." The newspaper reported that Skrydloff "laughed till his sides shook with enjoyment. The pilot couldn't see the fun, but he had nothing to do but to keep under way."Strelok would pass within a half mile from Garnet off Fort Monroe, but the British apparently never caught sight of her. The commander "kept laughing and declaring it was so funny," slapping Face on the back, the Dispatch reported. Fortunately, and with some difficulty, Face was able to be put off some six miles out to sea, but only because Strelok happened upon one of the Pilot Association boats.

The Strelok incident was headline news in major newspapers, as journalists relished reporting Captain Skrydloff's clever evasion of Garnet.Honolulu Star-Advertiser (Honolulu, Hawaii); Sat, Jul 4, 1885; Main Edition; Page 4

After leaving Norfolk, Strelok sailed to New York harbor, soon to be followed by Garnet. Within some weeks, diplomatic temperatures had cooled, allowing Strelok to return to Russia.

The following year, Strelok symbolically healed the rift between the two nations, when she joined in a salute to the fourth Duchess of Edinburgh during her visit to Marseilles, France – the Duchess being the daughter of Russian Czar Alexander III and the daughter-in-law of British Queen Victoria.

Skrydloff went on to become the "bulldog admiral" of the Czarist navy, commander of the Baltic Fleet and Russian Navy Minister.

Three years after the Strelok incident, William H. Face's son and fellow Virginia Pilot, George Washington Face, was also abducted by a foreign ship captain, John Owens in command of the British steamer North Erin, who evaded a U.S. marshal and absconded to Liverpool with $14,000 worth of cotton. George Washington Face was forced to cross the Atlantic twice before returning to Virginia a month later.

Family history of military service
Two of Face's great-grandfathers served as officers in the service of Virginia during the American Revolution. His paternal grandfather, William Face, was the son of Capt. Edward Face (born in 1724). In 1781, Capt. Edward Face and four hands serving on his sloop John spent 70 days "for the use of the troops at the Seege of York Town under the Command of his Excellency Gen'l Washington." William H. Face's paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Haley Face (William Face's wife), was the daughter of Capt. Samuel Haley of the Virginia Navy, who commanded Hornet and Mayflower during the Revolution.

William H. Face was the son of Edward Face (1808–1838) and Catherine Heffley Face (1805–1876).

Edward Face was the chief carpenter at Fortress Monroe while 1st Lieutenant Robert E. Lee was stationed there (1831–34). Lee played a major role in the final construction of both Fortress Monroe and its opposite, Fort Calhoun, later renamed Fort Wool. Both forts would later provide great vantage points for the Battle of Hampton Roads but neither played an important part in the action.

Later in the 1830s, Edward Face was sent by the Federal government to Chattahoochee, Florida to build an arsenal for the protection of the ammunition there. Construction of the arsenal began in 1834 and was completed in 1839, by which time it was an impressive walled compound with two external powder magazines. The Apalachicola Arsenal was used as an arms depot during the Second Seminole Indian War (1835-1842).The Apalachicola Arsenal, Chattahoochee, Florida, exploresouthernhistoyr.com

William H. Face married Sarah E. Dunbar on April 10, 1850. His brother, Edward Webster Face (1829–1907), Private, Company H, 54th Virginia Militia, CSA, married Sarah Dunbar's sister, Elizabeth Widgeon Dunbar (1831–1913) on March 27, 1851. The brothers, their wives and many of their descendants are buried in Elmwood Cemetery (Norfolk, Virginia).

A cousin, Sgt. Samuel T. Face, Longstreet's Command, Semmes' Brigade, McLaws' Division, 32nd Virginia Infantry, CSA (1843–1862), was killed on the bloodiest day of the American Civil War, September 17, 1862, the second day of the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam) and was buried near the battlefield.

Sources
 Virginia Pilot Association archives
 Newport News, Va. Daily Press archives
 Coski, John M., Capital Navy: The Men, Ships and Operations of the James River Squadron'', (1996), Campbell, CA: Savas Woodbury Publishers
 "The Home Bulletin" of the Hampton, Va. Soldiers Home, July 10, 1886

References

Confederate States Navy commanders
People of Virginia in the American Civil War
Military personnel from Norfolk, Virginia
1827 births
1894 deaths


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City of Cambridge Urges Residents to Recycle, Compost As Part of 'Zero Waste' Initiative
Cambridge residentsand Harvard affiliates milled around the Square during the 2018 Oktoberfest celebration. City officials are pushing locals to recycle and compost more. By Amy Y. Li
By Patricia J. Liu and Leon K. Yang, Crimson Staff Writers
Members of the CambridgeHealth and Environmental Committee discussed the city's progress towards achieving its "Zero Waste" goals as well as efforts to optimize recycling and composting systems at a public hearing Tuesday.
Zero Waste refers to the city's attempts to substantially decrease the amountof discarded material it sends to landfills every year. As part of the inititative, Cambridge officials are asking residents to be more conscious of how they dispose of unwanted items.
"Zero Waste importantly does not mean zero trash, but it does try to bring us to a more sustainable waste diversion and recycling and reduction practice," said Vice Mayor Jan Devereux, who co-chairs the Health and Environmental Committee alongside Councillor Quinton Zondervan.
The Zero Waste program comes as landfill capacity is shrinking in Massachusetts. More and more sites areclosing down — by the end of 2018, seven out of 20 state landfills will be inactive, according to government predictions.
"In 2008, the average household produced 22.8 pounds of trash per week. The goal by 2050 is to reduce that to four pounds per household per week," Devereux said. "That's going to take a combination of strategies, including getting organic food waste out of the trash."
In the first six months since Cambridge began practicing city-wide organic waste collection — a method similar to composting — 1.6 million pounds of organic waste were diverted from landfills, according to Devereux. The program was entirely voluntary and only included households or buildings comprising12 units at maximum. Devereux said the initiative's early success proves thatexpanding the program would "certainly have a significant impact."
As part of another ongoing city effort to promote environmentally responsible wastedisposal, Cambridge officials are teaching Cantabrigians how to recycle. The city now hosts a "Get Rid Of It Right" webpage that allows viewers to look up items they want to throw away by typing into a search bar.The website then provides information on how to correctly dispose of the item.
Some Zero Waste initiatives will aim to reduce waste production itself. Devereux suggested that the Department of Public Works could in future standardize the size of trash cans it provides to locals. If the trash cans are slightly smaller, it may encourage people to decrease their weekly trash output, Devereux said.
Waste reduction practices promoted by the city parallel Harvard's own sustainability initiatives. According to Devereux, waste produced by Harvard and its affiliates is regulated by state laws includingthe Commercial Food Waste Ban of 2014. That ban is meant to decrease the amount of food waste in landfills by "at least 35 percent" by 2020.
On campus, sustainability efforts primarily fall under the purview of Harvard's Office of Sustainability. According to the office's website, "Harvard is focused on operating an efficient campus that incentivizes reuse and minimizes the amount of waste we produce."
That can meandifferent things at different sites across the University. At the Harvard Kennedy School and Dudley House, dining hall patrons are encouraged toreuse plastic "clamshells" to hold their food.When they do, they receive tokens that can be used to help pay for future meals.
Harvard Athletics and the Resource Efficiency Program also recentlycollaborated on an effort to increase rates of recycling at football games.
According to the 2017 Harvard Sustainability Report, trash production per capita at Harvard decreased by 44 percent over the past decade or so, falling from 536 pounds per capita in 2006 to 302 pounds per capita in 2017. Food waste reduction contributes significantly to this number.Harvard University Dining Services, Harvard Law School, and Harvard Business School all began donating their surplus food in that time period.
"Whether we're addressing challenges like energy, waste or health, the partnerships we have with the City of Cambridge, higher education peers like MIT, and leading businesses allow us all to identify shared barriers to change, discuss best practices, and develop solutions that can be widely replicated for greater impact," Heather A. Henriksen, the managing director of Harvard's Office for Sustainability, wrote in an emailed statement.
"It's complicated for sure. It's going to take a lot of creative minds thinking about how we change behavior, how we change the way things are manufactured, how we change attitudes about sending waste away," Devereux said.
—Staff writer Patricia J. Liu can be reached at patricia.liu@thecrimson.com
—Staff writer Leon K. Yang can be reached at leon.yang@thecrimson.com
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This is a wonderful annual festival held outdoors, where you can have a picnic and relax for hours.
It lasts for 3 days. There are many booths for food and various arts and crafts.
One highlight is the sponsorship of young musicians, who attend a nearby "camp"/school in the summer.


TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada will do everything it can to intervene on behalf of a Canadian sentenced to death in China.
Canadian Robert Schellenberg, who is accused of smuggling drugs into China, has been handed a death sentence after a one-day retrial.
"I will say it is of extreme concern to us as a government— as it should be to all our international friends and allies— that China has chosen to begin to arbitrarily apply death penalty as in this case facing a Canadian," Trudeau said at a news conference Monday.
"As a government, we actually strengthened the policy that requires the Canadian government to always intercede on behalf of a Canadian facing the death penalty anywhere in the world. We will continue to do that as we have in this case."
A general view of the Intermediate People's Court of Dalian, where the trial for Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, a Canadian citizen on drug smuggling charges, will be held, in Liaoning province, Jan. 14, 2019.
In December, Chinese state media raised Schellenberg's case, who at that point was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He was originally detained in China in 2014, with a trial that began in 2016. He was sentenced in 2018.
Courts heard an appeal of that conviction on Dec. 29, 2018, and ordered a retrial for Monday, raising the possibility of a harsher sentence.
Schellenberg was again found guilty of taking part in an international drug-smuggling ring, according to the Wall Street Journal. Drug smuggling is an offence punishable by death in China.
An expert on the Chinese legal system told the National Post that it appears China had raised Schellenberg's case to pressure Canada to release previously detained Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.
"China has moved from merely detaining Canadians as hostages to actually threatening — subtly, to be sure — to kill a Canadian who would otherwise not have been executed if it does not get what it wants," Donald Clarke said.