Cosmonaut Crashed Into Earth 'Crying In Rage'
 
I found what may have been Komarov's last words:
 
Some translators hear him say, "Heat is rising in the capsule." He also uses the word "killed" — presumably to describe what the engineers had done to him.
 
http://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/201...ng-in-rage
 
 

Don Quixote 45: Rounds and a present

Much happens when Governor Sancho Panza undertakes his rounds at night. The Duchess sends a page to Sancho's wife, asking her to send acorns.


https://eclecticlight.co/2022/02/07/don-...a-present/

The Animals Went in Two by Two in paintings

Raphael and Tintoretto creations, Noah's thanksgiving, Bosch, and two wonderful paintings of Orpheus and the Animals.


https://eclecticlight.co/2022/02/06/the-...paintings/

In memoriam Paul Durand-Ruel: was he the inventor of Impressionism?

The art dealer who bought and sold more Impressionist paintings that all others combined. Was he saint or sinner? Inventor or architect?


https://eclecticlight.co/2022/02/05/in-m...essionism/

Altogether Now: 1 Hans Memling’s Passion, 1470

In 23 scenes from the triumphal entry into Jerusalem to his Resurrection, Memling tells what takes a Gospel six chapters in a single painting.


https://eclecticlight.co/2022/02/04/alto...sion-1470/

Painting Everyday London: 5 Robert Bevan 2

He divided his time between summer painting in the Blackdown Hills in East Devon, and views of London and its remaining working horses.


https://eclecticlight.co/2022/02/03/pain...t-bevan-2/

Of all days! I get a traffic ticket in the mail. What a hell of a birthday card! 

 

:angry:

 

 

Although the ACLU has no objection to cameras at specific, high-profile public places that are potential terrorist targets, such as the U.S. Capitol, the impulse to blanket our public spaces and streets with video surveillance is a bad idea. Here are four reasons why:
 
https://www.aclu.org/whats-wrong-public-...rveillance
 
Now I've got an interest in these little buggers. That all seeing eye is everywhere. I got one of those red light tickets in the mail and I don't remember running any red light. Now I can't go out to the mailbox without being afraid of getting more papers telling me I owe money to someone or something out there. So, I've been reading around about this crap. Thought I would post my complaint and see what happens.
 

Painting Everyday London: 4 Robert Bevan 1

Trained in Paris, visited the Pont-Aven art colony and met Gauguin, his early style was radical. He documented the last decades of working horses in London, and rural East Devon.


https://eclecticlight.co/2022/02/02/pain...t-bevan-1/

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