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The Dead 2: India (2014) - The first film by the Ford brothers, The Dead (2010) was a solid slow zombie film about two men traveling through the zombie plague of Africa trying to get to their respective families. It was a solid effort with a great location and an unrelenting force that drove the protagonist forward beyond the normal limits of the human experience. Both movies answer the question, In the Zombie apocalypse who would you go back for? What would drive you to risk your life to possibly save someone else. In the original both main characters were driven by love of family. In the new version this is still true but in a different way. Both films take place in less developed countries, Somalia in the original and India in the new film. The stranger in a strange land premise is executed in both film and again there is a bit of uncomfortableness of the white stranger fighting off the dark hordes.
The new film creates a stronger personal story for the main character Nick (Joseph Millson) an electrical engineer working on wind farms fifty miles outside Mumbai. As the zombie outbreak begins he, like Lt. Brian Murphy in the first film finds himself far from civilization and surrounded by the walking dead. The disease that caused the plague in Africa was transported to India by a bitten Indian worker who got out. and because of the billion or so people in the country and the high levels of congested living the plague spreads fast. So as Nick talks to his pregnant girlfriend Ishani (Meenu Mishra) about the chaos breaking out around her he promises to come and get her. So starts his journey through the countryside full of the dead who want to bite him. It is established in the first film that the dead are attracted to the living, somehow they sense that there are living nearby and head towards them. This creates the condition that whenever the living stop to rest that it is just a matter of time before they are surrounded. So secure lockable places although great for a temporary reprieve can become tombs if surrounded by enough zombies.
Nick begins his journey with not enough gas to get to his destination and very little hope of finding any. Set up in the opening scenes we know the local station failed to get a delivery but they also setup the first great set piece by letting us know that there is para-sailing equipment at the station. This consists of a backpack propeller that blows air into the sail allowing the user to fly around. I have a friend who actually has a business using this technology so personally it was very cool to see in a film. So when Nick reaches the gas station fighting off the zombies and being encircled quickly his struggle to get the gear, get on the roof and take off is an action packed tense scene. The shots and music in this film are an improvement over the first film and it really comes through during the action scenes.
Cutting from Nick to Ishani and her family as they are barricaded in their house in Mumbai and feeling hopeless. Ishani's Mother is sick after having been bitten and her father is caring for her. This situation is inevitable so not as interesting as the journey that Nick is on. There is some interesting references about how to reconcile religion at the end of the world. Ishani's father is a preacher of reincarnation and her is put in the position of having to deal with his belief system being challenged.
Nick's journey is one on the physical plane and less the spiritaul. After his narrow escape he crashes his parachute as a device to introduce his traveling companion Javed (Anand Kishna Goyal ) who is a local child of about ten or eleven who plays the role as "the magical child". I am using this term like the more famous "magical negro" in film where they are a character that helps the protagonist on their journey offering wisdom and getting them past places where they are stuck either internally or externally. In this film Javed is a guide one who also is a window into Indian culture and mythology. Unlike the magic negro, who saves the protagonist when things look bleak the magic child at times has to be saved by the protagonist. I counted at least five times where nick needed to save the kid while they traveled together. He is also a sounding board so that Nick could fill out his motivations to the audience. The kid asks the questions and then Nick can tell us viewers why he has to get to Ishani.
The mood feels much more threatening than the original. Where there are more people in this film there are more attacks and some wonderful practical effects around the rendering of flesh. The scenes of city chaos ups the ante over the first film so I believe this film is a step above the first film. Well structured as lovers who are separated in a global crisis who desired to be brought back together it is a worthy story of the lengths people will go through for love and family.
There is enough different in this movie to consider it an improvement on the original but at the same time the Nick story feels very similar to the first film. The relentless searching for transportation, the lack of a safe place to stop and rest, the constant wandering zombies all are the same as in the first film. Still the interpersonal story is more developed and an improvement. This story wanting to be complete in its storytelling goes off the rails a bit at the end of the film. The Javed storyline with his little hand made stuffed animal and how that piece is closed out is ridiculous and far fetched. The final scenes like the first film are bleak and unsatisfying. The Ford brothers Howard J Ford and Jonathan Ford apparently struggle to end a movie. Soresport Movies still recommend this film it is well done with a lot to offer the slow zombie fan but it is just and okay film missing the few elements that would raise it to great.


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Music for Your Heart foundation teaches children 'What Really Matters'
Two years ago, Felipe Carvajal, a Flamenco musician, moved to Miami from Seville, hoping to expand his international career.
He was an established musician in Spain and wanted to leave his footprint into the American music scene.
"It was extremely difficult to leave a place where I lived and breathed the music I love," said Carvajal, now 27. "Certainly, I needed to do it because Seville is very small, not only in size but also in opportunities."
Once in Miami, Carvajal began teaching music to children in low-income communities.
Last year, he partnered with Music for Your Heart Foundation, a nonprofit that connects schools, teachers and parents of children in need with music professionals, sponsors and companies.
The professionals supply equipment, training and a place for the children to practice and learn music.
"We go to different areas and schools to teach children music techniques that they will not learn otherwise," Carvajal said.
As part of their efforts, Carvajal and Music for Your Heart will host for the first time "What Really Matters," an event early next year at the James L. Knight Center.
One of the highlights of the event, free and open to the public, will be international speakers. They will share their stories on stage to a younger generation, hoping children understand the importance of studying and working hard in their field of interest.
"The goal of that event is to send a message to everybody in Miami and bring people back to the most important moments in life, their talents, their passions, their dreams," said Ruben Campbell, founder and president of Music for Your Heart. "All those values are part of us as human beings, and we believe music is a universal language where everybody connects."
Through previous funding, Music for Your Heart partnered in 2011 with the Siman Orchestral Foundation to provide 35 classical instruments to 35 children.
The foundation, also known as SIMANOF, is a nonprofit organization focused on providing orchestral training to children.
"Susan Siman, founder of SIMANOF, was able to teach those children with the new instruments," Campbell said.
Last year, Siman was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award for her collaboration as "Teacher of the Year."
Campbell said it is a great honor to work with artists who have such recognition, and he is planning to maintain the partnership with teachers like Siman and Carvajal.
"Felipe Carvajal has tutored my daughter, and it is with him that she has obtained the greatest progress in improving her music skills so far," said Maria del Carmen Sanchez, 42, mother of Liz Sanchez, 10, one of Carvajal's current students. "He is exceptional not only as a musician but also as a mentor."
Music for Your Heart is Carvajal's primary partner.
He plans to keep doing concerts and provide music lessons at no cost for children in need.
"Music is the lifeblood of human beings and society," said Carvajal, who is also working on his first album.
Carvajal plans to put a portion of the profits from the album toward supporting more children in their music ventures.
"I collaborate with Music for Your Heart to help motivate children to join the music sphere without fear," Carvajal said. "Even if I help only one child to reach his or her music dream, that would be the greatest satisfaction for me and the organization."
More information
To learn more about Music for Your Heart and the foundation, contact founder Ruben Campbell at email@example.com or 305-773-2013.
Also, visit: http://www.musicforyourheartfoundation.org/

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A road safety 'crisis' for cyclists in West Sussex has seen the number of people killed or seriously injured on bicycles double in the last five years.
West Sussex County Council's Road Safety Framework is currently being reviewed and a new draft proposes to adopt Vision Zero, a philosophy aiming to get to where there are no KSIs on the county's roads.
Gavin Watts, director of communities and assistant chief fire officer at West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, said they recognised it was 'not acceptable to drive on West Sussex roads and be at risk of harm'.
The number of people killed or seriously injured rose to 482 in 2014, up from 439 in 2013, according to a report discussed by West Sussex County Council's Environmental and Community Services Select Committee on Monday December 14.
But fatalities are down compared to the 2005-2009 average, from 43 to 21, and the county council and fire service are aiming to reduce KSIs by a 'whole system approach', including engineering solutions, new technology, and behavioural change.
But Ruth Fletcher, chair of the Horsham District Cycling Forum, said: "There really is a road safety crisis in West Sussex for cycling. The number of KSIs has doubled since 2010. This has been a steady year-on-year increase. This is not some kind of blip."
Speaking at a WSCC North Horsham County Local Committee meeting on the same day as the ECSSC meeting, she expressed concern that the new Road Safety Framework would not offer solutions that were going to work.
She added: "The road safety framework is not getting to grips with what is going on."
New cycle lanes have been installed in Parsonage Way, Horsham, and Mrs Fletcher called them 'substandard', and added: "Far from making it better it's now significantly worse then it was, and how can this possibly be happening in 2015, building 70cm cycle lanes?"
Brad Watson (Con, Nuthurst and Southwater), chairman of the committee, said the problem with retrofitting adequate cycling facilities was that the roads were not designed for that.
But he added: "Generations of motorists have not been exposed to cyclists in a significant number. That is something that needs to change."
A briefing note sent by the West Sussex Cycle Forum to councillors asked if WSCC understood why cycle KSIs have risen so fast.
It suggested that a number of contributing factors may include an increase in antagonism towards cycling, a reduction in road policing, a lack of campaigns targeting motorist behaviour towards cyclists, mobile phone use, larger vehicles, and a lack of progress on adequate cycling infrastructure.
At the ECSSC meeting, Mr Watts said the Vision Zero concept was 'not just a throwaway line' and 'needs to be an aim and an intent', and one of their milestones was to reduce the KSIs by 25 per cent by 2020 indexed against the national baseline average for 2005-09.
He added: "We do not want to set ourselves up to fail but we want to make our roads consistently safer."
He said the framework was about tackling issues such as improving safer interaction between cyclists, pedestrians and drivers, and how they made speeding as socially unacceptable as drink driving.
John Rogers (Con, Cissbury), vice chairman of ECSSC, said he would like to see more awareness campaigns targeting people in their early 20s to tell them 'you could be the next set of flowers on the roadside', and felt there were a number of 'terrible' road layouts in Worthing that had not been dealt with, especially at roundabouts.
Michael Jones (Lab, Southgate and Crawley Central) asked if 25 per cent was a realistic target, and added: "What are we going to be doing that we have not been doing before, and it begs the question why have we not been doing it before?"
Mr Watts thought 25 per cent was a realistic target, and said they would be aiming for greater community engagement than before, and rather than an 180 degree turn the new framework would be a 'tap on the tiller'.
Philip Circus (Con, Storrington) felt driver behaviour at roundabouts was 'appalling' and added: "It seems to me all road users need to behave a lot better than they do."
Andrew Barrett-Miles (Con, Burgess Hill Town) called the framework 'good wishful thinking' but did not see any 'concrete plan', but officers explained an action plan would follow after the updated framework was agreed.
Graham Tyler (Con, Rustington), chairman of the committee, said councillors broadly supported Vision Zero and efforts to improve the behaviour of all road users, and looked forward to seeing the final vision document.
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Dyin' Glass
8:30a to noon. Glassy, overcast, swell still lingering but inconsistent.
More lined up today without the winds and long rides were still had. From 2-8 people max all morning. Got some cutback slashes on my fish that felt good. Water is cold again, cold for summer that is. One guy was out in trunks...but not for long. I'm starting to catch more and more over to the left of the white house. It has a quicker drop and you gotta beat the closeout section but it is worth it for the speed.
Blueberry sitting outside and waiting and waiting and scoring. Cool morn.
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Have you noticed that the pace of life isn't slowing?
That social change and technological innovation are often adding to the stress of your daily life rather than alleviating it?
Sometimes we simply need to slow down.
To find calm and purpose.
This is true for all of life – including our piano playing.
The image of a tree growing gradually on a mountainside sums up the natural wisdom of making secure progress, and reaching purposefully towards all the points one must in one's individual journey.
This image of "Developing Gradually" (derived from I Ching 53) is likely to recur here on the Pianodao site as core wisdom. It also underpins the development of this site.
There is so much I would like to share here – but it will take time. The planning is done, and roots are growing into the ground. Over the next few months and years I hope that many branches will grow.
And I hope that as you join me on this journey, you will be nourished by the fruits of the site.
Welcome to Pianodao.


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115) Assembly Coffee
28/7/14 [Read: Assembly Coffee (Revisit)]
What a way to start the day on a Hari Raya Puasa!
Instead of the usual formal meeting, my running committee (Wings Athletic Club) met up for a short jogging session before heading for brekky at this cozy little cafe along Evans Lodge. Such are the perks of being amongst sports people i guess!
Firstly, do not be mistaken or confused by The Assembly Ground at The Cathay as these are entirely two different cafes with no relations.Since it was a public holiday, the cafe was quickly filled up. Thankfully, we were still able to get the last few seats without having the need to queue! Thank God!
Want to make a guess of my order? You've got it (isn't it obvious?), I ordered a latte to get my daily fix of caffeine! Assembly uses beans from Liberty which is one of Singapore's largest roasters and wholesalers. Having said that, coffee was great! Love the flavour which was kinda earthy and caramel like. Latte art was one of the most beautiful one which I've received till date!
As for my mains, I ordered the Assembly Brick Toast. I've gotta said that this is the MOST creative form of bread I've seen so far and it tasty as good as it looks! It was toasted/oven baked again, the middle of the thick toast was made into 'brick' like cubes while coated with a thin layer of sugar.
On top of that, there was a serving of Vanilla Ice Cream and a portion of yogurt to go with. It was simply match made in heaven as the sweetness from the sugar coat, cold sensation from the ice cream complimented well with the gentle sourness of the yogurt!
Other mains ordered were the Chicken Pie, Muffin, Smoked Salmon Salad and a cereal yogurt dish.
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The school's motto of 'enjoy and excel' is embraced by both students and staff – OFSTED 2014
Please be aware that 'in year' admissions are still carried out by HCC, therefore, if you are applying for a place in the middle of an academic year (e.g. you are moving into the area), please contact them directly on 0300 123 4043. For further information on 'in year' admissions, please click here. The School Admission Appeals timetable can be found by clicking here.
Parents of children looking to join Beaumont from September 2017 should click here for the Beaumont School Admissions Criteria which will apply from that time.
After a consultation process involving the school and local community, our Published Admission Number (PAN) will increase by 30 to 210 in Year 7, commencing September 2018. Parents of children looking to join Beaumont from September 2018 should click here for the Beaumont School Admissions Criteria which will apply from that time.
Governors agreed at the Full Governing Body meeting on Thursday 23 March 2017 that two year groups would increase from September 2017 by 6 students over the Published Admission Number (PAN). The two year groups are Year 8 and Year 10*. Therefore from September 2017, Years 8 and 10 will admit 186 students. This is already the case with Year 7 and Year 9 in 2017-18.
*Year 10 – the increase in students will take place from the start of the summer term 2017, during Year 9, to allow students to begin their GCSE courses alongside current students from June 2017
Please note that HCC deals with ALL admissions for Beaumont School. All questions relating to admissions should be directed to HCC by telephoning 0300 123 4043 or via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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'Doctor Who' to Face Off Against Simon Cowell in U.K. Ratings War
The BBC is moving the Time Lord to a later slot on Saturday night to accommodate 'Strictly Come Dancing'
Peter Capaldi's latest incarnation as Doctor Who is set come up against perhaps his biggest adversary so far: Simon Cowell.
In an move announced on Wednesday, the BBC revealed that in order to accommodate the upcoming 12th season of Strictly Comes Dancing — known as Dancing With The Stars in the U.S. — starting 27 Sep., Doctor Who would be bumped to a later Saturday slot of 8.30 p.m., the show's latest in its history and a potential threat to its younger audience
The switch will see the timelord now go head-to-head with rival broadcaster ITV's reality king X Factor in the ratings wars.
The eighth series of Doctor Who premiered 23 Aug. with an audience of some 6.8 million in the U.K. tuning in to witness Capaldi's debut, but has since slipped to fewer than 5 million.


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The Voice Observatory is a laboratory of investigation into phenomena related to the voice in its acoustic, informative, performative, and socio-political dimensions. At The Voice Observatory we bring sound installations, theoretical presentations, panel discussions, and performances into a common platform where artistic works and theoretical concepts related to the voice can enter into a productive dialogue.
The Voice Observatory understands voice in a wide and generic sense as an acoustic space in which physical and affective habits of communication and perception can be transformed. In order to facilitate an observation and analysis of the voice as we understand it, we have created three formats for acoustic analysis and experience:
We conceive these formats as tools that can generate questions beyond any given artistic, theoretical, or educational intention. They are also The Voice Observatory's mobile unit, one designed to situate itself within the working space of various cultural and scientific institutions. In this sense, we aim to renew given dynamics of thought, emotion and perception, and create research in the twilight zone that exists between the discourse of science and humanities.
The Voice Observatory aims at locating zones of acoustic knowledge that remain normally inaccessible to our perception and experience. Our formats delineate — in three different dispositions — the coordinates for the appearance of this unattended knowledge. The operations at the heart of our three formats involve in one way or another an act of subtraction. It is in this act of subtraction where a different encounter, experience and production of knowledge can occur.
Since the begining of 2015 The Voice Observatory has activated a wide international network of artists and scholars belonging to different fields. This network has translated into a conceptual framework capable of generating questions beyond any given artistic, theoretical, or educational content and intention.
The Voice Observatory was launched at Errant Bodies Project Space and Exploratorium Berlin and at the Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG) in Karlsruhe. The Voice Observatory was also part of Transmediale & CTM Vorspiel 2015 and the Jan van Eyck Association Annual Event.
The Voice Observatory was kindly supported by Bezirksamt Pankow Berlin, INM Initiative für Neue Musik Berlin, Errant Bodies Berlin, Berliner Gesellschaft für Neue Musik.
Professionals who have participated in The Voice Observatory until now:
Tomomi Adachi, Antonis Anissegos, Mario Asef, Ricarda Denzer, Alessandra Eramo, Ernesto Estrella, Marcus Gammel, Christian Kesten, Georg Klein, Miako Klein, Brandon LaBelle, Ines Lechleitner, Sven Spieker, Annette Stahmer, Imogen Stidworthy, Antje Vowinckel, Bettina Wackernagel, Steffi Weismann, Kathrin Wildner
Ernesto Estrella / Mario Asef
Ernesto Estrella Cózar is an educator, poet, and musician born in Granada who has lived in New York between 2000-2012. He completed his Ph.D. at Columbia University, and between 2007 and 2011 he was assistant professor of Contemporary Poetry at Yale University's Spanish and Portuguese department. Since the spring of 2012 he has turned to Berlin as a second base for his artistic and academic work. As a musician, he concentrates on the voice's potential to explore the poetic process through sound. In this vein, he has created a wide array of performances that have been presented at international festivals in Argentina, Uruguay, Austria, Germany, Spain, Croatia, Russia, Finland, Latvia and the U.S. Since his arrival to Berlin, he has been teaching seminars at Potsdam University. Moreover, in 2014 he launched The Voice Observatory, along with sound and conceptual artists Mario Asef and Brandon LaBelle. Funded by Berlin's Senate, this laboratory of investigation offers regular seminars, workshops and performances related to the voice in its acoustic, communicative, performative, and socio-political dimensions. Most recently, his work in cultural management and civic education has led to the creation of the Nomadic School of the Senses.
Mario Asef studied architecture and art in Argentina, Germany, and England. His work has been exhibited worldwide, most recently at Quartier 21 (Vienna), Kühlhaus Berin (Berlin), Junge Kunst e.V. (Wolfsburg, Germany), Kasa Galerie (Istanbul), Abandoned Gallery (Malmö, Sweden) SSamzie Space (Seoul), Nouvel Organon (Paris). Recent museum exhibitions include Hamburger Kunsthalle, Villa Merkel, Kunstlerhaus Bregenz (Austria), and the Akademie der Künste Berlin. His videos, photographs, sound installations, and interventions in public space deal with architectonic as well as sociopolitical questions and confront issues related to their spatial representability. With a detached sense of irony they seek to make legible the "immaterial, invisible" architecture of the social sphere.
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Its that time of the year again! so ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands together, stand up while you are at it (because its not nice to play to an audience who is not having fun with us 😉 ) and lets sing along ..
"Happy Birthday Raghu"!
Its been one of the most eventful years as far as the band goes and its only going to get crazier! right from breaking his hand to a mini-world tour to a superhit movie score, its been stuff that dreams are made of .. and all of you have been with us on this journey! So here is to a great new year ahead for Raghu and some more crazy stories to tell!
I will leave you with a Raghu Dixit Classic .. this is a classic 'Raghu-Dixit-Involved-In-The-Song-with-No-Care-For-The-World' pose!
Do leave your wishes here!


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Tropical Rainbow/Grey sets – two skeins of yarn, making a gorgeously coordinated set. You will receive one 50g skein of Tropical rainbow, and one skien of mid grey semi solid. The Tropical rainbow is a bright and bold colourway with explosions of colour around the skein – hot pinks, bright purples, aquas and bright yellow make a bright and happy skein which coordinate perfectly with a mid grey semi solid. Use them together to make stripes or contrast heel/cuffs, or just add a contrast to your projects. 100g yarn total.
Sprightly is the workhorse of the sock weight yarns – with 25% nylon this is a tough yarn perfectly suited for socks, but the 75% merino makes it soft and wearable everyday close to your skin. It takes the dyes superbly so creates vivid, bright colours and gives great stitch definition.
Machine washable, although we always advise hand washing.
75% superwash merino 25% Nylon
All the yarns are hand dyed by me, in my small home studio in Devon. I use professional dyes that are non toxic, and colourfast. The yarn is painted or kettle dyed by hand, then steam set until the dye has fully exhaust, washed and carefully rinsed before being hung outside to dry in the sea breeze ( when the weather allows – for really rainy days we have an indoor drying area too!). We take steps to reduce our environmental impact, and you'll find an eclectic mix of new, repurposed and upcycled equipment in the studio, which is partially solar powered. I take all photos using natural daylight, and although I do my best to show them in their true colour, monitors can vary.
You can get ideas of what to use this yarn for by following me on Pinterest. I also post behind the scenes pictures and new stock on my Instagram page, and you can often find me chatting about yarn and what I am making over on my blog. For regular yarn updates, discount codes and weekly inspiration, sign up for my newsletter here.


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Orcas Island, WA
Waterfront | 2,800 SF | Contemporary
On the northwestern shore of Eastsound, this beautiful site presented a multitude of design and construction challenges. Locating a structure on a small waterfront lot populated with old growth fir trees, rock outcroppings and complicated topography proved to be both challenging and rewarding. The resulting design solution presents itself in a way that's completely unique. A tight cluster of buildings connected by glass corridors allows the building to co-exist with the sites natural features rather than on top of them


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Craig David
Craig David focuses his work on the development and creation of public art. Projects include environmental site works fabricated in stone, steel and landscape. He seeks to create art with meaning, beyond pure aesthetics and technical ideas. This compels him to work with and respond to communities and individuals, making these works of art a true collaboration.
Evelyn Rosenberg
Evelyn Rosenberg developed Detonography, a technique for creating metal sculpture by detonating a sheet of plastic explosive over a both a carved image and a metal plate, forcing the metal plate to adhere to the carved image. This unique process allows her to create large scale, monumental sculptures with intricate, complex details on the surface. The result is artwork that people can equally enjoy in close proximity and from a far distance.
COMPAS and Youth Art
COMPAS ArtsWork Program is a youth employment program for people ages 14-21 in the Twin Cities. Youth are employed and work in groups of 10-12 as Apprentices under the direction of a Mentor Artist. Sites are based throughout the Twin Cities, depending on the artist and the art form. Guiding each apprentice artist's discovery of new artistic abilities is an objective for ArtsWork, while earning money and learning job skills such as time-management and teamwork plus working alongside professional artists for a hands-on work experience.


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Monday, 9 February 2009
Who pays for the economic crisis?
The Prime Minister needs to realise that for the general public the Government's treatment of bankers' bonuses is the key test of who will pay for the economic crisis they have caused.
Allowing bonuses to be paid to the higher paid bankers who caused this crisis by their greed and recklessness will be seen as fundamentally unfair. Fumbling around with nothing more than ineffective warnings of inquiries is pointless. The Prime Minister needs to get a grip and take the decisive action needed to end the bonus culture and send a clear message that the binge banking party is over.
*John McDonnell MP has tabled EDM 353 'Banking Sector and City Bonuses' in the House of Commons. It calls for "the banking industry to be fully nationalised under public control so that finance is provided in the national interest."
5pm update: See Richard Murphy's take on Brown's hot air too.
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John McDonnell and the others are correct! Nationalisation of the banks would put an end to the economic crisis. That along with a prohibition of all forms of the practice of usury: that is the trading in money as if it were a commodity. This would include other industries closely aligned with Banking, including the Stock Markets, Insurance, Foreign Exchanges and so on.
- Grand Inquisitor
- 9 February 2009 at 19:25
- Robert said...
Dream on everytime we have nationalized things in the past we have F*cked it up, people have said the Railways were once the pride of the UK when was that. British Leyland I worked at the plant and went on strike because they used shinny toilet paper, when they changed the Colour. no thanks it's fine for a while, imagine Labour running the banks, they cannot run a bloody country.
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Wayne Smith
Life Path Number 4
Wayne Smith is a Football Player and Athlete.
He was born on Friday May 23rd 1947, in Unknown.
Wayne Smith is practical, down to earth with strong ideas about right and wrong. He is orderly and organized, systematic and controlled. Decisive and methodical Wayne is employing a step by step rational approach to problems solving, and once committed - he does not give up easily!
Smith is not one for "get rich quick" schemes. Seeking to establish a solid foundation, Wayne Smith would rather use hard work and long hours to build a business or career. Precise, tenacious and persevering, he has great potential for success, but only after putting out effort and overcoming the limitations he so often encounters. Justice and honesty are sacred to Wayne. He is reliable and dependable, a cornerstone in the community.
Though not an idealist, Wayne Smith is willing to work for a better world in a realistic way. However, he can be rigid in his ideas and sometimes too quick in judging his fellow man. He is loyal to those he loves and works well with others. It is important that while being part of a team Smith has his own responsibility and well-defined task; he performs better when his responsibilities are not overlapping with those of others. Wayne Smith has to be careful not to be bossy and rude. He possesses rare discipline and perseverance and not everyone can keep up with him.
Wayne can handle money carefully and likes the security of a nest egg.
Smith's love of work often leads him into a career early in life. Because of his methodical nature Wayne can easily become rigid and stuck in convention. He can also be overly cautious when changes are necessary, this can cause him to miss opportunities that present themselves. Wayne Smith must cultivate flexibility in his character. He is well suited for marriage and often becomes a responsible loving parent. However, anything that violates Wayne's profound sense of order, such as separation or divorce can be a shattering experience for him. Wayne Smith easily becomes obsessed and even vengeful, seeking his own definition of justice.
Wayne is courageous and a true survivor. He is a builder and the foundation of any enterprise. His hard work and practical, traditional values pay off to provide Wayne Smith with the rewards he seeks and deserves.
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Archive for August 2013
The Oys of Summer
Posted August 28, 2013on:
I dislike baseball.
There. I said it. I find it BEYOND boring in every conceivable way. Which is not to say that I do not love the Boston Red Sox. Because I do. Because my marriage depends upon it. I personally can tell you nothing about any of the players, scores, anything. But I can tell you if the Sox are winning a particular game because I have turned over my Twitter feed to All Things Red Sox so I can update him in the car as he is driving. (This is love). I can tell you if the Sox are winning overall because my husband exudes a serenity created by nothing else. I can tell you if the Sox are being choke artists because I can hear him groaning at and lecturing the TV downstairs after I have gone to bed. I try to sit up with him, to show solidarity, to do my political wife head nods as he says something wise and insightful about the Designated Hitter but turns out I'm actually a distraction. Yes, because I'm All That. But also because I apparently talk incessantly through the game. About the players' ill-advised facial hair, outdated coiffures, and the fans' often curious choices of haberdashery. Who knew this was unwelcome participation in America's Game?! I did. Which is why everybody wins when I go to bed. BabyDaddy gets to see his game without me going all Tim Gunn on the Red Sox organization. I get to blog and read and engage in what the BBDD derisively calls my "jumbles" but which are actually exceedingly challenging logic puzzles to which I am addicted. Listen, it takes a smart girl to figure out that JimBob bought the ginger ale for $5.99 at the Speedway while Rita purchased the root beer for $3.99 at the Gas N' Sip.
It also takes a smart girl to know when to use a baseball analogy. I am not that girl. But I will sum up this summer, and perhaps most of 2013 with the word "rebuilding." You know, the shitty baseball team decides to "rebuild" either by going all in on big league names or by trading away the names in order to develop the younger talent that will hopefully pay off in the future. Folks, I have no real idea whether either or both of those ideas have merit. But I do know that rebuilding is what I am doing.
You may recall I was put back on prednisone last fall. Achieved my maximum density lo about May this year, up 19 uncomfortable and unsightly pounds, most of them on my face. Not to mention the Prednisone Baby of 12 months gestation I continue to tote around in one three inch wide section of my belly. No joke. It's totally TMI, but picture this: a normal-looking lower pelvis, just as if I were my old weight. Then right above it: a SHELF! Yes! A shelf of fat! But not fat like you've seen it. Not jiggly pudgy flubba blubba. No. Semi-solid, spherical-like-an-actual-spare-tire, weird looking fat shelf. Shit you not. Then, above that, a little bit of my own personal honestly-earned flubba blubba, 1 pound max. Then my boobs. Also 1 pound max. Hah! I keed. They're at least 2.
It's a bizarre, bizarre way to look. It's like when those celebrity sites show you how so and so's boobs are fake because they stand up even when she is lying down? That's my prednisone fat. It does not move. It does not shake. It does not answer to any mortal. It sits on my midriff. As a shelf. Defying your laws of gravity, foolish earthlings! It is your corticosteroid overlord and you shall submit or suffer the consequences. Mwuahahahahahahha!
My point being: I decided to stop being depressed about my Fat Shelf with Bonus Face Expansion and decided to go All In for the Summer of '13. I got braces. I got my previously raggedy-looking split ends cut off. I tried a new hair color that was a spectacular failure until finding this one (which-zomg!–looks much like my hair color pre-transplant. I'm nothing if not original). I just decided, in the immortal and wise words of Abraham Lincoln: "Fuck it." If you are going to be 20 pounds overweight, you might as well get braces, right? (Especially after you see the plaster mold of your Scottish teeth and the theme from Deliverance starts to play in your head). You might as well go shorter/darker than expected just to see what will happen, right? Because it's not like you are going to look MORE ridiculous, right? NOW is the time to do that stuff, because why the hell not.
So I'm now on two new meds. One of which I intentionally did not blog about because I got very superstitious about it and felt like every time I mentioned it I was pulling the hair of The Fates, who were going to repay my insolence with spectacular drug failure…and more prednisone. It's called Interleukin2, and it is an old drug doing new things for the good patients of Dana Farber. I'm starting to get superstitious shpilkis even as I write this, so I'll just say that it seems to be promising and perhaps my long national prednisone nightmare MAY come to a close in the next 365 days. Which will be just in time for me to unleash my Osmond smile on the world. With my appropriate length and color hair framing said smile in the middle of my appropriately-sized face. The day and hour I am 6 months free of GVHD I will be getting a Fraxel peel from my awesome DF dermatologist. Because gaining and losing 19 pounds every two years is HELL on the skin, folks. My face has been so stretched so many times my wrinkles have wrinkles. And their neighbors The Jowls are moving in ever so sneakily. So trust that it will all be getting dealt with as soon as it is medically safe to do so.
The second drug is Forteo, which builds bone. Actually builds bone. It also builds osteosarcoma if taken in large enough amounts, so that's the downside: bone cancer. But short term: I'm all about getting some bone built. What these two drugs have in common are that they are both injections and they both have TERRIBLE initial side effects until your body adjusts. Which is why my Grand Rebuilding almost came to a grinding halt in July when the side effects of IL2 kicked in while we were on vacation. I was barfing, unable to eat, bone pain, muscle weakness, every totally unpleasant chemo-like side effect you can name, I had it. AT a beach house. On the water. I was inside, rocking myself on the floor begging God to put me out of my misery. Upside: the kids had a great time! And at least I wasn't at home attempting to do the daily grind while feeling like death. I remember telling the Baby Daddy that I hadn't felt this profoundly sick since the chemo for the transplant–during which time I was hospitalized and being delivered IV morphine like it was my only job. Not the case this July. Every single evening when it was time to give myself the shot I spent 10 minutes telling myself not to do it, don't take it, call the dr and tell him you're out, you can't do it. It's too much. You haven't slept in 3 days. You haven't eaten anything but bananas and saltines in 3 days. Just tell him you can't do it. You'll try something else. Another drug will work, right? Right? Right? And then, between those last two "rights?" I jammed in the needle. In the name of rebuilding.
Then the Forteo. Bone pain, raging headaches and almost-comical involuntary full-body muscle spasms. Every night. For 4 hours post-injection. After the first night I was back on the IL2 script: you can't do this. It is too much. You have a life to live, kids to take care of, you can't be all spasming like a crazy person! Then, I jammed in the needle. In the name of rebuilding.
If you are in the midst of rebuilding, I wish you courage and luck and some thoughts from (not a member of the Red Sox organization) Yogi Berra that have guided me:
When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
90% of the game is half mental.
It ain't over till it's over.


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Knitter's Review recently posted this about the Sock Summit.
When asked how she managed to be so prolific, Barbara Walker said she needed only four or five hours of sleep each night. She also said that her TV set broke once and she didn't get around to calling the repair man for five years. "I got a lot done," she smiled. Then Stephanie turned back to the audience and said, "To recap, don't sleep and ditch your TV."
I agree with that advice. I stopped watching television about ten years ago and was astonished at all the time I had. I still watch a few programs and I watch DVDs on my laptop (while knitting, of course), but my television time is really quite limited. I wish I only needed four or five hours of sleep every night but I can't manage on that.
I do look for small pieces of time to knit during the day. I knit when I'm waiting--at a dentist's office or while the potatoes finish boiling. I knit a few rounds in between doing housework. I always want to be a passenger when my husband and I go somewhere because, depending upon where we're going, it can give me as long as 30 minutes of knitting time. Even if I'm not a passenger I'll bring my knitting because sometimes he'll wants to go to a hardware store, which holds no interest for me, and I'll stay in the car and knit. It adds up, all those little snippets of time knitting.
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- Overview
- Meeting Schedule
- Presentations
- Minutes
- Tools
- Conflict Minerals
An efficient and effective semiconductor supply chain addresses every aspect of wafer fabrication, die assembly and test, and product delivery. The supply chain performs Capacity versus Demand analysis; Capacity Trending, and other issues that could impact successful flow of product. With the rapid rise of decreased cycle times due to quickly changing consumer markets, the supply chain is under new stresses to ensure a steady supply flow.
Analyze wafer and assembly pricing trends. Address supply chain impacts and risks due rapidly changing development needs. Provide an efficient response capability to statutory regulations.
Provide an open forum where supply chain executives openly discuss risks and impact due to semiconductor industry consolidation, single point failures, advanced packaging initiatives, and other areas of supply chain management.
- Quarterly wafer and assembly pricing trend analysis
- Generate reports to address the changing landscape of semiconductor supply chain management
- Risk assessment and mitigation techniques
- Best practices sharing
- Provides information and guidance for Conflict Minerals and other statutory regulations
Wafer Fabrication & Assembly Pricing Survey/Report – The Wafer Fabrication & Assembly Pricing Survey queries fabless companies and IDMs on pricing trends for outsourced wafers and assembly services. The report includes a written analysis of results and an interactive online database that allows tailored analysis of wafer pricing, mask set pricing, and assembly pricing.
Contact Information
Kole Giles
Membership Manager
972.866.7579 x111
Working Group Chair
Dan Wark, Vice President, Supply Chain Management, Exar Corporation
Meeting Schedule
Supply Chain
Q4 2015 Meeting
Date: November 12, 2015
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: ASE, Sunnyvale, CA
Q1 2016 Meeting
Date: February 18, 2016
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: TBD
Q2 2016 Meeting
Date: May 19, 2016
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: TBD
Q3 2016 Meeting
Date: August TBD, 2016
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: TBD
August 20, 2015
- SC WG Overview (PDF, 587 KB) / Harrison Beasley, GSA
- Conflict Minerals Update (PDF, 4,735 KB) / Ron Jones, N-Able Group
- New Product Introduction Process (Excel, 86 KB)
November 13, 2014
- SC WG Overview (PDF, 445 KB) / Dan Wark, Exar
- US Export Compliance (PDF, 1,220 KB) / Ed Reedy, JSI
- Conflict Minerals Update (PDF, 2,767 KB) / Ron Jones, N-Able Group
August 21, 2014
- SC WG Overview (PDF, 450 KB) / Dan Wark, Exar
- Conflict Minerals Reporting (PDF, 136KB / Ron Jones, N-Able Group
- Role of Mask in Cost and Capability Dynamics (PDF, 1,665 KB) Bryan Kasprowicz, Photronics
February 23, 2014
- SC WG Overview (PDF, 445 KB) / Dan Wark, Exar
- Conflict Minerals Reporting (PDF, 922 KB / Ron Jones, N-Able Group
- M&A Due Diligence (Excel, 27 KB)
November 13, 2013
- SC WG Overview (PDF, 506 KB) / Dan Wark, Exar
- Conflict Minerals Compliance (PDF, 136 KB / Ron Jones, N-Able Group
- M&A Due Diligence; Dan Wark, Exar
August 22, 2013
- SC WG Overview (PDF, 449 KB) / Dan Wark, Exar
- Conflict Minerals Compliance (PDF, 2,178 KB / Robert Chinn, PwC
- Conflict Minerals Due Diligence (PDF, 152 KB) / Reed Content, GlobalFoundries
- Conflict Minerals Rule (PDF, 682 KD) / Tom Melendrez, Exar
May 13, 2013
- SC WG Overview (PDF, 452 KB) / Dan Wark, Exar
February 13, 2013
- SC WG Overview (PDF, 452 KB) / Dan Wark, Exar
2015 Meeting Minutes
- August 20, 2015 Working Group Minutes (PDF, 757 KB)
- February 20, 2015 Working Group Minutes (PDF, 767 KB)
2014 Meeting Minutes
- November 13, 2014 Working Group Minutes (PDF, 759 KB)
- August 21, 2014 Working Group Minutes (PDF, 763 KB)
- May 8, 2014 Working Group Minutes (PDF, 759 KB)
- February 19, 2014 Working Group Minutes (PDF, 751 KB)
2013 Meeting Minutes
- November 13, 2013 Working Group Minutes (PDF, 751 KB)
- August 22, 2013 Working Group Minutes (PDF, 759 KB)
- May 16, 2013 Working Group Minutes (PDF, 797 KB)
- February 13, 2013 Working Group Minutes (PDF, 791 KB)
Introduction to the Supply Chain Merger & Acquisition and Integration Due Diligence
The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) formed a Supply Chain Technology Team several years ago. This team meets quarterly to review Supply Chain Best Practices and develop tools that enhance the flow of material and information throughout the supply chain.
Objective of this document
Define a broad spectrum of items that must be considered by Supply Chain management of both companies in a merger or acquisition. This initial release is targeted toward the Supply Chain Professional and is not yet all encompassing. Future work will extend the checklist to include Legal, Financial, Human Resources, and IT aspects.
Checklist Usage
- This Checklist assumes that first order Due Diligence has been completed and companies are moving toward integration.
- This checklist does not try to capture all aspects of M&A / Integration requirements.
- This checklist does try to provide food for thought in the areas of Manufacturing, Operations, and Supply Chain.
- Purpose of this checklist is to facilitate integration
- In numerous areas, answering yes a particular line item will lead to a much deeper investigation.
- We have not attempted to answer or provide Financial or Legal advice or interpretation.
- Moving forward with an M&A / Integration, this Checklist should be tailored to reflect your situation.
- Treat as M&A Audit Tool
- Confirm Checklist & Procedures meet your requirements and situation
- Generate Test Cases to Confirm
This checklist is openly available to anyone in the industry. Feedback should be sent to email@example.com.
Initial Release Date: October 15, 2014
Conflict Minerals
What are Conflict Minerals?
Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Act in 2010, with S1502 addressing the use of Conflict Minerals (Tantalum, Tin, Tungsten, Gold) that are mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and surrounding countries.
This Act applies to any company that files periodic reports under Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act who:
- Manufactures or contracts to manufacture products, and
- Conflict minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of those products
Each company must determine at a product level how S1502 applies. The company is then required to develop and conduct reasonable country of origin inquiry (RCOI) and due diligence (DD). The results must be disclosed with annuals filings. The purpose of this reporting requirement is to reduce funding for armed groups in the DRC and surrounding countries.
GSA is gathering information for our membership to help ensure everyone is fully informed of these requirements. Below is a recent presentation from PwC, as well as links to other pertinent material.
- N-Able Group Provides Conflict Minerals Support Services
- As Conflict Minerals Rules Tighten, Vendor Audits Are Critical
- CFSI Reasonable Practices Whitepaper (PDF, 475 KB)
- PwC & GSA Conflict Minerals Knowledge Sharing (PDF, 1758 KB) Robert Chinn, et al, PWC
- Dodd-Frank Act
- EICC Conflict Minerals
- EICC Conflict Free Smelter List
- Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI)
- SECAS Conflict Minerals Rule
- PwC Conflict Minerals Website
- KPMG Conflict Minerals Website
- Conflict Minerals Consortium
- IPC Conflict Minerals
- Conflict Minerals – Wikipedia
- The Definitive Guide to Conflict Minerals Compliance for Manufacturers
- Flextronics Conflict Minerals Supplier Training
Questions may be directed to Kole Giles:
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Our cattery remains small so we are able to give each cat and kitten individualized care, love and attention. We are focused on breeding healthy, vigorous cats and kittens with exceptional temperaments with the added bonus of beauty. Our Siamese program includes all four colors (Seal, blue, chocolate and lilac) points. And in the Oriental, we work with all colors, solids and patterns. We go to great lengths to acquire and breed cats who meet the written breed standards of both CFA and TICA as closely as possible. We work feverishly at remaining a small cattery so as not to spoil the homey atmosphere of our cattery. This gives us the time to give the best possible care and interactive playtime. This together with a grain free diet insures us of keeping excellent personalities and body conditions of our cats.
Our girls are allowed to take turns at roaming freely in our home, unfortunately, our boys do not have this luxury, for obvious reasons. They are allowed to roam freely in their room and the laundry/utility room.
I feel that socialization is of utmost importance, consequently, all kittens are born and raised in my bedroom. They are handled from the minute they are born and then several times each day, and yes, at night too. The kittens remain in my room until they are three to four weeks old. They are then moved to the nursery where they continue with "potty training 101". They are then introduced to the main living area where they can explore and meet other members of our cat family and visitors. They also become accustomed to the usual household noises of tv, dishwasher, vacuum cleaner and hair dryers. When it is time for them to be introduced to their forever homes, they are not as likely to be badly traumatized by the move and their new environment.
It is imperative that all of our cats have good temperaments. Any new cat or kitten that comes to Minghou Cattery must have come from a long line of healthy, well adjusted cats. All of our cats have been tested negative for Feline Leukemia/FIV. All cats are examined by our Veterinarian annually and given their vaccines.
All cats and kittens come with a conditional written genetic health guarantee. All kittens leave here with their first three vaccinations and sometimes even with a Rabies vaccine on board. We also provide a starter kit to include the food they like, kitty litter and a toy to take with them to their new home.
And finally, everyone who leaves with a Minghou cat or kitten gets a promise that I will be available via phone, text or email for any questions, concerns or problems that may arise.
They are also reminded to be sure to send a photo to me on each birthday of their new cat/kitten. This keeps us in touch and allows me to see where my breeding program is heading.


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This is a lovely book, hard cover, tape down the spine and lovely thick paper pages. It's about a hippopotamus who wants to be different. Veronica just doesn't stand out amongst all the other hippos in the river, she feels like no-one notices her, and she wants to be "famous".
This is a slightly longer story, but is written in a way that is so easy to read aloud - a proper bedtime story. The illustrations are beautiful - one page is colour illustrated and the next is line drawings, and so on through the book.
Veronica leaves the river bank and heads off for the city. But rather than being different and famous, the city people thought she was so big that she was in the way - she was going the wrong way down a one way street and took up the whole pavement when she lay down for a rest.
Veronica had to find water to drink and food to eat, but things were not at all like on the river bank. You can't just eat all the vegetables from a market stall in one great bug gulp, can you?
Veronica finds out eventually where she really wants to be... back at home on the cool, muddy river bank with all the other big, grey hippopotamuses. Just like Veronica.
Published by Bodleian Library, the author a Caldecott Medal winner, this book is perfect for bedtime.
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1. The Shift of the Ages film project, with the support of Common Passion, is pleased to announce the release of the Shift of the Ages film: an epoch tale…a Mayan journey through time.
People around the world will be able to view the film online in high definition through the Shift of the Ages website starting Friday December 14th, 2012 on http://shiftoftheages.com.
True to the Maya way of sharing wisdom and ceremony, there will be no charge for viewing Shift of the Ages. It will be offered freely with donations graciously and humbly accepted.
Now is the time to begin organizing your friends for a group viewing, where you will be able to stream the film through your computer, connect to a big screen and sound system and enjoy the experience of Shift of the Ages, which has literally been over 5,000 years in the making!
2. If you are in the Los Angeles area this Thursday the 13th or Sunday the 16th, we will be screening Shift of the Ages in two theaters. Tata Cirilo "Wandering Wolf" Grand Elder of the Maya will be there with us, as well as Grandmother Elizabeth Araujo and Chief Phil Lane, Jr.
Thursday Dec. 13th at the Arclight Cinema in Hollywood, for our World Premier: 9:30 PM show may still be available.
Sunday Dec. 16th at the Barnsdall Art Park Gallery Theater in Hollywood, two screenings at 6:00 PM and 8:30 PM. At 3:00 PM in the afternoon, the elders will perform a traditional Mayan ceremony in the park in front of the theater.
To get tickets to these events, visit:http://shiftoftheages.wantickets.com
3. We would be quite pleased and appreciative if you could help spread the word about the film's upcoming online release on Friday as well as our Global Concordance Call Series (http://commonpassion.org/common-passion-concordance-calls-shift-ages) that goes into February 2013.
Here is how to connect with us socially:
We hope you can join us!


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Except for its location there is nothing remarkable about Malakhov Hill. But with a commanding view of both Sevastopol and its harbour this modest height of land on the south coast of the Crimean Peninsula has witnessed some of the most horrific battles in the annals of warfare. From the Crimean War of 1854-55 through the Great Patriotic War (WW2) of 1942-45 and the white-knuckle years of the Cold War, Sevastopol has been on the front lines of the conflict. And the legacy of those past wars is now an integral part of the city's landscape. More than 1,400 monuments are dedicated to the city's military heritage - some hidden away in secluded parks, others visible from far out at sea.
As the Lomonosov swung into Artillery Bay I got my first glimpse of the Eagle Column standing atop an offshore rock and on Khrustalny Cape to my right the towering "Hero City" obelisk and the giant bronze figure of two soldiers dominate the skyline above the dock. The Eagle Column, Sevastopol's signature landmark, is dedicated to the ships that were scuttled by Russian sailors to block the harbour entrance during the Crimean War and the obelisk commemorates the city's heroic defense against the Nazis during World War II. As for the Cold War, the warships of the Black Sea Fleet, some Russian some Ukrainian, are reminder enough of those tense years when Sevastopol was a "closed city."
We began our tour of the city with an obligatory stop at the memorial honoring admiral Nakhimov, one of the Russian commanders during the Crimean War. That brief but brutal conflict began when the British, alarmed at Russian military conquests in the Black Sea region, formed an alliance with France and Turkey and sent an expeditionary force of 67 warships and 64,000 men to confront the Russians. The Alliance quickly occupied most of the Crimean Peninsula - except for Sevastopol. There the Russian defenders dug in on Malakhov Hill and, despite continuous shelling and repeated infantry assaults held their ground for 349 bloody days.
At the head of South Bay we left our van and climbed up Malakhov Hill to the Panorama Museum, which celebrates the siege of Sevastopol with a giant diorama. From a platform at the centre of the huge circular building viewers have the illusion of standing on top of the hill on June 6, 1855 when the outnumbered Russian defenders repulsed an attack by British and French troops. In the foreground full sized replicas of cannons, dugouts, and the churned up wreckage of war blend seamlessly into a background painting that wraps around the interior walls. The canvas, painted by Russian artist Franz Roubaud, is an incredible 14m high by 115m long and includes more than 4,000 human figures. But the victory depicted in his painting was short lived. Less than three months later the Malakhov redoubt was overrun by Alliance forces and with its collapse the Crimean War ended. At the Treaty of Paris in 1856 the wreckage of Sevastopol was returned to Russia. Only 14 of its original buildings were still standing. On Malakhov Hill every living thing had been destroyed and every square metre of ground contained a ton of spent ordinance.


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Get Ready for an iPad
Online Course for Parents (along with one parent session with me)
In Get Ready for an iPad, I guide you step-by-step as you learn how to set up and get ready to use an iPad for your child at home.
You are ready to use this tool in a new and powerful way!
As a parent, you know that an iPad is the tool that can support your child in a way that other tools can't --but you are not sure what to purchase and how to get started so this device can be used in a powerful way.
You are not sure if the iPad is what you need but you are willing to try it if you have the support to talk about why and how to set it up to best meet your child's needs at home.
This course is for you if you want to:
- Review what your child's needs are and which iPad may be the best option for them now (and in the future).
- Learn how to set up the iPad by watching videos that you can review a number of times in the privacy of your own home. (when it's a good time for you!)
- Be focused when purchasing and setting up the device for your child to use. As you know the iPad has the potential to support your child but you're not sure where to start -- the thought of reviewing all the facts with other people is overwhelming (and you haven't even started shopping yet!)
- Understand how to approach using the iPad at home to help your child use it in a powerful way (and avoid the device ending up as a 'play toy instead)'
- Review iPad cases and what to consider when looking at 'how' your child will be using the device at home (and possibly school)
- Save time searching for information about how to set up the iPad and what to focus on first when starting to use it, from an OT perspective, in a way that is multisensory and meaningful for your child.
- Have a little more support than a course. You want some 1:1 time with me to ensure you are heading in the right direction! (good thinking!)
- Be able to work on setting up the iPad when it fits your schedule (so you can relax as you walk through this process)
If this course and one time session with me is for you, enroll today, so I can help you get ready for an iPad!
Get Ready for an iPad Course Outline
The course consists of instructional videos, handouts, and reflective questions to help you work through the set up of the device at home.
Here's how you will work with me:
- Sign in to your online platform and complete the questions and the iPad Selction Guide (if you haven't already).
- I will review your information prior to our phone or Skype session. ($65.00 value)
- You'll receive an email to set up our 30 minute 1:1 session together (by phone or Skype).
- We'll discuss your child's needs and how the iPad might meet those needs now and in the future. We'll also talk about protecting and positiong your iPad using various iPad cases. And we'll discuss strategies to make sure your iPad remains a powerful device in your home. ($125.00 value)
- You'll have access to online videos that walk you through information on how to set up your iPad, and handouts that review the videos, step-by-step.
- You can complete these steps before or after our 1:1 session. ($40.00 value)
All of this for $230.00?
Enroll Today
After you enroll and complete the first step. The timeline for our 1:1 session will depend on your avialability and mine. You will be given a number of dates and times to select from on the timetrade email.
If you are not completely satisfied, I will refund your money.
Your course payment is completed through PayPal -- after you set up your user name and password for the course.
Still thinking about it?
Here's a comment about the set-up and quality of my online courses:
Online course versus my ongoing 1:1 time
- Creating my online course, along with a strategy session, allows me to provide you with years of my knowledge without my one-on-one cost. You are receiving materials and strategies to help you support your child at home and in their community.


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Question 1: What tools do I need to install this wall mount?
Question 2: Can mount my TV in a corner with this wall mount?
Question 3: What should I do if the tools or my wall plate template do not fit the hardware?
Question 4: Where can I find installation instructions?
Question 5: Where should I install the wall mount?
Question 6: What types of walls can the wall mount be installed on?
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Before you begin, gather the following tools to hang your TV mount.
If you have a wood stud wall:
If you have a solid concrete or concrete block wall:
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Your TV should be high enough so that your eyes are level with the middle of the screen. This is normally 40 to 60 inches from the ground. The center of your TV will match the center of the wall plate. For an easy height calculation, use Best Buy's online HeightFinder™ Installation Assistant at http://mf1.bestbuy.selectionassistant.com/index.php/heightfinder
To determine the wall mount location:
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If you do not have the included wall mount template, you can use the wall plate to determine where to drill.
If you have a wood stud wall:
If you have a solid concrete or concrete block wall:
- If the brackets lay flush against the back of your TV and do not block any jacks, you have a flat back TV. You do not need spacers to assemble the wall mount.
- If a bracket blocks any of the jacks on the back of your TV, you have an obstructed back TV. You need spacers to assemble the wall mount.
- If there is a gap between a bracket and some part of the back of your TV, you have an irregularly-shaped back TV. You need spacers to assemble the wall mount.


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(Thanks for the post from Sylvester Campbell)
The best awards show on television today is the CMT Music Awards. The awards they present all have to do with country music stars. They present awards for things like male video of the year, female video of the year, group video of the year, and CMT performance of the year. I love how this awards show is solely based on the votes of the fans. What makes country music stars popular, just like all other stars, are the fans themselves who give them that support. My favorite part of the entire show is the very last award, CMT Performance of the Year. Sometimes I don't even know the song that wins so I wonder how it got so popular without me knowing. This past CMT Music Awards that I watched on my channels from my satellite tv deal, Miranda Lambert won for her song "White Liar". I had never heard the song before. So I went on YouTube and listened to the song. It was such a creative and well-performed song that I completely understand why she won. I love watching this awards show and finding out all the songs and performers I never knew are as talented as they are. It is a time when I can discover some of the best country artists out there. And they pick the perfect presenters and hosts for the show.


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"Your joy is your sorrow unmasked…When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful, look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight."
Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
I absolutely adored reading Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet; I thought there was an amazing clarity in the way Gibran philosophised different aspects of life. It made me consider things in a new and different way. This is one of my favourite quotes from the book, and no matter which way I consider it, I find the words to be true to some sort of extent. At the moment (and probably for a long time to come), the things that make me feel sad or sorrowful are also the things that have made so, extremely happy and content. It kind of vicious circle though, because no matter which way you look at it, to have the happy times you'll have to have the sad at some point or other (how annoying!)


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The RCVS Practice Standards Scheme
There are many different types of veterinary practice - those dealing with all species or limited species, general or referral, large or small practices, corporate or privately run. It can be difficult to distinguish between them.
The Practice Standards Scheme is a voluntary scheme regulated by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons that aims to help owners make a more informed choice. The scheme also aims to promote and maintain the highest standards of veterinary care. Practices that are part of the scheme undergo a rigorous inspection every four years and are also subject to spot checks between inspections.
To become accredited a practice has to meet minimum standards relating to hygiene, 24 hour emergency cover, staff training, certain types of equipment and cost estimation procedures.
There are three standards of accreditation.
RCVS Core Standards are the most basic level and apply to all types of accredited practice. They signify compliance with legal and health and safety requirements.
RCVS General Practice Small Animal. These practices have to satisfy the Core Standards plus have systems in place to monitor the outcome of treatment, have policies for client communication and demonstrate an ongoing commitment to education and training of all staff. They also have to have access to laboratory facilities and keep the premises clean and well maintained.
RCVS Veterinary Hospital. These practices are required to comply with both core and general practice standards. In addition they have to ensure that nursing staff are on the premises around the clock and a veterinary surgeon available 24 hours a day to attend to in-patients if required. They also need to provide additional equipment.
Only practices that are part of the RCVS PSS scheme are allowed to display the logo - as shown on the home page of our website.
Evergreen Veterinary Surgery is accredited to RCVS General Practice Small Animal Standard. The most recent inspection took place in November 2014. This was our fourth inspection as Evergreen Veterinary Surgery has been part of the scheme since it began. Before this, Evergreen Veterinary Surgery was an accredited member of the British Small Animal Veterinary Association's Scheme that was the forerunner to the RCVS scheme. Being part of these schemes demonstrates the commitment of our staff to high quality care, good client communication and continuing professional education.
In November the inspector commented " Thank you for completing the evidence for your inspection so quickly and efficiently, it makes such a difference and reflects the willingness to move forward your practice demonstrated during the inspection."


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Category U14
First Prize: Maja Patkós (Hungary), Leto Krizanic Zorz (Slovenia)
Second Prize: Arina Panova (Russia), Julia Dietrich (Germany), Silvia Capé (Italy)
Third Prize: Mariann Patkós (Hungary), Janice Hur (USA), Bianka Szauer (Hungary)
Special Prizes by Kiraly-Konig Peter Music School:
Special Prize of Szeged City: Varvara Bovina (Russia)
Special Prize of Hungarian Harp Duo:
Special Prize by the House of Glass: Giedra Julija Tutkute (Lithuania)
Category U19
First Prize was not awarded.
Second Prize: Milo Harper (UK) and Margot Plantevin (Switzerland)
Third Prize: Aimee Hang Yu Lam (UK) and Swantje Wittenhagen (Germany)
Special Prizes by Kiraly-Konig Peter Music School:
Category U25
First Prize was not awarded.
Second Prize: Hye Jin Kim (Republic of Korea) and Valerio Lisci (Italy)
Third Prize: Oliver Nathan Wass (UK)
Special Prizes by Kiraly-Konig Peter Music School:
The 4th International Harp Competition will be held from November 30 to December 4, 2016 at the beautiful Reök Palace in Szeged!
Check out the reperotire and rules! Jury and prizes are coming soon!
Click on the image or the link below to see the movie made by the Duna Television Channel about the 3rd International Harp Competition in Szeged in 2013.
Results of category U25
First Prize: Katrina Szederkényi (Canada/Hungary)
Second Prize: Arianna Rossi (Italy)
Third Prize: Aiste Baliunyte (Lithuania)
First Prize: Woojin Lee (Korea)
Second Prize: Nadja Dornik (Serbia), Flora Olasz (Hungary), Bettina Toth (Hungary)
Third Prize: Alina Alekseeva (Russia), Orsolya Nagy (Romania)
Results of category U12
First Prize: Isabelle Cambini (Italy) unanimous
Second Prize: Marcelina Dabek (Poland) / Su Bin Lee (Korea)
Third Prize: Daria Rumyantseva (Russia) / Kahori Yamauchi (Japan)
The 3rd International Harp Competition is dedicated to the memory of Richárd Weninger, a passionate musician, harpist and conductor, who played a significant role in the musical life of Hungary.
Richárd Weninger was professor at the University of Szeged. He was the founder and conducter of the Weiner Chamber Orchestra. He studied composition and harp at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest, he received his harpist diploma in 1966. At the beginning of his career he was working in different fields as a musician: he worked as a piano accompanist, chorus master, music director, and orchestral musician. Mr. Weninger regularly played harp recitals and played with orchestra. He had been teaching since 1965, and had reached national and international success teaching chamber music. Between 1976 and 2000 he was the principal director of the Conservatory of Szeged. In 1979 he established the Weiner Chamber Orchestra which has given many international premiers of Hungarian music as well as giving premiers of international music yet unknown to the Hungarian public. He was often invited to perform with the Weiner Chamber orchestra to different concert halls of Europe.
His most important awards:
1989 Franz Liszt Award
1992 ARTISJUS Awards
1994 Weiner Leó Award for music pedagogy
1995 Medallion for Szeged
2000 Medallion for the Hungarian Higher Education
Pál Járdányi (1920-1966) was one of the most distinguished figures in Hungarian music during the years following the Second World War. He was an innovative researcher in the field of folkmusic, an eminent music critic, and a multifaceted teacher. Throughout a short creative life he pursued his own artistic and political beliefs, founded on the musical ideas of Bartók and Kodály. His most well known works are the Vörösmarty Symphony, the oratorio Elõszó and choral works such as Hajnali tánc, Árva madár and Gergõ nótái. His orchestral, chamber music and vocal compositions are also
deserving of the attention of composers, music lovers, and historians of music alike.
A prize for the best performance of set piece for category U17, Bartók's Evening in the Village in trascription of Pál Járdányi will be awarded by Erzsébet Devescovi.
"When our children, Gergely and Zsofia, were very
young, in the beginning of 1960's, my husband, Pál Járdányi loved to play with
them. When it was time to put them to bed he used to tell them fantastic
stories that he made up himself, accompanying himself on the piano. He used to
play from Schumann: Kinderszenen, For Children by Bartok, and different folk
melodies. Once he played Bartok's Evening in the Village, and he played it with
such expressiveness, such a beautiful warm sound that I asked him to try to
make a trascription for the harp." says Erzsébet Devescovi, a Hungarian harpist
and wife of Pál Járdányi.
Photo, from left to right: Erzsébet Devescovi, Gergely, Zsófia and Pál Járdányi
Recital of Agne Keblyte, winner of 2nd Harp Competition in Szeged, 2010
28th November 2013, 19.30h
Móra Ferenc Museum
Agne Keblyte (1990, Vilnius) is a laureate of several international harp competitions: 2nd prize winner at the 18th International Harp Contest in Israel, where she also received an award for the best performance of Israeli composition by Zvi Avni, 1st prize and a special prize winner of the best interpretation of Ferenc Farkas harp concerto at the 2nd International Harp competition in Szeged (Hungary), 2nd prize (together with harpist Joana Daunyte) in a chamber music competition with harp 'Concurso Iberico' in 2011, Madrid (Spain). Agne graduated from the National M.K. Ciurlionis art school under teacher Daiva Slyziene. Since she was 13, many masterclasses and concerts have led her to various places in Europe: Germany, Serbia, Russia, Latvia, Switzerland, England, Ireland, The Netherlands, where she attended to masterclasses of Susann McDonald, Milda Agazarian, Skaila Kanga, Irina Donskaja and Patrizia Tassini, and performed in festivals such as Parish Alvars harp festival in Teignmouth, Davos festival 'Young artists in a concert', Harp festival in Belgrade, 'Les Museiques' music festival in Basel. Twice she was selected to perform in the 9th and 10th World Harp Congresses in Dublin and Amsterdam. Agne finished her bachelor degree at the High school of music in Geneva with Florence Sitruk, and now continues her studies with Jana Bouskova in Brussels.
We are honored to introduce you the full list of the Juries of each category:
Willy Postma (Norway/Denmark)
Gabriella Dall'Olio (Italy/UK)
Andrea Vigh (Hungary)
Melinda Felletar (Hungary)
Sándor Gyüdi (Hungary)
Florence Sitruk (Switzerland/Germany)
Staša Mirković Grujić (Serbia)
Csilla Gulyás (Hungary)
Ferenc Kerek (Hungary)
Péter Tóth (Hungary)
Willy Postma (Norway/Denmark)
Gabriella Dall'Olio (Italy/UK)
Andrea Vigh (Hungary)
Melinda Felletar (Hungary)András Farkas (Switzerland/Hungary)
As one of our special prizes one of the contestants can win a scholarship for a place in the International Music Festival/Course Vitoria-Gasteiz August 15th-24th, 2014. The harp tutor there is Gabriella Dall'Olio. Students have a busy schedule of lessons and concerts during 10 days of intense work and perform as soloists and chamber musicians. For more information about the course: http://vitoriamusic.com/?idioma=en
Dear Contestants,
Novotel **** Hotel (http://www.novotel.com/2996) located 10min walking distance from the competition place gives good price discount for the competition contestants.
If you are interested contact hotel manager Nemetne Legrady Kinga
email: [email protected]
phone: +36 (62) 562 222, +36 (30) 743 48 60
Mention that you are the participant of III. International Harp Competition when you reserve the room.
Composer Attila Reményi was born in Győr on July 22 1959 and started his musical studies there. He studied composing and the piano in János Richter Secondary School of Music with György Bácskai and Zsuzsa Velőssy. He obtained his degree in composing at Ferenc Liszt College of Music in Budapest in 1982. He was a pupil of Rezső Sugár and Emil Petrovics. He is currently a teacher at János Richter Secondary School of Music. He has been a member of the Hungarian Composers' Association since 1982, of the Board of Trustees of UNITED Way of Kisalföld since 1991, of the Board of Trustees of MEDIAWAVE since 2000 and of the Hungarian Academy of Art since 2006. He was awarded the Erkel prize in 1990 and the Bartók-Pásztory prize in 2008.
In his list of works there are several pieces for the harp. In 2007, Attila Reményi was requested to compose a piece for the competitors in one of the age groups at the First Szeged International Harp Competition. That is how The Peacock has Risen was born. In November this year at the Third Szeged International Harp Competition, the compulsory material will be Miniatures for Harp, the winner of the composing competition in Fukui in 1998. We have asked Mr. Reményi about the harp and his relationship to it.
1. When and how did you first have the idea of composing for the harp as a solo or chamber instrument?
I composed my first harp piece for the Viennese Trio Melisande (flute, viola and harp) by the recommendation of composer Sándor Balassa. The leader of the group was harpist Zsuzsa Aba-Nagy. The piece was first performed in Vienna. That is how my first harp piece was born. After this, we stayed in continuous contact and further pieces were composed.
2. Let us talk some more about your harp pieces: how were they created and who were they requested and inspired by?
In the Secondary School of Music in Győr, where I have been teaching for 32 years, I met harpist Adél Bélyei and her mother Mária B. Gogolyák, for whom I wrote my piece called Remembrance Voice for Two Harps. This was interesting for me because two harps have more possibilities than one. This piece is technically not difficult and the audience receives it cordially due to its more traditional sound. The composition called Three Movements, written for five harps is more of a composing study than a concert piece as five harpist or harps do not often meet together. I have also been composing for percussion instruments for a long time, by the inspiration of the Győr Percussion Group. That is how Fantasy for Harp and Marimba was created, in which the harp and marimba play somewhat relaxed, improvisational music. These pieces were followed by my first real success: the Japanese composing competition in 1998, which I even had a chance to attend in person.
3. You won the Third Composing Competition in Fukui with Miniatures for Harp. How did you learn about the competition? Did you have some professional help – a harpist, maybe, whom you consulted while composing the piece? Who was it performed by at the competition?
I found out about the competition through the Composers' Association. At the competition, Japanese harpist Chikayo Hayashi performed the piece excellently, which is my most difficult technically as well as musically. In this piece, the harp technique is presented in "full battle armour". While composing the piece, I was helped by Adél Bélyei to better understand the "soul" of the harp. As a sign of my gratitude, I composed the last movement to the letters of her name: A, D, E, L. It was worth devoting a lot of time and work to getting to know the harp. I had not dreamt that the jury would consider my piece worthy of the first prize besides presenting Chikayo Hayashi with a special award. Besides me, a Japanese and an American composer were awarded prizes. I learnt so much from my stay in Japan and the performance of harp pieces and harpists. The one week I spent in Japan was a life shaping experience for me. In 2000, I had a chance to spend two more weeks in Tokyo and Yokohama. My choir piece in the Japanese language was sung by the Children's Choir of the Japanese Radio.
4. Would you please talk about Miniatures as a composition? When was it first performed in Hungary?
Its first Hungarian performance, where it was played by excellent harpist Mária Lévai, was years after the Japanese competition. The composition shows traces of the musical material and some stylistic features of György Kurtág's. Now I don't want to give a detailed analysis of the movements, but leave that to the experts of musical theory. This is one of my most concentrated pieces, and the performer can discover the structure and logic inherent in the movements. It is for this reason as well as the first prize that I consider it to be one of my best written harp pieces.
The other one, Cantus for Flute and Harp, written in 2006, was inspired by Zsuzsa Aba-Nagy. Its world premiere was in the Collegium Hungaricum in Vienna in 2012. These six movements are much more easily acceptable for the average audience, even though they also have a rather strict musical structure and set of sounds. Nor is it technically difficult; therefore, if I could recommend one of my pieces to a harpist, I would either recommend this one or Desire for Olden Times, written for lever harp. Naturally, this is not a value judgement, only the author's subjective opinion. In no way would I want to dissuade anyone from playing or listening to Miniatures. Desire for Olden Times was performed at my author's night in Győr in 2009, in the interpretation of harpist Zsuzsa Aba-Nagy, at whose request it had been written. It is available for all on YouTube.
5. You wrote variations The Peacock has Risen in 2006. Have you composed other harp pieces since?
My latest harp piece has been written for harp and cello for sisters Hanna and Eszter Borka. It has not been performed yet, but is in the process of publication by SOLO MUSIC. For getting to know Hanna Borka, I must thank harpist Natalia Gorbunova. It was to her request that I composed The Peacock has Risen ... (Hommage á Zoltán Kodály) for the Szeged International Harp Competition in 2007, where I could hear Hanna Borka play the harp and later had the opportunity of meeting her in person at one of her performances in Budapest. That is when the thought of composing a piece for the sisters was conceived. Unfortunately, only the Japanese piece has been published to date. However, I hope that my works will become known, partially thanks to the harp competitions. I am happy and thankful that I have been in contact with harpists and the harp in the past twenty years and these pieces could come to life.
Translated by Katalin Fejér
1982: In Memoriam Kodály Zoltán – 2nd prize
(Five songs to Poems by Sándor Weöres)
Trio for Flute, Viola and Harp - 1994 (12:00)
Remembrance voice for two Harps - 1995 (9:00)
Three Movements for five Harps - 1995 (11:00)
Fantasy for Harp and Marimba - 1996 (8:00)
Miniatures for solo Harp - 1998 (9:00)
Desire for olden times, for lever harp - 1998 (5:00)
Four Movements for Harp - 1999 (11:55)
Taragot for Harp and Tárogató in Si B - 2003 (15:00)
Cantus for Flute and Harp - 2006 (17:55)
The Peacock has Risen (Felszállott a páva... Hommage á Zoltán Kodály) for harp - 2006 (4:35)


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I have commented before on the fugliness of the BMW 1 Series. I have commented before on the unsuitability of run-flat tyres on our roads as supplied by BMW on their cars. I was actually beginning to think I was the lone voice in the wilderness – until the release of the newest version of the BMW 1 Series and I read the following comments from readers of a national daily in Australia:
"But that pig snout really puts me off."
"Just as long as you don't have to wake up in the morning and look at it."
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"Suggest they dump the run flat tyres to start with so the ride improves."
Now don't get me wrong. I am not against BMW as a manufacturer, and I have enjoyed driving BMWs in the past. I respect their engineering and road manners, but when the world is telling them something about their product and they choose to ignore it, they are showing an extreme reluctance to listen and learn.
Are you listening, this time, BMW?
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In the following excerpt, Campbell emphasizes that Bede's main intention was to promote Christianity through his writings. He also considers Bede's sources and his occasional discrepancies on dates.
Bede was not only, or even primarily, a historian. He finished the Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum only three or four years before his death in 735. He may have known that it would be the last of his major works, for he ended it with an almost elegiac sketch of his own life and a list of his writings. These were numerous. Bede devoted a fairly long life—he was born in 672 or 673—and formidable powers to become probably the most learned and certainly the productive of the European scholars of his day. His works include treatises on grammar, metric and chronology, lives...
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