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This is a raw and involving piece of theatre
Played in a simple and effective sandbox, the acting is fierce and focused.
Any tendency towards generic death-cell grimness is held in check by a live score (a mix of sound effects and improvised percussion – played by Josh Green) that echoes the use of Balinese shadow puppetry
7/10 Jason Blake, Sydney Morning Herald
Bondi Dreaming is one of the best shows i have seen in years
Sam Atwells's haunting script…dreams harden into reality
The set design of sand, wire and mock brick is a masterpiece of evocative minimalism
The relationship between the three men is surpisingly tender, highly nuanced and often confronting
Gareth Beal, ArtsHub
As a parent, I was torn betwen joy and despair. Joy at the energy and imagination of the young men before me, played superbly by Toby Levins, Greg Hatton and Danny Green.
Whatever your feelings are about the Bali Nine, I urge parents and adolescents to take time to see this thought provoking production.
My 17 year old son and I spoke about it all the way home, and it affected us both deeply.
He and ten friends are due to visit Bali in November
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Bondi Dreaming was fabulous, and my friends really enjoyed it too.
It was very refreshing to see a new Australian play tackling complex issues in such an entertaining way.
The musician/musical accompaniment really added atmosphere and life as well … Congrats!!!
Fleur Beaupert
G'day Sam,
Just wanted to congratulate you again on 'Bondi Dreaming'.
It"s always a measure of how successful a night at the theatre has been, if it continues to pop into your thoughts for quite a while after the event.
That's been the case with BD. The three characters and their predicaments were complex, real and very affecting.
The cast was awesome. I enjoyed the theatricality of the whole thing.
As I mentioned to you, the idea of suspension of disbelief as a matter of basic survival is pretty bloody absorbing.
'Challenging' theatre can often become wanky and that shits me to tears.
BD was a long way from that. It really was something an audience can share.
Good on you, mate.
Hooroo for now,
John Mac
Nick, congratulations on another top notch cultural experience!
Thought it was very well acted – you're right that the actors needed classic Oz accents to make it work.
Great storyline as well, although I'll admit it took me at least 30 mins to work out what had happened / was happening!
Steven Jack
Hey Nick, Congratulations on a really fantastic play!!!!
It was incredibly powerful and moving, and also very entertaining! We all thoroughly enjoyed it. You must be really happy with it, well done!
Fiona Noon
Fookin a Nick, Bravo, What an amazing piece of work.
Sam is a star. The cast was terrific. Keep producing quality work like this mate
Carlo Ledesma. all orange films, Director The Tunnel
Congrats on last night! I thought it was a brilliant play and my compliments to the cast & crew!
James Minns, Popcorn Taxi.com.au
Went to see Bondi Dreaming on Saturday night.
I've never used the word "triumph" before to describe anything and I think it's time to pull it out. Apart from the superb writing and direction by Sam Atwell, the performances by all of the actors are outstanding. This is original theatre as it should be and other highlights are the great set, fantastic lighting design and probably most impressive, the sound design using live percussion.
Do yourself a favour – this is must see theatre.
Scott Grimley
Congrats again on a fantastic show. You have really created something to be truely proud of. Thank you for a moving night! I will spread the word for the final week!!!
See you soon
Chaan Wadley
That was awesome, guys, well done. it really stays with you!
Asher Gillam
Hey nick, that was a fabulous show. Please pass on my congratulations to Sam and the cast, and I hope you get the houses you deserve for the rest of the run.
Ali Aitken
Hey Guys! Saw the play last night and just wanted to say that I Loved it! Well written, directed and ACTED! I hope you get huge crowds coming to see it!
Good luck with the rest of it! Oh.. loved the sound (and drunken singing) too 🙂
Lara Jane
Hi Guys, I saw Bondi Dreaming this Wednesday night and I just wanted to say how impressed I was with the whole production.
Everything was spot on, and it is rare that I witness something that makes me laugh til I cry and then burst into tears of sadness moments later.
It was a really unusual take on the drug trafficking issue but one that really struck a chord with me, and is something I will think about for a very long time.
Fantastic acting, writing, direction and sound.
I will certainly be recommending this to all my friends and hope you get the crowds you deserve.
Millie Rose Heywood
Hi Nick & Sam, Just wanted to say how impressed I was with the performance last night.
Loved the burning of incense at the beginning to set the scene.
Perfect use of the music/sound, Josh did a great job! It was a pleasure to watch well written, directed and acted work. More of this is needed.
Congratulations on the media coverage and the general professional outlook of this production.
Look forward to seeing more and working with you both.
Fiona de Zotti
Nick/Sam just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the play last night, and you know how much i hate anything over 10minutes 🙂
Don't want to sound like a thespy wanker but wanted to add to the applause and say I thought it was very moving, powerful , emotional and clever and will stay with me for a long while.
Well done to you all x
Kate Toon
Fantastic show tonight! Loved it!
As I said glad you 'went on with the show' it was the whole reason Suze and I came to see Sam in action and to see if he lived up to all he taught us at Screenwise!
Well done! Congratulations to you and all involved.
Sandra Galvin xx
The Arts Hub Review for Bondi Dreaming was so well deserved! I could not have put it better myself. EVERYONE has to see this play!!!!
Deborah Bradshaw
Great show Nick.Congrats to all you dead set dickheads
Nick Logan
On Tuesday I had the privilege of hosting a Q & A with Sam, Nick, Toby, Greg, Danny and Josh.
I was most impressed at how passionate, dedicated and articulate everyone was.
Clearly this play is confronting stuff but I just loved hearing everyone's attention to their craft.
Seeing the play for a second time, I really appreciated the nuances, great performances, physicality, sound and lighting.
Set in a sand pit, it is a great earthy piece.
This time around I allowed myself to live and breathe the characters.
So my recommendation: See this play, then see it again!
Tony Chu, Head, NAFA
Hi Sam, Sorry its taken me so long to write to you
I LOVED YOUR PLAY it was fantastic, heart warming, heart wrenching, beautifully written, directed and acted. I was really impressed by all of it
I'm sure you're really proud of it.
i hope it gets a run again sometime
you never know – it might even make it back to bondi
when the theatre is newly renovated next year!
take care and well done
Came last night. It's a must see
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Around 50 people are thought to have been injured when fighting broke out last night between rival groups of migrants squatting as they wait to try and cross the Channel to Britain.
Local police resorted to methods including tear gas to subdue the clashes, which according to local government officials involved groups of Sudanese and Eritrean people.
The violence prompted local deputy mayor Philippe Mignonet to call for the border crossing to be moved to England in a bid to make people realise the seriousness of the situation and the pressure on Calais.
Mr Mignonet was reported as saying: "We want the border to be moved from Calais to Dover and Folkestone for one month so Britain understands how difficult the problem is."
Last night's clash was the third in 48 hours between migrants massing in Calais in a bid to cross the English Channel to Britain, their numbers swelling in summer months to more than 1,000.
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I say yes because what good are these heirlooms if they play no real role in your family's story but rather were just locked in a glass cabinet, only looked at not ever enjoyed? I am pretty sure they would gladly take over-use and breakage than just be spectators to our lives...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMonday, April 21, 2014
Gretchen -- Heirlooms should be used everyday or at least when you are entertaining. That does not happen everyday anyway. I guess some people refrain from using really expensive stuff because they might break? Which is funny because these things like china for instance were made to be used. Just handle with care!ReplyDelete
I'm in love with those etched glasses! The pattern is so pretty!ReplyDelete
Yes, I would totally use kitchen heirlooms if my mom ever had the inspiration to give me some! I don't believe in keeping things "for display only". I use everything I own - especially the pretty objects I handpicked.
p.s. great photos, as usual!
I would definitely use them. When my mum was considering buying a new set of glasses to replace the ones we were using at the time, i suggested that we use the glasses that were given as wedding presents. No use in letting them gather dust in the display case.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousTuesday, January 27, 2015
Yes, I use them all the time. Everyday is precious and deserves to be celebrated with things of beauty, character and history. --- Stephanie H., Manila :)ReplyDelete


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If you've watched the news the last couple of days you've certainly heard of the tenant using his condo as a meth lab and basically blowing up his unit. If not, check out the link HERE
I can't help but feel for current owners of this building as this is bringing terrible press to a building which otherwise is quite popular amongst landlords and tenants.
The stigma that this will give to the building will last a while... how long, I think that's anyone's guess and depending on the type of mainstream coverage this continues to receive.
What is a stigmatized property? It is basically any property that potential buyers and or tenants may not want because of a particular known reason (not referring to physical attributes of the homes). We typically see this with murders/suicides that occur in homes, crimes (grow ops), haunted houses and the list can go on...
This is a definite grey area as not all stigmatized properties are crystal clear. Sure you have the high profile murders and the known marijuana grow ops that are evident but what about the lil old man that passed away in his home of natural causes? Would that be considered a stigmatized property? What if the owners previously ran a brothel and are now listing their home? Is that a stigmatized property?
Realtors MUST disclose any sort of stigma associated with a home to prospective buyers/tenants.
As for 85 East Liberty St.... I would say without a shadow of a doubt that any realtor showing or selling a unit in that building needs to disclose that there was a meth lab blow up on the 6th floor. Same goes for landlords. Anyone arguing with this (I would presume every condo owner in that building would) needs to ask themselves this:
Would I buy or rent a unit in a building or on a floor where a meth lab was known to be in operation and BLEW up? The answer is no.
Here's the exception.... MONEY! There are currently 11 units for sale in that building and 7 for lease (as per mls) I would be shocked if any of them sell in the next little while...but I will tell you what will ease many people's minds... lower prices. Is it not always the case? Grow ops sell. Haunted houses sell. This unit will sell. They may not sell at the same price of other comparable homes but if the price is right, a buyer will snatch them up.
It's unfortunate for the unit owners of 85 East Liberty but their stock took a bit of a nosedive the last couple days and as bad as it is, there lies the silver lining in that it could of potentially have had a much different and tragic outcome.


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DELRAY BEACH — – As regional quarterfinals usually go for the American Heritage-Delray boys soccer program, Tuesday's Class 2A regional quarterfinal against Cardinal Gibbons ended up being a particularly tough one.
Coming into the game, the Stallions had outscored their eight first-round opponents since 2004 by a combined score of 59-0, so when the Chiefs held Heritage to a 0-0 tie for the majority of the first half, eyebrows were raised.
But two goals from junior Austin Mills help lift the defending 2A state champions to an eventual 4-0 victory. Stallions will host a regional semifinal on Friday
"I was a bit perturbed with how we came out for the game," said winning coach Alvin James. "We were very flat today; just poor football in general."
Heritage (20-3-2), who have won two of the last three 2A state titles, found space and chances tough to come by early against a Chiefs (12-5-4) team that dropped down two classifications this year after spending the past four seasons in Class 4A.
The breakthrough came in the 38th minute when a speculative cross/shot from main playmaker Brian James, a Virginia commit, was only parried by Gibbons goalkeeper Nicolas Ketchum, allowing Mills to fire home from close range at the far post.
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This weekend we are, in effect, house bound. Well, kind of. You see before Christmas Owen suddenly asked to "pee in toilet" and has been doing it on and off ever since. So we decided it was time to toilet train him. After reading Gina Ford's toilet training in a week book we set to work! Well yesterday we got through 9 pairs of pants, today we're only up to about 4 or 5. I think this is progress.
Anyway it coincides nicely with the RSPB bird watch weekend so I thought we might as well take part. As we were eating lunch a jackdaw and a magpie came into the garden so that was that – our hour had started! We all spent most of the next 60 minutes by the window eagerly watching for more.
By the end of it we were able to record: 2 seagulls, 1 of each of the following: jackdaw, magpie, wood pigeon, robin, blackbird. Results are submitted and I feel a bit helpful or something.


text: Have you flown a Regional Jet Made in Brazil? (May 1, 2012) Brazil, Company Related, Global Galaxy Tweet Posted: May 1, 2012 | AUTHOR: KEN FOX | CONTACT ME Many U.S. regional jet passengers probably do not realize the jets are foreign made. They are either made by Canadian based Bombardier (ERJ) or a Brazilian company, Embraer (EMJ), The Embraer jets, in my opinion, have nicer interiors. They have higher ceilings, more comfortable leather seats and a more pleasant appearance. The story of Embraer and how it has grown to be the world's third largest aircraft manufacturer and a Brazilian success story is interesting. The aircraft manufacturer was started by the Brazilian government in 1969 to build military aircraft for the air force. On the brink of bankruptcy in 1994, the government allowed the company to be privatized. Although struggling to stabilize the aircraft manufacturer financially, in the 1990's, Embraer saw a niche for aircraft that seats 70-100 passengers, something that Boeing and Airbus did not offer. Headquartered in San Jose dos Campos, Brazil, Embraer has about 17,265 employees worldwide (94% based in Brazil) and generated revenue of U.S.$5.4 billion in 2010. Its revenue is derived globally: Europe 33%, Asia/Pacific 22%, Latin America 15%, North America 13%, Brazil 13% and other 4%. Embraer aircraft are used by 45 airlines in 30 countries. The company has four divisions, with commercial aircraft accounting for the most revenue (67%). Embraer also manufactures military aircraft, private or executive jets and even crop dusters, part of the Agricultural Division. The Ipanema crop duster is probably the best known in the world. The company also makes a Super Tucano aircraft which is a light attack and advanced military training aircraft. Their military planes provide 50% of the Brazilian air force and are also represented in about 20 foreign air forces. It was reported in the January 11, 2012 issue of the Wall Street Journal the U.S. government is considering the purchase of twenty A-29 Super Tucano aircraft for the Afghan Air force as part of its exit strategy from that country. The planes would be assembled in Florida with U.S. employees. The $355 million contract is being considered because Embraer has a joint venture with U.S. based Sierra Nevada Corporation (based in Sparks, Nevada). The consideration and subsequent award to Sierra Nevada Corp/Embraer was withdrawn by the U.S. Air Force because of a challenge by rival Hawker-Beechcraft Corp., which offered their AT-6 aircraft as a replacement for the Super Tucano. The U.S. Air Force is reviewing whether to restart the bidding for this contract (based on a February 28, 2012 news release). Embraer has sales, maintenance or parts facilities in: China, France, Portugal, U.S., and Singapore. Embraer opened a new, global customer center and showroom (150,000 square feet) for Executive Jets in Melbourne, Florida on December 5, 2011. Embraer is now the major supplier of regional jet aircraft in China, for up to 120 seats. This segment is expected to show strong future growth. Embraer is the exclusive aircraft for the new Brazilian airline, Azul, The airline was started by David Neeleman, who founded Jet Blue in the U.S. Once fired by Southwest Airline president Herb Kelleher, David was also fired from Jet Blue after a 2007 ice storm fiasco with a Jet Blue plane having to wait many hours on a runway with no contingency plan or treatment of outraged passengers. Neeleman, who has dual citizenship in the U.S. and Brazil, realized that a low-cost start up could transform the Brazilian travel market. Brazilian born and Portuguese speaking Neeleman (he left Brazil with his family when he was 5 years old) returned to Brazil to start a new airline in December 2008. The name Azul means "blue" in Portuguese. The new airline, and how it is managed, reflects the lessons David learned from his former low cost airline employers. The airline has 18 mid sized jets in its fuel efficient fleet and has committed to buy 28 more. Like Jet Blue, Azul offers low prices, and flies point to point, mainly from secondary airports. Its base is at Viracopos/Campinas International Airport, which is located about 50 miles North of Sao Paulo. Azul's young fleet, enthusiastic flight attendants and employees will be ready when Brazil hosts the World Cup in 2014 and the Summer Olympic Games in 2016. As Brazil will showcase its beautiful cities such as Rio de Janeiro, Azul will also have a great opportunity to increase its brand awareness and favorable imagery among domestic and foreign tourists. It will also be interesting to watch the evolving aircraft manufacturing industry in China. Indications are that China will manufacture their own wide bodied jets by 2020 and use GE or Rolls Royce engines. One question remains, will China also produce the smaller jets that Embracer supplies? Stay tuned and watch Embraer grow as Brazil's international trade and tourism increases due to these upcoming world sporting events, and China's continued growth. SUBSCRIBE to our Newsletter ©2017, The Global Galaxy blog is produced by The Soundings Group, LLC, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, www.thesoundingsgroup.com. The company is an international business consulting firm, specializing in new market assessments, market entry strategies and marketing guidance. The scope of Global Galaxy is to cover timely international trends, issues and business building ideas. Its purpose is to educate, inform and stimulate thinking for business opportunity analyses. Comment


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Oh those savvy guys at Burberry have hit it absolutely on the mark with this campaign. You clever things. Our first reaction was, Oh gawd, not a mini-me-becks and we were rather clenching our buttocks as we passed by. Do we really need yet another vacuous celebrity? That said, of course, we know this is 'genius' and they have got it all so right (but do we really have to suffer another one?, really?). The images and scheme of course look great but gawd that family are so bloody irritating.
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text: UPDATE: Sorry guys, it seems I jumped the gun. My motherboard is a Falcon, and yet it has internal storage. Interesting none the less. So I read this article, and didn't think much of it... http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/11/28/ru...ternal-storage/ ...that is until my old eBay 360 died on Black Friday, just in time for me to miss all of the sales on new ones. However, I was in for a nice surprise when I got home from buying a new Arcade at Target. Rather than containing a 256mb Memory Unit, the console has it built in. I've already got a 512mb MU, and a 120gb HD, so space isn't much of an issue. However, it is a nice way to confirm if you've got a Jasper or not. (Assuming I did get a Jasper... I'm not sure how to check. I'm a 360 noob.) Just thought you all might want to know.


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Memoirs from Boston: John Williams' Film Night at Pops (May 31-June1, 2017)
Review of the annual Boston Pops Orchestra "Film Night" concert conducted by Maestro John Williams
Attending a concert conducted by Maestro John Williams is both a privilege and a great emotion. The brilliant composer/conductor celebrated his 85th birthday this year, hence the music director of the Boston Pops Orchestra, Keith Lockhart (who took the post from John Williams in 1995), chose to devote a large part of the Pops' 2017 season to the celebration of the composer of Star Wars and E.T. The Williams-themed season – dutifully titled "Celebrating John Williams" - started on April 7 with a special concert conducted by Lockhart dedicated entirely to Williams' music, featuring both well-known pieces and excerpts from lesser-known gems of his long and distinguished career, such as Goodbye Mr. Chips, Heidi and The Towering Inferno. The concert was also recorded and released a few weeks later on CD and digital by BSO Classics with the title Lights, Camera ... Music! Six Decades of John Williams. Lockhart also conducted live-to-picture concerts of both E.T. and the world premiere of Jaws to packed audiences in Symphony Hall, while also peppering several Williams pieces throughout all programs of this year's Pops season.
The city of Boston, and specifically this orchestra, is closely tied to John Williams, who has a legendary aura within the walls of the beautiful Symphony Hall. This feeling was almost tactile on the two dates of the annual "Film Night at Pops", always one of the most awaited events of the season. This year the podium was shared by Williams and Keith Lockhart, with the latter conducting the first half of the concert, then leaving the baton to the former in the second half. We already had the honour and the pleasure to attend a concert conducted by John Williams in the past, but this was the writer's first experience in the city of Boston. As perhaps many do not know, during the Pops season (which usually goes from April until July 4) the aisles of Symphony Hall are transformed into a sort of outdoor concert environment: the usual armchairs are replaced by chairs and coffee tables, where you can even order dinner with à la carte menu. As strange as it may look to the eyes of the typical symphony patron, this is actually part of the charm and the peculiarity of the Pops concerts, where the atmosphere is very joyful and jovial. Since its heydays, one of the missions of the Boston Pops has been to bring a heterogeneous and diverse audience to the classical environment by offering a repertoire in which the melodies of the great Broadway musicals, music for ballet, folk tunes, traditional American songs and also film music are at the core of the programs. All this was well understood by John Williams during his years (1980-1993) as music director of what is also known as "America's Orchestra", continuing the impressive legacy of his predecessor Arthur Fiedler, while also succeeding in giving the Pops' traditional repertoire a new and refreshing spin and putting film music under a more prominent spotlight.
A completely sold-out Symphony Hall welcomed Keith Lockhart on the podium with a big applause, who immediately started the evening with one of the lesser-known Williams pieces: "Pops on the March", written in 1981 to the memory of conductor Arthur Fiedler. It's a short but extraordinary composition, a rambunctious funny march with peaks of amusing bravado (such as the sly quote of "Stars and Stripes Forever", one of the flagships of the Pops), bold jazz-like chords, brilliant instrumentation and highly complex contrapuntal writing (Lockhart revealed a tasty anecdote: the rhythmic motto at the basis of the piece is actually a punctuation of Fiedler's name: "Ar-thur Fied-ler! Ar -thur Fied-ler! "). The audience particularly liked this delightful concert-opener and responded with a thunderous applause. Lockhart then took the stage to welcome the audience and introduce his half of the program, which was devoted largely to lesser-known Williams pieces as featured in the CD mentioned before. The following piece was indeed the exciting "Main Titles" from The Towering Inferno (1974), one of the first examples of symphonic exuberance in the career of the composer. The Pops' phenomenal brass section literally shone with a glowing performance. The piece that followed could not be more different for contrast and atmosphere: "Stargazers" from E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial, a beautiful composition for harp and orchestra (performed masterfully by Principal Harp Jessica Zhou) that plunged the entire Symphony Hall in an atmosphere the dreamy, poignant lyricism and where we were able to admire the excellent skills of Lockhart as a conductor. The feverish "Devil's Dance" from The Witches of Eastwick (1987) was performed with particular bravura by the whole orchestra, enhancing perfectly the kaleidoscopic texture the piece. The "Theme from JFK" (1991) showed the noble yet sober patriotic side of the composer (kudos to the magnificent solo of Principal Trumpet Thomas Rolfs), while the scherzo-like piece from The Adventures of Tintin ("The Duel") brought us back to playful Prokofiev-like territory, thanks also to the performance in perfect sync with a well-executed montage (projected onto a large screen above the orchestra) dedicated to the swashbuckling Hollywood films. "Viktor's Tale" from The Terminal (2004) put again a soloist at the center (clarinetist Thomas Martin), who performed brilliantly the Eastern Europe-flavoured piece that accompany the (mis)adventures of the character played by Tom Hanks. The final part of the first half of the concert was devoted to a couple of standards of Williams' repertoire: "Harry's Wondrous World" from the first chapter of the Harry Potter series (2001), a veritable symphonic tour de force of profound orchestral wisdom, impeccably played by Lockhart and the Pops; and finally the irresistible "March from Superman" (1978), performed in sync with a montage of film clips taken from all the great achievements of Williams' extraordinary career. An enthusiastic audience devoted a long applause to orchestra and conductor.
After the canonical 20-minute interval, the orchestra returned on stage and, after a few moments, John Williams made his entrance on the podium, greeted by the audience with a huge applause and a standing ovation. Smiling and happy, Williams briefly took the applause and immediately turned to the orchestra, starting with his arrangement of "Hooray for Hollywood", a beautiful bon-bon where some of the most popular tunes of the Hollywood musicals are blended together with a brilliant orchestration reminiscent of the arrangements of the great Conrad Salinger (the master orchestrator of MGM musicals of the 1940s and '50s). Afterwards it was time for one of the evening's peaks, the suite from Steven Spielberg's The BFG (2016), which has been retitled "A Child's Tale". Eight minutes in which Williams virtually condensed the best moments of the score; it's an irresistible example of orchestral virtuosity (outstanding performance by Elizabeth Ostling, Principal Flute of the Pops) and great melodic invention, vividly painting a rapturous storybook feeling. Here, the boundary between the film nature of the piece and the necessity of autonomous expressive capacity on the concert stage disappeared completely, delivering something unique to the audience. Williams took the stage to thank and welcome the audience and then presented the subsequent piece on the program: "Out to Sea / Shark Cage Fugue" from Jaws (1975). Williams recalled the experience of that first historic success with his inseparable partner Steven Spielberg and then led the orchestra in a beautiful performance of the piece. As in The BFG, Williams takes a typical classical form (in this case, the Prelude and Fugue) and transforms two pieces written originally as film cues into something of great value in purely musical sense. The Maestro on the podium seemed particularly lively and engaged with the orchestra. The following piece was another excursus into his one of his less popular but nonetheless thrilling pieces: "A New Beginning" from Spielberg's Minority Report (2002), a beautiful adagio for strings of ecstatic contemplation. Williams then addressed the audience again to introduce three pieces from The Force Awakens (2015), the seventh installment of the Star Wars saga. The composer recalled his bond with the movie series that gave him enormous popularity; Williams also informed the public he has nearly finished writing and recording the music for the new chapter, The Last Jedi (out in December), and confessed once again his infatuation for young star Daisy Ridley ("When I was asked if I wanted to write the music for the new movie, I said yes because I did not want anyone else to write music for Daisy!", joked Williams).
The orchestra was then led with great verve by the composer, starting with the exuberant "Scherzo for X-Wings", followed by the stupendous "Rey's Theme" and capped off with the vibrant "March of the Resistance" (the latter showed that his contrapuntal vein is still fresh and vivid as ever). To close out the program, Williams performed a long medley titled "A Tribute to Steven Spielberg & George Lucas". The main themes of Jaws, Star Wars, Indiana Jones and E.T. followed one after the other as an accompaniment to an effective montage of clips from the respective films. A real crowd-pleaser in which it's almost impossible not to surrender to enthusiasm. An audience in total adoration paid tribute to Williams with a long thunderous applause and standing ovation. Williams returned to the stage to perform the first of three encores. "Princess Leia's Theme" from Star Wars was performed in memory of Carrie Fisher, who died suddenly last December (Williams told the audience that his daughter and the actress were both the same age and were very friendly, so he was particularly affected by Fisher's premature death). The piece was the emotional peak of the evening, with Williams inclined to a performance full of rubato and richly expressive (horn and flute solos were beautifully performed by Richard Sebring and Elizabeth Ostling). Williams then delighted the audience with a stunning performance of the rousing "March from 1941", the hypertrophic comedy directed by Steven Spielberg in 1979, definitely a piece that puts the orchestra most extroverted personality in the spotlight (Williams, as a modern John Philip Sousa, also invited the audience to clap in time during the piece). And finally, he could not miss to perform the piece that closes out all his concerts, i.e. the "Imperial March" from The Empire Strikes Back. After the biggest applause one could receive, the curtain closed on a truly wonderful evening of music.
In occasion of these concerts, we accompanied in Boston our friend Simone Pedroni, who presented to John Williams the first copy of his CD, John Williams: Themes and Transcriptions for Piano (out July 7th on Varèse Sarabande). We have always been huge fans of the art of Simone Pedroni as a pianist and conductor and we share with him the love and enthusiasm for the music of John Williams. So it was really a very special honour and a unique emotion to be received with him by Maestro Williams after the concert. The kindness and warmth of the man is equal to the greatness of the artist: the Maestro greeted us with sincere kindness and courtesy.
We also took the opportunity to present Williams the 2016 ColonneSonore.net Award, which he won for the fourth time in the categories "Best Music for a Foreign Language Film" (this time for Spielberg's The BFG) and "Best Foreign Composer". As you can imagine, it was a moment of great emotion that crowned, more than a personal dream, all the efforts, dedication and commitment that the team of ColonneSonore.net (Massimo Privitera, Pietro Rustichelli, Alessio Coatto Giuliano Tomassacci, Roberto Pugliese) has given over fifteen years of activity. In the composer's music we always found inspiration for what we do and it has always been a terrific glue of friendship. As Maestro John Williams always taught us, we go forward with joy and humility. So, let us say with genuine enthusiasm: Grazie mille, Maestro!
A heartfelt thank you to Simone Pedroni, Elisa Petrarulo and Emilio Audissino for the friendship and the sharing of experience; Doreen Reis, Sam Brewer and Taryn Lott (Boston Symphony Orchestra), for their cooperation and support; Special thanks also to Keith Lockhart and Jamie Richardson. And the most heartfelt thank you to Maestro John Williams, for his unending courtesy and kindness.
Offical pictures from the concert are by Michael Blanchard. All rights reserved. Used with permission. All the other pictures by Maurizio Csschetto and Elisa Petrarulo.


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I consider myself fortunate to work as a freelance SEO consultant. I've spent seven wonderful years working with passionate local business owners, had the opportunity to speak at a number of local conferences, and developed friendships with fellow freelancers from around the world.
However, it would be a lie to say it has been nothing but smooth sailing. In business, it is inevitable that at some point the waters will get choppy and things will go wrong.
Worse yet, in many cases the cause is completely outside of your control.
So, when you come up against these hard truths of freelancing, here are techniques you can use to overcome them.
1. You'll spend a lot of time alone
It's true, as a freelancer you'll likely spend a lot of time alone.
Some enjoy the mental brain space that comes with the self-imposed solitude. For others, it can have a negative impact on their emotional well-being.
Humans are social creatures, we need interaction to stay healthy and happy. Even introverts like myself need to get out every once in awhile to enjoy the company of others.
For me, the solution has been to make social engagement part of my routine. This involves going to meetups, having cowork days with other freelancers, and simply making an effort to call/skype friends during the day.
If you're the type of person who needs to interact with other people to be happy, then plan and schedule time for it in your day. For many people, it's as important as completing project work.
2. You'll get stiffed on payments
At some point in your freelance career, you'll get stiffed. It happens to the best of us. For one reason or another a client will simply refuse to pay.
At best, nonpayment is frustrating. At worst, it can cause significant financial hardship.
I've attempted to mitigate the impact of non-payments in a few targeted ways.
- I collect project deposits every time, no exception
- I'm adamant in following up on overdue accounts
- I use strict terms and conditions in my contracts
- I discontinue services for late paying companies
If you sense a payment will be late, or that you may not receive it at all, address it as soon as possible. The longer you wait, the more difficult it will become to collect it.
3. You'll receive a customer complaint
Shit happens – plain and simple.
At some point in your business career, you'll receive a customer complaint. It is usually due to a miscommunication of the client's expectations.
Whatever the reason, a customer complaint is never fun. But how you deal with it can make or break the relationship and harm/help your online reputation.
Here are a few tips:
- If you've made a mistake, own up to it: You're not a robot; mistakes happen. But if you have messed up, it's best to address the problem and move on.
- If a customer has complained online, attempt to move the conversation offline: Your digital reputation is one of the most important weapons in your marketing arsenal. If a heated conversation happens online, even if you're right about the situation, it'll still make you look bad. Take the conversation offline, and address it in the matter most suited to the issue.
- Learn from it: If you've made a mistake work to fix it by developing better processes for your business so that it doesn't happen next time.
4. You'll lose a big account/project
This is never fun – but it happens.
You'll be working on a large account or project then… BLAMO! No more project. No more income.
As a freelancer, losing a project is largely outside of your control. The company may hire a full-time employee, cancel your project, or find a lower cost provider.
At any rate, losing a project can sting your ego and put stress on your bank account. Especially if you maintain a small number of clients.
Here are a few tips:
- Use contracts with firm cancellation terms. If a company would like to cancel your services, ensure it isn't going to leave you high and dry.
- Create a cushion by saving a few months worth of expenses. I know, saving money isn't super exciting but if you lose a big client, it will be the lifeline you need to make it through hard times.
- Diversify your client base. If you have a limited number of clients you may be setting yourself up for a big fall. Look for opportunities to increase the number of clients on your roster, so that when one cancels your services, it doesn't irreparably damage your business.
5. You'll miss a deadline
As Douglas Adams said…
"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by."
You can do everything in your power as a freelancer, and some day you'll still miss a deadline. It could be due to unrealistic expectations on the client's part, issues collecting feedback, or that you get sick and just can't work.
At any rate, missing deadlines can put you in hot water with a customer. Here's a few solutions for cooling the burn.
- Address the root cause: If it was your fault, explain to the client why you missed the deadline and how you intend to ensure it doesn't happen again in the future. If it was the client's fault, explain how their actions contributed to the issue.
- Use project management software: Software such as BaseCamp can be used to better schedule your time. This simple suggestion will keep you, the client and contractors on task and on schedule.
6. You'll work long hours
When I started freelancing, 12 to 14 hour days were the norm. I now work a comfortable 8-9 hours per day, only pulling the occasional all-nighter.
When starting, you'll discover one simple truth, you have a greater number of hours of work then there are hours in the day. In addition to project work, you'll be responsible for other tasks such as administration, accounting, invoicing, and project management to name a few.
And, as you continue to grow your business and your client base these items begin to compound, resulting in longer hours, later nights and less sleep!
Here are a few ways around it.
- Work to increase your productivity: The more you're able to accomplish during the work day, the less you'll need to work. Check out these 50 tips for increasing your productivity.
- Complete your most important work first: It's a method I call Granny's Rule, where you eating your carrots before you get ice cream. We tend to delay working on tasks we dislike in favor of ones we enjoy. The problem is, the projects we dislike never seem to get done. By doing them first, you wipe them from your to-do list, allowing you to move on to other things.
- Use software to speed up and simplify your business: I couldn't run my business without a few key pieces of software. I have software for project management, accounting, email notifications and to schedule meetings. The cumulative effect is that I waste less time and get more done.
7. You won't receive feedback
Some people thrive on positive feedback. The knowledge that they're doing a bang-up job.
When you freelance, you won't have any of that.
It's true: the buck stops with you. There are no gold stars, bonuses, or glowing performance reviews. You're the head honcho of your one person organization. And, there is no one to tell you whether you're doing a bad, good or fantastic job.
Here are a few solutions.
- Find a mentor: A mentor can be life changing and I recommend every freelancer find a mentor to work with. Mentors provide feedback, help you to evaluate ideas and make suggestions based on their personal experience.
- Create a mastermind group: A mastermind group is similar to having a mentor, however, it's a collaboration between business owners as opposed to being a one-sided teacher/student relationship. Mastermind groups work exceptionally well because you're sharing ideas with like-minded individuals who will keep you accountable for achieving your business goals.
- Survey your customers: Another opportunity for feedback is to survey your customers, to find areas in which they perceive you as being strong, as well as areas that could use improvement. There is an entire industry dedicated to surveying software. Find the one that best suits your needs.
Your turn
I hope this post has provided tangible tips you can use to better your business, and minimize the impact of the "hard truths".
Have I missed any? What are you struggling with in your freelance business?
Let me know in the comments section down below.


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by Kung Fu Zu 9/19/16
A BBC Drama Mini-Series • It is the summer of 1933 and London is hot. A young man falls down the spiral staircase in Pym's Advertising Agency and breaks his neck. His replacement Mr. Bredon, personally hired by Mr. Pym, shows up rather more quickly than is considered tasteful. And while he is impeccably dressed and has good manners, he is a somewhat nosy character who is wont to ask all sorts of questions about his deceased predecessor, as well as others in the office.
So begins the four part 1973 BBC mini-series, Murder Must Advertise, based on one of the many Lord Peter Wimsey mystery novels written by Dorothy Sayers.
Of course, Mr. Bredon is actually Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey (played by Ian Carmichael), the brother of the Duke of Denver. Unlike so many of his caste, Lord Peter has decided to do something other than spend time in his club drinking his life away. He has become a real private detective.
After snooping around for a few days, it becomes clear to "Mr. Bredon" that something more than just the creation of ads is going on at Pyms Advertising Agency. Whatever is happening is a deep game which will take all of Lord Peter's wit and charm to find out.
In the process of doing so, he plays the cynically bored clown, literally, to a booze and drug besotted Dian de Momerie, a young woman of wealth and social standing who is always looking for the next thrill, and to her sometimes boyfriend Major Milligan, a man of questionable repute.
There are four episodes in the series which is unusual for a mystery book of slightly over 200 pages. Rarely does one find such time dedicated to a novel of similar length. And even less often does a film adaptation of any book follow the original so closely. True, some of the characters speak words which were spoken by another in the book, and some minor changes were made to a couple of other characters, but overall, the mini-series is remarkably true to the book.
I saw this series when it was first broadcast on PBS sometime around 1974. As a big fan of period pieces, I found this one a particular treat at the time. The picture of Lord Peter dashing around the country side in his harlequin suit is something I have never forgotten. To my younger self, this was the height of sophistication. (Harlequin costumes were rare as hens' teeth in our neighborhood growing up.) After over forty years, Murder Must Advertise still holds up.
Although Sayers worked in advertising for almost ten years, the book was not her favorite. But there can be no doubt that her experience gave the story and its characters a certain honesty.
Given modern tastes, the series could probably stand a bit of editing, but not so much as to cut a full 50 minute episode. For my taste however, I wouldn't want to cut a minute. The series takes the viewer through the worlds of advertising and crime as seen at the more human pace of the early 1930's.
If you are looking for a witty, tasteful and intelligent TV drama to take your mind off the day's cares, or for simple pure fun, you could do much worse than spending four hours watching Murder Must Advertise.
Kung Fu Zu is a conservative prognosticator who has traveled widely and lived outside the United States. • (525 views)


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Decatur - In honor of Fourth of July this week, men and women in the armed services, as well as first responders. were honored today in Decatur.
The First church of Nazarene held a special patriotic service on Sunday. Part of the special day included a display with the flag that flew over Ft. Hood. Military men and women, along with local firefighters, were on hand for the celebration as well.
"We don't do this for ourselves. We don't do it for the glory or the red lights and sirens and the adrenaline rush. We do it because someone calls us, someone needs us," says Scott Neal.
The special service was capped off with patriotic hymns that everyone sang along to.


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Booming organic food market in UK
A good news blurb for the faithful. From the Guardian. "Sales of organic food are now worth more than pounds 1.12bn to UK retailers and the market is growing at twice the rate of the general grocery market....organic food sales increased by more than 10% last year although the amount of food sold through supermarkets fell by 1%. This shows that customers increasingly prefer to buy their produce from a more direct source. Sales in this sector have risen by 16% to pounds 108m".
What to do?Let the Organic Food "skeptics" get together in the same room with all the Climate Change skeptics (according to these stats, soon almost any hotel will do). Serve them all some fast food and, like magic, they will lsee how much they have in common. Leaves more of the good stuff for the rest of us.


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SPS History from the Archives
Founded in 1890
The closing years of the 19th Century saw important advances in photography.
But - the first steps were taken in the 1830s with Fox Talbot and Louis Daguerre. Photography evolved with the 'Wet Plate' collodian process on glass. In the Great Exhibition of 1851 photography was exhibited both as a science and an art form. By the 1880s the 'Dry Plate' silver bromide gelatine, also on glass, was becoming the established process. At the end of that decade, in Rochester New York, photography was to make a change that would last for a 100 years.
George Eastman, a manufacturer of dry plates, acquired the patents for roll film and coined the name KODAK. In 1889 he introduced a roll film camera a design that became a standard. It was probably this significant change that gave rise to the Southport Photographic Society in 1890. The Southport Scientific Society was founded in the same year and it too continues today.
The 19th Century also gave birth to two other icons of photography -
1889 Kodak Roll Film Camera George Eastman 1900 Box Brownie
A major camera/film development came in 1924 when Leitz designed a precision 35mm film camera called the LEICA – (Lei)tz and (Ca)mera. The 35mm size continued into the 21st century with sensors called 'full frame' in quality digital Cameras.
John T Rigby
SPS President 1925–26
His archived work covers twenty years from 1921 to 1946
In addition to his work for SPS he was Secretary to a national
Postal Photographic Club.
Postal comments on Back to Port 1946 included: "The picture is worthwhile even though the most suitable lighting was absent. There is some light on the water which could be emphasised." C W Garratt.
There were up to 30 Club members and a print portfolio was circulated each month. Each image had a comment sheet for criticisms and hints for improvements. There was a fine of sixpence for not complying with the portfolio circulation dates. J T Rigby would be in wonder with the internet and its very many photo critique sites.
1920s Lantern Slide Shirdley Hill Mother
Sunlit Glade Conway Castle North Wales
Snowdonia Bromoil creates soft painterly Coquette (Connie Rigby 1945)
effect images used by Pictorialists
Picture left is Harbour Lyme Regis 1938
These prints were a gift to SPS from J T Rigby's daughter Connie Rigby. As a child she was photographed as Coquette above
1943 Front Page News
The Southport Visiter
In 2010 an old newspaper cutting from October 1943 came into the Archives. In this year WW2 was raging - the Russians retake Stalingrad - in the Pacific the Americans engage in bitter fighting with the Japanese - it is a world war. The Southport Visiter headline reports the British Eighth Army fighting in Italy.
Surprisingly on this front page is a main item, with photograph, of the opening of The Southport Photographic Society's Open Exhibition. The press report says that this is the first time since 1911 that SPS has organised -
"An Exhibition open to all amateur photographers in the British Isles".
It is perhaps a clear sign that the tide of war was turning and that SPS was already organising for peacetime.
1943 WW2 Homefront Life
At this stage of the war there was rationing of petrol – most food – clothing – sweets – and furniture. Most things were in short supply and had to be queued for or were unobtainable. Special 'utility furniture' was produced.
It is remarkable, against this background, that SPS was able to organise a National Photographic Exhibition. Some award winners came from Cambridge, Chesterfield, and Devonshire. (This note is by the Hon Historian who was a child during the war.)
For the two years 1942 – 1944 the SPS Presidents were Mr W Martland and Mr R Jones.
Vera Beckett ARPS
Vera was President of Southport Photographic Society in 1951–52.
Her monochrome prints were widely exhibited and were selected for a
Royal Photographic Society Exhibition.
1957 "Tugs" on the River Mersey
1963 Winter Promenade 1949 Lancashire Lad
1961 Barbara 1954 Clare
Mary Hirst ARPS
Landscape Photographer
1952 'Mary Hirst ARPS at Styhead Pass' by Bill Hirst FRPS
Bill and Mary Hirst were both accomplished landscape photographers. In their day few could better them in monochrome landscape prints. When Mary died Bill gave a special trophy for the SPS landscape competition. It takes the form of a small mounted rock which Bill chose from a mountain stream which was on one of their favourite walks.
Valley of Shadows Lochside Homestead
The above images are part of the SPS Archive of many original Mary Hirst prints.
Both Mary and Bill were active members of SPS. Bill was President in1953-54.
Mrs T Knight
Mrs Knight was SPS President in the 1956-57 Season.
Due to the formalities of her day she was only addressed as Mrs Knight.
Medieval Fire Engine, Lavenham
1947 Gossip Mrs T Knight Nature Study
Mr G A Rimmer
President of SPS in the 1981-82 Season.
1970 Chamonix 1970 Chamonix Church
Dick Lorch APAGB
Dick Lorch was SPS President in 1959-60 and 1995-96.
He died, age 92, on Christmas Eve 2000.
He had been an SPS member for almost 50 years.
Photo by Keith Suddaby
Storm Brewing Shining Monument
Floodlit Bronze
Cyril Loker
Another keen photographer who learnt his craft in the RAF.
Later he did work for the Southport "Visiter"
Valerie 1960s Jane 1968
Lady with Hat Meditation
Dogs Choir Boy
David Gwynne FRPS APAGB
David was a former Head of the Photographic Dept at Southport College and SPS President in 1982-83
He was an enthusiastic colour worker (film) and his images show that creative photography was well established with film and darkroom skills. Photo manipulation did not start with the digital age.
1988 Fishermen at Loch Duich
This creative image was accepted and won awards at 15 exhibitions
1986 Family Deer Outing 1979 Sky Pattern
1980s Strawberries Grasshopper 1988 Church Porch Tarleton
Silver Birch Wasdale Birches 1992 D I Y
2003 National Print Champions
Saturday 25th October 2003 - 33 of the best British Photographic Clubs competed
in the annual PAGB British Print Championships. Southport won first place.
Back Row - Trevor Davenport, Ian McLean, Mike Pollitt, Tom Bennett, Bill Hughes
Front Row - Kathryn Scorah, Keith Suddaby, Ian Little, Marco Pozzi, Diane Owen
(Pat Hey, not present for the photograph, was also a team member).
A selection from the SPS portfolio follows:
Morgan Power Slide by Mike Pollitt Portrait of a Marriage by Marco Pozzi
Vicunas in Altiplano by Trevor Davenport Dead Wood by Keith Suddaby
Peach Glow by Dianne Owen Another Fine Mess by Tom Bennett Adonis Blue by Ian McLean
The Baker's Wife by Bill Hughes Crested Macaque by Jimmy Burke
Images at The Tate by Ian Little Glacier Walk by Pat Hey
Icy Minimalism by Kathryn Scorah
Cliff Martin ARPS DPAGB
Cliff was SPS President in 1986-87 and has been an active member for more than thirty years. A keen fell walker, his monochrome landscape prints have won many awards including Gold Medals at the Handsworth and PAGB Exhibitions. One of his Landscape Prints was chosen for the Royal Photographic Society permanent collection.
Each year, three prints are selected by the RPS for their permanent collection. In 1990 Cliff's print, Raven Scar, one of the two by British photographers, was chosen for this honour, the other going to a member from America. This image has now joined the ranks of the great and is now proudly hanging within the portals of the RPS.
Raven Scar Buckbarrow Crags
Evening Calm Low Close
Newlands Rigg Fold
Contemporary Images from the Archives
There are many hundreds of images stored digitally in the archives and they, too, are part of SPS history. As the Hon. Historian I have selected photographers to reflect the range of subjects taken and photographic styles and techniques used. Tony Thompson (2017).
The selection starts with two members who were awarded the Royal Society's fellowship distinction FRPS. Keith's contributions to club photography and awards he has gained are considerable. Giacometti Geometrically is his most successful image.
Dianne Owen gained the ARPS and FRPS in 2008. The two images are from her FRPS panel.
Mike Pollitt's image was a first digital entry in the National Open Exhibition.
Penny Price's Lime Street Station shot was the first iPhone image we saw in 2013.
Trevor Davenport, left, is presented with the RPS 2012 Nature GOLD Medal – for White Satin Moth
Somewhere in England by Noel McQueen
On top of the World by Ron Bartle
Fed Up by Pat Parker
Regimental Surgeon by Gary Parker
Levitation by Les Auld
Night Watchman by Brian Tarr
Stinkhorn by Mike Pollitt
The Tiger Moth Display by Ian McLean
Japanese Toad Lily by Tony Duffey
Dark Knights by Christine Wood
Running with the Champion by Chris Mowatt
Out of the Woods by Tony Howard
Proud Stag by Susan Howard
Cottage Rannock Moor by Peter Pauwels
Cameron Green by Alex Anderson
Tulip Annie Schilder by Michele Martin
Albert by Julian Stelling
Seaside Rendezvous by Penny Price
The Pose by Nick Hilton
The Punch by Geoff Ball
Osprey with chick - Florida by Kit Robinson
Chester by Tony Thomas
A Fistful of Dollars by Margaret Powley
Cutty Sark by Sue Dewhurst
Red Squirrel Selfie by Ted Stevens
Queen and Horses by David Coleman
Concentration by David Eacott
Deckchair Friends by Tony Thompson
To Travel in Hope by Norman Rigby
Red Kite by Roy Dorkins
Fisherman Lake Inle by David Wareing
Hawker Hurricane by Peter Biggs
Bee on Willow Herb by Ian Kent
Rose on Rose by Arthur Williams
Winds and Tides by Kath Thomas
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The ability to restart and experience change is one of the most exciting aspects of fishing to me. No matter how much fishing you do, there is always something new somewhere you can be doing. That is one of the most alluring aspects of saltwater fishing to me. As I began to tie for my most recent trip, I started to look up patterns. Past years I've just tied what looked good to me from pictures from friends, and came up with replications that worked fine, and looked good enough. This year my flies had a purpose. The tying techniques I used were deliberate, and the end result were flies that not only looked better (although still for fishing not a fly shop bin) but were tied in a way that gave me a connection, and a confidence that patterns in years past did not possess.


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400 saved? Hoax/urban legend?
In our January/February 2005 TACL we briefly mentioned that the story of the saving of 400 Christians in Meulaboh — after they gave in to Muslim pressure not the celebrate Christmas in the city and went up a mountain — was not true. The story is now on numerous websites around the world and gaining additional 'life' as it circles the globe through forwarded emails, and is repeated in church bulletins and from numerous pulpits as Christian 'Good News' or as a sermon illustration. As it circulates, it is gaining additional comments and introductions — even slight rewording.
A full and more detailed report, which also shows some of the variations, is available from our office.
Most who repeat the story trace it back to Willem (Bill) Hekman, the Pastor of Calvary Life Fellowship in Indonesia and repeat that version as he apparently gave it initially. His name is often given at the end of the account:
'God Protects His own!
We know that 80% of the town of Meulaboh in Aceh was destroyed by the Tsunami waves and 80% of the people also died. This is one of the towns that was hit the hardest. But there is a fantastic testimony from Meulaboh. In that town are about 400 Christians.
They wanted to celebrate Christmas on December 25th but were not allowed to do so by the Muslims of Meulaboh. They were told if they wanted to celebrate Christmas they needed to go outside the city of Meulaboh on a high hill and there celebrate Christmas. Because the Christians desired to celebrate Christmas the 400 believers left the city on December 25th and after they celebrated Christmas they stayed overnight on the hill.
As we all know the morning of December 26 there was the earthquake followed by the Tsunami waves destroying most of the city of Meulabohand thousands were killed. The 400 believers were on the mountain and were all saved from destruction.
Now the Muslims of Meulaboh are saying that the God of the Christians punished us for forbidding the Christians from celebrating Christmas in the city. Others are questioning why so many Muslims died while not even one of the Christians died there.
Had the Christians insisted on their rights to celebrate Christmas in the city, they would have all died. But because they humbled themselves andfollowed the advice of the Muslims they all were spared destruction and can now testify of God's marvelous protection.
This is a testimony of the grace of God and the fact that as believers we have no rights in the world. Our right is come before God and commit our lives to Him. Our right is kneeling down before the Lord almighty and commit our ways to Him. He is our Father and is very capable to care forHis children. Praise the Name of the Lord.
Bill Hekman
Pastor Calvary Life Fellowship in Indonesia.'
We were disturbed by the danger of distorted theology promoted by this message, which, even if the incident was true, raised serious questions. Questions, it seemed, that very few Christians were asking as they triumphantly passed it on to friends or promoted it on their websites.
Some Muslim Fundamentalists, as well as some very conservative Christians, referred to the tsunami as God's judgement. In a number of places, including Meulaboh, the only, or one of the few, buildings not destroyed was the local mosque. Some saw this as the divine intervention of God (though it was more a matter of the kind and strength of the building and its construction, as well as its location — rather than anything divine or supernatural).
Many of the local community people who had miraculous escapes from the tsunami were not Christians. Many who died, were injured, or suffered loss of family, home, livelihood or more included Christians. Faith and religion were not an issue in the devastation caused by the tsunami, or in the miraculous escapes and rescues for some. People of all Faiths and backgrounds were affected by this disaster. And the Bible makes it clear that God neither caused it, nor gave special protection to any one section of people. Consider the following passages: Luke 13:1-5; Matthew 5:43-48; John 3:16-17; 2 Peter 3:9; Isaiah 63:9; Romans 12:15.
There are important implications in all of these passages about a Christlike attitude to others, including all those affected by the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami disaster — Christian and non-Christian alike. For the Christian there can be no triumphalism, or hint of such, in disaster.
We are NOT saying that this was the intention of those who passed the message along — but the danger is there.
Apart from concerns about Biblical teaching and the reflecting of Christlike attitudes to all who suffer, the major problem with this story of the 400 saved Christians in Meulaboh is that it is not true.
Did Willem Hekman actually have first-hand contact with any of those 400 supposed survivors? Was he personally told the story by any of the survivors, or their pastors or priests?
The answer to these basic questions is: NO!
Calvary Life Fellowship - Lippo Karawaci Indonesia - does not have its own website on the Internet, but it does have a page on the Expatriates website: http://www.expat.or.id/ (http://www.expat.or.id/orgs/calvarylifefellowship.html).
The Expats website also has a discussion forum, which, for a number of weeks discussed the story of the supposed saved 400 Christians. The following statement was made on the forum:
'Author : webmaster @[188.8.131.52]
Date : 02-15-2005 @ 3:21 AM
We have heard from Bill Hekman regarding his original source of this story ... he read it on this forum ...
See the subsequent posting above the original posting ... where it says (in Indonesian) "rekan kami dari WFP mencoba mencari tahu di daerah Meulaboh ternyata tidak ada orang yg merayakan natal ke gunung,entah dengan maksud apa sseorang yang membuat rekaan cerita seperti ini."
When roughly translated this means:
Our colleague from the WFP tried to find the source of this story in Meulaboh and it turns out that there were NO people celebrating Christmas on the mountain [the night before the tsunami]. We do not know the purpose of someone posting/making up a story like this.'
This made it very clear that:
A.) Bill Hekman got the information from an Internet website forum and NOT from first hand knowledge given him by people actually involved in the supposed incident. It seems he took the Indonesian account, translated it and put his name to it.
B.) The Expats forum revealed that subsequent information (actually the next day) on the Jesus-Net forum from which Bill Hekman copied his message made it clear that this story was not true.
It should also be noted that the Expats webmaster — responsible for both the forum AND Calvary Life Church page information — acknowledged on February 15, that the subsequent posting made it clear this story was NOT true.
Yet, in spite of this, he added the following comments to the church's page:
'Saving of Meulobah Christians in the Tsunami of December 26, 2004
We have confirmed the story via phone and email with Bill Hekman and through an Indonesian pastor who has heard the story from several persons with firsthand knowledge, as follows:
This is the account from the believers in Meulaboh. The 400 believers involved are from the Roman Catholic Church, GPIB Church and HKPB Church. They had requested permission from the District Leader (Camat), Police (POLRES) and DANDIM (Army) to celebrate Christmas in Meulaboh. They were told that since Meulaboh is under Sharia Islamic law it would better to go somewhere where there are no Moslems. So the believers left the morning of Dec. 25th and walked about 5 kms to a hill area. They were accompanied by some members of the Marine Corps who were also Christians. They celebrated Christmas the afternoon of Dec. 25th and stayed there for the night at a "Retreat". They had brought food, etc. to camp there for the night. The tsunami took place the morning of the 26th of Dec. These believers are now refugees living in Aceh Jaya. Another accounting - Meulobah Testimony [MS Word 22 KB ]'
To further add to the confusion, visiting the same church web page a few days later we discovered that the reference to 'an Indonesian pastor' was changed (without explanation) to read: 'an Indonesian-American pastor'. Even more troubling, without any explanation, the webmaster altered his forum posting of February 15 (instead of posting a new message). After acknowledging the Internet forum from which Bill Hekman got (copied) his information, the webmaster deleted his comments about the subsequent posting denying the story and the question why someone would post such a story that was not true. In place of the deleted comments originally in his posting he substituted the following: 'We've also been in touch with his sources...who have CONFIRMED the story…see http://www.expat.or.id/orgs/calvarylifefellow ship.html Sorry for the up and down of this story .. but we were persisting to get to the source .. and got a firsthand confirmation!'
Unfortunately this is both incorrect and unhelpful. There has been absolutely NO 'firsthand confirmation!' — and the removal of contradictory information is not an appropriate way of dealing with lack of evidence.
The preceding comments posted to Calvary Life Fellowship's web page state that: 'The 400 believers involved are from the Roman Catholic Church, GPIB Church and HKPB Church.' The GPIB Churches (Gereja Protestan di Indonesia Bagian Barat) are part of the World Reformed Churches network. The current minister of the Jakarta Community Church (a GPIB Church) is Peter Holden from the Uniting Church in Australia. The Protestant Christian Batak Church - HKPB Churches - are part of the worldwide Lutheran Church family.
NOT ONE of these church bodies, in Indonesia or elsewhere, has repeated the supposed miracle salvation story of their own members included in the 400 who supposedly missed being washed away in the tsunami disaster. Nor have any other groups that have been active in disaster relief in Aceh — from the UN World Food Program; the Singapore Red Cross volunteer teams; Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders); the Mercy Corps; Food for the Hungry and the City of Phoenix joint relief project. All of these groups (including the Christian groups and groups with Christians in them) have been active in Aceh, including Meulaboh, following the tsunami disaster. Not one of them has repeated the story of the 400 supposedly saved Christians, nor have any of the people involved in relief aid in Meulaboh told their friends and churches about the 400 when they returned to their home countries, families, friends and churches.
Pastor Paulus Surya, pastor of the Indonesian congregation at Bullcreek Westminster Presbyterian Church, spent three weeks in Indonesia in January and February 2005. He spent time with friends, relatives and others, particularly checking on the effects of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami disaster in Indonesia. He informed us:
'I myself have met with the director of OBI (Obor Berkat Indonesia - a Christian organisation who work and help people in Aceh). We spoke about a similar story and had confirmation that there was no truth in it either.'
To cap it all off, the story of Italian Roman Catholic Franciscan Friar, Ferdinando Severi, clearly contradicts the claims of the Bill Hekman story.
Friar Severin, a Roman Catholic missionary in Aceh, had gone to Meulaboh several days before the disaster, to celebrate Christmas Mass in the local Catholic chapel in town. He was still there on Boxing Day when the tsunami struck. He was later reported missing, believed drowned until he was found, safe and well (considering his experiences) some days later.
He told his story of preparing for Sunday Mass (having celebrated Christmas Mass in town the day before) and about to visit a sick parishioner when the tsunami struck. Hearing calls about the rushing water coming his way he ran and, with a number of other people, found shelter from the rising flood waters on the second floor of a high building,. The building was the local mosque. The Roman Catholic chapel was completely destroyed. Hours later, police and army personnel moved him and the others to higher areas towards the edge of town and eventually he was transported out of the area. He, and other Christians, were fed and cared for by Muslims in Meulaboh. He later told others that not only had the Roman Catholic chapel been destroyed, but out of 50 Roman Catholic members in Meulaboh, nine were killed by the tsunami.
Britain's Barnabas Fund reported: '02 January 2005 From partners in Indonesia, received 2nd January 2005: "According to information from Mr. Fajar Tobing in Meulaboh: 43 members of the congregation died, 12 were injured and 3 are in critical condition. 62 have been rescued and are together with a total number of 125 refugees. At the time of writing, there are still many people missing."'
Clearly both Roman Catholic and Protestant Christians in Meulaboh, along with Muslims, died in the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami disaster. The story of 400 Christian saved is NOT true.
Please carefully consider the evidence — don't be guilty of bearing false witness or fermenting further tensions between Christians and Muslims (in Indonesia and elsewhere), by passing on (through emails, sermon stories, Sunday bulletin announcements or otherwise) a story that is NOT true and therefore will ultimately be dishonouring to Jesus Christ.
IF you have already used, or passed on, this false story — please contact those affected, apologise for the unintentional error, and please be more cautious next time.
(A more detailed 7+ pp. report, including various other Internet links and more, is available from our office. Please enclose a donation to cover costs or paper and postage.)
(From TACL Vol 26 #1 Feb/March 2002)


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