#Stephane Leonard

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Book review

The best is Chapter 20 ALICE'S AIRPLANE, OR THE LAST VISIBLE PROPELLER - it tells us about why we think electron or elementary particles are so small, when infact they can be as big as the horizon of the black hole.

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Opera videos that are 10/10 to me

Some recordings I've seen that I personally think are perfect and amazing, listed for your convenience, in chronological order. I have posted about most of these before and probably will again.

Händel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto (1724), Glyndebourne 2005

The opera: It's Julius Caesar in Egypt. Someone loses his head, Cleopatra seduces a guy, her brother is king but not very good at it. This opera is 4 hours long and a lot of stuff happens.

The video: Beautiful choreographies, strange meditations on British colonialism and gender, great costumes too. Lots of stage blood.

Notable singers: Danielle De Niese, Christophe Dumaux

Official link: Glyndebourne Encore, there's also a low res version on medici.tv, there's also a 2013 revival on Met on Demand.

Mozart, Don Giovanni (1787), Festival Aix-en-Provence 2017

The opera: The bad man gets punished. It's Don Juan.

The video: A minimalist, "Brechtian" production. The acting is excellent, the costumes and gestures are very effective, everyone involved is super hot. The camerawork is the best I've seen.

Notable singers: Nahuel di Pierro, Isabel Leonard

Official link: medici.tv, it used to be on Youtube but alas.

Rossini, Le Comte Ory (1828), Metropolitan Opera 2011

The opera: It's a fun farce about a youth who tries to seduce a countess and ends up in a threesome. Peak Rossini.

The video: A very Disney-esque production with simple sets and fairytale costumes, excellent acting, wonderful all around.

Notable singers: Juan Diego Florez, Diana Damrau, Michele Pertusi, Stephane Degout, Joyce DiDonato (yes, all of them)

Official link: Met Opera on Demand

Gounod, Faust (1859), Metropolitan Opera 2011

The opera: A very simplified version of Goethe's tragedy Faust, a scholar makes a deal with the devil, seduces a girl, then regrets it.

The video: Instead of a 16th century devil, the seducer here is 20th century science. Basically Faust is a scientist who works for the military, his work haunts him and kills everyone he loves. The video itself is serviceable, I just really like the concept.

Notable singers: Jonas Kaufmann, Rene Pape

Official link: Met Opera on Demand

Verdi, Don Carlos (1867), Paris 1996

The opera: Based on Schiller's tragedy Don Carlos, it's about a crown prince who is very bad at his job and in love triangles with literally every other character. Heart-rendingly sad. I love it.

The video: This is pure eye candy, everything is unbelievably aesthetic and well shot, the gestures are fantastic, there's a lot of stage blood at one point. Mildly 90s camp but in a good way.

Notable singers: Thomas Hampson, Roberto Alagna, Waltraud Meier

Official link: medici.tv

* Mostly based on whether I think the opera and production and video (and audio) are good. Very much my personal taste; I'm not an expert. I'm linking to official (paid) ways to watch them, all of them can also be found on the internet in various places, but the subtitle situation might be dire. Enjoy responsibly.

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Volumes 1-10 of Kekkai Sensen now digitally available!

I can’t believe I’m doing this, but hell hath frozen over.  The first ten volumes of Kekkai Sensen are available via the Darkhorse Digital Comics shop. 

I started writing meta about it complaining that they were out of print and not digital - lo and behold they are all there.

You can tell that Darkhorse doesn’t give a damn about the series since they just started stealth dropping it in the webshop with no warning nor logical release dates.  It went, 1 & 2.  Then 3.  4 through 6.  Suddenly, 7 all the way to 10.

The translation is overall meh, and you have to read a lot of typos and weird choices for names.  7 volumes of Leonard Watch.  Steven starts out at Stephan, then Stephen to finally Steven - says ‘oui’ in volume 1 which is unclear if it was in the original or just their vibe.  You don’t get a consistent city name of Hellsalem’s Lot even when it is in the background on signs! And the frolicking of Steven.  Be prepared for a rough read, but if you want to have it and kick a few bucks to Yasuhiro Nightow, than go forth and buy it. 

Darkhorse - you are welcome for the free publicity - but unless you do another physical print run of this series, I am not playing over $20 for a single USED volume of this manga.

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What I read in 2022

A little late. 2023 to follow soon.

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Ying Shih Yü, Chinese History and Culture, Volume 1

Yuen Yuen Ang, China’s Gilded Age

Lucia Berlin, A Manual for Cleaning Women

Stephan Körner, Kant

Alexander Herzen, My Past and Thoughts, Vol 5

Leonard Susskind & George Hrabovsky, Classical Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum

Frank Dikotter, Mao’s Great Famine

Alexander Herzen, My Past and Thoughts, Vol 6

George Orwell, 動物農莊（港豬版）

Tom Hopkins, Sales Prospecting for Dummies

Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

Paul Gilroy, There Ain’t No Black in the Union Jack

Kenn Amdahl, There Are No Electrons

Gianfranco Poggi, The Development of the Modern State

Ehrhard Bahr & Ruth Goldschmidt Kunzer, Georg Lukacs

Gianfranco Poggi, Forms of Power

Thomas Gordon, Parental Effectiveness Training

Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

James Fok, Financial Cold War

Angela Carter, The New Eve

Elizabeth Strout, My Name is Lucy Barton

Ying Shih Yü, Chinese History and Culture, Volume 2

Bill Hayton, The Invention of China

Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji

Hannah Arendt, The Life of the Mind

林匡正, 香港足球史

Karl Ulrich & Lele Sang, Winning in China

Harry Morgan, Sunny Places for Shady People

Elizabeth Strout, Amy and Isabelle

Naomi Standen (ed), Demystifying China

Angela Carter, Wise Children

Elizabeth Strout, The Burgess Boys

John Gribbin, Get a Grip on Physics

Chris Waring, An Equation for Every Occasion

Hannah Arendt, The Human Condition

Mary McCarthy, Birds of America

Mary McCarthy, The Company She Keeps

Lisa Taddeo, Three Women

Hon Lai-chiu, The Kite Family

Jim Breithaupt, Physics

John Gribbin, Seven Pillars of Science

John Gribbin, Six Impossible Things

Barry Lopez, Horizon

Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kittridge

Elizabeth Strout, Anything is Possible

Elizabeth Strout, Oh William!

Mike Goldsmith, Waves

Monica Ali, Untold Story

Catherine Merridale, Ivan’s War

Jessica Andrews, Saltwater

Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature

AM Homes, May We Be Forgiven

Gaia Vince, Adventures in the Anthropocene

Ho-fung Hung, City on the Edge

Richard Feynman, QED

Fredric Raichlen, Waves

Angela Carter, The Magic Toyshop

Karen Cheung, The Impossible City

Adam Tooze, The Deluge

Celeste Ng, Everything I Never Told You

Sean Carroll, The Biggest Ideas in the Universe

Louisa Lim, The Indelible City

Gavin Pretor-Pinney, The Wave Watcher’s Companion

Adam Tooze, The Wages of Destruction

Adam Tooze, Shutdown

Annie Ernaux, A Frozen Woman

Ursula Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven

Virgina Woolf, The Waves

Ursula Le Guin, Tehanu

Ursula Le Guin, The Telling

Gaia Vince, Nomad Century

Janna Levin, How the Universe Got Its Spots

Lara Alcock, Mathematics Rebooted

Donella Meadows, Thinking in Systems

Emily St John Mandel, The Glass Hotel

Anon, 伊索傳 & 驢仔

Elizabeth Kolbert, Under a White Sky

Emily St John Mandel, Station Eleven

Gary Gerstle, The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order

Bruno Mansoulié, All Of Physics (Almost) In 15 Equations

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'...On Friday night, inside the 2,000-seat Arlington Theater, which was sold out, the fest celebrated Robert Downey Jr. with its Maltin Modern Master Award, which is named after the film critic/historian Leonard Maltin. Maltin moderated a brisk career retrospective conversation with the Oppenheimer best supporting actor Oscar nominee, who charmed the audience with his self-deprecating humor and imitations of everyone from Richard Attenborough to his late father Robert Downey Sr., prior to Downey’s costar Cillian Murphy presenting him with the award itself...

Murphy, who was introduced to a huge ovation, told the crowd: “I’ve never worked with or met anyone like Robert Downey Jr., truly. Aside from his staggering talent and his otherworldly range, he has managed to awe us with both his character and his leading man performances, his searing dramatic performances and his gut-busting comedic performances, he’s taken on and triumphed in every imaginable kind of role… It’s just mind-bending what this man his done. In my opinion, he is the most versatile actor of his generation, most likely of many generations… Robert works incredibly hard to make it look so easy, as all the great ones do. But he’s not just a great actor, he’s a kind of a unicorn, because he’s a great actor who has also risen to the level of superstardom that few of us can comprehend. I think that is because he is one of the kindest, funniest, most generous actors I have ever worked with, and all of that comes out on the screen. You see it in every single performance.””

On Saturday night, TCM host Dave Karger, for the 14th consecutive year, emceed the fest’s Virtuosos Award evening, a celebration of performers who achieved breakthroughs over the past year, which was another Arlington Theatre sell-out...

...Karger introduced six of the eight pre-announced honorees for brief individual interviews: Barbie best supporting actress Oscar nominee America Ferrera, All of Us Strangers lead actor Andrew Scott, May December supporting actor Charles Melton, The Holdovers best supporting actress Oscar nominee Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Past Lives lead actress Greta Lee and Killers of the Flower Moon best actress Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone — Rustin best actor Oscar nominee Colman Domingo and The Color Purple best supporting actress Oscar nominee Danielle Brooks had to pull out of the event due to filming obligations — noting that, by happenstance, all were performers of color and/or members of the LGBTQ community. He cracked, “In other words, you are not going to see one straight white person on stage all night long.”...

Scott discussed how meaningful it was for him to show All of Us Strangers, which depicts a same-sex relationship, in his native Ireland, where it used to be illegal for men to hold hands...

On Sunday...Jazz Tangcay moderated the Variety Artisans Award tribute to a host of Oscar nominees: Barbie songwriters Billie Eilish and Finneas (the siblings behind “What Was I Made For?” were certainly the main draw), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 VFX supervisor Stephane Ceretti, Oppenheimer composer Ludwig Göransson, Barbie production designer Sarah Greenwood and set decorator Katie Spencer, Maestro hairstyling/makeup artist Kazu Hiro, Oppenheimer film editor Jennifer Lame, Killers of the Flower Moon cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse sound re-recording mixer Michael Semanick and Poor Things costume designer Holly Waddington...'

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From January 8th to January 12th, 2024

08-01-2024

M:I:5 “Maßstab 1-5”; SWEET BABOO “I'm A Dancer/Songs About Sleepin'”; VARIOUS ARTISTS “Prison Songs Vol. 1: Murderous Home”; AMON TOBIN “Permutation”; CRAIG ARMSTRONG “As If To Nothing”; PINK FLOYD “The Wall”; SPARKS “Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins”; NIGEL KENNEDY “Kafka”; EUROS CHILDS “Situation Comedy”; SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE McGHEE “Walk On”

09-01-2024

PRIMAL SCREAM “Evil Heat”; LINDA RONSTADT “Heart Like A Wheel”; VARIOUS ARTISTS “Prison Songs Vol. 2: Don'tcha Hear Poor Mother Calling”; LADY GAGA “Chromatica”; TEENAGE FANCLUB “Shadows”; EUROS CHILDS “Bore Da”; GUIDED BY VOICES “Tonics & Twisted Chasers”; MAGIC SAM “All Your Love”; B.B. KING “Blues Is King”; ISOLEE “Rest”; VARIOUS ARTISTS “Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes #5”; GIORGIO MORODER “Midnight Express Original Soundtrack”

10-01-2024

LEONARD COHEN “Ten New Songs”; GEORGE HARRISON “Wonderwall Music”; LINDISFARNE “Lindisfarne Live”; STAN ROGERS “Turnaround”; LEON ROSSELSON with MARTIN CARTHY & ROY BAILEY “The World Is Hugga Mugga Chugga Lugga”; DR. DRE “The Chronic”; BLIND BOY FULLER “Heart Ease Blues”; R.E.M. “Reveal”; SLEATER-KINNEY “The Hot Rock”; MOTHER LOVE BONE “Apple”

11-01-2024

THE ROLLING STONES “Tattoo You”; STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES “Exit 0”; SPARKS “Hello Young Lovers”; BILLIE EILISH “When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go?”; UNION “Union”; DJANGO REINHARDT & STEPHANE GRAPPELLI “Le Quintette Du Hot Club De France”; ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN “Evergreen”; VARIOUS ARTISTS “Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes #7”; BIG MACEO “Worried Life Blues”; DREAM THEATER “Images & Words”; BRITNEY SPEARS “Glory”; WAR BABIES “War Babies”; WHODINI “Bag A Trix”; ZERO 7 “The Garden”; EUROS CHILDS “The Miracle Inn”; LEON ROSSELSON “Bringing The News From Nowhere”

12-01-2024

SPARKS “Whomp That Sucker”; SPARKS “Pulling Rabbits Out Of A Hat”; GUIDED BY VOICES “Bee Thousand”; TOMMY PEOPLES & PAUL BRADY “The High Part Of The Road”

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Holidays 12.27

Holidays

Bitchmas

Constitution Day (North Korea)

Emergency Rescuer’s Day (Russia)

Howdy Doody Day

International Day of Epidemic Preparedness

International Random Song Day

Kobold Luring Day (Germany)

LEGO Build Day

Make Cut Out Snowflakes Day

Modern Medicine Day

National Abigail Day

National Case Day

National Free Balloon Day

National Goal Writing Day

National Martha Day

National Samuel Day

Radio City Music Hall Day

Sam Sharpe Day (Jamaica)

Third Day of Christmas

Topsoil Day (French Republic)

Visit the Zoo Day

Visual Impairment Awareness Day

Watch the Children Day

World Day of Forced Hijab

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Fruitcake Day

4th & Last Wednesday in December

Gimlet Day [Last Wednesday]

Independence Days

Urielandia (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Benazir Bhutto Martyrdom Day (Pakistan)

Calli (House) Day (Aztec day for all things hearth, home & family)

Fabiola (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Marimba (Goddess of Musical Happiness; South Africa)

Festival of Nehebkau (Ancient Egypt)

Feast of Fools, Day 2 (St. John's Day)

Francesco Spoto (Christian; Blessed)

Frey and Freya’s Day (Pagan)

Haller (Positivist; Saint)

Hermann-Paul (Artology)

John the Apostle (a.k.a. John the Divine; Christian; Saint)

Kwanzaa, Day 2: Kuichagulia (Self-Determination)

Loki Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Louis Héctor Leroux (Artology)

Maximus of Alexandria, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Mother Night (Pagan)

Nicarete (Christian; Saint)

Only 5 Pasta Eating Days Left (Pastafarian)

Pauline and Homer (Muppetism)

Sára Salkaházi (Christian; Blessed)

Theodorus and Theophanes (Christian; Saint)

3rd Day of Noodlemas (Pastafarian)

Twelve Holy Days #2 (Taurus, the throat; Esoteric Christianity)

Twelvetide, Day #3; Feast of St. John the Apostle (a.k.a. the Twelve Days of Christmas or Christmastide) [until 1.5]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

Alice the Lumberjack (Disney Cartoon; 1926)

The Bars and Stripes Forever (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 9; 1959)

Ben 10 (Animated TV Series; 2005)

Chicago (Film; 2002)

Fried Green Tomatoes (Film; 1991)

From A Whisper to a Scream, by Elvis Costello (Song; 1981)

Hamlet (Film; 1996)

Hello Out There! Or There’s No Place Like Space (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 10; 1959)

Hopalong Cassidy (Radio Series; 1948)

Howdy Doody Show (Children’s TV Series; 1947)

Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll (Poem; 1871)

John Wesley Harding, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1967)

Knots Landing (TV Series; 1979)

The Littlest Rebel (Film; 1935)

Naked Lunch (Film; 1991)

POne Mint Julep, recorded by Ray Charles (Song; 1960)

Pantry Pirate (Disney Cartoon; 1940)

The People vs. Larry Flynt (Film; 1996)

Radio City Music Hall (NYC Theater; 1932)

Show Boat (Broadway Musical; 1927)

Songs of Leonard Cohen, by Leonard Cohen (Album; 1967)

Through the Looking-Glass, by Lewis Carroll (Novel; 1871)

Traffic (Film; 2000)

The Virgin and the Gipsy, by D.H. Lawrence (Novella; 1930)

Today’s Name Days

Fabiola (Austria)

Stanimir, Stanka, Stanko, Stefan, Stefka, Stoycho (Bulgaria)

Ivan, Ivana, Ivančica (Croatia)

Žaneta (Czech Republic)

Johannes (Denmark)

Sula, Sulve, Sulvi (Estonia)

Hannes, Hannu, Hans (Finland)

Fabiola, Jean (France)

Fabiola,, Johannes (Germany)

Mavrikios, Stefanos, Stephanos (Greece)

János (Hungary)

Giovanni (Italy)

Elmārs, Helmars, Inita (Latvia)

Dautaras, Fabijolė, Gedvinė (Lithuania)

Narve, Natalie (Norway)

Cezary, Fabia, Fabiola, Jan, Radomysł (Poland)

Stefan (Romania)

Filoména (Slovakia)

Fabiola, Juan (Spain)

Johan, Johannes (Sweden)

Stephan, Steven (Ukraine)

Adwin, Alvern, Alverna, Alvin, Alvina, Alwin, Elvin, Elvina, Elvira, Elvita, Elwin (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 361 of 2024; 4 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 52 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 2 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Jia-Zi), Day 15 (Ji-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 15 Teveth 5784

Islamic: 14 Jumada II 1445

J Cal: 1 Fest; Oneday [1 of 5]

Julian: 14 December 2023

Moon: 99%: Warning Gibbous

Positivist: 25 Bichat (13th Month) [Haller]

Runic Half Month: Eihwaz or Eoh (Yew Tree) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 7 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 6 of 31)

Calendar Changes

Fest (Extra Month; J Calendar) [Holidaytime]

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Holidays 12.27

Holidays

Bitchmas

Constitution Day (North Korea)

Emergency Rescuer’s Day (Russia)

Howdy Doody Day

International Day of Epidemic Preparedness

International Random Song Day

Kobold Luring Day (Germany)

LEGO Build Day

Make Cut Out Snowflakes Day

Modern Medicine Day

National Abigail Day

National Case Day

National Free Balloon Day

National Goal Writing Day

National Martha Day

National Samuel Day

Radio City Music Hall Day

Sam Sharpe Day (Jamaica)

Third Day of Christmas

Topsoil Day (French Republic)

Visit the Zoo Day

Visual Impairment Awareness Day

Watch the Children Day

World Day of Forced Hijab

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Fruitcake Day

4th & Last Wednesday in December

Gimlet Day [Last Wednesday]

Independence Days

Urielandia (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Benazir Bhutto Martyrdom Day (Pakistan)

Calli (House) Day (Aztec day for all things hearth, home & family)

Fabiola (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Marimba (Goddess of Musical Happiness; South Africa)

Festival of Nehebkau (Ancient Egypt)

Feast of Fools, Day 2 (St. John's Day)

Francesco Spoto (Christian; Blessed)

Frey and Freya’s Day (Pagan)

Haller (Positivist; Saint)

Hermann-Paul (Artology)

John the Apostle (a.k.a. John the Divine; Christian; Saint)

Kwanzaa, Day 2: Kuichagulia (Self-Determination)

Loki Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Louis Héctor Leroux (Artology)

Maximus of Alexandria, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Mother Night (Pagan)

Nicarete (Christian; Saint)

Only 5 Pasta Eating Days Left (Pastafarian)

Pauline and Homer (Muppetism)

Sára Salkaházi (Christian; Blessed)

Theodorus and Theophanes (Christian; Saint)

3rd Day of Noodlemas (Pastafarian)

Twelve Holy Days #2 (Taurus, the throat; Esoteric Christianity)

Twelvetide, Day #3; Feast of St. John the Apostle (a.k.a. the Twelve Days of Christmas or Christmastide) [until 1.5]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

Alice the Lumberjack (Disney Cartoon; 1926)

The Bars and Stripes Forever (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 9; 1959)

Ben 10 (Animated TV Series; 2005)

Chicago (Film; 2002)

Fried Green Tomatoes (Film; 1991)

From A Whisper to a Scream, by Elvis Costello (Song; 1981)

Hamlet (Film; 1996)

Hello Out There! Or There’s No Place Like Space (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 10; 1959)

Hopalong Cassidy (Radio Series; 1948)

Howdy Doody Show (Children’s TV Series; 1947)

Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll (Poem; 1871)

John Wesley Harding, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1967)

Knots Landing (TV Series; 1979)

The Littlest Rebel (Film; 1935)

Naked Lunch (Film; 1991)

POne Mint Julep, recorded by Ray Charles (Song; 1960)

Pantry Pirate (Disney Cartoon; 1940)

The People vs. Larry Flynt (Film; 1996)

Radio City Music Hall (NYC Theater; 1932)

Show Boat (Broadway Musical; 1927)

Songs of Leonard Cohen, by Leonard Cohen (Album; 1967)

Through the Looking-Glass, by Lewis Carroll (Novel; 1871)

Traffic (Film; 2000)

The Virgin and the Gipsy, by D.H. Lawrence (Novella; 1930)

Today’s Name Days

Fabiola (Austria)

Stanimir, Stanka, Stanko, Stefan, Stefka, Stoycho (Bulgaria)

Ivan, Ivana, Ivančica (Croatia)

Žaneta (Czech Republic)

Johannes (Denmark)

Sula, Sulve, Sulvi (Estonia)

Hannes, Hannu, Hans (Finland)

Fabiola, Jean (France)

Fabiola,, Johannes (Germany)

Mavrikios, Stefanos, Stephanos (Greece)

János (Hungary)

Giovanni (Italy)

Elmārs, Helmars, Inita (Latvia)

Dautaras, Fabijolė, Gedvinė (Lithuania)

Narve, Natalie (Norway)

Cezary, Fabia, Fabiola, Jan, Radomysł (Poland)

Stefan (Romania)

Filoména (Slovakia)

Fabiola, Juan (Spain)

Johan, Johannes (Sweden)

Stephan, Steven (Ukraine)

Adwin, Alvern, Alverna, Alvin, Alvina, Alwin, Elvin, Elvina, Elvira, Elvita, Elwin (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 361 of 2024; 4 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 52 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 2 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Jia-Zi), Day 15 (Ji-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 15 Teveth 5784

Islamic: 14 Jumada II 1445

J Cal: 1 Fest; Oneday [1 of 5]

Julian: 14 December 2023

Moon: 99%: Warning Gibbous

Positivist: 25 Bichat (13th Month) [Haller]

Runic Half Month: Eihwaz or Eoh (Yew Tree) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 7 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 6 of 31)

Calendar Changes

Fest (Extra Month; J Calendar) [Holidaytime]

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people of all time for us: leonard cohen. anthony bourdain. fiona apple. andrew bird. rory ferreira. david byrne. phil elverum. thelonious monk. david sylvian. wallace stevens. alice coltrane. mary lou williams. ella fitzgerald. harold arlen. theodore roethke. django reinhardt. stephane grappelli. anne carson. james blake. mark rothko. marcel duchamp. rené magritte. man ray. hilma af klint. chaïm soutine. vincent van gogh. gerhardt richter. yves tanguy. freddy mercury. wassily kandinsky. etc

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GreytoGreen® | Entwickeln und Umsetzen von nachhaltigen Gebäuden, Quartieren und deren Freianlagen from Format Fröhlich Filmproduktion on Vimeo.

Mit der SSP-Methode „GreytoGreen“ setzen wir die Nachhaltigkeitsprinzipien Effizienz, Konsistenz und Suffizienz in den Fokus.

Von besonderer Bedeutung sind dabei die Nutzung grauer sowie die Integration erneuerbarer Energien, um Bestands-Transformationsprojekte klimaneutral auszurichten, sowie die Förderung von Klimaresilienz und Biodiversität mit Hilfe intensiver Entsiegelung und Begrünung.

Diese Kernpunkte lassen sich mit integraler Planung, Interdisziplinarität und methodisch-wissenschaftlich fundiertem Vorgehen gemeinsam mit allen Planungsbeteiligten erfolgreich entwickeln und umsetzen.

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Dieser Film wurde produziert von Format Fröhlich Filmproduktion.

Produzent / Creative Direction / Regie: Stephan Fröhlich Kamera (DoP): Stephan Fröhlich (stephanfroehlich.de) Oberbeleuchter: Florian Wessels Tonmeister: Leonard Blasing Making Of: Gerrit Fröhlich

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Experience the Enchantment of Herald K's "Echo's Song" [embed]https://open.spotify.com/album/7sfWzGaaqXZg1lbE1cko5x?si=V5UTgK1RTWeHWHTEByVdsw[/embed] Herald K is a Norwegian singer-songwriter based in Vienna, whose music blends the sounds of Americana with classic artists like Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. His debut album "Strange Delights" was released in 2019, with assistance from some of Vienna's best instrumentalists such as Stephan Steiner and Katie Kern and also produced by Jürgen Plank. The album was met with great acclaim worldwide, and Herald K even partnered with Leena Koppe, a cinematographer, to create a video for his song called "The Light Of Your Eyes". By combining classic sounds with his own personal touch, Herald K has made an album that speaks to both the old souls and the modern romantics. Herald K's 'Echo's Song' is a stunning alt-folk piece that will charm any ear. With its acoustic-driven indie folk instrumentation and lush, dreamy qualities, it is sure to enchant listeners looking for something new and different. The song is written to tell the ancient story of Echo and Narcissus, but with particular emphasis on Echo's point of view. It is sung as a duet between the artist and Lina Louise. The track is the fourth release of Herald K's 'Mythologies' project, a showcase of unique and curious sounds. The music on 'Echo's Song' is simply gorgeous, providing a truly immersive experience. It is beautifully arranged, with the guitars and piano weaving together a vivid sonic world. The nyckelharpa gives the track an ethereal feel and the gentle percussive elements keeps the entire composition grounded in a dreamy reality. There is a true sense of the ancient tale being told in each bar and the emotion behind the track is truly captivating. Herald K's 'Echo's Song' is an exquisite piece of art that brings to life the story of Echo and Narcissus. With its lush folk-inspired soundscapes and delicate instrumentation, it is an absolute must listen. It's a dreamy, unforgettable track that will leave listeners hoping for more from the Mythologies project. Follow Herald K on Website, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram.

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Common Nicknames in English

This chart shows the nicknames for common given names. You need to be careful, however. Do not call someone by their nickname, unless that is what they tell you to do! Also, the 'nickname' below is sometimes the person's real name. If you call a person "Jack," that does not always mean that his real name is "John"; his parents might have given him the name "Jack" when he was born!

Also, names ending in "y" or "ie" are often used by children, but they use the shorter, more "adult" version of the nickname when they grow up.

Once you have studied these, try the The Nickname Game! (When there are several nicknames, only the first one is used in the same.)

Male

Albert Al

Andrew Andy

Anthony Tony

Arthur Art, Arty

Bernard Bernie, Bern

Charles Charlie, Chuck

Christopher Chris

Daniel Dan, Danny

Donald Don

Edward Ed, Eddie

Eugene Gene

Francis Frank, Fran

Frederick Fred, Freddy

Henry Hank

Irving Irv

James Jim, Jimmy

Joseph Joe

John Jack, Jacky

Lawrence Larry

Leonard Leo

Nathan Nat, Nate

Nicholas Nick

Patrick Pat

Peter Pete

Raymond Ray

Richard Dick, Rick

Robert Bob, Bobby, Rob

Ronald Ron, Ronny

Russell Russ

Samuel Sam, Sammy

Stephan Steve

Stuart Stu

Theodore Ted, Teddy

Thomas Tom, Thom, Tommy

Timothy Tim, Timmy

Walter Walt, Wally

William Bill, Billy, Will, Willy

Female

Amanda Mandy

Catherine Cathy. Cath

Christine Chris, Chrissy

Cynthia Cindy, Cynth

Deborah Deb, Debbie

Elizabeth Betty, Beth, Liz, Bess

Florence Flo

Frances Fran, Francie

Janet Jan

Katherine Kathy, Kate

Janice Jan

Nancy Nan

Pamela Pam

Patricia Pat

Roberta Bobbie

Sophia Sophie

Susan Sue, Suzie

Teresa Terry

Valerie Val

Veronica Ronnie

Yvonne Vonna

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kinda feel bad for dark horse bc everyone on earth took one look at the official names and said nah

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Diana Gartner for Leonard RTW SS 1999

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This season’s Premieres have all been awesome.

Flash had a great opening, with a superior acting from all actors this year, and an engaging plot. (plus the thinker)

Arrow pretty much dropped us into the new mess, explaining the story via flashbacks (I’m hoping we’ll run out of them by midseason) and had a pretty down-to-earth plot this year.

and Legends... well Legends is without a debate the best of that bunch. Seriously, I missed those people’s antics. fanfiction just doesn’t cut it sometimes lmao (+ here’s hoping we get real len again this year)