A great man is one who collects knowledge the way a bee collects honey and uses it to help people overcome the difficulties they endure - hunger, ignorance and disease!
- Nikola Tesla

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
- Franklin Roosevelt

While their territory has been devastated and their homes despoiled, the spirit of the Serbian people has not been broken.
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Održan je koncert Aleksandre Denda

Beograđanka Aleksandre Denda sinoć je uz desetočlani bend predstavila svoj autorski album "Dreamer", jedinstvenu kombinaciju akustičnih i elektro elemenata uz primese neo soula, džeza i R&B-a. Kao predstavnica eminentne njujorške organizacije umetnika LeitmotivArts, Aleksandra je prepun klub oduševila kako svojim glasom tako i fantastičnim kompozicijama i tekstovima koji nikoga nisu ostavili ravnodušnim.

Brojna publika, koja je bila mešavina svih generacija i raznih kultura, nije krila oduševljenjue umećem ove velike pevačice, osetivši u njenim pesmama iskrenost i autentičnost, ljubav, lepotu, traganje i unutrašnje prevrate.

Aleksandra Denda je džez i neosoul pevačica i kantautorka koja trenutno živi i stvara u Njujorku. Ova beograđanka već godinama nastupa i snima širom Sjedinjenih Američkih Država, Evrope i Azije. Kao kreator i glas benda Aleksandra Denda Group, neguje zvuke soul-a, džeza, R&B-a ali i note Južne Amerike - brazilijane. Ona je takođe i suosnivač vokalne grupe ROSA, koja je jedina autentično-srpska a capella grupa na američkom kontinentu.

Nakon završenog američkog muzičkog koledža Berklee, ona izdaje prvi autorski album "Dreamer", jedinstvenu kombinaciju akustičnih i elektro elemenata uz primese neo soula, džeza i R&B-a. Ovaj album predstavlja jedinstvenu kombinaciju akustičnih i elektro elemenata uz primese neo soula, džeza i R&B-a.

Na albumu je šest numera koje krase nebeske harmonije i pronicljivi tekstovi čiji je autor ova beogradska umetnica, a koje je producirao inovativni Giosue Greco iz Los Anđelesa. Među pesmama se nalazi i singl "In the Dark", koji je pre proglašen za pesmu dana od strane The Main Ingredient Radio.

Izdavanju ovog debitantskog albuma prethodilo je obrazovanje na Berklee College of Music u Bostonu. Nedugo zatim su usledile mnogobrojne saradnje sa istaknutim muzičkim umetnicima sa svih strana sveta, koje su je 2015. godine odvele čak do Indije gde je predavala muziku na Global Musić Institute-u u Nju Delhiju. Neki od njenih projekata uključuju i saradnju sa Majklom Linčom (poznatijem kao Big Mike), bivšim učesnikom Američkog idola kao i snimanje sa zvezdom flamenka Hoseom Maršeom na albumu "Mi Unića Llave", nominovanom za Latinoamerički Gremi.

"Pravo je zadovoljstvo raditi sa svestranim umetnicima kao što je Aleksandra Denda. Sarađivale smo na više projekata, što džez što etno muzike, uključujući i humanitarine događaje na kojima je Aleksandra prvenstveno pokazala da je osoba širokog srca tako da smo vrlo brzo pronašle zajednički jezik. Ovakvi umetnici, kojim se možemo i moramo ponositi, daju vrhunski doprinos nacionalnoj kulturi. Srećna sam što sam u prilici da dunem vetar u jedra ovakvim ljudima i talentima svetskih razmera u kojima vidim nadu u bolju budućnost." - navodi Danijela Milić, osnivač LeitmotivArts-a.

Aleksandra je publiku obradovala i hitom "Already Here" koji se nalazi na albumu kao bonus traka. Ova kompozicija nastala je u saradnji sa indijskom kantautorkom Vasudom Šarmom a njihov zajednički spot je brzo nakon izlaženja 29. februara, postao predmet interesovanja MTV India i časopisa Rolling Stone India.

"Pesma Already Here preispituje ideju da se osećanje radosti i ispunjenja nalazi u budućnosti i želi da pokaže da je sadašnji trenutak od neprocenjive vrednosti"- ističe Aleksandra.

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Louis Cukela

Louis Cukela (May 1st, 1888 - March 19th, 1956) was a famous United States Marine. He was awarded both the Navy and Army Medals of Honor, as well as numerous decorations from France, Italy, and his native Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

He was born and raised in Split (while it was still under Austro-Hungarian rule), and subsequently attended the Merchant Academy and later, the Royal Gymnasium, both for two years. In 1913, Cukela emigrated to the United States and, with his brother, settled in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

On September 21st, 1914, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. Three years later, on January 31st 1917, with war raging in Europe, he enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps. Following the United States' entry into the conflict, he went to France and fought alongside his servicemen in the 5th Marines.

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The Meaning of Reality

Essays on Existence and Communion, Eros and History

by Christos Yannaras

The collection of articles traces the thought of Christos Yanaras through his long journey in discovering the meaning of existence, communion, eros, and history. It is a cause of immense joy that no fewer than twenty articles of passionate significance and substance have at present been gathered together in this volume under the title The Meaning of Reality.

Yannaras is undoubtedly one of the most significant thinkers of our time. Kallistos Ware once described him as "the most creative and prophetic religious thinker at work in Greece today," while Rowan Williams characterizes him as "one of the most significant Christian philosophers in Europe." His very wide and no less deep education helps him to develop an inimitable blend of philosophy, theology, and social criticism, and to speak in an original way about the traditional and contemporary issues of human existence, as well as the latest challenges of modern empirical science and political engagement. A detailed knowledge of the writings of the Holy Fathers has always been his foundation amidst the labyrinth of modern thought - which is inimately bound up with psychoanalysis, environmental issues, human rights, postmodernism, and pluralism , to mention just a few. Insistence on the primacy, uniqueness, and eternal value of human personality prevails in almost all his works and inspires his own vigorous theological and ecumenical engagement, based on the Orthodox eucharistic and ascetic tradition.