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FAR SPORTS JUNE
Racewalker Veli-Matti (Aku) Partanen, 20, set a new Finnish record in the 10-Km road walk of 58 minutes 38 seconds at the Annual Taabori Olympic Walks at Hyrylä on April 14. The old record by past World 50K Champ Valentin Kononen was 21 seconds slower. In the women’s 10K Anne Halkivaha scoreed a personal best of 46:35, the 4th fastest ever by a Finnish woman. Two young walkers Aleksi Ojala and Eemeli Kiiski sliced under an hour and a half for the first time in the 20K, finishing in 1:29:16 and 1:29:41
Jussi Utriainen qualified for the Olympic B Standard of 2:16:34 at the Rotterdam Marathon on April 15. to place 19th.. Fellow Finn Marten Boström ran it in 2:21::03. Winner was Yemane Adhene of Ethiopia in a PB of 2:04:48.
Finnish hurdler Emma Millard won a 400m hurdles race at Conway, North Carolina in a Finnish season’s best of 1:00.57 to that point. Ville Wendelin was 4th in the men’s 200m run in 21.92 seconds, also a Finnish season’s best. Winner was Cornelius Tyler of Charleston Southern University in 21:10. Meanwhile, at the Mount Sac Relays in Walnut, CA on April 17, Mira Tuominen of Valkeakoski was 19th in the women’s 10,000m run with a Finnish season’s best of 35:42:42, with winner Kara Millhouse of Penn State running it in 3:31:57. Janica Mäkelä was 13th in the A division of the women’s steeplechase in 10:51.87. In the men’s 3000m Steeple, Joonas Harjamäki was 18th with a Finnish season’s best of 8:58.33. Harjamäki was 3rd in the 1500-meter run at the Brutus Hamilton meet at Berkeley, CA on April 28 in 3:54.67, another Finnish season’s best so far.
Matti Kinnunen, wrestling in the 60Kg division at the European Championships at Sofia, Bulgaria guaranteed himself a spot on the Olympic team with three wins in a tourney ending on April 21. Matti wrestles for the Imatra Power Twisters. .
Jarkko Kinnunen gained the Olympic B ranking in the 20K racewalk at Podeprady, Czech, Republic,, finishing second in 1:23:12,,a race won by Slovakia’s Matej Toth in 1:21:54, meeting the A standard. Aku Partanen, fightring hard to qualify for the Olympics in the 20K, was DQed. Kinnunen is already qualified in the 50K at London, his prime distance. In Naumberg, Germany, Anne Halkivaha walked a PR in the women’s 20K to place 6TH in 1:37:15 to make the Olympic B standard.. Winner was Germany’s Sabine Krantz in 1:33:02.
Emma Millard was 4th in the 400m hurdles with an SB of 58.90 at the Steve Scott Invitational at Irvine, CA on April 29, while Annemari Korte was 4th in the 100m hurdles in 13,69. Matti Välimäki was 7th in the men’s 400m in 48:13. Jarkko Järvenpää was 3rd in the 10,000m run at Marberg, Germany on May 6th in 29:08.63, a personal and Finnish season’s top. Winner was Germany’s Philipp Phluger in 28:45:76.
Valtteri Jokinen (60Kg) and Johanna Ylinen (63Kg) have qualified for the Finnish judo Olympic team.
In beach volleyball, Finland;s best, the Nyström twins,, Emilia and Erika, had their greatest career victory on May 9 in Beijing. They defeated the world’s all-time best team, USA’s Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, 15-21, 21-17, 16-14. The American team holds two Olympic and three World Championship golds.
At this writing, the World Men’s Hockey Championships have just gotten underway. in Helsinki and Stockholm. Defending champion Finland had a couple of worrisome starts, defeating Slovakia and Belarus by 1-0 scores. Great on defense but with top teams looming ahead they need a more vigorous offense. Fortunately, in their third game Finland dumped Switzerland, 5-2. Here in North America the Stanley Cup playoffs are well underway. Stay tuned. .
30 Kasım 2012 Cuma
CONCERT: Kati Schenker's Recital SAT, May 26 at 5 p.m. at CSU-EB
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Dear Friends and Family,
With great pleasure, and a humble, thankful heart, I invite you to my recital. This is the culmination of my four years at CSUEB's fabulous music program, and I offer you a Saturday afternoon filled with a selection of beautiful music, presented together with fantastic guest artists.
It is this coming Saturday, May 26th at 5pm.
The program includes pieces by Berg, Debussy, Dowland, Harbison, Handel, Merikanto, Sallinen, Timmons and more with...
Dr. Jeffrey Sykes, piano
Nicholas Lyon-Wright, guitar
Mark Saccomano, vibraphone and marimba
Reception to follow.
The address is 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd., Hayward, CA 94542.The building is the round MB -Music Building and there-within the Recital Hall, Room 1055
hopefully that is all i had forgotten.. hope to see many of you there!
The event is free (parking costs $5/weekend day or $2/hour), or you may park free of charge at the church lot by Campus Drive, off Highland Boulevard, about 5 min walk. There are also handicap parking places on the lot L and the round music building (MB) driveway.
a link to a map, in case needed: http://www20.csueastbay.edu/about/visitor-information/maps-campus-locations/hayward-campus-map/index.html
Kids are very welcome! (with concert proper etiquette...the performance will be recorded)
Love to see you there!
Kati
P.S. Some of you may have received invite via FB, not knowing which format you check most frequently..here it is again. Also if we are not yet FB friends, please do find me there.. Kindly do not feel offended by multiple invites..just a reminder.. and for those to whom this is the first, it is late, but if you have free time in your schedule, i'd love to be the recipient of it and your important presence.
With great pleasure, and a humble, thankful heart, I invite you to my recital. This is the culmination of my four years at CSUEB's fabulous music program, and I offer you a Saturday afternoon filled with a selection of beautiful music, presented together with fantastic guest artists.
It is this coming Saturday, May 26th at 5pm.
The program includes pieces by Berg, Debussy, Dowland, Harbison, Handel, Merikanto, Sallinen, Timmons and more with...
Dr. Jeffrey Sykes, piano
Nicholas Lyon-Wright, guitar
Mark Saccomano, vibraphone and marimba
Reception to follow.
The address is 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd., Hayward, CA 94542.The building is the round MB -Music Building and there-within the Recital Hall, Room 1055
hopefully that is all i had forgotten.. hope to see many of you there!
The event is free (parking costs $5/weekend day or $2/hour), or you may park free of charge at the church lot by Campus Drive, off Highland Boulevard, about 5 min walk. There are also handicap parking places on the lot L and the round music building (MB) driveway.
a link to a map, in case needed: http://www20.csueastbay.edu/about/visitor-information/maps-campus-locations/hayward-campus-map/index.html
Kids are very welcome! (with concert proper etiquette...the performance will be recorded)
Love to see you there!
Kati
P.S. Some of you may have received invite via FB, not knowing which format you check most frequently..here it is again. Also if we are not yet FB friends, please do find me there.. Kindly do not feel offended by multiple invites..just a reminder.. and for those to whom this is the first, it is late, but if you have free time in your schedule, i'd love to be the recipient of it and your important presence.
FILM: The Greater Circulation ($10) directed by Antero Alli (in attendance) showing Weds, 6/27 @ 7:30 p.m. in downtown Oakland (based on Rilke's "Requiem For a Friend")
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Vertical Pool presents a rare screening of
"THE GREATER CIRCULATION"
A Film by Antero Alli (2005; 93 min. USA)
Based on poet Rainer Maria Rilke's "Requiem For a Friend"
(as translated from the German by Stephen Mitchell)
Wednesday June 27th, 7:30pm
Humanist Hall, 390 27th St (near Broadway) Oakland
$10. admission. Filmmaker in person.
DIRECTOR'S NOTES
I have been living with poet Rainer Maria Rilke's epic lament,"REQUIEM FOR A FRIEND," on and off since 1990 when I first staged it as a narrative for a performance ritual in Seattle. Fourteen years later, I wrote a screenplay incorporating the entire text of "Requiem" within a story about Rilke writing it over three fever-dream nights in a Paris hotel room and how one hundred years later, three women prepare to perform it as avante garde experimental theatre. In the completed film, "The Greater Circulation," the final twenty minutes features the live performance by these women incorporating 'paratheatre' techniques and processes.
Rilke wrote "Requiem" as a tribute to his close friend, the artist Paula Modersohn-Becker, who unexpectedly died eighteen days after birthing her first child. “The Greater Circulation” is a cinematic treatment of Rilke’s prose addressing the central drama of all women torn between sacrificing their lives to their Art or to Motherhood. "The Greater Circulation"
celebrates the visual and theatrical expression of Rilke's epic lament and can be especially appreciated by those familiar with his prose and poetry.
- Antero Alli, director
watch an brief dream sequence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
"Rainer Maria Rilke’s “Requiem for a Friend” is the foundation for this marvelous production of mature emotion and deep wisdom; few films have been able to explore the issues surrounding death with such grace and intelligence." Phil Hall, filmthreat.com (5 stars out of five)
http://www.filmthreat.com/
the movie site (credits, stills, reviews)
http://www.verticalpool.com/
"Requiem for a Friend" (the entire text; Stephen Mitchell, translator)
http://www.paratheatrical.com/
"THE GREATER CIRCULATION"
A Film by Antero Alli (2005; 93 min. USA)
Based on poet Rainer Maria Rilke's "Requiem For a Friend"
(as translated from the German by Stephen Mitchell)
Wednesday June 27th, 7:30pm
Humanist Hall, 390 27th St (near Broadway) Oakland
$10. admission. Filmmaker in person.
DIRECTOR'S NOTES
I have been living with poet Rainer Maria Rilke's epic lament,"REQUIEM FOR A FRIEND," on and off since 1990 when I first staged it as a narrative for a performance ritual in Seattle. Fourteen years later, I wrote a screenplay incorporating the entire text of "Requiem" within a story about Rilke writing it over three fever-dream nights in a Paris hotel room and how one hundred years later, three women prepare to perform it as avante garde experimental theatre. In the completed film, "The Greater Circulation," the final twenty minutes features the live performance by these women incorporating 'paratheatre' techniques and processes.
Rilke wrote "Requiem" as a tribute to his close friend, the artist Paula Modersohn-Becker, who unexpectedly died eighteen days after birthing her first child. “The Greater Circulation” is a cinematic treatment of Rilke’s prose addressing the central drama of all women torn between sacrificing their lives to their Art or to Motherhood. "The Greater Circulation"
celebrates the visual and theatrical expression of Rilke's epic lament and can be especially appreciated by those familiar with his prose and poetry.
- Antero Alli, director
watch an brief dream sequence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
"Rainer Maria Rilke’s “Requiem for a Friend” is the foundation for this marvelous production of mature emotion and deep wisdom; few films have been able to explore the issues surrounding death with such grace and intelligence." Phil Hall, filmthreat.com (5 stars out of five)
http://www.filmthreat.com/
the movie site (credits, stills, reviews)
http://www.verticalpool.com/
"Requiem for a Friend" (the entire text; Stephen Mitchell, translator)
http://www.paratheatrical.com/
LECTURE: The Power of 'Open': Collective Intelligence, Crowdsourcing and Co-Creation - by Tanja Aitamurto FREEThurs 10/18 @ Stanford
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The Power of 'Open': Collective Intelligence, Crowdsourcing and Co-creation - Program on Liberation. liberationtechnology.stanford.eduAbstractThe manifestations of 'open' are permeating the society enabled by the rise of participatory culture and
Tanja Aitamurto
The Power of 'Open': Collective Intelligence, Crowdsourcing and Co-creation - Program on Liberation. liberationtechnology.stanford.eduAbstractThe manifestations of 'open' are permeating the society enabled by the rise of participatory culture and
Pearson's English 4 IT = No URLs, No Web-work!!
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When writing, even freelance, for a company whose size might just rival Rupert Murdoch's one needs to keep both eyes wide open.
Pearson is moving extremely aggressively into digital media - through sites like LiveMocha, ELLIS , LanguageLab and others* and in this world of I-WANT-FREE-FREE-FREE, authors may well soon find themselves with nary a penny if their materials are placed up on these sites without prior financial agreement.
Therefore the digital rights of my work had always been a top priority to lock down - I might blog and share materials for free (because u're my peeps) but writing is part of my income and rent and food must be paid for. We live not in a Utopia.
Before the deep writing really began I expressed my concerns and an agreement was made between the Senior editor and myself that this would be dealt with separately, once the signing contract stage was entered into.
That however, was not the case, when the Pearson contract did eventually land in my inbox... More on this in the next posts on this theme. Because...
I really have to first go backwards.
My baby has indeed been aborted, removed from its "safe" womb, :-(, but I do have to say that there were niggles and complications early on that should have warned me. Things like stalling on providing an advance or a proper contract. And while the issue of e-rights may have been the straw that broke the camel's back in this relationship, the day I absolutely flipped out, demanding my youthful editor be replaced with someone better qualified was when I was suddenly told I couldn't create any activities that would require the students to use their computers or the internet.
Pearson, you see, you know the company which used to be called Longman Pearson - whÃch used to be Longman ...has um, um, um... never... um, um, seen companies featured in their textbooks which have gone bankrupt post print run nor any pop stars who've popped themselves off after being the main highlight of an inane present simple exercise?
We never know what might happen to websites like wikipedia, duck-duck-go, Linkedin!
But that's all irrelevant, to be honest. The "ruling" might have merit in a book aimed at general learners, but
according to the senior editor I complained to (begged for assistance),
(insert a quite proper but patronizing British accent)
while he impatiently swatted away my concern, apparently
English for IT
will be used to learn English by some people who don't have access to computers.
Seriously...
Seriously...
You couldn't make this sheeeeeeet up.
*More on Pearson's digital empire
TechCrunch: Digital Joint Venture Nokia and Pearson
Bookseller: Pearson buys WallStreet Institute
Financial Times: Pearson's digital growth
Telegraph: Keep hold of Pearson as it goes for online expansion
Internet
UN declares access to the internet a human right
When I refer to the editors, in order to protect their digital footprints I am not mentioning their names. As upset as I am I don't want to hurt anyone on a personal level - however the handling of this project was not professional and at the very least some of the posts within this series may well serve as a list of things to watch-out for to those entering the profession of ELT writing.
However, by not mentioning names it also puts me in a slightly difficult position as while I have strong criticisms of some of the editorial team, I also want to be very clear that the series editor of this project is in particular someone I have a deep admiration for and I was very grateful for his red pen which bloodied my textbook's content outline until we reached an agreement and had gotten it "right". Thanks, D.
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| Boy Doll by Misocrazy on flickr |
Pearson is moving extremely aggressively into digital media - through sites like LiveMocha, ELLIS , LanguageLab and others* and in this world of I-WANT-FREE-FREE-FREE, authors may well soon find themselves with nary a penny if their materials are placed up on these sites without prior financial agreement.
Therefore the digital rights of my work had always been a top priority to lock down - I might blog and share materials for free (because u're my peeps) but writing is part of my income and rent and food must be paid for. We live not in a Utopia.
Before the deep writing really began I expressed my concerns and an agreement was made between the Senior editor and myself that this would be dealt with separately, once the signing contract stage was entered into.
That however, was not the case, when the Pearson contract did eventually land in my inbox... More on this in the next posts on this theme. Because...
I really have to first go backwards.
My baby has indeed been aborted, removed from its "safe" womb, :-(, but I do have to say that there were niggles and complications early on that should have warned me. Things like stalling on providing an advance or a proper contract. And while the issue of e-rights may have been the straw that broke the camel's back in this relationship, the day I absolutely flipped out, demanding my youthful editor be replaced with someone better qualified was when I was suddenly told I couldn't create any activities that would require the students to use their computers or the internet.
With the greatest respect, I replied, are you 404?
No URLs, baby, I was told because, see they die.
Apparently once upon a time when they did allow URLs one of these led to a "dodgy" site.
Pearson, you see, you know the company which used to be called Longman Pearson - whÃch used to be Longman ...has um, um, um... never... um, um, seen companies featured in their textbooks which have gone bankrupt post print run nor any pop stars who've popped themselves off after being the main highlight of an inane present simple exercise?
We never know what might happen to websites like wikipedia, duck-duck-go, Linkedin!
But that's all irrelevant, to be honest. The "ruling" might have merit in a book aimed at general learners, but
according to the senior editor I complained to (begged for assistance),
(insert a quite proper but patronizing British accent)
while he impatiently swatted away my concern, apparently
English for IT
will be used to learn English by some people who don't have access to computers.
Seriously...
Seriously...
You couldn't make this sheeeeeeet up.
*More on Pearson's digital empire
TechCrunch: Digital Joint Venture Nokia and Pearson
Bookseller: Pearson buys WallStreet Institute
Financial Times: Pearson's digital growth
Telegraph: Keep hold of Pearson as it goes for online expansion
Internet
UN declares access to the internet a human right
When I refer to the editors, in order to protect their digital footprints I am not mentioning their names. As upset as I am I don't want to hurt anyone on a personal level - however the handling of this project was not professional and at the very least some of the posts within this series may well serve as a list of things to watch-out for to those entering the profession of ELT writing.
However, by not mentioning names it also puts me in a slightly difficult position as while I have strong criticisms of some of the editorial team, I also want to be very clear that the series editor of this project is in particular someone I have a deep admiration for and I was very grateful for his red pen which bloodied my textbook's content outline until we reached an agreement and had gotten it "right". Thanks, D.
29 Kasım 2012 Perşembe
CONCERT of Finnish Fiddlers Kaivama and Arto Jarvela - May 11, 12, 13 - Mountain View, El Cerrito, Berkeley, Sonoma
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KAIVAMA/ARTO JÄRVELÄ SPRING 2012 TOURS
One of Finland’s premier fiddlers, Arto Järvelä has, over the past three decades, been a member of more than ten folk music groups. He's primarily known as founder, second fiddler, composer and arranger of Kaustinen fiddle legends JPP, in action since 1982. Throughout the JPP history, Arto has demonstrated profound talents as a remarkably skilled player and as a gifted composer and multi-instrumentalist.
Finnish-American musicians Sara Pajunen and Jonathan Rundman of the folk duo KAIVAMA grew up in Northwoods cultures of long winters, lakeside saunas, rugged terrain, and solitude. The landscapes of their childhoods echo in the music of their debut album, release in June 2011. Alternately ancient and modern Finnish influences reveal themselves in KAIVAMA's sound: danceable rhythms, joyous melodies, icy whispers, sleek construction, primal drones, and poppy hooks all interplay as Pajunen and Rundman explore the music of their ancestors and create a bridge between a new Finnish-American generation and the time-honored music of their heritage.
Finnish fiddler ARTO JÄRVELÄ and Finnish-American folk duo KAIVAMA tour the Midwest in March and the West Coast in May! (for tour dates, please visit the SHOWS page)
One of Finland’s premier fiddlers, Arto Järvelä has, over the past three decades, been a member of more than ten folk music groups. He's primarily known as founder, second fiddler, composer and arranger of Kaustinen fiddle legends JPP, in action since 1982. Throughout the JPP history, Arto has demonstrated profound talents as a remarkably skilled player and as a gifted composer and multi-instrumentalist.
Arto began his studies at Sibelius Academy Folk Music department and graduated in 1994 as Master of Music. During his studies he adapted new instruments like nyckelharpa (keyed fiddle), mandolin, octave mandolin, kantele and has been seen jamming even with jouhikko (ancient finnish bowed lyre), double bass and brushes!
Lately Arto has been doing a lot of solo gigs playing his fiddle, singöfela, esseharpa (ancient Finnish keyfiddle) and nyckelharpa.
| May 11 | Mountain View House Concert at the home of Daniel Steinberg Reservations required. Info / reservations: email *preferred* Concerts@InstantHarmony.com or phone (650) 947-9669 | Mountain View, CA | 8 pm, $15-20 Kaivama on tour with composer/instrumentalist Arto Järvelä from Finland |
| May 12 | Down Home Music | El Cerrito, CA | 2PM in-store performance Kaivama on tour with composer/instrumentalist Arto Järvelä from Finland |
| May 12 | Fifth Street Farms, Reservations are necessary (to assure you a seat) and made by calling (510) 525-9248 or via email at fifthstfarms@gmail.com | Berkeley, CA | $15-20, 7PM doors, 7:30PM music Kaivama on tour with composer/instrumentalist Arto Järvelä from Finland |
| May 13 | Finnish American Home Association For tickets, please go to http:// | Sonoma, CA | 1PM afternoon show, $20 ($15 for FAHA members) Kaivama on tour with composer/instrumentalist Arto Järvelä from Finland |
Finnish-American musicians Sara Pajunen and Jonathan Rundman of the folk duo KAIVAMA grew up in Northwoods cultures of long winters, lakeside saunas, rugged terrain, and solitude. The landscapes of their childhoods echo in the music of their debut album, release in June 2011. Alternately ancient and modern Finnish influences reveal themselves in KAIVAMA's sound: danceable rhythms, joyous melodies, icy whispers, sleek construction, primal drones, and poppy hooks all interplay as Pajunen and Rundman explore the music of their ancestors and create a bridge between a new Finnish-American generation and the time-honored music of their heritage.
Immediately upon KAIVAMA’s first public appearance, word of the young Minneapolis-based neo-traditionalists reverberated throughout Finnish communities in America and the band began receiving invitations to perform nationwide. Finland’s YLE public radio network requested early KAIVAMA demo recordings for airplay. Audience-member videos of their performances were featured on America’s only Finnish-language TV show, Suomi Kutsuu on WLUC TV6 in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The duo had tapped into an unforeseen demand for fresh, energetic music rooted in the Finnish-American experience.
Siitonen's Sports So Far...(June)
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FAR SPORTS JUNE
Racewalker Veli-Matti (Aku) Partanen, 20, set a new Finnish record in the 10-Km road walk of 58 minutes 38 seconds at the Annual Taabori Olympic Walks at Hyrylä on April 14. The old record by past World 50K Champ Valentin Kononen was 21 seconds slower. In the women’s 10K Anne Halkivaha scoreed a personal best of 46:35, the 4th fastest ever by a Finnish woman. Two young walkers Aleksi Ojala and Eemeli Kiiski sliced under an hour and a half for the first time in the 20K, finishing in 1:29:16 and 1:29:41
Jussi Utriainen qualified for the Olympic B Standard of 2:16:34 at the Rotterdam Marathon on April 15. to place 19th.. Fellow Finn Marten Boström ran it in 2:21::03. Winner was Yemane Adhene of Ethiopia in a PB of 2:04:48.
Finnish hurdler Emma Millard won a 400m hurdles race at Conway, North Carolina in a Finnish season’s best of 1:00.57 to that point. Ville Wendelin was 4th in the men’s 200m run in 21.92 seconds, also a Finnish season’s best. Winner was Cornelius Tyler of Charleston Southern University in 21:10. Meanwhile, at the Mount Sac Relays in Walnut, CA on April 17, Mira Tuominen of Valkeakoski was 19th in the women’s 10,000m run with a Finnish season’s best of 35:42:42, with winner Kara Millhouse of Penn State running it in 3:31:57. Janica Mäkelä was 13th in the A division of the women’s steeplechase in 10:51.87. In the men’s 3000m Steeple, Joonas Harjamäki was 18th with a Finnish season’s best of 8:58.33. Harjamäki was 3rd in the 1500-meter run at the Brutus Hamilton meet at Berkeley, CA on April 28 in 3:54.67, another Finnish season’s best so far.
Matti Kinnunen, wrestling in the 60Kg division at the European Championships at Sofia, Bulgaria guaranteed himself a spot on the Olympic team with three wins in a tourney ending on April 21. Matti wrestles for the Imatra Power Twisters. .
Jarkko Kinnunen gained the Olympic B ranking in the 20K racewalk at Podeprady, Czech, Republic,, finishing second in 1:23:12,,a race won by Slovakia’s Matej Toth in 1:21:54, meeting the A standard. Aku Partanen, fightring hard to qualify for the Olympics in the 20K, was DQed. Kinnunen is already qualified in the 50K at London, his prime distance. In Naumberg, Germany, Anne Halkivaha walked a PR in the women’s 20K to place 6TH in 1:37:15 to make the Olympic B standard.. Winner was Germany’s Sabine Krantz in 1:33:02.
Emma Millard was 4th in the 400m hurdles with an SB of 58.90 at the Steve Scott Invitational at Irvine, CA on April 29, while Annemari Korte was 4th in the 100m hurdles in 13,69. Matti Välimäki was 7th in the men’s 400m in 48:13. Jarkko Järvenpää was 3rd in the 10,000m run at Marberg, Germany on May 6th in 29:08.63, a personal and Finnish season’s top. Winner was Germany’s Philipp Phluger in 28:45:76.
Valtteri Jokinen (60Kg) and Johanna Ylinen (63Kg) have qualified for the Finnish judo Olympic team.
In beach volleyball, Finland;s best, the Nyström twins,, Emilia and Erika, had their greatest career victory on May 9 in Beijing. They defeated the world’s all-time best team, USA’s Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, 15-21, 21-17, 16-14. The American team holds two Olympic and three World Championship golds.
At this writing, the World Men’s Hockey Championships have just gotten underway. in Helsinki and Stockholm. Defending champion Finland had a couple of worrisome starts, defeating Slovakia and Belarus by 1-0 scores. Great on defense but with top teams looming ahead they need a more vigorous offense. Fortunately, in their third game Finland dumped Switzerland, 5-2. Here in North America the Stanley Cup playoffs are well underway. Stay tuned. .
Racewalker Veli-Matti (Aku) Partanen, 20, set a new Finnish record in the 10-Km road walk of 58 minutes 38 seconds at the Annual Taabori Olympic Walks at Hyrylä on April 14. The old record by past World 50K Champ Valentin Kononen was 21 seconds slower. In the women’s 10K Anne Halkivaha scoreed a personal best of 46:35, the 4th fastest ever by a Finnish woman. Two young walkers Aleksi Ojala and Eemeli Kiiski sliced under an hour and a half for the first time in the 20K, finishing in 1:29:16 and 1:29:41
Jussi Utriainen qualified for the Olympic B Standard of 2:16:34 at the Rotterdam Marathon on April 15. to place 19th.. Fellow Finn Marten Boström ran it in 2:21::03. Winner was Yemane Adhene of Ethiopia in a PB of 2:04:48.
Finnish hurdler Emma Millard won a 400m hurdles race at Conway, North Carolina in a Finnish season’s best of 1:00.57 to that point. Ville Wendelin was 4th in the men’s 200m run in 21.92 seconds, also a Finnish season’s best. Winner was Cornelius Tyler of Charleston Southern University in 21:10. Meanwhile, at the Mount Sac Relays in Walnut, CA on April 17, Mira Tuominen of Valkeakoski was 19th in the women’s 10,000m run with a Finnish season’s best of 35:42:42, with winner Kara Millhouse of Penn State running it in 3:31:57. Janica Mäkelä was 13th in the A division of the women’s steeplechase in 10:51.87. In the men’s 3000m Steeple, Joonas Harjamäki was 18th with a Finnish season’s best of 8:58.33. Harjamäki was 3rd in the 1500-meter run at the Brutus Hamilton meet at Berkeley, CA on April 28 in 3:54.67, another Finnish season’s best so far.
Matti Kinnunen, wrestling in the 60Kg division at the European Championships at Sofia, Bulgaria guaranteed himself a spot on the Olympic team with three wins in a tourney ending on April 21. Matti wrestles for the Imatra Power Twisters. .
Jarkko Kinnunen gained the Olympic B ranking in the 20K racewalk at Podeprady, Czech, Republic,, finishing second in 1:23:12,,a race won by Slovakia’s Matej Toth in 1:21:54, meeting the A standard. Aku Partanen, fightring hard to qualify for the Olympics in the 20K, was DQed. Kinnunen is already qualified in the 50K at London, his prime distance. In Naumberg, Germany, Anne Halkivaha walked a PR in the women’s 20K to place 6TH in 1:37:15 to make the Olympic B standard.. Winner was Germany’s Sabine Krantz in 1:33:02.
Emma Millard was 4th in the 400m hurdles with an SB of 58.90 at the Steve Scott Invitational at Irvine, CA on April 29, while Annemari Korte was 4th in the 100m hurdles in 13,69. Matti Välimäki was 7th in the men’s 400m in 48:13. Jarkko Järvenpää was 3rd in the 10,000m run at Marberg, Germany on May 6th in 29:08.63, a personal and Finnish season’s top. Winner was Germany’s Philipp Phluger in 28:45:76.
Valtteri Jokinen (60Kg) and Johanna Ylinen (63Kg) have qualified for the Finnish judo Olympic team.
In beach volleyball, Finland;s best, the Nyström twins,, Emilia and Erika, had their greatest career victory on May 9 in Beijing. They defeated the world’s all-time best team, USA’s Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, 15-21, 21-17, 16-14. The American team holds two Olympic and three World Championship golds.
At this writing, the World Men’s Hockey Championships have just gotten underway. in Helsinki and Stockholm. Defending champion Finland had a couple of worrisome starts, defeating Slovakia and Belarus by 1-0 scores. Great on defense but with top teams looming ahead they need a more vigorous offense. Fortunately, in their third game Finland dumped Switzerland, 5-2. Here in North America the Stanley Cup playoffs are well underway. Stay tuned. .
CONCERT: Kati Schenker's Recital SAT, May 26 at 5 p.m. at CSU-EB
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Dear Friends and Family,
With great pleasure, and a humble, thankful heart, I invite you to my recital. This is the culmination of my four years at CSUEB's fabulous music program, and I offer you a Saturday afternoon filled with a selection of beautiful music, presented together with fantastic guest artists.
It is this coming Saturday, May 26th at 5pm.
The program includes pieces by Berg, Debussy, Dowland, Harbison, Handel, Merikanto, Sallinen, Timmons and more with...
Dr. Jeffrey Sykes, piano
Nicholas Lyon-Wright, guitar
Mark Saccomano, vibraphone and marimba
Reception to follow.
The address is 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd., Hayward, CA 94542.The building is the round MB -Music Building and there-within the Recital Hall, Room 1055
hopefully that is all i had forgotten.. hope to see many of you there!
The event is free (parking costs $5/weekend day or $2/hour), or you may park free of charge at the church lot by Campus Drive, off Highland Boulevard, about 5 min walk. There are also handicap parking places on the lot L and the round music building (MB) driveway.
a link to a map, in case needed: http://www20.csueastbay.edu/about/visitor-information/maps-campus-locations/hayward-campus-map/index.html
Kids are very welcome! (with concert proper etiquette...the performance will be recorded)
Love to see you there!
Kati
P.S. Some of you may have received invite via FB, not knowing which format you check most frequently..here it is again. Also if we are not yet FB friends, please do find me there.. Kindly do not feel offended by multiple invites..just a reminder.. and for those to whom this is the first, it is late, but if you have free time in your schedule, i'd love to be the recipient of it and your important presence.
With great pleasure, and a humble, thankful heart, I invite you to my recital. This is the culmination of my four years at CSUEB's fabulous music program, and I offer you a Saturday afternoon filled with a selection of beautiful music, presented together with fantastic guest artists.
It is this coming Saturday, May 26th at 5pm.
The program includes pieces by Berg, Debussy, Dowland, Harbison, Handel, Merikanto, Sallinen, Timmons and more with...
Dr. Jeffrey Sykes, piano
Nicholas Lyon-Wright, guitar
Mark Saccomano, vibraphone and marimba
Reception to follow.
The address is 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd., Hayward, CA 94542.The building is the round MB -Music Building and there-within the Recital Hall, Room 1055
hopefully that is all i had forgotten.. hope to see many of you there!
The event is free (parking costs $5/weekend day or $2/hour), or you may park free of charge at the church lot by Campus Drive, off Highland Boulevard, about 5 min walk. There are also handicap parking places on the lot L and the round music building (MB) driveway.
a link to a map, in case needed: http://www20.csueastbay.edu/about/visitor-information/maps-campus-locations/hayward-campus-map/index.html
Kids are very welcome! (with concert proper etiquette...the performance will be recorded)
Love to see you there!
Kati
P.S. Some of you may have received invite via FB, not knowing which format you check most frequently..here it is again. Also if we are not yet FB friends, please do find me there.. Kindly do not feel offended by multiple invites..just a reminder.. and for those to whom this is the first, it is late, but if you have free time in your schedule, i'd love to be the recipient of it and your important presence.
FILM: The Greater Circulation ($10) directed by Antero Alli (in attendance) showing Weds, 6/27 @ 7:30 p.m. in downtown Oakland (based on Rilke's "Requiem For a Friend")
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Vertical Pool presents a rare screening of
"THE GREATER CIRCULATION"
A Film by Antero Alli (2005; 93 min. USA)
Based on poet Rainer Maria Rilke's "Requiem For a Friend"
(as translated from the German by Stephen Mitchell)
Wednesday June 27th, 7:30pm
Humanist Hall, 390 27th St (near Broadway) Oakland
$10. admission. Filmmaker in person.
DIRECTOR'S NOTES
I have been living with poet Rainer Maria Rilke's epic lament,"REQUIEM FOR A FRIEND," on and off since 1990 when I first staged it as a narrative for a performance ritual in Seattle. Fourteen years later, I wrote a screenplay incorporating the entire text of "Requiem" within a story about Rilke writing it over three fever-dream nights in a Paris hotel room and how one hundred years later, three women prepare to perform it as avante garde experimental theatre. In the completed film, "The Greater Circulation," the final twenty minutes features the live performance by these women incorporating 'paratheatre' techniques and processes.
Rilke wrote "Requiem" as a tribute to his close friend, the artist Paula Modersohn-Becker, who unexpectedly died eighteen days after birthing her first child. “The Greater Circulation” is a cinematic treatment of Rilke’s prose addressing the central drama of all women torn between sacrificing their lives to their Art or to Motherhood. "The Greater Circulation"
celebrates the visual and theatrical expression of Rilke's epic lament and can be especially appreciated by those familiar with his prose and poetry.
- Antero Alli, director
watch an brief dream sequence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
"Rainer Maria Rilke’s “Requiem for a Friend” is the foundation for this marvelous production of mature emotion and deep wisdom; few films have been able to explore the issues surrounding death with such grace and intelligence." Phil Hall, filmthreat.com (5 stars out of five)
http://www.filmthreat.com/
the movie site (credits, stills, reviews)
http://www.verticalpool.com/
"Requiem for a Friend" (the entire text; Stephen Mitchell, translator)
http://www.paratheatrical.com/
"THE GREATER CIRCULATION"
A Film by Antero Alli (2005; 93 min. USA)
Based on poet Rainer Maria Rilke's "Requiem For a Friend"
(as translated from the German by Stephen Mitchell)
Wednesday June 27th, 7:30pm
Humanist Hall, 390 27th St (near Broadway) Oakland
$10. admission. Filmmaker in person.
DIRECTOR'S NOTES
I have been living with poet Rainer Maria Rilke's epic lament,"REQUIEM FOR A FRIEND," on and off since 1990 when I first staged it as a narrative for a performance ritual in Seattle. Fourteen years later, I wrote a screenplay incorporating the entire text of "Requiem" within a story about Rilke writing it over three fever-dream nights in a Paris hotel room and how one hundred years later, three women prepare to perform it as avante garde experimental theatre. In the completed film, "The Greater Circulation," the final twenty minutes features the live performance by these women incorporating 'paratheatre' techniques and processes.
Rilke wrote "Requiem" as a tribute to his close friend, the artist Paula Modersohn-Becker, who unexpectedly died eighteen days after birthing her first child. “The Greater Circulation” is a cinematic treatment of Rilke’s prose addressing the central drama of all women torn between sacrificing their lives to their Art or to Motherhood. "The Greater Circulation"
celebrates the visual and theatrical expression of Rilke's epic lament and can be especially appreciated by those familiar with his prose and poetry.
- Antero Alli, director
watch an brief dream sequence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
"Rainer Maria Rilke’s “Requiem for a Friend” is the foundation for this marvelous production of mature emotion and deep wisdom; few films have been able to explore the issues surrounding death with such grace and intelligence." Phil Hall, filmthreat.com (5 stars out of five)
http://www.filmthreat.com/
the movie site (credits, stills, reviews)
http://www.verticalpool.com/
"Requiem for a Friend" (the entire text; Stephen Mitchell, translator)
http://www.paratheatrical.com/
LECTURE: The Power of 'Open': Collective Intelligence, Crowdsourcing and Co-Creation - by Tanja Aitamurto FREEThurs 10/18 @ Stanford
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The Power of 'Open': Collective Intelligence, Crowdsourcing and Co-creation - Program on Liberation. liberationtechnology.stanford.eduAbstractThe manifestations of 'open' are permeating the society enabled by the rise of participatory culture and
Tanja Aitamurto
The Power of 'Open': Collective Intelligence, Crowdsourcing and Co-creation - Program on Liberation. liberationtechnology.stanford.eduAbstractThe manifestations of 'open' are permeating the society enabled by the rise of participatory culture and
28 Kasım 2012 Çarşamba
Ах, Александр Сергеевич, милый .... (с) or Pushkin's Birthday
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Today, on the 6th of June ,we celebrate Alexander Pushkin's birthday. Only lazy one didn't mention it today in his account anywhere. This just proves that Pushkin is indeed "наше в�е" - 'our everything', as we use to call him now, following the phase of some critic.
Indeed, if you ask many interesting and talented professors in Russia 'who is your favourite writer', many of them will say 'Pushkin...', and that is of course not because they didn't read anything else! Pushkin is indeed greatest poet and a real treasure of Russian literature
Let's see why. Let's read the quotations about Pushkin by the writers and critics of his time - here we will find interesting facts about him
При имени Пушкина тотча� о�ен�ет мы�ль о ру��ком национальномпо�те. В �амом деле, никто из по�тов наших не выше его и не может болееназвать�� национальным; �то право решительно принадлежит ему. В нем, как будтов лек�иконе, заключило�ь в�е богат�тво, �ила и гибко�ть нашего �зыка. Он болеев�ех, он далее раздвинул ему границы и более показал в�е его про�тран�тво.Пушкин е�ть �вление чрезвычайное и, может быть, един�твенное �вление ру��когодуха: �то ру��кий человек в его развитии, в каком он, может быть, �вит�� чрездве�ти лет. В нем ру��ка� природа, ру��ка� душа, ру��кий �зык, ру��кий характеротразили�ь в такой же чи�тоте, в такой очищенной кра�оте, в какой отражает��ландшафт на выпуклой поверхно�ти оптиче�кого �текла.
It isdifficult to estimate the contribution of Pushkin in the formation of Russian literatureand Russian language. This is already the undisputed truth, and confirmed by awide variety of studies.
Russianliterature and Russian language is constantly experiencing the impact of thepolitical situation in the country. Depending on who rules a great power, beganto set up their own rules and regulations that speak about how to write or saywhat books will be sold and which will fall under the ban. Language assimilated, feeling the impact of populardialects, as well as European language. Gradually, language and literatureacquired properties of other cultural traditions that took root in Russia, butall were strange.
In addition, the author introduces thelanguage of a large variety of beautiful epithets and metaphors. He imbues hisworks phraseology and expressive epithets, the writer tries his readers not thinkstraight, and try to see the image and beauty of language and words denoting theusual subject and ordinary action. The literary language of Pushkin became aclassic of Russian language, which was later followed by other writers.
ReadingPushkin, you hear his voice. He was the first poet who destroyed the image of aconvention of copyright: in "Ruslan and Lyudmila," "EugeneOnegin", Pushkin speaks to the reader "on an equal footing", asit is between close friends, all grasping at a glance
За�луги Пушкина перед Ро��ией велики и до�тойны народной признательно�ти. Он дал окончательную обработку нашему �зыку, который теперь по �воему богат�тву, �иле, логике и кра�оте формы признает�� даже ино�транными филологами едва ли не первым по�ле древнегрече�кого; он отозвал�� типиче�кими образами, бе��мертными звуками на в�е ве�ни� ру��кой жизни. Он первый, наконец, водрузил могучей рукою знам� по�зии глубоко в ру��кую землю...
The merits of Pushkin for Russia are great and worth getting national recognition. He gave a final transormation to our language, which is now by its richness, power, logic and beauty of form is recognized even by foreign philologists as almost the first after the ancient Greek. He was the first, who finally hoisted the banner of poetry, deep in the Russian land by the mighty hand...IS Turgenev
source of photos - vk.com
text (Russian) here and here
Indeed, if you ask many interesting and talented professors in Russia 'who is your favourite writer', many of them will say 'Pushkin...', and that is of course not because they didn't read anything else! Pushkin is indeed greatest poet and a real treasure of Russian literature
Let's see why. Let's read the quotations about Pushkin by the writers and critics of his time - here we will find interesting facts about him
При имени Пушкина тотча� о�ен�ет мы�ль о ру��ком национальномпо�те. В �амом деле, никто из по�тов наших не выше его и не может болееназвать�� национальным; �то право решительно принадлежит ему. В нем, как будтов лек�иконе, заключило�ь в�е богат�тво, �ила и гибко�ть нашего �зыка. Он болеев�ех, он далее раздвинул ему границы и более показал в�е его про�тран�тво.Пушкин е�ть �вление чрезвычайное и, может быть, един�твенное �вление ру��когодуха: �то ру��кий человек в его развитии, в каком он, может быть, �вит�� чрездве�ти лет. В нем ру��ка� природа, ру��ка� душа, ру��кий �зык, ру��кий характеротразили�ь в такой же чи�тоте, в такой очищенной кра�оте, в какой отражает��ландшафт на выпуклой поверхно�ти оптиче�кого �текла.
It isdifficult to estimate the contribution of Pushkin in the formation of Russian literatureand Russian language. This is already the undisputed truth, and confirmed by awide variety of studies.
Russianliterature and Russian language is constantly experiencing the impact of thepolitical situation in the country. Depending on who rules a great power, beganto set up their own rules and regulations that speak about how to write or saywhat books will be sold and which will fall under the ban. Language assimilated, feeling the impact of populardialects, as well as European language. Gradually, language and literatureacquired properties of other cultural traditions that took root in Russia, butall were strange.
In addition, the author introduces thelanguage of a large variety of beautiful epithets and metaphors. He imbues hisworks phraseology and expressive epithets, the writer tries his readers not thinkstraight, and try to see the image and beauty of language and words denoting theusual subject and ordinary action. The literary language of Pushkin became aclassic of Russian language, which was later followed by other writers.
ReadingPushkin, you hear his voice. He was the first poet who destroyed the image of aconvention of copyright: in "Ruslan and Lyudmila," "EugeneOnegin", Pushkin speaks to the reader "on an equal footing", asit is between close friends, all grasping at a glance
За�луги Пушкина перед Ро��ией велики и до�тойны народной признательно�ти. Он дал окончательную обработку нашему �зыку, который теперь по �воему богат�тву, �иле, логике и кра�оте формы признает�� даже ино�транными филологами едва ли не первым по�ле древнегрече�кого; он отозвал�� типиче�кими образами, бе��мертными звуками на в�е ве�ни� ру��кой жизни. Он первый, наконец, водрузил могучей рукою знам� по�зии глубоко в ру��кую землю...
The merits of Pushkin for Russia are great and worth getting national recognition. He gave a final transormation to our language, which is now by its richness, power, logic and beauty of form is recognized even by foreign philologists as almost the first after the ancient Greek. He was the first, who finally hoisted the banner of poetry, deep in the Russian land by the mighty hand...IS Turgenev
source of photos - vk.com
text (Russian) here and here
21 June, Victor Tsoy's birthday
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Only a lazy one doesn't know Tsoy...
Виктор Цой, Soviet rock-musician, poet, leader of the group KINO, has become a symbol of the epoch that 'was waiting for changes'
Tsoi contributed a plethora of musical and artistic works, including ten albums. He died in a car accident on August 15, 1990, aged 28.
At the age of 17, Tsoi began writing songs. In the 1970s and the 1980s, rock was an underground movement limited mostly to Leningrad; Moscow pop stars ruled the charts and received the most exposure from the media. However, rock music was not popular with the government. Thus rock bands received little or no funding, were not given any exposure by the media. By this time Tsoi had begun to perform the songs he wrote at parties.Tsoi went to underground concerts of Leningrad rock musicians. After a Boris Grebenshchikov solo concert he returned with Grebenshchikov on an elektrichka train from Petergof to Leningrad and played two of his songs to him. Grebenshchikov, who had already been a relatively established musician in the Leningrad underground scene, was very impressed by Tsoi's talent and took him under his wing and helped him start up his own band. This signaled the beginning of Tsoi's rock music career.Kino's impact on Soviet music and society was huge. The group introduced a sound and lyrics that no other Soviet artist before them was able or willing to produce. Kino opened the doors for modern Russian rock bands. It's displayed today in many places around Russia, from graffiti on the fences of St. Petersburg to an entire wall dedicated to Viktor Tsoi in a bylane of the famousArbat street in Moscow, where fans still gather to remember their hero. In 2000 some of the nation's top rock bands came together and released their interpretations of Kino's best songs as a tribute to Viktor Tsoi on what would have been his 38th birthday. Even though he is gone, Viktor Tsoi still lives in the minds of many Russian youths.There are lots of web-sites dedicated to his music and song. Like the fan's site http://vitya-tsoy.ru/ where you may listen to the music and find his texts or watch some videos with the legend of Russian rock or web-sites with the info about all his albums etcThe most symbolic songs are for sure these one
'The star named the Sun'
Listen or download КИ�О Звезда по имени Солнце for free on Prostopleerand 'We are waiting for changes'
Listen or download Кино Мы ждем перемен for free on Prostopleer
Here I'd just share some of my most favorite songs!
Listen or download КИ�О Пачка �игарет for free on Prostopleer
Listen or download Кино В.Цой Кукушка for free on Prostopleer
Listen or download Кино �люминиевые огурцы for free on Prostopleer
С днем рождени�, Вит�!
Виктор Цой, Soviet rock-musician, poet, leader of the group KINO, has become a symbol of the epoch that 'was waiting for changes'
Tsoi contributed a plethora of musical and artistic works, including ten albums. He died in a car accident on August 15, 1990, aged 28.
At the age of 17, Tsoi began writing songs. In the 1970s and the 1980s, rock was an underground movement limited mostly to Leningrad; Moscow pop stars ruled the charts and received the most exposure from the media. However, rock music was not popular with the government. Thus rock bands received little or no funding, were not given any exposure by the media. By this time Tsoi had begun to perform the songs he wrote at parties.Tsoi went to underground concerts of Leningrad rock musicians. After a Boris Grebenshchikov solo concert he returned with Grebenshchikov on an elektrichka train from Petergof to Leningrad and played two of his songs to him. Grebenshchikov, who had already been a relatively established musician in the Leningrad underground scene, was very impressed by Tsoi's talent and took him under his wing and helped him start up his own band. This signaled the beginning of Tsoi's rock music career.Kino's impact on Soviet music and society was huge. The group introduced a sound and lyrics that no other Soviet artist before them was able or willing to produce. Kino opened the doors for modern Russian rock bands. It's displayed today in many places around Russia, from graffiti on the fences of St. Petersburg to an entire wall dedicated to Viktor Tsoi in a bylane of the famousArbat street in Moscow, where fans still gather to remember their hero. In 2000 some of the nation's top rock bands came together and released their interpretations of Kino's best songs as a tribute to Viktor Tsoi on what would have been his 38th birthday. Even though he is gone, Viktor Tsoi still lives in the minds of many Russian youths.There are lots of web-sites dedicated to his music and song. Like the fan's site http://vitya-tsoy.ru/ where you may listen to the music and find his texts or watch some videos with the legend of Russian rock or web-sites with the info about all his albums etcThe most symbolic songs are for sure these one
'The star named the Sun'
Listen or download КИ�О Звезда по имени Солнце for free on Prostopleerand 'We are waiting for changes'
Listen or download Кино Мы ждем перемен for free on Prostopleer
Here I'd just share some of my most favorite songs!
Listen or download КИ�О Пачка �игарет for free on Prostopleer
Listen or download Кино В.Цой Кукушка for free on Prostopleer
Listen or download Кино �люминиевые огурцы for free on Prostopleer
С днем рождени�, Вит�!
Little men by 'Happiness supplier no.1'
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The author of this picture is Eugenia Gapchinskaya, Kiev artist who has made happiness as her brand, and describes herself as ' happiness supplier number 1 ." Pictures of Evgenia are cheerful and bright, inhabited by small funny and touching people
Eugenia Gapchinskaya bornin 1974 is a Ukrainian artist,painter, illustrator of children's literature.
In 2008, the Ukranian post has releaseda series of 12 stamps, "Zodiac" with herworks.
Annually she holds over a dozen newexhibitions in Ukraine, Russia, France, Belgium, England, theNetherlands and other countries. He has several of his own galleriesin Ukraine and Russia. Her works are in European museums and privatecollections of fans and artists.
Her style is very recognizable. Andeven if she thinks of experiment and something new, it is just aboutsomewhere inside herself, at thelevel of these strange little men from herpictures. 'This is the way I thinkh –thourgh these little beloved men', says the artist
personal web-site http://gapchinska.com
photos are taken from 2photo
The author of this picture is Eugenia Gapchinskaya, Kiev artist who has made happiness as her brand, and describes herself as ' happiness supplier number 1 ." Pictures of Evgenia are cheerful and bright, inhabited by small funny and touching people
Eugenia Gapchinskaya bornin 1974 is a Ukrainian artist,painter, illustrator of children's literature.
In 2008, the Ukranian post has releaseda series of 12 stamps, "Zodiac" with herworks.
Annually she holds over a dozen newexhibitions in Ukraine, Russia, France, Belgium, England, theNetherlands and other countries. He has several of his own galleriesin Ukraine and Russia. Her works are in European museums and privatecollections of fans and artists.
Her style is very recognizable. Andeven if she thinks of experiment and something new, it is just aboutsomewhere inside herself, at thelevel of these strange little men from herpictures. 'This is the way I thinkh –thourgh these little beloved men', says the artist
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personal web-site http://gapchinska.com
photos are taken from 2photo
Cinema club: July, 17 at 7 pm, 'Hipsters'/ "Стиляги"
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RUSSIANLANGUAGE CENTER invitesyou to the
RUSSIANCINEMACLUBJuly, 17 at 7pm
HIPSTERS/ Cтил�ги(2008,Russia,120 min)
VENUE:the classroom of RLC, 701,7/F, Arion Commercial Centre, No. 2-12 Queen's Road West, SheungWan
Admissionis free,however please write to us (2teacher@rlc.hk)or call us (25988389)to book a seat.
RUSSIANLANGUAGE CENTER invitesyou to the
RUSSIANCINEMACLUBJuly, 17 at 7pm
HIPSTERS/ Cтил�ги(2008,Russia,120 min)
| Director Valery TodorovskyStarring Anton Shagin, Oksana Akinshina Stilyagi (СтилÑ�ги) is a 2008 film, named Hipsters for its American release. It is a musical that deals with Soviet youth subculture "hipsters" or literally "obsessed with fashion" of the 1950s.Mels, a member of Komsomol (the youth wing of Soviet Communist Party), helps break up a hipster’s party. He briefly meets and is intrigued by a hipster girl named Polly, who invites him to hang out with her friends on "Broadway." Mels is drawn to Polly and seeks to win her over by becoming part of their world of colorful fashions, dancing, and loud music. He begins to adopt their fashions and even purchases a saxophone off the black market which he learns to play in the illicit jazz style… |
- audience favorite at the Toronto International Film Festival,
- audience favorite at the Nashville Film Festival,
- audience favorite at the the Cleveland International Film Festival, winner of the Audience Choice Award at the Anchorage International Film Festival
- Golden Eagle Awards
- Best Film at the Nika Awards
VENUE:the classroom of RLC, 701,7/F, Arion Commercial Centre, No. 2-12 Queen's Road West, SheungWan
Admissionis free,however please write to us (2teacher@rlc.hk)or call us (25988389)to book a seat.
Few words about ... Russian rock and rock'n'roll music
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ChaifA song which has become a 'must-sing' during every kitchen-party with a guitar
ZemfiraA genius woman who 'opened' a new current in our music - 'female rock'. Fresh strong music, extravagant words, excentric appearance and divine voice - this is all about her
Bi-2His strange voice can irritate, but as once you listen to their song, you will fall in love with some mystery they bring with them
Nochnie snaiperiEmotional female rock music, interesting videos and men-like ladies
Splean
DDTLegend of Russian rock, authority and harisma of their leader Jury Schevchuk, and more than 20 year of truimph
ZemfiraA genius woman who 'opened' a new current in our music - 'female rock'. Fresh strong music, extravagant words, excentric appearance and divine voice - this is all about her
Bi-2His strange voice can irritate, but as once you listen to their song, you will fall in love with some mystery they bring with them
Nochnie snaiperiEmotional female rock music, interesting videos and men-like ladies
Splean
DDTLegend of Russian rock, authority and harisma of their leader Jury Schevchuk, and more than 20 year of truimph
27 Kasım 2012 Salı
Siitonen's Sports So Far...(June)
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FAR SPORTS JUNE
Racewalker Veli-Matti (Aku) Partanen, 20, set a new Finnish record in the 10-Km road walk of 58 minutes 38 seconds at the Annual Taabori Olympic Walks at Hyrylä on April 14. The old record by past World 50K Champ Valentin Kononen was 21 seconds slower. In the women’s 10K Anne Halkivaha scoreed a personal best of 46:35, the 4th fastest ever by a Finnish woman. Two young walkers Aleksi Ojala and Eemeli Kiiski sliced under an hour and a half for the first time in the 20K, finishing in 1:29:16 and 1:29:41
Jussi Utriainen qualified for the Olympic B Standard of 2:16:34 at the Rotterdam Marathon on April 15. to place 19th.. Fellow Finn Marten Boström ran it in 2:21::03. Winner was Yemane Adhene of Ethiopia in a PB of 2:04:48.
Finnish hurdler Emma Millard won a 400m hurdles race at Conway, North Carolina in a Finnish season’s best of 1:00.57 to that point. Ville Wendelin was 4th in the men’s 200m run in 21.92 seconds, also a Finnish season’s best. Winner was Cornelius Tyler of Charleston Southern University in 21:10. Meanwhile, at the Mount Sac Relays in Walnut, CA on April 17, Mira Tuominen of Valkeakoski was 19th in the women’s 10,000m run with a Finnish season’s best of 35:42:42, with winner Kara Millhouse of Penn State running it in 3:31:57. Janica Mäkelä was 13th in the A division of the women’s steeplechase in 10:51.87. In the men’s 3000m Steeple, Joonas Harjamäki was 18th with a Finnish season’s best of 8:58.33. Harjamäki was 3rd in the 1500-meter run at the Brutus Hamilton meet at Berkeley, CA on April 28 in 3:54.67, another Finnish season’s best so far.
Matti Kinnunen, wrestling in the 60Kg division at the European Championships at Sofia, Bulgaria guaranteed himself a spot on the Olympic team with three wins in a tourney ending on April 21. Matti wrestles for the Imatra Power Twisters. .
Jarkko Kinnunen gained the Olympic B ranking in the 20K racewalk at Podeprady, Czech, Republic,, finishing second in 1:23:12,,a race won by Slovakia’s Matej Toth in 1:21:54, meeting the A standard. Aku Partanen, fightring hard to qualify for the Olympics in the 20K, was DQed. Kinnunen is already qualified in the 50K at London, his prime distance. In Naumberg, Germany, Anne Halkivaha walked a PR in the women’s 20K to place 6TH in 1:37:15 to make the Olympic B standard.. Winner was Germany’s Sabine Krantz in 1:33:02.
Emma Millard was 4th in the 400m hurdles with an SB of 58.90 at the Steve Scott Invitational at Irvine, CA on April 29, while Annemari Korte was 4th in the 100m hurdles in 13,69. Matti Välimäki was 7th in the men’s 400m in 48:13. Jarkko Järvenpää was 3rd in the 10,000m run at Marberg, Germany on May 6th in 29:08.63, a personal and Finnish season’s top. Winner was Germany’s Philipp Phluger in 28:45:76.
Valtteri Jokinen (60Kg) and Johanna Ylinen (63Kg) have qualified for the Finnish judo Olympic team.
In beach volleyball, Finland;s best, the Nyström twins,, Emilia and Erika, had their greatest career victory on May 9 in Beijing. They defeated the world’s all-time best team, USA’s Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, 15-21, 21-17, 16-14. The American team holds two Olympic and three World Championship golds.
At this writing, the World Men’s Hockey Championships have just gotten underway. in Helsinki and Stockholm. Defending champion Finland had a couple of worrisome starts, defeating Slovakia and Belarus by 1-0 scores. Great on defense but with top teams looming ahead they need a more vigorous offense. Fortunately, in their third game Finland dumped Switzerland, 5-2. Here in North America the Stanley Cup playoffs are well underway. Stay tuned. .
Racewalker Veli-Matti (Aku) Partanen, 20, set a new Finnish record in the 10-Km road walk of 58 minutes 38 seconds at the Annual Taabori Olympic Walks at Hyrylä on April 14. The old record by past World 50K Champ Valentin Kononen was 21 seconds slower. In the women’s 10K Anne Halkivaha scoreed a personal best of 46:35, the 4th fastest ever by a Finnish woman. Two young walkers Aleksi Ojala and Eemeli Kiiski sliced under an hour and a half for the first time in the 20K, finishing in 1:29:16 and 1:29:41
Jussi Utriainen qualified for the Olympic B Standard of 2:16:34 at the Rotterdam Marathon on April 15. to place 19th.. Fellow Finn Marten Boström ran it in 2:21::03. Winner was Yemane Adhene of Ethiopia in a PB of 2:04:48.
Finnish hurdler Emma Millard won a 400m hurdles race at Conway, North Carolina in a Finnish season’s best of 1:00.57 to that point. Ville Wendelin was 4th in the men’s 200m run in 21.92 seconds, also a Finnish season’s best. Winner was Cornelius Tyler of Charleston Southern University in 21:10. Meanwhile, at the Mount Sac Relays in Walnut, CA on April 17, Mira Tuominen of Valkeakoski was 19th in the women’s 10,000m run with a Finnish season’s best of 35:42:42, with winner Kara Millhouse of Penn State running it in 3:31:57. Janica Mäkelä was 13th in the A division of the women’s steeplechase in 10:51.87. In the men’s 3000m Steeple, Joonas Harjamäki was 18th with a Finnish season’s best of 8:58.33. Harjamäki was 3rd in the 1500-meter run at the Brutus Hamilton meet at Berkeley, CA on April 28 in 3:54.67, another Finnish season’s best so far.
Matti Kinnunen, wrestling in the 60Kg division at the European Championships at Sofia, Bulgaria guaranteed himself a spot on the Olympic team with three wins in a tourney ending on April 21. Matti wrestles for the Imatra Power Twisters. .
Jarkko Kinnunen gained the Olympic B ranking in the 20K racewalk at Podeprady, Czech, Republic,, finishing second in 1:23:12,,a race won by Slovakia’s Matej Toth in 1:21:54, meeting the A standard. Aku Partanen, fightring hard to qualify for the Olympics in the 20K, was DQed. Kinnunen is already qualified in the 50K at London, his prime distance. In Naumberg, Germany, Anne Halkivaha walked a PR in the women’s 20K to place 6TH in 1:37:15 to make the Olympic B standard.. Winner was Germany’s Sabine Krantz in 1:33:02.
Emma Millard was 4th in the 400m hurdles with an SB of 58.90 at the Steve Scott Invitational at Irvine, CA on April 29, while Annemari Korte was 4th in the 100m hurdles in 13,69. Matti Välimäki was 7th in the men’s 400m in 48:13. Jarkko Järvenpää was 3rd in the 10,000m run at Marberg, Germany on May 6th in 29:08.63, a personal and Finnish season’s top. Winner was Germany’s Philipp Phluger in 28:45:76.
Valtteri Jokinen (60Kg) and Johanna Ylinen (63Kg) have qualified for the Finnish judo Olympic team.
In beach volleyball, Finland;s best, the Nyström twins,, Emilia and Erika, had their greatest career victory on May 9 in Beijing. They defeated the world’s all-time best team, USA’s Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, 15-21, 21-17, 16-14. The American team holds two Olympic and three World Championship golds.
At this writing, the World Men’s Hockey Championships have just gotten underway. in Helsinki and Stockholm. Defending champion Finland had a couple of worrisome starts, defeating Slovakia and Belarus by 1-0 scores. Great on defense but with top teams looming ahead they need a more vigorous offense. Fortunately, in their third game Finland dumped Switzerland, 5-2. Here in North America the Stanley Cup playoffs are well underway. Stay tuned. .
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