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Sriram Parasuram was apprenticing with Citibank in the late 1980s soon after his MBA from IIM-Calcutta when he sensed corporate culture wasn't something that would let him be comfortable in his own skin. Coming from a background in music, he didn't enjoy the beginner's routine at the financial services multinational—not because of overwork, but due to its mismatch with the essence of what he had learned so passionately at the top business school.
As a Chennaiite, Sriram's formative years were defined by Carnatic lessons that went hand in hand with his formal education. Besides south Indian classical vocal, the boy was busy learning the violin and mridangam of the same genre. By the time he got a mechanical engineering degree from a vintage technological institute affiliated to Mumbai University, he had already accompanied stalwarts like M.D. Ramanathan and D.K. Pattammal on the stringed instrument at public concerts. "Post MBA, I became increasingly fascinated with western classical and its six centuries of violin heritage. I left for America on a fellowship from the University of Akron in Ohio," he recalls. "It's another matter that my Citibank boss did offer me a good job."
Sriram's US stint saw him complete his Master's in western violin performance and go on to do a PhD in ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University, Connecticut. "By then, I had also realised that my prime interest lay in Indian classical. I returned to my country," says the artiste, who subsequently emerged as a Hindustani vocalist after training under late Pandit C.R. Vyas.
Carnatic musician and scholar Sriram Parasuram
Today, the middle-aged scholar is more known for his jugalbandis with his vocalist wife, where Anuradha Sriram would sing Carnatic in response to the male voice rendering north Indian classical. Sometimes they interchange roles, while Sriram also continues with his Carnatic violin—as a soloist and accompanist to others in the circuit. The couple teams up as film-music composers too—for INStance, for the Tamil move Five Star, produced by Mani Ratnam in 2002. "Classical music, generally, has lost some ground of late," Sriram laments. "Exploring its wonders demands a simple life, which most of us cannot afford in modern times."
Sriram, who teaches at Madras Music Academy and Kalakshetra, keeps alive a parallel track with popular music. His Hindi album Savariya (2000) has been a big hit, while he directed and performed with ensembles, giving background score to two 1920s silent films for their relaunch. He also headed Karadi Tales Company, which comes out with music albums for children, and his 1996-2002 stint as executive director of Sampradaya had the Ford Foundation-supported institution prolifically archiving the musical traditions of the Deccan. Busy holding workshops around the globe, he collaborates with ethnic musicians globally—be it Japanese Koto, West African drumming or Javanese Gamelan.
One-and-a-half decades before Sriram had done his MBA, a multi-faceted performing artiste from western India had completed her business management course from an equally prestigious institute. A dancer, theatre-person, film actress, social activist and entrepreneur, Mallika Sarabhai had passed out from the IIM in her city Ahmedabad in 1974. The Padma Bhushan awardee is a Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi exponent, and heads the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts on the banks of the Sabarmati river.
The iconic institution, which imparts training in dance, drama, music (vocal and instrumental), percussion and puppetry, was set up in 1949, five years before Mallika was born. Its founders, the Sarabhais—space scientist Vikram and choreographer Mrinalini—had envisioned Darpana to mirror their country's diverse cultures. That principle of inclusiveness is something Mallika, armed with a doctorate in organisational behaviour, continues to implement. "A lot of new talents seldom find the right stage," she says, pointing out why Darpana has been hosting a young artistes' festival for the past seven years at Natarani, the academy's state-of-the-art amphitheatre.
Art buffs believe Mallika's tryst with MBA has made at least some contribution to the way she plays her role as a successful administrator of Darpana. "You can make a classical dancer do contemporary dance, but the other way round is not possible," says the artiste, celebrated for her arterial role as Draupadi in Peter Brook's 1980s epic play Mahabharata, which also helped fuel her activist spirit. "I began to think more about the power of women and how the Puranas have made us look at them." For all her innovative ventures on the stage, classical dance is her "battery charger", which enables her to "fuse it into other forms like ballets and plays".
Mallika's mother has familial roots in Kerala's Palakkad district, where top Mohiniyattam danseuse Methil Devika of the present day is an MBA. Proficient in Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi, she passed her management course at Madras University in flying colours and went on to run the Sripada Natya Kalari in Palakkad. "I chose Chennai to do my MBA because the city also had the Kuchipudi Academy, which I planned to join as a part-time student," chuckles the 41-year-old, who won the gold medal in MA (Kuchipudi) from Rabindra Bharati University and later a doctorate from Bharathidasan University, Trichy. "I worked as a manager with two dance production companies—in Chennai and Bangalore—for three years, but didn't feel satisfied. Today, I feel settled, though I still don't have a brochure of mine, a visiting card or documented work."
Former ISRO chairman K. Radhakrishnan, another Malayali with an MBA (from IIM-Bangalore), is a trained Carnatic vocalist and occasional Kathakali performer.
Upcountry, Delhi's Yamini Reddy, 35, is a well-known Kuchipudi dancer with an MBA. "I did the course, also because my mother insisted," says the daughter of the celebrated danseuse couple Raja-Radha Reddy. Quite a few others in the young crop of famous classical dancers and musicians with academic qualification in management hail from families with an art heritage. Examples include C.R. Vyas's santoor-playing son Satish Vyas, sarangi artiste Harsh Narayan, whose grandfather is the instrument's contemporary patriarch Pt Ram Narayan and whose father Brij Narayan plays the sarod, and Hindustani singer Pallavi Joshi, granddaughter of late vocalist Gajananbuwa Joshi.
Violin wizard L. Subramaniam's son Ambi Subramaniam
In the south, similarly, Carnatic has MBA holders in vocalists Madurai R. Sundar (nephew of musician Ananthalakshmi Sadagopan), T.N.S. Krishna (T.N. Seshagopalan's son) and Mahadevan Sankaranarayanan (T.V. Sankaranarayanan's son). So are violinists M.S. Ananthakrishnan (son of M.A. Sundaresan of the Parur bani), Ambi Subramaniam (violin wizard L. Subramaniam) and saxophonist G. Guru Prasad (Kadri Gopalnath). Hindustani instrumentalist Bhajan Sopori's santoor-playing son Abhay Rustum left MBA for music, while Chennai's Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (daughter of vocalist Neyveli Santhanagopalan) was "so overwhelmed" by Carnatic by her late teens that she gave up her plans to do a business management course.
Noted vocalists Vidya Subramanian, Manasi Prasad, Nikhil Shankar and Vyzarsu Pavani (veena), Sai Narasimhan (flute), R. Ramkumar, Nirmal Narayan, Shubha Chandravali and Harinarayanan A.M. (mridangam) are MBAs. Carnatic pianist Anil Srinivasan holds a management degree, so does his collaborator singer-guitarist-composer Vedanth Bharadwaj. Prathibha Parthasarathy, who straddles genres from Carnatic to rock, has done a business management course, as has Sunitha Hari, a classical vocalist and dancer. New York-based Anuradha Sethuraman of IIM-B performs both Bharatanatyam and Kathak.
Danseuses Madhulita Mohapatra, Bidisha Mohanty, Shreyashi Dey, Shatabdi Mallik and Suprava Mishra are among the MBAs in Odissi. Further eastward, Warda Rihab studied Manipuri dance at Rabindra Bharati before doing an MBA from Dhaka University in her native Bangladesh. Among Hindustani musicians in the category are Ashim Chowdhury (sitar), Soumya Chakraverty, Sabyasachi Bhattacharya (sarod) and Abbas Janmohamed (tabla). The list is long.


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[pacific scoop] Prime Minister Dr Derek Sikua says Solomon Islands is keen to see more competition in the telecommunication industry. PM Sikua Wants More Telecommunication Competition
Prime Minister Dr Derek Sikua says Solomon Islands is keen to see more competition in the telecommunication industry.
Speaking at the start of the 14th Pacific Islands Telecommunication Association Meeting Monday this week, Dr Sikua said telecommunication is a key component in both social and economic development and having a monopoly in the telecommunication industry is not helpful to the development aspirations of Solomon Islands.
Since coming into power in December 2007, Dr Sikua's Coalition for National Unity and Rural Advancement (CNURA) government undertook a major reform to encourage investment and competition to ensure modern telecommunications serve as a platform for economic growth and social cohesion.
In December 2009, the Government successfully enacted the new Telecommunication Act which saw new mobile service entrant Bemobile Company given a license to provide mobile services here.
The Act also provides for further mobile telecommunication companies to enter the market after April 2011.
"We believe the reform will see improvements in quality services at affordable prices, in a competition market. We hope that a third or more entrants can come after April 2011. If there are telecommunications companies represented here tonight, please take serious note of this announcement," Dr Sikua said.
The Government's move to liberalize telecommunications is to achieve rapid expansion of telecommunications infrastructure and services in the Solomon Islands, and make available to the population the widest possible range of efficient, reliable and affordable telecommunications services competitively provided in a fairly regulated market.
The second aim is to enhance national economic and social development, particularly beyond Honiara, by promoting the ongoing development and effective utilization of telecommunications in the Solomon Islands, such that quantifiable impact is achieved throughout the country within the next 5 years.
Dr Sikua also explained that for competition to have the greatest impact for the consumer and the country more broadly, a modern legislative framework is required to regulate the various suppliers of telecommunication services.
He strongly emphasized that the key attribute to this legislation based on international experience is that, an independent regulator is required to make the necessary decisions to ensure the telecommunications market is operating efficiently and fairly.
The Prime Minister believed that a liberalized telecommunications landscape will radically change the lives of all citizens.
"Almost every person in this country will personally benefit from greater access to telecommunication services. Also, the country benefits through better productivity, more investment, more employment and increased economic growth," he explained.
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Valentine's Day 2010 just might come to be viewed as the beginning of the return of the Baltimore Opera Company.
No, it won't be called that – reclaiming the name of an organization that was liquidated last year probably wouldn't be too cool, marketing-wise. It will be known as the Lyric Opera of Baltimore, but it will resemble in many ways the defunct company. If you were at the
Let's face it. Baltimore loves its past. If someone could revive Hutzler's or Hausner's or other faded gems and make them just like they were years ago, an awful lot of folks would be thrilled. Same for Baltimore Opera; if it could somehow just materialize again (and honor all the worthless tickets people got stuck with when it folded), you know it would have a ready audience. The opera regulars want to be back in the Lyric, with a full season of good-quality productions that bear a local stamp.
For all of the ventures that have sprung up aimed at filling the void left by Baltimore Opera, nothing is likely to have as much appeal around here as something that looks, sounds and feels like the old company and is even housed in the old venue. That's one big reason why, I think, there was such a packed house Sunday for "Carmen." (Spotted in the audience: Michael Harrison, former general director of Baltimore Opera. This must have been a very bittersweet occasion for him.)
Never mind that this was an Opera New Jersey production, with the New Jersey Symphony in the pit. It was presented by the Lyric; it featured the former Baltimore Opera Chorus (which, curiously, was nowhere to be seen at the end, and didn't get a bow); the stage director was Bernard Uzan, who worked with Baltimore Opera in the past; volunteers from the former company were on the scene. The whole back-to-the-future thing was impossible to miss.
The Lyric wants to see opera restored to the space, and with former Baltimore Opera staffer Jim Harp on staff as "director of opera and educational activities," chances look good that
some sort of substantial enterprise will take root there, especially after renovations to the theater. Harp's charisma and dedication will serve the enterprise well, and his core idea of building collaborations with existing companies makes financial and logistical logic. If he can keep the Baltimore connections, too, as in the case of the chorus for this "Carmen," he's got an obvious selling point; local pride is not be sneezed at.
(Personally, I think forging a bond with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, which used to play in the pit for Baltimore Opera way back when and is in the market for new revenue outlets, is something worth pursuing by any new Lyric-based company. I know this would be tough on the former opera orchestra, which had become a reliable asset over the past decade, but I don't see how everything from the BOC days could come back anytime soon. And having the BSO on board could change the dynamics and the possibilities in several positive ways.)
Needless to say, one performance on a Sunday afternoon of such a popular work as "Carmen" hardly means that a full-fledged grand opera company at the Lyric is a done deal. But, like I said, the sense of a big step being taken toward that goal was evident all over the theater.
This was, on balance, a pretty decent "Carmen." Uzan's concept for this iconic work places all the action within a bullring-like area; the chorus is confined to the arena seats. The first time I encountered his approach years ago in a production at Florida Grand Opera, I wasn't entirely sold on it; I wasn't entirely sold on the similar version he devised for Opera New Jersey, either. But the essentials of the drama came through strongly enough, even without the extra atmosphere of scenery changes and animated crowd scenes. And the use of choreography, by Peggy Hickey, to fill out the action proved mostly effective. (The exception came in the symbolic dance during the final Entr'acte, when a disheveled Don Jose wandered disruptively into the ballet corps; it wasn't meant to be funny, of course, but it looked dangerously close to an "I Love Lucy" episode when Lucy did much the same thing one night at the Tropicana.)
The production's originally announced star attraction, mezzo Denyce Graves, canceled a few weeks ago for health reasons. Stepping in was Kirstin Chavez, sounding like stellar material herself, with a ripe, evenly produced tone; lots of dynamic phrasing (even at rather slow tempos for her arias); and acting that, while not without its clichéd sensual poses, had a natural, involving flair. Richard Leech, as Don Jose, kept mostly to one volume, but poured on the passion persuasively. Luis Ledesma needed a little more vocal heft and tone coloring as Escamillo, but delivered the goods; he did expressive, nuanced work in his duet with Chavez in Act 4. Caitlin Lynch, as Micaela, was dressed much too Rebecca of Sunnybrook Granja, but the soprano sang radiantly, sculpting phrases with as much technical finesse as communicative richness.
The supporting cast proved respectable. The former Baltimore Opera choristers, billed as the Lyric Opera of Baltimore Chorus, produced a zesty, cohesive sound and neatly carried out the minimal action required of them (this included standing up to point at Don Jose a couple of times – not one of Uzan's most inspired touches). The New Jersey Symphony played with care and style. Conductor Joseph Rescigno didn't always keep everyone together tightly, but he brought a good deal of intensity, as well as poetry, to the score.
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The People at the Cross
Each Gospel mentions a handful of people at the cross. Luke is the most general in mentioning "all His [i.e., Jesus'] acquaintances and the women who had followed Him from Galilee" (Luke 23:49). Matthew and Mark mention many women as well (Matt 27:55; Mark 15:40).
As for Luke's acquaintances, the individuals who were present and are easy to identify were Mary Magdalene (Matt 27:56; Mark 15:40; John 19:25), Mary the mother of James and Joseph (Matt 27:56; Mark 15:40), Mary the mother of Jesus (John 19:25), and John (John 19:26; "the disciple whom He loved").
Other individuals that are not so easy to identify are those who may be mentioned by different names in different Gospels. These names or designations are the mother of the sons of Zebedee (Matt 27:56), Salome (Mark 15:40), Jesus' mother's sister (John 19:25), and Mary the wife of Clopas (John 19:25). The identity of all the above may hinge somewhat on whether the grammar of John 19:25 identifies one or two women in the phrase "his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas."
From that phrase, if there are two women (Jesus' mother's sister and Mary the wife of Clopas), then it is possible that Jesus' mother's sister is Salome and the mother of the sons of Zebedee, which would mean that James and John were Jesus' cousins.
If there is one woman (Jesus' mother's sister who is Mary the wife of Clopas), then it is possible that Salome is still the mother of the sons of Zebedee but not the sister of Mary, the mother of Jesus, which would mean that James and John were not Jesus' cousins.
The grammar of John 19:25 seems to indicate that Jesus' mother's sister is the same as Mary the wife of Clopas in that the word "and" precedes and follows "his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas" but does not lie between "sister" and "Mary," which would indicate two different women. This conclusion would mean that James and John were not Jesus' cousins.
To be precise, one man and six to eight women at the cross are identified as witnesses to the crucifixion of Christ. Many other women were mentioned as well. May we follow their example and stay close to Christ even when we share in the worst of His sufferings.
The Two Beatings of Jesus
Each gospel records one instance in which Jesus was beaten just before His crucifixion, but it seems that a comparison of these accounts indicates that Jesus was beaten more than once. In trying to sort out the details, it is helpful to remember that a beating by the Romans could vary in intensity, and three Latin terms for their beatings show that one beating could be worse than the other.
First, a fustigatio was the least intense of these beatings for criminal but lesser offenses. Pilate's suggestion to "punish" (paideuō) Jesus (Luke 23:16, 22) and his having Jesus "flogged" (mastigoō) in John 19:1 both refer to this type of punishment. Second, a flagellatio was "a brutal flogging administered to criminals whose offenses were more serious."1 Third, a verberatio was the worst of the beatings, a punishment given to those who had been sentenced to death. It was sometimes so severe that this beating itself could bring about death.
Along with noting the differences in these beatings, it is helpful to point out the timing of Jesus' beatings. John 19:1 records a beating of Jesus before His being sent for crucifixion in John 19:16. Matthew 27:26 and Mark 15:15 record a beating that took at the time when He was sentenced in those same, parallel verses.
Putting the above data together in chronological order, we see that Pilate first said he would "punish" (paideuō) Jesus (Luke 23:16, 22). Pilate then made good on this promise and "flogged" (mastigoō) Jesus in John 19:1. Finally, when this fustigatio did not bring about the pity and release for which Pilate hoped, Jesus was sentenced to death and suffered the dreaded verberatio when "scourged" (phragelloō) in Matthew 27:26 and Mark 15:15. Then He went to the cross.
Having been tried by the Jewish leadership throughout the night before and then having experienced afustigatio and then verberatio, it is no surprise that Jesus was unable to carry the crossbeam for His own cross (Matt 27:32; Mark 15:21; Luke 23:26) and that He died within six hours on the cross (Mark 15:25, 34, 37). The average time suffering on a cross was 36 hours.2
"Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed" (Isaiah 53:4–5).
Lord willing, we will close our walk through the book of Mark this coming May. What a joy it has been to better understand the Gospel and that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.
Our next series will be a six-part series called "The BASICS," which will involve preaching through one or a small number of passages of Scripture each Sunday to uphold what we believe to be a biblical understanding of a theology and methodology of the church. As we expect to have a handful of new members by that time, it will be helpful for us as a church to review a number of truths concerning what it means to be and function as the church.
As you may remember from days gone by, the word "BASICS" is an acronym that is simply one way to review a cluster of truths about God's Word concerning the church:
B Bible – The Bible gives us the truth for the foundation for our faith and ministry and regulates all that we do.
A Adoration – We are to adore and worship God as He commands.
S Shepherd – We shepherd and disciple one another in corporate, group, and personal settings as God has gifted us.
I Intercede – We must be devoted to intercession and prayer.
C Care – We lovingly serve and care for one another as needs arise and as God has burdened and gifted us.
S Share – We are to make disciples by sharing and teaching the gospel.
After our BASICS series, we will begin a new book series in 1 John and go passage-by-passage through the book. The basic point of the book is summarized in 1 John 5:13: "I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life."
May God give our church grace as we review a biblical methodology for our ministry as a church, and may He bless our study of 1 John in the days ahead. Until then, may we see Christ in all His glory in His death and resurrection in the end of the book of Mark.
Hymns for the Month of April
HGG 058 - Praise Ye the Lord
HGG 003 - Holy, Holy, Holy
HGG 130 - Beneath the Cross of Jesus
HGG 150 - 'Tis the Christ
HGG 267 - There Is a Fountain
HGG 004 - Praise Ye, Jehovah
HGG 352 - Like a River Glorious
HGG 248 - Grace Greater Than Our Sin
Booklet 46 - I Plead for Grace (Psalm 51)
HGG 052 - Crown Him with Many Crowns
HGG 073 - Holy Saviour, We Adore Thee
HGG 070 - O for a Heart to Praise My God
Booklet 44 - God is Our Strength and Refuge (Psalm 46)
HGG 011 - All Glory, Laud, and Honor
HGG 451 - O Thou in Whose Presence
HGG 593 - O for a Faith That Will Endure
Booklet 42 - How Awesome Is Your Name (Psalm 8)
Three labels describe how churches practice communion with respect to who participates or not: unrestricted, restricted, and strict. We know them more commonly as open, closed, and close.
Unrestricted or open communion allows anyone who professes belief to participate in a church's communion. It is unrestricted and thus open to all who profess Christ. We have three interrelated objections to this view.
First, if no restrictions are given, then baptism is downplayed because it not necessary to this communion. No one knows whether or not a given participant may or may not have been affirmed in his or her salvation (which is pledged in baptism – cf. 1 Peter 3:21) by the host church or some other church. Second, if no restrictions are given, then church membership is downplayed as well. Opening communion to someone who is not baptized and thus not confirmed by other believers in their salvation functionally says that the affirmation of other believers is not important to one's salvation. Open communion thus devalues the notion of formal unity in a local church. Third, unrestricted communion downplays the role of church discipline. If a participant's baptism and thus the affirmation of salvation by other believers are not necessary for communion, then the continued role of other believers in keeping the participant accountable for godliness is not necessary either. Were a participant to be living in persistent, open sin, the unity expressed in open communion (1 Cor 10:16–17) would be false, since persistent, open sin requires a church to exclude the individual from its fellowship since such a one is no believer at all (e.g., Matt 18:15–18; 1 Cor 5:1–11) or, at best, a sinning brother who has forfeited his right to fellowship in general and thus communion in particular (2 Thess 3:6, 14–15).
Restricted or closed communion allows only members of the presiding church to participate in communion. While this practice theoretically guarantees the purity of the ordinance, the NT suggests a better option is strict or close communion, which allows for a church to open communion beyond its own membership to other Christians who are members of a church of like faith and practice. We see this option in the practice of Paul who was mostly accountable to Antioch (cf. Acts 13:1–3; 14:26–28) and yet participated in communion at Troas (Acts 20:7, 11) and Corinth (1 Cor 11:23) and likely all the churches he visited.
Stated in brief, close communion assumes baptism, which assumes a profession of Christ and the confirmation of that profession by a church who administered that baptism. This church would then be responsible for ongoing accountability, which assumes church membership and even church discipline if necessary. A proper observation of communion through strict or close communion carries with it the safeguarding of these important features of our theology of the church.
Pastor David Huffstutler
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Tour the Market Square Tower, home of the viral Sky Pool in Houston
Last week, the world was introduced to the Market Square Tower's Sky Pool with a viral video, but the world doesn't know what it's really like to live in the tower.
The eye-tricking video shows a man's feet creeping across a pool's floor, but he quickly reaches what looks like the edge of the building and the end of the pool.
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As a viewer, you expect him to stop walking, but his foot rises to take another step and just as you expect him to go crashing down the building, you realize the pool's bottom is made of crystal-clear glass.
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The video quickly went viral on Facebook, Reddit and other social media sites.
Naturally, the world discovered the mind-bending pool is at Houston's Market Square Tower at 777 Preston, the tallest residential building in the Bayou City.
While the internet may know about the pool that extends 10 feet beyond the side of the building, 500 feet above Preston street, not everyone knows about the other luxury amenities offered at the residence tower.
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From an indoor basketball court, to a self-tanning booth, to a virtual golfing simulator, residents at the Market Square Tower seemingly have it made. Click through the gallery above to see the other incredible amenities residents get while living at the downtown tower.
In case you're in the market for a new apartment, as of publication, rent for one of their 463 units starts at $2,200 and range in square footage from 564-square-foot efficiencies to 1,950-square-foot three bedrooms units. Though, if you're really rolling in the dough, there are a limited number of penthouses with upwards of 2,993 square feet.


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Every garden needs a gazebo We are getting to that time in the year where summer houses are cleaned, trampolines set up and gazebos are being build ready for that first Easter holiday BBQ. We have done our bit at Natural East and set up one of our unique bamboo….Read More »
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The best period for low-cost holidays
Hotels and B&B of Cagliari follow a variable price list depending on the period of booking. Normally, prices vary according to three price ranges: high season, medium and low season.
High season means the months of end June, July and August, and part of September. The medium season includes the months of May and June, while the remaining months are considered as part of the low season. During the high season, prices may be even double for the same room.
The same is valid with respect to the flights for Cagliari, that follow approximately the same trend. In order to save on flights during the high season, you would better book the ticket some months earlier than your departure, to achieve a seat at affordable price.
Which are the most rainy months in Cagliari?
Cagliari has a sunny and mild climate almost along the whole year, with temperatures that rarely go below 0° in Winter season. The most rainy months, as an average, are February, October and November, while Spring and Summer feature almost lack of rain.
Which are the opening hours of shops and museums?
- Shops: The shops in the centre of Cagliari are open, as an average from 9:00 to 13:00, in the morning, and from 16:30 to 20:00, in the afternoon and evening. Most shops are closed on Sundays, except in case of special events.
- Shopping malls: The shopping malls, a set of shops of any kind, food stores and leisure centres (with cinemas and amusement arcades), are open every day from 9.00 o' clock in the morning to 21.00 o' clock in the evening.
- Food markets: Cagliari features a high number of food stores where you may find meat, fish, fresh fish and vegetables, from abroad, and local productions. These markets are open in the morning only, from 6:30 to 13:30. In these facilities, the quality of products is often higher than the shopping malls, and prices are more affordable; in addition, the markets are more folkloric thanks to the sellers that will playfully try to draw your attention.
- Museums: Most museums and monuments in Cagliari have continued opening hours from morning to evening. The closure day is Monday. You may find opening days and hours of each museum, monuments and churches in the section Music and Culture.
Which are the traditional dishes of Cagliari?
The traditional foods of Cagliari are pasta with sea-urchins ( spaghetti with sea-urchin eggs), the roasted piglet (sucking pig cooked on the skewers on fire or in oven, and seasoned with myrtle), the Sardinian pecorino cheese (sheep milk cheese), the carasau bread (a very thin sheet of crunchy bread), seadas or sebadas with honey (fried ravioli filled with fresh cheese and covered with honey). Also, the red and white wines have a strong tradition, represented, respectively by Cannonau and Vermentino. Among the most alchoolic beverage there is the mirto (a liquor obtained from the myrtle berries) and the fil'e ferru, the Sardinian grappa. Cagliari also boosts a strong tradition on preparation of pizza, which makes most of the local restauration. This is obviously a small part of the gastronomic heritage of our region; if you want to find out more, we recommend you to follow the programme on gastronomic itineraries of our blog.
How to pay in shops and where to withdraw money in Cagliari
The shops and facilities of Cagliari accept Euro exclusively ( € - the currency of the European Union), but you may also pay directly via credit card using the POS available in any business. Every bank in Cagliari has ATM and you can easily withdraw Euros (€) using your credit card. The most common circuits are MasterCard and Visa. The exchange range is variable, as defined by the currency markets, and the commissions applied will be charged by your bank. If you prefer to have cash money, the most convenient procedure is to book and withdraw European currency directly from your bank before you leave.
Which documents you need to come from abroad
For countries outside the European Community, you may travel to Italy only with a currently valid passport, while for countries belonging to European Community, you wil just need a currently valid identity document.
How is working the Healthcare system in Cagliari
In Italy, the Healthcare system is public, and guarantees the best cares to those requesting medical attendance. For tourists, same as for Italian citizens, medical attendance and care are given directly, and you will then pay the ticket (a small tax on healthcare performance, not exceeding 100€) according to your urgency code of registration. In Cagliari there are 4 hospitals with emergency, while in the surrounding area there are emergency centres: the tourist guards (available 24h in Summer) and medical guards (available at night, at public holidays and at weekends)
Which are the emergency numbers of Cagliari
The emergency numbers are available 24h, and will enable you to contact the nearest assistance centre. The phone number for police is 113, to request medical attention with ambulance the number is 118, while, for the fire department, you may call 115.
How to access the Internet in Cagliari?
To access the Internet with your smartphone, you will have to activate in advance a roaming service with your phone company, if possible, or use one of the wifi hotspot made available by the municipality of Cagliari. To find out where the wifi hotspots are active, please see the dedicated section.


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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has reorganized the Hungarian GreekCatholic Church, and has elevated it to a Metropolitan Church "sui iuris." In doing so, the Holy Father adopted the following provisions:
He has elevated the Eparchy of Hajdúdorog for the Catholics of Byzantine Rite to a Metropolitan See, with a seat at Debrecen, and has nominated Bishop Fülöp Kocsis, until now Eparchal Bishop of Hajdúdorog, as first Metropolitan;
The Pope also elevated the Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc for Catholics of Byzantine Rite to an Eparchy, establishing it as a suffragen of the Metropolitan See of Hajdúdorog, and has nominated Bishop Atanáz Orosz, who has been serving as Apostolic Exarch of Miskolc, as first Eparchal Bishop; and,
Erected the Eparchy of Nyíregyháza for Catholics of Byzantine Rite, with territory taken from the Eparchy of Hajdúdorog, establishing it as a suffragen of the Metropolitan See of Hajdúdorog. Pope Francis has named Bishop Atanáz Orosz Apostolic Administrator sede vacante, of the new Eparchy.
Friday, March 20, 2015
Hungarian Greek Catholics now a metropolitan sui iuris body
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The Hungarian Byzantine Church was already a Church sui iuris. What is new is that it has been elevated to a Metropolitan Church sui iuris (Canon 155) from "[a] Church sui iuris, which is neither patriarchal, major archiepiscopal nor metropolitan [which] is entrusted to a hierarch who presides over it according to the norm of common law and particularReplyDelete
law established by the Roman Pontiff" (Canon 174).
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No Offense, Daily Bruin Opinion's radio show, is back for another year! Each week, members of Opinion staff will share their thoughts about what's happening at UCLA, the University of California system and beyond. This week, Opinion editor Keshav Tadimeti and assistant Opinion editors Abhishek Shetty and Jacqueline Alvarez, start off by highlighting some of the eventful news stories of the summer, including a textbook policy change, an update to the UC's employee hiring process and a data breach that affects UCLA summer session students. Following that, they share their thoughts on Twitter's decision to extend the character limit for tweets.
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As a kid growing up in the moss-covered boondocks of the Puget Sound, outhouses were a place of mystery, intrigue and abject terror. These compact, primitive structures, most long forsaken and gone to seed, served as haunted houses in minima forma on Washington's Kitsap Peninsula. And these dilapidated latrines — roofs half-collapsed under the weight of with felled branches, facades rotting and crescent moon-stamped portals sealed shut with rusted padlocks — were everywhere.
Naturally, the boogeyman lived in an outhouse. And the boogeyman that lived in the decaying outhouse hidden deep in a wooded ravine on my parents' summer property on the Case Inlet — alongside bats, banana slugs and spiders — was a hook-handed monster named Ivan. "Don't sneak out of the cabin late at night," my father would warn my younger brother and I. "You might have a run-in with Ivan." The outhouse was off-limits during the daytime hours, too "… unless you want to wake up Ivan."
We were wise enough to know that Ivan — a murderous escaped mental patient who drifted from abandoned outhouse to abandoned outhouse per the ridiculous campfire tale mythology created by my father — didn't really exist. Still, my brother and I stayed far away from the dilapidated structure that appeared to be collapsing from within.
The outhouse: Filled the artifacts of rural American life or home to the boogeyman? (Photo: Darron Birgenheier/flickr)
Borne from my dad's concern that his young sons would stumble upon a rusty nail, a sleeping animal or something far more unsavory than a water-damaged Sears catalog (rough as a cob!) if we got too close to the old outhouse, the scare tactic worked like a charm. We continued to play in the woods, just not anywhere near chez Ivan. A couple of times, I mustered up the courage to throw heavy rocks at the dilapidated shed. Would anything — or anyone —emerge if disturbed?
I'll never know because I was to busy running like hell in the other direction to find out.
While the humble outhouse played a formative role in my childhood development (even though I actually never set foot inside of one let alone used one for its intended purpose), Richard Melzer, outhouse aficionado and professor of history at the University of New Mexico-Valencia, is championing the outhouse and its key — yet often overlooked — role in the development of the rough 'n' tumble American Southwest.
Outhouses taught me to respect the rules and keep clear of the dangers lurking deep within the woods (spiders, crumbling structures, make-believe lunatics, etc.) while setting my already wild imagination into overdrive. For Melzer, they're much more than a rudimentary leftover from an era long ago.
All that's missing is a well-thumbed Sears catalog. (Photo: Valerie Hinojosa/flickr)
"They had a tremendous cultural impact on the region," Melzer, New Mexico's, ahem, number one outhouse fan, recently explained to the Associated Press.
Melzer notes that outhouses not only provided shelter, a place of refuge and, more important, relief, across the oft-harsh frontier landscape. They also helped to protect water resources while assisting in "establishing norms on sanitation and personal hygiene."
In New Mexico, they served residents such as ranch hands tending to cattle and rural teachers educating the children of chile pickers. And they did so while protecting the environment and important water resources.Inside, one might find a Bible, old tools, or catalogs from Montgomery Ward or Sears, Roebuck and Co. Two seats meant a higher economic status for owners, and the walls might be plastered with wallpaper to keep away insects or unwanted audiences.Such items can still be found in some abandoned outhouses. 'They tell the story of the past,' Melzer said.
Melzer, who could previously be found exploring New Mexico's cemeteries, hopes that his research-intensive outhouse love will prompt the preservation of these potential archaeological goldmines found on historic ranches and homesteads across the Southwest.
This outhouse in Montana has see better days. University of New Mexico professor Richard Melzer is hoping to preserve endangered historic latrines. (Photo: Jim Handcock/flickr)
While many old-school outhouses across the country are collected (yes, collected) by rural history buffs, others remain attached to properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Still, it's the "big" houses that get most of the attention while privies remain largely ignored, likely because of their simple, compact nature and our collective cultural squeamishness over bodily functions.
On the topic of bodily functions, Melzer explains that as indoor plumbing become more and more commonplace in remote stretches of the Old West, many residents resisted doing their business in new lavish loos located within the main residence and continued to prefer the hole-equipped shed out back. "People thought it was just gross," says Melzer. "That's what the outhouse was for, they thought. For out there."
And to return briefly to the outhouses of the Pacific Northwest, don't forget to mark your calendars for the 2016 Conconully Outhouse Races.
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A PC and Xbox One single-player exploration and survival game, The Solus Project from Teotl Studios isn't planned for release on PlayStation 4.
Speaking with WCCF Tech, the developer revealed they are focused on the PC and Xbox One versions:
There are currently no plans for a PlayStation 4 version and we fully focus on the Xbox One and PC versions.
The Solus Project is scheduled for an early access release in January 2016 on both platforms, with a full release to follow in Q2 2016. The game was announced at E3 2015 as an Xbox One "console exclusive" and, judging by the recent comment, it won't end up being a timed exclusive like Rise of the Tomb Raider.
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Talos Threat Source is a regular intelligence update from Cisco Talos, highlighting the biggest threats each week and other security news.
Welcome to this week's Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Cisco Talos from the past week.
If you like talking about vulnerabilities, this was the week for you.
Talos disclosed dozens of vulnerabilities over the past few days in a variety of products, most notably Adobe Acrobat Reader, which contains a remote code execution flaw.
We also released information on an information disclosure vulnerability in Google PDFium — a PDF reader in Google's Chrome and Chromium web browsers.
In terms of volume, the largest number of bugs are in Foxit PDF Reader. There are more than a dozen vulnerabilities we discovered that could all lead to remote code execution.
Finally, we went over several flaws in Atlantis Word Process — a popular alternative to Word.
Outside of vulns, we are excited to finally get the Beers with Talos crew back together for a new episode! In episode 38, the guys cover our latest findings on VPNFilter and the antivirus-avoiding RAT we wrote about last week.
We also have our weekly Threat Roundup, which you can find on the blog every Friday afternoon. There, we go over the most prominent threats we've seen (and blocked) over the past week.
If you want to see one of our researchers out and about, be sure to check below for upcoming public engagements where they will represent Talos.
Location: XI International Congress of Industrial Cybersecurity at the Hotel Meliá Avenida de América in Madrid, Spain
Synopsis: This is an annual gathering bringing together experts in cybersecurity from across Europe. In his talk, Vitor will cover how SCADA and industrial control systems are more vulnerable than ever, and what can be done to protect these vital systems.
Location: Texas Cyber Summit at Wyndham River Walk Hotel in San Antonio, Texas
Synopsis: Wiper malware has been leveraged by attackers for years to facilitate the destruction of data and systems. In many cases, this malware has caused widespread operational issues for organizations and critical infrastructure all over the globe. Attackers have increasingly been leveraging and improving upon their wiper malware over the past several years. This talk will cover several notable examples of wiper malware, how they were distributed and the impacts that resulted from these attacks.
Location: Tech at the Gap conference at the Western Maryland IT Center of Excellence in Cumberland, Md.
Synopsis: Talos specializes in early-warning intelligence and threat analysis necessary for defending networks against the ever-changing threat landscape by leveraging the work of Talos' large team of threat intelligence experts, researchers, and engineers. In this talk, Ashlee will cover recent threats and the methods and analysis used by Talos to defend against them.
Description: Adobe patched several vulnerabilities in Acrobat and Reader, the majority of which are rated as "critical" and "important." The advisory, released on Oct. 1, covers more than 80 different bugs. An attacker could exploit these flaws and execute code in the context of the current user.
Description: The well-known APT Cobalt Gang is using a new downloader, called "CobInt," to spread its malware. Cobalt Gang spreads the downloader through malicious URLs and Microsoft Word documents, and then eventually installs additional modules through CobInt.
Description: Cisco disclosed a vulnerability in the IPsec driver code of multiple Cisco IOS XE Software platforms and the Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA). A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to force the targeted system to reboot.
Description: The Magecart group continues to attack different public-facing websites in an attempt to steal credit card information. The group's malware recently hit British Airways, Ticketmaster U.K., and online retailer Newegg. Magecart sets up its malware on HTTPS servers and scans online retailers' sites for financial information as transactions are completed.
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Eleanor has only 3 days remaining as an 8-month-old, so it seems like a fitting time for our 11th hour eight-month post. Eleanor had a fun and full month which included: a trip to the beach with Mimi and Big, her first Halloween (she was a baby cow), a weekend with Lala while Momma and Daddy were out-of-town, and lots of fun outdoor playtime in the leaves with her big sister and new friends. Eleanor said her first words this month (dada and bahbah are the most frequent), she has four new teeth poking through on the top, and in addition to cruising all over the furniture she is now starting to stand up unsupported for a few seconds at a time. She has started clapping, pointing, and waving all within the span of these past few weeks. She is also getting better with her pincer grasp and is picking up her puffs and (finally) eating them. It seems that she is at a real turning point in her development. These new skills and milestones are so fun to watch, but also tinged with some sadness as I see her turning the corner and leaving the baby days behind her with each new feat. Eleanor has been the sweetest, easiest baby, which makes it especially hard for me to let go of these halcyon days of her infancy and to accept that she will soon be a walker … and … then eventually a toddler (yikes!). But for now, we are savoring every second of these precious, fleeting days of Eleanor's first year and drinking in all of her delicious baby love while we still have it.
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Aerin introduces new ancillaries to Rose de Grasse, the first parfum of the Premier Collection – a luxurious olfactive celebration of the most rare, expensive and artisanal perfumery ingredients re-imagined through the lens of Aerin's style and creativity. A modern interpretation of Aerin's signature flower, the rose, Aerin Rose de Grasse celebrates this timeless symbol of beauty and femininity.
Like an original piece of art, Aerin Rose de Grasse is meticulously crafted with an artisanal attention to detail. At its heart is a fusion of roses including the hundred-petaled Rose Centifolia, hand-picked in Grasse – the French capital of perfumery since the 16th century, where the history of fragrance is an art form. Aerin Rose de Grasse Parfum captures the complete, multi-dimensional beauty of the rose in one captivating scent – pristine, sophisticated, unexpected and iconic.
Rose de Grasse opens with the delicate luminosity of Ambrette Seeds which imparts a silky, compelling warmth to a sheer veil of translucent florals blended with a Watery Accord for modern clarity and dewy fluidity that sparkles throughout.
An artistic blending of three of the most precious rose ingredients creates a unique Rose Fusion at the heart that marks pure craftsmanship. Rose Centifolia, a quintessential, opulent rose from the fields of the South of France, has been a cornerstone of perfumery for more than six centuries. Renowned for its spectacular, hundred-petal blooms, this rare and precious elixir evokes a modern floral scent that is clean and lush. Considered to be one of the most luxurious ingredients, Rose Otto Bulgarian is extracted from roses of Bulgaria and Turkey – the oil infuses a sense of mystery and sensuality that is deep and rich. The third rose, Rose Absolute, is distilled from Turkish roses and lends the velvety caress of petals that delivers a soft aura with new vitality.
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"THEY told me we were in for a heatwave," she said. "I'm still waiting for it!"
The Rev Boitumelo Gaborone holds up her hands in the blistering heat during the back end of the Church of Scotland's General Assembly week in Edinburgh. She laughs. Perhaps our idea of a heatwave is not quite the same as hers, coming as she does from South Africa!
I'm talking to Boitumelo in the relative coolness of the gardens behind Old College at the University of Edinburgh.
"I wish I had known these gardens were here earlier in the week," she says. "When you're here as a guest of the Church of Scotland's World Mission Council, it's a very full on programme, and there's not much time for yourself. I'm something of an introvert. I'm not shy in the least, but I do enjoy getting away from crowds and finding time just to sit on my own and not speak to anyone, just focus on clearing my mind and recharging myself."
Her talk during the World Mission Council's fringe event during the General Assembly raised a few eyebrows and gave everyone some food for thought. She described the so-called 'rainbow nation' as superficial – though many churches will find their congregation is a mixture of colours, ages, shapes and sizes, afterwards everyone still splits and stays with 'their own'.
Boitumelo was the first of four children.
"I say the first of four, but in truth there were always many, many more adults and children around in our relatively small house all the time. Cousins and their families were always around, so I grew up almost in a communal space. You only realised people were going to stay when they didn't leave at night!


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The best thing that can be said about "The Omen" is that very few viewers will want to walk out. They will stay, but they will feel foolish.A member of the "Exorcist" family, it is a dreadfully silly film, which is not to say that it is totally bad. Its horrors are not horrible, its terrors are not terrifying, its violence is ludicrous—which may be an advantage—but it does move along.Movies about Satanic possession do not depend for their effectiveness on making their central device convincing. They should, however, make all the details surrounding this device so plausible that when the Thing appears the audience's skepticism has gone to sleep. It was this peripheral credibility that gave "Rosemary's Baby" its strength."The Omen," which opened yesterday at the National, Loews Cine and other theaters, takes its details with no seriousness at all. It is not a put-on—it is terribly solemn, in fact—but it often seems like one.There are miles of plot. It deals with the problems of a rich and privileged American—he happens to be Ambassador to Great Britain, which is the source of a great deal of the movie's incredibility — whose wife gives birth to a dead baby. A devil-possessed priest slips them another baby who is destined to grow up to rule the world in the name of Satan.The baby becomes a lovely little boy, but when he is 4 years old or so, a mysterious black dog turns up. In quick order the boy's nursemaid hangs herself and a mysterious new nursemaid, a malevolent Mary Poppins, arrives to replace her.Things begin to go badly wrong and the Ambassador, played by Gregory Peck, can't figure out why. A mad-looking priest arrives—not the one who supplied the baby —and warns him that the child is the Antichrist. Soon the priest is impaled by a spire falling off a church.The Ambassador begins to be convinced. Joined by a photographer, played by David Warner, he goes to Italy to try to find the origins of his adopted child, and from that point the disasters begin to mount.From the moment Mr. Peck comes home after a hard day and tells his wife, played by Lee Remick, that they're off to be Ambassadors, the film's working-level reality is hopelessly scratched. This must be the most unattended American emissary to Great Britain since John Jay. Scenes in which he and his wife look for a house—the United States Ambassador in London has an official residence—or in which he runs around London by himself are quite impossible.Yet the movie is reasonably well-paced. We don't have time to brood about the sillinesses of any particular scene before we are on to the next. There is not a great deal of excitement, but we manage to sustain some curiosity as to how things will work out. "The Omen" is the kind of movie to take along on a long airplane trip.
THE OMEN, directed by Richard Donner; written by David Seltzer; executive producer, Mace Neufeld; producer, Harvey Bernhard; director of photography, Gil Taylor; music by Jerry Goldsmith. Released by 20th Century-Fox. At the National, Loews Cine and other theatres. Running time: 111 minutes. This movie has been rated R.Robert Thorn . . . . . Gregory PeckKatherine Thorn . . . . . Lee RemickJennings . . . . . David WarnerMrs. Baylock . . . . . Billie WhitelawDamien . . . . . Harvey StevensFather Brennan . . . . . Patrick TroughtonFather Spiletto . . . . . Martin Benson


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I till find some rhythms and vocals hard to put together, others click quickly.
jpuopolo,I wouldn't worry about the speed of your progress compared to others. I'm 40 and started playing about 2 and a half years ago. I'm just now consolidating the BC so I'm on a similar pace. The fact that you can practice an hour a day is great! I'm like you (and a lot of us on here), we have families, jobs, etc. Free time is a premium if it exists at all. I personally do good to get in 30 minutes 4-5 days a week.Yes there are people that seem to progress much faster than others. Some are simply more musically gifted. Others are younger and I do think the younger you start the easier it is for the brain to soak it up, Some have way more free time and can practice more (another benefit of starting young). Then there are others who think that the whole goal of playing guitar is to get through the coursework so they just blow through it without really mastering any of it. They claim to be a "player" but struggle to get through a Stage 3 BC song.Don't fret, just enjoy the ride! I feel pretty good that although I'm just now finishing the BC, I can play close to 20 songs by heart (with differing competency for each) and of those can sing and play over half of them. It's enough to entertain friends and kids at parties and camp outs... so it's all good
Hi Guys,I'm 60 and have been playing for just about four months. I am making steady progress although sometimes it's very frustrating.
I read somewhere that on average it takes a 50 year old 10 times as long as a 15 year to learn a musical instrument,
I'd be interested to see where you found that. Most genreal research on learning in adults concludes that they learn as well as youngsters, but in a rather different way and that though there is some decline in capacity after the age of 40, it's very slow. As for musical instruments, older people may suffer some from stiffer limbs and slower movements, but they can gain from their greater ability to analyse. So your sons and daughters may get the scales under their fingers somewhat quicker, but you'll probably score on knowing what to do with them. As a 68-year-old who started last year, I've got through to the consolidation stage in the BC. Being retired as of September (I was semi-retired for 6 months before that), I have time to practice. I don't expect to get up to anything like professional level but I'm already sufficiently proficient that my friends and family don't tell me to put the guitar down and do something useful. Maybe they're very kind.
I'd be interested to see where you found that. Most genreal research on learning in adults concludes that they learn as well as youngsters, but in a rather different way and that though there is some decline in capacity after the age of 40, it's very slow.