Build

Liu Yifei
(Lee Fay)

Build
Tranquility
静けさを作る 
Shizukesa o tsukuru
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This building is a home.
It is my shelter when I don't roam.

My soul longs for security.
Grace adds to the stability of this surety.

My heart aspires to growth.
My mind builds upon what's known.

It is defined as property
with the prospect of prosperity's lottery.

My spirit rejoices with love.
The love descends as a dove
from above.

The sparrow and the swallow make nests.
The sparrow succors with seeds to test.
The swallow feeds insects as best.
Both rejoice with songs of success.

Happy are those who sing with joy.
They live with faith in design as the toy.

Providence bears strength
for sharing love at length.

Those with hearts set on building peace
see the forest as the trees.

Friends and competitors serve design
as sustenance secures what's mine.

Survival results in revival
as desolate places highlight the vital.

The summer sun bakes the hardened will.
The stubborn season threatens to stand still.

My life is light. It waits for the deathly wind.
Dust dances in sunlight. Memory haunts the measure of sin.

Even those who go from place to place
win joy in discovery with purpose in grace
with providence as the goal for the race.

The wind blows heat toward the deadly land
while it forms more warmth from my back to my hand.

The land defends rights for those anointed
by the glistening oil of the effort appointed
to achieve success in survival with pain avoided
as salvation will not have been disappointed.

Investigate harmful action as illegal.
The rule of law protects health and safety as regal.

The school of kindness is the best restraint.
Redemption is inside this place contained.

Socialism is a drug that kills.
Redemption is the fragrance of will.

The greenhouse channels solar energy and reduces wind
so the shallow soil grows plants from within the fertile bin.

The infant is the unspoken word.
I observed the silence while my heart in wonder stirred.

Now I dismiss that which was absurd
about the stories I had heard.

Many a book my eye had scanned
to seek that design revealed to man.

Many a day had seen the mood
arise to take away the social tune. 

There with the same furrow my fathers had frowned
my tread had sped through night's long hours.
The rude antique portraiture around
had heard the whisper "that must not be known to sound."

The sound of words less earthly than my own had seen
they scarce knew what, but more should have been weaned
for the meaning meant as keen.

The light of the zodiac is fainter than the milky way.
Halfway to the autumnal equinox is a cross quarter day. 

A boxer stands In the clearing, a fighter by trade.
He carries the traces of pain that his mind could not evade.

Every glove that laid him down or cut him to his shame.
made him cry out in the anger that had been depraved,
I am leaving this retreating, but the fighter still remains.

One day in your presence
is better than a thousand without menace.

I would rather stand at the threshold of your house
than dwell in enmity with the enemy as my spouse.
The effort to destroy the existence of opposition is a lousy mouse.

I beheld the light of salvation
which has been reserved for the nation.

A rainbow swaddled in infant shine showed the shield of light
that darkness had protected from the night.

Happy are those who find trust
in the goodness of the design that doesn't rust.

Tranquility will be built with joy.
Love is the tool that will be employed.

The ark of the covenant did not need a temple
until it was built as close to perfection as a construct could resemble.

The inner sanctum of the house was held to be the most holy.
Presence was believed to reside between the wings of angels, boldly.

The word will show itself before the augustness of dawn.
Love will rise late enough to shine as the evening star drawn.

The word is a weapon for conception.
It helps in the battle to define perception.

Prayer is a request for assistance.
Perspective adjusts to truth as persistent. 

The bread that comes down from heaven
is to be consumed to live forever as living leaven.

1 Kgs. 8:1,6
The leaders of the ancestral houses of the Israelites assembled before King Solomon in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David which is Zion. The priests brought the ark to its place in the inner sanctuary of the house in the most holy place underneath the wings of the cherubim.

Eph.6:17-18
Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God.  Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints.

John 6:57-8
'Just as the living Father sent me, whoever eats me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. It is not like that which your ancestors ate. They died. The one who eats this bread will live for ever.’

8.26.18
Mercury makes an impressive appearance before dawn in late August.
Full Moon
PM Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Moon
AM Mercury, Venus
Mercury near Cancer

Ethics

Georg W.F. Hegel, 8.27.1770, Stuttgart, Germany
(1770-1831)
乔治黑格尔

乔   Qiao      tall, lofty               no kanji                                        Ge   げ  ゲ        Ge  게  to
治   zhi         rule                       ji                      treatment               o      お  オ       o    오  five
黑   Hei         illegal                  no kanji                                          ru    る   ル      leu  르  le
格   ge          investigate            kaku                 status                     gu    ぐ   グ     geu 그  that
尔   er           you                       no kanji                                           He   へ- ヘ-    He   헤  h.
                                                                                                          ge    げ  ゲ      gel   겔  gel
                                                                                                          ru     る  ル

Stuttgart is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgart is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known locally as the "Stuttgart Cauldron." It lies an hour from the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest.

Duke Eberhard Ludwig moved the seat of the Duchy out of the declining city of Stuttgart for the first time in centuries. Ludwigsburg was founded in 1704. It was made the new seat in 1718. The Baroque palace known as the "Versailles of Swabia" was still under construction.

When Eberhard Ludwig died, his nephew Charles Alexander, ascended to the throne. Charles Alexander himself died in 1737. His son Charles Eugene became the premature Duke (and later King) at the age of nine.

Charles desired to move the capital back to Stuttgart when he came of age and returned from his tutoring at the court of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. He commissioned the construction of the New Castle in 1746, Castle Solitude in 1763, the Karlsschule in 1770 and Castle Hohenheim in 1785.
Stuttgart was proclaimed capital once more when Württemberg became an electorate in 1803.

Wilhelm Hegel was born on August 27, 1770 in Stuttgart. Christened Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, he was known as Wilhelm to his close family. His father, Georg Ludwig, was secretary to the revenue office at the court of Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg.

Hegel's mother, Maria Magdalena Louisa (née Fromm), was the daughter of a lawyer at the High Court of Justice at the Württemberg court. She died of a "bilious fever" (Gallenfieber) when Hegel was thirteen. Hegel and his father also caught the disease, but they narrowly survived.

Hegel entered the Tübinger Stift,a Protestant seminary attached to the University of Tübingen, at the age of eighteen. His roommates were the poet and philosopher Friedrich Hölderlin and the philosopher-to-be Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling.

They shared a dislike for what they regarded as the restrictive environment of the Seminary. The three became close friends and mutually influenced each other's ideas. All greatly admired Hellenic civilization and Hegel additionally steeped himself in Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Lessing during this time.

They watched the unfolding of the French Revolution with shared enthusiasm. Schelling and Hölderlin immersed themselves in theoretical debates on Kantian philosophy from which Hegel remained aloof.

Hegel envisaged his future as that of a Popularphilosoph at this time. He saw himself as a "man of letters" who serves to make the abstruse ideas of philosophers accessible to a wider public. His own felt need to engage critically with the central ideas of Kantianism did not come until 1800.

He was a German philosopher and an important figure of idealism. He achieved wide renown in his day. His primary influence remained within the continental tradition of philosophy, but he has become increasingly influential in the broader analytic tradition.

Hegel's principal achievement was his development of a distinctive articulation of idealism.  His has been called "absolute idealism". The dualism of subject and object was to be overcome for correspondence with truth. His philosophy of spirit conceptually integrated psychology, the state, history, art, religion and philosophy. His account of the master–slave dialectic has been highly influential, especially in 20th-century France.

His concept of Geist has been traslated as 'mind'. The historical manifestation of the logical concept and the "sublation" included the integration without elimination or reduction of seemingly contradictory or opposing factors.

The apparent opposition between nature and freedom was resolved in "absolute reality." The opposition between immanence and transcendence was reconciled in Spirit. Hegel has been seen in the 20th century as the originator of the thesis, antithesis, synthesis triad, but the explicit phrase originated with Johann Gottlieb Fichte.

Popper has compared the idealism of Hegel to that of Plato and Marx. It can be viewed as anti-scientific even though it is analytic with statistical description. The idealism lends itself to excessive abstraction. The tendency is to overcompensate with the threat of violence to achieve change.

Hegel's philosophy is regarded as derisive in this sense. Plato had considered violence the means to control people with the state. Marx had predicted that violence would be necessary to overthrow the capitalist regime. Although Hegel remains a divisive figure in this regard, his canonical stature within Western philosophy is recognized.

Chris Pine, 8.26.80,  Los Angeles, CA
克里斯派恩
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克   Ke     to restrain            koku       restraint      Ku    く     ク         Keu   크  greater
里   li        inside                   ri            area            r i      り    リ          li      리  lee
斯   si       this                      kou         like this       su     す   ス           seu    스  switch
派   Pai    school                  ha          school          Pa    ぱ   パ            Pa     파  wave
恩   en     kindness               on          favor            in     いん イン      in     인   sign

Los Angeles surpassed Chicago as the second largest city in population in the US in 1980. The city saw a large increase of street gangs during the latter decades of the 20th century. Crack cocaine became available. The sale of the drug was dominated by gangs in the 1980's. Gangs were largely confined to lower-income inner-city sections, but gang influence extended beyond those boundaries.

A subway system was developed and built through the 1980's as a major goal of mayor Tom Bradley. It stretches from North Hollywood to Union Station. The system connects to light rail lines that extend to the neighboring cities of Long Beach, Norwalk and Pasadena among others.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach make up the nation's largest harbor complex. The two ports handle 44% of all goods imported by cargo container into the United States.

The overall metropolitan LA economy was healthy. One five year boom period  between 1985 to 1990 attracted 400,000 working immigrants mostly from Asia and Mexico. About 575,000 workers moved to the city from elsewhere in the U.S.

Chris Pine was born in Los Angeles in 1980. His father, Robert Pine, is an actor who co-starred on CHiPs as Sergeant Joseph Getraer. His mother, Gwynne Gilford, is a former actress who became a practicing psychotherapist. He has an older sister, Katie.

His maternal grandmother, Anne Gwynne (née Marguerite Gwynne Trice), was a Hollywood actress. His maternal grandfather, Max M. Gilford (born Max Goldfarb), was an attorney who was elected president of the Hollywood Bar Association. Pine's maternal grandfather was from a Russian Jewish family.

Chris graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 2002 with a B.A. in English. He was initially scared of looking for a place to fit in and had a hard time making friends when he got to Berkeley. He got into theater because he was not interested in joining a fraternity.

He is best known for playing James T. Kirk in the Star Trek reboot film series (2009–), Will in Unstoppable (2010), Cinderella's Prince in Into the Woods (2014), Toby Howard in Hell or High Water (2016), Bernie Webber in The Finest Hours (2016), Steve Trevor in Wonder Woman (2017) and Dr. Alexander Murry in A Wrinkle in Time (2018).

Liu Yifei, 8.27.83, Wuhan, China
刘亦菲
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Mulan

刘  Liu   kill                no kanji                      Ri   り   リ            I     l    eh           
亦  Yi    also              mata       again             u     う   ウ           Yu  유  u
菲  Fei   fragrant        hi            poor              I      い  イ            lyo 료  ryo
                                                                       fu    ふ  フ
                                                                       -e    ぇ   ェ
                                                                        i      い  イ

Civil strife struck the city of Wuhan in the "July 20th Incident" in 1967. There was an armed conflict between two hostile groups who were fighting for control over the city at the height of the Cultural Revolution.

The Cultural Revolution was formally called the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. It was a sociopolitical movement in China from 1966 until 1976. It was launched by Mao Zedong, the Chairman of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Mao had proclaimed the foundation of the People's Republic of China (PRC), a single-party state controlled by the CPC on October 1, 1949.

The stated goal for the cultural revolution was to preserve 'true' Communist ideology in the country by purging remnants of capitalist and traditional elements from Chinese society. Mao Zedong Thought was to be re-imposed as the dominant ideology within the Party. The revolution marked Mao's return to a position of power after the failure of his Great Leap Forward.

The Leap Forward was an economic and social campaign by the Communist Party of China (CPC) from 1958 to 1962. The campaign was led by Mao. It aimed to rapidly transform the country from an agrarian economy into a socialist society through rapid industrialization and collectivization.

It is commonly considered to have caused the Great Chinese Famine. The famine was caused by a combination of adverse weather conditions, social pressure, economic mismanagement and radical changes in agriculture imposed by government regulations. When poor cultivation technique is widespread, it creates environmental problems.

The Cultural Revolution had paralyzed China politically. It negatively affected both the economy and society of the country to a significant degree. The movement was launched in May 1966. Mao alleged that bourgeois elements had infiltrated the government and society at large with the aim to restore capitalism.

Mao insisted that these "revisionists" be removed through violent class struggle to eliminate his rivals within the Communist Party. China's youth responded to Mao's appeal by forming Red Guard groups around the country.

The movement spread into the military, urban workers and the Communist Party leadership itself. It resulted in widespread factional struggles in all walks of life. It led to a mass purge of senior officials in the top of leadership. Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping were the most notable among these. Mao's personality cult grew during the period.

Many people were persecuted and suffered a wide range of abuses including public humiliation, arbitrary imprisonment, torture, hard labor, sustained harassment, seizure of property and sometimes execution in the violent struggles that ensued across the country.

A large segment of the population was forcibly displaced. The urban youth were moved to rural regions during the Down to the Countryside Movement. Historical relics and artifacts were destroyed. Cultural and religious sites were ransacked.

The two opposing forces in the Wuhan Incident in 1972 were the "Million Heroes" and the "Wuhan Workers' General Headquarters". The former numbered about 500,000 people. It was comprised mainly by skilled workers, state and local party employees. They were supported by the local Peoples Liberation Army (PLA). They were led by the commander of the Wuhan Military Region, General Chen Zaidao.

The "Wuhan Workers' General Headquarters" also numbered close to 500,000 people. It was mostly comprised by workers and students from Red Guard organizations.

Both sides engaged in an extensive propaganda war in an attempt to enlist community support. Central authorities in Beijing eventually endorsed the Worker's Headquarters faction as the "true" revolutionary group. Chen Zaidao was reprimanded for his military support to Million Heroes.

The event was considered a pivotal turning point in the Cultural Revolution. It marked the first time military leaders refused to carry out orders given by the central authorities and the Cultural Revolution Group in particular. Mao and his core associates scaled back the movement's most radical components out of fear of a more widespread PLA revolt.

Mao welcomed American President Richard Nixon in Beijing in 1972. This signaled the start of a policy of opening China to the world. China had been anti-capitalist, but capitalism was not the enemy. Industrial socialism was the error in the western government of civilization. Communism had strayed into populism, but the US and the UK were not governing government with capitalist principles.

Mao suffered a series of heart attacks in 1976 after years of ill health. He died at the age of 82. He was succeeded as the paramount leader by Premier Hua Guofeng. Hua was quickly sidelined and replaced by Deng Xiaoping.

Liu Yifei was born in Tongji Hospital in Wuhan in the Hubei province of China on 25 August 1987. Her birth name was "An Feng". She is an only child. Her father is An Shaokang (安少康), a 1st Secretary in the Chinese Embassy in France and a French language university professor. Her mother is Liu Xiaoli (刘晓莉), a dancer and a stage performer.

Her parents divorced when she was 4 years old. She was raised solely by her mother. That same year, she adopted her mother's family name and changed her legal name to "Liu Ximeizi". She began modelling, along with training in singing, dancing and playing the piano. Her godfather is Chen Jinfei (陈金飞), the Chairman of Beijing Tongchan Investment Group.

Liu and her mother moved to New York City when she was 10 years old. She attended Louis Pasteur Middle School 67. She gained her US citizenship while living in Queens.

She returned to China in 2002 to pursue an acting career. She adopted the stage name "Liu Yifei" (刘亦菲). Liu was accepted into the Performance Institute of Beijing Film Academy at the age of 15. This was several weeks after her return to China. She graduated in 2006.

Liu Yifei received offers to star in various television series immediately after her admittance to the academy. Her first television appearance was in the period romance drama The Story of a Noble Family (2003). The series was based on Zhang Henshui's novel of the same name. The series achieved the highest ratings on CCTV and positive reviews from audience.

She was chosen by Zhang Jizhong to play Wang Yuyan in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils the same year. This was an adaptation of Louis Cha's wuxia novel of the same title. The series was broadcast in Taiwan. It achieved a rating of 5.69 to become the highest-rated Chinese drama in the area. Liu's role as the beautiful Wang Yuyan earned her the nickname of "Fairy Sister" by the media and fans.
Liu Yifei is a Chinese-American actress, model and singer. She was named as one of the New Four Dan Actresses in China in 2009. She was cast as the lead in Disney's live-action adaptation of Mulan in 2017.

Asakura Kiki, 9.3.00, Chiba, Japan
浅倉樹々
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Tsubaki (Camellia) Factory
First Love Sunrise

浅  qian      shallow          Asa      shallow                     A   あ   ア          A   아   ah
倉  cang     warehouse     kura     warehouse                 sa  さ   サ          sa  사  four
樹  shu       plant               ki         wood                        ku  く    ク          ku  쿠  ku
々                                     onaji     repeat symbol          ra  ら    ラ          la   라  la
                                                                                       Ki  き   キ          Ki  키   key
                                                                                        ki  き   キ          ki   키  key

Chiba is on the east coast of Honshu. The land largely consists of the Bōsō Peninsula, which encloses the eastern side of Tokyo Bay. The capital city goes by the same name, Chiba.

The administrative structure of present-day Chiba Prefecture changed significantly in the Asuka period (538 – 710) under the Taika Reform of 645. The Fusa Province was divided into two. Shimōsa Province (also called Shimofusa) was in the north. Kazusa Province was in the southern area.

Awa Province was separated from Kazusa Prefecture in the south of Chiba Prefecture in 718. These administrative units existed until they were abolished and merged into Chiba Prefecture after the Meiji restoration.

The central government established a kokubunji provincial temple in each province. Kokubunji were Buddhist temples. They were established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794). The emperor decreed both a kokubun-ji for monks and a kokubunni-ji for nuns.

The city sits about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southeast of the center of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay.
Summer Sonic is a three-day event held each year in August. It is held simultaneously in Chiba and Osaka. The festival has been a rock 'n' roll tradition since 2000. It features some of the biggest names in music.

 Asakura was born on September 3, 2000 in Chiba, Japan. She is a Japanese idol under Hello! Project as a member of Tsubaki Factory. She first joined Hello Pro Kenshuusei in November 2014.
Tsubaki Factory is also known as Camellia Factory. It is a Japanese pop group under Hello! Project, originally formed with six members from Hello Pro Kenshuusei in late April 2015. There were nine members as of August 2016. Their sister group is Kobushi Factory.