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The best way to ensure a more prosperous future for our children is by investing in education. The opportunity to receive a quality education should begin in preschool and continue through college and beyond.
Supporting the Federal Stafford Loan program and the Pell Grant program which help students pay for college, is critical to ensuring that all students from District 34 have the opportunity to pursue a higher education. This is especially important as college tuition rates continue to rise. Equally important, is ensuring that American universities have access to grants which fund research programs.
One of the most enjoyable aspects of representing District 34 is visiting schools throughout the District. I have had the privilege to visit Head Start and Early Head Start programs, elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, and universities. I have also visited with students enrolled in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics programs (STEM) in the district. Supporting these programs is critical to ensuring that our country stays competitive in the 21st century.
While I have visited multiple school districts across South Texas, I have also hosted several school groups who have traveled to Washington D.C. My staff and I have enjoyed visiting with these groups and leading tours of the Capitol building and the Library of Congress. I encourage any school group that is planning a visit to Washington, D.C. to call my office to schedule an appointment.
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court struck as unconstitutional part of a restrictive Texas statute that threatened to shutter half of the state's remaining abortion clinics and deny millions of women the right to a safe abortion.
The ruling in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt represents the most significant victory for abortion rights at the high court since the turn of the century, as states have scrambled to pass and defend similar laws across the country, seeking to chip away at the landmark Roe v. Wade.
That 1973 decision, refined by a conservative compromise in a 1992 case, established that the Constitution protects a woman's right to end her pregnancy, but later rulings and conservative lobbying have given states leeway to craft abortion laws and regulations targeting not so much the right but those who facilitate it.
Writing for a 5-3 majority, Justice Stephen Breyer said the two Texas laws at issue in the case are unconstitutional.
"We conclude that neither of these provisions offers medical benefits sufficient to justify the burdens upon access that each imposes," he wrote. "Each places a substantial obstacle in the path of women seeking a previability abortion, each constitutes an undue burden on abortion access, and each violates the Federal Constitution."
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Other Archaeological Sites / The Neolithic of the Levant (500 Page Book Online)
McDonald Ancient Near East Book Auction Ad Infinitum
Mesolithic Hayonim Cave
The Neolithic of the Levant (1978)
The people of Mesolithic 1 used both rock shelters and open stations as habitation sites. The shelter sites, among them Ksar Akil - Jiita II - Hayonim - Kebara - Wadi Madamagh were frequently situated in wadis on the fringes of the hill country .....
At Hayonim the faunal sample was small ..... Gazelle was the most numerous species (See 129ff in Page *1) with fallow deer second. Cattle - red deer - caprines were present in small quantities as well as numerous other species of rodents and carnivores. Hares were very common and it appears that terrestrial molluscs were also eaten.
Marine shells have been found at a number of inland Mesolithic 1 sites and also nearer the sea at Hayonim (See Page 137 in *1). Many of these were decorative objects brought up frcm the Mediterranean but some were edible species. It seems likely that fish and molluscs would have been eaten if only in small quantities where they were available.
Most Mesolithic 1 sites have very thin occupation deposits indicating that they were occupied briefly perhaps on a seasonal basis. The presence of amphibian species but not reptiles in the fauna from Hayonim may be taken as evidence that the cave was too wet in the winter for human occupation (See Page 138 in *1); it was probably only inhabited during the summer .....
Archaeological evidence from sites in Palestine and on the Lebanese coast suggests that Mesolithic 2 developed directly from Mesolithic 1. At Kebara - Nahal Oren - Hayonim - Jiita II the Mesolithic 2 layers were stratified immediately above those of Mesolithic 1 without any serious break in the sequence. There were also enough similarities in the cultural equipment of the two stages from these and other sites to indicate that Mesolithic 2 developed directly from Mesolithic 1 at least in these regions .....
One new feature of shelter sites used by the people of Mesolithic 2 was that the area of concentrated occupation was frequently on the terrace in front rather then in the shelter itself. This was so at Mugharet Wad - Nahal Oren - Qornet Rharra and probably Hayonim.
Most of the larger Mesolithic 2 sites were situated in the foothills of the upland zones near permanent sources of water. Some of these like Hayonim - Nahal Oren - Mugharet Wad - Shukbah (Natufian Culture) were in wadis .....
At Hayonim the area of the terrace and shelter was somewhat more than 1000 square metres (See Page 49 in *2) ..... The big Mesolithic 2 sites found in the southern Levant were a significant new group. They appear to have been inhabited by larger communities of people than before. Furthermore the occupation of these sites was more intensive and longer-term: the numerous species of mollusca and human commensals found in the Natufian layers at Hayonim are evidence for this (See Pages 135 and 138 in *1) ..... A recent study of the numerous human remains from Hayonim has shown that they probably all belonged to the same family (See Page 70 in *3). These individuals were buried at intervals throughout the period in which the Natufian deposit accumulated indicating long-term use of the site by at least one family. These large settlements were unknown before Mesolithic 2 .....
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In the South Bronx, Waiting on Alanis
Stood-up on a rain date in New York City,
I dodged the sunset and hopped a "D" train home,
Where, brimming with blissful solitude,
I urged the Muse to purge me of ulcerous self-pity –
Sonic grooves by Alanis setting the mood
For repentant limerent spectres to roam.
Then ferocious catcalls in the corridor
Ripped me from an entranced state,
Echoed like rutting felines in the alleyway,
Too vulgar and sexual to be ignored,
Intruded on an impromptu mini-holiday —
My solitary, literary weekend escape.
Through a cracked peephole I dared,
Despite my paralyzing, unutterable fear,
To observe lewd gestures of the same
Vicious thugs whose vile words and three-pronged stare
Five years back had degraded me past naked shame,
Had left me drowning in blood and putrid smears.
In an update unbeknownst to me,
Buried beneath grim news headlines,
The terrifying trinity was on parole.
A mockery of justice…
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Ny Rocking Chair by Takeshi Nii
The Ny Rocking Chair was designed by Takeshi Nii in 1958, based on the very familiar director's chair. It's part of the permanent collection at MoMa, and is offered at DWR at a relatively reasonable price, considering.
The chair is $450 at DWR, and the matching ottoman. is an extra $175.


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Yes it is a joke.
Given how it's claimed Taylor Lautner is perfect because of his experience in Sharkboy and Lavagirl, and how Michael Caine is ideal for uttering "'I never asked for this' as he crouches around crates and exacerbates arthritis in his joints" we thought it was pretty obvious.
I like how Michael Caine didn't merit a mention. You obviously gave it a thorough reading.
Nope. There is no official way to do this. Only unofficial ways which potentially void your warranty or damage your hard drive.
You know, I think you're right. First thing tomorrow morning, I'm gonna punch Lenny in the back of the head.
Hopefully the rumour "you break the speed limit, you'll be chased" is just that
Well hot dog! It's like we read your mind! http://n4g.com/news/1118504...
An ideal list of perfect games to play would probably be a little samey and indie, full of point and click titles with whistful soundtracks. This list is an attempt at balance between what's ideal and what's (hopefully) readily at hand. Plus, all of these have undergone rigorous testing while nursing a sore head. Flower's perfect though, yeah.
Very true, but we wanted to focus more on games which offer a single-player Axis campaign, as quite a few allow us to play as them online.
How was GTA Vice City a prequel? Surely it has no real impact on any other game in the franchise with the exception of Vice City Stories which was a prequel.
Honestly do agree - but for our first post on N4G figured it was a case of reeling people in as they think "well I bet I'VE played them". But yeah, in future it's something to be rectified.


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Appreciating Hindustani Music
by Mohan D. Nadkarni
In this four-part feature to fine-tune your yen for classical Hindustani fare, music critic introduces the elements required to enjoy Hindustani music.
First published as a four part feature in Femina during
June-July 1985.
IntroductionMusic was one of the earliest forms of non verbal communication.
Probably, in no other country has music enveloped man's entire in a world of melodic sound as in India. Nowhere else is it so delicately interwoven with the country's traditional culture. Apart from the divine origin ascribed to its music, it is undeniable that India's art-consciousness had its genesis in the socio-religious life of the early Aryans. They were singer priests and their songs of worship were composed on certain definite principles. These songs, which have come down to us as the Sacred Hymns of the Vedas, constitute melody and rhythm in their earliest form.
All music is based upon and conditioned by relations between sounds. It is obvious that long before the evolution of the musical scale, the musical observers of antiquity, with their amazing observation and uncanny sense of hearing, ascertained the different gradations of musical sound from the calls of animate nature. The process spanned many centuries, before they came to be grouped under notes or svaras.
Initially only three svaras were evolved and used for musical recitation of the metrical songs of the Rig Veda, which became the chants of the Sama Veda. The number of svaras rose from three to five and then to seven. Five of seven svaras were sub-divided into komal (flat) and tivra (sharp) variations. The spectrum, thus finally evolved covered a gamut of twelve svaras.
Although, incidentally, this scale of twelve notes recognized by Indian music also forms the international basis of music of the East and the west. What makes the Indian scale fundamentally different is that is twelve svaras are worked out of wider span, consisting of twenty-two micro-tonal intervals, called shrutis. The development of music thus takes place through the use of these fine shrutis which lie between the svaras. If, therefore, the melody unfolds as an unbroken line, it is because even a particular komal or tivra svara acquires delicate shades of microtones in the process of unfolding. These are all aesthetically flavoured embellishments, which give the chose melody its unmistakable identity. This explains the basically melodic character of Indian music as distinct from that of the West, which has evolved on harmonic lines.
The concept of melody as embodied in what is known as raga, is by far the most distinctive feature of Indian music. A raga is cast in one mood, and only one chosen raga forms the basis for improvisation throughout a given piece of music.
What is a raga? Simply Put, it is the medium through which emotional experiences are expressed in terms of a succession of svaras. Although the term literally mean, ``that which enraptures the listener" and implies both melodic and aesthetic potentialities, each raga has an unmistakably characteristic personality of its own. These ragas, both in the Hindustani and Carnatic systems, present an amazing variety and diversity. Even when two ragas have the same set of svaras-these may be five, six or seven-they may well differ in the use of not only their komal and tivra variations, but also the more subtly shaded shruti variants mentioned earlier. One or more svaras may be omitted in aroha (ascent) or avaroha (descent) or there may be emphasis on certain specific svaras. Then again, there may be some svara-sangatis (combinations of notes) which have to be highlighted to spotlight the identity of a raga.
Above all, it is the types of movement from one svara to another, called gamakas, or the special graces and refinements, which ultimately project the true personality of the raga chosen for improvisation. These constitute the very soul of our classical music.
Equally vital to the concept of raga is tala (rhythm). In fact raga and tala together constitute classical music. The repertory of tala is as rich and varied as of ragas. Some of the talas often reveal great subtleties and complexities. A given piece of music, however, is rendered to a single uniform and strictly chosen time-measure. The song-texts of a raga presentation are composed within the framework of a specific tala cycle. Thus, in a sense, raga music embodies the very syntheses of melody, poetry and rhythm.
India's classical music has evolved into vocal and instrumental styles. The predominance of the human voice has, however, been always emphasized in the very concept of Indian music. This is because the human voice is regarded as the divine instrument, capable of being more intensively expressive than any other medium. Thus in the course of its migration from temple to court, vocal music underwent significant changes in its form, design, structure and treatment even while maintaining its form, design, structure and treatment even while maintaining its melodic moorings.
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To say this is not to deny the high degree of sophistication achieved by instrumental music in theory and in practice. There was a time when India could boast of a repertory of over 500 musical instruments, each with a distinct name, shape and construction, technique and quality of tone. The varieties have covered the string, wind and percussion groups. The string and the wind instruments were designed to reproduce what is sung by the human voice, while the percussion instruments regulated the rhythm and time-measures. All these formed an indispensable accompaniment to singing, although several of them were found suitable for solo performances in their own right. For example, instruments like veena, sitar, flute and shehnai, when played in solo, can depict all the minutiae of a raga as beautifully as in singing.
India is the only country in the world to have two traditions of classical music. Originally, though there existed one common system, its bifurcation in to the two systems of the north and the south, that is, the Hindustani and Carnatic traditions, respectively, was the result of the reaction of Arabic and Persian influences on the indigenous art. While Carnatic music could largely preserve its tradition almost independently of all alien influences, the cultural streams from Arabia and Persia brought about a rich cross-fertilisation of the northern region of the country.
Hindustani Music and Carnatic Music
Hindustani music, as we know it today, is but a fusion of the old forms and the new, in which old values have been transmuted and even ancient themes informed, by the new spirit. So much so, that that we have no such thing as Hindu music or Muslim music today. It is Hindustani music of North India, which forms the basis of this series.
Although, two different systems of Classical music, Hindustani and Carnatic, are prevalent, respectively. In the North and South a India, their basic principles are almost identical. The variations are, by and larger, regional and linguistic. What is more, both the classical tradition have always aimed at developing the creative ability of the performer. In a sense, therefore, the Indian classical musician is at once a composer and an Interpreter, too, For, even as he interprets the essential formulae and mnemonics of his art, as imparted to him by his guru, he weaves his melodic became to suit his innermost urges and creative imagination and there by seeks to express the very essence of his inward being to listeners through the medium of his raga. And this is precisely what makes Indian classical music-Hindustani or Carnatic unique.
But the challenge faced by an exponent of Hindustani music is, to my mind, possibly far greater than that of a Carnatic performer. For the beauty of Hindustani music lies in its relatively more flexible structure and in its much greater emphasis on extempore improvisation. This quality is reflected in the Process of its evolution in the perspective of the social, Cultural and political history of North India. The chequered history of its evolution from the pristine dhrupad and dhamar to ornate khayal, lilting tappa to erotic thumri and raga-based ghazal is one of assimilation, adaptation and creation, with its roots in the Past. Each of these style, bears the impress of its era even while showing its susceptibility to the impact of changing times.
It is pertinent in this context, to attempt a closer study of these forms of presentation. The beginnings of Hindustani music is traced to the temple music of North India. There is no unanimity, though, among musical historians on this point. But there is something to be said for the view that raga-based sacred music was in vogue in all the places of Hindu worship for centuries earlier, and that from it, emerged the darbari (court) variety of dhrupad, which sought and obtained ready patronage from princely courts in the middle ages. Raja Man Singh Tomar is generally credited to have reshaped temple dhrupad into court dhrupad, even while retaining the distinctive features of the former variety.
Dhrupad is metrical in form-in the nature of an invocation or prayer or a theme in glorification of heroism. It is austere in form and Coherent in structure, with no embellishments like tanas, alankars and murkis.
The name itself Indicates the style which is marked by vilambit (slow) tempo, with an element If constancy in its pace. It is developed in four phases; first, asthayi, restricted to the mandra (lower) and madhya (middle) saptakas (octaves). Then follows antara, rendered in the madhya saptaka, in which one or two svaras from the tara (upper) saptaka can be employed. The third phase, sanchari, covering madhya sanchari, covering madhya saptaka, begins and ends, with the vadi svara (sonant note) of the raga, while the final section, known as abhog, starts in the tara saptaka and covers the madhya and mandra saptakas. Dhrupad is rendered with a prefatory alap, unaccompanied by rhythm. The composition that follows is accompanied by the percussion instrument pakhawaj (similar to mridangam in Carnatic music) The tala employed is choutala, a cycle of twelve matras (beats).
Dhamar is similar to dhrupad. But it composition has no metrical character and is therefore less austere in its build-up. Songs narrate stories of raas-leelas of the ever youthful Lord Krishna. The songs, known as hori, carry a romantic element and are rendered in the tala, known as dhamar of fourteen matras. The pace of rendition is almost double that of dhrupad and provides scope for interplay between melody and rhythm.
The transition of Hindustani music from dhrupad dhamar to khayal reflects a significant change in the tastes of the people. If dhrupad-dhamar typified the dignity, discipline and restraint of their age, khayal, with its freedom in melodic elaboration, ornateness to unfoldment and sensuousness in approach, embodied a rich imagination and also the temper of its age. It is regarded as a product of common endeavor of the Hindu. Persian and Arabic cultures. And, since its inception almost two centuries ago, it has grown popular with musicians and music-lovers alike. Even today, it is the main style of classical singing in North India. So much as, that dhrupad and dhamar have almost gone out of vogue.
Much of the khayal's enduring popularity comes from its unlimited potential for improvisation. Its innovation is credited to Sultan Hussaini Shirqi, a celebrated musician-composer and poet. The song-content of a khayal generally revolves around romantic themes based on the agonies of separation of a beloved from her lover or the ecstasics of their reunion. The song consists of only two parts, asthayl and antara, and affords ample scope for a variety of melodic and rhythmic graces in the scheme raga exploration like alap, bol-alap, upaj, bol-taan, gamak, sargam, taan.
In concert presentation, a raga exposition begins with a khayal composition in vilambit (slow) laya (tempo) and devoted to melodic elaboration. This is followed by another khayal song, set to drut laya (fast tempo), in which the performer displays his virtuosity through taans and rhythmical surprises. Tarana, a compositional type consisting of non-semantic words.
Tappa and thumri cannot be deemed strictly classical styles, like dhrupad, dhamar and khayal. Yet, if they form part of the classical tradition, it is because the styles are based on ragas. Tappa originated in Punjab and evolved from songs of camel-drivers. It is said that Shourie Miyan, a celebrated vocalist, beautified and embellished the original songs and elevated them to the classical status. Tappa-singing is marked by a fast tempo, with a surfeit of intricate, complex and super-speed taans.
Thumri, Dhrupad and Alaps
The tappa has now almost gone out of fashion.
Thumri marks yet another significant phase in the evolution of Hindustani music. It came Into vogue in eastern Uttar Pradesh during the reign of Wajid Ali Shah, the last nawab of the 18th century. Unlike dhrupad, dhamar and khayal, it Is the expressive aspect of the song content that is vital to thumris depiction. Its rendering calls for a 'feeling' heart, a fecund mind and a delicate expression on the part of the singer. The singer has freedom to conjure a variety of vocal modulation in order to vivify lyrical import of a thumri.
Not surprisingly, therefore, it was once the exclusive preserve of female singers, as it lent itself naturally to their temperamental make-up and relatively sweeter voice. Over the years, though, there have been several male as well as female virtuosi who have excelled in thumri-singing. There are numerous popular variations of thumri, like chaiti, kajri and barsati, but no less vivacious and titillating in their appeal to audiences today.
The ghazal style was known to be invented by Amir Khusro, the versatile musician, poet and composer, who flourished in the court of Allauddin Khiiji in the 13th century. Like the thumri, its appeal rests on the text of the poetic theme. Ghazals are couplets in Persian or Urdu, and love and romance, as expressed by the lover, form their lyrical content. Because of their popularity with audiences, even noted classical maestros like Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and Faiyaz Khan often made ghazals a part of their performing fare.
Compared to vocal music, it has to be conceded that instrumental music is not as varied in point of styles and vogues-and that, too, with all the tremendous variety of instruments. One obvious reason is at vocal music comes through verbal expressing. Instrumental music is, in this sense, non-verbal, coming as it does through a medium other than the human voice. Besides, as mentioned in the opening article in the series, musical instruments were designed to provide accompaniment to singing.
In time to come, however, several of these instruments were found to lend themselves to solo performances. But the styles they developed for solo presentation corresponded, in a broad way, to the modes of singing. These fall into three distinct movements, known as alap, jod and jhala, all of which are rendered without rhythmic accompaniment. These are then followed by gat, a fixed and rhythmical composition.
Alap, like in dhrupad, marks the beginning of a raga composition in instrumental music. It is designed to unfold the salient features of the chosen raga through the use of its important svaras, combination of such svaras and the like. Alap is very slow in tempo. Jod comprises the second phase of the raga unfolding. Though it is an extension of alap, it sounds different because of its inherent rhythmic element and increase in tempo. Jhala which follows Jod, representing the third part of the raga exposition, is marked by, a heightening tempo that culminates in a climax. In gat, a percussion accompaniment, like pakhavaj or tabla, comes into play. A gat can be presented in any chosen tala and to any chosen tempo.
So much for the styles of singing and playing in Hindustani music. Mention needs to be made now about what is known as the gharana parampara, without which no account of north India's classical music can be complete. The gharana system is so much part of the tradition that while performers are known by their gharanas, connoisseuurs broadly identify their musical lineage from their distinctive manner of presentation, such as difference in intonation, musical idiom. and aesthetic appeal.
Indeed, the proliferation of Hindustani music into several performing styles has its genesis in the distinctive quality of the voice of the gharana founder. And it is this quality that has broadly determined the style and approach of a particular vocal style-a development unparalleled in any other music tradition.
The Gharana System
The term gharana literally means "family tradition". In time to come, it came to connote a school of musical education and culture, at which instruction was initially restricted to members of a common family from generation to generation.
It is noteworthy that the gharana system has made its most significant contribution to the evolution and development of the khayal style. True, the tradition of dhrupad-singing, the precursor of khayal, had its own gharana, known as banis-which also indicated different styles of singing. But the distinction between them, it would appear, was not so well-defined as in khayal. The same can also be said to be the case with the styles of playing.
Among the most prominent khayal gharanas that have evolved over the centuries are those of Gwalior, Agra, Atrauli-Jaipur, Kirana and Patiala. The first is the most ancient and rightly called the `mother' of all other gharanas. The Gwalior gharana is know for open-throated singing, simplicity of form and straight, linear transitions from svara to svara. This vocalism is said to have been pioneered by Naththan Pir Baksh of Gwalior.
The Agra gharana, made so famous by Faiyaz Khan, is marked by its dhrupad oriented disciplined execution, dramatic contrasts, rhythmic syncopations as much as its lyrical warmth and color. The Atrauli Jaipur gharana, which enjoys tremendous popularity even today, was pioneered by Alladiya Khan, who gave us disciples of the eminence of Kesarbai Kerkar and Mogubai Kurdikar, among others. 'The style reveals monumental weight and architectonics, with emphasis on slow and steady raga unfolding and judicious use of bol-taans which culminate in intricate, odd-shaped taan patterns.
The Kirana gharana, which is as popular as the Atrauli-Jaipur style, had Abdul Karim Khan and Abdul Wahid Khan as its founding fathers. This style is known for its utterly sweet and feeling manner of elaboration, immaculate svara intonation and sensitive, delicate, gamak-taans.
The Kirana gharana generally avoids dramatic contrasts and tensions. The Patiala gharana is no less sweet, serene and soothing, but the pace is slightly faster, with emphasis on rhythmic virtues and lightning sargam patterns. And it was Bade Ghulam Ali Khan who brought this gharana into the limelight.
Apart from these leading gharanas, there are quite a few other styles which are, in most cases, either offshoots of the older gharanas or an intelligent amalgam of them. The instances in point are the gharanas of Rampur, Indore and Mewati. These vocalisms have also thrown up exponents with exceptional gifts of talent and Imagination and won popularity.
The gharana parampara is now gradually on the wane, in keeping with the changing needs of 20th century living and thinking. Yet,the vital part it still continues to play for the preservation and enrichment of Hindustani music cannot be overlooked or ignored. For that was how the genius of classical music found its expression in such a splendorous way. Whether it was solemn temples, princely courts or aristocratic homes, patronage of classical music game from the intellectual and sophisticated audiences-the type of of audiences described by Milton as ``fit though, few".
Public concerts were simply not in vogue in those times, nor did the musicians themselves find any need to look to the masses, as the latter had their own tradition of folk music which permeated their life. The general environment for classical music was such that its evolution in terms of variety of styles and vogues proved worthy of the refined tastes and sensibilities of its votaries. They were, in fact, part of the grand process, in which the problem of understanding and appreciating their creative art did not arise, as it does today.
How to listen to classical music or, any music for that matter, is a question that cannot elicit an easy answer. For music is an abstract art. It is aural, intangible and evanescent, indirect contrast to other creative arts like dance, drama, sculpture or painting which are visual and concrete. As such, these are capable of providing what may be termed `models' or 'tools' that may help in the understanding and appreciation of their individual excellence. Not so is the case with music.
It is far more difficult to understand and appreciate classical music than any other type of music. Listening to classical music in this country is regarded as an art in itself; an art that calls, for a long training of the ear and the soul. More importantly, it is as much a matter of participation as of performance, in which a discerning and actively responsive audience has a vital role to play in the creative process.
It is only through a strenuous cultivation of such listening that an untaught lover of music gradually learns to recognize the qualities which have made classical music a truly deliberate art. Initially, he takes to it as a medium of simple entertainment. In time to come, he listens to it as a medium of artistic enjoyment. From such a continuous listening there emerges a sense of true appreciation of its aesthetic values, which adds to the sum-total of his delight as by then, he matures into a perceptive connoisseur almost unconsciously.
What are known as aesthetic values in classical music (as also in dance and drama) are nothing but the virtues that have been recognized as basic to rasanishpatti (evocation of mood) which lead to true appreciation. This implies that complete rapport between the performing artiste and the audience is vital to proper listening and appreciation. According to Bharata, author of Natya Shastra and originator of the rasa theory, rasa is an artistic enjoyment which should culminate in complete relaxation. Although he has expounded his theory in relation to drama, it can lend itself to classical music with remarkable aptness.
Equally appropriate is his description of an ideal audience which comes to witness a dramatic performance. Of a spectator at a drama, he says: "He should be one, with no obvious faults, one who is attached to drama, whose senses are not liable to distraction, who is clever in guessing, who can share others' delight..." Complete involvement of the audience is as vital as continuous exposure for a true understanding and appreciation of the whole range of classical performing arts, including music.
No longer does one find such ideal conditions on the contemporary musical scene. Specially during the last five decades, it has undergone radical changes which are both qualitative and quantitative the like of which were never in evidence in the chequered history of Hindustani music. No doubt, the changes are part of the quickening tempo of life in general. But their interaction has not been an unmixed blessing.
On the credit side, scholastic education in Hindustani music, which has now reached university standards, has helped in no small measure in educating the public taste for whole, some music, so that lay music lovers, who take the benefit of learning from music schools and colleges, can mature into perceptive connoisseurs and good teachers, if not leading performers in their own right. No less welcome is the emergence of the gramophone, radio, and television to regale us with music in the privacy of our homes.
On a wider plane, concert music is purveyed to a wide range of rasikas at different levels. First, there are music circles which cater to the needs of the regular members, mostly representing the middle and higher middle classes, by holding programs of classical music at specified intervals practically round the year. It is at such concerts that one still finds the old-world atmosphere which helps to create and foster an intimate relationship between the performer and the listener.On the debit side, mention has to be made of those organizations and individuals mushrooming on the cultural scene with their plethora of sangeet sammelans throughout the fair season between October and May. So pervasive is their influence on the general musical activity that the music circles, mentioned earlier, seem to be on the verge of banishment in no distant future.
Although it is true that classical arts were primarily meant for the delectation of a few and not intended for mass enjoyment. the time two now come to create `classes' of listeners from out of the `mass'.
And it is indeed something to be grateful for that among today's mass audiences, there is a sizeable proportion of lay music-lovers which is keen to reach the level of higher enjoyment by cultivating the quality of intelligent listening.
Continuous listening, as emphasized earlier, is the sine qua non appreciation of classical music. Training in the basics of classical music will go a long way towards developing the innate sensibilities of uninitiated listeners.
The performing musicians also have an equally crucial role to play in this task. If only they acquaint their listeners with the basics of classical music whenever they perform, they will find that the rewarding. In the first place, the performing artistes should announce the name of their ragas, their svara structure and other distinguishing features like avaroha-avaroha, vadi-samvadi etc. If it is a vocal recital, the singer should recite the complete text of the musical composition and explain to the audience its meaning. And when he begins to perform and proceed with his raga elaboration, he will see that his listeners lend their ears to his presentation with a new-found interest and delight which, in time to come, will make them knowledgeable and capable of true conception of things beautiful. The official mass media organizations can do much more towards educating their listeners on sound lines. The announcements that presently precede and succeed classical broadcasts are rather incomplete and indifferent. They should be more informative. Introduction of a regular feature, giving lessons in classical music, will also be a step in the right direction. It is admirable that Hindustani music finds place in the Vividh Bharati network. But the programs featured deserve better representation in terms of time as well as variety. And finally, there is a fairly large body of literature on the art, science and aesthetics of Hindustani music in English and various Indian languages. There are also definitive works dealing with its history and evolution. Knowledge and information acquired from musical literature will always be an added asset to a true rasika.
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Zara is the flagship brand of the Spanish fashion giant Inditex (Industrias de Diseño Textil S.A.) and as its pioneer founded in 1975 (Kumar and Linguri 2006). The company is engaged in textile design, manufacturing and distribution. The most characteristic aspects of Inditex's management model are the customer orientation of all activity of the company's professionals and the vertical integration of all the fashion business phases, from design, manufacture and logistics to sales in its own stores (Inditex Group 2008). Inditex's commercial formats further include Pull and Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradavarius, Oqsho, Zara Home and Uterqüe.
The group operates approximately 1,520 stores in 72 countries for the Zara brand (Inditex Group 2009). Inditex primarily operates in Europe, where about 80% of its sales are made. The company is headquartered in La Coruna, Spain and employed about 89,112 people of financial year 2008 (Datamonitor 2008). Zara contributes 65.6% to the overall sales of the company, Inditex's net profit being € 1,253 Millions in 2008 (Inditex Group 2008).
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• Expansion of the EU's territory. Due to more recent additions to the European Union, import and export, from and to countries within, has been facilitated. Because of general trade as well as legal arrangements, setting up new stores in those new member countries has become more attractive than ever.
• Generally, especially in Eastern countries (including Asia), political systems are less stable than in the Western world. Hence having fixed assets in politically unstable countries is risky.
• Due to the economic downturn, the consumer feels worse off and hence, spends money more carefully. Those circumstances might benefit as well as inhibit the cheap fashion sector. Less money will be spend on designer clothes as well as accessorises.
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The Games of the XXI Olympiad
Montreal, Canada
Olympic Ceremony Records
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- First Olympic Cauldron Lit by Two People
- First Parade of Nations Not Enforcing a Strict Marching Step Order (athletes could now walk casually out of step)
- First Videoboard
- Most Olympic Events (198) - previous Munich 1972 (195)
Olympic Torch Relay Records
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- Shortest Olympic Torch Relay - 775km (previous Rome 1960 - 1,863km)
- First Electronically Transmitted Olympic Flame (as described in the official report: "She then presents the Olympic Flame to the sensor, which detects the ionized particles, converting them into coded impulses that are transmitted by satellite to Ottawa, where they activate a laser beam which instantly recreates the Olympic Flame in its original shape." - while the statement that it could recreate the flame in its original shape is laughably false, this statement is hyperbole - simply, the flame touched a sensor in Athens causing a computer in Ottawa to shoot a laser)
- First Olympic Cauldron Lit by Two People
Opening Ceremony
Olympic Stadium (73,000)
July 17, 1976
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Montreal displayed a ceremony quite similar to that of Munich in 1972. It was however somewhat odd, in that they "electronically transferred" the Olympic Flame to Canada as a demonstration of scientific innovation, even though this gimmick was nothing more than a computer creating a spark (not necessarily advanced technology if you consider that thousands of nuclear bombs were exploded this way, and long range communication wasn't difficult - humans were visiting the moon only 4 years before). Also, with new construction (you can see that the Olympic Stadium isn't even complete) these games were so expensive that the city of Montreal is still paying off loans almost 40 years later.
- Queen Elizabeth II and dignitaries arrive
- National Anthem performed by the World Youth Orchestra
- Parade of Nations, marching to "March of the Athletes" arranged from music by Andre Mathieu performed by the Olympic Orchestra - interesting, the Official Report designates this music as neo-romantic, but it is certainly not; if anything, it is a pop fusion of the classical tradition and "modern" dance - e.g. rock, disco
- Queen Elizabeth II declares the games open
- Olympic Flag enters stadium; Olympic Hymn performed by the Orpheus Choir; flag raised
- 64 dancers, 16 musicians, 8 singers dressed in Bavarian costume accompany "Antwerp" flag dancing to Bayrischer Defilir; Flag presented from Munich to Montreal; same number of Quebec dancers dance to a medley of French dances
- Canons fired; pigeons released from bow containers
- Olympic Fanfare played; Olympic Flame enters the stadium; Cauldron is lit by Sandra Henderson and Stephane Prefontaine (15 year-old athletes selected for their heritage, representing Canada's founding peoples); Olympic Cantata by Louis Chantigny performed
- Children of Montreal perform gigantic ballet on the track to music by Andre Mathieu
- Athlete's and Official's Oaths
- National Anthem
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A gripping look at terrorist violence during the Reconstruction era
Between 1867, when the defeated South was forced to establish new state governments that fully represented both black and white citizens, and 1877, when the last of these governments was overthrown, more than three thousand African Americans and their white allies were killed by terrorist violence. Drawing on original letters and diaries as well as published racist diatribes of the time, acclaimed historian Stephen Budiansky concentrates his vivid, fast paced narrative on the efforts of five heroic mentwo Union officers, a Confederate general, a Northern entrepreneur, and a former slavewho showed remarkable idealism and courage as they struggled to establish a "New South" in the face of overwhelming hatred and organized resistance. The Bloody Shirt sheds new light on the violence, racism, division, and heroism of Reconstruction, a largely forgotten but epochal chapter in American history.
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The current onboarding processes at many financial institutions are outmoded. Fortunately, FinTech companies are offering end-to-end customer onboarding operations which are being received with a lot of interest in the Indian market place.
The main problem with banks is to know with reasonable, satisfactory and verifiable details about the customer. In this digital era where the banks rarely interact with their customer face-to-face, the customer onboarding module has become the central piece for data capture.
Technology driven innovation can provide a solution to this problem keeping in mind the financial regulatory compliance issues. Decimal having gathered intelligence across the entire gamut of Know Your Customer identification and verification innovations in the market, we believe enhancing and shifting to digital customer onboarding is an opportunity for the banking industry not only for customer acquisition but also to enable selling the vast product offering of the bank.
Digitalized customer onboarding is efficient, increases user experience and is very robust from the regulatory and risk management perspective. Decimal believes that enhanced standardization in the customer onboarding process allows for efficiencies in time, cost and also complies with the regulatory framework.
Current processes for client onboarding employed by many financial services organizations involve collecting documents or individually engaging credit reference agencies to verify customer identity against other independent data sources on their behalf. However, this poses a number of challenges. We discuss below the technologies that are already having an impact on how financial institutions onboard customers.
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With the shift demographics of the customer base, immediate services have become mandate. Customers expect easy access to financial services and certainly no physical contact with the bank branch.
Based on Decimals interaction with the banking industry the customer onboarding process has been found to be long. This is costly for the bank and frustrating for the customer.
Owing to the human interface compliance officers set due diligence standards to varying degrees of rigor, resulting in varying strength of KYC documentation obtained.
As a society, we are more and more comfortable with the concept of digitalization. It is evident that we are integrating more and more of our lives with technology. The creation of a digital identity – a unique identifier for you that verifies that you are who you say you are – seems to be the natural next step to facilitate customers desire to digitize.
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In Norway a bank ID can be used as a digital identity to both the public and private sectors, including all Norwegian banks. A study has shown that 80% of the adult population has a digital identity and through the use of this Bank ID, an individual can easily open a bank account and the financial institution will have comfort from a regulatory and an anti-money laundering (AML) perspective that the customer's identity has been verified.
RBI has allowed the acceptance of Aadhaar UIDAI based digital identity in the process of bank account opening. The advantages Aadhaar has over other traditional identity proofs in India like driving licence, voter ID, Passport is OTP based authentication and biometric based authentication. Using OTP and Biometric the authenticity of the customer can be established in real time. This is leading to disruption of customer onboarding process in terms of efficiency, authenticity and turnaround time. In India Aadhaar has already create a single digital market and is being integrated with other customer functions like PAN etc. To say in the coming future customers will need Aadhaar for any kind of payment related services is not farfetched. Aadhaar based digital identity meets the minimum regulatory standards required for identifications by the RBI as in highly unlikely to change in the near future.
The customer onboarding process involves customer identification and verification, wider KYC, PAN details and other onboarding processes are often combined into one broad concept.
Combining these concepts can lead to the perception that regulatory requirements are a source of delay at the customer onboarding stage. However, information being requested from new customers, is actually not strictly required at onboarding – for example, data to help inform a future credit decision. Decimal suggest, to drive efficiencies, financial institutions must therefore determine what they want to achieve from their onboarding process, identify the data fields and also keep a keen focus on the sources for this information and developing a user experience around them.
While talking about the customer onboarding and verifying the authenticity of the customer, a major question that comes out is the level of assurance provided by any identification process. There are 4 levels of assurance in the identification and verification process, with level 4 providing the highest level of assurance and 1 the lowest. These levels of assurance are set out in the Good Practice Guide 45 produced by by the Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG), the UK Government's National Technical Authority on Information Assurance.
The challenge in the level of assurance provided boils down to the intrinsic issue of how you can prove who you are in a non-face-to-face scenario. The independent identity of the customer cannot be determined using scanned copies of driving license, Voter ID, Passport etc. The question is does this provide sufficient comfort as to the identity of the individual attempting to open an account? Also, what if the customer in question does not have a credit footprint?
Biometrics is an exciting field of technology that can help provide the answer. Biometrics describes the science of recognizing an individual based on his or her physical or behavioral traits and as such, are widely considered to be more secure and reliable than alternative methods of identity verification. The increasing sophistication of mobile devices and the use of biometric security features in Aadhaar document present a significant opportunity to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of customer identification and verification.
Digital identities, biometrics and KYC Utilities offer solutions to improve the identification and verification of new customers on realtime basis. When we talk about customer onboarding, the technology has arrived and so has customer readyness, Decimal has already developed off the shelf end-to-end customer onboarding platform harnessing the digital identity of the customer. The absence of significant banking infrastructure in rural India means the biometric identification will have farfetched advantages once the banks decide to incorporate digitalization as a customer onboarding strategy.
In terms of managing a bank's exposure to financial crime, onboarding is an important component. Another important objective of the onboarding process is to gather sufficient information to enable effective ongoing monitoring. From Decimals experience of working with technology-enabled banks; these are better positioned to demand less of the static data typically gathered at onboarding and rely more on the transaction and activity data to highlight unusual behavior. They will often have a single source of customer data, enabling profiling for business, as well as ongoing (financial crime risk) monitoring, purposes.


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Burge says Cillo has 'clean slate,' won't hold him in contempt
ELYRIA — County Common Pleas Judge James Burge backed off from holding Assistant County Prosecutor Tony Cillo in contempt Thursday, saying he wasn't sure Cillo was responsible for the motion that offended him.
After Burge withdrew his contempt charge, Cillo apologized for referring to the judge's May decision to reduce the
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Assistant County Prosecutor Tony Cillo (right) apologized for remarks he made.
Burge told Cillo that he accepted his apology and later said Cillo has a "clean slate" with him.
The judge held Cillo in contempt last month after Cillo submitted a motion opposing merging anti-death penalty motions in the cases of Ronald McCloud and Ruben Rivera that said if the judge linked the two cases, he would be deliberately "sandbagging" the state's efforts to seek the death penalty against the two accused killers.
Burge also complained at a hearing earlier this week that Cillo routinely had been disrespectful toward him in and out of the courtroom, citing the "sheer lunacy" comment as well as other instances he said showed a pattern of problematic behavior.
But Burge said Thursday that the motion Cillo had signed and submitted probably wasn't written by Cillo, but by another assistant county prosecutor based on what he had heard around the courthouse.
"I had enough doubt about the authorship of the pleading that I had profound reservations," he said after the hearing. "... Since I felt Mr. Cillo was remaining silent in order to shoulder the blame for someone else, I did not feel it was fair to proceed with the matter."
Cillo could have faced jail and fines if Burge — who said he respected Cillo for protecting a co-worker — had kept the contempt charge in place.
Cillo declined to comment after the hearing, but county Prosecutor Dennis Will said the matter is over to him. Will said he doesn't know who wrote the phrase that offended Burge, but ultimately it was his responsibility because he reviewed the motion before Cillo signed and submitted it.
"Sometimes in the heat of battle, people say things, and sometimes, people misconstrue things, but we're going to move forward," Will said.
Burge said at Thursday's hearing that Will doesn't have as much experience in litigation as some of his assistant prosecutors and might not have realized that there was a problem with the motion.
Prosecutors had argued that Burge shouldn't even decide Cillo's fate because he had already made up his mind that Cillo had crossed the line. Burge on Monday asked that another judge make the final determination, but Administrative Judge Edward Zaleski returned the matter to Burge a day later, saying it was up to Burge to decide what was and wasn't contempt in his courtroom.
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This ten day tour includes accommodations with breakfast, twenty hours of language class, excursions to the elegant seaside resort of San Sebastian and to La Rioja, the famous wine region. There is a cooking class, a river tour, dining experiences, wine tastings and more.
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If you are anything like me, your Facebook has been inundated with constant political posts ever since the election (and even before). It isn't pretty, with the President-elect having many people divided across the country. #SusanSarandon is one of many celebrities who have gotten very vocal recently about the election on her Twitter account. She was a staunch Bernie Sanders supporter but when he backed out she supported third-party candidate Jill Stein, stating
"Now that Trump is self-destructing, I feel even those in swing states have the opportunity to vote their conscience."
However, she seems to be going a bit back and forth on the matter, because she has also said this about Trump in the past:
"Well, you know, some people feel Donald Trump will bring the revolution immediately. If he gets in, then things will really explode."
Many have been attacking her for her views, asking how she can support a candidate who has said some pretty heinous things in the past. She replied in a very diplomatic way:
It quickly became a battle of the redheads, however, when Will & Grace and Smash star #DebraMessing jumped in to voice her own displeasure about what Susan was saying — and she was hilariously less diplomatic about it:
Being vocal about politics and the need to be involved isn't exactly new to the actress, however. Earlier this year, the Will & Grace cast reunited to film a hilarious skit about the importance of voting and being informed:
Susan had no fighting words in retort, simply sidestepped the issue by encouraging Debra to show her support towards the Dakota Access Pipeline issue (which even got protestor Shailene Woodley arrested), clearly trying to steer the conversation away from unsavory topics:
Debra, however, wasn't having any of it, calling Susan out. You know what they say about us redheads, never get us angry:
But she wasn't done yet, and went OFF. She even went so far as to respond to one of Susan's followers:
Susan just wanted to drop the issue, however, and kept on about the clash at Standing Rock:
Though there is clearly no love lost between the two stars, we can all agree that we should fight for what we believe in, whether it's standing with Standing Rock or something else. However, it is kind of fun to see Debra wearing her sassy pants - just in time for that Will & Grace revival in the works.
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Spain reacted with relief and bitterness Friday to Basque separatist group ETA's historic declaration of an end to more than 40 years of bombing and shooting.
The dramatic video announcement by three white-hooded ETA militants brought an end to a campaign that claimed 829 lives since its birth in 1959 during General Francisco Franco's dictatorship.
The leader of the Basque regional government, Patxi Lopez, said his bodyguards hugged him when they heard the news.
"We have to discuss how we will open this new period. I plan to speak today with the parties of the Basque Country to start to open this political period," he told Cadena Ser radio.
"We have to be very cautious, 40 years of terrorism cannot be brought to an end in a few urgent hours."
Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and opposition leader Mariano Rajoy, widely expected to be elected Spain's new leader in November 20 general elections, both welcomed the declared end of violence.
"Let us savour today the legitimate satisfaction of a victory for democracy, law and reason," Zapatero said immediately after Thursday's declaration, recalling however the pain caused by the violence.
Rajoy said the decision was "good news".
"We consider this an important step, but the peace of mind of Spaniards will only be complete when ETA is irreversibly dissolved and completely disbanded," he added.
Many in Spain, including analysts, much of the press and victims, showed deep distrust and even disgust at ETA's failure to apologise or offer to surrender arms, and its demand for direct talks.
Besides failing to say sorry to those it killed, ETA, classed as a terrorist group by the European Union and United States, bemoaned the loss of its own people.
"This has not been an easy way. The cruelty of the fight has taken away the lives of many comrades. Many others are still suffering in prison and in exile," it said.
The group also made no mention of dissolving, as has been demanded by the government.
It called on the Spanish and French governments to open direct dialogue with the aim of "addressing the resolution of the consequences of the conflict and, thus, to overcome the armed confrontation".
Florencio Dominguez, editor-in-chief of the Bilbao-based news agency Vasco Press and an ETA expert, said one could now assume ETA's violent days were over, but there were still doubts over their demands.
"What are they going to negotiate? Freedom for all their prisoners? That cannot be, they have caused too much pain," Dominguez said.
"The situation is going to be very complicated," he added.
ETA would have trouble with the police if it failed to hand over its arms, Dominguez said.
"We are disappointed because this is not the last step," said Maria del Mar Blanco, a lawmaker with the conservative Popular Party in the Basque regional assembly.
Her brother was killed by the Basque separatist group.
"The terrorist group ETA must still definitively end," Blanco said in an interview with AFP.
Newspapers welcomed the declared end to the armed struggle but also found much to criticise.
"ETA flaunts its killings and summons the government to negotiate," said the front page of the right-of-centre daily El Mundo.
"In the current circumstances, there is no guarantee that we won't move from this 'definitive cessation' to the resumption of attacks if ETA's goals from this negotiation are not satisfied," it said.
The conservative ABC daily agreed ETA had not gone far enough.
"Moving from active terrorism to a threatening guardianship of a terrorist organisation, with its arsenal hidden, is not the peace that Spain deserves," the ABC editorial said.
El Pais greeted the declaration with more optimism.
"Full stop to the nightmare. Democracy ended up triumphing over a band of fanatics who sowed terror," said its editorial.


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Terwijl u ontwaakt bent u omgeven door de geluiden en geuren van de natuur... Is dat geen heerlijk idee? Tijdens een verblijf in dit Wilderness Retreat hoort het er allemaal bij. Gelegen in het Wilsons Promontory National park biedt het volop natuur en rust. De aanwezige tenten bieden u daarnaast alle benodigde faciliteiten. Zo beschikt elke tent over een kleine koelkast, ensuite badkamer, koffie- en theezetfaciliteiten en een heerlijke veranda. Koken doet u 's avonds zelf in de, goed uitgeruste, gemeenschappelijke keuken.
Gelegen in het Wilsons Promontory National Park, op 200km van Melbourne.
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We stayed at Tidal River for a single night, the tent was well equipped and included Anne suite as well as a fridge. Nearby was a fully equipped kitchen tent which provided all the cutlery and crockery we needed. The position of the Wilderness Retreat tents is sufficiently isolated within the campsite that noise was not an issue from other campers. Although expensive this is a 'must try' way of camping.
Just took my overseas visitors to see Wilson Promontory and as treat of the day supposed to be staying at Wilderness Retreat. Reading about those tents beforehand, we were exited and ready to pay top dollar. What was outcome? Out of all the places we stayed in 2 week roadtrip, Wilderness retreat was only one which did not live up expectations. To pay $ 340 + for the night and get cobwebbs, dirty glasses and in fridge some liquid left behind in weird glass bottle? Also, as we clearly paid for the 3 people, unfortunately there was only 2 wineglasses, 2 coffemugs and 2 spoons. We did not get on hold of communal kitchen as all what was advised was barbeque, so we faced comic situation where we did not have any cutlery or plates, but meat, BBQ and ... bare hands. My friends did not want me to make any fuss about thing, so we just quietly dug pocketknife out from backpack and got dinner done and ate meat with hands. Is it really RETREAT what we were after? Next time I rather would go to common camping area and enjoy all those vombats around us, than paying price for luxury, which is not there. Also, there were not any wildlife around those retreat tents, apart of 1 wallaby, all bush too cleaned up.
We spent several nights here during school holidays, and were very pleasantly surprised by the peaceful surroundings during a potentially unpeaceful time! There are only four tents (plus kitchen tent) set in a quiet area away from the main camping area, and near to the glorious beach. They are well spaced to ensure a degree of privacy. Tents are quite large, canvas walls over a timber floor half a metre or so above ground, and with a tarpaulin and shade cloth, none of the usual camping worries about wet walls and floors during rainy weather. There are ample windows for light and ventilation, and a screened front door which could also be left open on hot nights for good air weather was quite cool when we stayed and we found the gas heater very effective at warming the tent. There are a few steps up to a timber deck with a table and two chairs, then inside the front door to a living area with another table and two chairs, a futon (just wide enough for 2 people to sit), and a small bar fridge/freezer with kettle etc. Behind this area is the bedroom, which can be closed off if wanted with a flap, and a very comfortable queen bed and blanket box with spare bedding. There is a trundle bed under the main bed, so using this as well as the futon, the tent could sleep 4. Behind the bedroom was a bathroom with toilet, basin and good water pressure for a nice hot shower! Communal cooking facilities are in a separate tent, with a large fridge/freezer, a gas cooktop, a microwave oven, 2 sinks and plenty of crockery, cutlery and cooking utensils. The kitchen has 2 tables and chairs, and there are 2 more outside in the outdoor BBQ area with 2 hot plates. We found this arrangement worked well with the several groups staying at the same time, providing people don't spread out their cooking stuff too much! We really enjoyed our stay here, and the only improvement I could suggest is maybe a set of shelves to store clothes etc (staying for more than one night I like to unpack a bit), and maybe a small side table near the futon. The tents are quite expensive and I'm not sure they represent great value for money (the only reason for my 4 star rating rather than 5) but I would certainly recommend them for anyone wanting a close-to-nature experience in the beautiful Wilsons Promontory National Park.
Lovely luxury tents. We did visit in the low season so it was fairly quiet but I imagine over the summer the surrounding campsites would be very busy and loud. Comprehensive cooking facilities in cooking tent. Heating worked well in personal tent. Watch out though, the kookaburras are feisty and will attempt to punch meat straight off the bbq! Too many visitors must have fed them.
The Prom., as Aussies we spoke to refer to it, was unique (in a good way). My wife & I are usually more comfortable in a hotel than a tent, even a fully equipped tent. By staying in a 'Retreat' tent, we were able to enjoy Tidal River and it's setting more fully. The wildlife possibilities the Prom offers is good given the numerous walks available. We even came across a wombat whilst on the walk down to Squeaky Beach; so a unique location for sure. Tip; 1. bring your own food & drink 2. arrive before 16:00; we arrived at 15:55, no one had told us the Visitor Centre also acts as the accommodation reception desk i.e. for key pick up. So luckily we were just in time, but not a great start if closed. They do post info on a notice board but how would one know to look there? We didn't.


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Ayda Field and Robbie Williams' daughter finally likes her younger brother after being "unhappy" about his arrival.
The American actress has revealed that Teddy, three, was "not impressed" about getting her 19-month-old brother Charlton at first, but she has finally gotten over her sibling jealousy and now they are best friends.
Ayda, 37, admits seeing them grown so close has been her "best feeling" as a mother.
In an interview on UK TV show 'Lorraine' on Monday morning (13.06.16), she said: "When Charlie was born, Teddy was not impressed. I think she was indifferent bordering on unhappy about it. Now they just love to do everything together, I was tucking them in last night and I had one on each arm as they had their stories book and they were tickling each other's faces and that's just the best feeling as a mother."
Ayda has also praised Robbie's fathering skills as he is on "baby duties" at the moment while she is busy with work.
She insists the 42-year-old singer loves taking time out from being a pop star to care for his kids and insists he is a huge support to her.
Ayda - who tied the knot with Robbie in August 2010 - shared: "Oh, he's great, he's on baby duties so he's actually got the harder job right now. That's what is so amazing is that he's getting to see his kids. He's so supportive, for a long time I've been by his side doing the wife and mom thing, and now he's doing a bit of Mr. Field stuff."


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