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|I'd rather die tomorrow, than live a hundred years without knowing you.
|~ John Smith to Pocahontas.
|Gurgi not let his friend die. Taran has many friends. Gurgi has no friends.
|~ Gurgi about to sacrifice himself to the Black Cauldron to save Taran.
|Is this the place where I will die?
|~ Akira Nijino/ToQ 6gou's well-known catchphrase.
|Short time? You fool, It's been an eternity! During that time everything i've ever cared for or accomplished has fallen into ruin! Everyone i've ever loved now lies dead. My life has been a failure. I welcome It's end!
|~ A future version of Adam Warlock to his past self.
Heroes who have either attempted to take their own lives or succeeded in taking their own lives, or have been overly eager in the face of death. There can be several different reasons for this, including remorse, "honor", avoiding a worse fate, their lives are terrible, despair, sacrificing oneself for their greater cause/allies, the hero being an insane nihilist, hoping they'll take the villains down with them, or even a redeeming sacrifice and other possible reasons.
Examples of successful suicides include Kerchak (he took a blow from Clayton's gun to save his adopted son, Tarzan), Stoick the Vast (he sacrificed himself to give up his life for his son), Kratos (his suicide was an example of a redeeming one), and Cole MacGrath (he chose to activate RFI to destroy the near-immortal Beast once and for all as well as fulfill his future self Kessler's dead wish, which the RFI's wave of energy not only destroy the Beast, but also kill most Conduit-gene bearer including himself).
However, some of these characters have attempted their sacrifice for their greatest cause, but they were saved by unexpected circumstances: Eren Yeager sacrificed himself to save Armin Arlert at his seemingly dying moment due to his injuries by letting himself devoured by a soulless Titan, but survived when he ended up awakening his Titan Shifting powers, Wreck-It Ralph sacrificed himself by throwing himself down into the volcano to save Sugar Rush and the entire arcade from viruses, but got rescued by Vanellope von Schweetz at the last minute, and Hercules (from Disney) nearly sacrificed his own life to retrieve Megara's soul from the Underworld, but survived by earning his godhood.
Heroes who accidentally killed themselves do not count, as with heroes who only faked their own deaths.
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- Wolverine (Old Man Logan)
- Wolves (Minecraft)
- Wormmon
- Worms
- Wun Weg Wun Dar Wun
- Yahiko
- Yamcha
- Yashiro Nanakase
- Ymir (Attack on Titan)
- Yoite
- Yolandi
- Yondu Udonta (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Yoshimitsu
- Yu Ishigami
- Yuji Kiba
- Yuna (Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale)
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- Yuri (Doki Doki Literature Club)
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Friday, July 19, 2013
Well, tomorrow will be one month since my whole life got turned upside down. On June 20th, Southern Alberta was hit by flash flooding and many people were affected by these floods. A lot of damage was done and people have lost so much, many having lost everything but their lives and the clothes on their backs.
Greg and I were among the ones who have lost a lot but we were blessed and lucky because we were able to save our trailer (in doing so saving our home.) We lost all of our kitchen stuff, our furniture, Greg's tools (we still have the power tools but they were flooded so now they are toast) , Greg's clothes, most everything that you can think of that make up the day to day part of your life. My friends in High River (about 10 miles from where I live) have lost everything. Some of them are still not able to go to their homes to see if anything can be salvaged.
I sometimes get frustrated because even though we saved our home, we still have lost a lot and yet people keep telling me that it could be worse. I could be among the ones that have lost everything. I know this, and I do consider myself lucky because we did manage to keep our trailer. But having said that, it shouldn't discount my feelings about what happened. I was traumatized and my whole life went into upheaval. Right now, we are having a big rain storm and thundershowers and as I'm typing this, I'm sending prayers no, pleading, for it not to flood again. Yesterday Greg and I were playing a game.. we were panning for tools. In cleaning our yard, we found some of Greg's wrenches. We were digging in the dirt to see if we could find more of them. This brings on mixed feelings because you're so happy that you were able to find something only to be discouraged because they are rusted or broken.. It's hard. You learn to move on but the scarring remains. I do not feel safe in my home when it rains. I used to like the rain.. now it makes me worry.
People say that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Well my friends, I should be able to bench press a Buick now. I've discovered that I really hate being called a Flood Victim. I am not a victim. I refuse to be victimized by this. Both Greg and I will come out stronger. We are rebuilding our lives together. We are building stronger, replacing better and we will overcome this. It may take a while for the scar to heal but I'll have a hell of a battle wound won't I?
My diet took a sail along with all my stuff when the rivers flooded but now I'm ready to come back stronger then ever. I think the flood has caused me to lose my mind or mud got in there somehow because I decided not to let mud win. So, how does one beat mud? One registers for Tough Mudder.
78% of people who sign up do not finish. I plan to be in the 22%. I can hardly do the Mudderling training workout but I have a year and I will be a tough mudder! Hell I already am a tough mudder! I'm just going to face mud on my own terms. Greg thinks I'm nuts, some of my friends think I'm nuts, I think I'm nuts but I really want to do this. Mud will make me stronger! Hooyah! (ok not a seal, marine or any of those military types but somehow it feels right!)
This has been and is a trying time in my life but I'll come back from it stronger then ever. I thank God for what we have, for the love ones in our lives, the friends that were there and still are for us and for the strangers that decided to help. I thank all of you who have prayed for us.. I do believe it helped.
I am lucky.. I am blessed.. I have to remember this the days I want to give up!
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HTC Sense TV is an app which comes pre-installed in HTC smartphones that are equipped with IR blasters. It helps in controlling electronic devices like TV sets, cable boxes, home theatre systems, etc. According to Razzil, Sense TV app has started showing electronic program guides for Indian television channels along with live FIFA 2014 World Cup stats as well as stats and scores for Cricket and other sports.
Sense TV App – New Features After Update
- Sense TV program guide now supports India (beta)
- Sense TV sports now shows multiple TV channels broadcasting options (if available) the same sport games in details UI
- Sense TV sports now supports World cup soccer
If you own an HTC One M7 or HTC One M8, do let us know if you are seeing these changes and how well are they working for you.
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In my search for a math curriculum that would work well for my children, I came across Math Lessons for a Living Education. After looking at the sample pages online, I decided to try out this curriculum. This article is a review of Math Lessons for a Living Education based on my experiences using levels 1, 2, and 5 over the past 2 months.
Overview of Math Lessons for a Living Education
Math Lessons for a Living Education is a homeschool math curriculum with books ranging from 1st through 6th grade. The curriculum is advertised as a Christian curriculum that follows a traditional math teaching sequence. The curriculum integrates stories into each unit that relate to Christian values. Practice pages for Monday through Friday follow the story. Practice pages may include practice problems, copywork, word problems, and/or review problems.
Benefits of Math Lessons for a Living Education
Christian Themes
If you are looking for a Christian math curriculum, the stories that go along with each unit may appeal to you. If you prefer a secular curriculum, you will want to use something else.
Auditory Learning Style
The stories included in each unit can be read to the child and my appeal to an auditory learner. The child will be exposed to Christian themes in the stories, but math instruction within the stories is limited.
Visual Layout of Pages
I was drawn to this curriculum as the sample pages seemed to provide a good balance between space and content. The pages are not visually overwhelming.
Minimal Preparation Time
Math Lessons for a Living Education is mostly an open-and-go type of curriculum. Some preparation time may be needed to assemble included manipulatives (e.g., a clock, place value houses, etc.).
I feel like the cost of Math Lessons for a Living Education is comparable to other affordable math curriculum. I bought the downloadable books for less than $30 each from Masterbooks.com. CLICK HERE to read about how to view your homeschool PDF files in a Kindle app.
Limitations of Math Lessons for a Living Education
Mathematical Instruction
When I bought Math Lessons for a Living Education, I expected the stories to clearly teach math concepts. The stories loosely relate to the math content; however, they do not consistently teach math concepts. After the story, the student completes math practice pages. I kept looking for the clear mathematical instruction and it just was not there.
Expected Grade Level Content
When I compared the 1st, 2nd, and 5th grade content to Arizona State Standards for Math, Math Lessons for a Living Education was mostly on target for 1st and 2nd grade. …maybe 1 or 2 concepts were not completely covered. Fifth grade content was completely missing some content that should be covered. For example, Geometry math standards for 5th grade include graphing points on a coordinate plane to solve problems. This concept is completely missing from the 5th grade Math Lessons for a Living Education book.
Appropriately Challenging
I feel like the content in Math Lessons for a Living Education falls short in providing appropriately challenging content. Really the content seems too easy. For example, in the 1st grade book, shapes are covered over the course of 3 weeks. My child working at this level knew his shapes at the preschool level and does not need to spend 3 weeks on learning to recognize basic shapes.
Summary of Evaluation of Math Lessons for a Living Education
|My Math Curriculum Standards
|Aligns with State Educational Standards
|Mostly, but there may be some gaps.
|Content is Appropriately Challenging
|Content seems on the easy side.
|Learning Style
|Curriculum may appeal to auditory learners.
|Visual Layout
|Pages are not overwhelming visually.
|Quality of Review and Practice
|Content is reviewed regularly. Practice problems seem on the easy side.
|Required Prep Time
|Minimal. Mostly open-and-go.
|Comparable value to other affordable homeschool math curriculums.
Recommendations on Math Lessons for a Living Education
Based on the lack of clear instruction for mathematical concepts within the curriculum, I would not recommend using Math Lessons for a Living Education as a core math curriculum. If you are drawn to the Christian themes, the simplicity of presentation, and the uncluttered visual layout of Math Lessons for a Living Education, this curriculum could work well if you combine it with another resource that will clearly teach the math concepts. Evan-Moor's Math Fundamentals series would work well in making Math Lessons for a Living Education a stronger curriculum. CLICK HERE to read my review of Evan-Moor's Math Fundamentals grade 1 book. CLICK HERE to read about how Math Fundamentals aligns with grade level math standards for education to ensure your child will have no gaps in their math education.
How to Supplement with Evan-Moor's Math Fundamentals series:
- Follow the instructional sequence presented in Math Lessons for a Living Education.
- For each unit, find the corresponding content in Evan-Moor's Math Fundamental Series.
- After reading the introduction story in Math Lessons for a Living Education, have your child learn the content using Math Fundamentals before moving on to the daily practice pages in the Math Lessons for a Living Education book.
- To avoid gaps in grade level content, be sure to include units from Math Fundamentals that might be missing from Math Lesson from a Living Education.


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Modi Govt takes U-Turn on Death Penalty for Kodani
The Gujarat government took a U-turn withholding the death appeal for former minister Maya Kodnani, Babu Bajrangi and eight others in the 2002 Naroda Patia riots case.
Under the pressure from the right wing forces for its earlier decision to go ahead with the SIT's recommendation that sought death penalty for Kodani and Bajarangi, the Gujarat government was forced to write to the chief prosecutor in the Naroda Patiya massacre case seeking to put the decision on hold.
Earlier, Narendra Modi government had given its consent to the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team to file an application in the High Court seeking death sentence for Maya Kodnani, Babu Bajrangi and 8 others. They were awarded life term by the lower court.
But the government was criticised for the decision in the case.
The final decision will be taken after advocate general will give his opinion on this matter.
Kodnani was a minister in the Modi government. She was sentenced to 28 years in jail by a Special Court in August 2012 in connection with the post-Godhra Naroda Patia riot case – in which 96 people were killed. Bajrangi was awarded jail term for his entire life and eight others were given 31 years imprisonment in the case.


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Meaning Turn the Other Cheek: to do nothing to retaliate when attacked or insulted by another; to accept an attack passively; to respond to an attack or insult in a humble and mild way. 1Heacock, Paul. Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms. Cambridge University Press, 2010.,2Ayto, John. Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms. Oxford: Oxford U, 2010.,3Ammer, Christine. American Heritage … Read more


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Our client is a major listed company with a global footprint. They are a large listed company with influences in South Africa, Europe and the United States of America.
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Property Market Comment
The first few months of 2014 were extraordinarily busy with many houses going under offer very quickly and often over asking price as a result of pent up demand. This was particularly true of the town market and has been the case in all the areas we cover. Schooling continues to be the driving factor in choice of location for many of these purchases but we are now also seeing buyers from the north of the country looking for property within easy reach of Cambridge as a result of company relocations and we anticipate another surge of demand from this type of buyer during the autumn.
We are midway through the property year and, while the market seems to have steadied in the past couple of months, property is still big news. The headlines in our press and often the lead items on television and radio news are the housing market and what it is doing or going to do.
It is frustrating that so often journalists' comments refer to a market which does not really exist at all since there are huge differences in the housing market across the country and, especially, central London. Also, alarming statements about housing bubbles do not help much. Now the Chancellor, George Osborne, and Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, have prepared measures designed to halt a headlong dive into another housing crisis.
But the feeling of those of us who work in property every day is that things might have already steadied themselves due, in part, to harsher mortgage lending criteria and the satisfaction of this pent up demand but also, at the higher end of the market, uncertainty over future government taxation policies.
There will be new challenges such as interest rates gradually increasing in a sensitively controlled way but there is no reason why this should harm the market in the short or medium term. In general, we feel that the second part of the year will be much the same as the first – a balanced market with some really great opportunities for both buyers and sellers.
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The Educational and Research Foundation for the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS Foundation) has been implementing FACE TO FACE: The National Domestic Violence Project since 1994 to offer individuals who have been affected by domestic violence the hope of wholeness by treating the facial injuries. For more than two decades, AAFPRS members have been volunteering to help victims of domestic abuse who cannot afford to receive treatment for facial injuries. These efforts have helped to repair both physical and psychological scars and to help individuals regain self-esteem and begin to rebuild their lives.
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Aishah Shahidah Simmons is an award-winning Black feminist lesbian independent documentary filmmaker, activist, cultural worker, international lecturer whose work examines the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and sexual violence.
Professor Simmons is a four-year Just Beginnings Collaborative (JBC) Fellow. Funded by the NoVo Foundation, the JBC Fellowship initiates strategies to end child sexual abuse. Her JBC-funded #LoveWITHAccountability Project focuses on the power of transformative storytelling to tackle the global epidemic of child sexual abuse through the experiences, insights, and perspectives of diasporic Black child sexual abuse survivors and advocates. She is the editor of the forthcoming anthology, Love With Accountability: Digging Up the Roots of Child Sexual Abuse (AK Press, Fall 2019).
She is a Visiting Scholar at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, and a member of the Advisory Board of the University of Arizona's Consortium on Gender-Based Violence. Previously, she was a Visiting Scholar at the School for Social Policy and Practice at Penn. She also has been an Artist-in-Residence, Lecturer, Contingent, and Distinguished Visiting Faculty at Williams College, Temple University, Scripps College, the University of Chicago, and Spelman College.
An Associate Editor of the online publication, The Feminist Wire, and a member of the Editorial Board of The Feminist Wire Books at the University of Arizona Press, Ms. Simmons' writings are published widely, and her cultural work and activism are documented extensively. She has presented her work across the North American continent, and in numerous countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean.
For more information on Ms. Simmons and her films (including the internationally acclaimed Ford Foundation-funded NO! The Rape Documentary) and publications click here.
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Who says being pregnant means the end of fashionable style? Gone are the days of being 'unsexy' and 'not chic' while pregnant. Infact, most women glow the most when they are a plus one.
Today, we dive into the sea of fashion of one of the major style influencers who goes by the name 'chicamastyle".
We were caught off-guard with her pregnancy. Ever since then, our eyes have been thrilled with stunning maternity styles, from the dramatic to the simplest of them all.
Blazers are a lady's essential especially when it comes to being stylishly pregnant.
Endeavor to go for usual size or perhaps, it can be slightly bigger, because you will most likely never get to button it all the way up.
Ruffles are playful and stylish. They reel of class and beauty.
Wearing ruffles whilst pregnant tends to hide the baby bump and also give it an edgier whole look.
When it comes to colors, although darker hues tends to be a slimming, it still doesn't restrict you from going for brighter colors.
Loose fitting shirts? Not a problem as they could be worn with a stylish pair of jeans.
Always remember that comfort is a key factor when it comes to fashion especially maternity styling. So, try as much as possible, never to compromise it.
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With the new exciting season 9 battle pass, many players wish to tier up as fast as possible. Many great rewards lie ahead in those high tiers, so if you want to get there, you've come to the right place. We'll show to the quickest way to tier up your battle pass by listing the 4 ways to tier up. These ways are listed in order of what gives the most battle pass stars. Therefore, you should do the following in given order. Notice: This post has been updated as of the release of season 9 to make the following tips to be up to date.
Weekly Challenges
Weekly challenges give by far the most battle stars points. Not only do they give a lot of battle stars, but they are usually quite fast to complete as well. Prioritize doing weekly challenges over anything else if you wish to tier up your battle pass as fast as possible. When you run out of weekly challenges to complete, go the new next method in this guide and do that instead.
Collect hidden Battle Stars
A great way of gathering battle star points to tier up your battle pass is to collect hidden battle stars in-game. Not everyone knows of this, but every time you complete all weekly challenges within any week, you unlock a secret battle star or a hidden banner. Secret battle stars and banners
Daily Challenges
Once you've completed all your weekly challenges and collected secret battle stars, it's time to do daily challenges. You find these challenges in your lobby screen or under the challenges tab. Usually, daily challenges are fairly simple to complete such as outlast opponents, place top 6 in squads and so on. Completing a daily challenge will award you 500 xp and 5 battle star points. With 7 daily challenges being given to you each week, that's a total of 35 battle star points if you complete them all. Therefore, you should definitely take advantage of these challenges.
Leveling Up
Grinding xp and leveling up is the only way to collect more battle star points to tier up after you've completed all weekly & daily challenges, and collected secret battle stars. Every few levels you will receive a couple of battle star points simply by leveling up. You can see your next level up-reward in your lobby screen. Check out our guide on how to get xp fast in season 9 to level up as fast as possible.
Buying Tiers
This method is probably not something most players wish to do as it is quite expensive. However, a way of tiering up your battle pass at a fast pace is by simply buying tiers. Buying tiers cost V-Bucks which is why a lot of players don't do it. To purchase tiers open up your battle pass and press purchase tier.


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I am fairly curious as to what % of the Standard Edition release that would represent.
I'd probably wager around 10%... Pre-order totals are around 200k.
Hmmmm... I'd say there are at least 1 million players within 2 weeks of the normal edition's release. The majority of people do not pre-order games for some reason, I guess they like to fight over the few that are put out on the shelf at stores.
I'd say most people don't because they don't want to commit to a purchase because they don't manage money too well, and don't want to have something on the way that they may not be able to afford at the time. But no matter the reason, the largest portion of gamers will buy the game after it's released from a store, online store, or catalog. Some of them are probably waiting to see how the game is before they buy, also. I'm sure a lot of people will go out and buy it when they realize their friends are trying it out as well.
As far as the statistics go, I'm pretty amazed the Miqote aren't the most common characters lol. In beta on besaid I kept a tally of every character i ran into's race. It was a landslide, the majority played a Miqote. I like my Hyur :3


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The Parents' Organization of Rye High School (RHSPO) seeks to promote educational excellence at Rye High School by supporting students, faculty and administration. Funds raised go towards new innovative academic programs, classroom enhancements, technology advancements and faculty professional development. RHSPO will also sponsor guest speakers, student social activities and community youth programs. We will provide updates to parents through PO meetings and newsletter announcements.Treasurer: Ellen SayaSecretary: Doreen Zion.Hospitality: Veronica IulianoCommunication: Annette McLoughlin.Meetings (held in the Middle School Multipurpose Room 8:45-10:30 am:
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UPDATE (Sept. 26, 2019) — Patrick Elliott was sentenced to 75 years in the Department of Correction after being found guilty.
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A Tippecanoe Superior Court jury has found Patrick Elliott, 52, guilty of murder and false informing on Thursday.
Tippecanoe County prosecutors say the jury deliberated for about an hour before returning their verdicts.
Elliott was arrested in 2017 on murder charges after he shot and killed his wife Donita Elliott, 47, claiming it was self-defense.
Police later found that Elliott recorded audio of the shooting on a cellphone that contradicted his self-defense claim.
Elliott faces a possible sentence of 45 to 65 years for the murder charge, with a possible enhancement of five to 20 years for the use of a firearm. The false informing charge carries a possible sentence of one year.
A sentencing hearing is schedules for September 26, 2019 at 8:30 a.m.


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A lot of you know how I looooove my preworkout sweet wraps before the gym. They give me the perfect jolt of energy before a workout. BUT the other day I did something totally different and it was deliciousssss. I also had a banana and sweet potato on the side though :D
Serves: 1
- 2 TBSP oat flour (ground up old fashioned rolled oats)
- 1 TBSP coconut flour
- 1/2 scoop vanilla whey protein
- 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 2 TBSP water
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/8 tsp butter extract
- 8-10 drops english toffee stevia (or regular)
Simpy mix all of the ingredients with a utensil and you're ready to dig in! Use whatever you want for dipping. I cut up a Joseph's Low Carb Pita and baked it at 375F for 6-8 minutes until it got crispy like chips. Wooo :D
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The Violin Concerto No. 4 was commissioned by the 34th Berlin Festival. Composed in 1984, it received its much-acclaimed first performance in Berlin on September 11 of the same year (the soloist was the work's dedicatee, Gidon Kremer; Christoph von Dohnányi conducted the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra). The composer's commentary on the concerto focuses on its musical material which – as a gesture of Schnittke's admiration and friendship for Kremer – "derives from monograms of Gidon Kremer, of myself and, in the last movement, of three other kindred spirits: Edison Denisov, Sofia Gubaydulina and Arvo Pärt". It also derives from his attempt "to set up a melodic tension between one note and another and between notes and rests, making free use of 'new' and 'old' techniques; and also from two quotations which have left a distinct mark on the work: "The Two Beautiful Plush Melodies (the one recurring throughout the concerto as 'fatum banalis' and the other appearing in the third movement as 'illusory salvation') are no more than corpses with rouged faces." In the end the progressive intensification of the music's expressive qualities leads him to the visually effective point at which he enters the sphere of non-music: when the soloist moves his bow to and fro over the violin without touching the strings. "On a number of occasions (for instance in the Cadenza visuale in the second movement) we venture a glimpse behind the curtain into the hypnotic, silent world of the musical Beyond, the world of the unsounding sound (otherwise known as a rest). Yet these are mere moments, brief attempts to fly, doomed to failure, to relapsing into sound. Or are they not?"
Clearly Schnittke is not prepared to exclude forays into as yet uncharted territory; yet it would appear that his need for constant confrontation rarely if ever involves him in exploring the extremities. His central concern is to experiment again and again with one of the underlying principles of music: "Progress and a historical memory, being two sides of one coin, go hand in hand." Schnittke has a pronounced and multifarious "historical memory"; yet at the same time he knows that any given musical expression, once it has been formulated, can never be reiterated, which makes the urge for autonomous adaptation both legitimate and indispensable.
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Kotak Mahindra Bank, the country's third-biggest bank by market capitalisation, has signed a share subscription and shareholders' agreement with Bharti Airtel...
Kotak Mahindra Bank, the country's third-biggest bank by market capitalisation, has signed a share subscription and shareholders' agreement with Bharti Airtel and its 100% subsidiary Airtel M Commerce Services Ltd. (AMSL) to buy a 19.9% stake in the latter for Rs 98.38 crore.
This follows an announcement by Bharti Airtel in January 2015 that subject to RBI granting a payments bank licence to AMSL, Kotak Mahindra Bank would do so. Then, Gopal Vittal, MD and CEO (India and South Asia), Bharti Airtel had said, "Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited is one of the leading and most respected private sector banks in India.
Kotak's banking expertise coupled with Airtel's strength in telecom will help deliver financial services to millions of unbanked citizens across the country."
In August 2015, RBI, as part of its objective to extend the scope of financial inclusion, granted in-principle approvals to AMSL and 10 other entities to setup payments banks.
As per the guidelines issued by it, a payments bank can accept deposits up to Rs1 lakh from individual customers, issue ATM and debit cards, offer payments and remittance services, and act as a distributor of simple financial products like mutual funds units and insurance products.
The central bank, however, has barred payments banks from undertaking lending activities.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Kotak Mahindra Bank said the deal would be completed in the next 10 days.
As per RBI guidelines, a scheduled commercial bank can own a stake in a payments bank to the extent permitted under Section 19 (2) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, which states, "No banking company shall hold shares in any company of an amount exceeding 30% of the paid-up share capital of that company or 30% of its own paid-up share capital and reserves, whichever is less."
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|What if the Audio Everywhere from Listen Technologies app is "playing" but I don't hear an sound?
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We homeschool our kids, and as a part of the educational plan we have, we're attempting to take our kids on adventures every few years to a different part of the continent (and/or planet?). We drove down the east coast this last Spring and saw all the historical stuff, NY, DC, Boston, all the way down to New Orleans. It was a crazy trip. And we knew that we would have crazy issues with our bowels if we ate restaurant food for weeks on end (not to mention the massive expense). So after many heated 'strategy' meetings between my wife and I, we finally settled on a regimen that would, we hoped, keep us healthy and economical no matter where we were.
Breakfast – Local Groceries / Free Hotel Breakfast (depended on the day)
Snack – On the go (more local groceries)
Lupper – Eat out once during the day (Lunch & Supper combined into one 4:00 PM meal)
Evening – Protein Shake & Vegetable Juice / Small Home-cooked Meal
Now let me say this: I'm not sure it's totally legal to cook with electric cookware in hotel bathrooms, but then I'm not sure it's illegal either, and I'd just as soon not know. In addition to cooking, we also attempted to juice every other day in order to keep ourselves from getting sick, scurvy in particular. And in order to avoid getting caught at this aspect of our travels, we had to invest in a new juicer. Our then current model was more standard in that it obliterated the veggies as you pressed them into the gaping hole at the top.
PLUS – It was very fast.
NOT SO PLUS – It sounded like your were murdering rabbits in your hotel room.
Hence we had to get a quieter model, and this was just the excuse my wife had been looking for to upgrade. We couldn't get it delivered in time for our trip, so we had it sent ahead to some family that we were staying with on the way. This was a 'slow-masticating' juicer.
PLUS – About as loud as an old man eating a sandwich.
NOT SO PLUS – About as fast as an old man eating a sandwich.
But at least it wouldn't get us kicked out of any hotels, and apparently it's much healthier. The loud kind heats your juice killing enzymes in the process, and gets a lot less juice out of your expensive veggies.
"So this is actually SAVING us money!" (says my wife trying to convince me).
But actually it turns out I'm a huge fan of this new juicer. Normally, cleaning the juicer is where the whole juicing culture breaks down. People buy these things, joyfully pulverize a bunch of veggies and fruit, drink the bounty, and then stare at their filthy juicer.
DAY ONE, MORNING – (after drinking their first juice) "I'll clean it later" they say to themselves, "I'm late for work anyway."
DAY ONE, EVENING – "I'm really tired, I'll clean it in the morning."
DAY TWO, MORNING – "I'm just going to juice every-other day"
DAY TWO, EVENING – "It's all caked in here and dried, it needs to soak overnight."
By the weekend they're listing it on Craigslist as "Only used once!"
Yeah, so the easy-cleaning on our new juicer is awesome, takes just two minutes and actually kind of makes you feel accomplished. WANT ONE???? Of course you do (click here to see it on Amazon).
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Hi! Sorry for the late post, but I've been in meetings all afternoon. We have a conference coming up at work this weekend (!!!) so that's why things have been so hectic lately. I'm actually staffing our pre-conference course as well, so I will be on site from Thursday through Monday. Conference times tend to be a really hard for me because of the long hours and being away from home. This conference is actually right near DC so I'll only be staying at the hotel one night, but I have some plans for how to stick to my healthy eating regimen while working the conference, so stay tuned.
I had a really satisfying lunch today that kept me full for almost 4 hours. That never happens to me! As I've mentioned, I have a lot of random leftovers and groceries that don't necessarily go together, so I've been trying to use them up. For lunch I took 1 cup of leftover orzo from Friday night's dinner, which was made with red peppers shallots, a little olive oil, salt, and pepper. To the orzo, I added 1 can of chunk light tuna in water (drained), and the rest of the baby kale, chopped up.
I mixed it all up and ate it cold, like a tuna pasta salad. It was so good and seriously packed a punch. With the salad, I had some broccoli raw with some of the cilantro black bean dip, also from Friday night.
It was way tastier than it looks, I promise. 😉 The dip just has black beans, nonfat yogurt, salsa, cilantro, and seasoning. Really flavorful and goes perfectly with veggies or crackers.
Fast-forward four hours, and it hit me that I hadn't yet had my afternoon snack. I usually have it by 3 and am thinking about it by 2:30… but not today.
I had packed some popcorn kernels in a brown paper bag (if you haven't yet tried this, you must!) and popped them in the microwave. I was craving sweet but also spicy, so I decided to eat the popcorn in two batches. First, I had some with cinnamon:
I was a little heavier handed with the cinnamon than I intended to be, so as I was eating parts of it I was breathing out cinnamon. It still tasted good, though. The next half I had doused in Tabasco sauce:
Apparently I didn't learn my lesson the first time, because I was again a little heavy-handed with the Tabasco, so my mouth is still on fire, seriously. Tabasco sauce is wayyyy hotter than Frank's Red Hot.
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CLICK Tactical Rifle 1.0 is an entry level course for new shooters or experienced shooters that want to train for real world defensive applications. This course is designed for the AR platform or equivalent weapon system. In a stressful situation you must depend on your level of training that you have mastered and your gear. This course will provide you with the knowledge, training techniques and confidence to succeed.
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Tire dressing is an auto detailing product that has gained very rapidly in popularity in the last decade. Tire dressing makes your tires look new and wet. There are two types: solvent based and water based. Solvent based dressings aren't environmentally friendly, whereas water based are. Also, solvent based dressings have been shown to speed the breakdown of the rubber in your sidewalls under UV exposure, whereas water based dressings have extra UV filters built in. Solvent based dressings can ruin paint if they are allowed to remain on the paint for an extended period of time. Tire dressings aren't hazardous in and of themselves, unless they are applied to the tread of the tires.
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Lately, I've had the good luck to find a number of science shows trying to bring modern research and understanding to a wider public than the scientific communities. I've been suffering through a long dearth of employment that I'd like to write about as soon as I understand it better myself. Yesterday, I went on a search for new podcasts to fill my copious free time and found this! It's sort of in the same vein as Dara O'Brien's Science Club, and Neil DeGrasse Tyson's Star Talk. Like Science Club, it's out of Britain, but has a tone more like Star Talk.
The format that all of these shows have in common is that some scientists and comedians try to make science more accessible and present. Billy Bragg, a legendary British punk who wrote many songs about labor movements and sexual politics, was in an episode I just listened to, which was exciting for me, as a fan of his music. Unfortunately, part of his contribution to the episode was making the science as a type of faith argument, which I find very dull and not at all worthwhile. That said, I hope to sort my feelings on that out into words sometime soon and put it up here. Some of the episodes of these shows are naturally better than others, and I am grateful to the astronauts and scientists who take the time to go on them and be excited about their present work. Getting to hear the cutting edge of science from the people who do it makes it all the more real.
This is, I think the greatest thing these shows can bring. Even if you don't understand Quantum Chromodynamics, or Cosmology, or Computational Biology, you can always relate to someone who is excited about what they're talking about. I know I certainly wouldn't know nearly as much as I do about the revolutionary-era history of southern New York if it weren't for my father's devouring of books on the subject and consequent sharing of plentiful facts on family trips, or even while driving around Westchester County, where I grew up.
Then, we come to the other part of these shows which, I think, is the biggest difference between the three examples above: The comedic foil.
This is where The Infinite Monkey Cage stands out more from the others, in that its comedic personality, Robin Ince, is willing to further conversation much more so than, say, the comedians who frequent Star Talk. In saying so, I don't mean to slight Eugene Mirman, or the others on Star Talk any more than to say I think TIMC is doing it better. Their jokes are much more on topic, keep moving, and don't have the feeling that I'm in the back room of a bar in Brooklyn somewhere. This is probably a particularly unfair comparison, since I think most of them are comedians out of Brooklyn, but there is a certain style of disconnected exposition I've seen in such places that definitely comes out in their work on the show.
TIMC is also willing to make science jokes, which has been pretty refreshing in a way. I think it also reflects the different attitude of the comedy they do, in that the comedian is in on the jokes. In comparison, Star Talk's banter often has a slightly confrontational edge. It's often as though the comics feel like they need to one up the scientists somehow, and I think Dr. Tyson's personality as both an enthusiastic scientist and public speaker only confounds the problem further.
Despite any criticisms I might have of aspects of these shows, I'm very happy to see them all popping up, and look forward to seeing how they grow and evolve over time. I worry that some of them remain niche entertainment and don't make it to a wider public that doesn't have friends who are scientists and might force a new podcast on them, but it certainly won't get out to people if the shows didn't exist at all. Go check some out and let me know which you like and why, I would really like to know!


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Game of Thrones Iron Throne Beanbag Chair
The iron throne that everyone on Game of Thrones wants to sit on looks impressive, but it looks far from being comfortable. Nonetheless, it symbolizes power, influence, and strength. It's not like you'll get any of that if you have your own throne at home; however, it will be beyond cool to sit on such throne while you're watching the show every, right?


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The Euro US Dollar (EUR USD) exchange rate held steady this morning as markets await the second televised debate in the French presidential election.
The debate, to be held later this evening will features all 11 presidential candidates, however investors will most likely be focused on the performance of far-right candidate and leader of the Nation Front party, Marine Le Pen and her main rival and current frontrunner Emmanuel Macron.
While Macron comfortably claimed victory in the first TV debate observers are expected him to face a greater challenge this time as his opponents set their sights on the independent frontrunner as they attempt to catch up to him in polls.
Yves-Marie Cann, a pollster at Elabe said;
'Macron is the favourite right now, so of course everyone is attacking him. The main thing to keep in mind is that the lines can still move.'
Markets fear that the focus on Macron could allow Le Pen to escape from the debate relatively unscathed, possibly leading to her gaining support if she is able to avoid being drawn into discussing her patchy economic plans.
Polls currently suggest that while Le Pen will claim the first round, she will lose the second round to Macron in May.
However with polls failing to predict the shock election of Trump and the outcome of the UK's EU referendum, EUR investors remain cautious, especially following reports that a record low turnout from the French electorate could strengthen her campaign as her supporters are seen to be more likely to go out and vote.
Meanwhile the EUR USD exchange rate was able to limit its losses this morning thanks to better than expected Retail Sales figures from the Eurozone.
Sales leapt from 0.1% to 0.7% in February, sailing past initial expectations that sales would rise to 0.5% and leading to annualised figure to climb from 1.5% to 1.8% and surpassing forecasts that sales would slide to 1.4%.
The rally was largely lead by Germany and France, with retailers from the two largest economies in the Eurozone reporting that sales were unexpected robust after a poor performance in January, with the gains being driven by non-food items thanks to strong textiles sales.
However despite the impressive rebound in sales, analysts remained unconvinced that the sector will show positive growth in the first quarter.
Meanwhile the US Dollar struggled to advance this morning following a growing uncertainty on the ability of Donald Trump to deliver upon his economic promises.
The latest concern were prompted by worries that Trump may not receive U.S. congressional support for his choice for Supreme Court justice, with USD investors fearing that another failure after his ill-fated healthcare legislation will hurt his chances of passing his radical tax reform and spending plans.
Such an event would likely see the US Dollar tumble as traders have pinned much of their hopes for future US growth on Trump's ambitious economic agenda.
Looking ahead the EUR USD exchange rate is likely rally tomorrow as economist predict that the Eurozone's private sector performed well last month, with the Services PMI expected to climb from 55.5 to 56.5.
However the US Dollar may strike higher first as the US releases its latest Trade Balance with the trade deficit expected to have fallen from $48.5bn to $44.9bn.
Current Interbank Exchange Rates
At the time of writing the EUR USD exchange rate was trending around 1.06 and the USD EUR exchange rate was trending around 0.93.


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Tis the season for fun times with Christmas crafting and cocktails! So I hosted a Girls Craft Night recently to basically give me an excuse to wear a festive vintage outfit,
make some holiday crafts with a few friends and try out my new drink recipe, Sage Infused Vodka Crantinis.
FYI-cocktails are a key ingredient to a successful crafting session. It's the fuel for firing up your inner artist.
And even if it doesn't, at least you'll think it did! And that's pretty much all that matters, because it's all about just having fun.
I wish I could give you an official recipe with all exact measurements, but I usually wing it when mixing up drinks like this. It's pretty much take a few cups (or more) of your favorite vodka, add a handful of (washed)fresh thyme springs. Let sit for a couple of days or more, depending on how thyme-y you want it to taste. Fill cocktail shaker with ice, thyme vodka, equal parts cran-raspberry and cranberry/pomegrante juice, fresh squeezed lime juice and Cointreau. Triple Sec would work too. Shake vigorously. Pour into chilled martini glasses. Thread fresh cranberries and lime wedge on sprig of thyme for garnish. Cheers!
I love to bake cookies in December to give away as gifts. These are three of my favorites, chocolate chocolate chip and almond biscotti, cranberry, white chocolate chip, pecan oatmeal cookies, and lime cocoanut shortbread. (This post would be waaaay too long to include all the cookie recipes. But if anyone wants one of them, just let me know in the comments and I'll be happy to provide!)
But this year I couldn't find any cookie tins or other containers that I liked to pack my treats in. None of the images on them thrilled me very much. So, for my project, I decided to make my own cookie gift boxes decoupaged with cutouts from vintage wrapping paper and food ads from a 1969 December Family Circle Magazine.
I found some authentic vintage wrapping paper and the Family Circle magazine online.
All my other necessary supplies. Boxes, Mod Podge and brushes from Michael's.
Fabric trim from Joann's and cocktail of choice.
This is what it looked like initially.
Just cutout random sections of the print and started slapping them all over the container
for a collage effect, brushing on the Mod Podge as I went along.
I like their Antique Matte finish to give everything an aged look.
I did the same thing with the magazine,. Cutout different images from dessert ads.
Even found words to make a descriptive phrase. My friend said it reminded her of a ransom note!
Mod Podged a piece of glittery gold striped wrapping paper to the lid of the the larger box.
Then hot glued the decorative braid on both, which I think gives them a nice festive, finishing touch.
Now when I gift the cookies, the recipients get a pretty container they can reuse.
And just so you have an idea of how long this takes, it was definitely a two Crantini project!
Now, back to the outfit. It had to be red and definitely had to have the whole a mid-century housewife thing going on. I haven't done any outfit posts for a while as I broke my foot and had to wear this very unattractive Frankenstein-esque shoe thingie for six weeks. Here I had tried to spruce it up with some vintage brooches. But that still didn't cut it. There was just no way I could style an outfit while wearing this monstrosity. So because I just got the ok from the doc that I'm all healed, I was looking forward to getting a little dolled up!
I had my husband take a few photos before the girls showed up.
Figured it was best to do that before there was glue and Crantinis flying all over the place.
1960s Red cotton shirtwaist dress worn with vintage Christmas apron.
Accessorized with vintage reindeer pin, poinsettia earrings and hair clip and gold
laser cut ballet flats.
Do you do holiday crafts? If so, what have you made?
Linking up with Patti of Not Dead Yet Style for Visible Monday , Catherine from Not Dressed as a Lamb #IwillwearwhatIlike linkup,
Cherie from Style Nudge/Shoe and Tell Fashion Linkup


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I am delighted to be able to present another in what I hope will be an unending series of 'Guest Postings' by friends, acquaintances and strangers who are active in or around the musical world and have interesting things to say.
For this, the second posting in the series, I have to thank Sarah Spilsbury, of the broadcasting pressure group 'Friends of Radio 3'.
Sarah Spilsbury, who lives in Bristol, is a former Lecturer in French (University of Aberdeen), and has worked as a sub-editor on the Bristol (Evening) Post and the Western Daily Press (where — as literary folks will no doubt be aware! — Tom Stoppard and Terry Pratchett once worked in the same role).
Sarah Spilsbury co-founded 'Friends of Radio 3' (with Mark Sealey) in 2004. Whatever the group's name might suggest, Friends of Radio 3 is not an 'appreciation society', having been created in the wake of listeners' criticisms of the way BBC Radio 3 was diluting its classical music output and popularising its presentation to compete with Classic FM. Along with Mark Sealey, Sarah Spilsbury runs the Friends of Radio 3 (FoR3) website, and is in regular communication with BBC management. The group also has a Facebook community.
Over to Dr Spilsbury…
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Before focusing on the recently instituted now-in-its-second-year 'BBC Music Day', it's worth looking at a longer-lived BBC tradition: the BBC Young Musician (formerly BBC Young Musician of the Year). This year's competition has just concluded with a win for a teenage cellist who is not only a pupil at a state school (rather than a fee-paying private school or a specialist music school), but is also black.
Both these features put him among a small minority of young classical musicians in this country. His very victory, however, provoked the remarks that 'Classical music is becoming ever more a preserve of the few' and 'Why is it that classical [music] is so restricted to a tiny elite?'
Preserve? Restricted? If a preserve is 'a place or subject regarded as the special or exclusive domain of a particular person or group' [OED], then who is it that regards the 'classical music preserve' in this way? Is it the ones inside the domain — or the ones outside? And what does 'restricted' imply? That young people are being excluded by those on the inside? Or that the ubiquitous provision of popular music restricts their musical opportunities and ensures that classical music remains an Unknown?
In the case of the latest 'BBC Young Musician', 17-year-old Sheku Kanneh-Mason had an 'enlightened upbringing': his self-sacrificing parents gave him his life chance — and that made them a rarity because society, schools — even the BBC — are today largely preoccupied with purveying, sharing and enjoying popular music in all its varied manifestations. Only a rare kind of parent — or a rare kind of teacher — will think that fostering a love of classical music in the young is worthwhile. And as for the BBC, well, let's look more closely…
BBC Director-General Lord Hall (in post since April 2013) clearly wanted to create a new 'brand', BBC Music, to stand alongside BBC News and BBC Sport. As he revealed in an announcement of 16 June 2014:
"Today's the start of something very special for everyone who loves music. BBC Music is a celebration of the brilliant musical talent across our country. We'll be joining up music on television, radio, iPlayer and online like never before. There'll be new shows, new partnerships and whole new ways to enjoy music."
To bring this about, a BBC music supremo was created — in the guise of 'Director of BBC Music', a post to which Bob Shennan (at that time the BBC's 'Controller of Popular Music', and of Radio 2, and of '6 Music') was then appointed. Thus the responsibility for overseeing all broadcast music across television and radio rests upon the shoulders of a man whose broadcasting career has hitherto been devoted solely to his twin passions: sport and popular music. [See Who's Who.]
As for what 'BBC Music' constitutes in practice, the BBC has a remit to promote UK performers and UK music to support the UK's 'creative industries'. For example, Radio 1's 'Service Licence' — which defines the scope, aims, objectives, and other important features of the service — says the station should 'nurture UK talent', and serve creativity and cultural excellence 'primarily through its contribution to musical creativity in the UK. It should provide a significant platform for new music and emerging UK artists across a wide range of musical genres'.
Similarly, according to Radio 2's Service Licence, that station should 'be committed to the development of new song writing and live performance, encouraging new artists, especially those from the UK', and should provide popular music, including forms 'indigenous to the UK, such as folk and brass'.
What appears to have been widely ignored is that, in focusing on contemporary UK music and musicians in this manner, these statutory remits at once put classical music at a disadvantage — and in more ways than one. First, the fact that the Western art music tradition extends back more than 500 years means that the vast majority of composers whose work is enjoyed and explored today are in no sense 'contemporary'. Secondly, it is inevitably the case that the majority of this tradition's composers were and are from places other than the UK. Thirdly, the modern classical music world literally spans the globe, and seldom pays attention to national frontiers: the idea that concert performers should be specially promoted, not on account of perceived artistic merit, but because they are from the UK, would be preposterous.
Inevitably, then, such remits have the effect of downgrading and 'ghettoizing' most classical music — driving it out of 'mainstream' scheduling and restricting it to 'its own preserve'. For the BBC this 'preserve' is Radio 3 — whose talent-fostering New Generation Artists scheme can be seen to select a majority of its young musicians from elsewhere around the world.
As for TV, BBC Four is, of course, the BBC's 'home of classical music' on television. What does that mean? That classical music on television is restricted to its preserve on BBC Four? Pretty much so – except that it is virtually invisible there too.
And for a clear demonstration of that fact, we can consider last year's inaugural 'BBC Music Day'. BBC Four celebrated music and music-making with a schedule that ran as follows:
Spot the classical music. Meanwhile, over on Radio 3 at 19.30, something quite extraordinary was happening: listeners to the only classical music outlet on BBC radio were treated to a special, celebratory, BBC Music Day simulcast of … Radio 2's Friday Night Is Music Night:
"The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is joined by an exciting cross-genre line-up of artists including tenor Noah Stewart, the violinist Jack Liebeck, pop legends Lulu and Deacon Blue, Bhangra artist Jaz Dhami, Scots folk star Claire Hastings, harpist Catrin Finch and jazz pianist Jamie Cullum."
An 'exciting line-up'? Possibly so. But: exciting for whom? This 2-hour(!) slice of Radio 3's evening featured: 4 ½ minutes of a Bernstein work that is already a perpetual Classic FM 'Hall of Fame' favourite; 4 ½ minutes of familiar Mozart, 12 minutes of familiar Mendelssohn (one movement from a three-movement work, with its composed connection to the following movement simply sliced off); 5 minutes of relatively familiar Rimsky-Korsakov; 3 minutes of a familiar Puccini aria, and 5 minutes of favourite Classic FM Massenet (yes, that piece), all these interspersed with rock music and pieces from sundry other genres. For a classical music audience — such as would have been listening via Radio 3 — not even the classical music was exciting.
This whole shebang seemed to be a reinterpretation of the short-lived "Radio 2 Electric Proms" of a few years back. But at least their life didn't interfere with Radio 3.
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And on 3 June 2016 we shall have the Second Annual BBC Music Day. Will it be any better?
So far, we know that the evening's big celebration will be a 4-hour extravaganza from the Eden Project in Cornwall, in which 'BBC Music Day Ambassadors, and musical legends, Duran Duran' will be the headline act. Radio 2 will cover it live, 8pm until midnight, and it will also feature on BBC One and The One Show.
The 'BBC Director of Music' says: "…wherever people are in the UK, they will be able to enjoy their new music and sing along to their classic hits." Which 'people' would that be? Like, everyone…?
Thankfully, there is no mention of a simulcast this year: Radio 3's evening concert will be performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra…
Hang on: the BBC Concert Orchestra?
No disrespect to the Concert Orchestra (veterans also of the Electric Proms); but this happens to be the BBC performing group which specialises in the lighter repertoire. It's regarded as Radio 2's house band on the regular on Friday Night Is Music Night, a programme which seldom includes anything that would satisfy a classical audience. But, even so, on Music Day's Friday Night, it seems that it will be Radio 3, rather than Radio 2, that is using them.
And the BBC's other orchestras? Well, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (which last year accompanied Lulu and rock band 'Deacon Blue') will again be performing – this time accompanying the rock band 'Travis'. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Chorus will perform a concert celebrating 'the music from the terraces which propelled Wales to qualification for "'Euro 2016″'. The Ulster Orchestra will be playing with what is described as 'a wide variety of cross-genre musical talent spanning generations'; and the BBC Philharmonic will be giving a free Salford Family Orchestra and Chorus concert. If none of that strikes you as the kind of fare to which the classical audience is entitled on BBC Music Day, then I could point out that the BBC Symphony Chorus will be involved in a concert of British choral works for the Spitalfields Music Summer Festival. Sounds great — but look closer: it seems it won't be broadcast as a BBC Music Day event. Meanwhile, the BBC Symphony Orchestra isn't performing anything, anywhere…
The Big Idea of 2015 was the Music Day 'Wall of Sound': various musicians performed on Hadrian's Wall, then passed a baton along the wall to other musicians who played something and passed the baton on to the next group. A small wind ensemble was briefly glimpsed in the distance playing something, presumably classical, though it wasn't possible to make out what it was playing.
This year the Idea is 'Take It To The Bridge' (the phrase is a reference, according to the Oxford English Dictionary blog, to the lyrics of James "Mr Dynamite" Brown's hit song 'Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine'). 'Take It To The Bridge' will include 'unique musical collaborations on over 40 bridges across the UK and the Channel Isles'. The only event noted so far is from the Severn Bridge: Classical Brit award-winners 'Only Men Aloud' will lead the performance of a new song composed especially for BBC Music Day by Grammy award-winning songwriter Amy Wadge…
Ooh, What A Day This Will Be…
But, then, as pianist Susan Tomes has commented, classical music is now the scapegoat where the heritage arts are concerned. Sidelining it — and its complex, subtle language — is tantamount to replacing traditional literature with contemporary ephemera, or exchanging Shakespeare for improvised plays. Sheku Kanneh-Mason, black and state-educated, demonstrates that, far from being 'restricted' to a tiny elite, classical music is as much for minorities and a broad general public as it is for that 'tiny elite'.
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On Monday 15th. November I weighed 94.5 kg.
That is a further 1 kilo less than last week, bringing the total weight lost since 27th. September to 13.5 kg. For those working in 'old money' that equates to 29.75 lbs.
I am concious that I am still not getting enough exercise. OK, the weather was being a bit poo this week, but there have been good days too and I shouldn't have any excuses.
I do work at the computer a lot but need to do more walking in accordance with the diet. It's interesting that the weight loss was greater last week with more exercise than this week. So even the light walking that Dr Dukan suggests makes a big difference.
My cousin just asked me how I feel. He hasn't seen me in about 2 years and didn't know i was on the diet. I have to report I am feeling great. really good. A lot better and lighter in step than before. Because the weight (and try lifting 30lbs of something) is a noticeable amount and it has gone in a relatively short period of time, I notice the difference.
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Bring in the New Year with this fun DIY New Years party hat and mask! If you're looking for a fun, easy, and creative craft for kids to make on New Years Eve, this craft is perfect for you! Let's grab our supplies and wow the partygoers with this DIY New Years party hat and mask!
You Will Need:
- 9" x 12" craft cut of Kunin Gold Dot Coordinates™ in White and Black
- 9″ x 12" craft cuts Kunin Classicfelt™ in Yellow
- Party Hat Template (Found online)
- Elastic Neck Cording
- Scissors
- Adhesive (Hot glue works the best)
- Ellison Superstar Machine
- Sizzix Bigz XL Die – Border, Crown Item #A10763
- Sizzix Bigz XL Die – Lemonade Capital Alphabet Item #A11109
- Ellison SureCut Die – Mask, Superhero – Double Cut Item #30475-DC (Optional)
1. Find a party hat template by searching "Party Hat Template" in Google images. Print out the template onto cardstock or heavy-duty paper. Cut around the outer edge of the template with your scissors. This will be your guide as your cut the template out onto your felt.
2. Place the party hat template on top of your 9" x 12" craft cut of Kunin Gold Dot Coordinates™ in White. Trace the template onto your felt with a marker or cut around the edge of your template with a scissors.
3. Using adhesive, glue the cardstock party hat template together. Then, adhere the felt around the cardstock party hat template. Using an Ellison SuperStar Machine, die cut a Sizzix Bigz XL Die – Border, Crown Item #A10763 in 9″ x 12" craft cuts of Kunin Gold Dot Coordinates™ in the color Black. Personalize your crown with text using Laura Kelly's Lemonade Capital Letters Die Cut.
4. Create a tassel pom pom using 9″ x 12" craft cuts of Kunin Gold Dot Coordinates™ in the color Black. Follow these steps to create your tassel pom pom for the top of your new years party hat!
Step 1: Cut out a 2-inch circle.
Step 2: Fold the circle in half.
Step 3: Fold the circle in half a second time.
Step 4: Hold the pom pom on the pointed end. Using a pair of scissors, cut strips into the open end of your folded circle.
5. Create this coordinating new years party mask using your Ellison Prestige Pro Machine. Die cut the mask using the Ellison SureCut Die – Mask, Superhero – Double Cut Item #30475-DC die. This mask is a fun way for students to express their creativity and make their own unique and fun mask for any New Years event!
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Corsican music makes me happy! It's noble and beautiful and heartfelt with haunting harmonies that reflect a people and culture that I love. I used to satisfy my cravings by buying Corsican CDs on infrequent trips to France, but no matter how many CDs I bought, I immediately wanted more! Luckily these days, the availability of Corsican music has blossomed into something easy for ANYONE to enjoy these days- Thanks to the Internet! Because many Corsican radio stations live-feed their broadcasts over the internet, Corsican music can be brought into the home, any time of day, with no additional cost.
Corsican Music Update: In 2011 things got even better. Alta Frequenza now displays the current song playing 'on l'air' with Song Title, Artist Name and a picture of the album cover- Wow! I'm using this ALL the time so I can finally discover who's been singing my favorite Corsican songs and what albums they are on. This is priceless! (I searched 2 years for the identity of two Antoine Ciosi songs- I found out in one afternoon, via Alta, they were on his "Luisa" album, which I immediately ordered from Amazon.fr) Great stuff!
Links to live Corsican Radio Stations:
- Alta Frequenza: From Ajaccio, broadcasts two great Corsican radio statiions. Access via station's home page, Alta-Frenquenza.com then click on one of the links listed at the top of their webpage page, OR click on links below:
- Alta Canzona Corsa Web Radio (Alta2), A 100% Corsican music radio broadcast that's great! Click on this link to access the radio directly from PC or Apple device:: http://www.streamakaci.com/radios/player/flashplayer.php?radio=altacanzona
- Alta Frequenza (Alta), The parent station, provides an eclectic Corsican-French playlist (with some American) from over the years. This is the music that displays on their home page- (via box in center of screen with "On Air/En Ce Moment Sur Alta")
- Corsica Radio from Ajaccio, is the only other station which ONLY plays Corsican music... From the Corsica Radio home page, under "Ecouter' (lower right), click on your desired application icon offered for Windows and Mac, (Real Player, Windows Media player etc.).
- Voce Nustrale: http://www.adecec.net/vocenustrale/ this volunteer radio station from Cervioni plays a lot of traditional Corsican music without any advertising, sponsored by the community cultural association (L'ADECEC). Click on the "real" icon under "En Direct" and RealPlayer will download their radio stream. Note: Feb 2011, L'Adecec has just come out with a free online French-corsican Dictionary- Their link is here: To see photographs of Cervioni, click here.
- Radio Corti Vivu: http://a-rinascita.com/multimedias/multm_rcv.php from the University of Corsica in Corti. Normally you would click where it says "Pour écouter R.C.V en direct" but currently this link is not working- try later.
- Frequenza Mora: www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/france-bleu/?tag=corse# Part of the "France Bleu" radio stations, Frequenza Mora is broadcast from Bastia. Once their website comes up, click on the words "Ecoutez le direct", (top center by France BLEU box), for www.tv-radio.com to broadcast this station.
What do Corsican radio stations play? They broadcast a mix of French, Corsican and eclectic American music, with few repeats or advertisements — which makes listening a real pleasure. Newscasts are delivered in either French or Corsican, which are great for practicing language skills. Even without the music, Corsican radio websites are valuable resources. There you'll read the latest news of Corsica, current weather conditions and information about local events and festivals, all while giving you another opportunity to practice your French.
PC Set-up Instructions for receiving Corsican radio in your own home:
- Use with a high-speed connection, like DSL or Cable.
- For even better sound, connect a stereo cable from your computer's speaker output to your stereo system.
- Confirm your computer has Windows Media Player and REAL player music applications on your computer: If these programs are not on your Windows PC, they can be downloaded and used for free. Choose the "BASIC" RealPlayer at www.real.com, or download Windows Media Player at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/default.asp, following download instructions according to your PC's configuration.
- Select an internet Radio station from above list and click on their 'ecouter' Icon to activate the live radio feed into your home computer.
Interested in learning more about Corsican musicians?
- To read about I Muvrini, see concert photos, or link to their website, click here.
- To read about L'Alba, see concert photos, or check out their website, click here.
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